UPL 2026/2027 Season, Round 5: Match Commentaries from the UEFA Committee of Arbiters (Note: There seems to be an error in the original text. "УПЛ" typically stands for Ukrainian Premier League and "Комітет арбітрів УАФ" is the Football Association of Ukraine's Referees Committee, not related to UEFA. The correct translation should reflect this accurately.) Corrected: UPL 2026/2027 Season, Round 5: Match Commentaries from the Ukrainian Football Association Referees Committee
Referee Sofia Prichyna participated in the summer seminar of UEFA
The UAFC Committee of Referees will conduct a seminar and fitness test for UPL referees
UEFA Playmakers at Kyiv Lyceum No. 271
"Inclusive Football Sections" in Kropyvnytskyi: A Season That Brought Hearts Together
Project section "Open Football Festivals" — for children of Donetsk region
UPL 2026/2027 Season, Round 5: Match Commentaries from the UEFA Committee of Arbiters (Note: There seems to be an error in the original text. "УПЛ" typically stands for Ukrainian Premier League and "Комітет арбітрів УАФ" is the Football Association of Ukraine's Referees Committee, not related to UEFA. The correct translation should reflect this accurately.) Corrected: UPL 2026/2027 Season, Round 5: Match Commentaries from the Ukrainian Football Association Referees Committee
Referee Sofia Prichyna participated in the summer seminar of UEFA
The UAFC Committee of Referees will conduct a seminar and fitness test for UPL referees
UEFA Playmakers at Kyiv Lyceum No. 271
"Inclusive Football Sections" in Kropyvnytskyi: A Season That Brought Hearts Together
Project section "Open Football Festivals" — for children of Donetsk region
UPL 2026/2027 Season, Round 5: Match Commentaries from the UEFA Committee of Arbiters (Note: There seems to be an error in the original text. "УПЛ" typically stands for Ukrainian Premier League and "Комітет арбітрів УАФ" is the Football Association of Ukraine's Referees Committee, not related to UEFA. The correct translation should reflect this accurately.) Corrected: UPL 2026/2027 Season, Round 5: Match Commentaries from the Ukrainian Football Association Referees Committee
Referee Sofia Prichyna participated in the summer seminar of UEFA
The UAFC Committee of Referees will conduct a seminar and fitness test for UPL referees
UEFA Playmakers at Kyiv Lyceum No. 271
"Inclusive Football Sections" in Kropyvnytskyi: A Season That Brought Hearts Together
Project section "Open Football Festivals" — for children of Donetsk region
UPL 2026/2027 Season, Round 5: Match Commentaries from the UEFA Committee of Arbiters (Note: There seems to be an error in the original text. "УПЛ" typically stands for Ukrainian Premier League and "Комітет арбітрів УАФ" is the Football Association of Ukraine's Referees Committee, not related to UEFA. The correct translation should reflect this accurately.) Corrected: UPL 2026/2027 Season, Round 5: Match Commentaries from the Ukrainian Football Association Referees Committee
Referee Sofia Prichyna participated in the summer seminar of UEFA
The UAFC Committee of Referees will conduct a seminar and fitness test for UPL referees
UEFA Playmakers at Kyiv Lyceum No. 271
"Inclusive Football Sections" in Kropyvnytskyi: A Season That Brought Hearts Together
Project section "Open Football Festivals" — for children of Donetsk region
Today, on June 17 in Munich at "Arena Munich," the Ukraine national team will play its first group stage match of Euro-2024 against the Romania team (kickoff — 16:00 Kyiv time).
Photo of Andriy Yushchak
Today, on June 17 in Munich at the «Arena Munich», Ukraine's national team will play its first group stage match of Euro-2024 against Romania (kick-off at 16:00 Kyiv time).
Photo by Andriy Yushchak
Starting lineup of the Ukraine national team: 23. Andriy Lunin, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 22. Mykola Matviyenko, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 2. Yurym Konoplya, 6. Taras Stepanenko (c), 19. Mykola Shaparenko, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 14. Georgiy Sudakov, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 11. Artem Dovbik.
Substitutes: 1. Georgiy Bushchan, 3. Oleksandr Svatok, 4. Maksym Taloverov, 5. Serhiy Sidorchuk, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskiy, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 18. Volodymyr Brazyko, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Valeriy Bondar, 24. Oleksandr Timchik, 25. Vladyslav Vanat, 26. Bohdan Mikhaylichenko.
Photo by Oleksandr Hlyvinsky
Security at the arena will be provided by 300 police officers and 1,250 employees of private security companies.
Photo by Oleksandr Hlyvinsky
Today, 59,280 spectators are expected at the «Arena Munich», among them 11,700 will support Ukraine and 10,000 will support Romania.
Photo by Oleksandr Hlyvinsky
Today's match in Munich will be covered by 202 accredited journalists and 69 photographers (65 directly on the field and four on the stands). Broadcasting will be carried out by 40 TV companies. Eighteen TV and radio commentator positions have been set up at the arena.
FIFA graphics
In April's FIFA ranking, today’s opponent, the Romanian team, is ranked 46th. Ukraine's national team is in 22nd place.
Photo by Oleksandr Hlyvinsky
Today's match, Ukraine will play in blue uniforms. The Romanian team will wear yellow.
Photo by Dana Balashova
1. Georgiy Bushchan, 2. Yurym Konoplya, 3. Oleksandr Svatok, 4. Maksym Taloverov, 5. Serhiy Sidorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskiy, 9. Roman Yaremchuk, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 11. Artem Dovbik, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Georgiy Sudakov, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Oleksandr Zinchenko, 18. Volodymyr Brazyko, 19. Mykola Shaparenko, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Valeriy Bondar, 22. Mykola Matviyenko, 23. Andriy Lunin, 24. Oleksandr Timchik, 25. Vladyslav Vanat, 26. Bohdan Mikhaylichenko.
However, as Sergiy Rebrov announced yesterday, Vitaliy Mykolenko will not participate in this match due to an injury.
