January. Chronicle of events: decisions of the Executive Committee of the UAF, high-profile transfers of players of the Ukrainian national team, meeting of Andriy Pavelek with representatives of the sports media

03.02.2023 15:00

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In January, the UAF Executive Committee approved the international match calendars for the national teams of Ukraine, and the president of the association spoke with journalists.

January 3. Shakhtar Donetsk midfielder Georgy Sudakov entered the list the most promising young football players according to UEFA experts.

January 4. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Ukrainian Football Association was held, during which there was reviewed and approved international calendar of men's national team matches for 2023 and Unified calendar of women's football events for 2023.

January 5. FIFA published a list of arbitrators, approved by the refereeing committee of the organization to work at the official matches of 2023, in which 32 Ukrainian men and women were at once.

January 6. Ukrainian Football Association honored the memory legendary coach Valery Lobanovskyi. UAF representatives gathered at the monument to Metro near the "Dynamo" stadium in Kyiv, which bears the coach's name, and then visited Lobanovsky's grave at the Baikovo cemetery.

President of the Ukrainian Football Association, member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andriy Pavelko, first vice-presidents of the UAF Oleg Protasov and Vadym Kostyuchenko, coaches of the youth and youth national teams of Ukraine Vasyl Kardash, Oleg Kuznetsov, Yuriy Moroz came to honor the bright memory of Valeriy Vasyliovych. They shared memories of personal communication with Metro, recalled facts from his coaching biography and laid flowers on his grave.

"The birthday of the great Lobanovskyi, which we celebrate on January 6, is always a good opportunity to remember his historical achievements, special charisma and the huge professional legacy that the football hero of Ukraine left to many generations of players and coaches of our country. Valery Vasyliovych has so many students, many of whom now work in the UAF team, as well as fans and followers who play football, work as coaches and managers, that it often seems as if he himself is somewhere nearby. We thank the Legend for his incredible contribution to the development of Ukrainian football and inexhaustible inspiration for our football community!" Andriy Pavelko noted.

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January 9. Ukrainians Kateryna Monzul and Maryna Striletska entered the list of arbitrators, which will work at the matches of the final stage of the 2023 Women's World Cup, which will begin on July 20 in Australia and New Zealand.

January 9. Midfielder of the national team of Ukraine Ruslan Malinovskyi is on loan passed from the Italian "Atalanta" to the French "Marseille".

January 11. WhiteBIT is the largest European cryptocurrency exchange of Ukrainian origin signed the contract on long-term partnership with the national football team of Ukraine.

January 11. In Bukovina the first cycle is over from 20 classes of inclusive football sections within the project of the same name of the Ukrainian Football Association.

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January 12. Referee of the Ukrainian Football Association and military medic Dmytro Kubryak got a position Deputy Head of the Arbitration Support Department of the UAF.

January 12. UAF officially stopped cooperation with the head coach of the Ukrainian national team Oleksandr Petrakov, thanking him and his coaching staff for their high professionalism and unforgettable victories in this position.

"UAF is sincerely grateful to Oleksandr Petrakov and his coaching staff for their high professionalism and unforgettable victories as the head coach of the national team. At the same time, Oleksandr Vasyliovych's unique achievements together with the youth national teams of Ukraine from the world championship of the U-20 team forever written in golden letters in the history of Ukrainian football," the association said in a statement.

January 13. the UEFA determined the date of the draw the first ever women's League of Nations. Groups will be formed on May 2.

January 13. Ukrainian Association of Football released an exclusive calendar for 2023 with photos of the players of the national team.

January 15. Module on child protection in football included in educational programs for Ukrainian coaches "Diploma D UAF" and "Diploma C UEFA", which are held by the UAF.

January 15. Mykhailo Mudryk is a 22-year-old attacking midfielder of the Ukrainian national team passed from Shakhtar Donetsk to London Chelsea. He signed an eight-and-a-half-year contract with the Blues.

January 17. Midfielder of the national team of Ukraine Viktor Tsygankov is on a full basis passed from Kyiv "Dynamo" to Spanish "Girona". Our footballer signed an agreement with the Catalan team until 2027.

January 17. U-19 youth futsal team of Ukraine played her first match at the Umag Nations Cup 2023 Croatian tournament, in which she faced the French team. The match ended in a draw - 4:4.

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January 19. Committee of Referees of the Ukrainian Football Association informed about the meeting for the referee. The medical examination of FIFA referees started in Kyiv on January 24 and will continue until February 8. The UPL referee training meeting will take place on February 20-25 in Uzhgorod, the UPL youth team referee training camp will be held on February 27-March 1 in Kyiv.

January 19. U-19 youth futsal team of Ukraine played her second match at the Croatian Umag Nations Cup 2023 tournament. Ihor Moskvychov's wards beat the Slovenian team — 2:1.

January 20. U-19 youth futsal team of Ukraine completed the speeches at the Umag Nations Cup 2023 Croatian tournament, losing to the Italian team — 2:7. As a result, our team took fourth place among five participants. 

January 21. All opponents have been determined of the youth futsal team of Ukraine in the selection for Euro-2023 (U-19). Our team got into group 2 of the main round, where they will meet with Romania, Serbia and Montenegro, which won the qualifying mini-tournament held on January 19-21 in Gibraltar.

January 23. Ukrainian Association of Football supported physical education teachers in Dnipro, where, despite the war, they continue to take care of children's education and health culture and develop school football within the framework of the UAF program.

In the Dnipropetrovsk region, teacher training courses on the "Football" module were held. Course participants received UAF certificates and D-licenses, as well as sets of equipment in backpacks and manuals on school football for high-quality conduct of football lessons and other football events in their schools.

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January 24. Defender of the national team of Ukraine Eduard Sobol passed from the Belgian "Bruges" to the French "Strasbourg". Our football player signed a contract with the new FC for 3,5 years and will play under number 77.

January 24. In the Football House a meeting took place the president of UAF, member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andriy Pavelek with representatives of the sports media. For two and a half hours, Andrii Pavelko answered numerous questions from journalists, discussing the most relevant topics in Ukrainian football at the moment.

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January 24. Appeals Committee of the UAF left unchanged decision of the CPC regarding Anatoly Tymoshchuk. The appeal of A.O. Tymoshchuk against the decision of the Central Committee of the UAF dated March 11.03.2022, XNUMX was rejected in its entirety. The decision of the UAF Appeals Committee can be appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne.

January 24. Ukrainian Association of Football clarified the situation with a letter addressed to UAF from FIFA and UEFA, in which it was emphasized that the membership of national football associations in international bodies is guaranteed exclusively by strict compliance with the statutes of FIFA and UEFA, and, accordingly, by the independence of the activities of national football structures.

January 24. In Hungarian Debrecen on December, XNUMX of the final tournament of the third in the history of the European Women's Futsal Championship, in which the national team of Ukraine will take part. According to his results, the opponent of the blue-yellow team in the semi-finals was the team of Hungary.

January 25. Executive of the UAF approved the list of stadiums for all-Ukrainian football competitions.

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January 26. National team of Ukraine in e-football in the FIFA discipline held the first matches in the second game week of the FIFAe Nations Cup 2023 qualifiers. In four matches, the blue and yellow team won one, drew once and conceded twice.

January 27. National team of Ukraine in e-football in the FIFA discipline completed the second game week qualifiers for the World Cup - FIFAe Nations Cup 2023. Unfortunately, our boys did not have enough points to remain among the strongest cohort.

January 28. Ukrainian judges Kateryna Monzul and Maryna Striletska took part in the FIFA seminar for the officials of the matches of the Women's World Cup-2023 held in Doha, the capital of Qatar.

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January 31. Ukraine got to another basket draw of the Euro-2025 qualifying tournament (U-21).

January 31. Defender of the national team of Ukraine Ilya Zabarny made his transfer from Dynamo Kyiv to the English Premier League club Bournemouth. The English FC noted that the contract of our performer was signed for 5,5 years.

January 31. Defender of the national team of Ukraine Serhii Kryvtsov passed from "Shakhtar" to "Inter Miami", which plays in the Eastern Conference of the elite division of the US MLS Championship. The agreement between the Ukrainian and the American FC is for one year with an option to extend it for another 12 months.

January 31. The Ukrainian men's beach soccer team in the capital's Hydropark started preparing to the new season. 

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