In the five matches that Ukraine's national team played in June of this year as part of the playoff qualifiers for the 2022 World Cup and the 2022/2023 Nations League, significant changes occurred at the top of the historical table of our national team's guards.

Andriy Yarmolenko is almost on the verge of reaching the summit of the registry: he now has 109 matches in his active record as the current captain, while the record holder, former captain and coach Andriy Shevchenko — has 111 encounters.

Taras Stepanenko, having marked a milestone, stopped at 71 matches with the blue-and-yellow team, which allowed him to enter the top-10 guards, sharing the 10th position with Andriy Gusynin.

Similarly, without marking a milestone, Oleksandr Zinchenko and Serhiy Sydorchuk played their 52nd matches for Ukraine's national team, catching up to this indicator with the legendary Oleg Luzhny (sharing 23rd place).

The same situation applies to Mykola Matviyenko: his home match against Ireland was his 51st game in the national team, and he has caught up to Yevhen Khacheridi at this indicator (26th position).

However, for Oleksandr Karavaev and Viktor Tsygankov, milestones are still active: the defender has already played 45 games for the blue-and-yellow team (32nd place), while the half-back — 40 matches (33rd position).