Winter Cup of the National Future League

The Winter Cup of the National Future League among U-16 teams (players born in 2010) has started. The "Metalist 1925" Academy is represented by three teams, boys born in 2010 and 2011 based in Kyiv, and a team of boys born in 2010 from Kharkiv.

In the group stage, 59 teams will be divided into 16 groups based on territorial principles, with a round-robin tournament played in each group. The top two teams from each group will advance to the 1/16 finals.

Group 7

"Dynamo" U-15 (Kyiv)

FC "Vyshneve" (Vyshneve)

"Metalist 1925" U-15 (Kharkiv)

"Levyi Bereh" (Kyiv)

Matchday 1. 03.02.2026 (Tuesday)

FC "Vyshneve" - "Metalist 1925" U-15

Matchday 2. 31.01.2026 (Saturday)

"Dynamo" U-15 - "Metalist 1925" U-15

Matchday 3. 07.02.2026 (Saturday)

"Metalist 1925" U-15 - "Levyi Bereh"

Group 8

"Metalist 1925" (Kharkiv)

"Shakhtar" U-15 (Donetsk)

"Progres Sofiivskyi" (Sofiivska Borshchahivka)

"LNZ U-15" (Cherkasy)

Matchday 1. 03.02.2026 (Tuesday)

"Metalist 1925" - "Progres Sofiivskyi"

Matchday 2. 31.01.2026 (Saturday)

"Shakhtar" U-15 - "Metalist 1925"

Matchday 3. 07.02.2026 (Saturday)

"LNZ" U-15 - "Metalist 1925"

Group 10

"Vorskla" (Poltava)

"Molod" U-15 (Poltava)

"Metalist 1925-2" (Kharkiv)

KZ DOSFKSP named after S. Bubka (Bakhmut)

Matchday 1. 19.01.2026 (Monday)

"Molod" U-15 - "Metalist 1925-2" - 3:1

Matchday 2. 30.01.2026 (Friday)

"Vorskla" - "Metalist 1925-2"

Matchday 3. 07.02.2026 (Saturday)

KZ DOSFKSP named after S. Bubka - "Metalist 1925-2"

Playoff Schedule

1/16 finals - 14.02.2026 (Saturday)

1/8 finals - 21.02.2026 (Saturday)

1/4 finals - 28.02.2026 (Saturday)

1/2 finals - 07.03.2026 (Saturday)

Final - 14.03.2025 (Saturday)