Category: Ukraine
Match Fixing in Ukraine – The Grim Reality
By Vadim Furmanov -
On March 27th Chornomorets Odessa hosted Olimpik Donetsk at their training base for a friendly during the international break. Th ...
Dynamo Kyiv vs. Shakhtar Donetsk – Ukraine’s Football Power Shift
By Vadim Furmanov -
On May 17th Dynamo Kyiv beat Dnipro 1-0 at home to secure their record 14th Ukrainian Premier League title. With two matches left ...
Chernomorets Odessa – Ukrainian club football in Exile
By Vadim Furmanov
With just over two months remaining in the season, Chernomorets Odessa has been exiled from their home city making them the sixth d ...
Viktor Skripnik – A hint of Lobanovskyi at the Weserstadion
By Manuel Veth -
Viktor Skripnik is the man behind Werder Bremen’s revival during the second half of this year’s Bundesliga campaign. Little is left ...
Yevhen Konoplyanka and the Banker from Dnipro
By Manuel Veth -Yevhen Konoplyanka is perhaps the most sought after commodity in Ukrainian football. The ambidextrous winger, according to the You ...
Double Agents – Shakhtar Donetsk and the role of third-party ownership
By Manuel Veth -
Borussia Dortmund’s CEO Hans Joachim Watzke was visibly exhausted upon his return from Donetsk after he completed the signing of Ar ...