76: LEAGUES WRAPPED: EUROPEAN SPOTS, PROMOTION, RELEGATION & EUROS

Update: 2024-05-30

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Adam, Rey and Andrew look back on the domestic 23/24 campaigns! A few shocks and surprises along the way; none more so in the final weeks of the season! They analyse the clubs that qualified for Europe for the first time, those that probably shouldn't have made it and all the ups and downs in the lower leagues too. As well as an an initial look ahead of the Euros with warm up friendlies coming up next week!

In this week's episode we talk:

UPL:

Shakhtar winning the double and Dynamo taking silver

Kryvbas - the most consistent side of the campaign?

Dnipro-1's exodus begins

What was the point of them making the European spots?

Polissya - Europe secured and upgrades begin

Rukh - willing missing Europe force them to sell players earlier now?

Mid-table grey zone - The best (or worst) of the rest?

Relegation zone entertainment

Metalist 1925 and Minaj go down…

Survival Play Offs

End of season awards

PFL:

Karpaty and Inhulets back in the UPL

The Eastern sides ended up doing poorly in Persha

Persha cut to 18 teams from next season!

Druha Champions – Druzhba Myrivka – promotion a la Nyva Buzova

Persha/Druha Play Offs

Zbirna:

EURO squad list

Players in good form – Dovbyk Pichichi – Tsyhankov good too

Malinovskyi back and fit

U17 underwhelm in Cyprus

Olympics controversy…

Some big names absent like Bondarenko and Kryskiv

Rukh withdrawing their players?

Listen to the above and MUCH, MUCH MORE in our latest episode!

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