Today, the Ukrainian Olympic team, which will play a friendly match against Japan in Fukuoka on March 25th, has gathered in Kyiv and is traveling by train to Chop. Tomorrow's plan includes arriving in the Hungarian city of Szeged, where their training camp will take place.

Unfortunately, due to injuries, Artem Bondarenko, Dmitro Kryskiv, and Mykola Mikhaylenko cannot help the team. Instead, head coach Ruslan Rotan has called up half-back Artur Kulakovskiy of "Oleksandria."

Composition of the Ukrainian Olympic Team

Goalkeepers: Kiril Fesyun ("Kolos" Kovalevka), Georgiy Yermakov ("Oleksandria").

Defenders: Anton Bal («Zorya» Luhansk), Mar’yam Farina («Metalist 1925» Kharkiv), Roman Dydik («Rukh» Lviv), Maxim Dyachuk («Dynamo» Kyiv), Andriy Bulysa («Karpaty» Lviv), Oleksandr Martinyuks («Oleksandria»), Yegor Matcenko («Slask», Poland).

Half-backs: Eldar Kuliyev («Zira», Azerbaijan), Ivan Zhelizko («Lechia», Poland), Artem Kulakovskiy, Kyrylo Sygeyev, Dmytro Shostak, Artem Shulyansky (all — «Oleksandria»), Oleksandr Nazarenko («Polesia» Zhytomyr), Oleksiy Sitsh, Oleg Fedor (both — «Rukh» Lviv), Oleksiy Kasyuk («Shakhtar» Donetsk).

Forward: Mykola Kucharyevich ("Swansea City", Wales).

We remind you that the draw for the football tournaments at the 2024 Olympicsis scheduled for March 20 in Saint-Denis.