Football Federation of Ukraine
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Founded | 13 December 1991 |
FIFA affiliation | 1992 |
UEFA affiliation | 1992 |
President | Andriy Pavelko |
The Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) (Ukrainian: Федерація Футболу України) is the governing body of football in Ukraine. It governs all football competitions including the Ukrainian Professional League, the Ukrainian Cup, the Amatory, the competitions among the youth (under-18), and also the Ukraine national football team. It also sets the regulations to the Premier League and the Professional Football League. It is headquartered in the national capital, Kiev near the Olimpiyskiy National Sports Complex at the House of Football.
Organization
Foundation
On 6 March 1991 due to the efforts of Viktor Maksymovych Bannikov was established and legally reformed the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) as part of the Football Federation of the Soviet Union (FFSU). However, it fully was still controlled and subordinated to the Moscow's main governing body.
On 24 August 1991 the Supreme Council of Ukraine by its Act of Declaration of Independence of Ukraine expressed its intent of casting away from Soviet Union and creation of a sovereign state – Ukraine. After these event the Executive Committee of Football Federation of the Ukrainian SSR made the decision to have a plenum in the beginning of December where the future of the growth of the national sport would be defined.
However, until then the following events took place that contribute to a certain degree of confusion.
- In the beginning of the September a joined conference of the governing body of the federation and the national football society took place where it was announces to establish internal institutes which would subordinate to Moscow.
- In October a meeting between Viktor Bannikov and the president UEFA, Lennart Johansson, took place. The president of the European football union promised to fully support Ukraine of joining the European football organization.
About the fact that on the world map appeared a new nation the world society realized on 1 December 1991 after the conduction of the All-national referendum.
After all that, on 13 December in the big hall of Ministry in affairs of the Youth, Sport, and Tourism the Council of the Federation in one voice accepted the following declaration:
“ | In accordance with the All-national referendum of 1 December 1991 Ukraine has become an independent state. The Football Federation of Ukraine – sovereign, independent, public organization that does not belong to any federation of foreign states. The Federation takes full jurisdiction over the protection the rights of players, coaches, and the football specialists. The Football Federation is responsible to uphold the international norms and human rights without concern of a nationality or a religious beliefs. The Football Federation confirms its adherence to goals and principals of FIFA and UEFA statues affirms their execution. |
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— Football Federation of Ukraine, 13 December 1991 |
13 December is the day when the Football Federation of Ukraine was established.
Presidents
- Viktor Maksymovych Bannikov (December 1991 — August 1996)
- Valeriy Pavlovych Pustovoytenko (August 1996 — August 2000), the prime-minister of Ukraine
- Hryhoriy Mykhaylovych Surkis (16 August 2000 — 2 September 2012), reelected in 2004 and 2007
- Anatoliy Dmytrovych Konkov (2 September 2012 — 22 January 2015)
- Andriy Vasylyovych Pavelko (22 January 2015 — present), elected on 6 March 2015
Structure
Main governing assemblies
The main decisions of all-national importance are discussed at the meetings of the Congress of Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU). Congress also elects the president and vice-presidents (presidential cabinet) of federation and confirms several football government bodies such as presidium, executive committee, appellation committee, and others. The congress is more of a legislative body of government and sets goals and directions for the development of football in the country. All official meetings of various football government institutions take place at the "Building of Football" (Budynok futbolu) in Kiev.
All structural and organizational issues are executed by the Executive Committee (Vykonkom). The executive committee consists of about 30 people and includes the presidential cabinet of federation. To assist the executive committee there exists a presidium which organizes the meetings of the Vykonkom. The presidium composed of 16 people, among which are all the members of the presidential cabinet as well.
Committees and collective members
The federation also has two judicial bodies of government: the control disciplinary committee (KDK) and the appellation committee. Those are small committees and are confirmed by the congress of Football Federation of Ukraine.
Aside of the above-mentioned organizations there are numerous other committees and directorates that supplement in the organization of football events in Ukraine. Among the most important are the Committee of professional football, the Committee of national teams, the Committee of referees, the Expert Commission, the Council of a strategic development of professional football, and many others.
There are also collective members of federation that include various public organizations such as regional federation, student associations, independent leagues, travel agencies, others. The importance of collective members is that every single one of them can delegate up to three its representatives to the Congress and announce its own candidates on the position of the president.
Committee of national teams
- Committee was created in 2008. Chairman - Semen Altman, First Deputy - Volodymyr Lashkul
- Ukraine national football team
- Ukraine women's national football team
- Ukraine national under-21 football team (also known as the youth team, participates in qualifications for the Olympic tournament)
- Ukraine youth women national football team (under 19)
- Ukraine student football team
- Other national and junior football teams
- National team tournaments
- Valeri Lobanovsky Memorial Tournament
- Bannikov Memorial Tournament
- Others
Committee of professional football
- Committee was created in 2002. Chairman - Anatoliy Bidenko, First Deputy - Ihor Kolomoiskyi
- Premier League: League, Youth championship (Reserves), Cup, Super Cup
- Professional Football League of Ukraine: Second Division, Third Division, other competitions
Committee of youth football
- Committee was created in 1992. Chairman - Yevhen Kotelnykov, First Deputy - Volodymyr Stolitenko
Committee for stadiums and safety
- Committee was created in 2006. Chairman - Borys Voskresenskyi
Committee for football development in regions
- Committee was created in 2000. Chairman - Anatoliy Dyachenko
Committee of referees
- Committee was created in 2005. Chairman - Pierluigi Collina, assistant - Lucci Luciano
Committee of female football
- Committee was created in 1992. Chairman - Volodymyr Babayev, First Deputy - Anatoliy Savin
Committee on issues of footballers' status and transfers
- Committee was created in 2001. Chairman - Hennadiy Lisenchuk, First Deputy - Volodymyr Troshkin
Sport-medical committee
- Committee was created in 1994. Chairman - Serhiy Storozhenko, First Deputy - Vyacheslav Popov
Committee of mass football
- Committee was created in 2006. Chairman - Ivan Haivoronskyi
Committee of ethics and fair play
- Committee was created in 1992. Chairman - Ihor Kochetov
Committee of FFU delegates
- Committee was created in 2010. Chairman - Serhiy Tatulyan
Council on strategic development of professional football
- Council was created in 2007. Chairman - Hryhoriy Surkis, First Deputy - Oleksandr Bandurko
Divisions and offices of Football Federation of Ukraine
- Office of Informational Policy (Serhiy Vasiliev)
- Office of Affairs
- Division of planning and finance
- Division of science-methodical support
- Division of preparation and conducting events for national teams
- Division of analysis and forecasting of football development
- Division of activity support for collective members (Anatoliy Dyachenko, 2007)
- International division
- Legal division
- Division of human resources (Tetyana Bilokur)
- Organizational division
- Division of infrastructure development
Collective members
- Association "Futbol-Zakhid"
- Ukrainian Football Amateur Association (National championship among the regions, National cup)
- Association of referees of Ukraine
- Association of football veterans
- Association of mini-football of Ukraine (Futsal)
- Association of beach football of Ukraine
- Football association of handicapped
- 27 regional football federations
- All-Ukrainian football association of students
- Children-Youth football league of Ukraine (Ukrainian National Youth Competition)
- Ukraina Football International
- Tourist agency "Sport Line Travel"
- Committee of fitness education and sports of Ministry of Education
- League of Street Football
- Youth Football Union
- Public association "Hrayemo za Ukrainu razom" (Play for Ukraine together)
- Premier League of Ukraine
- Professional Football League of Ukraine
- Sports office of Ministry of Defense
- Central Council of Sports Club "Spartak" of Trade-unions of Ukraine
- Central Council of Fitness Sports Club of Ukraine "Dynamo"
- Central Council of Fitness Sports Club of Ukraine "Kolos"
- Central Council of Fitness Sports Club "Ukraine"
Congress
The list of recent convocations of the congress.
- 12th Congress[1] (Dec. 14, 2010)
- 10th Congress[2] (Dec. 17, 2008)
- 9th Congress[3][4][5] (Sep. 14, 2007) - an extraordinary report-electoral congress. Hryhoriy Surkis was reelected for the third time for the next five years. For his candidacy voted 129 delegates out 137 registered.
Top referees
The Ukrainian referees that participated in the international competitions.[6]
- Vasyl Melnychuk
- Oleh Oryekhov
- Vitaliy Hodulyan
- Ihor Ishchenko
- Volodymyr Pianykh
- Vadym Shevchenko
- Serhiy Berezka
- Serhiy Tatulyan
- Serhiy Shebek
- Ihor Yaremchuk
- Valeriy Onufer
Achievements
- Senior National team
- 2006 World Cup quarterfinals
- Junior National team (U-21)
- 2006 European championship finals
- Senior-youth National team (U-19)
- 2000 European championship finals
- 2009 European champions
- Junior-youth National team (U-17)
- 1994 European championship bronze medals
- Student National team
- Two Gold medals of 2009 Summer Universiade in Belgrade, Serbia[7] and 2007 Summer Universiade in Bangkok, Thailand.[8][9]
- A Silver medal of 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing, China.
See also
- FFU Council of Regions, a committee in the organization of regional level competition.
References
- ↑ (Ukrainian)/(Russian) Video report at ua-football.com
- ↑ (Ukrainian)Brief overview of the X Congress
- ↑ (Ukrainian)Presidential elections
- ↑ (Ukrainian)Brief of overview of the IX Congress
- ↑ (Ukrainian)Revisionary report of the IX Congress
- ↑ List of referees (English)
- ↑ Ukraine is the Champions at Universiade for the second time
- ↑ Champions in Thailand, 2007
- ↑ Team roster for 2007 Thailand.
- Quick overview (in Russian) – co-memorated to the first match of the national team.
External links
- Football Federation of Ukraine – official website
- Ukraine at FIFA site
- Ukraine at UEFA site
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