Ukraine national team veterans: Karavaev's anniversary, Zabarny and Yaremchuk's mini-milestones, and Tsygankov's leap into the top 20

After two November qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup, against France (0:4) and Iceland (2:0), changes occurred in the upper section of the historical table of Ukraine's national team veterans.

Ukraine national team veterans: Karavaev's anniversary, Zabarny and Yaremchuk's mini-milestones, and Tsygankov's leap into the top 20

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After two November qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup, against France (0:4) and Iceland (2:0), changes occurred at the top of the historical table of Ukraine's national team.

Oleksandr Karavayev played his 50th match for the blue-and-yellow and now shares the 33rd-34th position with Artem Melnychuk.

Vitaliy Mykolenko increased his number of matches for the national team to 51, catching up with Yevhen Khacheridi in the records (they share the 31st-32nd positions).

Mini milestones for Illia Zabarnyi and Roman Yaremchuk: the game against Iceland was Zabarnyi's 55th match with Ukraine's national team (26th place), while it was Yaremchuk's 65th (17th place).

Viktor Tsygankov now has 63 matches for the blue-and-yellow, allowing him to leapfrog Sergiy Sydorchuk (62 games) and catch up with Vladyslav Vasyuk (they share 18th-19th positions).

Finally, Ruslan Malinovskiy now has 69 matches for Ukraine's national team, allowing him to surpass Andriy Nesmachnyi and Andriy Vorobey in the records and occupy the 14th position alone.