Ukraine needed the play offs to make it to this summer’s tournament after finishing third in their qualifying group behind England and Italy. In fact, they finished the campaign level on points with Italy, and had they managed to pick up maximum points in their final game, they would have progressed automatically. Back to back 2-1 wins against Bosnia-Herzegovina and Iceland were enough to see them qualify for their fourth successive European Championships. They managed to progress further than ever before in their last EURO outing – they were the only team to progress out of the stages with just three points, but did manage to get past Sweden in the Round of 16 before losing out to England in the quarter finals.
Mykhailo Mudryk
Mudryk has had a tough time for his club in the last few seasons, but towards of the end of this season, we could see glimpses of why the club forked out over $70m for him. He scored twice in qualifying, including the winner against Iceland in the play off final, and the nation will be relying on him to supply Ukraine with the goals to take them out of the group stages again this time around.
Name
Position
Club
Age
Caps
Goals
Andriy Lunin
GK
Real Madrid
25
11
0
Anatoliy Trubin
GK
Benfica
22
10
0
Mykola Matviyenko
DF
Shakhtar Donetsk
28
63
0
Vitaliy Mykolenko
DF
Everton
24
39
1
Illya Zabarnyi
DF
Bournemouth
23
34
1
Oleksandr Tymchyk
DF
Dynamo Kyiv
27
15
1
Yukhym Konoplya
DF
Shakhtar Donetsk
24
12
1
Bohdan Mykhaylichenko
DF
Polissya Zhytomyr
27
7
0
Valeriy Bondar
DF
Shakhtar Donetsk
25
3
0
Maksym Talovyerov
DF
LASK
23
2
0
Oleksandr Zinchenko (C)
MF
Arsenal
27
60
9
Andriy Yarmolenko (C)
MF
Dynamo Kyiv
33
60
3
Ruslan Malinovskyi
MF
Genoa
31
59
7
Viktor Tsyhankov
MF
Girona
26
51
12
Oleksandr Zubkov
MF
Shakhtar Donetsk
27
30
2
Mykola Shaparenko
MF
Dynamo Kyiv
25
28
1
Mykhailo Mudryk
MF
Chelsea
23
18
2
Heorhiy Sudakov
MF
Shakhtar Donetsk
21
14
1
Volodymyr Brazhko
MF
Dynamo Kyiv
22
2
0
Roman Yaremchuk
FW
Valencia
28
48
14
Artem Dovbyk
FW
Girona
26
25
8
Vladyslav Vanat
FW
Dynamo Kyiv
22
5
0
Andriy Lunin
GK
Real Madrid
25
11
0
Anatoliy Trubin
GK
Benfica
22
10
0
Mykola Matviyenko
DF
Shakhtar Donetsk
28
63
0
Vitaliy Mykolenko
DF
Everton
24
39
1
Illya Zabarnyi
DF
Bournemouth
23
34
1
Oleksandr Tymchyk
DF
Dynamo Kyiv
27
15
1
Yukhym Konoplya
DF
Shakhtar Donetsk
24
12
1
Bohdan Mykhaylichenko
DF
Polissya Zhytomyr
27
7
0
Valeriy Bondar
DF
Shakhtar Donetsk
25
3
0
Maksym Talovyerov
DF
LASK
23
2
0
Oleksandr Zinchenko (C)
MF
Arsenal
27
60
9
Andriy Yarmolenko (C)
MF
Dynamo Kyiv
33
60
3
Ruslan Malinovskyi
MF
Genoa
31
59
7
Viktor Tsyhankov
MF
Girona
26
51
12
Oleksandr Zubkov
MF
Shakhtar Donetsk
27
30
2
Mykola Shaparenko
MF
Dynamo Kyiv
25
28
1
Mykhailo Mudryk
MF
Chelsea
23
18
2
Heorhiy Sudakov
MF
Shakhtar Donetsk
21
14
1
Volodymyr Brazhko
MF
Dynamo Kyiv
22
2
0
Roman Yaremchuk
FW
Valencia
28
48
14
Artem Dovbyk
FW
Girona
26
25
8
Vladyslav Vanat
FW
Dynamo Kyiv
22
5
0
Andriy Lunin
GK
Real Madrid
25
11
0
Anatoliy Trubin
GK
Benfica
22
10
0
Mykola Matviyenko
DF
Shakhtar Donetsk
28
63
0
Vitaliy Mykolenko
DF
Everton
24
39
1
Illya Zabarnyi
DF
Bournemouth
23
34
1
Oleksandr Tymchyk
DF
Dynamo Kyiv
27
15
1
Yukhym Konoplya
DF
Shakhtar Donetsk
24
12
1
Bohdan Mykhaylichenko
DF
Polissya Zhytomyr
27
7
0
Valeriy Bondar
DF
Shakhtar Donetsk
25
3
0
Maksym Talovyerov
DF
LASK
23
2
0
Oleksandr Zinchenko (C)
MF
Arsenal
27
60
9
Andriy Yarmolenko (C)
MF
Dynamo Kyiv
33
60
3
Ruslan Malinovskyi
MF
Genoa
31
59
7
Viktor Tsyhankov
MF
Girona
26
51
12
Oleksandr Zubkov
MF
Shakhtar Donetsk
27
30
2
Mykola Shaparenko
MF
Dynamo Kyiv
25
28
1
Mykhailo Mudryk
MF
Chelsea
23
18
2
Heorhiy Sudakov
MF
Shakhtar Donetsk
21
14
1
Volodymyr Brazhko
MF
Dynamo Kyiv
22
2
0
Roman Yaremchuk
FW
Valencia
28
48
14
Artem Dovbyk
FW
Girona
26
25
8
Vladyslav Vanat
FW
Dynamo Kyiv
22
5
0