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Vladyslav Kalitvintsev
Vladyslav Yuriyovych Kalitvintsev (; born 4 January 1993) is a professional association football, footballer who plays as a midfielder for FC Metalist 1925 Kharkiv, Metalist 1925 Kharkiv. Born in Russia, he has represented Ukraine at youth level. There are instances of his last name (surname) being spelled as Kalytvyntsev due to transliteration issues. Career Dynamo Kyiv He made his debut for Dynamo Kyiv against FC Metalurh Zaporizhya on 9 May 2010. Being only 17 years and 4 months old at his first appearance, he is the youngest player ever to play for Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. In the 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League, 2014–15 and 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League, 2015–16 seasons, he won the Ukrainian Premier League with Kyiv. He also won the Ukrainian Cup in both seasons. Arsenal Kyiv In March 2019, he moved to FC Arsenal Kyiv, Arsenal Kyiv, where he played 11 matches and scored one goal against FC Vorskla Poltava, Vorskla Poltava. Desna Chernihiv I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moscow
Moscow is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Russia by population, largest city of Russia, standing on the Moskva (river), Moskva River in Central Russia. It has a population estimated at over 13 million residents within the city limits, over 19.1 million residents in the urban area, and over 21.5 million residents in Moscow metropolitan area, its metropolitan area. The city covers an area of , while the urban area covers , and the metropolitan area covers over . Moscow is among the world's List of largest cities, largest cities, being the List of European cities by population within city limits, most populous city entirely in Europe, the largest List of urban areas in Europe, urban and List of metropolitan areas in Europe, metropolitan area in Europe, and the largest city by land area on the European continent. First documented in 1147, Moscow became the capital of the Grand Principality of Moscow, which led the unification of the Russian lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukraine National Under-20 Football Team
The Ukraine national under-20 football team is primarily a special team that is formed for the FIFA U-20 World Cup after a successful performance of the Ukraine national under-19 football team. The team is also used as an immediate reserve of the Ukraine national under-21 football team. In the 2019 FIFA U-20 World Cup Ukraine won their first title in the nation's history after defeating South Korea 3−1 in the final. They remained champions for almost 4 years, being that the 2021 edition was cancelled due to COVID-19 until they failed to qualify for the 2023 edition in which Uruguay won and became champions. 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. FIFA U-20 World Cup * 2001: Round of 16 (led by Anatoli Kroschenko) **Ukraine's top scorer at the tournament: Oleksiy Byelik 3 goals * 2005: Round of 16 (led by Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko) **Ukraine's top scorer at the tourn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
VfL Wolfsburg
Verein für Leibesübungen Wolfsburg e. V., commonly known as VfL Wolfsburg (), is a German professional sports club based in Wolfsburg, Lower Saxony. The club grew out of a multi-sports club for Volkswagen workers in the city of Wolfsburg. It is best known for its football department, but other departments include badminton, handball and athletics. The men's professional football team play in the Bundesliga, the top tier of the German football league system. Wolfsburg have won the Bundesliga once in their history, in the 2008–09 season, the DFB-Pokal in 2015 and the DFL-Supercup in 2015. Professional football is run by the spin-off organization ''VfL Wolfsburg-Fußball GmbH'', a wholly owned subsidiary of the Volkswagen Group. Since 2002, Wolfsburg's stadium is the Volkswagen Arena. History Foundation The city of Wolfsburg was established on 1 July 1938 under the name ''Stadt des KdF-Wagens bei Fallersleben'' to accommodate workers for the newly constructed Volkswagen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020–21 UEFA Europa League
The 2020–21 UEFA Europa League was the 50th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 12th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. Villarreal defeated Manchester United in the final, played at the Stadion Gdańsk in Gdańsk, Poland, 11–10 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time, winning the competition for the first time in club history. Villarreal thus automatically qualified for the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League group stage and earned the right to play in the 2021 UEFA Super Cup. The stadium was originally appointed to host the 2020 UEFA Europa League Final, but this was moved due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe in 2020. As the title holders of the Europa League, Sevilla qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, although they had already qualified before the final through their league performance. They were unable to defend their title as they advanced to the Champio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Vorskla Poltava
FC Vorskla Poltava ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Poltava. The team set to compete in Ukrainian First League, the second tier of Football in Ukraine, Ukrainian football after relegation from Ukrainian Premier League in 2024–25. History Kolos Poltava The club draws its history from 1955 when on the initiative of the first secretary of the regional party cell Mikhail Stakhursky in the city of Poltava was established a football club Kolhospnyk within the republican trade union sports society ''Kolos (sports society), Kolhospnyk''. The same year it entered the 1955 Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR, Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR where already played one of the older clubs from Poltava, FC Lokomotyv Poltava, Lokomotyv Poltava. Beside Kolhospnyk and Lokomotyv, at republican level Poltava was represented with some other sports societies before 1950s. Rumors about appearance of the new club in Poltava based at the VSS "Kolhospnyk" starte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Cup
The Ukrainian Cup ( ) is an association football national knockout cup competition run by the Ukrainian Association of Football. The competition is conducted almost exclusively among professional clubs. Since the 2003–04 season, the Cup winner qualifies to play the Ukrainian Premier League winner for the Ukrainian Super Cup. Current format and eligibility criteria Qualification For the competition are eligible first teams of all Ukrainian professional clubs including the top tier, the Premier League, and lower tiers from the Professional Football League of Ukraine, Professional Football League, the First League (Persha) and the Second League (Druha). No reserve teams or second teams may enter the competition. An exception may be granted by the Ukrainian Association of Football if such team won the Ukrainian Amateur Cup or other qualification tournaments. Beside professional clubs, to the competition is also invited both finalists of the Ukrainian Amateur Cup from the preceding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2015–16 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 25th top-level football competitions since the fall of the Soviet Union and the eighth since the establishment of the Ukrainian Premier League. Because of sponsorship the league changed its title for 2015–16 season to League Parimatch. The competition commenced on 17 July when Metalurh Zaporizhzhia hosted Zorya Luhansk in Zaporizhzhia. The first sixteen rounds were played before the winter break which began 6 December 2015; the competition resumed on 5 March 2016. The season concluded on 15 May 2016. Dynamo Kyiv were the defending champions. With the continuation of the war in Donbas, the league remained at 14 teams after being cut from 16 in the 2013–14 season.Ukraine trying to revi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League
The 2014–15 Ukrainian Premier League season was the 24th since its establishment. The competition commenced on 25 July when Metalurh Donetsk hosted Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in Lviv. Due to the war in Donbas, the league reduced the number of teams. Format Initially, a new format was proposed to be introduced for this season by FC Shakhtar Donetsk. The first stage was to be a regular round robin of home/away format. In the second stage the championship was to have an additional play-off format where participants, upon completion of the regular round robin, were to be split into three groups of 4 (1–4 places), 4 (5–8 places) and 6 (9–14 places) teams. The points earned in the first stage were to be preserved. The first two groups of four teams would each have a regular round robin home/away format, while the third group of six was to play each other only once. However, on 22 July 2014, it was confirmed that the championship would be played using a standard double round-robin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ukrainian Premier League
The Ukrainian Premier League ( ) or UPL is a professional association football league in Ukraine and the highest level of the Ukrainian football league system. Originally known as the Vyshcha Liha ( , ) it was formed in 1991 during the 1992 in Ukrainian football, 1992Hunchenko, O., Kazakov, V., Kulikovska, O. Historic and geographic characteristics of football development in Ukraine (ІСТОРИКО-ГЕОГРАФІЧНІ ОСОБЛИВОСТІ РОЗВИТКУ ФУТБОЛУ В УКРАЇНІ)' Ukrainian football championship upon discontinuation of the 1991 Soviet football championship and included the Ukraine-based clubs that competed previously in the Soviet top three tiers competitions as well as better clubs of the Football Championship of the Ukrainian SSR, Ukrainian republican competitions. The initial season of the league featured six former Soviet Top League clubs among which were FC Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo, FC Shakhtar Donetsk, Shakhtar, FC Chornomorets Odesa, Chornomoret ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
FC Metalurh Zaporizhya
The Sports club "Metalurh Zaporizhzhia" (, ) is a Ukrainian professional Association football, football club based in Zaporizhzhia. Reestablished in 2017, it is a "phoenix club (sports), phoenix club" of the original Soviet factory "team of masters" Metalurh that existed in 1935–2016 of the Soviet metallurgical giant Zaporizhstal. The original club holds several historical records of Soviet football, particularly while participating in the Soviet First League, Soviet second tier (in 1971–1991 known as the First League). The club has spent the highest number of seasons in the Soviet second tier, as well as earned the highest number of tournament points. The club is also a three-time champion of the Ukrainian republican competitions. Just before the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the team of masters Metalurh Zaporizhia was transformed into a commercial football club. In 2017, the city of Zaporizhia administration reestablished the football club as Miskyi Football Club Metal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamo Kyiv
The Football Club 'Dynamo Kyiv', also known as Dynamo Kyiv, or simply Dynamo, ( ) is a Ukrainian professional football club based in Kyiv. Founded in 1927 as a Kyivan football team of republican branch of the bigger Soviet Dynamo Sports Society, the club as a separate business entity was officially formed only in 1989 and currently plays in the Ukrainian Premier League, and has never been relegated to a lower division. The club has secured brand rights from the Ukrainian Dynamo society and has no direct relations to the sports society since 1989. Their home is the 70,050 capacity Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex. Since 1936, Dynamo Kyiv has spent its entire history in the top league of Soviet and later Ukrainian football. Its most successful periods are associated with Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who coached the team during three stints, leading them to numerous domestic and European titles. In 1961, the club became first-ever in the history of Soviet football that managed to ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Midfielder
In the sport of association football, a midfielder takes an Glossary of association football terms#O, outfield position primarily in the middle of the pitch. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As #Central midfielder, central midfielders often go across boundaries, with mobility and passing ability, they are often referred to as deep-lying midfielders, play-makers, box-to-box midfielders, or holding midfielders. There are also attacking midfielders with limited defensive assignments. The size of midfield units on a team and their assigned roles depend on which Formation (association football), formation is used; the unit of these players on the pitch is commonly referred to as the midfield. Its name derives from the fact that midfield units typically make up the in-between units to the Defender (association football), defensive units and Forward (association football), forward units of a F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
