Ukraine booked a place in the 2006 edition of the tournament in commanding fashion. Coach Oleg Blokhin and his men were the first Europeans after hosts Germany to book a place at the showcase event after successfully advancing from a difficult group.
After the 1991 break-up of the Soviet Union and subsequent founding of the Football Federation of Ukraine, the Ukraine national team first entered a preliminary stage for the FIFA World Cup finals in 1996/97, ahead of the 1998 finals in France.
Andorra is one of the smallest countries taking part in the 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa qualifiers. The principality is situated in the East Pyrenees between France and Spain and has just 66,000 inhabitants.
Andorra did not become a member of FIFA until 1996. Since then the national team has participated three times in the qualifying rounds for the UEFA European Championships and twice in the FIFA World Cup qualifiers - unfortunately for them, without success. n their UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying group, Andorra managed to score just one goal, Antonio Lima finding the target in a narrow 2-1 loss to Bulgaria. They again finished bottom of the group with zero points.
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