PJSC «Zaporizhstal» financed participation of the teams from Children’s and Youth Sports School on football named «Metallurg» (Zaporozhye city) in the final part of the championship of Ukraine in 2015/2016, of the Children’s and Youth Football League of Ukraine. For those purposes, as well as for the further development of the children’s football school in Zaporozhye city, the Works allocated about UAH 210 thousand.
Recall that in April, 2016, PJSC «Zaporizhstal» allocated more than UAH 500 thousand for arrangement of edu-cational-and-training process in the “Metallurg” Children’s and Youth Sports School on football.
After a number of game-playing within the Championship of Ukraine of Children’s and Youth Football League of Ukraine, the teams of the “Metallurg” football school approached to the intermediate finish with good results. Due to the assistance of the Works, the teams from “Metallurg” CYSS U-17 (football players of 1999 year of birth) and U-15 (the football players of 2001 year of birth), occupied the first places in their groups, will participate in the final games of the League, and they will be able to compete for the title of Champions of Ukraine. The team of U-16, occupied the third place in its group, will be compete for getting into the final in the play-off games.
Recall that the children’s football school of Zaporozhye “Metallurg” turned to be threatened at the beginning of 2016. Due to liquidation of the team, financing of the educational-and-sports school also was unwound. Several hundreds of children were expelled from the school territory, and a problem arose whether, in that season, the teams would be able to play the Championship of the Children’s and Youth Football League of Ukraine to the end. In order to preserve the many-year traditions of the youth football in Zaporozhye, the “Metallurg Zaporozhye” CYSS was created under the decision made by Zaporozhye City’s Council, and PJSC «Zaporizhstal» rendered it the financial assistance for providing full participation in the season of 2015/2016.