On 22 August, a charity match between showbiz stars and media leaders took place at the Bannikov Stadium in Kyiv to mark Ukraine’s Independence Day. This was reported by the event’s media partner Komersant ukrainskyi
Ukrainian showbiz stars united to form the FC Maestro team, while domestic media leaders represented FC Ignis.
The match was the centrepiece of a series of charity events aimed at supporting Ukrainian defenders.
The stadium was attended by pop stars and Ukrainian football stars, the most influential bloggers, TV presenters, journalists, and media industry professionals.
Pupils of children’s football schools, the future of Ukrainian football, were also invited to the match to act as stewards and ballboys and play a short match during the break of the main match.
Team line-ups
FC IGNIS
- Artem Milevsky (legendary professional footballer);
- Anton Skuratov (blogger, social activist, co-owner of IGNIS);
- Alexey Aletinsky (millionaire blogger);
- Ivan Goleador (football ticker) ;
- Maxim Kolyada (host of the Tribuna YouTube channel);
- Anton Velboy (singer);
- Andriy Noga (founder and president of Ignis);
- Anton Lukic (author of the films Luxembourg-Luxembourg and Thoughts);
- Artem Damnytskyi (League of Laughter, Veterans of the Space Forces);
- Oleksandr Bagaziy (author of music videos by famous artists);
- Artur Havryliuk (YouTuber with a “silver button”);
- Edem Nurseitov (tiktoker);
- Grigory Donchik (co-owner and author of Ignis content);
- Yegor Galkin;
- Oleg Avdysh (the youngest professional agent and transfer consultant
for many Premier League professional clubs).
FC “Maestro”
- Dmytro Sukach is the winner of “Top Model in Ukrainian” on New Channel.
- Yevhen Nyshchuk – People’s Artist of Ukraine, Minister of Culture of Ukraine (2014-2019), Head of the Shevchenko Prize, Director of the Franko Theater.
- Andrii Dzhedzhula – TV and radio presenter, showman, volunteer.
- Ihor Tsyhanyk – sports figure, commentator, author of the project “Tsyhanyk Live”.
- Anatoliy Anatolich – TV and radio presenter, blogger, author of the project “Ze Interviewer”
- Ivan Marunych – frontman of the band “Karta Svit” with the hit song “Dog Patron”.
- Denis Koshkin – top model, the most beautiful person in the world)
- Artem Romaniuk – Deputy Director General of the General Directorate for the Service of Foreign Missions
- Maksym Masnyi – Head of the unit responsible for the security of diplomatic missions.
- Denis Musayev – singer, composer, sound producer, music video maker
- Denys Sydorenko – owner of the Kommersant Ukrainsky newspaper.
- Volodymyr Kaminsky – showman, blogger, host of holidays and weddings.
- Oleksiy Myronov – director of S.A.L. show, concert director of FC Maestro.
- Oleksiy Shulga – fashion designer, director of Modno Print, one of the best print houses in Europe.
- Carlo Formosa – Ambassador of Italy to Ukraine
Producer of FC Maestro
Vlad Sotnikov – Honored Artist of Ukraine, Advisor to the Minister of Culture of Ukraine (2018-2019), founder of the Maestro Air Bro drone school
Children’s teams:
- Maestro Children’s Academy.
- Myron United Children’s Academy.
Commentators:
- Andriy Fedorov (showman, political blogger)
- Vladyslav Adamovych (DC PR, co-owner of Ignis).
There were two scores during the game, as the teams tried not only to score more goals, but also to raise more donations. Therefore, additional rules of the charity fair play were developed specifically for this match.
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Video of the match
Match result (spoiler alert)
The match turned out to be very tense, neither team wanted to lose. The main time of the match ended with a score of 3:3, but according to the rules of the tournament, there had to be a winner, so it was decided in a penalty shootout. After eleven-metre penalties, the match ended with FC Maestro winning 6-5.
Financial result
The spectators of the match donated UAH 50,319.40, and the “charity account” of the match amounted to UAH 37,700 – UAH 26,000 in favour of the FC Maestro team.
Thus, a total of UAH 114,019 was raised during the match. These funds will be used to buy a vehicle for the A7037 military unit.