Ukraine + Football

Adam, Andrew and Rey mull over the recent happenings in Ukrainian football. They analyse the opening few match days of the new UPL season, look ahead to new UEFA competitions formats and try to gauge expectations going into Rebrov's first Nations League campaign in charge!

This week, legendary commentator Dmytro Dzhulai joins the trio to provide some positive insight on his beloved Dynamo and the national team structure from top to toe!

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UCL/UEL

The UEFA competition draws!

How will both do in their respective "League phases"?

How will the annual winter break impact the January European fixtures?

Oleksandriya – TOP of the UPL after 4 games?! 

Nazarenko leading scoring charts with Polissya!

The future is - Rukh!

Obolon ROCK bottom!

Kolos not doing well at all under Pozdeyev... 

Squad not much different from Euros

Why are Stepanenko, Sydorchuk, Yarmolenko still being called up?

Kabayev's first call up

How will Ukraine do v Albania and Czechia?

Adidas kit delays

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Adam, Andrew and Rey have rested up over the past month to bring you a packed new episode dedicated to the start of the new UPL season! Football never truly ends EVER so there's plenty to discuss from the U19 Euros, Olympics, clubs' demise, transfers and team breakdowns!

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The Top

The end of Dnipro-1 and good riddance?

Waste of a European spot...

Dynamo on the rise?!

Was it just Partizan or is there a change in the air?

Rangers in the UCL

Shakhtar - All orange start to the season!

Kryvbas in UEL action against Viktoria Plzen

Repeat of a top 3?

Polissya already OUT of conference league and all new everything

Rukh and Krasnopir 

LNZ and their ex Barcelona manager

Kolos' defensive liabilities outweighing new signings upfield?

Zorya not making same mistakes after terrible start last season

Vorskla's kit controversy with Sporting 

Old dogs at Oleksandriya and Rotan's undivided attention

Veres - Stepanyuk's homecoming

Obolon - can they stay up again?

The New Boys:

Inhulets have Vasyl Kobin in charge

Karpaty and Rey's love in with Lupashko

Liviy Bereh's debut UPL promotion on short notice  

Dovbyk is a Giallorossi

Yaremchuk's move to Athens (Piraeus)

Batahov on verge of Trabzonspor

U19 squad have suitors in England and elsewhere 

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Adam, Andrew and Rey have had a week to cool down following Ukraine's underwhelming Euro group stage exit. They take on dissecting the disappointing showing with cool heads and discuss all the main talking points that have arisen over the past 3 weeks in Germany and beyond...

Any explanation?

Playing like individuals

Wrong personnel selection?

Was the Romania game detrimental to Ukraine’s exit

Slovakia – rallying of the troops

The Shaparenko show

Belgium – 5 at the back worked well - less so in attack

Same old story – cannot convert chances

Svatok - impressive ahead of MLS move

Two CF up front was problematic and too alien

 

Why did Ukraine not do well?

Rebrov out - Seriously?

Nations League won’t be easy – Czechia, Georgia, Albania

What lessons have been learned and what needs to change in the upcoming campaign?

Olympics team – looks to be very weak – no top 5 league players going

A few key domestic players not allowed either

U19 Euros – the future of the side

Any U21 stars to step up to the NT in autumn?

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Adam and Andrew bring you your comprehensive guide to the Ukraine National Team ahead of EURO 2024!

Sports journalists and football commentators Vitalii Volochai and Roman Bebekh return to the pod to add the expertise and insight! Vitalii and Roman will be working for Ukraine's official broadcaster MEGOGO. Roman is also currently hosting behind the scenes shows for UAF's YT channel too and is based with the team in Germany.

Ukraine's fourth consecutive Euros

How did they make it to Germany?

Serhiy Rebrov - who is he and why is he regarded as the current best Ukrainian manager? 

The official 26 man squad deep dive

Viktor Tsyhankov and Artem Dovbyk's Girona tandem

Giorgi Sudakov - the rising star

Mykolenko's injury concerns

The GK question… again

3 friendlies against Germany, Poland and Moldova

Ukraine’s depth isn’t THAT great

The last dance for Step and Yarmo?

Romania, Slovakia and Belgium eyeball

Ukraine’s main mission for the tournament

Fans (Ultras) and those who can’t travel for it

Mood in camp from insider perspective 

Expectations for the tournament

Is this best Ukraine team in history?

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Adam, Rey and Andrew look back on the domestic 23/24 campaigns! A few shocks and surprises along the way; none more so in the final weeks of the season! They analyse the clubs that qualified for Europe for the first time, those that probably shouldn't have made it and all the ups and downs in the lower leagues too. As well as an an initial look ahead of the Euros with warm up friendlies coming up next week!

In this week's episode we talk:

Shakhtar winning the double and Dynamo taking silver

Kryvbas - the most consistent side of the campaign?

Dnipro-1's exodus begins 

What was the point of them making the European spots?

Polissya - Europe secured and upgrades begin

Rukh - willing missing Europe force them to sell players earlier now?

Mid-table grey zone - The best (or worst) of the rest?

Relegation zone entertainment

Metalist 1925 and Minaj go down…

Survival Play Offs

End of season awards

Karpaty and Inhulets back in the UPL

The Eastern sides ended up doing poorly in Persha

Persha cut to 18 teams from next season!

Druha Champions – Druzhba Myrivka – promotion a la Nyva Buzova

Persha/Druha Play Offs

EURO squad list

Players in good form – Dovbyk Pichichi – Tsyhankov good too

Malinovskyi back and fit

U17 underwhelm in Cyprus

Olympics controversy…

Some big names absent like Bondarenko and Kryskiv

Rukh withdrawing their players?

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Adam, Rey and Andrew round up the recent domestic club action across Ukraine. They're here build you up for the "home straight" of the UPL as the league title chase becomes a 2 horse race; Kryvbas' wonder season looks to be ending with a medal whilst there's a whole load of problems down at the very bottom of the table! Plus the first BIG injury concern ahead of the Euros needs some insurance solutions...

In this week's episode we talk:

The classic title challengers: Shakhtar v Dynamo & their unbeaten runs

Brazilians integrating nicely

All coming down to the Clasichne next week!

The Phenomenon of Yuriy Vernydub

Kryvbas - the quintessential Vernydub team

Bronze can be wrapped up on the weekend 

Rukh's advantage in the race top 4

Why have Kolos changed managers

Metalist 1925 in serious trouble

Surely Minaj won't somehow survive again? 

Mykolenko's ankle injury is bad but not terrible

Who could replace him (if required)?

Is Courtois a threat to Lunin's starting spot before the end of the season?

Karpaty are BACK in the UPL

3 way title race in Druha looks exciting

More UPL reserve teams in Druha next year

Why is the current and potential new format for both lower leagues problematic

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МИ НА ЄВРО! Rey and Andrew sit down to digest the international break and look ahead to what will be an action packed summer of football - from the business ends of the domestic league and cup comps to the big tournaments in Germany and France!

In this week's episode we talk:

Bosnia and Iceland debrief

Sudakov – Iniestenko

Lunin - the new number 1

Brazkho - Goodbye Sydorchuk?

23 man squads official with 26 man squads being considered by UEFA

Who will be in that squad? Any wildcards expected?

Does Yarmolyuk have a claim to get a late first ever call up?

Belgium, Romania, Slovakia – what should Ukraine be aiming for?

Friendlies in June – Germany, Poland and Moldova

U21 continue their 100% record under Melgosa

U19 also qualify for Euros

3/3 wins in Elite round

Krevsun and Ponomarenko star!

Baumann UPD

Olympic U23 side lost to Japan but not to fear (just yet)

Yarmolenko is back – 104 goals now in UPL (5th all time)

Will he break 124 record of Shatskikh?

Shakhtar v Dynamo for the title it seems

Polissya are in free fall – what is going on there?

The Cup semi finals this week!

Metalist 1925 – 4/5 losses and a draw under Skrypnyk?!

Karpaty and Inhulets seem like shoe-ins for the top 2 spots in Persha

Bukovyna attracting crowds following the new big money news 

Super exciting promotion battle in Druha

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Zdravo! Andrew and Adam are with you to provide a comprehensive (as can be) preview to the upcoming crucial international break!

Ukraine face Bosnia in a Euro 2024 Q Play Off Semi Final in Zenica on Thursday so who better than friend of the pod - Bosnian sports journalist Haris Mrkonja – who works for broadcaster N1 to join us to talk about it all from BOTH sides of pitch!

In this week's episode we talk:

Ukraine squad – who’s in it / who isn’t?

Injury concerns – Stepanenko and Tsyhankov..

Form of other players? Some good, others worrying, unknown?

Lunin or Trubin?

Marbella training camp latest

How will Ukraine set up – the usual formation?

What's the feeling in Bosnia ahead of this game?

Savo Milosevic – What kind of manager is he?

What can Ukraine expect – stylistically

Key players to watch

What form are Dzeko and Pjanic in?

4 russian based players in the squad - why? and why have Bosnians chosen to move there?

Atmosphere at sold out Zenica – Bilino Polje

General problems with Bosnian association atm and its impact on the team?

The future?

U17’s make the Euros!

U19’s with Kristian Shevchenko included get underway this week!

U21’s - how will they cope with no Brazhko or Vanat?

U23’s – A friendly in Japan

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Adam, Andrew and Rey reconvene for the resumption of the 23/24 UPL season!  The business end of the campaign is underway! With no more teams in Europe and the transfer window winding down focus  turns towards cup finals, medal races, relegations, promotions and national team tournaments! 

This week, they also welcome special guest Gerry Luczka – a former scout at Manchester United and current youth scout at the English FA to share some insight on the talents of Ukrainian descent that are in the ranks of some of England’s biggest academies and how some newly arrived Ukrainian youngsters are getting along too.

The guys talk:

Shakhtar's European Exit

The harsh reality of the coefficient's table decline

The UPL TV deal

Kateryna Monzul and lie detector tests

Scouting across Europe for youth talent

Adidas kit deal?

Is Dulub the man to progress LNZ and their new signings?

Kryvbas continue as they left off

Dnipro-1's shock hiccup against winless Minaj

Are Veres also nailed on for relegation?

Kolos getting into the groove with their UPL pedigree

The Harmash comeback - how did it go down?

Dynamo's 100% record under SaSho 

Makouana out for the season for Polissya

A very UPL scandal following Oleksandriya's 0-0 draw with Shakhtar  

Domestic players NT camp in Marbella

Bezus on fire

Anyone else on radar? Brazhko, Yarmoliuk?

Zachary Baumann

Kristian Shevchenko

Anton Dudik

Man City opening doors to Ukrainian youth prospects

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Andrew and Rey are here for the first U+F episode of 2024! The winter break is officially underway for all Ukrainian sides and the transfer window will be opening shortly too. So the team come together one last time in this calendar year to discuss the final big headlines before the new year!

Joining us for this transfer window special is the CEO of Phenomen Sports Yaroslav Kondratyuk – whose company provides legal and consultancy solutions for professional sportsmen and others in the industry. Their clients include Yuriy Vernydub and Yehor Tverdohlib at Kryvbas, Denys Balan and Yevhen Shevchenko at Veres, Taras Moroz at Obolon and many more across Ukrainian football.

Yaroslav tells us about himself and about Phenomen Sports

 

The anatomy of a transfer

How have the recent changes in legal rules by FIFA and agent tests impacted the Ukrainian football landscape?

Kryvbas ambitions - not many incomings / not lost any key players (yet)

Shakhtar's BIG spending  for first time since full scale war

Marseille next week

Tsukanov - The next Project Mudryk?

Sudakov and his 150M release clause

Growing interest in Ukrainian players abroad 

Polissya with the second best window after Shakhtar?

LNZ incomings 

Why is Dynamo struggling so much with transfers?

Metalist 1925 - The Whitebit revolution is underway

Is policy of freezing out players who don’t want to sign extension fair?

Dnipro-1 bring Ocheretko on loan but isn't there a transfer ban?

UAF Presidency – Shevchenko

9 points / 5 quick aims

Hopes for his tenure

Dovbyk recap - will he be fit for saturday?

Lunin # 1 at Real Madrid and a new Ukrainian GK incoming too!

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