Marko Dević, the forward from Metalist Kharkiv, is the first football player from Western Europe to have put on the football shirt of the Ukrainian national team. History does not reveal whether it could have been otherwise, but it is known that he had acquired high qualification in mastering leather ball namely in the Ukrainian club: he passed his trial by fire and was formed in it, and he received an invitation from this club to play for the national team in a friendly match against Norway in November 2008. More

20 april 2012

The transfer of the Ukrainian national team forward has changed little in the life of the top goalscorer of the previous championship. As earlier, Yevhen Seleznyov is the most accurate marksman at his club though, if truth be told, for him to repeat the result of 17 goals the striker will have to score 9 times in the last 10 games of the current season. More

27 january 2012

People’s Artist of Ukraine Bohdan Benyuk joined the official list of Friends of Euro-2012 some months ago. But Mr Benyuk is on friendly terms with football almost since birth. I think it will be interesting for our readers to look at the “game of millions” through the eyes of the “best Ukrainian Švejk”. More

16 january 2012

Major sporting events, such as EURO, attract not only vigorous fans, but also an elite audience that looks for a platform for communication and establishing business contacts. We asked Thibaut Potdevin, UEFA commercial manager for Ukraine about the Corporate Hospitality program at EURO 2012 in this exclusive interview with Ukraine2012. More

16 january 2012

“Depending on a particular situation, I adjust the team differently. I treat guys accordingly. Sometimes it is necessary to tighten the screws, because I feel that imbalance in appeared in the team. On the other hand, sometimes it is necessary to pet the players a bit. I never reveal my cards to journalists. This is a secret. In addition, there are things that are difficult to express, they must felt from inside”. More

10 january 2012

The Ukrainians who have been recognized best football players in the USSR may make up a symbolic combined team. It is clear that the majority of prominent players were brought up in Dynamo Kyiv: its representatives were the best nine times. They were mainly midfielders and forwards, but there were also exceptions. Legendary goalkeeper Yevhen Rudakov is one of them. What kind of playing had to be demonstrated in 1970s to become better than Khurtsilava, Kavazashvili, Kolotov or Shesternyov! Just one match against Spain is worth a great deal! More

21 december 2011