Countdown to Euro 2025: Ukraine announces women's national team roster for Kosovo and Croatia matches
Volodymyr Pyatenko has revealed the list of 23 players called up for the national women's team training camp ahead of their participation in two Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Kosovo and Croatia.
Today, March 29, our team will begin its journey by bus to Chisinau, and later by plane to Antalya, Turkey, where the training camp will take place.
Ukraine women's national team roster:
Goalkeepers: Kateryna Samson (Vorskla Poltava), Dariya Kelyushyk (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih), Kateryna Boklach (Marseille, France).
Defenders: Kateryna Korsun, Yana Kotyk, Irina Podolska (all Vorskla Poltava), Olha Basanska (Metalist 1925 Kharkiv), Lyubov Shmatko (Galatasaray, Turkey), Yana Derkach (Fomget, Turkey).
Midfielders: Iryna Maiborodina, Nadiya Kunina (both Kolos Kovalivka), Anna Petryk, Nicole Kozlova, Veronika Andrukhiv, Yana Kalinina (all Vorskla Poltava), Yelyzaveta Molodyuk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Dayana Semkiv (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih), Tamila Khimich, Natiya Pantsulaya, Dariya Apanashchenko (all Metalist 1925 Kharkiv).
Forwards: Olha Ovdiychuk (Fomget, Turkey), Inna Hlushchenko (Nice, France), Roksolana Kravchuk (Vorskla Poltava).
According to the Women's Euro 2025 qualification draw, the Ukrainian national team will compete in Group B4, facing Wales, Croatia, and Kosovo.
On April 5, the team will kick off their qualification campaign with a home match against Kosovo at the Mardan Stadium in Antalya, Turkey. The match will start at 18:00 Kyiv time.
The Croatia vs. Ukraine match will take place on April 9 at the Ivan Laljak-Ivic Stadium in Zapršić, starting at 17:00 Kyiv time.
Women's Euro 2025 qualification schedule
Group B4:
Matchday 1
April 5, 2024
Ukraine vs. Kosovo
Wales vs. Croatia
Matchday 2
April 9, 2024
Croatia vs. Ukraine
Kosovo vs. Wales
Matchday 3
May 31, 2024
Wales vs. Ukraine
Kosovo vs. Croatia
Matchday 4
June 4, 2024
Ukraine vs. Wales
Croatia vs. Kosovo
Matchday 5
July 12, 2024
Kosovo vs. Ukraine
Croatia vs. Wales
Matchday 6
July 16, 2024
Ukraine vs. Croatia
Wales vs. Kosovo
Women's Euro 2025 qualification draw results
League A:
Group A1: Netherlands, Italy, Norway, Finland.
Group A2: Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Czechia.
Group A3: France, England, Sweden, Ireland.
Group A4: Germany, Austria, Iceland, Poland.
League B:
Group B1: Switzerland, Hungary, Turkey, Azerbaijan.
Group B2: Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Israel.
Group B3: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Northern Ireland, Malta.
Group B4: Wales, Croatia, Ukraine, Kosovo.
League C:
Group C1: Belarus, Lithuania, Cyprus, Georgia.
Group C2: Slovenia, Latvia, North Macedonia, Moldova.
Group C3: Greece, Montenegro, Andorra, Faroe Islands.
Group C4: Romania, Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Armenia.
Group C5: Albania, Estonia, Luxembourg.
The distribution of slots for Euro 2025 will be determined based on the results of the upcoming league cycle. Teams will compete in groups of four or three (League C). The top eight teams in League A (first and second places) will advance directly to the final tournament, joining the host country, Switzerland.
Seven remaining slots will be contested in two playoff rounds. In the first round, teams ranked third and fourth in League A will play against group winners and the top three second-placed teams in League C. Eight winners will advance to the second round.
In another path, four group winners and two best second-placed teams in League B will play against the remaining two second-placed teams and four third-placed teams in League B. Six winners will advance to the second round.
In the second round of playoffs, 14 teams will directly compete for seven slots in the Euro 2025 final tournament, where a total of 16 participants will compete.
The pathways for teams in playoff matches will be adjusted as needed based on the performance of the Swiss national team, which will play in League B but will be represented at the Euro as the host country.
If Switzerland finishes first, second, or third in their League B group, the best fourth-placed team from that division will enter the playoffs.
Promotion and Relegation:
Teams will also vie for positions in the next Nations League, which will cover the 2025-2027 cycle:
- Winners and second and third-place finishers in League A groups will remain in League A.
- Second-place finishers and the top three third-place finishers in League B groups will remain in League B.
- Second, third, and fourth-place finishers in League C groups will remain in League C.
- Group winners in Leagues B and C will be promoted to the higher division.
- Fourth-place finishers in League A and B groups, as well as the worst third-place finisher in League B, will be relegated to the lower division.
Women's Euro 2025. Schedule
Matchdays 1-2: April 3-9, 2024.
Matchdays 3-4: May 29 - June 4, 2024.
Matchdays 5-6: July 10-16, 2024.
Playoff draw: July 19, 2024.
Playoff Round 1 (2 matches): October 23-29, 2024.
Playoff Round 2 (2 matches): November 27 - December 3, 2024.
Finals draw: December 16, 2024.
Finals tournament: July 2-27, 2025 (Switzerland).
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