Ukraine national football team 1992 was the very first composed team that represented the now independent Ukraine. Note that it was not the very first to represent Ukraine, though. The country while being part of the Soviet Union used to play several games mostly against the Turkish nationals back 1930s. Those games, however, later were scratched and went into the oblivion.
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