The victory of the Ukrainian national team in the 2026 World Cup qualifying match in Reykjavik against the Icelandic team was the first in the history of our national team with a score of 5:3 — in the 328th game.
Photo: uefa.comFor the fourth time in the biography of the Ukrainian national team, eight goals were scored in a match. More than eight were scored only once — in September 2013.
The highest-scoring matches involving the Ukrainian national team
| Goals | Date | Match | Rank | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 06.09.2013 | Ukraine — San Marino | WCQ | 9:0 |
| 8 | 15.10.2013 | San Marino — Ukraine | WCQ | 0:8 |
| 8 | 07.10.2020 | France — Ukraine | FM | 7:1 |
| 8 | 10.10.2025 | Iceland — Ukraine | WCQ | 3:5 |
| 7 | 13.08.1996 | Ukraine — Lithuania | FM | 5:2 |
| 7 | 28.02.2001 | Cyprus — Ukraine | IT | 4:3 |
| 7 | 07.06.2003 | Ukraine — Armenia | EUQ | 4:3 |
| 6 | 15.08.2006 | Ukraine — Azerbaijan | FM | 6:0 |
| 6 | 14.10.2009 | Andorra — Ukraine | WCQ | 0:6 |
| 6 | 11.11.2011 | Ukraine — Germany | FM | 3:3 |
| 6 | 12.06.2023 | Germany — Ukraine | FM | 3:3 |
| 6 | 07.06.2025 | Canada — Ukraine | IT | 4:2 |
Note: WCQ — World Cup qualifying tournament, EUQ — European Championship qualifying tournament, FM — friendly match, IT — international tournament.
Ruslan Malinovskyi, returning to the national team, became the author of the 11th double for Ukrainian national team players in World Cup qualifiers.
Ivan Kalyuzhnyi (in his 10th game) and Oleh Ocheretko (in his 3rd) scored their first goals for the national team.
Doubles by Ukrainian national team players in World Cup qualifiers
| Date | Player | Opponent | Goals | Score (field) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 07.10.2000 | Andriy Shevchenko | Armenia | 45', 60′ | 3:2 (a) |
| 01.09.2001 | Andriy Shevchenko | Belarus | 45', 57′ | 2:0 (a) |
| 05.09.2001 | Andriy Vorobei | Armenia | 86', 90′ | 3:0 (h) |
| 17.11.2004 | Andriy Shevchenko | Turkey | 17', 89′ | 3:0 (a) |
| 10.09.2008 | Sergiy Nazarenko | Kazakhstan | 45', 80′ | 3:1 (a) |
| 10.06.2009 | Sergiy Nazarenko | Kazakhstan | 33', 47′ | 2:1 (h) |
| 05.09.2009 | Artem Milevskyi | Andorra | 45', 90+2' | 5:0 (h) |
| 06.09.2013 | Yevhen Khacheridi | San Marino | 45', 54′ | 9:0 (h) |
| 15.10.2013 | Yevhen Seleznev | San Marino | 13', 19′ | 8:0 (a) |
| 02.09.2017 | Andriy Yarmolenko | Turkey | 18', 42′ | 3:0 (h) |
| 10.10.2025 | Ruslan Malinovskyi | Iceland | 14', 45+2' | 5:3 (a) |
Mykola Matviyenko played his 80th match for the main team of the country, becoming the 9th player of the national team to reach this milestone.
Vladyslav Veletin («Polissya») made his debut in the Ukrainian national team.
Anniversary matches of Mykola Matviyenko for the Ukrainian national team
| No. | Date | City | Rank | Opponent | Score (field) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24.03.2017 | Zagreb | WCQ | Croatia | 0:1 (a) |
| 10 | 31.05.2018 | Geneva | FM | Morocco | 0:0 (d) |
| 20 | 10.06.2019 | Lviv | EUQ | Luxembourg | 1:0 (h) |
| 30 | 14.11.2020 | Leipzig | NL | Germany | 1:3 (a) |
| 40 | 29.06.2021 | Glasgow | ECF | Sweden | 2:1 (d) |
| 50 | 11.06.2022 | Lodz | NL | Armenia | 3:0 (h) |
| 60 | 14.10.2023 | Prague | EUQ | North Macedonia | 2:0 (h) |
| 70 | 10.09.2024 | Prague | NL | Czech Republic | 2:3 (a) |
| 80 | 10.10.2025 | Reykjavik | WCQ | Iceland | 5:3 (a) |
Notes: WCQ — World Cup qualifying tournament; EUQ — European Championship qualifying tournament; ECF — European Championship final tournament; FM — friendly match; IT — international tournament; NL — Nations League.
All statistics — as of 11.10.2025.
