Ruslan Rotan unveiled Ukraine's Olympic team for international tournament in France

18.05.2024 19:10

From May 30th to June 17th, the Olympic team of Ukraine will undergo a training camp and participate in the international tournament Tournoi Maurice Revello in France. The team's head coach, Ruslan Rotan, has announced the main roster and named seven players who are on the reserve list.

Ukraine's Olympic team roster:

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Neshcheret (Dynamo Kyiv), Kiril Fesyun (Kolos Kovalivka), Georgiy Yermakov (Oleksandriya).

Defenders: Kostyantyn Vivcharenko, Taras Mykhavko (both Dynamo Kyiv), Arseniy Batahov (Zorya Luhansk), Oleksandr Martyniuk, Danil Skorko (both Oleksandriya), Oleksiy Sych, Roman Didyk, Bohdan Slyubyk, Vitaliy Roman (all Rukh Lviv), Volodymyr Salyuk (Chornomorets Odesa).

Midfielders: Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford, England), Ivan Zhelizko, Maksym Khlan (both Lechia, Poland), Maksym Kucheriavyi (St. Johnstone, Scotland), Valentyn Rubchynskyi, Oleh Ocheretko (both Dnipro-1 Dnipro), Nazar Voloshyn (Dynamo Kyiv), Mykola Mykhaylenko, Kyrylo Siheyev (both Oleksandriya), Oleh Fedor, Ilya Kvasnytsia (both Rukh Lviv), Maksym Bragaru (Chornomorets Odesa).

Forwards: Ihor Krasnopir (Obolon Kyiv), Danylo Sikan (Shakhtar Donetsk).

Reserve list: Yakiv Kinareykin (Dnipro-1 Dnipro), Ivan Nesterenko (Vorskla Poltava), Artem Smolyakov (Polissya Zhytomyr), Maksym Dyachuk, Matviy Ponomarenko (both Dynamo Kyiv), Artem Shulyanskyi (Oleksandriya), Mykola Kukharevych (Swansea, Wales).

It is worth mentioning that 10 teams will participate in the tournament, divided into two groups. In the initial stage, Ruslan Rotan's team will face Indonesia (replaced Egypt), Italy, Panama, and Japan.

Additionally, Ukraine, France, and Japan, who will compete in the tournament, are future participants of the 2024 Olympics. It is worth noting that Ukraine played a friendly match against Japan in March, ending in a 0:2 defeat.

International U-23 Tournament Tournoi Maurice Revello

Group Stage

Group A: Ivory Coast, Mexico, South Korea, Saudi Arabia, France.

Group B: Indonesia, Italy, Panama, Ukraine, Japan.

June 4, 2024

Italy vs Japan (16:00)

Indonesia vs Ukraine (19:00)

June 6, 2024

Ukraine vs Italy (16:00)

Indonesia vs Panama (19:00)

June 8, 2024

Japan vs Indonesia (15:00)

Ukraine vs Panama (18:30)

June 10, 2024

Ukraine vs Japan (15:30)

Italy vs Panama (19:15)

June 12, 2024

Japan vs Panama (15:30)

Italy vs Indonesia (19:15)

Play-offs

June 14, 2024

9th Place Match (15:00)

7th Place Match (19:00)

5th Place Match (18:00)

June 16, 2024

3rd Place Match (15:30)

Final (19:15)

All match times are in Kyiv time.

It is worth mentioning that on March 20th, Ukraine learned its opponents in the football tournament at the 2024 Olympics. Placed in the fourth pot, Ukraine was drawn against Argentina, Morocco, and the third Asian team, Iraq, in Group B. The matches of the quartet will be held on July 24th, 27th, and 30th.

2024 Olympics. Men's Football Tournament

Group A: France, USA, Guinea, New Zealand.

Group B: Argentina, Morocco, Iraq, Ukraine.

Group C: Uzbekistan, Spain, Egypt, Dominican Republic.

Group D: Japan, Paraguay, Mali, Israel.

Group B Schedule

July 24, 2024

Argentina vs Morocco (16:00, Saint-Étienne)

Iraq vs Ukraine (20:00, Lyon)

July 27, 2024

Argentina vs Iraq (16:00, Lyon)

Ukraine vs Morocco (18:00, Saint-Étienne)

July 30, 2024

Ukraine vs Argentina (18:00, Lyon)

Morocco vs Iraq (18:00, Nice)

All match times are in Kyiv time.

The two top teams from Group B advance to face representatives from Group A.

The format of the Olympic tournament remains traditional: battling in four groups of four teams, with the top two advancing to the playoffs, followed by quarterfinals, semifinals, the match for third place, and the final (August 9th, Paris, Parc des Princes).

It's worth recalling that last summer, by defeating France (3:1) in the quarterfinal match of the 2023 Euro (U-21) and securing a spot in the semifinals, our team achieved a historic success, earning the country the right to participate in the football tournament at the Olympics for the first time. Alongside Ukraine, Spain and Israel also obtained licenses for the 2024 Summer Games in this discipline through the 2023 U-21 Euro.

Participants in the men's football tournament at the 2024 Olympic Games will compete from July 24th to August 9th in seven cities in France: Paris, Marseille, Lyon, Bordeaux, Saint-Étienne, Nice, and Nantes. According to the regulations, players born after January 1, 2001, are eligible to participate. Additionally, each team can include three players older than this age.

In total, 16 national teams will participate in the tournament: France as the host, three teams representing Europe (Ukraine, Spain, Israel), three from Africa (Morocco, Egypt, Mali), three from Asia (Japan, Uzbekistan, Iraq), two from South America (Paraguay, Argentina), two from the CONCACAF region (USA, Dominican Republic), one from Oceania (New Zealand), and the winner of the intercontinental play-off (Guinea).