Odesa's Chornomorsk wins its first match of the new season

The Odesa-based football team Chornomorets played its first match of the season, winning 2-1.

The opponent was Ternopil-based Niva.

The match took place at the Chornomorets stadium. Last season, Chornomorets played in the Ukrainian Premier League. However, after 30 matches, the team scored 23 points, took last place and ended up in the First League.

According to sport.ua, Niva won eight wins, draws, and losses in 24 matches last season. The team finished in 11th place (3rd place in the relegation group). The team managed to retain most of its key players. In the last sparring match before the start of the season, Yuriy Virta's team played Bukovyna. The match ended in a zero-all draw.

In June, the three most prestigious individual football awards in the world - the Golden Balls of Oleg Blokhin, Igor Belanov and Andriy Shevchenko - were brought to Odesa for display. "The Ballon d' Or is a football award founded by the French magazine France Football in 1956. It is awarded annually to the best player in the world (until 2007, the best player in Europe).

In May, the Odesa-based Chornomorets football team met with Dynamo Kyiv at its stadium as part of the Ukrainian Premier League championships. On May 13, the football club announced that it had received permission to hold a game with fans. In March 2024, Chornomorets football club received permission from the Odesa Military Administration to hold a UPL match with fans present at the stadium. At that time, Chornomorets hosted a match against NC Veres.

Due to the full-scale Russian invasion, fans were banned from visiting stadiums in Ukraine. However, in December 2023, the Ministry of Youth and Sports developed a procedure for coordinating and holding sports events with spectators.

Кирило Бойко