U-19: Ukraine's youth team has begun preparing for the Euro 2023 qualification round
At the upcoming tournament, Ukrainians will compete for advancement to the elite round against national teams from Kosovo, Cyprus, and Sweden.
Photo from uefa.com
Today, on November 13, the youth national team of Ukraine U-19 (players born in 2004 or later) began a training camp ahead of qualification matches for Euro-2023. In Sweden, the Ukrainians will face the tournament hosts as well as teams from Kosovo and Cyprus. The head coach of our team, Serhiy Nagornyak, has called up 20 players.
Roster of Ukraine's U-19 National Team
Goalkeepers: Yuri-Vladimir Gereta ("Rukh" Lviv), David Fesyuk ("Gajduk", Croatia).
Defenders: Andriy Bulysa, Oleksandr Rosputynko (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Artem Benedyk ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Vitaliy Khodol, Bohdan Slubik, Andriy Kytela, Yevhenii Pastukh (all — "Rukh" Lviv), Danylo Udod ("Al-Ain", UAE).
Midfielders: Ivan Losenko, Oleksandr Pushkaryov, Oleksandr Yushchenko (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Anton Tsernenko ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Oleg Fedor ("Rukh" Lviv), Yegor Yamoluyk ("Brentford", England), Ivan Varfolomeyev ("Liberec", Czech Republic), Volodymyr Karabara ("Nuremberg", Germany), Anatoliy Semenets ("Recreativo", Spain).
Forwards: Igor Horbach ("Dynamo" Kyiv).
Euro-2023 (U-19). Qualification Round. Group 3
November 17, 2022
Ukraine — Kosovo (2:00 PM)
Cyprus — Sweden (7:30 PM)
November 20, 2022
Ukraine — Cyprus (2:00 PM)
Sweden — Kosovo (7:30 PM)
November 23, 2022
Kosovo — Cyprus (7:00 PM)
Sweden — Ukraine (7:00 PM)
Match times are in Kyiv time.
Euro-2023 (U-19). Qualification Round
Group 1: Czech Republic, Greece, Switzerland, Andorra.
Group 2: Turkey, Bulgaria, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg.
Group 3: Ukraine, Sweden, Cyprus, Kosovo.
Group 4: Ireland, Hungary, Wales, Gibraltar.
Group 5: Italy, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Estonia.
Group 6: Austria, Romania, Latvia, Lithuania.
Group 7: Spain, Belgium, Albania.
Group 8: France, Scotland, Iceland, Kazakhstan.
Group 9: England, Denmark, Georgia, Montenegro.
Group 10: Norway, Serbia, North Macedonia, San Marino.
Group 11: Croatia, Israel, Finland, Faroe Islands.
Group 12: Germany, Slovakia, Belarus, Armenia.
Group 13: Netherlands, Slovenia, Northern Ireland, Moldova.
The top two teams from each group and the best third-placed team (based on results against the first and second place teams in their group) will join Portugal for the elite round of qualification next spring. The national team of Malta has secured a direct spot to the final tournament as hosts, alongside seven winners of the groups in the elite round.
