DUFLU season results in U-14 category: Shakhtar's fifth gold over the last six seasons

26.06.2018 12:37

The youth championship of Ukraine of the 2017/2018 season in the U-14 age category, held under the auspices of DUFLU, ended in Shchaslyvy near Kyiv.

In the final match on June 23, the students of the academies of the two best clubs of the country - Shakhtar and Dynamo - met. The Miners won under the guidance of coach Alexander Knyazev, Ivan Losenko scored the only goal from the penalty spot at the end of the first half.

Dynamo perceived the defeat with emotion. "Our team played well, we drove more opponents, but everything was decided by penalties," said midfielder Artem Slesar after the final whistle. - Our player put his hand on the Shakhtar player, and the referee whistled. We had a similar moment in the second half, when Igor Gorbach was kicked in the back. It was a clear penalty, but the referee showed a yellow card for the simulation, which was not even close. "

And Dynamo head coach Andriy Fartushnyak stated in general: “Refereeing? I just feel sorry for our guys who have tears in their eyes. Let the competent authorities understand. "

Pupils of coaches Gennady Shchekotylin and Serhiy Matyukhin from Odesa's Chornomorets won bronze medals, beating Karpaty 1-0 in the match for third place. The only goal was scored by the central midfielder Maxim Beshlyaga.

DUFLOW. U-14. The final tournament

Group A

Shakhtar (Donetsk) - UFK-Karpaty (Lviv) - 1: 0

UFC (Dnipro) - Karpaty (Lviv) - 0: 3

Karpaty (Lviv) - UFK-Karpaty (Lviv) - 2: 0

Shakhtar (Donetsk) - UFK (Dnipro) - 5: 0

UFK (Dnipro) - UFK-Karpaty (Lviv) - 1: 2

Karpaty (Lviv) - Shakhtar (Donetsk) - 0: 1

Standings

Group B

Chornomorets (Odessa) - SDYUSSHOR (Uzhhorod) - 2: 0

Skala (Morshyn) - Dynamo (Kyiv) - 0: 2

SDYUSSHOR (Uzhhorod) - Dynamo (Kyiv) - 1: 3

Chornomorets (Odessa) - Skala (Morshyn) - 1: 0

Skala (Morshyn) - SDYUSSHOR (Uzhhorod) - 1: 0

Dynamo (Kyiv) - Chornomorets (Odessa) - 2: 0

Standings

Seventh place match

SDYUSSHOR (Uzhhorod) - UFK (Dnipro) - 1: 0

Match for p'place

Skala (Morshyn) - UFK-Karpaty (Lviv) - 1: 0

Semifinals

Dynamo Kyiv (Kyiv) - Karpaty (Lviv) - 2-0

Shakhtar (Donetsk) - Chornomorets (Odessa) - 2: 0

Third Place Match

Chornomorets (Odessa) - Karpaty (Lviv) - 1: 0

Match for first place

Shakhtar (Donetsk) - Dynamo (Kyiv) - 1: 0

Facts

• For footballers born in 2004, this championship of Ukraine under the auspices of DUFLU is the first in their career.
• Teams from only two zonal groups out of four reached the final tournament - the second (Shakhtar, Dynamo, Chornomorets, Dnipro UFC) and the fourth (SDYUSSHOR (Uzhhorod), UFK-Karpaty, Karpaty and Skala »).
• The winners of their zones in the regular championship in the U-14 category were: the first zone - "Premier Niva" (Vinnytsia), the second - "Shakhtar" (Donetsk), the third - "Vorskla" (Poltava), the fourth - SDYUSSHOR (Uzhhorod) ).
• In the playoffs, the four best teams from the first and fourth, second and third zones played among themselves (1st place - with 4th place, 2nd - with 3rd). The first and third zones were much weaker.
• All three prizes of the 2017/2018 season were taken by the teams of the second zone - the strongest in youth football of Ukraine. And in the regular season they are located in the same order: Shakhtar, Dynamo, Chornomorets.
• Shakhtar players in the regular season also have a positive balance of matches with Dynamo (2: 2, 1: 0).
• The individual prizes of the final tournament were shared by the finalists. The best player is Ivan Losenko, the best goalkeeper is Denis Barchenko, the best defender is Andriy Buleza (all are Shakhtar), the best midfielder is Anton Tsarenko, the best striker is Igor Gorbach (both are Dynamo).
• At one time, individual prizes of the U-14 final tournaments were awarded to well-known future football players who later played in the Premier League: Viktor Tsygankov (best player, 2011), Denis Balanyuk (best striker, 2011), Viktor Kovalenko (best player, 2010). ), Ivan Zotko (best defender, 2010), Vladlen Yurchenko (best player, 2008), Dmytro Khlobas (best striker, 2008).
• In the U-14 age category, Shakhtar has won five of the last six Ukrainian championships (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018), and Dynamo players have won the title only once (2017).
• The Ukrainian national team, made up of players born in 2004, is scheduled to gather for the first time in spring 2019.