31 October 2026
(PHOTO: NK "Veres")
Odessa's "Chornomorets" defeated "Veres" in a Ukrainian Premier League Matchday 11 game. The match in Rivne ended with a 3–1 victory for the Odessa team.
The home team opened the scoring early in the match— Wesley Pomba finished off a cross from André Gonçalves. However, before halftime, Chornomorets scored twice to take the lead.
First, Vasyl Kurko equalized the score after a cross from Giorgi Robakidze. Later, Christian Mba capitalized on a mistake by Veres goalkeeper Valentin Gorokh, scoring into an empty net off a pass from Mykola Kogut.
In the second half, Andriy Khoma extended Odessa’s lead. After receiving a pass from Robakidze deep in the field, he went one-on-one with the goalkeeper and set the final score at 1–3.
This victory marked Chornomorets’ first in the UPL in two months this fall and ended a six-game winless streak.
For coach Roman Hryhorchuk, it also marked his 30th away victory in the Ukrainian Premier League.
TheChornomorets Odesa Football Club is a Ukrainian soccer club based in Odesa; its official founding date is considered to be 1936, making it the city’s oldest professional soccer club.
Throughout its history, the club has also gone by other names: “Dynamo” (1936–1939), “Kharchovyk” (1940, 1944–1950, 1955–1957), “Spartak” (1941), and “Metallurg” (1955–1957). Since 1958, the soccer club has been known as “Chornomorets,” the name it has retained to this day.
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