List of Ukraine national football team captains

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This is a list of all the players who have captained the Ukraine national football team .

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Yuriy Shelepnytskyi was the first captain of the Ukraine national football team. [1]

Andriy Shevchenko wore the captain band the most times: 58.

Andriy Yarmolenko is the current captain of the national team.

List of captains

Yuriy Shelepnytskyi was the first captain in the history of the national team. Y. Hr. Shelepnytskyi.jpg
Yuriy Shelepnytskyi was the first captain in the history of the national team.
Andriy Shevchenko is a player with the most captaincies in the history of Ukraine with 58 matches. Andriy Shevchenko Euro 2012 vs Sweden detail1.jpg
Andriy Shevchenko is a player with the most captaincies in the history of Ukraine with 58 matches.
Andriy Yarmolenko is a current captain of the Ukraine national team. Hertha BSC vs. West Ham United 20190731 (210).jpg
Andriy Yarmolenko is a current captain of the Ukraine national team.

List of captaincy periods of the various captains throughout the years. [2] [3]

As of 13 October 2025, after the game against Flag of Azerbaijan.svg  Azerbaijan

Players in bold are still active. Years in italics indicate last year, when still an active player was a captain.

#NameCaptainAppearancesGoalsNational yearsCaptaincy years
1 Andriy Shevchenko 58111481995–20122002–2012
2 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk [a] 4114442000–20162004–2015
3 Oleh Luzhnyi 395201992–20031994–2003
4 Andriy Yarmolenko 29125462009–20252018–2024
5 Ruslan Rotan 2410082003–20182012–2017
Andriy Pyatov 2410202007–20222017–2022
7 Yuriy Kalitvintsev 132211995–19991996–1999
Oleksandr Holovko 135801995–20041998–2004
Mykola Matviyenko 138102017–20252024–2025
10 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi 129201994–20122005–2011
11 Oleksandr Kucher 85722006–20172013–2017
12 Taras Stepanenko 78742010–20242021–2024
13 Oleksandr Zinchenko 675122015–20252021–2024
14 Yevhen Konoplyanka 587212010–20232015–2018
15 Serhiy Bezhenar 42311992–19971993–1997
Yuriy Maksymov 42751992–20021995–1997
Vyacheslav Shevchuk 45602003–20162016
18 Ihor Kutepov 3401992–19931993
Serhiy Diryavka 3901992–19951993–1994
Andriy Husin 37191993–20062003–2006
21 Andriy Rusol 24932004–20102008
Serhiy Sydorchuk 26232013–20242022–2022
Vladyslav Vashchuk 26311996–20072001–2002
24 Yuriy Shelepnytskyi 11019921992
Serhiy Tretyak 12019921992
Yevhen Drahunov 12019921992
Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko 1201992–19941992
Ihor Petrov 13019941994
Hennadiy Lytovchenko 1401993–19941994
Illya Zabarnyi 15332020–20252025–2025
Artem Fedetskyi 15322010–20162016
Serhiy Rebrov 175151992–20062002
Total32 players3281992–20251992–2025

Notes

  1. On 11 March 2022, UAF annulled Tymoshchuk's caps and goals for the national team due to his refusal to speak out against the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [4]

References

  1. ""Тимощук? Не хочу навіть його імені називати". Перший капітан збірної України грав проти Шукюра і двічі відмовляв Динамо" (in Ukrainian). football24.ua. 2 August 2018. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  2. Ukraine national football team at EU-football.info
  3. Вербицький, Іван (30 May 2016). "Шевчук – 25-й у історії збірної України капітан" (in Ukrainian).
  4. "Ukraine FA calls for ex-captain to be punished". BBC Sport. 9 March 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.