We remind you that in June 2020, the Executive Committee of the Ukrainian Football Association offered to extend Andriy Shevchenko's contract as head coach of Ukraine and his coaching staff until the end of 2022.

At that time, at the request of the national team's coaching staff, the contract was signed for one year with an option to extend it by another one and a half years upon mutual agreement. Andriy Shevchenko and his coaching staff justified this decision by their desire to move on to club work after the European Championship, which Andriy Shevchenko mentioned several times in interviews.

The Ukrainian Football Association agreed to these contract terms.

Thus, on July 30, 2021, the term of the contract between the Ukrainian Football Association and the national team's coaching staff expired.

The Ukrainian Football Association expresses its deepest gratitude to Andriy Shevchenko and his assistants for their professional work with the country's main team over five years. During this time, Ukraine's national team reached a new level of development and achieved its greatest success in history at European Championships, finishing eighth among the continent's strongest teams at Euro 2020.

On August 9, an Executive Committee meeting of the UAF is scheduled to take place where decisions regarding the national team's coaching staff will be made.

Currently, Ukraine's national team is participating in the World Cup 2022 qualifiers. After three initial matches, they have three points in their tally. The upcoming qualifier matches for the national team of Ukraine are on September 1 against Kazakhstan and September 4 at home against France.

For the World Cup 2022, UEFA will allocate spots to 13 teams — winners of ten qualifying groups and three teams after a multi-tiered playoff, in which teams that finish second in their groups will participate.