The blue-and-yellow team continues to prepare for the final stage of the European Championship, which will start on September 3 in Poreč, Croatia. The first part of their training camp took place in Spain, where Igor Moskvin's players played two friendlies against the current Euro champions — they won the first one (5:4) and lost the second (2:5).

On August 27, the Ukrainians moved to France, where they held several training sessions. Today, they faced a team from that country, which also participates in Euro-2023 (U-19). The friendly match was intense, and the blue-and-yellow team secured victory thanks to a decisive goal by Dmytro Skychyk in the second half — 5:4.

The day after the match, our team will spend in France, and on September 1 they will travel to Croatia.

Friendship Match of Youth National Teams U-19 in Futsal

France — Ukraine — 4:5 (4:4)

Goals: Kuyate (3), Belaïb Lemuan (5), Rybitskyi (12, own goal), Erraddaf (16) — Fedyk (2), Yelishev (11, 16), Malynovskyy (16), Skychyk (27).

France: De Souza — Kuyate, Reszu, Diop, Bulbul; Venni, Bernardini, A. Asnane, T. Kolśki, Erraddaf, E. Kolśki, L. Asnane, Deshauter, Bunyé, Belaïb Lemuan.

Ukraine: Dyachenko — Fedyk, Malynovskyy, Tytyuray, Skychyk; Belyimov, Rafal’skyi, Rybitskyi, Prykhod’ko, Tatymyrak, Tkachenko, Yelishev, Drzhdov, Synitsarenko, Pilecky.

Warned: E. Kolśki (19), Reszu (32) — Yelishev (26).

Sent off: Reszu (34).

Our team is preparing for Euro-2023 (U-19), which will take place from September 3 to 10 in Poreč. The Croatian national team, the host of the first round, will be joined by seven winners of the main round. Eight tournament participants are 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 youth national team was placed in Group B, where they will play against Finland, Slovenia, and Italy.

Euro-2023 (U-19) in 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

Semifinal 1 (18.30 or 21.30)

Semifinal 2 (18.30 or 21.30)

10.09.2023

Final (21.30)

Match times — Kyiv time.

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

Euro-2023 (U-19) in Futsal. Main Round Qualification. 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 youth futsal teams was held in 2019 in Rijeka, and the second edition took place in Hain in 2022 — 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 national team participated in both final tournaments. In 2019, Vitaliy Odegov’s players secured third place in their group, and in 2022 they reached the semifinals.