Olexandr Shovkovskiy
Made his debut for Ukraine on November 13, 1994, against Estonia, aged 19. Currently playing for Dynamo Kiev, Shovkovskiy has won 63 caps for Ukraine (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: February 1, 1975
Height: 1.91m (6ft 3in)
Fact: Shovkovskiy broke his collar bone in January 2006 and was out of action for three months; he hopes to be fit enough to claim his place as the Ukraine's first-choice goalkeeper this summer.

Bogdan Shust
Currently playing for Shakhtar Donetsk.
Date of birth: March 4, 1986
Height: 1.89m (6ft 2in)
Fact: Shust is the second youngest of Ukraine's 23 players and received his first call up to the international squad in February 2006.

Andriy Pyatov
Currently playing for Vorskla Poltava.
Date of birth: June 28, 1984
Height: 1.90m (6ft 2in)
Fact: Called into the national squad together for the World Cup, Pyatov and fellow goalkeeper Shust also competed for the number one shirt for the Ukraine U21 side.

Defenders

Andriy Rusol
Made his debut for Ukraine on March 31, 2004, against Macedonia, aged 21. Currently playing for FC Dnipro Dnipopetrovsk in the Ukrainian League, Rusol has won 16 caps for Ukraine and has scored 1 goal for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: January 16, 1983
Height: 1.85m (6ft)

Andriy Nesmachniy
Made his debut for Ukraine in April 2000, against Bulgaria, aged 21. Currently playing for Dynamo Kiev in the Ukrainian League, Nesmachniy has won 43 caps for Ukraine and has scored 0 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: February 28, 1979
Height: 1.82m (5ft 11in)
Fact: One of Ukraine's most experienced defenders, Nesmachiniy was part of the Dynamo Kiev side that won both the Ukrainian Premier League and Cup in 2000.

Serhiy Fedorov
Currently playing for Dynamo Kiev, Fedorov has won 26 caps for Ukraine and has scored 1 goal for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: February 18, 1975
Height: 1.84m (6ft)
Fact: Fedorov's only international goal to date was scored in a the last minute of a qualifying match against Armenia for the 2004 European Championships in June 2003; even though the match finished 4-3 to Ukraine, they failed to qualify for the final tournament.

Volodymyr Yezerskyy
Made his debut for Ukraine in 2002. Currently playing for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk, Yezerskyy has won 17 caps for Ukraine and has scored 1 goal for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: November 15, 1976
Height: 1.83m (5ft 11in)
Fact: Yezerskyy played in the 2006 UEFA Cup; Dnipro were in the same group as Middlesbrough, but the Ukrainian side did not qualify for the knock-out stage of the competition.

Vladyslav Vashchuk
Currently playing for Dynamo Kiev, Vashchuk has won 54 caps for Ukraine and has scored 1 goal for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: January 25, 1975
Height: 1.78m (5ft 10in)
Fact: This is Vashchuk's second spell at Dynamo Kiev, where he plays alongside fellow national squad defenders Serhiy Federov and Andriy Nesmachniy.

Dmytro Chigrinsky
Currently playing for FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Chigrinsky has won 11 caps for Ukraine and scored 2 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: November 7, 1986
Height: 1.90m (6ft 2in)

Vyacheslav Svidersky
Made his debut for Ukraine in 2005. Currently playing for Arsenal Kiev, Svidersky has won 2 caps for Ukraine and has scored 0 goals for his country (as at March 1, 2006).
Date of birth: January 1, 1979
Height: 1.85m (6ft)