The Ukraine national team of football (Ukrainian Zbirna Ukrayini Z futbolu) is the representative of Ukraine in the international soccer for men and is managed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body of the game in Ukraine. The home stadium of Ukraine is the Olimpiyskiy Stadium located in Kyiv. The team is a full part of UEFA and FIFA since 1992.
Following Ukrainian Independence and the country's separation of the Soviet Union, they played their first game against Hungary on the 29th of April, 1992. The team made it to the quarter-finals during the 2006 FIFA World Cup, their debut in the finals of a major tournament.
As host nation, Ukraine automatically qualified for UEFA Euro 2012. A year later, Ukraine finished third in their qualifying group for Euro 2016 and advanced via the play-offs route to the UEFA European Championship tournament through qualifying rounds to the for first time. It was the first time that Ukraine had played in six play-off matches that it was able to win this type of tie, after having previously lost play-off matches in World Cup in 1998, Euro 2000 World Cup, Euro 2000, 2002 World Cup, 2010 World Cup, 2014 World Cup and 2022 World Cup.
The best performance of Ukraine at their participation in UEFA European Championship was in 2020 when they made it to the quarterfinals for the first time.
