Photo report on the start of Poland's women's national team training before a friendly match in Estonia

On April 3, the national women's team of Ukraine began their first friendly tournament of the year in the Polish town of Suwałki, and on the 9th will travel to Estonia for a preparatory match. Photo by Pavel Kubanov The match between Estonia and Ukraine will take place with the support of the Estonian Football Association on April 11 in Tallinn at the local stadium "Sportland Arena" (kickoff at 7:00 PM) and will be the first game for the blue-and-yellow team as part of their preparation for official League of Nations games.

Photo report on the start of Poland's women's national team training before a friendly match in Estonia

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

On April 3, the national women's team of Ukraine began their first match of this year in the Polish town of Suwałki. On April 9, they will travel to Estonia for a friendly match.

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

The match between Estonia and Ukraine will take place on April 11 in Tallinn at the local "Sportland-Arena" (kick-off at 7 PM) and will be the first game of the blue-and-yellow team as part of their preparation for official League of Nations games.

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

We remind you that the list of players called up by Luis Cortes includes 22 footballers, two of whom are debutants—Daria Kelyushyk and Polina Yanchuk.

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

Composition of the Women's National Team

Goalkeepers: Daria Kelyushyk ("Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih), Daryna Bondarchuk, Kateryna Samson (both— "Vorskla" Poltava).

Defenders: Iryna Kotyash, Kateryna Korsun, Iryna Podolska (all—"Vorskla" Poltava), Lyubov Shmatko, Yana Derkach (both—"Fomget", Turkey), Tetiana Romanenko ("Saint-Etienne", France).

Midfielders: Tetiana Kitayeva, Natya Pansulaia (both—"Kolos" Kovalevka), Anna Petryk ("Vorskla" Poltava), Viktoriya Hiryin ("Ladomir" Vladimir), Iryna Kochneva ("Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih), Daria Apaanychenko ("Fomget", Turkey), Nicole Kozlova ("Kege", Denmark), Yana Malakhova ("Pradehon", Spain), Tamila Khymych (ETO, Hungary).

Forwards: Yana Kalinina ("Vorskla" Poltava), Polina Yanchuk ("Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih), Olha Ovdiiychuk ("Fomget", Turkey), Nadia Kunyna ("Austria", Austria).

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

By the way, the confrontation between the national teams of Estonia and Ukraine will be the third in their history. In 2012, they met during the European Championship qualifier—both times the Ukrainians won (5-0 and 4-1).

Photo by Pavel Kubanov

We remind you that the draw for the first Women's League of Nations will take place on May 2. The composition of leagues and rankings before the draw will be determined by the current UEFA ranking of national women's teams. Currently, Ukraine is ranked 22nd in the registry, which predicts their entry into League C.

In 2023, for participants of the League of Nations, six game windows are planned: September 20-22 and 23-26, October 25-27 and 28-31, November 29—December 1, and December 2-5.

Photo by Pavel Kubanov