The Match-Fixing Scandal in Ukraine

The police and the prosecutor's office suspect 35 clubs from four divisions in Ukraine of organising fixed matches. Among the suspects – are club presidents, former and current players, referees, coaches, and football-related commercial structures. In total, the involvement of 320 persons in 57 proven episodes has been documented.

On May 22, law enforcement officers conducted 40 searches in Kyiv and Kyiv, Zhytomyr, Dnipropetrovsk, Donetsk, Zaporizhzhia, Odesa, Kirovohrad, Mykolaiv and Chernihiv oblasts. It was a massive raid on the organisers of fixed matches in Ukraine.

Among the best-known clubs suspected of organising fixed matches – are Poltava's "Vorskla", Luhansk's "Zorya", Donetsk's "Olimpik", "Oleksandriya" and Kropyvnytskyi's "Zirka", which represent the UPL.