Ukraine's record against Group C opponents
Friday, January 29, 2016
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Ukraine open their finals campaign against Germany, who they have never beaten, before facing Nothern Ireland and Poland, nations they have a more favourable record against.
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Qualified as: Third in Group C, beat Slovenia in play-offs
Top scorer: Andriy Yarmolenko (6 goals)
Qualifying record: P10 W6 D1 L3 F14 A4 Pts19, won 2-0 and drew 1-1 v Slovenia in play-offs
EURO best: group stage 2012
Last EURO: 2012 (group stage)
EURO appearances: 1 (2012)
Ukraine v Germany (21.00CET, 12 June, Lille)
EURO P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0
World Cup P4 W0 D2 L2 F2 A7
Friendlies P1 W0 D1 L0 F3 A3
- Germany maintained their record of never having failed to qualify for the FIFA World Cup when they overcame Ukraine 5-2 on aggregate in a play-off for the 2002 tournament. The second leg in Dortmund, a 4-1 home win, was Ukraine's last match under Valeriy Lobanovskiy.
- The teams first met in qualifying for the 1998 World Cup. Oliver Bierhoff and Mario Basler scored Germany's goals in a 2-0 home win before a 0-0 draw in Kyiv.
- The first friendly between the countries took place on 11 November 2011 and produced a 3-3 thriller in the inaugural international staged at the refurbished UEFA EURO 2012 final venue in Kyiv. Germany came from 3-1 down to level with a 77th-minute strike from Thomas Müller; first-half goals from Andriy Yarmolenko and Yevhen Konoplyanka had put the hosts 2-0 up.
Ukraine v Northern Ireland (18.00CET, 16 June, Lyon)
EURO P2 W0 D2 L0 F0 A0
World Cup P2 W2 D0 L0 F3 A1
Friendlies P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0
- Both previous UEFA European Championship matches between the countries – in qualification for UEFA EURO 2004 – ended goalless.
- In the teams' only other meetings, Ukraine did the double over Northern Ireland in 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifying. The winning goals came from Serhiy Rebrov in Belfast (1-0) and Andriy Shevchenko in Kyiv (2-1).
Ukraine v Poland (18.00CET, 21 June, Marseille)
EURO P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0
World Cup P4 W2 D1 L1 F6 A5
Friendlies P3 W1 D1 L1 F3 A3
- Poland and Ukraine were co-hosts of UEFA EURO 2012; neither team progressed beyond the group stage.
- Poland won the first two meetings, including a 3-1 victory in Kyiv that helped them qualify for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, but Ukraine are undefeated in the last five. They did the double over their neighbours in 2014 World Cup qualifying.
- Andriy Yarmolenko scored in both matches – a 3-1 win in Warsaw and a 1-0 success in Kharkiv.