The blue-yellows will hold meetings with England and Serbia
The team’s application became known Ukraine U-21 for the final qualifying matches European Championship 2025.
Blue-yellow coach Unai Melgosa called up 24 players. Among them is goalkeeper Vladislav Krapivtsov, who is in free agent status, and is close to concluding a deal with Chelsea.
Goalkeepers: Ruslan Neshcheret (Dynamo), Dmitry Ledviy (Rukh), Vladislav Krapivtsov (without a club).
Defenders: Ivan Ermachkov (Werder Bremen, Germany), Taras Mikhavko, Konstantin Vivcharenko (both Dynamo), Vladimir Salyuk (Metalist 1925), Roman Didyk, Vitaly Roman (both Rukh), Artem Smolyakov (Polesie), Ilya Krupsky (Vorskla).
Midfielders: Ivan Varfolomeev (Slovan, Czech Republic), Maxim Melnichenko (Polesie), Oleg Ocheretko (Carpathians), Valentin Rubchinsky, Nazar Voloshin, Maxim Bragaru (all Dynamo), Egor Yarmolyuk (Brentford, England), Alexander Yatsyk (Zarya), Oleg Fedor , Ilya Kvasnitsa (both Rukh), Maxim Chlan (Lechia, Poland).
Forwards: Igor Krasnopir (Rukh), Igor Gorbach (Zarya).
On October 11, the match between England and Ukraine will take place in Bournemouth at the Dean Court stadium. The game starts at 21:45 Kyiv time. The final match against Serbia will take place on October 15 (21:30 Kyiv time) in Stara Pazova.
Ukraine U-21 won all eight matches as part of the qualification for the Youth Euro 2025 and guaranteed itself a place in the continental championship ahead of schedule. Even if Melgosa’s team misses out on England, who are five points behind, they will be among the top three runners-up and will earn a direct ticket to the European Championships.
Source: Sportarena
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