Andriy Shevchenko is probably the most famous Ukrainian footballer. He played for AC Milan in Italy and Chelsea in England, and in 2004 he was named the best footballer in all of Europe. After he stopped playing he became the manager of the Ukrainian national team. Many Ukrainian children have a poster of Shevchenko somewhere.
Dynamo Kyiv is the oldest and most famous Ukrainian football club. It was founded in 1927 and has won the Ukrainian league more times than anyone else. The club has its own stadium in Kyiv, surrounded by the green park where children play football themselves.
Ukraine has its own national football league called the Ukrainian Premier League. Teams from cities like Kyiv, Donetsk, Lviv and Kharkiv play each other every year. Many fans get up early to travel hours by train to see a game.
Football is brilliant because you don't need much to play. Two stones for goalposts, a ball, and any flat space. Ukrainian children play in courtyards between blocks of flats, in school playgrounds, and on grass pitches in the countryside. The basic rules are the same the world over.