During the first post-international break club weekend, ten foreign players from Ukraine's national team were invited by Serhiy Rebrov for October matches of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.

On Friday, October 17, within the 1/32 finals of the Portuguese Cup, "Benfica" with Anatoliy Trubin (spent the entire match on the bench) and Georgiy Sudakov (substituted in the 89th minute) won away from home against "Chaves" (2:0).

In the 8th round of France's Ligue 1, "Paris Saint-Germain" with Iliy Zabarnyy (full match) drew an exciting tie against "Strasbourg" (3:3).

On Saturday, October 18, in the 9th round of Turkey's Super League, "Trabzonspor" with Oleksandr Zubkov (substituted on in the 62nd minute) won away from home against "Rizespor" (2:1).

In the 8th round of England's Premier League, "Everton" with Vitaliy Mykolenko (full match) conceded to "Manchester City" on their away ground (0:2).

In the 9th round of Spain's La Liga, "Girona" with Viktor Tsygankov (substituted on in the 63rd minute) and Vladyslav Vana (substituted off in the 68th minute) lost an away Catalan derby against "Barcelona" (1:2).

In the 7th round of Italy's Serie A, "Roma" with Artem Dovbyk (substituted on in the 55th minute) conceded to "Inter" at "Stadio Olimpico" (0:1).

On Sunday, October 18, in the final match of the regular season of Major League Soccer (MLS), "Austin" with Oleksandr Svatok (substituted on in the 63rd minute) lost away from home against "San Jose Earthquakes" (1:2). In the first round of the playoffs, they will face FC "Los Angeles".

In Italy's championship, "Genoa" with Ruslan Malinovskiy (substituted off in the 81st minute, yellow card) drew a goalless home draw against "Parma".

Finally, on Monday, October 19, in the English Premier League, "Brentford" with Iegor Yarmolenko (full match) secured an away victory over "West Ham United" (2:0).