Today, November 19, Ukraine's youth national team will play a friendly match against Israel's youth national team in Tbilisi. The live broadcast will take place on the YouTube channel of the Ukrainian Football Association.

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We remind you that Ukrainians have planned two friendlies. Today, on the field at Tbilisi Sea Technical Center Stadium, they will meet with Israel's youth national team, and on the 21st — in Gorhi, which is 60 km from the Georgian capital, with Georgia's youth national team. The start of both matches will be at 18:00 local time (16:00 Kyiv time). It should be noted that both opponents of Ukraine are also participants in Euro-2023 (U-21): Georgia as hosts and Israel defeated Poland, Hungary (in the group stage) and Ireland (in the play-offs).

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Unfortunately, we have some personnel losses. We are missing a number of players, but this is football... Of course, it would be nice if all the boys were ready for the matches, but we understand that now is the end of the first half of the season. Nevertheless, nothing terrible. We are a team and we are capable of preparing.

We have an upcoming match against a worthy opponent. As you know, Israel's national team, like ours, has qualified for the final stage of Euro-2023 and is also preparing for it. We have similar tasks with our opponents. We are checking out new players. Our work is intense. There will be no slackening," — said head coach of Ukraine's youth national team Ruslan Rotan before the friendly match.

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The coach explained to us his tactical scheme, told us what he expects from us on the football field, as there are many new players in the team, such as myself. Despite this, we know each other very well. Although we haven't seen each other for a long time, there is a great atmosphere in the group. We are only focused on victory. I have never played against opponents of this level personally, but we had theoretical sessions. The coach explained how our opponents play and how we need to play against them," — said defender of Latvian Valmiera Roman Yakuba.

Composition of Ukraine's youth national team

Goalkeepers: Yakiy Kinarikin ("Dnipro-1"), Denis Tvardovskiy ("Shakhtar"), Kiryl Fesyun ("Kolos").

Defenders: Rostyslav Lyakh, Vitaliy Roman, Denis Slyusar (all — "Ruh"), Mariy Farina ("Shakhtar"), Maxim Talovyor ("Slaven", Czech Republic), Denis Kuzik ("Kolos"), Roman Yakuba ("Valmiera", Latvia).

Half-backs: Maxim Bragaru ("Chornomorskiy"), Ivan Zhelezko ("Valmiera", Latvia), Oleksiy Kashchuk ("Sabah", Azerbaijan), Danylo Kravchuk ("Ingulets"), Maxim Kucheriyiiv ("St. Johnstone", Scotland), Marco Sapuga ("Ruh"), Denys Bunchuikov ("Serene", Belgium), Artem Kulakovskyy ("Vorskla"), Mykola Mykhaylenko ("Zorya").

Forwards: Danylo Goncharuk ("Lleida", Spain), Mykola Kuharevych ("Hibernian", Scotland).

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We add that according to the draw results for Euro-2023 (U-21), which took place on October 18, Ukraine was placed in Group B, where it will face Romania, Spain and Croatia. Our team will start its journey with a match against Croatia, which will take place on June 21 of next year in Bucharest, Romania.

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Euro-2023 (U-21). Calendar

Group stage

Group A: Georgia, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands.

June 21, 2023

Georgia — Portugal 19.00 (Tbilisi)

Belgium — Netherlands 19.00 (Tbilisi)

June 24, 2023

Georgia — Belgium 19.00 (Tbilisi)

Portugal — Netherlands 19.00 (Tbilisi)

June 27, 2023

Netherlands — Georgia 19.00 (Tbilisi)

Portugal — Belgium 19.00 (Tbilisi)

Group B: Romania, Spain, Ukraine, Croatia.

June 21, 2023

Ukraine — Croatia 19.00 (Bucharest)

Romania — Spain 21.45 (Bucharest)

June 24, 2023

Romania — Ukraine 19.00 (Bucharest)

Spain — Croatia 21.45 (Bucharest)

June 27, 2023

Croatia — Romania 21.45 (Bucharest)

Spain — Ukraine 21.45 (Bucharest)

Group C: Czech Republic, England, Germany, Israel.

June 22, 2023

Czech Republic — England 19.00 (Batumi)

Germany — Israel 19.00 (Kutaisi)

June 25, 2023

Czech Republic — Germany 19.00 (Batumi)

England — Israel 19.00 (Kutaisi)

June 28, 2023

England — Germany 19.00 (Batumi)

Israel — Czech Republic 19.00 (Kutaisi)

Group D: Norway, Switzerland, France, Italy.

June 22, 2023

Norway — Switzerland 19.00 (Cluj-Napoca)

France — Italy 21.45 (Cluj-Napoca)

June 25, 2023

Switzerland — Italy 19.00 (Cluj-Napoca)

Norway — France 21.45 (Cluj-Napoca)

June 28, 2023

Switzerland — France 21.45 (Cluj-Napoca)

Italy — Norway 21.45 (Cluj-Napoca)

Quarter-finals

July 1, 2023

A1 — C2 19.00

B1 — D2 22.00

July 2, 2023

C1 — A2 19.00

D1 — B2 22.00

Semifinals

July 5, 2023

Winner of quarter-final 1 — winner of quarter-final 3 19.00

Winner of quarter-final 2 — winner of quarter-final 4 22.00

Final

July 8, 2023

Winner of semifinal 1 — winner of semifinal 2 19.00

The start time of the matches is given in Kyiv time.

Matches of the tournament involving sixteen national teams will be held on four stadiums in Romania (two in Cluj-Napoca and two in Bucharest) and four in Georgia (in Batumi, Kutaisi and two in Tbilisi). The opening match will take place in Romania, while the final will be played in Georgia.

The three best teams of Euro-2023 (excluding France and England) will receive tickets for the 2024 Olympic Games.