Ukraine's amputee football team lost to Israel: next matches are tomorrow

Our amputee players will play their next matches in Baku, Azerbaijan, tomorrow, October 18, against the Netherlands and Belgium.

According to glavcom.ua: Ukraine's amputee football team suffered a defeat in the opening match of the EAFF Nations League 2025 against Israel with a score of 0:2. This information is reported by 'Glavkom' citing UAF.

Squad of Ukraine's amputee football team

Goalkeepers: Stanislav Kaplia ('Dnipro' Cherkasy), Yuriy Dyachuk ('Pokrova' Lviv), Volodymyr Matviyenko ('Burevi' Kyiv).

Field players: Yuriy Sushch, Valentyn Osovsky, Yaroslav Kachmar, Oleksandr Chinchley, Dmytro Shchehelskyi, Mykola Oleksiienko, Dmytro Kuts, Anatoliy Medvediuk, Mykola Hatala (all - 'Pokrova' Lviv), Mykhailo Sokolyansky, Vadym Korol (both - 'Crusaders' Lutsk), Ivan Artiukh ('Shakhtar Steel' Donetsk).

Calendar and match results of Ukraine's team

10.17.2025

• Israel - Ukraine - 2:0

10.18.2025

• Ukraine - Netherlands 10:00
• Ukraine - Belgium 14:00

10.19.2025

• Azerbaijan - Ukraine 16:00

Earlier, the Ukraine national team achieved an important victory against Azerbaijan in the World Cup qualifiers. It is also worth noting that in an intense World Cup qualification match, Ukraine defeated Iceland.

World Cup qualifiers. Group D

Iceland - Ukraine 3:5 (1:3)

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

In the second round of qualification for the World Cup 2026, the Ukrainian national football team drew with Azerbaijan - 1:1.

World Cup qualifiers. Group D

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

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

In another qualifier for the World Cup 2026, the Ukrainian team suffered a defeat to France with a score of 0:2. The match took place at the stadium in Wroclaw, Poland.

During an important qualifying match between Ukraine and France, Ukrainian fans showed their support for the national team by displaying a huge banner with the inscription 'Fortress of Europe'.

After losing to Israel, Ukraine's amputee football team is preparing for matches against the Netherlands and Belgium. Despite the unfortunate start in the tournament, the team has the chance to rectify the situation and show their best football in the upcoming matches.