Nations League 2024/2025: Ukraine team convenes in Prague and kicks off training

Yesterday, the Ukraine national team officially began focused preparations for the September matches of the UEFA Nations League 2024/2025.

On Sunday, players from Dynamo Kyiv traveled to Chișinău from Kyiv, while Shakhtar Donetsk players made their way to the Moldovan capital from Kryvyi Rih. On Monday morning, the Premier League players flew to Prague, where they were gradually joined by the players from overseas at the hotel.

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The team held their first training session on the same day, which included players who had not been heavily involved with their clubs over the weekend, as well as goalkeepers.

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Ukraine National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan (Dynamo Kyiv), Anatoliy Trubin (Benfica Lisbon, Portugal), Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid, Spain).

Defenders: Mykola Matviyenko, Yukhym Konoplya, Valeriy Bondar (all Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Tymchyk, Denys Popov (both Dynamo Kyiv), Vitaliy Mykolenko (Everton, England), Illia Zabarnyi (Bournemouth, England), Maksym Talovierov (LASK Linz, Austria).

Midfielders: Andriy Yarmolenko, Mykola Shaparenko, Volodymyr Brazhko, Vladyslav Kabaiev, Oleksandr Pikhalyonok (all Dynamo Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko, Georgiy Sudakov (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal, England), Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea, England), Serhiy Sydorchuk (Westerlo, Belgium), Ruslan Malinovskyi (Genoa, Italy), Viktor Tsygankov (Girona, Spain).

Forwards: Artem Dovbyk (Roma, Italy), Roman Yaremchuk (Olympiacos, Greece), Vladyslav Vanat (Dynamo Kyiv).

Reserve List

Dmytro Riznyk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Bohdan Mykhailichenko (Polissya Zhytomyr), Oleksandr Svatok (Austin, USA), Vitaliy Buyalskyi (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Zubkov, Danylo Sikan (both Shakhtar Donetsk).

Photo by Dan Balashov

In September, Ukraine will play two matches in Group B1 of the UEFA Nations League 2024/2025 in Prague. On September 7, the national team will face Albania at Epet Arena in the first round, and on September 10, they will play an away match against the Czech Republic at Eden Arena.

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