UEFA Playmakers

UEFA PLAYMAKERS is an unparalleled sports program providing a fun and safe introduction to football training for girls aged 5-8 through movement, play, and the magic of Disney storytelling.

PLAYMAKERS utilizes an innovative storytelling approach featuring beloved Disney characters to help more girls enjoy regular physical activity and football.

Thanks to the innovative UEFA and Disney football program, girls across Ukraine are encouraged to develop a lifelong love for football.

Since the onset of the full-scale Russian invasion, the program in Ukraine has become an excellent tool for stabilizing the emotional state of girls. Football and fun help them feel unity, closeness, and support.

Unlike traditional football programs, each of the 10 introductory Playmakers sessions is based on a story inspired by blockbuster animations like Frozen 2, Incredibles 2, Encanto, and Moana.

Program objectives:

• Introduce girls to football in an environment focused on fun, friendship, and football.
• Implement a new individual coaching approach that uses imagination (inspired by Disney stories and characters) as a tool for training and skill acquisition in football.
• Improve girls' life skills, and basic movement skills, and teach the fundamentals of football to foster a lifelong love for the game.

Time to Act

UEFA Playmakers is the first step towards achieving one of the main goals of UEFA's Women's Football Strategy, Time to Act, which aims to double the engagement of girls and women in football by 2024.

Facebook page link: https://www.facebook.com/uefa.playmakers.ukraine

Contacts in regions:

Vinnytsia Oblast:

Sharhorod Hromada, Sloboda-Sharhorodska, 11 Pershotravneva Street, Sloboda-Sharhorodska Lyceum

Coaches: Vladyslav Paliy 068-864-34-84, Svitlana Yasynetska 097-728-80-92

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Oleksandr Sydoruk, 050-106-80-36, [email protected], [email protected]

Volyn Oblast:

Rozhyshche, 40 Haharina Street, Rozhyshchenska Youth Sports School

Coaches: Oleh Kateryniuk 095-557-79-59, Yevheniia Yuzviak 063-353-92-14

Lutsk, 10-b Nalyvaika Street , FC Amazonka

Coaches: Mykola Yarokhovych 050-504-42-08, Tetiana Pavlik 095-521-51-37

Turiisk, 1 Sportyvna Street, Turiiska Youth Sports School; Solovychi, 1 Shkilna Street, Solovyshivskyi Lyceum

Coaches: Yuriy Borys 068-034-98-64, Alina Sichkovska 096-195-98-33

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Vasyl Kokhanovskyi, 095-898-65-01, [email protected]

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast:

Synelnykove, 27-a Kashtanova Street, Youth Sports School

Coaches: Andriy Strelchenko 096-284-29-44, Kseniia Baliuk 093-056-79-49

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Yaroslav Derevianko, 097-157-33-10, [email protected]

Zhytomyr Oblast:

Korosten, 2 Pashynska Street, School No. 5

Coaches: Ihor Okhrimchuk 093-159-82-56, Olena Okhrimchuk 068-055-28-02

Zhytomyr, Tarasa Bulby-Borovtsia 17 Street, Lyceum No. 28

Coaches: Kateryna Markova 096-795-14-18, Liudmyla Shevchenko 098-835-32-00

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Ruslan Maievskyi, 067-264-87-50, [email protected]

Ivano-Frankivsk Oblast:

Kalush, Dzvonarska 4 Street, Kalush Lyceum No. 3

Coach: Yuriy Bohdan, 095-837-75-03

Horodenka, 55 Shevchenka Street, Horodenka Lyceum No. 1; Cherniatyn, 27 Hrushevskoho Street, Cherniatyn Lyceum

Coaches: Vasyl Shevchuk 068-726-50-16, Liudmyla Honcharenko 098-771-63-17, Mykhailo Kryvko 067-491-29-11

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Vasyl Sikora, 050-555-31-61, [email protected]

Kyiv Oblast:

Vasylkiv, 46 Shevchenka Street, Vasylkiv Academic Lyceum Uspikh

Coaches: Larysa Oliinyk 067-452-33-12, Oksana Kadenko 096-494-42-91

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Volodymyr Maslov, 067-698-77-90, [email protected], [email protected]

Kirovohrad Oblast:

Kropyvnytskyi, 20 Telnova Street, Lyceum Viktoria-P; 9-A Kosmonavta Popova Street, Lyceum Naukovyi

Coaches: Oleksii Kovalenko 066-467-85-47, Anzhela Horodetska 098-539-69-59, Yuliya Zhuravliova 050-604-89-28

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Oleksii Kravchenko, 099-972-11-78, [email protected]

Lviv Oblast:

Novoyavorivsk, 3 Shevchenka Street, Women's Football Club Yantarochka

Coaches: Nataliia Yastremska 096-212-37-03, Mykhailo Kuchma 068-384-11-23

Busk, 15 Kyivska Street, Busk Youth Sports School

Coaches: Ivan Tomkiv 067-980-32-33, Inna Bui 097-575-84-93

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Stepan Ponaida, 067-341-57-35, [email protected], [email protected]

Mykolaiv Oblast:

Mykolaiv, 154 Potyomkinska Street, School No. 53

Coaches: Yuliia Kostiuchenko 093-448-63-40, Denys Kostiuchenko 073-219-71-19

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Oleksandr Balakin, 063-125-48-48, [email protected]

Odesa Oblast:

Artsyz, 28 Chervnya Street, 115, School No. 5; Artsyzka Hromada, Vinohradivka, Shkilna St., 110, Vinohradivsky Lyceum

Coaches: Vitaliy Myhov 097-272-65-21, Oleksiy Cherkas 097-094-37-61

Ananyiv, 32 Nezalezhnosti Street, Ananyiv Sports Lyceum

Coaches: Olga Panasiuk 068-539-97-78, Oleg Klymchuk 097-637-32-69

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Serhiy Haliuza, 066-177-12-32, [email protected]

Rivne Oblast:

Mylatska Hromada, Perebrody, 5 Shkilna Street, Perebrodivsky Lyceum

Coaches: Mykola Zhakunets 098-776-14-40, Oksana Chmunevych 096-571-69-46

Hoshcha, 9 Nezalezhnosti Street, Hoshchanska CYSS

Coaches: Yuriy Roman 068-621-95-92, Nina Dubtsova 098-897-76-43

Smyha, 12-A Nezalezhnosti Street, FC Yevroshpon-Smyha

Coaches: Sviatoslav Levkov 099-569-97-83, Olena Vasylechko 066-040-35-63

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Oleksandr Hil, 097-305-84-21, [email protected]

Sumy Oblast:

Sumy, 2/1 Pryvokzalna Street, FC Barsa

Coaches: Maryna Striletska 066-321-66-08, Serhiy Striletskyi 050-406-42-26

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Albert Molhamov, 050-597-17-17, [email protected]; [email protected]

Ternopil Oblast:

Ternopil, 6 Tarnavs'koho Street, School No. 11

Coaches: Serhiy Kharchuk 097-828-80-78, Iryna Lohinska 096-186-67-81

Zboriv, 5 Khmelnytskoho Street, Zborivska Hymnaziia im. R. Zavadovycha

Coaches: Oksana Pankiv 096-073-67-65, Ihor Kozovyk 097-814-35-35

Kozivska Hromada, Zolota Sloboda, 104 Hrushevskoho Street, Zolotoslobidska Hymnaziia

Coaches: Oksana Pankiv 096-073-67-65, Iryna Zhuk 098-506-59-31

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Vasyl Zatorskyi, 068-621-28-95, [email protected]

Chernivtsi Oblast:

Storozhynetskyi district, Velikyi Kuchuriv village, 20-A Holovna Street, CYSS

Coaches: Yuriy Solomian 050-011-10-90, Angelina Kirdei 066-230-88-73

Chernivtsi, 2 Shchepkina Street, Lyceum No. 9

Coaches: Maria Sas-Batrak 095-485-30-44, Oksana Plakhova 050-884-41-92

Storozhynetska Hromada, Panka, 2 Shkilna Street, Pankivskyi NVK

Coaches: Nataliia Aleksyuk 095-147-95-59, Illya Pobizhan 098-513-04-09

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Oleksandr Plakhov, 050-660-49-50, [email protected], [email protected]

Чернігівська область:

Chernihiv, 42-A Nezalezhnosti Street, School No. 35

Coaches: Tetiana Dzhuman 063-982-13-16, Bohdan Dzhuman 063-580-82-71

Oblast Association of Football Coordinator: Anatoliy Svystun, 050-570-01-94, [email protected]

Kyiv:

Kyiv, 16 Mostytska Street, School No. 271

Coaches: Volodymyr Voloshyn 093-377-50-73, Olena Yermakova 093-839-40-22

Kyiv, 10 Mostytska Street, School No. 243

Coaches: Roman Shchehlyuk 063-622-51-17, Iryna Danko 099-729-89-06

Kyiv, 2-A Ozerna Street, School No. 256

Coaches: Yuliia Baieka 067-951-65-36, Valeriya Honcharuk 063-322-00-11

Kyiv Association of Football Associations Coordinator: Vasyl Honcharuk, 096-036-00-00