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Starting XI
Ukrainian national team head coach Oleh Blokhin named 22-man squad for World Cup Group Two qualifiers in Georgia on September 3 and at home against Turkey on September 7.
Goalkeepers: Olexander Shovkovsky (61 caps, 40 goals allowed) (Dynamo), Maxym Startsev (1,1) (Kryvbas)
Defenders: Volodymyr Yezersky (18 caps, 0 goals scored), Olexander Radchenko (16,0), Andriy Rusol (15,1) (all - Dnipro), Serhiy Fedorov (24,1), Vladyslav Vaschuk (51,1), Andriy Nesmachny (41,0) (all - Dynamo), Viacheslav Shevchuk (3,0) (Shakhtar)
Midfielders: Anatoliy Tymoschuk (48,1) (Shakhtar), Andriy Husyn (56,8) (Krylya Sovetov, RUS), Ruslan Rotan (11,1), Oleh Husiev (19,1) (both - Dynamo), Oleh Shelaiev (11,0), Serhiy Nazarenko (7,1), Olexander Rykun (6,0) (all - Dnipro), Serhiy Shyschenko (11,1) (Metalurh D)
Forwards: Andriy Shevchenko (61,27) (AC Milan, ITA), Andriy Voronin (24,3) (Bayer Leverkusen, GER), Serhiy Rebrov (67,14) (Dynamo), Oleh Venhlynsky (8,1) (AEK Athens, GRE), Olexiy Bielik (7,2) (Shakhtar)
A win, and Ukraine becomes the first team to qualify for the World Cup from Europe.
Goalkeepers: Olexander Shovkovsky (61 caps, 40 goals allowed) (Dynamo), Maxym Startsev (1,1) (Kryvbas)
Defenders: Volodymyr Yezersky (18 caps, 0 goals scored), Olexander Radchenko (16,0), Andriy Rusol (15,1) (all - Dnipro), Serhiy Fedorov (24,1), Vladyslav Vaschuk (51,1), Andriy Nesmachny (41,0) (all - Dynamo), Viacheslav Shevchuk (3,0) (Shakhtar)
Midfielders: Anatoliy Tymoschuk (48,1) (Shakhtar), Andriy Husyn (56,8) (Krylya Sovetov, RUS), Ruslan Rotan (11,1), Oleh Husiev (19,1) (both - Dynamo), Oleh Shelaiev (11,0), Serhiy Nazarenko (7,1), Olexander Rykun (6,0) (all - Dnipro), Serhiy Shyschenko (11,1) (Metalurh D)
Forwards: Andriy Shevchenko (61,27) (AC Milan, ITA), Andriy Voronin (24,3) (Bayer Leverkusen, GER), Serhiy Rebrov (67,14) (Dynamo), Oleh Venhlynsky (8,1) (AEK Athens, GRE), Olexiy Bielik (7,2) (Shakhtar)
A win, and Ukraine becomes the first team to qualify for the World Cup from Europe.