On June 10 in Toronto at BMO Field, the national team of Ukraine will play the second match in the Canadian Shield tournament - against the team of New Zealand. According to Kyiv time, the meeting will start at 23:50.
Photo: UAFNew Zealand is set to become Ukraine's 74th opponent in history - and the first representative of Oceania.
Overall, among Ukraine's opponents - there are 53 representatives from Europe (all UEFA members, except Gibraltar and Liechtenstein), seven from Asia, six from Africa, four from the CONCACAF zone and three from South America.
Debut meetings of the national team of Ukraine with opponents
Year | Debuts | Teams |
1992 | 3 | Hungary, USA, Belarus |
1993 | 4 | Israel, Lithuania, Croatia, Mexico |
1994 | 5 | Bulgaria, UAE, South Korea, Slovenia, Estonia |
1995 | 1 | Italy |
1996 | 4 | Moldova, Turkey, Northern Ireland, Portugal |
1997 | 3 | Albania, Germany, Armenia |
1998 | 4 | Poland, Georgia, Russia, Andorra |
1999 | 2 | France, Iceland |
2000 | 2 | England, Norway |
2001 | 4 | Romania, Cyprus, Wales, Latvia |
2002 | 5 | Japan, Yugoslavia, Iran, Greece, Slovakia |
2003 | 3 | Spain, Denmark, Macedonia |
2004 | 2 | Libya, Kazakhstan |
2005 | — | — |
2006 | 7 | Azerbaijan, Costa Rica, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Switzerland, Scotland |
2007 | 2 | Faroe Islands, Uzbekistan |
2008 | 3 | Serbia, Netherlands, Sweden |
2009 | — | — |
2010 | 3 | Chile, Canada, Brazil |
2011 | 3 | Uruguay, Czech Republic, Austria |
2012 | 1 | Montenegro |
2013 | 2 | Cameroon, San Marino |
2014 | 1 | Niger |
2015 | — | — |
2016 | 2 | Kosovo, Finland |
2017 | 1 | Malta |
2018 | 1 | Morocco |
2019 | 1 | Nigeria |
2020 | — | — |
2021 | 2 | Bahrain, Bosnia and Herzegovina |
2022 | 1 | Ireland |
2023 | — | — |
2024 | 1 | Belgium |
It should be noted that one opponent is no longer on the political map of the world: Yugoslavia first changed its name and transformed into Serbia and Montenegro, and then ultimately split into these two parts.
