Legionnaires of the Ukrainian national team on the weekend: how they performed in clubs after the break

On Friday, October 17, in the 1/32 finals of the Portuguese Cup, 'Benfica' (with Trubin on the bench and Sudakov as a substitute) defeated 'Shavish' (2:0).

During the first game weekend after the international break, ten legionnaires of the Ukrainian national team took the field, called up by Serhiy Rebrov for the October matches of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. This was reported by 'Hlavkom' citing UAF.

In the 8th round of the French Ligue 1, 'Paris Saint-Germain' played a draw with 'Strasbourg' (3:3), where Ilya Zabarnyi played.

In the 9th round of the Turkish Super League, 'Trabzonspor', with Oleksandr Zubkov as a substitute, defeated 'Rizespor' (2:1).

In the 8th round of the English Premier League, 'Everton' with Vitaliy Mykolenko lost to 'Manchester City' (0:2).

In the 9th round of the Spanish La Liga, 'Girona' with Viktor Tsygankov and Vladyslav Vanat lost to 'Barcelona' (1:2).

In the 7th round of the Italian Serie A, 'Roma' with Artem Dovbyk as a substitute lost to 'Inter' (0:1).

In the final match of the regular championship of the overseas MLS, 'Austin' with Oleksandr Svatok lost to 'San Jose Earthquakes' (1:2) and will play against LAFC in the playoffs.

In the Italian Championship, 'Genoa' with Ruslan Malinovskyi played a draw with 'Parma'.

In the Premier League, 'Brentford' with Yegor Yarmolyuk won against 'West Ham' (2:0).

World Cup Qualifiers. Group D

Iceland - Ukraine 3:5 (1:3)

Goals: Ellertsson, 35, Gudmundsson, 59, 75 - Malinovskyi, 14, 45+5, Hutsuliak, 45, Kaliuzhny, 85, Ocheretko, 89

In the second round of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, the Ukraine national football team played a draw with Azerbaijan - 1:1.

World Cup Qualifiers. Group D

Azerbaijan - Ukraine 1:1 (0:0).

Goals: Mahmudov (72, pen.) - Sudakov (51).

Earlier, the Ukrainian national team suffered a defeat against France with a score of 0:2 in the qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup. The match took place at the stadium in Wroclaw, Poland.

During the crucial qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup between the national teams of Ukraine and France, Ukrainian fans showed their support for the national team by unfurling a huge banner with the inscription 'Fortress of Europe'.

The compilation of news about the game weekend of the legionnaires of the Ukrainian national team provides an opportunity to better track the successes of Ukrainian players in European championships. The brightest match was between Ukraine and Iceland, where our team managed to win with a score of 5:3.