Today in Skopje at the «Toshe Proeski» stadium, the Ukraine national team will play an away match in the Euro-2024 qualification group B against North Macedonia (kick-off is scheduled for 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

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Starting lineup of the Ukraine national team: 12. Anatolii Trubin, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 22. Mikhail Matviienko, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 18. Oleksandr Timchik, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 21. Georgii Sudakov, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko (c) 11. Artem Dovbik.

Substitutes: 1. Georgii Bushchan, 2. Eduard Sobolev, 3. Oleksandr Svatok, 4. Sergiy Krivtsov, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 8. Ruslan Malinovskiy, 9. Vladyslav Vannat, 14. Vitaliy Buyalskiy, 17. Yurii Konoplia, 19. Danylo Ignatyenko, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 23. Andriy Lunin.

Of the players currently in Skopje, Vladyslav Kochergin and Nazarii Rusyn did not make it into the matchday squad.

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Today's match will be broadcast in Ukraine on local public channels and the MEGOGO media service channel «Football First».

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In the last ten home matches, North Macedonia's national team has won five games, drawn two and lost three.

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Today, 20,000 spectators are expected at the «Toshe Proeski» stadium. The Ukrainian team will be supported by 300 fans.

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The stadium where today's match will take place has already hosted two matches, although at that time the facility had different names.

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Today, our team took a ten-minute walk near the hotel along the Vardar river. After that, under the guidance of fitness coach Javier Luruenyi Lobos, the players performed an active warm-up on an artificial pitch. The training lasted about 20 minutes.

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Today's match will be the sixth meeting between Ukraine and North Macedonia in history. The advantage in these matches is on our team's side.

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Meanwhile, UEFA announced that at the Euro-2024 qualifier match between Ukraine and Malta on June 19 in Trnava, Slovakia, at Anton Malatinsky Stadium, a French referee team will officiate.

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Today, in our qualification group C, apart from the match between North Macedonia and Ukraine, another game will take place: Malta's national team will host England in Ta' Qali.

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Today's match, the Ukraine national team will play in blue kit. The Macedonian team will wear red.

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In the FIFA ranking published on April 6, our opponent today, North Macedonia's national team, is ranked 65th in the world. The Ukraine national team, accordingly, is placed at 30th position.

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Squad of the Ukraine national team for the match against North Macedonia

1. Georgii Bushchan, 2. Eduard Sobolev, 3. Oleksandr Svatok, 4. Sergiy Krivtsov, 5. Serhiy Sydorchuk, 6. Taras Stepanenko, 7. Andriy Yarmolenko, 8. Ruslan Malinovskiy, 9. Vladyslav Vannat, 10. Mykhailo Mudryk, 11. Artem Dovbik, 12. Anatolii Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Vitaliy Buyalskiy, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Yurii Konoplia, 18. Oleksandr Timchik, 19. Danylo Ignatyenko, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Georgii Sudakov, 22. Mikhail Matviienko, 23. Andriy Lunin.

Of the players currently in Skopje, Vladyslav Kochergin and Nazarii Rusyn did not make it into the matchday squad.