The head coach of Kyiv’s “Dynamo” Oleksandr Shovkovskyi published a New Year’s greeting on Facebook:
Oleksandr Shovkovskyi“Friends, my dear Ukrainians!
We are finishing this very challenging year with great hopes for the future, and from my family, I wish you Courage and Strength, Health and Endurance, Wisdom and Patience!
We will definitely need all this to achieve our ambitious goals and to overcome difficulties to obtain Victories, both in small and large Matters...
I thank our Defenders — our Angels-Heroes, who protect our Ukraine and grant us opportunities...
And we are simply compelled to do everything in our power to perform our duties to the best of our ability and to help our soldiers defend our Independence together with you...
I thank my WIFE for her love and warmth, for her support and patience, for her faith and inspiration — without you, I would not have been able to achieve any of what was planned...
Thank you MOM for her prayers...
Thank you CHILDREN for their focus and perseverance in their growth. Their successes make me even happier...
Thank you Friends for being nearby...
Thank you to the Leadership of “Dynamo” Kyiv for their trust and support...
Thank you to my Partners-Coaches, everything we have achieved this year we did only thanks to each other's support and perseverance in reaching our goal...
Thank you to each Player individually and the TEAM as a whole!
We have won together and gone through failures together...
And I fully understand that we could have gone through this year better, and I see opportunities for improvement for each individual as well as for the TEAM as a whole...
Thank you to the Fans for your words of support and for constructive criticism...
We do and will do everything to bring you only positive emotions both on and off the football field...
Therefore, we will stand facing the future with the desire to become better than ourselves...
And I would like to wish us all to meet 2026 with plans and actions for the rebuilding of our Ukraine after Victory in this war...
Glory to Ukraine
Glory to the Nation
Glory to the Armed Forces of Ukraine
Together to Victory
Happy New Year 2025!”
