December 13-14 at the Kyiv NTI named after V. Bannikov, the final round of the first-ever Ukrainian amputee football championship will take place.

List of Super League Participants:

— «MSK Dnipro» (Cherkasy);

— «Pokrova AMP» (Lviv);

— «Shakhtar Stalevi» (Donetsk);

— «Burievoy» (Kyiv region);

— «Crusaders» (Lutsk);

— «Metalist 1925 Invincibles» (Kharkiv).

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List of First League Participants:

— «Vinnytsia AMP» (Vinnytsia);

— «Titans» (Zhytomyr);

— FC «Bartka» (Ivano-Frankivsk);

— «Vikings» (Ternopil);

— «Dnipro Honor» (Dnipro);

— «Veres Mirage» (Rivne).

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The champion will represent Ukraine in the EAFF Champions League 2026.

The Ukrainian amputee football championship was established by the UAFA and is implemented with the support of the Ministry of Veterans’ Affairs of Ukraine, the Ministry of Youth and Sports of Ukraine, and the Agency for Mass Sport of Ukraine.

Official partners: Mastercard and Oschadbank.

Among the project partners are MEGOGO, Ukrainian Railways, «Lvivske», adidas, and the Canada-Ukraine Foundation.

We look forward to your support on December 13-14 in Kyiv at NTI named after V. Bannikov!

The official partners of the Ukrainian amputee football championship are Mastercard and Oschadbank. The project is also supported by MEGOGO, which broadcasts matches, Ukrainian Railways, «Lvivske», adidas, and the Canada-Ukraine Foundation.

Live streams of matches are available on the media service MEGOGO and on the UAFA YouTube channel.

*Amputee football is a sport for people with amputations or congenital limb deficiencies. The game follows these main rules. Seven players are on the field (six outfield and one goalkeeper). Outfield players must have an amputation or lower limb deficiency, while the goalkeeper must have an upper limb deficiency. Outfield players move around using crutches without prosthetics, whereas goalkeepers play without crutches. A match consists of two halves of 25 minutes each with a 10-minute break in between. The pitch is smaller than a standard football field (60x40 m). Adaptable rules of football are used with an emphasis on player safety. There are women's, men's, and mixed teams. This dynamic and visually exciting sport promotes inclusion and inspires through its spirit of struggle and teamwork.

Over 100,000 people in Ukraine live with amputated limbs. For many of them, amputee football opens the way to physical and psychological recovery, returning to an active life, and joining a community of like-minded individuals.

*«League of Strength» is a social project by the Ukrainian Football Association that helps people with amputations or limb deficiencies to return to an active life and find inspiration through sports. The project covers a wide range of tasks: attracting new players, forming teams in cities, organizing training sessions, preparing professionals (coaches and managers), as well as equipping teams with full sporting equipment. The UAFA also develops the competitive component by holding cups and championships. Official partners of «League of Strength» are Mastercard and Oschadbank.

In a year, amputee football centers were established in 18 cities across Ukraine: Boryspil, Vinnytsia, Dnipro, Zhytomyr, Zaporizhzhya, Ivano-Frankivsk, Kyiv, Kryvyi Rih, Lutsk, Lviv, Odesa, Rivne, Ternopil, Kharkiv, Khmelnytskyi, Cherkasy, Chernivtsi, and Chernihiv. The project encouraged the formation of 20 teams that are developing dynamically, contributing to the popularization of amputee football throughout Ukraine. In total, over 500 players have been involved in training, skill development, and competitions.

In January 2025, the first tournament, Winter Cup «League of Strength», was held with five teams participating. In March, the «League of Strength» team played an historic match against Red Flamingos in Belgium and won 1-0. In May, the Spring Cup «League of Strength» took place, featuring eight teams. And in November, the Autumn Cup «League of Strength» was held with four teams participating.

Less than a year after its inception, the «League of Strength» became a laureate of the prestigious UEFA FootbALL Awards 2025 in the category of «National Association».

*UAFA Foundation is a charitable foundation established by the Ukrainian Football Association, which implements social projects and fundraising aimed at developing football in Ukraine. The main areas of activity include adaptive football, mass children's football, women's football, social support, and restoring sports infrastructure. The foundation also initiates projects related to overcoming war consequences, using the unifying power of football for positive changes in society.