The representatives of the working group for the preparation of the UPL championship, on the instructions of the president of the UAF, member of the UEFA Executive Committee Andrii Pavelek, conducted an inspection of the stadiums that are undergoing certification for the organization of matches of the championship of Ukraine for the 2022/2023 season.
Together with the representatives of the clubs that plan to use these stadiums, the first vice-presidents of UAF Oleksiy Mykhailichenko and Vadim Kostyuchenko discussed the requirements that will have to be met during the matches in martial law conditions and inspected the sports arenas.
"We visited the stadiums: in Lviv - "Ukraine", SKIF and "Arena Lviv", in Uzhgorod - "Avangard" and "Minay", in Ternopil - City Stadium named after Roman Shukhevich. These arenas, among others, claim to host UPL matches in the west of our country. In accordance with this, clubs are already planning their bases during matches of the championship of Ukraine.
According to my information, Vorskla, Dnipro-1 and Metalist are planned to play together with Minaj in Uzhgorod, Shakhtar will be based in Lviv, in addition to local teams, and Chornomorets will join the local Kolos in Kovalivka ". Other clubs are negotiating with both stadiums and local military administrations. After all, it is the local military administrations, together with the State Service of Ukraine for Emergency Situations, that will give permission for UPL matches to be held, depending on the situation in the region," UAF First Vice President Vadym Kostyuchenko told the UAF press service.
On July 28, the UAF Executive Committee approved the plan-calendar for the next season, according to which the base day of the first round of the championship of Ukraine is determined to be August 23.