In January, the Ukraine national futsal team advanced to the semifinals of Euro-2022 in the Netherlands. The Ukrainian Football Association honored the memory of Valeriy Lobanovskyi. Vitalii Mykolenko from "Dynamo" moved to Everton, while Danylo Sikan from "Shakhtar" joined Hamburger SV.

January 1. Ukrainian defender Vitalii Mykolenko transferred from Kyiv's Dynamo to English Everton. The contract with the Ukrainian player is for four and a half years.

January 6. The Ukrainian Football Association honored the memory of prominent Ukrainian coach Valeriy Lobanovskyi. On this day, he would have turned 83. Flowers were laid at his grave and monument by his former wards - head coach of Ukraine's U-19 team Volodymyr Yezersky and captain of Ukraine's veterans Vladyslav Vasyuk.

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January 6. Head coach of Ukraine's women's national team Luis Cortes became a contender for the title of best coach in 2021 according to FIFA. The organization announced three nominees for the Best FIFA Football Awards 2021 in the category "Best Women’s Coach."

January 11. Midfielder of Ukraine's youth national team Mykhailo Mudryk made it to the list of Europe's most promising players according to UEFA. Experts from this organization compiled a list of 40 of the continent’s most talented young footballers (under 21) who have the best chance of making an impression this year.

January 12. Ahead of the final stage of Euro-2022, Ukraine's national futsal team conducted a training session, open to media representatives.  

January 15. As part of preparations for the final stage of Euro-2022, Ukraine's national futsal team in Bucha played a friendly match against Sky Up from the first league. Coach Oleksandr Kosenko’s wards secured a convincing victory - 7:0. 

January 16. The venue for Scotland vs Ukraine in the Nations League-2022/2023 was determined. The match, which will take place on June 7, will be held at Hampden Park Stadium in Glasgow (kickoff - 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

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January 16. Ministry of Youth and Sports officials and UFA leaders met with Ukraine's national futsal team. To support the men’s national futsal team before their departure to the Netherlands, as well as the women’s national futsal team during training camp at the Bucha facility, Minister of Youth and Sports Vadym Guttsait, President of the Ukrainian Football Association and UEFA Executive Committee member Andriy Pavelko, President of the Futsal Association of Ukraine Serhiy Vladiko, and First Vice-Presidents of UFA Anatoliy Demianenko and Vadim Kostyuchenko arrived.

Addressing the players and coaching staff of our national team, Andriy Pavelko noted: "During his recent visit to Ukraine, UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin highlighted the importance of positive experiences and emotions that football gives millions of people in these difficult times. Your performance can give such emotions to all Ukrainians. When you step onto the pitch, remember that everyone in our country is with you - every supporter. We believe in you and will cheer for you in every match!" 

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Head coach of the blue and yellow team Oleksandr Kosenko, on behalf of the entire squad, promised to make every effort to achieve a positive result at Euro-2022 and presented Vadym Guttsait and Andriy Pavelko with gifts from the men's and women's futsal national teams - symbolic jerseys signed by players.  

January 17. Head coach of Ukraine’s national futsal team Oleksandr Kosenko named the 14th players, who made it to the squad's roster for Euro-2022. 

January 17. Men’s and women’s national teams of Ukraine in beach soccer entered the top-15 world rankings at year-end. The wards of Mykola Kostenko are ranked 12th. The girls, under Roman Pachev, occupy the 14th spot.

January 17. Ahead of the Euro-2022 playoff semifinal against Scotland (Glasgow, Hampden Park Stadium, 9:45 PM Kyiv time), the relevant FIFA committee issued a decision to cancel all warnings that did not result in disqualifications for players. 

Thus, Ukraine's national team, which had nine players with yellow cards after the group stage of qualification, is preparing for the match against Scotland without any disciplinary concerns.

January 18. Women’s national futsal team of Ukraine lost in a friendly match to Spain - current European champions. In Bucha at the "Academy of Sport", our girls, preparing for the final tournament Euro-2022, which will take place in Portugal from March 25-27, lost to Spanish women with a score of 0:7.

January 19. Women’s national futsal team of Ukraine dignifiedly stood up against current European champions, Spain, in the second friendly match in Bucha. This time, Ukrainian women lost only by a score of 1:3.

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January 28. In Groningen, Netherlands the draw took place for the final tournament of the second in history European Championship among women's futsal teams, which will include Ukraine’s national team. In the semifinals, our team, which won its group at the main qualifying round in Lviv in October, will play against current European champions - Spain.

January 28. The Ukrainian Football Association and Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine concluded a nationwide seminar "Development of School Football", within which the jury summed up the results of the All-Ukrainian competition for the best football lesson and the best innovative physical education lesson.

January 29. Ukraine's national futsal team dramatically advanced to the quarterfinals of Euro-2022. Despite losing in the third match of the group stage against Portugal, they still made it through to the playoffs. This happened thanks to Serbia’s unexpected victory over the Netherlands. Losing 0:2 in the second half, the Balkan team managed to turn the game around - 3:2. As a result, Ukraine's wards secured the second position in their group based on additional criteria.

January 29. Ukraine’s national cyber football team in FIFA concluded the second game week of the FIFAe Nations Cup 2022 play-in round, finishing fourth in division 2. Our team won four out of twelve matches and earned fourteen points.

January 31. Forward of Donetsk's Shakhtar Danylo Sikan, who was called up for the November games of Ukraine’s national team this year, signed a loan deal with second division German Bundesliga representative Hamburger SV. The striker will play in Rostock until the end of the 2021/2022 season.

January 31. In the quarterfinals of the European Championship in futsal, Ukraine's national team defeated Kazakhstan with a score of 5:3 and advanced to the semifinals of the tournament. Ukrainians will play at this stage for the first time in 17 years.

"I want to say that I am proud of our team, which brought this victory to Ukraine. They earned it with their self-sacrifice. We are not going to stop here," — noted head coach of the blue and yellow Oleksandr Kosenko. 

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