Ukrainian Football Amateur Association

Association of Amateur Football of Ukraine

Асоціація аматорського футболу України

Abbreviation| AAFU
Predecessor| UAF (FFU) committee of amateur football
Formation| 2 March 1998; 25 years ago (1998-03-02)
Founder| Ukrainian Association of Football (Football Federation of Ukraine)
Founded at| Kyiv, Ukraine
Type| sports organization (association football)
Legal status| national
Purpose| Organization of amateur football competitions
Headquarters| FFU House of Football
Location|

* Laboratornyi provulok 7a, Kyiv, Ukraine

Region

| Ukraine
Services|

* Ukrainian football championship among amateurs
* Ukrainian Amateur Cup
* Ukrainian Amateur Super Cup
* "Leather Ball" competitions

Official language

| Ukrainian
Owner| public

Head of AAFU

| Oleksandr Kadenko

Deputy head

| Myron Chernetskyi

Deputy head

| Andriy Biba

Deputy head

| Taras Klym

Board of directors

| Executive Committee

Main organ

| Conference (once in four years)
Affiliations| Ukrainian Association of Football
Website| www.aafu.org.ua

The Association of Amateur Football of Ukraine (Ukrainian: Асоціація аматорського футболу України, AAFU) is a sports organization that administers national competitions of association football among amateur and children teams. AAFU is a collective member of the Football Federation of Ukraine.

It was established 2 March 1998 and under the association agreement between the Football Federation of Ukraine and the Association, it is authorized to organize the All-Ukrainian National Football Championship and Cup tournaments amongst amateur football teams. The football championship is considered the fourth level of national competition and is the premier competitions for amateur clubs (professionally non-licensed). Current head (formerly presidential post) of the AAFU is Oleksandr Kadenko.

## Amateur Championship[edit]

Main article: Ukrainian Amateur Football Championship

The competitions has taken place since 1964. Previously the competitions were administered directly by one of the Football Federation of Ukraine committees'. Since 1998 the championship is being organized by the Ukrainian Amateur Football Association.

## The AAFU teams at the UEFA Regions' Cup[edit]

In 1999–2015, AAFU used to provide a team for UEFA Regions' Cup. It was usually a champion of the championship, but there were some exclusions to the rule. The teams did not represent any region in Ukraine, but rather represented Ukrainian amateur football in general.

Teams that represented Ukraine at the Regions Cup:[1]

* 1999 – Ukrainian national amateur team, Kyiv
* 2001 – Dnister Ovidiopol
* 2003 – Pivdenstal Yenakiive
* 2005 – KZEZO Kakhovka as Kakhovka-Kzeso (the Russian-like spelling)
* 2007 – Ivan Odesa
* 2009 – Bastion Illichivsk, was in fact Bastion-2 Illichivsk as the first team was playing at professional level
* 2011 – Yednist-2 Plysky, the first team FC Yednist Plysky at that time played at professional level
* 2013 – Nove Zhyttia \- Putrivka, a united team of both finalists that represent two different regions[2]
* 2015 – AF-Pyatykhatska Volodymyrivka

In 2016, Football Federation of Ukraine introduced a new separate tournament called FFU Regions' Cup among Ukrainian regions and not related to AAFU. First season, 2015–16 FFU Regions' Cup, was won by the team of Kirovohrad Oblast based on FC Inhulets-2 Petrove, but to the 2017 UEFA Regions' Cup was sent a team "Ingulee, Kirovograd Region" (in reality represented by FC Inhulets-3 Petrove).

## Amateur Cup[edit]

Main article: Ukrainian Amateur Cup

The Cup is organized between the Cup holders of the regional tournaments. Every play-off round consists of two legs including the final. The winner of the tournament is qualified for the Ukrainian Cup.

## Leather Ball Club[edit]

All-Ukrainian competitions in association football for a prize of the Leather Ball Club in three age groups (among under-11, under-12, and under-13) for young footballers.

The main competition is known as the Coca-Cola Cup. The organizational committee is headed by former Soviet footballer from Ukraine Andriy Biba.

The winner of competitions qualify for the Danone Nations Cup.

## Heads / Presidents[edit]

* 1998 — 2020 Fedir Shpyh
* 2020 Oleksandr Kadenko
* 2020 — present Serhiy Zahoruiko (executive director, acting)

## See also[edit]

* Regional football federations of Ukraine
* FFU Regions' Cup

## References[edit]

1. ^ Ukrainian teams in the UEFA Regions' Cup. AAFU website.
2. ^ Kadenko: Amateur tournaments raise their level and authority (Каденко: "Аматорские турниры повышают свой уровень и авторитет"). Football.ua. 25 September 2012

## External links[edit]

* Official site (in Ukrainian)

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Football in Ukraine

* Ukrainian Association of Football (UAF / FFU / FF UkrSSR)

League system|

| Men|

* Premier League
* First League
* Second League
* Third League (defunct)
* Amateur Championship
* Regional championships
* Championship of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)

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Women|

* Ukrainian Women's League
* Top league
* First league
* Winter challenge

Youth|

* UPL (U-21 & U-19)
* PFL (U-19)
* WFPL (U-18, U-17, U-16, U-15, U-14)
* Ukrainian Youth Football League (U-17, U-16, U-15, U-14)
* Ukrainian Students' League (Universities)
* Leather Ball Club (U-13, U-12, U-11)
* FFU Cup of hopes

Domestic cups|

| Men|

* Ukrainian Cup
* Ukrainian Super Cup
* Ukrainian Amateur Cup
* FFU Regions' Cup
* Ukrainian Second League Cup (defunct)
* Ukrainian League Cup (defunct)
* Cup of Ukrainian PFL (defunct)
* Football Cup of the Ukrainian SSR (defunct)

|

Women|

* Women's Cup
* Winter Cup

National teams|

| Men|

* National team
* Olympic
* U-21
* U-20
* U-19
* U-18
* U-17
* U-16
* Students
* Beach soccer team
* Futsal team

|

Women|

* National team
* U-19
* U-17

Hosted|

* Euro 2012
* Valeriy Lobanovskyi Memorial
* Viktor Bannikov Memorial
* 1986 Spartakiad of Peoples of the USSR

Governing bodies|

| UAF committees|

* Committee of Referees
* Control and Disciplinary Committee
* National Teams Committee

|

Collective members|

* Ukrainian Premier League
* Professional Football League
* Ukrainian Youth Football League
* Ukrainian Association of Amateur Football
* All-Ukrainian Association of Women's Football
* All-Ukrainian Association of Student's Football
* Association of Football among Handicapped
* Association of Football among Veterans
* Ukrainian Association of Mini-Football
* Trade Union of Footballers
* All-Ukrainian Association of Football Coaches
* MON Sports
* CSK ZSU
* Spartak
* Dynamo
* Kolos
* Ukraine
* Regional football associations

Regional associations|

* AR Crimea
* Cherkasy
* Chernihiv
* Chernivtsi
* Dnipropetrovsk
* Donetsk
* Ivano-Frankivsk
* Kharkiv
* Kherson
* Khmelnytskyi
* Kyiv
* Kirovohrad
* Luhansk
* Lviv
* Mykolaiv
* Odesa
* Poltava
* Rivne
* Sumy
* Ternopil
* Vinnytsia
* Volyn
* Zakarpattia
* Zaporizhzhia
* Zhytomyr

Awards|

* Football records and statistics in Ukraine
* Male Footballer
* Female Footballer
* The best 33 players
* Oleksandr Chizhevskiy club
* Serhiy Rebrov club
* Timerlan Huseinov club
* Oleh Blokhin club
* Maksim Shatskikh club
* Yevhen Rudakov club

Lists|

* All-time table
* Champions
* Clubs
* International footballers
* Captains
* Clubs in Europe
* Foreign players
* Players under sanctions
* Venues
* Rivalries

Categories|

* Men's clubs
* Women's clubs
* Men's players
* Women's players
* Expatriate players
* Managers
* Referees
* Venues
* Seasons

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