The nearest upcoming matches for Ukraine's national youth team in the Euro-2025 (U-21) qualifying tournament will be against Luxembourg and England. Head coach of the blue-and-yellow team, Unai Melgosa, has called up 24 players.

The Ukrainian youth squad (players born in 2002 or younger), led by Spanish coach Unai Melgosa, kicked off their qualification campaign on September 12 with a home victory over Northern Ireland in Poprad, Slovakia—winning 1-0.

In Group F, besides these two teams, the lineup also includes England, Serbia, Azerbaijan, and Luxembourg. Regarding the upcoming match for Melgosa's charges, their away game against Luxembourg will take place on October 12 in Esch-sur-Alzette, the second-largest city of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, at Émile Mayrisch Stadium starting at 7:30 PM local time (8:30 PM Kyiv time).

The home match against England's under-21s will be held on October 16 in Košice, Slovakia, at the Košická futbalová arena. The kickoff is scheduled for 6:30 PM local time (7:30 PM Kyiv time).

Ukraine's Youth Squad Roster

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nescheret («Dynamo» Kyiv), Yakiv Kinariekyn («Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Kirill Fesyun («Kolos» Kalush).

Defenders: Konstantin Vychcharenko («Dynamo» Kyiv), Anton Bol, Arseniy Batagov (both — «Zorya» Luhansk), Mar'yan Farina («Metalist 1925» Kharkiv), Danyil Skorko («Oleksandria»), Artem Smyolyak («Polesia» Zhytomyr), Vitaliy Roman, Roman Dydyk (both — «Rukh» Lviv), Volodymyr Salyuk («Chornomorets» Odesa).

Midfielders: Yegor Yarmoluk («Brentford», England), Volodymyr Brachyk, Nazar Voloshyn (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Valentyn Rubchinsky («Dnipro-1» Dnipropetrovsk), Oleksandr Yatsyk («Zorya» Luhansk), Illia Kvasnytsya («Rukh» Lviv), Maxim Kucheriyi («St. Johnstone», Scotland), Maxim Bragaru («Chornomorets» Odesa), Oleksandr Ocheretko («Shakhtar» Donetsk).

Forwards: Yegor Gunichev («Minay»), Igor Krasypr, Bogdan Vyunnyk («Shakhtar» Donetsk).

Euro-2025 (U-21). Qualifying Tournament. Group F

September 7, 2023

Northern Ireland — Luxembourg — 0:1

September 11, 2023

Luxembourg — England — 0:3

September 12, 2023

Ukraine — Northern Ireland — 1:0

Serbia — Azerbaijan — 2:0

Standings

October 12, 2023

Azerbaijan — Northern Ireland

Luxembourg — Ukraine

October 13, 2023

England — Serbia

October 16, 2023

Ukraine — England

Northern Ireland — Serbia

October 17, 2023

Azerbaijan — Luxembourg

November 17, 2023

Ukraine — Luxembourg

November 18, 2023

Serbia — England

November 21, 2023

Ukraine — Azerbaijan

England — Northern Ireland

Serbia — Luxembourg

March 22, 2024

Luxembourg — Serbia

Azerbaijan — England

March 26, 2024

England — Luxembourg

Azerbaijan — Ukraine

Serbia — Northern Ireland

September 6, 2024

Luxembourg — Azerbaijan

Northern Ireland — England

Ukraine — Serbia

September 10, 2024

Northern Ireland — Ukraine

Azerbaijan — Serbia

October 11, 2024

England — Ukraine

October 12, 2024

Northern Ireland — Azerbaijan

October 15, 2024

Luxembourg — Northern Ireland

England — Azerbaijan

Serbia — Ukraine

Play-off: November 11–19, 2024.

Squad Groups for the Euro-2025 (U-21) Qualifying Tournament

In the final stage of Euro-2025 (U-21), 16 teams will participate: Slovakia and another 15 squads that join it based on qualification results (nine group winners, three best second-placed teams, and three playoff winners from a competition featuring six second-placed teams).

Group A: Italy, Ireland, Norway, Turkey, Latvia, San Marino.

Group B: Spain, Belgium, Scotland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Malta.

Group C: Netherlands, Sweden, Georgia, North Macedonia, Moldova, Gibraltar.

Group D: Germany, Poland, Israel, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Estonia.

Group E: Romania, Switzerland, Finland, Albania, Montenegro, Armenia.

Group F: England, Ukraine, Serbia, Northern Ireland, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg.

Group G: Portugal, Croatia, Greece, Belarus, Faroe Islands, Andorra.

Group H: France, Austria, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus.

Group I: Denmark, Czech Republic, Iceland, Wales, Lithuania.