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Today, on October 16, the Ukraine youth national team will play their third qualifier for the Euro-2025 (U-21) — a home match against England.
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Tuesday, October 16 Ukraine's youth national team will play their third match in the qualification tournament for Euro-2025 (U-21) — a home game against England.
Having defeated Luxembourg on October 12 with 3:0, Ukraine's youth national team (players born in 2002 and younger) is preparing for their match against the group leader — England, which in the previous round did not leave a stone unturned against one of the tournament contenders, Serbia (9:1).


Press service of the UAF
The home match against England's youth team will be played in Košice, Slovakia at the "Košická futbalová arena". The kickoff is set for 18:30 local time (19:30 Kyiv time). It should be noted that tickets to the game are free and can be obtained via this link. Printing them before entering the stadium is not mandatory; they can be shown from a phone.
We also note that the match will be refereed by a Portuguese referee team led by Gustavo Correia.
The game Ukraine vs. England will be available to watch live on YouTube channel UAF.
Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nescheret ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Yakiy Kinariekyn ("Dnipro-1" Dnipropetrovsk), Kiril Fesyun ("Kolos" Kalush).
Defenders: Konstantin Vovcharenko ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Anton Bol, Arseniy Batagov (both — "Zorya" Luhansk), Mar'yan Farina ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Danyil Skorko ("Oleksandria"), Artem Smolyakov ("Polesye" Zhytomyr), Vitalii Roman, Roman Didyk (both — "Rukh" Lviv), Volodymyr Salyuk ("Chornomorets" Odesa).
Midfielders: Yegor Yarmoluk ("Brentford", England), Vladyslav Brazhko, Nazar Voloшин (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Valentin Rubchynskyi ("Dnipro-1" Dnipropetrovsk), Oleksandr Yasik ("Zorya" Luhansk), Illia Kvasnytsya ("Rukh" Lviv), Maxim Kucheriyi ("St. Johnstone", Scotland), Maxim Bragaru ("Chornomorets" Odesa), Oleh Ocheretko ("Shakhtar" Donetsk).
Forwards: Yegor Gunichev ("Minay"), Igor Krasnopr, Bogdan Vyunnik ("Shakhtar" Donetsk).


Press service of the UAF
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
October 12, 2023
Azerbaijan — Northern Ireland – 0:1
Luxembourg — Ukraine — 0:3
England — Serbia — 9:1
Standing table
| Team | M | W | D | L | Pts | +/- |
| 1. England | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12-1 | 6 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4-0 | 6 |
| 3. Luxembourg | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-6 | 3 |
| 4. Serbia | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3-9 | 3 |
| 5. Northern Ireland | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1-2 | 3 |
| 6. Azerbaijan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0-3 | 0 |
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.
In the final stage of Euro-2025 (U-21), 16 teams will compete: Slovakia and another 15 national teams that join it based on qualification results (nine group winners, three best second-placed teams, and three play-off winners).
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.