February. Chronicle of events: awards for football stars, Turkish tour of the women's national team and European Cup successes of clubs

02.03.2021 12:00

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Last winter, the draw of the Ukrainian Premier League championship resumed, and fans were able to return to the stands. The women's national team has started preparations for the playoffs of the European Championship. A significant event was the ceremony "Football Stars of Ukraine", in which the winners were announced in a number of nominations in 2020.  

February 1st. Honored Coach of Ukraine, Chairman of the Committee of National Teams of UAF Myron Markevich turned 70 years old.

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Myron Bohdanovych was warmly congratulated on the anniversary by colleagues from a friendly family of the Ukrainian Football Association.

February 3st. Officially announced an away friendly match, which on September 8 this year the national team of Ukraine will hold against the Czech team.

This game will take place after two official meetings as part of the selection for the 2022 World Cup. On September 1, our visiting team will meet Kazakhstan, and on September 4, it will host France at home.

February 4st. The draw of the calendar in the selection group H Euro-2023 (U-21), in which teams from France, Serbia, Northern Macedonia, the Faroe Islands and Armenia will compete with the youth national team of Ukraine.

The blue-and-yellow qualifying round will begin in Serbia on September 3, 2021, and will end with a home match against Northern Macedonia on June 7, 2022.

February 4st. It became known that the Ukrainian Electronic Football Association, which is an associate member of the UAF, according to the decision of the Ministry of Justice of Ukraine received the status of an all-Ukrainian association.

Obtaining all-Ukrainian status means that UAEF will develop cyber football not only at the national but also at the regional level.

February 8st. The draw for the European Cyber ​​Football Championship - eEuro-2021. The online ceremony kicked off the second draw of the biggest UEFA-sponsored Pro Evolution Soccer national teams.

The national team of Ukraine, represented by two cyber football players - Serhiy Sergobibika Marchenko and Igor ighor_8 Lyubchak, - competes in Group A with the national teams of Spain, Finland, Northern Macedonia and Estonia for the continental championship.

February 9st. The list of players of the women's national team of Ukraine called to the training camp to prepare for the Euro-2022 playoff matches has become known. Head coach of the blue-yellows Natalia Zinchenko stopped the choice on 24 football players.

February 9st. The 26th draw of the Oleg Makarov Memorial, the most popular winter tournament in Ukraine, ended in Kyiv region. This year's victory in the competition won the football club "Juniors" (Shpytky).

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Prizes for the winners, finalists and winners of individual nominations were presented by the first vice-presidents of the Ukrainian Football Association Vadym Kostyuchenko and Anatoliy Demyanenko, as well as the chairman of the Kyiv Regional Football Association Andriy Zasukha.

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February 12st. The draw for the winter qualifiers ESportsBattle LEAGUE | 2020-2021, the first national cyber football league with the support of the Ukrainian Electronic Football Association (UAEF), for professional players (PRO Division) and amateurs (AMATEUR Division).

February 15st. Have decided date and place tournament in the qualifying round of Euro 2022 with the participation of the youth national team of Ukraine U-19. The matches in Group 5, where the blue and yellows will play against the national teams of Poland, Finland and Malta, will take place on October 6-12, 2021 in Poland.

February 15st. It has happened the fifth traditional annual holiday ceremony "Football Stars of Ukraine" is a joint initiative of the Ukrainian Football Association and the All-Ukrainian Association of Professional Footballers.

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As part of the ceremony, which this time, due to objective circumstances, took place online, the winners were announced in a number of nominations in 2020. Special awards were also presented for special contribution to the development of football in our country.

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"We have seen how selflessly the national team of Ukraine fought in every match, and we are optimistic about tomorrow's consideration of the case regarding the match Switzerland - Ukraine in CAS.

We witnessed how the Ukraine U-2022 team challenged till the end for the Euro-XNUMX qualification, and the women's national team won the right to compete in the playoffs for a ticket to the finals of Euro-XNUMX.

That is why our football heroes deserve a festive summing up of 2020 and awards and distinctions. Traditionally, in preparation for the ceremony, the best of the best were determined by their colleagues - representatives of professional clubs. This is a principled approach, which is a key rule for summing up the results of the football year, "said Andriy Pavelko, President of the Ukrainian Football Association and a member of the UEFA Executive Committee, who was the guest of honor at the ceremony.

February 16st. Women's National Team of Ukraine arrived in Turkey for a training camp, in the program of which two friendly matches were planned. Goalkeeper Iryna Sanina and defender Lyubov Shmatko did not fly with the team due to positive tests at COVID-19. Due to the positive result of the coronavirus test, Nadiya Kunina could not come to the national team. Therefore, the head coach of the blue-and-yellows Natalia Zinchenko decided at the last minute to give a chance to the 19-year-old debutant of the main team of the country - midfielder of "Zhytlobud-2" Irina Kotyash.

February 15st. In the Kiev military lyceum named after Ivan Bohun events took place, timed to the Day of honoring the participants of hostilities on the territory of other states.

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With the participation of the head of the lyceum, Hero of Ukraine Ihor Hordiychuk, first vice-president of the Ukrainian Football Association Anatoliy Demyanenko and adviser to the president of UAF Valentyn Latypov, a sports complex was opened and a futsal tournament was held.

Anatoliy Demyanenko and Valentyn Latypov congratulated the participants of the competition, conveyed congratulations from the national team of Ukraine and the President of the UAF, a member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andriy Pavelko and wished them success in their studies.

February 16st. Sports Arbitration Court of Lausanne held a meeting online in the case of the UAF's appeal against the decision of the UEFA Appeals Committee regarding the enrollment of the technical team of Ukraine in the technical defeat in the match of the League of Nations against the national team of Switzerland, which was to take place on November 17, 2020.

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Representatives of the UAF, represented by President Andriy Pavelko, Vice President and Secretary General Yuriy Zapisotsky, legal advisers from the Ukrainian Bar Association and reputable sports law firms from Spain and Switzerland, provided ample evidence to review the UEFA Appeals Committee's decision.

February 17st. The UEFA Executive Committee, of which UAF President Andriy Pavelko is a member, decided to cancel the UEFA Youth League draw season 2020/2021 due to the pandemic COVID-19 and its impact on the competition.

February 18st. FIFA published another rating national teams, in which Ukraine ranks 24th. Compared to the previous rating, Ukraine maintained its position. 

February 19st. Ukrainian judging team worked on the match of the qualifying tournament for Euro-2022 among women Finland - Portugal, which took place in Helsinki. Kateryna Monzul was the main arbiter. Maryna Streletska and Svitlana Hrushko helped her on the lines. Anastasia Romanyuk acted as the fourth arbitrator.

February 19st. Cyber ​​football team of Ukraine learned the schedule of matches in the qualification of the European Championship among electronic national teams eEuro-2021. The blue and yellows will play their eight matches in two game days - March 15 and April 12.

February 19st. Representatives of the UAF honored the memory of the Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred, who gave their lives for the freedom and independence of Ukraine during the Revolution of Dignity.

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President of the Ukrainian Football Association, member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andriy Pavelko, first vice-presidents of the UAF Oleh Protasov, Anatoliy Demyanenko, Nazar Kholodnytsky and assistant head coach of the national team of Ukraine Oleksandr Shovkovsky visited the Alley of Heroes of the Heavenly Hundred in Kyiv. fallen patriots.

February 19st. Ukraine's representative in the UEFA Futsal Champions League, Kherson's Prodexim, lost away to Spanish "Inter" at the stage of 1/8 finals.

Kherson gave a fight to a formidable opponent, but, having missed twice in the last minutes, they were defeated - 2: 4 and dropped out of the tournament.

February 20st. Have happened three matches of the 15th round Ukrainian Premier League. One of them, "Lviv" - "Kolos", which was played at the "Arena Lviv", became the first match of the internal competitions of 2021, which fans were able to attend. Admission of spectators was carried out in accordance with interim protocol, developed by the Ukrainian Football Association together with the Ukrainian Premier League and the administration of the Professional Football League.

February 20st. The national women's national team of Ukraine held the first of two planned friendly matches at the training camp in Turkey. Duel with the Serbian team brought a draw - 1: 1.

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Olga Ovdiychuk opened the scoring in the 44th minute, and in the second half the rivals played back.

February 21st. It became known that the friendly matches of the youth national futsal team of Ukraine against the team of Spain, scheduled for February, will not happen. The meeting of Vitaliy Odegov's team was canceled.

"Sparring was canceled due to the fact that the Spanish youth team was banned from leaving. We have been sent an official letter on this issue, "Vitaliy Odegov told the UAF official website.

February 21st. It's over winter qualification ESportsBattle LEAGUE | 2020-2021. The names of the winners of two divisions - PRO Division and AMATEUR Division - have become known.

February 22st. Became known date and place of the tournament in the qualifying round of Euro-2022 with the participation of the youth national team of Ukraine U-17. The matches in Group 11, where the blue and yellows will play against the national teams of Portugal, Wales and Kazakhstan, will take place on November 10-16 this year in Portugal.

February 22st. It has been officially announced that the XXIV Congress of the Ukrainian Football Association will take place on May 24, 2021 in Kharkiv. This decision was made by the UAF Executive Committee, considering the appeal of the Kharkiv Regional Football Association with a proposal.

February 23st. President of the Ukrainian Football Association, member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andriy Pavelko on behalf of UEFA President Alexander Cheferin presented to the General Director of FC Shakhtar (Donetsk) Sergei Palkin honorary award.

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The Ukrainian Shakhtar Social Foundation received a silver award from the UEFA Grassroots Awards for its work in the development of grassroots football in the nomination "Best Professional Club of 2020".

Thank you to FC Shakhtar and its management for their fruitful work! It is gratifying that the club's efforts are aimed not only at successful performances in Ukrainian and international competitions, training players for various national teams of Ukraine. It is important that in our difficult times for all world football, Shakhtar is a leader among European clubs in the development of grassroots football and the implementation of social projects, "said Andriy Pavelko.

February 23st. The national and women's national team of Ukraine played the second and last friendly match at the training camp in Turkey. Blue and yellow won strong-willed victory over the Indian team - 3: 2. As part of Natalia Zinchenko's wards, Kozlov (42 minutes) and Apanashchenko (62, from the penalty spot, 90 + 3) scored goals. 

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The Turkish training camp was dedicated to preparing for the Euro-2022 playoffs, rival of Ukrainian women in which will be determined on March 5.

February 23st. Head coach of the Ukrainian national futsal team Oleksandr Kosenko announced the composition of his team for two matches against Croatia in the group stage of the selection of Euro-2022.

Our team will play an away match against the national team of Croatia on March 3 in Osijek. The home match will take place on March 7 in the Zaporizhia Palace of Sports "Youth".

February 23st. It has happened second webinar on the development of grassroots football in the regions within the framework of the UEFA Grow pilot project in Ukraine. Experts from UEFA and national associations and football clubs shared their successful practices and experience with webinar guests from national associations of Romania, Georgia, Belarus, representatives of all regional football associations of Ukraine, our local clubs, as well as executive authorities, local authorities and communities, international organizations.

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"Football should be available to the widest possible range of Ukrainians, and it is in this philosophy that the success and quality of professional football at the national level is embedded. Our mission is to implement this philosophy on a daily basis in order to achieve the UEFA minimum standard of 3%, or at least 1 million citizens, involved in football, and in this context, the work of each region is important, ”he said in his speech. webinar President of the Ukrainian Football Association, member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andriy Pavelko.

February 24st. The UEFA Executive Committee, which includes UAF President Andriy Pavelko, canceled the 2021 European Championship among youth women's national teams and European Championship 2021 among U-19 youth teams. The national teams of Ukraine of the respective categories had to take part in the qualification of both tournaments.

The decision to cancel was made due to the COVID-19 pandemic and its impact on the competition.

February 24st. President of the Ukrainian Football Association, member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andriy Pavelko supported the initiative of Alexander Yaroslavsky, who expressed a desire to revive Kharkiv FC "Metalist".

«I am very grateful to Oleksandr Yaroslavsky for such an initiative! As a member of the UEFA Executive Committee and President of the UAF, I will do my utmost to promote its implementation. I believe that in the near future the Kharkiv club, founded in 1925, a club with such a glorious history will once again enchant us with its game in the UPL, the Cup of Ukraine and the European Cups - and, in particular, in the Champions League! " - noted Andriy Pavelko.

February 25st. Two Ukrainian clubs successfully played the return matches of the 1/16 finals of the Europa League and made their way to the next stage. Shakhtar, which passed the Israeli "Maccabi" TA, the next day in the draw won the Italian "Roma". Dynamo defeating the Belgian "Bruges", in 1 / 8th will coincide with the Spanish "Villarreal".

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February 26st. It took place in the House of Football draw draw for the quarterfinals of the 2020/2021 season will be held.

February 28st. Rejo took place in Kyiv in the arenas final part of the championship of Kyiv region among girls' football teams organized by the Kyiv Regional Football Association within the framework of the UEFA Grow project. The project is implemented by the Ukrainian Football Association together with the pilot regional football associations.