Ukraine U-21: Unai Melgosa unveiled roster for march matches

In the upcoming match of the Euro 2025 qualifiers for U-21 teams, the Ukrainian team will face Azerbaijan away. Head coach Unai Melgosa has called up a squad of 24 players for the occasion.

On March 26, as part of the qualification campaign for the European Championship, the match between Azerbaijan and Ukraine will take place at the Azersun Arena in Baku. The kickoff is scheduled for 14:00 Kyiv time.

Before this fixture, the Ukrainian team will play a friendly match against the Morocco U-23 squad. The game is set to be held on March 22 at the Mardan stadium in Antalya, Turkey, starting at 20:00 Kyiv time.

It's worth noting that with five wins in as many matches, Unai Melgosa's team confidently leads Group F.

Ukraine U-21 squad:

Goalkeepers: Pavlo Isenko (Vorskla Poltava), Ruslan Neshcheret (Dynamo Kyiv), Yakiv Kinareykin (Dnipro-1 Dnipro).

Defenders: Illia Krupskyi (Vorskla Poltava), Kostiantyn Vivcharenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Arseniy Batagov (Zorya Luhansk), Artem Smolyakov (Polissya Zhytomyr), Vitaliy Roman, Bohdan Slyubyk (both Rukh Lviv), Volodymyr Salyuk (Chornomorets Odesa).

Midfielders: Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford, England), Yevhen Pavlyuk (Vorskla Poltava), Nazar Voloshyn, Anton Tsarenko (both Dynamo Kyiv), Valentyn Rubchynskyi, Oleh Ocheretko (both Dnipro-1 Dnipro), Oleksandr Yatsyk (Zorya Luhansk), Maksym Khlan (Lechia, Poland), Borys Krushynskyi (Polissya Zhytomyr), Illia Kvasnytsia (Rukh Lviv), Ivan Varfolomeyev (Slovan, Czech Republic), Maksym Bragaru (Chornomorets Odesa).

Forwards: Ihor Horbach (Zorya Luhansk), Ihor Krasnopir (Obolon Kyiv).

EURO 2025 (U-21) Qualifiers. Group F

September 7, 2023

Northern Ireland 0:1 Luxembourg

September 11, 2023

Luxembourg 0:3 England

September 12, 2023

Ukraine 1:0 Northern Ireland

Serbia 2:0 Azerbaijan

October 12, 2023

Azerbaijan 0:1 Northern Ireland

Luxembourg 0:3 Ukraine

England 9:1 Serbia

October 16, 2023

Ukraine 3:2 England

Northern Ireland 1:2 Serbia

October 17, 2023

Azerbaijan 3:2 Luxembourg

November 17, 2023

Ukraine 4:0 Luxembourg

November 18, 2023

Serbia 0:3 England

November 21, 2023

Ukraine 1:0 Azerbaijan

Serbia 2:0 Luxembourg

England 3:0 Northern Ireland

Standings

 

 Team

M

W

D

L

GD

P

1

 Ukraine

5

5

0

0

12—2

15

2

 England

5

4

0

1

20—4

12

3

 Serbia

5

3

0

2

7—13

9

4

 Azerbaijan

4

1

0

3

3—6

3

5

 Luxembourg

6

1

0

5

3—15

3

6

 Northern Ireland

5

1

0

4

2—7

3

March 22, 2024

Luxembourg vs. Serbia

Azerbaijan vs. England

March 26, 2024

England vs. Luxembourg

Azerbaijan vs. Ukraine

Serbia vs. Northern Ireland

September 6, 2024

Luxembourg vs. Azerbaijan

Northern Ireland vs. England

Ukraine vs. Serbia

September 10, 2024

Northern Ireland vs. Ukraine

Azerbaijan vs. Serbia

October 11, 2024

England vs. Ukraine

October 12, 2024

Northern Ireland vs. Azerbaijan

October 15, 2024

Luxembourg vs. Northern Ireland

England vs. Azerbaijan

Serbia vs. Ukraine

Play-offs: November 11-19, 2024.

In the final stage of Euro 2025 (U-21), 16 teams will compete: Slovakia and 15 other national teams that will join based on the qualification results (nine group winners, three best teams among the second-place finishers, and three play-off winners among the six second-place finishers).

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