Ukrainian football is facing a massive match-fixing scandal

Neither Shakhtar Donetsk nor Dynamo Kiev have been included, but five clubs from the Ukrainian Premier League have been. Vorskla Poltava and Zorya Luhansk are the two highest-profile sides in a list put forward to the authorities by Ukrainian police. Zirka, Olimpik and Olexandriya make up the five.

The investigation was managed by Francesco Baranca - head of the Football Federation of Ukraine (FFU) Committee on Ethics and Fair Play.

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