U-17: Ukraine's youth national team played their first friendly match at the NTZ in Kyiv
In the control match held at the V. Bannikov NTK, Vladimir Yezersky's protégés lost to "Colosse" U-19.
Photo by the press service of the UAF
As part of the preparation for the Euro-2024 (U-17) qualifying round, which will take place in Liechtenstein from October 15 to 21, the Ukrainian youth team (players born in 2007) is holding a training camp during which four friendly matches are planned. In the first of these matches, Vladimir Yezersky's wards lost to "Kolos" U-19 with a score of 1:3. Among the squad, it was Nazar Bondar from "Ruh" who scored an accurate shot in the 59th minute.
Photo by the UAF press service
Friendlies
08.09.2023
Ukraine (U-17) — "Kolos" (U-19) — 1:3 (0:1)
Goals: Bondar (59) — Trigub (27), Fedorenko (68), Kovalov (75, from the penalty).
Ukraine (U-17). 1st half: Moiseyev, Tretiak, Dytchar, Sloyzka, Rynik, Dehtyar, Olichenko, Akbari, Khalilov, Pavlyuchenko (Ilchenko, 24), Kalynkiv. 2nd half: Moiseyev (Makarenko, 70), Ryabokon', Dorohin, Ribak, Korzh (Gevorkyan, 70), Strilchuk, Lusin, Zakharov (Hubenko, 70), Bondar, Kamens'kyi, Denysiv.
10.09.2023
Ukraine (U-17) — "Dnipro-1" (U-17) 11:00
Ukraine (U-17) — "Shakhtar" (U-19) 16:30
12.09.2023
Ukraine (U-17) — "Metalist 1925" (U-19) 11:00
Qualifying Group Composition for Euro-2024 (U-17)
Group 1: Denmark, Austria, Georgia, Lithuania.
Group 2: Sweden, Poland, Latvia, Moldova.
Group 3: Germany, Ukraine, Finland, Liechtenstein.
Group 4: Serbia, Slovenia, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan.
Group 5: Portugal, Czech Republic, Montenegro, Albania.
Group 6: France, Norway, Romania, Estonia.
Group 7: Turkey, Scotland, Belarus, Kazakhstan.
Group 8: Spain, Slovakia, North Macedonia, Malta.
Group 9: England, Croatia, Kosovo, Faroe Islands.
Group 10: Ireland, Switzerland, Iceland, Armenia.
Group 11: Italy, Greece, Northern Ireland, San Marino.
Group 12: Belgium, Israel, Wales, Gibraltar.
Group 13: Hungary, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Andorra.
Winners of the first two places in the qualifying groups and five best third-place finishers based on results against the top two teams will advance to the elite round of qualification.
It is worth noting that Cyprus has received a direct entry into the final stage as hosts, while the Netherlands national team will start from the elite round of qualification.
