Football Club Shakhtar Donetsk also known as FC Shakhter Donetsk, is a Ukrainian professional football club that was based in the city of Donetsk until 2014 when, due to the War in Donbas, the club was forced to move to Lviv, and 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.
Football Club Dynamo Kyiv, also known as FC Dynamo Kiev, Dynamo Kyiv, Dynamo Kiev, 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.
Vasyl Karlovych Rats is a Ukrainian former football midfielder. He participated in two World Cups with the Soviet Union national football team.
Viktor Viktorovych Chanov was a Soviet and Ukrainian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Throughout the 1980s in the former USSR, Chanov played mainly for Dynamo Kyiv.
Vadym Anatolyovich Yevtushenko is a Ukrainian professional footballer who played as a midfielder or striker.
Mykhaylo Ivanovych Fomenko was a Ukrainian football player and coach.
Mykhaylo Mykhaylovych Forkash was a Ukrainian and Soviet football player.
Mykhaylo Stepanovych Kozak is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder who plays for Karpaty Halych.
Guram Zakharovich Adzhoyev is a retired Soviet professional footballer of Kurdish ethnicity. Adzhoyev is Yazidi. He is the president of FC Arsenal Tula.
Mykhaylo Leonidovych Mykhaylov is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player.
Anatoli Hryhorovych Radenko is a former Ukrainian professional football coach and player. In the 2000s, he retired from football and became a priest.
Mykhaylo Ivanovych Sokolovskyi is a Ukrainian professional football coach and a former player. Currently, he works as a scout for FC Metalurh Donetsk.
Oleksandr Ivanovych Sorokalet was a Soviet Ukrainian professional football player.
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.
Mykhaylo Mykhaylovich Mykhalyna was a Czechoslovakian, Hungarian, Ukrainian and Soviet professional football player, Soviet-Ukrainian football manager and coach. He was the Master of Sports of USSR (1952) and the Honoured Masters of Sport of the USSR (1955). From 1977 to 1983 and 1991 to 1995 he was the president of the Football Federation of Zakarpattia Oblast.
Mykhailo or Mykhaylo is a Ukrainian masculine given name, equivalent to English Michael. Notable people with the name include:
Football Club Uzhhorod is a Ukrainian professional football club from Uzhhorod previously competing in the regional competitions of Zakarpattia Oblast and Ukrainian amateur competitions. Reactivated in 2024, FC Uzhhorod was reestablished on FC FCI Uzhhorod.
Mykhailo Ivanytsia is a Ukrainian professional football manager and former Soviet player.
Mykhaylo Vitaliyovych Plokhotnyuk is a Ukrainian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Estonian Meistriliiga club Nõmme United.
Olefirenko is a Ukrainian surname. Notable people with the surname include:
