Poland–Ukraine football rivalry
| Locale | Europe (UEFA) |
|---|---|
| Teams |  Poland Ukraine |
| First meeting | 15 July 1998 Ukraine 1–2 Poland (Kiev, Ukraine) |
| Latest meeting | 21 June 2016 Ukraine 0–1 Poland UEFA Euro 2016 (Marseilles, France) |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 8 |
| Most wins | Draw (3) |
| All-time record | Poland wins: 3 Ukraine wins: 3 Draws: 2 |
| Largest victory | Ukraine 1–3 Poland (Kiev, Ukraine; 2 September 2000) Poland 1–3 Ukraine (Warsaw, Poland; 22 March 2013) |
| Largest goal scoring | Ukraine 1–3 Poland (Kiev, Ukraine; 2 September 2000) Poland 1–3 Ukraine (Warsaw, Poland; 22 March 2013) |
Poland–Ukraine rivalry is one of Europe's major football rivalries, which has drawn attentions from large fans alike in both nations.
Buildup[edit]
Poland and Ukraine have a complicated relationship throughout its history. Ukraine, as part of Kievan Rus', had cordial and close tie with Poland, and two sides often helped each other's leaders to protect the throne in respective countries. Yet, since middle age, relations between two soured. Despite Ukraine joined Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, bitterness increased, leading to the Khmelnytsky Uprising led by Bohdan Khmelnytsky.[1] This negatively affected the relationship between the Poles and Ukrainians, and when Russian Empire conquered both, relationship between two remained not good, as Cossacks, an Ukraine-originated people, were often assigned by Russian Tsars to suppress any possible Polish riots.[2]
Follow the fall of the Russian Empire, Poland and Ukraine fought a short war, which ended in 1919 to join common front against increasing threat from Soviet Russia.[3] Yet, Ukraine was unable to preserve its territory unlike its Polish counterpart, and Ukrainian refugees fleeing communist expansion sought refuge in Poland. Under Józef Piłsudski, Ukrainians were given special treatments as minority of Poland, but soon changed radically towards Polonization of Ukrainians.[4] He also failed to deliver what the Ukrainians requested for autonomy, leading to increase of anti-Polish sentiment among Ukrainians.[5] It led to the rise of Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA), which fought the Poles until 1939.[6]
The issues between Poland and Ukraine increased at the World War II when Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany and Soviet Union, in which the Ukrainians supported both the Germans and Soviets against the Poles. The more radical branch of UPA, led by Stepan Bandera, was thought to have planned the Massacres of Poles in Volhynia and Eastern Galicia, which influenced heavily on the negative perceptions between Poles and Ukrainians.[7] One hand, Poland was accused for victimization complex, as Poles also participate in anti-Ukrainian genocide under the Home Army.[8] After World War II, both fell to the Soviets, and USSR limited their relations to ensure no official link between two, until 1991. Nonetheless, revisionism in Poland and Ukraine remain a sensitive subject as both accuse each others for ongoing historical revisionism.[9]
Because of this, Poland and Ukraine also share a tense rivalry in football, which incorporated many of the complicated past between two countries.[10] Interestingly, Lviv, previously Polish and now Ukrainian city, was considered by both, as the cradle of Polish and Ukrainian football.[11]
List of matches[edit]
| Number | Date | Venue | Competition | Result | Home scorers | Away scorers | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 15 July 1998 | Kiev
|
Friendly | Ukraine
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1–2 | Poland
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Andriy Shevchenko  87'
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Mirosław Trzeciak 11' Sylwester Czereszewski 54'
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| 2 | 2 September 2000 | Kiev
|
2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | Ukraine
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1–3 | Poland
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Andriy Shevchenko 13'
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Emmanuel Olisadebe 3', 33' Radosław Kałużny 57'
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| 3 | 6 October 2001 | Chorzów
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2002 FIFA World Cup qualification | Poland
|
1–1 | Ukraine
|
Emmanuel Olisadebe 40'
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Andriy Shevchenko 81'
|
| 4 | 20 August 2008 | Lviv
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Friendly | Ukraine
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1–0 | Poland
|
Serhiy Kravchenko 45'
|
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| 5 | 4 September 2010 | Łódź
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Friendly | Poland
|
1–1 | Ukraine
|
Ireneusz Jeleń 41'
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Yevhen Seleznyov 90'
|
| 6 | 22 March 2013 | Warsaw
|
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | Poland
|
1–3 | Ukraine
|
Łukasz Piszczek 18'
|
Andriy Yarmolenko 2' Oleh Husyev 7'Roman Zozulya 45'
|
| 7 | 11 October 2013 | Kharkiv
|
2014 FIFA World Cup qualification | Ukraine
|
1–0 | Poland
|
Andriy Yarmolenko 64'
|
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| 8 | 21 June 2016 |  Marseilles
|
UEFA Euro 2016 | Ukraine
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0–1 | Poland
|
Jakub Błaszczykowski 54'
| |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ Kohut, Zenon E. (2003). "The Khmelnytsky Uprising, the Image of Jews, and the Shaping of Ukrainian Historical Memory". Jewish History. 17 (2): 141–163. doi:10.1023/A:1022300121820. JSTOR 20101495.
- ↑ http://factsanddetails.com/russia/Minorities/sub9_3c/entry-5102.html
- ↑ Zhurzhenko, Tatiana (2014). "The border as pain and remedy: Commemorating the Polish – Ukrainian conflict of 1918-1919 in Lviv and Przemyśl". Nationalities Papers. 42 (2): 242–268. doi:10.1080/00905992.2013.801416.
- ↑ Budurowycz, Bohdan (1983). "Poland and the Ukrainian Problem, 1921-1939". Canadian Slavonic Papers / Revue Canadienne des Slavistes. 25 (4): 473–500. doi:10.1080/00085006.1983.11091753. JSTOR 40868197.
- ↑ http://volhyniamassacre.eu/zw2/history/175,Ukrainians-in-Interwar-Poland-1918-1939.html
- ↑ https://militaryhistorynow.com/2014/03/03/stuck-in-the-middle-the-forgotten-and-bloody-history-of-the-ukrainian-insurgent-army/
- ↑ https://www.economist.com/eastern-approaches/2013/07/15/the-tragic-massacre-in-volyn-remembered
- ↑ http://neweasterneurope.eu/2017/12/01/genocide-myth-polands-victimisation-complex/
- ↑ https://geopoliticalfutures.com/poland-ukraines-battle-past/
- ↑ Brandt, Christian; Hertel, Fabian; Huddleston, Sean (2017-04-21). Football Fans, Rivalry and Cooperation. ISBN 9781315455198. Search this book on
- ↑ https://www.fourfourtwo.com/features/welcome-lviv-cradle-ukrainian-and-polish-football
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