Today, June 13, the Ukrainian youth national team, which is preparing for the final tournament of Euro-2023 (U-21), will play a friendly match against their Kuwaiti counterparts. Kick-off at 7 PM Kyiv time.

Photo courtesy of the UAF press service

The team's preparation under Ruslan Rotan is taking place in Styria, Austria, from June 7. The full squad, consisting of 25 players, gathered on the 10th. For three days, the team trained at their base with single sessions, and for two more days, they had one session each day.

Photo courtesy of the UAF press service

Reminder, on June 16, blue-and-yellow will play against Ireland (7 PM).

The official squad for Ukraine's Euro-2023 will include 23 players, and some of those called up for the national team’s June training camp may also be included in this list.

In total, 16 teams will participate in the tournament taking place from June 21 to July 8 in Georgia and Romania. According to the draw held on October 18 last year in Bucharest, blue-and-yellow were placed into Group B where they will face Romania, Spain, and Croatia. The three best teams at Euro-2023 (excluding France and England) will earn spots for the 2024 Olympics.

Ukraine's Youth National Team Roster for Austrian Training Camp

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nescheret ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Kirill Fesyun ("Kolos" Kovalivka), Oleksandr Saputin ("Zorya" Luhansk).

Defenders: Oleksii Syts, Volodymyr Salyuk ("Chornomorets" Odesa), Maxim Taloviyev (LASK Linz, Austria), Oleksandr Syrota, Kostiantyn Vyhcharenko (both - "Dynamo" Kyiv), Arseniy Batagov ("Zorya" Luhansk), Oleksandr Drambaiev ("Zulte Waregem", Belgium), Rostyslav Lyakh ("Rukh" Lviv).

Midfielders: Maxim Bragaru, Danylo Alefirenko (both - "Chornomorets" Odesa), Artem Bondarenko, Oleksiy Ocheretnyk, Dmitro Kryskiv (all - "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Ivan Zhelizko ("Valmiera", Latvia), Volodymyr Brachyk ("Zorya" Luhansk), Mykhailo Mikhaylenko, Kirill Sygiev (both - "Oleksandria"), Valentyn Rubchinskyi, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both - "Dnipro-1" Dnipropetrovsk), Oleksii Kashuk ("Sabah" Baku, Azerbaijan).

Forwards: Bohdan Vyunnyk ("Graz", Austria), Danilo Sikhan ("Shakhtar" Donetsk).

Reserve List: Vladyslav Rybak ("Dnipro-1" Dnipropetrovsk), Daniil Skorko ("Oleksandria"), Anton Bol, Maxim Dyachuk (both - "Dynamo" Kyiv), Marko Sapuga ("Rukh" Lviv), Maxim Khlyan ("Zorya" Luhansk), Eldar Kuliyev ("Zira", Azerbaijan).

Euro-2023 (U-21). Final Tournament

Group Stage

Group A: Georgia, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands.

June 21, 2023

Georgia — Portugal 7 PM (Tbilisi)

Belgium — Netherlands 7 PM (Tbilisi)

June 24, 2023

Georgia — Belgium 7 PM (Tbilisi)

Portugal — Netherlands 7 PM (Tbilisi)

June 27, 2023

Netherlands — Georgia 7 PM (Tbilisi)

Portugal — Belgium 7 PM (Tbilisi)

Group B: Romania, Spain, Ukraine, Croatia.

June 21, 2023

Ukraine — Croatia 7 PM (Bucharest)

Romania — Spain 9.45 PM (Bucharest)

June 24, 2023

Romania — Ukraine 7 PM (Bucharest)

Spain — Croatia 9.45 PM (Bucharest)

June 27, 2023

Croatia — Romania 9.45 PM (Bucharest)

Spain — Ukraine 9.45 PM (Bucharest)

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

June 22, 2023

Czech Republic — England 7 PM (Batumi)

Germany — Israel 7 PM (Kutaisi)

June 25, 2023

Czech Republic — Germany 7 PM (Batumi)

England — Israel 7 PM (Kutaisi)

June 28, 2023

England — Germany 7 PM (Batumi)

Israel — Czech Republic 7 PM (Kutaisi)

Group D: Norway, Switzerland, France, Italy.

June 22, 2023

Norway — Switzerland 7 PM (Cluj-Napoca)

France — Italy 9.45 PM (Cluj-Napoca)

June 25, 2023

Switzerland — Italy 7 PM (Cluj-Napoca)

Norway — France 9.45 PM (Cluj-Napoca)

June 28, 2023

Switzerland — France 9.45 PM (Cluj-Napoca)

Italy — Norway 9.45 PM (Cluj-Napoca)

Quarter-finals

July 1, 2023

A1 — C2 7 PM

B1 — D2 10 PM

July 2, 2023

C1 — A2 7 PM

D1 — B2 10 PM

Semifinals

July 5, 2023

Winner of quarter-final 1 — winner of quarter-final 3 7 PM

Winner of quarter-final 2 — winner of quarter-final 4 10 PM

Final

July 8, 2023

Winner of semifinal 1 — winner of semifinal 2 7 PM

All times are in Kyiv time.