After the final match of the 2024/2025 season against the Kovalyvskiy "Koloss", in which "Dynamo" played a draw 1:1, a no less pleasant part began — the ceremonial awards ceremony for the champions of Ukraine, with two Dynamo teams being honored. First — the youth team, which, in unison with the first team, became the champion of Ukraine among U-19 teams, and then the main team.
Photo: fcdynamo.com“First of all, I want to thank our Armed Forces for allowing us to stand here and share this celebration with you. I also thank the leadership of "Dynamo", the club president Igor Surkis, and the honorary UEFA member Grigory Surkis for what they do for us, for the club, and for the Dynamo school.
Today, during this award ceremony, I would like to mention my first coach and mentor — Oleksandr Oleksandrovich Shpakov, who stands next to me on stage. The experience and knowledge he passed to me at the beginning of my journey in football, I now pass on to my players who play for "Dynamo", play abroad and in the national and youth teams of Ukraine. In gratitude, I want to share this celebration with him and present him with my gold medal, as he has a great contribution to this; he really has done a lot.
Everyone knows that our president has a goal, and we will make every effort to achieve it, as the "white-blue" is the strongest!” — noted Igor Kostyuk, head coach of “Dynamo U-19”.
After this, as part of the ceremony, the players and coaching staff raised the championship cup above their heads and took a group photo as a lasting memory of this outstanding and memorable event.
