During the training camp taking place from March 20 to 27 as part of preparation for the final tournament of Euro-2023 (U-21), Ukraine's youth national team will play two friendlies against Denmark and Italy.

Today, on March 24 in Belek, Turkey, at Carya Regnum field, our team will face the Danish youth national team. The match starts at 3:30 PM Kyiv time. The game will be broadcast live on the UAF YouTube channel and regional channels of Suspilne.

The group together with coaches Vasyl Kardas and Oleksandr Melashchenko arrived in Turkey via Warsaw on March 20. The first training day was dedicated to recovery, after which direct preparation for the friendly matches began. All players are healthy, and considering that the friendlies will take place three days apart, as well as taking into account the subsequent difficult journey (on the 27th, blue-and-yellow will play against Italy in Reggio di Calabria), it can be assumed that the coaching staff will try to evenly distribute the workload among the players. In other words, all footballers are likely to get playing time during this camp.

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Ukraine's youth national team squad

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nescheret («Dynamo» Kyiv), Kiryl Fesyun («Kolos» Kovalyovka), Yakiv Kinareikin («Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk).

Defenders: Rostyslav Lyakh, Vitaliy Roman, Roman Dydyk (all — «Rukh» Lviv), Maxim Talovoyev (LASK, Austria), Kristian Bilavar (AEK Larnaca, Cyprus), Anton Bol, Kostyantyn Vychcharenko (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Arseniy Batagov («Zorya» Luhansk), Oleksandr Drambaev («Zulte Waregem», Belgium).

Midfielders: Ivan Zhelizko («Valmiera», Latvia), Valentin Rubchynsky, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both — «Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Volodymyr Brazyko, Maxim Khlyan (both — «Zorya» Luhansk), Mykola Mikhaylenko («Oleksandria»), Oleksiy Kashchuk («Sahab», Azerbaijan), Oleg Ochereteyko, Dmytro Kryskiv (both — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Maxim Bragaru («Chornomorets» Odessa).

Forwards: Bogdan Vyunyk («Graz AK», Austria), Danylo Sykan («Shakhtar» Donetsk), Mykola Kukharevich («Hibernian», Scotland).

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We remind you that this year Ukraine's youth national team will participate in the final tournament of Euro-2023 (U-21). In total, 16 teams will take part in the event taking place from June 21 to July 8 in Georgia and Romania. According to the draw results held on October 18 last year in Bucharest, the blue-and-yellow team will be in Group B, where they will face Romania, Spain, and Croatia. The three best teams of Euro-2023 (excluding France and England) will receive spots at the 2024 Olympics.