The geography of Ukraine's national team: for the first time, the national team will play against an Oceania representative
On June 10 in Toronto at BMO Field, the Ukraine national team will play their second match in the Canadian Shield tournament — against the New Zealand team.
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June 10 in Toronto at BMO Field, the Ukraine national team will play their second match in the Canadian Shield tournament — against New Zealand. The match will start at 23:50 Kyiv time.
New Zealand will become the 74th opponent for Ukraine in history — and the first from Oceania.
Overall, among Ukraine's opponents — there are 53 representatives of Europe (all UEFA members except Gibraltar and Liechtenstein), seven — Asia, six — Africa, four — CONCACAF zones, and three — South America.
Debut matches for the Ukraine national team against opponents
|
Year |
Debuts |
National Teams |
|
1992 |
3 |
Hungary, USA, Belarus |
|
1993 |
4 |
Israel, Lithuania, Croatia, Mexico |
|
1994 |
5 |
Bulgaria, UAE, South Korea, Slovenia, Estonia |
|
1995 |
1 |
Italy |
|
1996 |
4 |
Moldova, Turkey, Northern Ireland, Portugal |
|
1997 |
3 |
Albania, Germany, Armenia |
|
1998 |
4 |
Poland, Georgia, Russia, Andorra |
|
1999 |
2 |
France, Iceland |
|
2000 |
2 |
England, Norway |
|
2001 |
4 |
Romania, Cyprus, Wales, Latvia |
|
2002 |
5 |
Japan, Yugoslavia, Iran, Greece, Slovakia |
|
2003 |
3 |
Spain, Denmark, Macedonia |
|
2004 |
2 |
Libya, Kazakhstan |
|
2005 |
— |
— |
|
2006 |
7 |
Azerbaijan, Costa Rica, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Switzerland, Scotland |
|
2007 |
2 |
Faroe Islands, Uzbekistan |
|
2008 |
3 |
Serbia, Netherlands, Sweden |
|
2009 |
— |
— |
|
2010 |
3 |
Chile, Canada, Brazil |
|
2011 |
3 |
Uruguay, Czech Republic, Austria |
|
2012 |
1 |
Montenegro |
|
2013 |
2 |
Cameroon, San Marino |
|
2014 |
1 |
Niger |
|
2015 |
— |
— |
|
2016 |
2 |
Kosovo, Finland |
|
2017 |
1 |
Malta |
|
2018 |
1 |
Morocco |
|
2019 |
1 |
Nigeria |
|
2020 |
— |
— |
|
2021 |
2 |
Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
|
2022 |
1 |
Ireland |
|
2023 |
— |
— |
|
2024 |
1 |
Belgium |
It is worth noting that one opponent no longer exists on the political map of the world: Yugoslavia first changed its name and became Serbia and Montenegro, then split into these two parts.
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