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Today, on September 10, the Ukraine youth national team will play its next match in the Euro-2025 (U-21) qualifying tournament against Northern Ireland.
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Today, September 10, the Ukraine youth team will play their next match in the qualification tournament for Euro-2025 (U-21) — against the Northern Ireland team.
Four days ago in Riga, blue and yellow defeated Serbia — 2:1. This victory secured our team's seventh win out of seven matches in the qualification round and guaranteed them at least a playoff spot.


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Now, the team led by Unai Melgosi has traveled to their away match. On September 10 in the city of Ballymena at the «Showgrounds» stadium, Northern Ireland — Ukraine will take place. Kick-off is scheduled for 21:45 Kyiv time.


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The match between Northern Ireland — Ukraine will be officiated by a Finnish referee team led by Oliver Reitala. Live broadcast on the YouTube channel of the Ukrainian Football Association.
Goalkeepers: Ruslan Neschyret («Dynamo» Kyiv), Kiryl Fesyun («Shakhtar» Donetsk), Yakiv Kinaraykin («Karpaty» Lviv).
Defenders: Arseniy Batagov («Trabzonspor», Turkey), Volodymyr Salyuk («Metalist 1925» Kharkiv), Roman Dydik, Vitaliy Romanyk (both — «Ruh» Lviv), Taras Mykhavko («Dynamo» Kyiv), Illia Krups'kyi («Vorskla» Poltava), Artem Smylyakov («Polissya» Zhytomyr).
Midfielders: Ivan Varfolomeyev («Slaven», Czech Republic), Maxim Melnychenko, Oleksandr Ocheretyko (both — «Karpaty» Lviv), Valentin Rubchynskyi, Nazar Voloshin, Maxim Bragaru (all — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Yegor Yamoluyk («Brentford», England), Oleksandr Yakych («Zorya» Luhansk), Oleksandr Fedor, Illia Kvasnitsya, Yaroslav Karabin (all — «Ruh» Lviv), Maxim Khlyan («Lechia», Poland).
Forwards: Igor Krasnopir («Ruh» Lviv), Igor Gorbach («Zorya» Luhansk).


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September 7, 2023
Northern Ireland — Luxembourg — 0:1
September 11, 2023
Luxembourg — England — 0:3
September 12, 2023
Ukraine — Northern Ireland — 1:0
Serbia — Azerbaijan — 2:0
October 12, 2023
Azerbaijan — Northern Ireland — 0:1
Luxembourg — Ukraine— 0:3
England — Serbia — 9:1
October 16, 2023
Ukraine — England — 3:2
Northern Ireland — Serbia — 1:2
October 17, 2023
Azerbaijan — Luxembourg — 3:2
November 17, 2023
Ukraine — Luxembourg — 4:0
November 18, 2023
Serbia — England — 0:3
November 21, 2023
Ukraine — Azerbaijan — 1:0
Serbia — Luxembourg — 2:0
England — Northern Ireland — 3:0
March 22, 2024
Azerbaijan — England — 1:5
Luxembourg — Serbia — 1:1
March 26, 2024
Azerbaijan — Ukraine — 0:3
Serbia — Northern Ireland — 1:2
England — Luxembourg — 7:0
September 6, 2024
Ukraine — Serbia — 2:1
Luxembourg — Azerbaijan — 2:0
Northern Ireland — England — 0:0
Standing table
| Team | Matches | Wins | Ties | Losses | Goals | Points | |
| 1 | Ukraine | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 17—3 | 21 |
| 2 | England | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 32—5 | 19 |
| 3 | Serbia | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10—18 | 10 |
| 4 | Luxembourg | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6—23 | 7 |
| 5 | Northern Ireland | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4—8 | 7 |
| 6 | Azerbaijan | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4—16 | 3 |
September 10, 2024
Azerbaijan — Serbia
Northern Ireland — Ukraine
October 11, 2024
England — Ukraine
October 12, 2024
Northern Ireland — Azerbaijan
October 15, 2024
Luxembourg — Northern Ireland
Serbia — Ukraine
England — Azerbaijan
Playoff: November 11–19, 2024.
In the final stage of Euro-2025 (U-21), sixteen teams will participate: Slovakia and fifteen other national teams that join based on qualification results (nine group winners, three best second-placed teams, and three playoff winners).