Women's EURO 2025: Ukraine to face Kosovo today

12.07.2024 10:00

Today, July 12, at the Fadil Vokrri Stadium in Pristina, the Kosovo vs. Ukraine match of the Women's EURO 2025 qualifiers will take place. The game will start at 7:00 PM Kyiv time.

Additionally, on July 16, in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia, the 6th round match between Ukraine and Croatia will be held at the stadium of the local football federation's training center. The kickoff is scheduled for 8:00 PM Kyiv time.

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"Unfortunately, Viktoriya Hiryn, Iryna Mayborodina, and Natiya Pantsulaya will not be able to help us due to injuries. However, Lesya Olkhova might make her debut for the national team. She was called up for the previous camp but couldn't join due to an injury. Now, she is in good health.

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The Kosovars mainly play defensively, are tough in challenges, and often use small fouls as a tactic. They are tricky opponents. We will try to shift the balance in our favor through quick transitions from defense to attack, vertical passes, and wing activity...

There are still chances for us to even take the first place in the group. Therefore, I will be motivating my players to aim for the maximum result," said Ukraine women's national team head coach Volodymyr Pyatenko ahead of the match.

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Ukraine Women's National Team Squad:

Goalkeepers: Kateryna Samson (Vorskla Poltava), Dariya Kelyushyk (Kolos Kovalivka), Kateryna Boklach (Marseille, France).

Defenders: Kateryna Korsun, Yana Kotyk, Iryna Podolska, Maryna Shainyuk (all Vorskla Poltava), Olha Basanska, Lesya Olkhova (both Metalist 1925 Kharkiv), Lyubov Shmatko (Fomget, Turkey).

Midfielders: Nadiya Kunina, Veronika Andrukhiv, Dayana Semkiv (all Kolos Kovalivka), Yana Kalinina (Vorskla Poltava), Yelyzaveta Molodyuk, Tamila Khimich, Dariya Apanashchenko, Anna Petryk (all Metalist 1925 Kharkiv), Yana Malakhova (Mura Nona, Slovenia), Nicole Kozlova (Glasgow City, Scotland).

Forwards: Roksolana Kravchuk (Vorskla Poltava), Olha Ovdiychuk (Fomget, Turkey), Inna Hlushchenko (Nice, France).

Women's EURO 2025 Qualifiers. League B. Group 4

Matchday 1

05.04.2024

Ukraine — Kosovo — 2:0

Wales — Croatia — 4:0

Matchday 2

09.04.2024

Croatia — Ukraine — 1:0

Kosovo — Wales — 0:6

Matchday 3

31.05.2024

Wales — Ukraine — 1:1

Kosovo — Croatia — 0:1

Matchday 4

04.06.2024

Ukraine — Wales — 2:2

Croatia — Kosovo — 2:0

Standings

Matchday 5

12.07.2024

Kosovo - Ukraine

Croatia - Wales

Matchday 6

16.07.2024

Ukraine - Croatia

Wales - Kosovo

The results of the Women's EURO 2025 Qualifiers draw

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 tickets for EURO 2025 takes place based on the results of the next league cycle. The teams compete in groups of four or three teams (League C). The eight best teams in League A (first and second places) immediately go to the final tournament. There they join the host country, Switzerland.

The remaining seven passes are to be played in two rounds of playoffs. In the one-way first round, the third- and fourth-placed teams in League A face the group winners and the top three second-placed teams in League C. The eight winners advance to the second round.

Elsewhere, the four group winners and the top two runners-up in League B play the remaining two runners-up and the four third-placed teams in League B. The six winners advance to the second round.

In the second round of the playoffs, 14 national teams directly play for seven tickets to the final tournament of EURO 2025, where a total of 16 participants play.

The paths of the teams in the play-off matches are to be adjusted, if necessary, taking into account the performances of Switzerland, which plays in League B, but will be represented at the Euro as the host country.

If Switzerland finishes first, second, or third in their B League group, the fourth-best team from that division will enter the playoffs.

Promotion and relegation

In parallel, teams will also compete for positions in the next Nations League, which begins the 2025-2027 cycle:

— winners, holders of second and third places in League A groups will remain in League A;

— the second-place winners and the three best third-place winners in League B groups will remain in League B;

— the winners of the second, third, and fourth places in the groups of League C will remain in League C;

— the winners of the groups in the B and C leagues will move to the higher division;

— the fourth-place finishers in League A and B groups, as well as the worst third-place finisher in League B, will be relegated.

Women's EURO Qualifiers. Calendar

Matches 1—2 rounds: April 3-9, 2024.

Matches 3—4 rounds: May 29 - June 4, 2024.

Matches 5—6 rounds: July 10-16, 2024.

Playoff draw: July 19, 2024

1st round of playoffs (2 matches): October 23-29, 2024.

2nd round of playoffs (2 matches): November 27 - December 3, 2024.

Final tournament draw: December 16, 2024.

Final tournament: July 2-27, 2025 (Switzerland).