About 40% of Ukrainians consider themselves football supporters, of which 9% consider themselves fans, while the same percentage thinks they are active supporters, according to a survey conducted by the Rating Sociological Group on August 9-18.

The statement notes that almost 60% of respondents, including 40% of men and over 70% of women, are not interested in football at all. Mainly young people, nearly a third of men and about 10% of women are actively interested in this sport.

The most popular Ukrainian clubs are Dynamo (39%) and Shakhtar (25%). Less popular clubs are Metalist (6%), Dnipro (3%), Karpaty (3%) and Chornomorets (3%).

Dynamo enjoys the greatest support in northern, central and western regions of the country. Shakhtar is virtually the sole favorite in the Donbas and shares top place with Dynamo in southern regions. Metalist is the most popular club in Ukraine's eastern regions, slightly ahead of Shakhtar, Dnipro and Dynamo.

Forty-five percent of Ukrainian football fans do not support the idea of a joint Ukrainian-Russian football league, while 37% support the idea, and 17% are undecided. Only 11% among those who are not interested in football support the idea, and a quarter are against it. Two-thirds failed to answer.

The idea is mostly supported by fans in the country's southern regions, whereas in other regions it is criticized. Only Chornomorets and Metalist fans are more positive than negative about the idea. The fans of Shakhtar and Dnipro were equally split in this issue. At the same time, Dynamo fans mainly rejected the idea, not to mention Karpaty fans as 90% of them spoke out against it.

A total of 2,000 respondents aged over 18 were interviewed during the survey. The poll's margin of error with a probability of 0.95 is no more than 2.2% for figures close to 50%, no more than 2% for figures close to 30%, no more than 1.3% for figures close to 10%, and no more than 1% for figures close to 5%.