The French team, which the Ukrainian national team will play in a kickoff match today in Wrocław, Poland, for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, is the most frequent opponent of the blue-and-yellow team in history: against Les Bleus we have already played twelve times!

Unfortunately, the statistics of these encounters are not in favor of the Ukrainian national team: six times the French won, once the Ukrainians won, and five matches ended in a draw. The difference in goals scored and conceded in these games is 23–8 in favor of our opponents.

Ukrainian players who have scored against one of the world's top national teams include Andriy Voronin, Andriy Shevchenko, Roman Zozulya, Andriy Yarmolenko, Viktor Tsygankov, and Mykola Shaparenko. Another goal was an own goal by French player Presnel Kimpembe, while another was scored by a traitor who betrayed his homeland...