Ukraine national team guards: Karavaev's anniversary, mini-milestones for Zabarny and Yaremchuk, and Tsygankov's leap into the top 20

After two November qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup, against France (0:4) and Iceland (2:0), changes occurred in the upper section of the historical table of Ukraine's national team stalwarts.

Ukraine national team guards: Karavaev's anniversary, mini-milestones for Zabarny and Yaremchuk, and Tsygankov's leap into the top 20

Photo: Dan Balashov

After two November qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup, against France (0:4) and Iceland (2:0), changes occurred at the top of the historical table of Ukraine's national team.

Oleksandr Karavayev played his 50th match for the blue-and-yellow and now shares the 33rd-34th position with Artem Milevsky.

Vitaliy Mykolenko increased his tally of matches for the national team to 51, tying Evgen Khacheridi in the record books (they share the 31st-32nd positions).

Mini milestones for Illia Zabarny and Roman Yaremchuk: the game against Iceland was Zabarny's 55th match for Ukraine's national team (26th place), while it was Yaremchuk's 65th (17th place).

Viktor Tsygankov now has 63 matches under his belt with the blue-and-yellow, allowing him to leapfrog Serhiy Sydorchuk (62 games) and tie Vladyslav Vasyuk (they share 18th-19th positions).

Finally, Ruslan Malinovskiy now has 69 matches for Ukraine's national team to his credit, allowing him to surpass Andriy Nesmachnyi and Andriy Vorobey in the record books and hold sole possession of the 14th position.