The blue-and-yellow team arrived in Spain, where they will participate in a training camp before the start of the final stage of the European Championship, which begins on September 3rd in Poreč, Croatia. According to the press service of the Ukrainian Futsal Association, our team traveled to Spain 25 hours ago.

To prepare for the decisive stage of Euro-2023 (U-19), head coach Igor Moskvin has called up 15 players.

Composition of the Ukrainian U-19 Futsal Team

Goalkeepers: Dmytro Dyachenko, Konstantin Rafalsky (both — "Cardinal-Rivne"), Ivan Belimov ("Black Sea"); field players: Vadym Tyutyuray, Maxim Malynovskyi, Dmytro Skychyk (all — "Cardinal-Rivne"), Illia Prykhodko, Ivan Drzhdov, Dmytro Fedik (all — "Hurricane"), Denis Snitsarenko ("SkyUp Futsal"), Dmytro Ribitskyi ("Futsal Szczecin", Poland), Andriy Yelishev, Vladyslav Tkachenko (both — "Red Devils", Poland), Igor Peletsyk ("Vikingay", Lithuania), Roman Tatumiak ("United Pomecia", Italy).

During the training camp, two friendly matches against the current European champions, the Spanish U-19 team, are scheduled for August 23rd and 25th.

The blue-and-yellow team is preparing for Euro-2023 (U-19), which will take place from September 3 to 10 in Poreč. The Croatian hosts, who are the first-time organizers, have been joined by seven winners of the main round. Eight tournament participants were divided into two groups of four teams each, with the top two from each group advancing to the semifinals. According to the draw results, the Ukrainian U-19 team was placed in Group B, where they will face Finland, Slovenia, and Italy.

Euro-2023 (U-19) Futsal Final Tournament

Group A: Croatia, Portugal, Spain, France.

Group B: Ukraine, Finland, Slovenia, Italy.

Schedule

03.09.2023

Finland — Slovenia (14.00)

Ukraine — Italy (16.30)

Portugal — Spain (19.00)

Croatia — France (21.30)

04.09.2023

Slovenia — Ukraine (14.00)

Italy — Finland (16.30)

France — Portugal (19.00)

Spain — Croatia (21.30)

06.09.2023

Ukraine — Finland (14.00)

Slovenia — Italy (16.30)

Spain — France (19.00)

Croatia — Portugal (21.30)

08.09.2023

Semi-final 1 (18.30 or 21.30)

Semi-final 2 (18.30 or 21.30)

10.09.2023

Final (21.30)

All match times are in Kyiv time.

As a reminder, the Ukrainian U-19 futsal team qualified for the final tournament of the continental championship for the third consecutive year in March. In Group 2 of the main round of Euro-2023 (U-19), which was held in Vrnjacka Banja, Serbia, Igor Moskvin's wards confidently defeated Montenegro (12:1) and Romania (7:3), and then lost to Serbia (4:2) in the decisive match, securing first place in the group.

Euro-2023 (U-19) Futsal Main Round Qualifiers. Group 2

22.03.2023

Ukraine — Montenegro — 12:1

Romania — Serbia — 1:6

23.03.2023

Romania — Ukraine — 3:7

Serbia — Montenegro — 3:1

25.03.2023

Serbia — Ukraine — 2:4 

Montenegro — Romania — 2:7 

Final Standings

The inaugural European Championship for underage players was held in 2019 in Rijeka, and the second edition took place in 2022 in Hainan — both times (2019, 2022) Spain's team emerged as champions. The second championship was initially planned for 2021 but was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The Ukrainian team participated in both final tournaments. In 2019, Vitaliy Odegov's wards secured third place in their group, and in 2022 they were eliminated in the semifinals.