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Ukraine Squad |
Type |
England
Squad |
Referee
(sky blue)
Georgi Nikolov Kabakov
37
(22 February 1986), Plovdiv, FIFA-listed
2013 |
2 |
Goal Attempts |
11 |
1 |
Attempts on Target |
5 |
Assistant Referees |
0 |
Hit Bar/Post |
1 |
Martin Veselinov
Margaritov 35 (8 January
1988), Plovdiv |
Diyan Hrsitov
Valkov 46 (2 March 1977),
Varna |
2 |
Corner Kicks Won |
2 |
Fourth official Nikola
Antonov
Popov 40 (1 February 1983), Sofia
UEFA Delegate: Amil Gerina, Montenegro
UEFA Referee Observer: Darko Ĉeferin, Slovenia |
0 |
Offside Calls Against |
1 |
11 |
Fouls Conceded |
7 |
35% |
Possession |
65% |
Video
Assistant Officials |
|
Ivaylo Stoyanov 42 (28 March
1981), Petrich
Drogomir Draganov 41 |
|
|
Ukraine Team |
|
Rank |
FIFA (29
June 2023) 24th
EFO ranking
Group nine
ELO rating
23rd to 20th |
Colours |
Made by Joma - Yellow crew-necked jerseys with yellow/blue
collar/cuffs with an outline of Ukraine territory graphic on front,
yellow shorts, yellow socks. |
Captain |
Taras Stepanenko |
Manager |
Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov, 49 (3
June 1974), appointed 7 June 2023. |
P4 - W 2 - D 2 - L 0 - F 8 - A 6. |
Ukraine Lineup |
1 |
Buschan, Heorhiy M. |
29 101 days |
31 May 1994 |
G |
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
16 |
0 |
2
|
Konoplya, Yukhym D. |
24 14 days |
26 August 1999 |
RB |
FC
Shakhtar Donetsk |
6 |
1 |
13 |
Zabarnyi, Illya
B. |
21 8 days |
1 September 2002 |
RCD |
AFC
Bournemouth, England |
28 |
1 |
22 |
Matviyenko,
Mykola
O.,
off half-time |
27 132 days |
2 May 1996 |
LCD |
FC
Shakhtar Donetsk |
59 |
0 |
16 |
Mykolenko,
Vitaliy
S. |
24 103 days |
29 May 1999 |
LB |
Everton FC,
England |
33 |
1 |
17
|
Zinchenko, Oleksandr
V.,
off 76th min. |
26 268 days |
15 December 1996 |
RM |
Arsenal FC, England |
54 |
9 |
8 |
Sudakov,
Heorhiy
V.,
off 65th min. |
20 8 days |
1 September 2002 |
CM |
FC
Shakhtar Donetsk |
8 |
0 |
6 |
Stepanenko, Taras
M. |
34 |
8 August 1989 |
LM |
FC
Shakhtar Donetsk |
78 |
4 |
|
22nd min. for a foul on James Maddison midway in the Ukraine half. |
|
|
|
15 |
Tsyhankov, Viktor
V. |
25
298 days |
15 November 1997 in
Nahariya, Israel |
RF |
Girona FC,
Spain |
48 |
11 |
9 |
Yaremchuk, Roman
O., off 65th
min. |
27
286 days |
27 November 1995 |
CF |
Club Brugge KV, Belgium |
44 |
13 |
|
42nd min. for standing on Jordan Henderson's ankle in the centre-circle |
|
|
|
10 |
Mudryk, Mykhailo P.,
injured off 90th min. |
22 247 days |
5 January 2001 |
LF |
Chelsea FC, England |
12 |
0 |
Ukraine
Substitutes |
scoreline:
Ukraine 1 England 1 |
4 |
Kryvtsov,
Serhiy A., on half-time for Matviyenko |
32 178 days |
15 March 1991 in
Zaporizhzhia, USSR |
LCD |
Club
Internacional de Fútbol Miami, United States |
33 |
0 |
11 |
Dovbyk,
Artem
O., on 65th min. (64:06)
for Yaremchuk |
26
80 days |
21 June 1997 |
CF |
Girona FC,
Spain |
19 |
6 |
5 |
Sydorchuk, Serhiy
O., on 65th min.
(64:42) for Sudakov |
32 132 days |
2 May 1991 |
CM |
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
57 |
3 |
14 |
Buyalskyi, Vitaliy K, on 76th min.
(75:44) for Zinchenko |
30 246 days |
6 January 1993 |
RM |
FC Dynamo Kyiv |
12 |
0 |
20 |
Nazaryna, Yehor A., on 90th min.
(89:31) for Mudryk |
26 61 days |
10 July 1997 |
CM |
FC
Shakhtar Donetsk |
1 |
0 |
result:
Ukraine 1 England 1 |
unused
substitutes: |
3-Bohdan Mykhaylichenko, 7-Andriy Yarmelenko, 12-Anatoliy Trubin,
18-Vladyslav Vanat, 19-Denys Popov, 21-Oleksandr Karavayev, 23-Andriy
Lunin |
team
notes: |
Due to the ongoing conflict in Ukraine, under attacking from Russia,
who continue to be banned from all FIFA & UEFA competitions, then this
match was played on neutral soil, but still an Ukraine away match. |
records: |
Oleksandr Zinchenko's goal is the first Ukraine have scored against
England in any European Championship competition, at the eighth
attempt. |
Manager Serhiy Rebrov played for Ukraine against England in their
very first meeting, May 2000, against Gareth Southgate, and then was an
unused substitute in the August 2004 friendly match. |
|
4-3-3 |
Buschan - Konoplya, Zabarnyi,
Matviyenko (Kryvtsov), Mykolenko
- Zinchenko (Buyalskyi),
Sudakov (Sydorchuk),
Stepanenko - Tsyhankov, Yaremchuk (Dovbyk),
Mudryk (Nazaryna) |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
25 years 303
days |
Appearances/Goals |
35.1 |
3.5 |
|
|
England
Team |
|
Rank |
FIFA (29
June 2023) 4th
EFO ranking
Group Two
ELO rating 6th to 7th |
Colours |
The Nike 2022 away uniform -
Challenge red jerseys
with navy blue winged collars(with
turquoise trim)/cuffs, challenge red shorts,
challenge red socks with navy blue tops. |
Captain |
Harry Kane |
Manager |
Gareth Southgate, 53 (3 September 1970), appointed caretaker manager on 27 September 2016, appointed as permanent manager on 30 November
2016. |
⁵⁰
most goals as captain |
60th of 73, W 36 - D 13 - L 11 - F 140 - A 49. |
P 86th of 102, W 53 - D
19 - L 14 - F 190 - A 59. |
England
Lineup |
|
four changes on the previous match
(Shaw, Alexander-Arnold, Stones & Rashford out) |
league position (31st August) |
|
1 |
Pickford, Jordan L. |
29 186 days |
7 March 1994 |
G |
Everton FC
(PL BOTTOM) |
55 |
40ᵍᵃ |
2
|
Walker, Kyle
A. |
33 104 days |
28 May 1990 |
RB |
Manchester City FC
(PL TOP) |
77 |
1 |
6 |
Maguire, J. Harry |
30 188 days |
5 March 1993 |
RCD |
Manchester United FC
(PL 8th) |
58 |
7 |
|
86th min.
following a collision with Heorhiy Buschan in the 6 yard area |
5 |
Guéhi,
A.K. Marc-Israel |
23 58 days |
13 July 2000 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |
LCD |
Crystal Palace FC
(PL 11th) |
5 |
0 |
3 |
Chilwell, Benjamin
J. |
26 262 days |
21 December 1996 |
LB |
Chelsea FC
(PL 10th) |
19 |
1 |
8 |
Henderson, Jordan B., |
33
84 days |
17 June 1990 |
RDM |
Al Ettifaq FC, Saudi Arabia
(SAPL 5th) |
78 |
3 |
the first player from Saudi to
represent England |
4 |
Rice, Declan |
24 238 days |
14 January 1999 |
LDM |
Arsenal FC
(PL 5th) |
44 |
3 |
the 69th Arsenal player to
represent England |
7 |
Saka, Bukayo A.T.,
off 86th min. |
22 4 days |
5 September 2001 |
RAM |
Arsenal FC
(PL 5th) |
29 |
11 |
10 |
Bellingham, Jude V.W.,
off 65th min. |
20 72 days |
29 June 2003 |
AM |
Real Madrid CF, Spain
(LL TOP) |
25 |
1 |
the fifth Real player to represent
England |
11 |
Maddison, James D.,
off 65th min. |
26
290 days |
23 November 1996 |
LAM |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(PL 2nd) |
4 |
0 |
|
34th min. for a frustrated foul on Ilya Zabarnyi next to Ukraine penalty box |
a record 79th Hotspur player to
represent England |
|
|
|
9
|
Kane, Harry E. |
30 43 days |
28 July 1993 |
CF |
FC Bayern München, Germany
(BL 2nd) |
85 |
58 |
11,000 dys |
the second Bayern player to
represent England |
England
Substitutes |
scoreline:
Ukraine 1 England 1 |
19 |
Rashford, Marcus, on 65th min.
(64:49) for Maddison |
25 313 days |
31 October 1997 |
LF |
Manchester United FC
(PL 8th) |
54 |
23 |
16 |
31 |
20 |
Foden, Philip W., on 65th min.
(64:56) for Bellingham |
23 104 days |
28 May 2000 |
AM |
Manchester City FC
(PL TOP) |
26 |
16 |
3 |
10 |
21 |
Gallagher, Conor J., on 86th min.
(85:50) for Saka |
23 215 days |
6 February 2000 |
RAM |
Chelsea FC
(PL 10th) |
8 |
2 |
0 |
6 |
result: Ukraine
1 England 1 |
unused
substitutes: |
12-Kieran Trippier,
13-Sam Johnstone,
14-Levii Colwill, 15-Fikayo Tomori, 16-Kalvin Phillips,
17-Lewis Dunk, 18-Eberechi Eze,
22-Aaron Ramsdale,
23-Callum Wilson. |
team notes: |
England's fortieth away match
played in September, is also their tenth away draw this month. Harry Kane has now captained his country sixty times, the fourth
most-—behind Bobby Moore, Billy Wright and five behind Bryan Robson. |
youth notes: |
England and
Ukraine have met only a few times in
youth level matches
featuring the participating players. Jordan Pickford played in the
under-16s fixture in March 2010. Harry Kane was a substitute when
the under-17s met in a month earlier. Marc Guéhi was a captain,
and Phil Foden started, when
they met in the Finals of May 2017. Kyle Walker started the group
match and Final against Ukraine in the under-19s Finals in July-August
2009 and Pickford started the October 2012 fixture. Walker also
started in the under-21s Finals in June 2011, along with Jordan
Henderson. James Maddison was a substitute in the November 2017
fixture, but started the return match, along with Ben Chilwell, five
months later. |
manager notes: |
Gareth Southgate joins Roy Hodgson in managing an England side
against Ukraine for a third time. Levi Colwill is the one hundredth
different player named on a teamsheet by Gareth Southgate.
Oleksandr Zinchenko's goal is the fiftieth competitive goal conceded
under Southgate. |
records: |
Kyle Walker becomes the
450th-454th known England goalscorer.
25th
European Championship qualification draw and Kyle Walker's goal is
the
325th EC goal scored. Walker also becomes the most experienced
player to score his first goal for his country, in so doing, he
becomes the seventieth different England player
over
the age of thirty to score. Kyle Walker scores the 100th
England goal by a Manchester City FC player. |
Manager Gareth Southgate played for England against Ukraine
in their
very first meeting, May 2000, against Serhiy Rebrov. |
|
4-2-3-1 |
Pickford - Walker, Maguire, Guéhi, Chilwell - Henderson,
Rice - Saka (Gallagher), Bellingham
(Rashford), Maddison (Foden) - Kane |
Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
27 years 107
days |
Appearances/Goals |
43.5 |
7.6 |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
England's 100% record in the Euro qualifiers so far, came to an end in Poland, where
Ukraine played their home leg against us. It was a deserved point for Ukraine, but
you can't help wondering why England have recently forgotten how to attack. Hardly
any balls into the box, hardly any runs down the wings to the bye-line and few shots
on target as a result. In fact the obsession with the pass backwards has become a big
worry as we move forward to play against better teams. Maybe, that is all a bit over-critical of a side top of the table after five games, but it
has to be said, possession doesn't win games and it is goals that count.
When the game started England had all the possession they wanted as the Ukraine
side sat back waiting for the chance to break. Only trouble was they never had much
of a kick as England stroked the ball from side to side, and back again, and then back
to the other side again. Ten minutes of this had elapsed before the home goalkeeper,
Heorhiy Buschan, had to do anything. On 12 minutes Jordan Pickford had his first
touch, would you believe it, a backpass!
Finally, a minute later and a chance for Bukayo Saka as his shot at goal is blocked by
Taras Stepenenko. On the right side of England's attack, Kyle Walker was trying his
utmost to help with overlaps, but Ben Chilwell had one thought every time he
received possession, "I must turn round and go backwards" and that is what happened
with almost every pass he made. On 19 minutes an England cross did come in, and it
skidded off a defender's head into his goalkeeper's arms. A short spell of sloppy
defending by England followed and the inevitable happened when Ukraine made a
quick break down the right in the 26 th minute. Yukhym Konoplya pulled the ball back
from the bye-line and in came Oleksandr Zinchenko to shoot past Pickford with the
England defence all at sea.
How ironic, that after all England's possession the score was Ukraine 1 England 0. It
hopefully teaches them a lesson in decisive passing instead of all this negative side to
side movement.
To be fair, England were stung into a bit more action after the goal and two minutes
later James Maddison had a chance, but he couldn't adjust his feet and the danger was
cleared. Shortly after that Jordan Henderson saw a shot loop over the bar, but at least
we could now see a bit more purpose in our attacks. However, a throw-in was gained
deep in Ukraine territory and from Walker's throw, the ball went to Marc Guehi, and
then straight back to Pickford!! Another attacking position lost.
England continued to be more on the front foot though and a lovely pass by Jude
Bellingham almost set Maddison up with a chance, but again, poor control by the
Spurs player again ended the move. Ukraine meanwhile were finding plenty of space
down the right side of England's defence, but without too much concern to Pickford's
goal.
With 41 minutes on the clock, England conjured a fine equaliser with their most
positive bit of play so far. Harry Kane is not just a goalscorer, as we have seen many times before. He picked the ball up just inside the Ukraine half, had a look, before
spotting a great run by Walker round behind the full-back, the pass was superb, the
touch by Walker was outstanding and the finish sublime as he calmly slotted past the
keeper. It was Walker's first goal for his country in this his 77th cap, and boy, was he
overjoyed! Just on half-time a deep cross from Saka was headed back by Kane, who
was stretching, and the ball trickled wide.
As the second-half began, the support for Ukraine from the stadium reached a
crescendo of noise, and their team were rising to the occasion with some steadfast
defending. It proved a good test for England's resilience, which has never really been
in doubt. Indeed there did seem to be a new determination from England after the
restart. Bellingham put in a weak header, easily saved, and then after Kane was
fouled, from the free-kick, Harry Maguire headed a good chance wide. Maguire was
having a very good game and his partnership with Geuhi was developing well.
As the play hotted up, there were signs that England were finding more space as the
home side tired. Good play by Henderson and Saka saw England win a corner, which
ended up back to Pickford! Enough said. Maddison's touch let him down again when
in a good position but then a break by Heorhiy Sudokov ended with a shot wide from
the hosts. On 59 minutes we saw one of the top moments of the match and it came
from Saka. He gained possession, cut inside, and unleashed one of his trademark left-
foot curlers which was destined for the top corner. Unfortunately, a magnificent
fingertip save by Buschan touched it onto the crossbar and the rebound was cleared.
Saka was again in the mix when his shot was blocked by a defender sprawling in front
of him. All the England players appealed for handball, and the replays suggested they
had a very good shout, but VAR was not used, surprisingly. A succession of
substitutes on both sides made things a little scrappy for the next ten minutes and in
the 81 st minute some fine defending by Walker, having one of his best games for his
country, stopped a rare Ukraine attack. At this point it seemed both sides were
settling for a draw and little happened in those closing minutes. Maguire was
unluckily booked for a 50/50 challenge he had to make on the loose ball, as the
goalkeeper dived at his feet.
In the end the game finished with honours even. England did not show enough flair
or invention in their attacking play, and Ukraine were quite content to defend in
numbers and try to catch England out on the break. So, a point apiece and we now
move on to October for our next Euro qualifier. Meanwhile, we have a certain
'Friendly' to play in Scotland. A Friendly against Scotland? No such thing!
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Source Notes |
TheFA.com
BBC Sport Ukraine Football |
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UEFA.com Mike Payne - football historian and contributor |
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