Yuriy Moroz: "We begin preparation for Euro 2025 qualifiers"
The youth team of Ukraine U-16 (players born no later than 2008) is currently in a training camp, during which the blue-yellow team will participate in the UEFA Development Tournament. Before the gathering, the head coach of our team, Yuriy Moroz, shared his thoughts on the upcoming plans with the official website of the Ukrainian Association of Football.
"On this training camp, there will be many players from abroad and quite a few of our boys whom I have personally observed," noted Yuriy Moroz. "I can say that a decent team is being formed based on the quality of the players. However, this will be an introductory training camp. We want the boys to get used to our demands and also feel what an international tournament is like, experience pressure, and most importantly, understand what it means to wear the blue-yellow jersey. This will be a kind of test for them."
It's worth noting that the qualifying round of the European Championship will take place in the fall, so the preparation starts with the UEFA Development Tournament.
U-16 Ukraine team squad:
Goalkeepers: Yehor Krapivin (Espanyol, Spain), Ihor Kostenko (Benfica, Portugal).
Defenders: Arsen Zalypka, Oleksiy Piskun (both from Rukh Lviv), Yehor Kostiuk, Yaroslav Mylokost, Nikita Kaliuzhnyi (all from Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Boiko (Gent, Belgium), Volodymyr Umanskyi (Elche, Spain), Nikita Melnyk (Imolese, Italy).
Midfielders: Oleksandr Balakai (Shakhtar Donetsk), Pavlo Liusin (Dynamo Kyiv), Artem Korzh (Dnipro-1, Dnipro), Muhammad Dzhurabaiev, Volodymyr Shelepinskyi (both from Rukh Lviv), Illia Kutia (Hajduk, Croatia).
Forwards: Ivan Andreiko (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Kroitar, Rolan Mustafaiev (both from Rukh Lviv), Artem Zubrii (Shakhtar Donetsk), Illia Menshykov (Austria, Austria), Dmytro Zudin (Hajduk, Croatia).
UEFA Development Tournament among U-16 teams
April 23, 2024
Ukraine vs Northern Ireland (13:00)
Estonia vs Luxembourg (18:00)
April 25, 2024
Luxembourg vs Northern Ireland (13:00)
Estonia vs Ukraine (18:00)
April 28, 2024
Ukraine vs Luxembourg (11:00)
Northern Ireland vs Estonia (16:00)
Reminder: In June, the U-16 team of Ukraine will participate in a tournament in Japan.
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