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.
New 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.
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.