Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk is a Ukrainian professional football club from the city of Donetsk. In 2014, due to the War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lviv, and had played matches in Lviv (2014–2016) and in Kharkiv (2017–2020) whilst having its office headquarters and training facilities in Kyiv. In May 2020, Shakhtar started to play home matches at NSC Olimpiyskyi in Kyiv. For the 2023–24 season, Shakhtar will now play home matches once again at Arena Lviv.
Oleg Anatolyevich Salenko is a Russian-Ukrainian former footballer who played as a forward. He scored a record five goals in a group-stage match in the 1994 World Cup, helping him earn the Golden Boot as joint-top tournament goalscorer.
The Ukraine national football team represents Ukraine in men's international football, and is governed by the Ukrainian Association of Football, the governing body for football in Ukraine. Ukraine's home ground is the Olimpiyskiy Stadium in Kyiv. The team has been a full member of UEFA and FIFA since 1992.
Ivan Sproule is a Northern Irish retired professional footballer who is manager of NIFL Premier Intermediate side Dergview. Early in his career, Sproule played in Northern Ireland for Omagh Town and Institute. He became a full-time professional in January 2005, after he signed for Scottish Premier League side Hibernian, just a month before his 24th birthday. He made a significant impact at Hibernian, scoring a hat-trick against Rangers and earning selection by the Northern Ireland national team.
Ivan Rakitić is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Saudi Pro League club Al-Shabab.
Serhiy Serhiiovych Kucherenko is a Ukrainian former football midfielder.
Dmytro Stanislavovych Mykhaylenko is a Ukrainian football manager and former player. He played as a defensive midfielder.
Ivans Lukjanovs is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Domagoj Vida is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Super League Greece club AEK Athens and the Croatia national team. He is capable of playing in any defensive position but is mostly deployed as a centre-back.
Aluísio Chaves Ribeiro Moraes Júnior, commonly known as Júnior Moraes or just Moraes, is a professional footballer who plays as a forward. Born in Brazil, he plays for the Ukraine national team.
Ivan Trichkovski is a North Macedonian professional footballer.
Ivan Tomečak is a Croatian professional footballer. He is usually deployed as a right full-back, but is often used as a right winger or left full-back.
Ivan Strinić is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. Strinić spent his professional career playing in a number of clubs from Croatian, Ukrainian and Italian top flight, including Hajduk Split, Napoli and Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk.
Ivan Ordets is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Bundesliga club VfL Bochum on loan from Dynamo Moscow. He is a former Ukraine national team player.
The 2012–13 Ukrainian Cup was the 22nd annual season of Ukraine's football knockout competition.
Ivan Benjamin Elijah Toney is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Premier League club Brentford and the England national team.
Ukraine have appeared in three UEFA European Championships – Euro 2012, Euro 2016, and Euro 2020, with an upcoming fourth appearance at Euro 2024. Before 1996, some of its players played for the Soviet Union national team and CIS national team – Oleksiy Mykhailychenko, Hennadiy Lytovchenko, Oleh Luzhnyi, Ivan Hetsko and others.
Renat Olehovych Mochulyak is a Ukrainian professional football midfielder who last played for Livyi Bereh Kyiv.
Ivan Volodymyrovich Kalyuzhnyi is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Ukrainian Premier League club LNZ Cherkasy, on loan from Oleksandriya.
