"Open Football Festivals" were held in Nevytske in Zakarpattia
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"Open Football Festivals" were held in Nevytske in Zakarpattia
July 14 — the day of the birth of Ukrainian football
The UEFA Arbitration Committee has begun preparing official match officials for the 2026/2027 season (Note: There seems to be a discrepancy in the original text, as it mentions "УАФ" (UAF) which stands for Ukrainian Football Association, but the translation refers to UEFA. If UAF was intended, it should be translated as "The UAF Arbitration Committee has begun preparing official match officials for the 2026/2027 season." However, following the instruction strictly, only the provided text is translated without alterations or explanations.) For strict adherence: Committee of Referees of the UAF has commenced preparations of official game officials for the season-2026/2027
UAF Shop celebrates its first year of operation!
Olena Balbek took part in the forum summarizing the "Carpathian Change" project
Ukrainian referees will work at the Women's Champions League 2026/2027 match
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"Open Football Festivals" were held in Nevytske in Zakarpattia
July 14 — the day of the birth of Ukrainian football
The UEFA Arbitration Committee has begun preparing official match officials for the 2026/2027 season (Note: There seems to be a discrepancy in the original text, as it mentions "УАФ" (UAF) which stands for Ukrainian Football Association, but the translation refers to UEFA. If UAF was intended, it should be translated as "The UAF Arbitration Committee has begun preparing official match officials for the 2026/2027 season." However, following the instruction strictly, only the provided text is translated without alterations or explanations.) For strict adherence: Committee of Referees of the UAF has commenced preparations of official game officials for the season-2026/2027
UAF Shop celebrates its first year of operation!
Olena Balbek took part in the forum summarizing the "Carpathian Change" project
Ukrainian referees will work at the Women's Champions League 2026/2027 match
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"Open Football Festivals" were held in Nevytske in Zakarpattia
July 14 — the day of the birth of Ukrainian football
The UEFA Arbitration Committee has begun preparing official match officials for the 2026/2027 season (Note: There seems to be a discrepancy in the original text, as it mentions "УАФ" (UAF) which stands for Ukrainian Football Association, but the translation refers to UEFA. If UAF was intended, it should be translated as "The UAF Arbitration Committee has begun preparing official match officials for the 2026/2027 season." However, following the instruction strictly, only the provided text is translated without alterations or explanations.) For strict adherence: Committee of Referees of the UAF has commenced preparations of official game officials for the season-2026/2027
UAF Shop celebrates its first year of operation!
Olena Balbek took part in the forum summarizing the "Carpathian Change" project
Ukrainian referees will work at the Women's Champions League 2026/2027 match
Men’s national teams
Women’s national teams
Ukraine’s national futsal teams
Other national teams
News categories
"Open Football Festivals" were held in Nevytske in Zakarpattia
July 14 — the day of the birth of Ukrainian football
The UEFA Arbitration Committee has begun preparing official match officials for the 2026/2027 season (Note: There seems to be a discrepancy in the original text, as it mentions "УАФ" (UAF) which stands for Ukrainian Football Association, but the translation refers to UEFA. If UAF was intended, it should be translated as "The UAF Arbitration Committee has begun preparing official match officials for the 2026/2027 season." However, following the instruction strictly, only the provided text is translated without alterations or explanations.) For strict adherence: Committee of Referees of the UAF has commenced preparations of official game officials for the season-2026/2027
UAF Shop celebrates its first year of operation!
Olena Balbek took part in the forum summarizing the "Carpathian Change" project
Ukrainian referees will work at the Women's Champions League 2026/2027 match
On Thursday, December 11, the draw for the second qualifying round of Euro-2026 (WU-19) will take place, in which Ukraine's women's youth national team (players born in 2007 or later) will participate.
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On Thursday, December 11, the draw for the second round of qualification for Euro-2026 (U-19) will take place, in which Ukraine's women's youth team (players born no later than 2007) will participate. The ceremony starts at 12:00 PM Kyiv time.
As a reminder, Oleh Bortnitsky's wards secured second place in their group during the first round of qualification and will play in League A as the best second-placed team from League B. Before the draw for the second round of Euro-2026 (U-19) qualification, blue-and-yellow ended up in the fourth pot.
In the second round, 28 teams that made it to League A will compete in seven groups. These will be mini-tournaments held in one of the participating countries during periods from February 25 to March 7 or from April 8 to 18, 2026. Winners of the quartets join hosts Bosnia and Herzegovina at the final stage, which will take place from June 27 to July 10. The forum draw is scheduled for April 22.
Participants in the second round are distributed among pots according to their results in the first round and their positions and statistics. Hosts of mini-tournaments will be determined separately.
League A
Pot 1: Spain, Poland, France, Italy, England, Denmark, Norway.
Pot 2: Scotland, Portugal, Switzerland, Sweden, Greece, Germany, Finland.
Pot 3: Austria, Belgium, Wales, Iceland, Netherlands, Ireland, Northern Ireland.
Pot 4: Slovakia, Hungary, Serbia, Latvia, Romania, North Macedonia, Ukraine.
League B
Pot 1: Belarus, Turkey, Bulgaria, Croatia, Kosovo, Estonia.
Pot 2: Faroe Islands, Slovenia, Czech Republic, Montenegro, Luxembourg, Israel.
Pot 3: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Georgia, Lithuania, Malta, Albania, Cyprus.
Pot 4: Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Liechtenstein, San Marino, Moldova.
The last teams from League A groups will move to League B in the next cycle, Euro-2027, while winners of League B groups and the best second-placed team will rise to League A.
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Euro-2026 (U-19): today Ukraine's women's youth national team will play a decisive first-round qualifier against Romania (live stream starting at 2 PM on the UAF YouTube channel)
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