U-16: Yuriy Moroz unveils Ukraine squad ahead of tournament in Japan

12.06.2024 15:00

The Ukrainian youth national team (players born no later than 2008) will take part in the Dream Cup 2024 tournament.

The competition will be held from June 19th to 23rd in Fukuoka at the J-Village stadium. The blue-yellow team, preparing for the Euro 2025 (U-17) qualifiers, will compete against peers from Japan, Senegal, and Venezuela.

Yuriy Moroz, the head coach of the Ukrainian youth team, has announced the squad that will travel to Japan.

Ukraine U-16 Team Squad

Goalkeepers: Maksym Royenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Kyrylo Khadasevych (Wolfsburg, Germany).

Defenders: Yaroslav Mylokost (Shakhtar Donetsk), Arsen Zalypka, Dmytro Solomon (both - Rukh Lviv), Arseniy Koval (Dnipro-1 Dnipro), Nazar Khlivnyuk (Fortuna, Germany), Andriy Lysytskyi (Fiorentina, Italy).

Midfielders: Myroslav Romanyuk, Nazar Ivaskiv, Ivan Andreiko (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Kroitar, Danylo Slyva (both - Rukh Lviv), Oleksandr Sereda (Shakhtar Donetsk), Karen Gevorkyan (Las Rozas, Spain), Denys Khasanov (Viktoria, Germany).

Forwards: Maksym Kucheriavyi (Dynamo Kyiv), Zakhariy Zakharkiv (Kolos Kovalivka).

Dream Cup 2024 Tournament for U-16 Teams

June 19, 2024

Senegal - Venezuela (06:00)

Japan - Ukraine (09:00)

June 21, 2024

Ukraine - Senegal (06:00)

Japan - Venezuela (09:00)

June 23, 2024

Venezuela - Ukraine (06:00)

Japan - Senegal (09:00)

Match start times - Kyiv time.

The tournament is a single round-robin. After two 45-minute halves, in case of a draw, penalty shootouts will determine the winner. Three points will be awarded for a victory in regular time, two for a penalty shootout win, one for a penalty shootout loss, and none for a loss in regular time.

On May 3rd, the draw for the first qualifying round of Euro 2025 (U-17) took place in Nyon. As a result, the Ukrainian youth team (currently U-16, players born in 2008), led by Yuriy Moroz, found itself in Group 4 along with Belgium, Kosovo, and Kazakhstan. The mini-tournament in our group will take place in Belgium, with matches scheduled for October 9th, 12th, and 15th.

Results of the Euro 2025 (U-17) Qualifying Round Draw

Group 1: England, Sweden, Latvia, Malta.

Group 2: Poland, Slovenia, Georgia, Armenia.

Group 3: Netherlands, Croatia, Albania, Faroe Islands.

Group 4: Belgium, Ukraine, Kosovo, Kazakhstan.

Group 5: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Liechtenstein.

Group 6: Hungary, Greece, Romania, Azerbaijan.

Group 7: Germany, Czechia, Belarus, Andorra.

Group 8: Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Lithuania.

Group 9: Italy, Norway, Wales, San Marino.

Group 10: Switzerland, Israel, Montenegro, Moldova.

Group 11: France, Slovakia, Cyprus, Gibraltar.

Group 12: Spain, Iceland, North Macedonia, Estonia.

Group 13: Serbia, Turkey, Bulgaria.

Group 14: Denmark, Austria, Luxembourg.

The top two teams from each group advance to the second round of qualifying. After that, 28 participants will compete in seven League A groups in the spring of 2025 for seven spots in the final tournament, which will take place in Albania in the summer. The host team received an automatic berth, although it will participate in qualifying.

The remaining teams in the second round will compete in League B for places in League A of the first qualifying stage of Euro 2027 (U-19).

It's worth noting that Euro 2025 (U-17) will serve as UEFA's qualification for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which will feature 48 teams in Qatar.

In April, the Ukrainian U-16 national team won the UEFA Development Tournament in Estonia.