It’s been another packed news week for Ukrainian football despite the majority of the world’s sporting focus geared towards the the return of the Premier League in England. UEFA’s ExCo took place on Wednesday, confirming the future of a number of its competitions, in which Ukrainian sides will be taking part in. The remainder of …
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Seven games to go! The UPL ticks down towards the end of the season with Matchday 26 and the fight for the automatic European spots finely poised! Over the past week there, the fate of Ukraine’s other professional leagues’ 19/20 seasons were also decide. Ukraine’s second tier – The Persha Liha will resume on 24th …
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The UPL continues to tick down toward the end of the 19/20 campaign after resuming action last weekend! However, there will be a notable exception. Karpaty Lviv’s match against Mariupol was postponed last week, after three players had initially tested positive for Covid-19 the day before the game. In further tests the following Monday, this …
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The hiatus has ended! As Ukraine slowly moves out of lockdown, the UPL emerges from its second mid-season break to conclude the seemingly never-ending 19/20 campaign! According to the Kyiv Post (accurate as of 29th May) there have been over 22,000 confirmed cases of Covid-19 in Ukraine, whilst officially 679 have died as a result …
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The UPL is back this weekend so what better way to prepare for its return than a quick run down of the most exciting players to keep an eye on over the next couple months ONE PLAYER TO LOOK OUT FOR PER CLUB Reverse league order below: 12. Yehor Nazaryna (Karpaty) There are few positives …
Ukraine gained its independence from the Soviet Union in 1991. However it wasn’t until 1992 that the Zbirna played its first ever game against Hungary in Uzhorod on April 29th. Here the National Team debuted their first ever home strip – an Umbro template ( featuring some red) leading many to dub it as the …
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The UPL is one of the few leagues across the continent still committing to carrying out its fixtures this weekend and the next! It’s Matchday 23 and the first Gameweek split between the Championship & Relegation Groups! There’s already A LOT of DEJA VU from just last weekend as a number of sides meet again …
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Shakhtar make their way to Germany this evening to play Bundesliga outfit Wolfsburg in the Europa League R16! Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the game will be played behind closed doors and questions have already been raised on whether the European season will be allowed to be concluded following escalating developments across the continent on …
IT’S DOWN TO THE LAST EIGHT IN THE UKRAINIAN CUP! Ukraine’s premier cup competition returns from hiatus for the first time since the winter break! Despite taking place during a period of footballing uncertainty due to a global pandemic, Kubok Ukraini will be allowing spectators! However, due to both the timings and scheduling of fixtures …
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The UPL will break into two parts following the conclusion of Sunday’s fixtures this weekend where the top flight’s clubs will battle it out for two different prizes. Relegation and ’The Best of the Rest Cup’ awaits for those finishing in the bottom half of the table whilst those in sixth and above have the …
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