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Football In Ukraine
Football is the most popular sport in Ukraine. The Ukrainian Association of Football (previously Football Federation of Ukraine) is the national governing body and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of football game in the country. It was organised in 1991 to replace the Soviet republican-level Football Federation of Ukrainian SSR, created earlier in the 1920s as part of the Soviet system of physical culture councils. The Ukrainian Association of Football is a non-governmental organization and is a member of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine. There are several types of football: professional male and female football, amateur male and female football, youth leagues and children's competitions (younger than age of 13), football veterans and beach football, indoor competition and separate competitions for students and military personnel. Ukraine fields a great number of different national teams for various types of international competitions including continental an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UEFA Europa Conference League
The UEFA Conference League (UECL), usually known simply as the Conference League, is an annual association football, football competition organised since 2021 by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) for eligible European football clubs. It is the third-tier competition of UEFA competitions, European club football, ranking below the second-tier UEFA Europa League, and the first-tier UEFA Champions League. Introduced in 2021 as the UEFA Europa Conference League, the competition was initially intended as the bottom level of the UEFA Europa League. Teams from lower-ranked UEFA member associations primarily contest the competition. From the 2024–25 UEFA Conference League, 2024–25 season, the competition was rebranded to the UEFA Conference League, and the group stage was replaced with an expanded league phase of 36 teams. No teams qualify directly for the league phase: instead the teams eliminated in the Europa League play-off round qualify, with the rest comin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FIFA U-20 World Cup
The FIFA U-20 World Cup is the biennial football world championship tournament for FIFA members' men's national teams with players under the age of 20. The competition has been staged every two years since the inaugural tournament in 1977 when it was hosted by Tunisia under the tournament name of FIFA World Youth Championship until 2005. In 2007 the name was changed to its present form. FIFA bills the men's Under-20 World Cup as "the tournament of tomorrow's superstars." Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Paul Pogba are previous winners of the official player of the tournament award, and Erling Haaland was the top scorer at the 2019 edition. The reigning champions are Uruguay, which won their first title at the 2023 tournament in Argentina. History In the twenty-three editions of the tournament held, twelve nations have won the title. Argentina U20 is the most successful team with six titles, followed by Brazil U20 with five titles. Portugal U20 and Serbia U20 have both won ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship
The UEFA European Under-19 Championship 2009 Final Tournament was held in Ukraine in the cities of Donetsk and Mariupol. Players born after 1 January 1990 were eligible to participate in this competition. Qualification Qualification for the final tournament was played over two stages: * 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification – 2 October 2008 – 27 November 2008 * 2009 UEFA European Under-19 Championship elite qualification – 1 March 2009 – 31 May 2009 The following teams had qualified for the tournament: * * * * * * * * (host) Squads Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Knock-out stage Bracket Semi-finals ---- ---- Final Goalscorers ;4 goals * Nathan Delfouneso ;3 goals * Henri Lansbury * Danijel Aleksić * Denys Harmash ;2 goals * Danny Welbeck * Yacine Brahimi * Milan Milanović * Joselu * Kyrylo Petrov ;1 goal * Matthew Briggs * Dan Gosling * Joseph Mattock * Nile Ranger * Magaye Gueye * Alfred N'Diay ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine National Under-19 Football Team
The Ukraine national under-19 football team () also known as the Junior football team of Ukraine represents Ukraine in international football in the UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship and finals of the FIFA U-20 World Cup. It is formed by its head coach who is appointed and directed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine. * Ukraine national under-18 football team, immediate reserve and formerly the main team before 2002 * Ukraine national under-20 football team, special team that is formed only for the FIFA U-20 World Cup upon successful performance of Ukraine U-19 Overview Ukraine national under-19 football team is the second youth national football team in the country after the national under-21 football team. Previously it was known as Ukraine national under-18 football team before competitions shifted back in 1999. The team represents Ukraine at the continental championship for under-19 national teams (previously und ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 15th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. In December 2005, Portugal was selected to host the finals of the competition, which took place from 23 May–4 June 2006. The tournament was won by the , who beat 3–0 in the final. The finals tournament featured two groups of four, with the winners and runners up of each group going through to the semi-finals. The draw for the finals groups took place on 8 February 2006. Qualification The Finals The finals took place between 23 May and 4 June 2006 in Portugal. Venues * Estádio Municipal de Águeda, Águeda * Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro * Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, Barcelos * Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga * Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães * Estádio do Bessa, Porto Squads Players born after 1 January 1983 were eligible to play. Matches Group stage Group A ---- ---- Group B ---- ---- Knockout stage Semi-finals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine National Under-21 Football Team
The Ukraine national under-21 football team is also known as Youth [football] team of Ukraine () is one of junior national Association football, football teams of Ukraine for participation in under-21 international competitions. The team is managed by the Ukrainian Association of Football staff, committee of national teams. The team participates in qualifications to the Olympic competitions and the continental (UEFA) U-21 competitions. Their first game the team played was on 28 October 1992. Its first competition the team entered in 1994 the qualification round for the 1996 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 1996 European Under-21 Championship. The team has qualified for a tournament twice. The under-21s not only qualified for the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 2006 European Under-21 Championship, but also reached the final, where they lost to on 4 June 2006 by 3–0. The under-21s also qualified to the 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Championship that was held in Denmark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleh Blokhin
Oleg Vladimirovich Blokhin, or Oleh Volodymyrovych Blokhin (, ; born 5 November 1952), is a Ukrainian former association football, football player and manager. Regarded as one of the greatest footballers of his generation, Blokhin was a standout striker (association football), striker for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet Union national football team, Soviet Union. He holds the all-time top goalscorer record for both Dynamo Kiev (266 goals) and the Soviet Union national football team, Soviet Union national team (42 goals), as well as being the overall top goalscorer in the history of the Soviet Top League (211 goals). He is also the only player to have been Cap (sport), capped over List of men's footballers with 100 or more international caps, 100 times for the Soviet Union and holds Dynamo's appearance record with 582 appearances during his 18-year spell at the club. With Dynamo, Blokhin won eight List of Soviet and Russian football champions, Soviet league titles, five Soviet Cup, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international Association football, football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to FIFA World Cup hosts#2006 FIFA World Cup, host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process along with hosts Germany national football team, Germany for the finals tournament. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition and the first as a German reunification, unified country along with the former East Germany with Leipzig as a host city (the other was in 1974 FIFA World Cup, 1974 in West Germany), and the 10th time that the tournament was held in Europe. Italy national football team, Italy won the tournament, claiming their fou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine National Football Team
The Ukraine national football team ( ) represents Ukraine in men's international Association football, football, and is governed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine. Ukraine's home ground is the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex, Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv. The team has been a full member of UEFA and FIFA since 1992. After Declaration of Independence of Ukraine, the restoration of the Ukrainian independence, they played their 1992 Ukraine v Hungary football match, first match against Hungary national football team, Hungary on 29 April 1992. The team reached the quarter-finals in the 2006 FIFA World Cup, their debut in the finals of a major championship. Apart from Russia and Uzbekistan, Ukraine is the only post-Soviet state to qualify for the FIFA World Cup finals. As the host nation, Ukraine automatically qualified for UEFA Euro 2012. Four years later, Ukraine finished third in their qualifying group for UEFA Euro 2016, Euro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Olympic Committee Of Ukraine
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Ukraine
Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the List of European countries by area, second-largest country in Europe after Russia, which Russia–Ukraine border, borders it to the east and northeast. Ukraine also borders Belarus to the north; Poland and Slovakia to the west; Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest; and the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Kyiv is the nation's capital and List of cities in Ukraine, largest city, followed by Kharkiv, Odesa, and Dnipro. Ukraine's official language is Ukrainian language, Ukrainian. Humans have inhabited Ukraine since 32,000 BC. During the Middle Ages, it was the site of early Slavs, early Slavic expansion and later became a key centre of East Slavs, East Slavic culture under the state of Kievan Rus', which emerged in the 9th century. Kievan Rus' became the largest and most powerful realm in Europe in the 10th and 11th centuries, but gradually disintegrated into rival regional powers before being d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
