Ukraine national team defeated Azerbaijan in the World Cup 2026 qualifiers: how it happened

According to glavcom.ua: The Ukraine national team achieved an important victory over Azerbaijan in the World Cup 2026 qualifiers, beating their opponent 2:1. The match took place on October 13 at the 'Krakovia' stadium in Krakow, Poland.

The Ukrainians opened the scoring in the 30th minute: Ruslan Malinovsky delivered a cross from a free kick, and Oleksiy Hutsulyak headed the ball into the net. However, at the end of the first half, Azerbaijan equalized after a deflection from Vitaliy Mykolenko - 1:1.

In the second half, Ukraine took the lead again: in the 64th minute, after a pass from Oleksiy Hutsulyak, Ruslan Malinovsky scored the winning goal - 2:1. At the end of the match, Artem Dobryk doubled the advantage, but the referee disallowed the goal after reviewing VAR due to a foul on the Azerbaijani player.

This victory brought Ukraine 7 points, and the team maintained second place in the group. The next match for Serhiy Rebrov's team will be on November 13 against France. It is worth noting that Ukraine won a tense match against Iceland in the World Cup qualification.

Results of Ukraine national team matches in the World Cup 2026 qualifiers

• Iceland - Ukraine 3:5 (1:3)
• Goals: Ellertsson, 35, Gudmundsson, 59, 75 - Malinovsky, 14, 45+5, Hutsulyak, 45, Kaluzhny, 85, Ocheretko, 89

• Azerbaijan - Ukraine 1:1 (0:0)
• Goals: Mahmudov (72, penalty) - Sudakov (51)

In the second round of the World Cup 2026 qualifiers, the Ukraine national football team played a draw with Azerbaijan - 1:1. Earlier, the Ukraine national team suffered a defeat against France with a score of 0:2 in the qualifying match for the World Cup 2026. The match took place at the stadium in Wroclaw, Poland.

During the important qualifying match for the World Cup 2026 between Ukraine and France, Ukrainian fans demonstrated their support for the national team by unfurling a huge banner reading 'Fortress of Europe'.

The Ukraine national team achieved an important victory in the World Cup 2026 qualifying match against Azerbaijan with a score of 2:1. This victory allowed the Ukrainian team to maintain second place in the group and collect 7 points. Ukraine's next match will be against France, where the team hopes for another successful performance.