July 14 — the day of the birth of Ukrainian football

On July 14, 1894, the first football match between the local team "Sokil" and a team from Krakow took place in Lviv.

July 14 — the day of the birth of Ukrainian football

The historic meeting took place on a stadium with 7,000 seats and ended with the home team winning 1-0.

The arena was built within the territory of today's Stryjsky Park specifically for the opening of the General Provincial Exhibition.

This match was included in the program of the second flight of the Sokil society.

Gazeta Lwowska reported that Lviv football players wore gray gymnastic pants and white shirts, while Krakow players wore blue pants and white shirts. The decisive goal was scored in the north net by a student of the teacher's gymnasium, Volodymyr Khomitsky, in the 6th minute. Immediately after the goal, the match ended because it was time for gymnastics demonstrations...

After studying the available documents on July 3, 1999, the Executive Committee of the Ukrainian Football Association (then — the Football Federation of Ukraine) made a historic decision to consider July 14, 1894 as the birth date of Ukrainian football. — that is, when exactly that short match took place in Lviv.

On July 1, 2004, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted a resolution — "On Celebrating the 110th Anniversary of Ukrainian Football." Thus, it was legally established that Ukrainian football counts its history from July 14, 1894.

In the same year of 2004, on the occasion of the 110th anniversary since the day of the first football match in Ukraine, a monument was opened at the site where it took place (sculptor — Yaroslav Skakun).