Ukraine

The Ukraine national football team (Ukrainian: Збірна України з футболу) is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992. The team's biggest success on the world stage was reaching the quarter finals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, which also marked the team's debut in the finals of a major championship.^[1] As a host nation Ukraine automatically qualified for Euro 2012.

Ukraine's home ground is the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kiev.