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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:National football association The Ukrainian Football Association (Template:Langx, {{#invoke:IPA|main}}; UAF) is the governing body of football in Ukraine. Before 2019, it was known as the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU; Template:Langx).Template:Efn As a subject of the International Olympic Movement, UAF is a member of the National Olympic Committee of Ukraine.<ref>National Olympic Federations (Subjects of the Olympic Movement Template:Webarchive. National Olympic Committee of Ukraine</ref> UAF is also member of international football organizations such as UEFA and FIFA.

The Ukrainian Football Association governs all sport events and organizations associated with the game of football including irregular competitions of beach football, mini-football, street football and others. Its main features include football competitions including the Ukrainian Professional League, the Ukrainian Cup, the Amatory, the competitions among the youth (under-18), and also the Ukraine national football team. It also sets the regulations to the Premier League and the Professional Football League.

It is headquartered in the national capital, Kyiv near the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex at the House of Football.

The organization was established in 1991 during the dissolution of the Soviet Union when Ukraine was still a union republic of the Soviet Union. The creation of the organization compared with similar organizations of other former union republics of the Soviet Union was among last. Previously between 1932 and 1991 with the Football Federation of the Soviet Union there existed its direct predecessor, Football Federation of Ukraine (Ukrainian SSR). The Soviet federation of Ukraine also conducted own championship, cup competitions, competitions among amateur teams (collectives of physical culture), as well as had own national team which participated exclusively in Soviet competitions such as the Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR.

History

Organizations' names

  • All-Ukrainian Football Union (1918)
  • Football Section of the Ukrainian SSR (1932–1959)
  • Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR (1959–1991)
  • Football Federation of Ukraine (1991– May 2019)
  • Ukrainian Football Association (May 2019 – present)
File:Logo of Football Federation of Ukraine.svg
Old logo

First steps in football sport administration

The first governing body was created in summer of 1918 in Kharkiv as All-Ukrainian Football Union by its constituent assembly. The chairman of the Union became V. Agiton, while a secreatary-treasurer – B. Shifrin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

After the Bolshevik's occupation, in 1932 there was created the All-Ukrainian Football Section in Kharkiv and was part of the Ukrainian Council of Physical Culture that administered all types of sports.<ref name=kolomiyets>Kolomiyets, A. Is it true that Football Federation of Ukraine is only 25 years? (Чи правда що Федерації футболу України лише 25 років?). Football Federation of Kyiv.</ref> The first elected president was a Kharkiv football referee Oleksandr Yakovych Levitin who published a book "Game rules of football in questions and answers" (Template:Langx).<ref name=kolomiyets/> In 1934 after the capital of the Ukrainian SSR was transferred from Kharkiv to Kyiv, there was moved the Council of Physical Culture along with its football section.<ref name=kolomiyets/> Levitin was replaced for not being not really a correct person with another Kharkiv football specialist Ivan Serhiyovych Kosmachov.<ref name=kolomiyets/>

On 27 December 1934, on resolution of the All-Union Council of Physical Culture (VSFK) of the Soviet Union, there was established Football-Hockey section as the higher public organization in administration of football in the country and had to help the VSFK.<ref name=kolomiyets/> During that period there started a struggle between people's commissariats and trade union for the right to lead the physical culture movement.<ref name=kolomiyets/> Trade unions started actively create volunteer sports societies (the first were "Spartak" and "Lokomotiv").<ref name=kolomiyets/> However, already in 1936 took place big changes when the VSKF that existed at the Central Executive Committee of the Soviet Union was liquidated and instead at the Council of People's Commissariats (Sovnarkom) was created the All-Union Committee in affairs of Physical Culture and Sports (VKFK) which also contained a department of football and hockey as well as the public Football Section.<ref name=kolomiyets/> In Ukraine was created the Ukrainian Committee in affairs of Physical Culture and Sports (UKFK) at the Ukrainian Council of People's Commissars and quartered in Kyiv.<ref name=kolomiyets/> The committee supervised 15 oblasts committees along with the Committee of Moldavian ASSR quartered in Tiraspol.<ref name=kolomiyets/>

At the end of February 1937, at the Ukrainian Committee in affairs of Physical Culture and Sports was established the Football-Hockey Section which in mass media was better known as Football Section.<ref name=kolomiyets/> The head of the section was appointed Samuyil Izepilyovych Khavchyn.<ref name=kolomiyets/> With the Nazi Germany invasion of the Soviet Union, all Soviet government institutions were evacuated or liquidated. The Football-Hockey Section was reinstated in 1944 and headed by Stepan Dmytrovych Romanenko.<ref name=kolomiyets/> In 1946 the VKFK was renamed into the Goskomsport (State Committee in affairs of Physical Culture and Sports) and a similar analogy took place in the Ukrainian SSR.<ref name=kolomiyets/> In 1946 there took place a huge event when the Football-Hockey Section of Goskomsport of the Soviet Union was finally admitted to FIFA.<ref name=kolomiyets/> In 1947 the Football Section separated from the Football-Hockey Section.<ref name=kolomiyets/> In 1953 the Goskomsport was transferred to the Ministry of Healthcare as the Main Administration of Physical Culture and Sports, but the next year was reinstated once again.<ref name=kolomiyets/> Due to such rapid changes, almost none of union republic were able adopt them therefore no changes ever took place at republican level.<ref name=kolomiyets/>

In 1954, the Football Section became a founding member of the Union of European Football Associations.<ref name=kolomiyets/> Within the Goskomsport, the football department was renamed into the Football Administration.<ref name=kolomiyets/> In 1955 to the presidium of Football Section from the Ukrainian SSR was admitted Mykola Balakin.<ref name=kolomiyets/>

Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR

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Foundation in independent Ukraine

On 6 March 1991 due to the efforts of Viktor Maksymovych Bannikov was established and legally reformed the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) as part of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union (FFSU).<ref name=history>History. Football Federation of Ukraine.</ref> However, it fully was still controlled and subordinated to the Moscow's main governing body.<ref name=history/>

On 24 August 1991 the Ukrainian parliament (Verkhovna Rada) by its Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine expressed its intent of casting away from Soviet Union and creation of a sovereign state – Ukraine.<ref name=history/> After these events the executive committee of Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR made the decision to have a plenum in the beginning of December where the future of the growth of the national sport would be defined.<ref name=history/>

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UAF Headquarters in Kyiv

However, until then the following events took place that contribute to a certain degree of confusion.<ref name=history/>

  • In the beginning of the September a joined conference of the governing body of the federation and the national football society took place where it was announces to establish internal institutes which would subordinate to Moscow.<ref name=history/>
  • In October a meeting between Viktor Bannikov and the president UEFA, Lennart Johansson, took place. The president of the European football union promised to fully support Ukraine of joining the European football organization.<ref name=history/>

About the fact that on the world map appeared a new nation the world society realized on 1 December 1991 after the conduction of the All-national referendum.<ref name=history/> After all that, on 13 December in the big hall of the State Committee of Physical Culture and Sport (also later known as Ministry in affairs of the Youth, Sport, and Tourism) the Council of federations in one voice accepted the following declaration:<ref name=history/> Template:Cquote 13 December is the day when the Football Federation of Ukraine was established.

Some time at the end of February 1992 the Agence France-Presse spread information that the FIFA without waiting for its congress granted a status of provisional members to national federations of Ukraine, Georgia, Slovenia, and Croatia.<ref name=fpial>Template:Usurped. Komanda newspaper (by Fanat).</ref> According to its commentary, that was made in order for the associations of those four countries in advance build their relations with football unions of other countries, and their footballers participate in friendlies of national team levels.<ref name=fpial/> Soon at address of the Football Federation of Ukraine arrived relevant official documents not only from FIFA, but from UEFA that were signed by general secretaries of those organizations, Sepp Blatter and Gerhard Aigner.<ref name=fpial/> In his interview in that regard the FFU first president Viktor Bannikov noted, "The relate to the powers of our federation on implementing of all transferring rights and participation of national and club teams in international competitions.<ref name=fpial/> Questions about such powers were placed before the relevant authorities during my stay in Zürich in mid February.<ref name=fpial/> On 24 February we sent a request to the FIFA asking for an answer.<ref name=fpial/> The returning fax did not make us wait long."<ref name=fpial/>

On 16 February 1992 there kicked off the 1992 Ukrainian Cup which became the first football tournament among professional teams since Ukraine revived its independence.<ref>1992 Ukrainian Cup. Ukrainian Football from Dmitriy Troshchiy</ref> The first round of the 1992 Higher League was scheduled on 6–7 March 1992.<ref>1992 Vyshcha Liha. Ukrainian Football from Dmitriy Troshchiy.</ref> On 29 April 1992 the FFU scheduled its first international friendly with the Hungary national football team.

The head coach of the national team was originally planned to appoint Valeriy Lobanovskyi, who at that time headed the UAE national football team.<ref name=fpial/> Viktor Bannikov did not fail to inform that to the shores of Persian Gulf was sent an invitation on the address of the Maître of domestic coaching corps, and Lobanovskyi gave a prior agreement.<ref name=fpial/> But he will be ready to lead the Ukraine national football team only at the end of the term of current contract, to which at that tie remained about a month.<ref name=fpial/> Thereby the first coach of national team had to be picked from the members of coaching council that included Anatoliy Puzach (Dynamo), Yevhen Kucherevskyi (Dnipro), Yevhen Lemeshko (Torpedo), Yukhym Shkolnykov (Bukovyna), Viktor Prokopenko (Chornomorets), and somewhat later they were joined by Valeriy Yaremcheko (Shakhtar).<ref name=fpial/>

As mentioned by Yevhen Kotelnykov (vice-president at that time), the Ukrainian diaspora played a key role in helping the federation and the national team in particular from very beginning.<ref name=hwta>Template:Usurped. Komanda newspaper (by Fanat)</ref> It was diaspora that made possible for the national to play games in the United States.<ref name=hwta/>

In 1992 the FFU delegation received an invitation to participate in the 48th FIFA Congress that was scheduled to take place in Zürich in the beginning of July.<ref name=hwta/> At that forum in particular was to be reviewed an issue of accepting Ukraine and some other newly created countries as permanent members of the International federation.<ref name=hwta/> The relevant documents were already reviewed in the FIFA headquarters and approved with minor remarks on some four points.<ref name=hwta/> Sometime later arrived a personal invitation for Viktor Bannikov to participate in extraordinary session of the UEFA Executive Committee along with the committee on conducting continental tournaments.<ref name=hwta/> It was about granting our country a possibility already in the next season to present one team in each of Eurocups subject to the terms presented by the European Union, creation of own league, availability of appropriate infrastructure to hold games of such levels, ensuring security while they are being held.<ref name=hwta/>

In his turn the FFU president offered the International federation not to grant Russia a right automatically inherit the place of CIS national football team in qualification cycle of the 1994 FIFA World Cup and hold an additional tournament between national teams of former Soviet republics for the place in already formed during a draw the Group 5.<ref name=hwta/> The proposal was supported by Georgia and Armenia, but from Russians it caused an extremely negative reaction.<ref name=hwta/> For example, the RFU general secretary Vladimir Radionov accused the Ukrainian federation in scheming and regarded the idea of such tournament as a legally unreasonable attempt "run ahead of a locomotive".<ref name=hwta/> At the same time those neighbors of Ukraine were convinced that rights of former Union federation must be transferred to them.<ref name=hwta/> As the result, so it happened, although until the last moment, particularly the FIFA Executive Committee meeting in Stockholm and the congress, Viktor Bannikov tried to stand his ground.<ref name=hwta/>

During the winter of 1995 new elections took place at the 2nd conference and against Bannikov ran former goalkeeper Hennadiy Lysenchuk, but he lost.<ref>Template:Usurped. Komanda newspaper (by Fanat)</ref>

At the XXII Congress in Zaporizhzhia, the Football Federation of Ukraine was renamed into the Ukrainian Association of Football. For that decision voted 79 Congress delegates.<ref>Конгресс переименовал ФФУ в УАФ. football.ua. 17 May 2019</ref>

Russian invasion of Ukraine

The association announced the suspension of the Ukrainian Premier League on 24 February 2022, the day of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Officials

Presidents

First vice-presidents

Executive Committee

  • Viktor Andrukhiv
  • Viktor Bezsmertny
  • Andriy Bondarenko
  • Sergiy Vladyko
  • Irek Hataullin
  • Taras Herula

UEFA members from Ukraine

2023–2027<ref>Во главе с Павелко. 10 представителей Украины продолжат работу в структуре УЕФА до 2027 года. www.ua-football.com. 2 August 2023</ref>
  • Hryhoriy Surkis – honored president
  • Andriy Pavelko – member of the UEFA Executive Committee,<ref name=Executive>Template:Cite news</ref> deputy chairman of the UEFA committee on youth and amateur football, deputy chairman of the UEFA committee on futsal and beach football
  • Yuriy Zapisotskyi – second vice-deputy chairman of the UEFA clubs' licensing committee
  • Oleksiy Mykhailychenko – member of the UEFA national teams committee
  • Vadym Kostyuchenko – member of the UEFA committee of "Hat-trick program"
  • Volodymyr Heninson – member of the UEFA committee on stadiums and security
  • Oleh Protasov – member of the UEFA committee on football
  • Ihor Hryshchenko – inspector on ethics and disciplinary issues
  • Andriy Bondarenko – member of the UEFA expert group on administrative issues
  • Oleksandr Kadenko – member of the UEFA expert group on issues of mass football

Structure

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Main governing institutions

The main decisions of all-national importance are discussed at the meetings of the Congress of Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU). Congress also elects the president and vice-presidents (presidential cabinet) of federation and confirms several football government bodies such as presidium, executive committee, appellation committee, and others. The congress is more of a legislative body of government and sets goals and directions for the development of football in the country. All official meetings of various football government institutions take place at the "Building of Football" (Budynok futbolu) in Kyiv.

All structural and organizational issues are executed by the Executive Committee (Vykonkom). The executive committee consists of about 30 people and includes the presidential cabinet of federation. To assist the executive committee there exists a presidium which organizes the meetings of the Vykonkom. The presidium composed of 16 people, among which are all the members of the presidential cabinet as well.

Committees and collective members

The federation also has two judicial bodies of government: the control disciplinary committee (KDK) and the appellation committee. Those are small committees and are confirmed by the congress of Football Federation of Ukraine.

Aside of the above-mentioned organizations there are numerous other committees and directorates that supplement in the organization of football events in Ukraine. Among the most important are the Committee of professional football, the Committee of national teams, the Committee of referees, the Expert Commission, the Council of a strategic development of professional football, and many others.

There are also collective members of federation that include various public organizations such as regional federation, student associations, independent leagues, travel agencies, others. The importance of collective members is that every single one of them can delegate up to three its representatives to the Congress and announce its own candidates on the position of the president.

Collective members

  • Premier League of Ukraine
  • Professional Football League of Ukraine
  • Ukrainian Football Amateur Association (National championship among the regions, National cup)
  • Association of football veterans
  • Association of mini-football of Ukraine (Futsal)
  • Association of beach football of Ukraine
  • Football association of handicapped
  • 27 regional football federations
  • All-Ukrainian football association of students
  • Children-Youth football league of Ukraine (Ukrainian National Youth Competition)
  • League of Street Football
  • Youth Football Union
  • Committee of fitness education and sports of Ministry of Education
  • Sports office of Ministry of Defense (CSK ZSU)
  • Central Council of Sports Club "Spartak" of Trade-unions of Ukraine
  • Central Council of Fitness Sports Club of Ukraine "Dynamo"
  • Central Council of Fitness Sports Club of Ukraine "Kolos"
  • Central Council of Fitness Sports Club "Ukraine"
  • Association "Futbol-Zakhid"
  • Association of referees of Ukraine
  • Ukraina Football International
  • Tourist agency "Sport Line Travel"
  • Public association "Hrayemo za Ukrainu razom" (Play for Ukraine together)

Associated members

Congresses

The list of recent congress meetings. Congresses take place every year. Each FFU collective member sends three delegates. Template:Legend

# Elected president Year Activities
9th<ref>Template:In langHryhoriy Surkis is reelected the President of FFU (Григорія Суркіса переобрано президентом ФФУ). FFU Inform-service. 14 September 2007</ref><ref>Template:In langHistorical decisions of the Congress (Історичні рішення Конгресу). FFU Inform-service. 14 September 2007</ref><ref>Template:In langStatement of the 9th FFU Congress (Постанова IX Конгресу ФФУ). FFU Inform-service. 14 September 2007</ref> Hryhoriy Surkis 2007
  • For Surkis voted 129 out 137 delegates and presidential term is for 5 years
  • Surkis is confirmed as a delegate of the UEFA Euro 2012 final stage in Ukraine
  • Approved preparation plan for the UEFA Euro 2012 final stage
  • First deputies chairmen (Oleksandr Bandurko, Serhiy Storozhenko)
  • Deputy chairmen Anatoliy Bidenko, Ihor Voronov, Borys Voskresenskyi, Oleksandr Hranovskyi, Ihor Kolomoiskyi, Volodymyr Lushkul, Ravil Safiullin, Serhiy Tatulian
  • Reshuffled FFU Executive Committee, FFU Presidium, FFU Control and Disciplinary Committee, FFU Appellation Committee; approved changes to the FFU organization's statute
10th<ref>Template:In langFFU Congress: keeping the pace with FIFA and UEFA (Конгрес ФФУ: крокуємо у ногу з ФІФА та УЄФА). FFU Inform-service. 17 December 2008</ref><ref>Football country: new horizons (Футбольна країна: нові горизонти). FFU Inform-service. 17 December 2008</ref> 2008
  • Reshuffle FFU Executive Committee
  • Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) admitted as a collective member; seat of FFU vice-president was reserved for UPL president
  • Substituted FFU vice-presidents: Svyatoslav Syrota for Ravil Safiullin
  • Minister of youth and sport promised beginning of construction of the Center of Olympic Preparation in team sports
  • Bandurko announced that Ukraine received top evaluation from UEFA as part of the Mass football charter
  • Head of the FFU Executive Directorate of Euro 2012 promised that the third stage of action plan should be completed in May 2009
12th<ref>Template:In lang Staged chaos (Спланированный хаос). UA-Football. 17 December 2010</ref> 2010 Failed congress, agenda was not able to be established
14th<ref>Новым главой ФФУ избран Коньков. Суркис стал почетным президентом. www.ua-football.com. 2 September 2012</ref> Anatoliy Konkov
Template:Small		 2012
16th<ref>There took place a meeting of the 16th FFU Congress (Відбулось засідання XVI Конгресу ФФУ). FFU inform service. 18 December 2014</ref> Anatoliy Konkov 2014
  • Authority was returned to 9 delegates who are part of the FFU collective members "Futbol-Zakhid" Association, Ukrainian Football Referee Association, Youth Football Union
  • Konkov announced about the next congress that will take place in 3 months on 6 March 2015
  • Working group in preparation to the next congress was created headed by Andriy Pavelko
17th<ref>Відбулося засідання позачергового XVII Конгресу ФФУ. ffu.org.ua. 6 March 2015</ref> Andriy Pavelko 2015
18th 2016
20th<ref>Sport Arena lists all decisions that were adopted today the 20th FFU Congress (Sport Arena перечисляет все решения, которые принял сегодня XX Конгресс Федерации футбола Украины). Sport Arena. 16 June 2017</ref> Andriy Pavelko
(uncontested)		 2017
21st Andriy Pavelko 2018
26th Andriy Shevchenko
(uncontested) 		2024

On 18 December 2014, in Kyiv took place the UAF Congress which expressed its vote of no confidence to president Anatoliy Konkov with "aye" 36 out of 47 collective members including 20 regional associations.<ref>Конгрес ФФУ. П’єса без позитивних героїв. www.ua-football.com. 18 December 2014</ref> The general director of FC Hoverla Uzhhorod, Ivan Shits, commented that some "collective members" are organizations of unknown origin.<ref>Іван Шіц: Колективними членами ФФУ, є такі організації, про які лише на конгресах і чуємо. www.ua-football.com. 18 December 2014</ref>

Following another congress in 2015, the general director of FC Shakhtar Donetsk Serhiy Palkin called it "a fake" explaining that among collective members is a random traveling agency that has as many delegates to the congress as the Ukrainian Premier League.<ref>Палкин: Это фэйковый Конгресс, который делает фэйковые выборы. www.ua-football.com. 7 March 2015</ref>

Fighting corruption

After German weekly news magazine "Der Spiegel" published its investigation titled "How did the UEFA payments get to the British Virgin Islands?"<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> the UAF addressed the State Bureau of Investigations, Prosecutor General's Office and the Internal Ministry of Ukraine filing a claim that Hryhorii Surkis, former president of the Football Federation of Ukraine, has committed a criminal offence stealing hundreds of millions Euro.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

According to "Der Spiegel", starting from 1999 (that is for almost 15 years) the UEFA has been transferring the money (in general €380 million) allocated for the Football Federation (now Ukrainian Association of Football) to Newport management Ltd. – an offshore entity.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

This company is registered in the British Virgin Islands and, according to the publication, is controlled by Hryhorii Surkis, who had been chairing the FFU from 2000 till 2012, and who's been a member of the UEFA executive committee for more than 10 years until February 2019).

In March 2018 at the FFU Executive Committee the FFU first vice-president Oleksandr Bandurko was accused of wasting 2 million euros back in 2003 when he along with Hryhoriy Surkis announced construction of a training center for national team in suburb of Kyiv, Horenychi.<ref>ФФУ обвинила Бандурко в растрате 2 миллионов. sport.ua. 3 March 2018</ref>

On 19 February 2020 Andriy Pavelko was forced to sign his letter of resignation as a chairman of the FIFA Disciplinary Committee.<ref>FIFA, one too many. www.illustre.ch. 10 May 2020</ref>

In October 2022, owner of FC Rukh Lviv, Hryhoriy Kozlovskyi, accused the UAF president in the collapse of Ukrainian football.<ref>ОПГ в УАФ© Президента української асоціації футболу назвали паханом. footballhub.ua. 24 October 2022</ref>

On 29 November 2022 both the UAF president Andriy Pavelko and general secretary Yuriy Zapisotskyi were placed in jail on the order of the Pecherska District Courty of Kyiv City. Their bond was set to 9,880 thousands hryvnias.<ref>Арешт на два місяці або застава 9,88 млн грн – суд обрав запобіжний захід президенту УАФ Андрію Павелку. footballhub.ua 29 November 2022</ref>

On 17 February 2023 the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv City granted the request for removal from office the UAF president Andriy Pavelko.<ref>ТЕРМІНОВО!!! Суд ухвалив рішення про відсторонення Павелка від посади президента УАФ. footballhub.ua. 17 February 2023</ref> Earlier on 29 November 2022, Mr.Pavelko has been issued arrest by the court in connection with the disappearance of a million euros on a scheme with the construction of a factory of artificial coverings for football fields.<ref>Арешт на два місяці або застава 9,88 млн грн – суд обрав запобіжний захід президенту УАФ Андрію Павелку. footballhub.ua. 29 November 2022</ref><ref name=poriatunok>Порятунок для Павелка. Суд, у якому мали обрати запобіжний захід президенту УАФ, “замінували” лише для його справи. ЕКСКЛЮЗИВ. footballhub.ua. 25 November 2022</ref><ref name=corruption_champion>Корупційний чемпіон. Все про розкрадання футбольних грошей в УАФ Андрія Павелка. footballhub.ua. 10 November 2022</ref><ref>12 друзів Павелка. footballhub.ua. 18 October 2022</ref><ref>Журналісти показали, який вигляд мають футбольні майданчики, на які командою президента УАФ Павелка спускалися мільйонні кошти. footballhub.ua. 12 November 2022</ref> Between 2018 and 2020, there were opened 12 criminal proceedings against Pavelko, but none were finalized.<ref name=corruption_champion/><ref>НАБУ почало розслідування щодо можливих зловживань голови ФФУ Павелка. www.rbc.ua (archived). 14 June 2018</ref> Coincidently Pavelko's lawyer is "kindred" (godparenting) with Artem Sytnyk (former National Anti-Corruption Bureau of Ukraine director).<ref name=poriatunok/>

On 13 March 2023, the Pechersk District Court of Kyiv City extended suspension of the Pavelko's powers as a president of UAF.<ref>Football: The Andri Pavelko affair is a pebble in the shoe of the UEFA boss. www.lemonde.fr. 5 April 2023</ref> Unlike the previous court order that was adopted earlier in February and later was appealed, the new one was adopted to be executed immediately.<ref>ОФІЦІЙНО! Павелко ВІДСТОРОНЕНИЙ від посади президента УАФ. footballhub.ua. 13 March 2023</ref><ref name="footballhub.ua"/> Later the suspension for Pavelko was extended by the Shevchenko District Court of Lviv City.<ref>ОФІЦІЙНО! Суд знову відсторонив Андрія Павелка з посади президента УАФ. ВІДЕО. footballhub.ua. 2 August 2023</ref><ref>Суд продовжив усунення Павелка з посади голови УАФ на два місяці. sportarena.com. 2 August 2023</ref>

On 9 October 2023, the Zaporizhia Oblast Association of Football requested removal of Anatoliy Demyanenko from the office of UAF first vice-president and appointment of acting UAF general secretary.<ref>Запорізька обласна асоціація футболу вимагає відсторонити Демяненка від посади першого віце-президента УАФ. sportarena.com. 9 October 2023</ref><ref>Кінець для Павелка і Ко. Члени УАФ вимагають змін. ДОКУМЕНТ. footballhub.ua. 9 October 2023</ref><ref>Щодо відповіді ГС "Запорізька обласна асоціація футболу" на лист УАФ №1489 від 06.10.2023 року. zoff.zp.ua (archived). 9 October 2023</ref> Soon thereafter two more regional football organizations (Zakarpattia Oblast and Kirovohrad Oblast) supported the request.<ref>Боротьба з узурпатором. Павелка хочуть вигнати ще в двох областях. footballhub.ua. 9 October 2023</ref>

The Ukrainian Association of Football posted couple of explanatory articles about its offshore company and its factory in Kramatarosk.<ref>«СПРАВА NEWPORT»: СПРОБА ДИСКРЕДИТАЦІЇ УАФ. uaf.ua</ref><ref>СПРАВА ЗАВОДУ З ВИРОБНИЦТВА ШТУЧНОГО ПОКРИТТЯ «ФФУ ПРОДАКШН». uaf.ua.</ref>

National teams

National team tournaments

See also

References

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Further reading

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