October. Chronicle of events: obtaining wards of Andriy Shevchenko for Euro-2020 passes, successes of girls' national team and national futsal team

In October, the national team of the country made a gift to all Ukrainian fans. Andriy Shevchenko's team won the right to take part in Euro 2020 in a great style, beating the current European champion - Kyiv - in Kyiv. 

October 1-2. Ukraine's women's futsal team held two sparring matches in Belgrade and Lazarevac against the Serbian national team. Both meetings ended with confident victories of Oleg Shaitanov's wards - 7:0 and 5:0

October 5. The national women's team played its second match in the Euro 2021 qualifying tournament. The rivals were again the Germans - one of the best teams in the world. As a month earlier in Lviv, in Aachen the advantage of two-time world champion over Natalia Zinchenko's team is reflected in eight "dry" balls.  

October 5-6. The matches of the final stage of the all-Ukrainian veteran championship in the age category 45+, dedicated to the memory of the outstanding football player Viktor Kanevsky, took place in Vyshneve at the Central Stadium. Winner of a prestigious competition for the second time in a row became a team "Bukovyna-Retro" from Chernivtsi.

October 2-8. Ukraine's youth women's national team WU-19 in the Netherlands took part in the qualifying round for Euro 2020. Blue and yellow lost to Ireland - 0:2, home team - 1:4 and beat Montenegro in the last match - 3:2. Valery Palamarchuk's wards finished third in their group and finished fifth in the third-place correspondence competition, which did not allow them to qualify for the elite round of selection.

October 8. The main women's national team of the country lost in its third qualifying match for Euro-2021. This time the opponent was our level - the national team of Ireland. The game took place in Dublin and ended with the victory of the hosts with the score 3:2. "Now we have no right to make a mistake," - appreciated Natalia Zinchenko tournament position of her team after such a result.

October 9. To the House of Football at the invitation of the President of the Ukrainian Football Association, member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andriy Pavelko visited famous public activist, film director, writer, screenwriter and loyal fan of the national team of Ukraine Oleh Sentsov. In a conversation with the president of the UAF, Sentsov spoke about patriotic ultras from his native Crimea, how he supported the main team of Ukraine in the Russian prison and whose football skills he admired as a child.

"It is a great honor for me personally and the Ukrainian Football Association to invite you and all the released Heroes of Ukraine to the match of the national team of Ukraine. We also support the good tradition of inviting combat veterans to such fights. We are proud of you! ” - Andriy Pavelko emphasized in communication with the guest of honor.

October 8-10. Ukraine's U-19 national team preparing for the qualifying round in Bucharest and Kiev Euro-2020 (U-19) qualifying round, played two friendly matches with peers from Greece. In the first of these sparring wards Oleg Kuznetsov's wins won - 2:1, and in the second played a draw - 0:0.

October 10. Ukraine's youth national team in Romania suffered its second defeat in its third match of the Euro-2021 (U-21) qualifying tournament. Meeting account - 3:0 in favor of the Romanian "youth". The hosts secured such an advantage at the end of the match, scoring three goals starting in the 75th minute.

October 11. The national team of Ukraine defeated the team of Lithuania in Kharkiv - 2:0. Ruslan Malinowski scored a goal in each of the halves. This victory was the fifth in a row for the blue-and-yellows in the Euro 2020 qualifying round and brought Andriy Shevchenko's team one step closer to the goal of winning a ticket to the European Championship.

October 11-13. Two friendly matches with the Armenian peers were played by the U-17 youth team of Ukraine, which is about to start in qualification for Euro-2020. Alexander Petrakov's team did not leave opponents a chance in Bucha - 5:0 and Kyiv - 2:0.

October 11-13. In parallel with the team one year younger, the Ukrainian teams from the U-18 team met with the Armenian boys twice, and for this purpose they went to visit the opponent. And here the Ukrainians were twice as strong - 5:1 and 1:0 in favor of the wards of Vladimir Yezersky.  

October 11-14. The national beach soccer team of Ukraine performed at the World Beach Games, where it lost all three matches in the group - the teams of Iran (4:5), Paraguay (4:5) and Senegal (5:7). Yevgeny Varenytsa's wards took the last place in the Quartet C of the group stage of competitions in Qatar.

October 14. The friendly match between the youth national teams (U-21) of Greece and Ukraine ended with the away victory of the blue-yellows - 2:0. Goals were scored by Shaparenko and Rusyn.

14 October. On the Day of the Defender of Ukraine in Kiev at the National Palace of Culture. V. Bannikov took place final matches II Open Championship of Ukraine of ATO Heroes. The four best teams out of 35 that took part in this year's tournament won the right to play for the championship title. The quartet of laureates consisted of FC Kropyvnytskyi, Cheetah (Zaporizhzhya), GUNP (Zhytomyr) and Zenit (Zolotonosha).

Last year's winner of the championship, FC Kropyvnytskyi, who beat Zenit Zolotonosha 7: 4, celebrated success in the bronze medal match. In the game for the first place Zaporizhzhya "Cheetah" defeated GUNP (Zhytomyr) - 3: 0 and for the first time became the winner of the Open Championship of Ukraine of ATO Heroes.

October 14. To the House of Football came to visit members of the teams of BC Nikopol and RB Yani Kapu, who were attacked and captured by the Russian military in November 2018 - sailor Volodymyr Varimez, senior sailors Vyacheslav Zinchenko and Andriy Oprysko. These and other sailors, at the invitation of the President of the Ukrainian Football Association, a member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andriy Pavelko, supported the national team in the match against Portugal on the same day.

"These are extremely interesting people with a strong character! We are proud of our brave sailors. We are always glad to see you at the Football House and at the matches of the national team, "Andriy Pavelko said. 

October 14. In the House of Football there was a meeting Executive Committee of the Ukrainian Football Association. Among other issues, the main candidate for the final match of the Cup of Ukraine of the 2019/2020 season, which is tentatively scheduled for May 13, 2020, was identified. The members of the executive committee previously supported the candidacy of Ternopil, where the selection match of the women's world championship Ukraine - Hungary (2: 0) was held at the City Stadium at a high organizational level.

But a decision was made to form a UAF commission that would look into all the details of the match. And only after her report will a final decision be approved.

October 14. The main match of the autumn for Ukrainian football took place at the Olimpiysky National Sports Complex. The national team of Ukraine played against the current European champions, the Portuguese, in the qualifying tournament for the next Euro. After the first half, the hosts led 2-0 thanks to the goals of Yaremchuk and Yarmolenko. In the second 45 minutes, the guests reduced the gap after a goal by Cristiano Ronaldo from 11 meters. In addition, the blue and yellows spent the last 20 minutes in the minority due to the removal of Stepanenko. However, the final whistle of the referee recorded a historic one victory of the Ukrainian national team - 2: 1. Andriy Shevchenko's team guaranteed a first place in the group and a pass for Euro-2020 in advance!

"I saw real lions on the field. Evaluating this qualifying round that we went through together, I can thank the players for their dedication and for the game they showed, "- summed up performances of his wards Andrey Shevchenko.

And UAF President Andriy Pavelko, a member of the UEFA Executive Committee, commenting on the team's success in the selection, said: “Of course, the guys and the coaching staff are well done. It was important on such a day, Defender of Ukraine Day, to pay tribute to our fallen soldiers and those who were at the stadium. These are veterans of hostilities, families of heroes, sailors and activists released from captivity, in particular Oleg Sentsov. I think their strong energy was passed on to our players and gave them strength.

Before the start of qualification, there was a strong pressure on UAF. Many did not believe in Andriy Shevchenko's coaching talent. But the result showed that everything was done correctly. I knew and I was sure that everything would work out for Shevchenko. "

October 19-21. The youth national team of Ukraine U-16 played two friendly matches with local peers in Tbilisi. Serhiy Nagornyak's wards were twice as strong - 2:1 and 3:0.   

October 20-26. Ukrainian WU-17 national team in Serbia participated in Euro-2020 qualification tournament. In the first match, Sergiy Sapronov's wives gave way to the host team (2:4), in the second - drew with the Czech national team (1:1), and in the third - parted ways with Georgia (1:1). The Ukrainian girls finished third in their quartet and ranked among the top four third teams of 11 groups. This allowed the blue and yellow to get a permit for the elite round, which matches will take place next spring, and of the draw - November 29 this year. 

October 24-27. The Ukrainian national futsal team in Northern Macedonia took part in the main qualifying round for the 2020 World Cup. After the victory over Kosovo (7:1) and a draw with Slovenia (2:2) the wards of Alexander Kosenko beat the hosts of the group (5:1) and took second place in the group to win the elite round, the draw of which will be held on November 7.

October 30. Were played duels 1/8 finals of the Cup of Ukraine-2019/2020. The standout of this stage of the tournament was the confrontation Dynamo and Shakhtar, which ended in favor of Kiev in overtime - 2: 1.

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