List of Ukraine national football team captains explained

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

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

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

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

	Name	Captain	Appearances	Goals	National years	Captaincy years
1		58	111	48	1995–2012	2002–2012
2		41	144	4	2000–2016	2004–2015
3		39	52	0	1992–2003	1994–2003
4		28	122	46	2009–2024	2018–2024
5		24	100	8	2003–2018	2012–2017
	24	102	0	2007–2022	2017–2022
7		13	22	1	1995–1999	1996–1999
	13	58	0	1995–2004	1998–2004
9		12	92	0	1994–2012	2005–2011
10		8	57	2	2006–2017	2013–2017
11		7	85	4	2010–2024	2021–2024
12		6	66	9	2015–2024	2021–2024
13		5	87	21	2010–2023	2015–2018
14		4	23	1	1992–1997	1993–1997
	4	27	5	1992–2002	1995–1997
	4	56	0	2003–2016	2016
17		3	4	0	1992–1993	1993
	3	9	0	1992–1995	1993–1994
	3	71	9	1993–2006	2003–2006
20		2	49	3	2004–2010	2008
	2	62	3	2013–2024	2022–2022
	2	63	1	1996–2007	2001–2002
	2	68	0	2017–2024	2024–2024
24		1	1	0	1992	1992
	1	2	0	1992	1992
	1	2	0	1992	1992
	1	2	0	1992–1994	1992
	1	3	0	1994	1994
	1	4	0	1993–1994	1994
	1	53	2	2010–2016	2016
	1	75	15	1992–2006	2002
Total	31 players	315			1992–2024	1992–2024

Notes and References

1. Web site: "Тимощук? Не хочу навіть його імені називати". Перший капітан збірної України грав проти Шукюра і двічі відмовляв Динамо. football24.ua. uk. 7 November 2019.
2. https://eu-football.info/_players.php?id=265&data=10 Ukraine national football team
3. Web site: Шевчук – 25-й у історії збірної України капітан. Іван. Вербицький. uk.