The veterans’ team of SK Sofiia from Sofiivska Borshchahivka has reached the final stage of the Ukrainian football championship for veterans aged 35 and over. The final will be held in Kyiv on 7–8 November.
The Bucha District Football Association reported this.
Sofiia qualified as the best of the runners-up from the group tournaments. The team played its group matches in Fastiv on 24 October against FC Fastiv and FC Vasylkiv.
The other finalists are FC Lubny and FC Machukhy from Poltava Oblast, FC Fastiv, FC Bukovyna from Chernivtsi and LSTM from Lutsk.
The championship is run by the Ukrainian Football Veterans Association with the support of the Ukrainian Association of Football. It is dedicated to the memory of the defenders who were killed defending Ukraine.
Sofiia in the district league
In the Bucha District league, SK Sofiia lost 1–3 to FC Horenychi on Saturday, 31 October, in the top-flight match of the round, the district association’s photo report shows.
It was a tense game: referee Dmytro Melnychenko showed a red card and twice asked the camera operators to review disputed incidents.
Photo: Bucha District Football Association
As a reminder, before the group stage we reported which district league matches were rescheduled because of the veterans’ championship.
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