The World Cup starts now. Even if the standings don’t say so, we must come away with three points from this game. There’s no time for excuses, just results. If our boys need any more motivation here is a quote they should remember:
Saudi coach Marcos Paqueta: “Ukraine are a weak team and [...]

The pressure is on Ukraine to get a result against Saudi Arabia.
“The next game for us will be much tougher than the game against Spain,” Serhiy Rebrov said. “We have a lot of pressure on us now before the game. Everybody understands we have to win next game.”
Ukraine will be without defender Vladyslav Vashchuk for [...]

Andriy Shevchenko says that he is recovering nicely from a late season knee injury and he is hopeful to be ready in advance of Ukraine’s group play matches,
“My condition improves day by day,” said Shevchenko. “I have to be careful not to speed things up as there are certain things that you cannot hurry. [...]

Ukraine’s Andriy Voronin goes one-on-one with the FIFA reporters and offers up a fairly upbeat account of how he thinks the team will do:
Many people have us marked down as dark horses and reckon we have a decent chance. Obviously we have to be proud about that. But our initial target is to get through [...]

The World Cup is fast approaching and we need some help covering Ukraine’s team. If you are a passionate fan that isn’t afraid to share your opinions, we want you on our team. Please send an email to bob [at] worldcupblog.org and let him know why you would be a great person to [...]

A tough blow for Ukraine with news that defender Serhiy Fedorov has been ruled out for the World Cup. The 31-year-old Dynamo Kiev player has been withdrawn from the roster because of a hip injury that is expected to keep him out for three months. No replacement has been named yet and it [...]

Ukraine coach Oleg Blokhin is not an optimistic man at the moment. In addition to worrying about the health of star striker Andriy Shevchenko he is concerned with mounting injuries in his backline.
“Unfortunately, the mood at the moment is not terribly good. In the qualifying games we had only one or two injured players [...]

Here’s the selection. What do you think? I like this team a lot.
Roster:
Goalkeepers: Oleksander Shovkovsky (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Pyatov (Vorskla Poltava), Bogdan Shust (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Defenders: Andriy Nesmachny (Dynamo Kiev), Vladyslav Vashchyuk (Dynamo Kiev), Serhiy Fyodorov (Dynamo Kiev), Volodymyr Yesersky (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Andriy Rusol (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Dmytro Chigrinsky (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vyacheslav Svidersky (Arsenal Kiev)
Midfielders: [...]

The Ukrainian National Team of Football gets more popular each day in Ukraine, and with that comes more fans, and more exposure. Finally, one of Ukraine’s most popular groups dedicated a song to our national team.

To most European football fans, all we have to offer is Andriy Shevchenko. We have much more tools then him, and I will explain just which other tools our team has.