At the meeting of the Executive Committee of AFU, it became known that Oleksandr Zolotukhin will serve as the acting head coach of the women's national futsal team of Ukraine. It was the press service of AFU that reported this decision.
Zolotukhin has experience working with women's futsal, being involved in the victory of the Tesla team at the Ukrainian Championship for women. He also coached the Ukrainian student team at the 2022 European University Games and managed the Portuguese team International Sport Clube.
Success of the national team
Recently, the Ukrainian futsal team achieved an important victory over the team from Azerbaijan in the qualifying tournament for the World Championship.
Group D of the World Championship qualifiers
In the match against Iceland, the Ukrainian team scored 5 goals and won with a score of 5:3. The goals were scored by Malinovsky, Hutsulyak, Kaluzhny, Ocheretko.
In the next match against Azerbaijan, the Ukrainian team drew 1:1. The goal was scored by Sudakov.
In the penultimate qualifying match for the 2026 World Championship, the Ukrainian team lost to France 0:2 on the field in Wroclaw, Poland.
Soon during the game against France, Ukrainian fans impressed with a huge banner 'Fortress of Europe'.
The Ukrainian futsal team has a new acting coach, Oleksandr Zolotukhin, who has significant experience in this field. The team continues to fight in the World Championship qualifiers, showing decent results in matches against other countries.