Ukraine U-21 gears up in Bournemouth for EURO 2025 Qualifiers against England and Serbia
The Ukraine U-21 team will face England and Serbia in their next matches of the EURO 2025 qualifying tournament.
On Tuesday, October 8, our team arrived in the foggy Albion on flight Chișinău — London, and from the capital, they headed to their base in Bournemouth. The head coach of the Blue and Yellow team, Unai Melgosa, called up 24 players, but there was a last-minute change in the squad: instead of the defender from Rukh, Roman Didyk, who was diagnosed with a concussion, midfielder Borys Krushynskyi from Polissia flew to England.
Great Britain welcomed our delegation with windy and rainy weather. However, focused preparation for the EURO U-21 qualifying match began. The match England — Ukraine will take place in Bournemouth at the Dean Court stadium on October 11. The game will kick off at 21:45 Kyiv time.
Additionally, on October 15, the match Serbia — Ukraine will be held in Stara Pazova at the FSS Sports Center. The kickoff is set for 21:30 Kyiv time.
It’s worth noting that the Blue and Yellow team has achieved eight victories in eight matches, securing their place in the final tournament. Along with Ukraine, as of now, Netherlands and Spain have also qualified for the forum, which will take place from June 11 to 28, 2025, alongside the host country, Slovakia. Nine more participants will be determined based on the results of the October group stage matches, while three will qualify through the playoff matches from November 11 to 19. The matchups for the playoff stage will be formed on October 17. The draw for the final tournament, featuring 16 teams (four groups of four), will take place on December 3 in Bratislava.
Ukraine U-21 Squad:
Goalkeepers: Ruslan Neshcheret (Dynamo Kyiv), Dmytro Ledviy (Rukh Lviv), Vladyslav Krapyvtsov (Free Agent).
Defenders: Ivan Yermachkov (Werder Bremen, Germany), Taras Mykhavko, Kostyantyn Vivcharenko (both Dynamo Kyiv), Volodymyr Salyuk (Metalist 1925 Kharkiv), Vitaliy Roman (both Rukh Lviv), Artem Smolyakov (Polissya Zhytomyr), Illia Krupskyi (Vorskla Poltava).
Midfielders: Ivan Varfolomeyev (Slovan, Czechia), Maksym Melnychenko, Borys Krushynskyi (both Polissya Zhytomyr), Oleh Ocheretko (Karpaty Lviv), Valentyn Rubchynskyi, Nazar Voloshyn, Maksym Bragaru (all Dynamo Kyiv), Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford, England), Oleksandr Yatsyk (Zorya Luhansk), Oleh Fedor, Illia Kvasnytsia (both Rukh Lviv), Maksym Khlan (Lechia, Poland).
Forwards: Ihor Krasnopir (Rukh Lviv), Ihor Horbach (Zorya Luhansk).
EURO 2025 (U-21) Qualifying Tournament. Group F
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 23, 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
Luxembourg - Azerbaijan - 2:0
Northern Ireland - England - 0:0
Ukraine - Serbia - 2:1
September 10, 2024
Northern Ireland - Ukraine - 1:2
Azerbaijan - Serbia - 0:2
Standings
|
|
Team |
M |
W |
D |
L |
GD |
P |
|
1 |
Ukraine |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
19—4 |
24 |
|
2 |
England |
8 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
32—5 |
19 |
|
3 |
Serbia |
9 |
4 |
1 |
4 |
12—18 |
13 |
|
4 |
Luxembourg |
9 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
6—23 |
7 |
|
5 |
Northern Ireland |
8 |
2 |
1 |
5 |
5—10 |
7 |
|
6 |
Azerbaijan |
8 |
1 |
0 |
7 |
4—18 |
3 |
October 11, 2024
England vs. Ukraine
October 12, 2024
Northern Ireland vs. Azerbaijan
October 15, 2024
Luxembourg vs. Northern Ireland
England vs. Azerbaijan
Serbia vs. Ukraine
Play-offs: November 11-19, 2024.
In the final stage of EURO 2025 (U-21), 16 teams will compete: Slovakia and 15 other national teams that will join based on the qualification results (nine group winners, three best teams among the second-place finishers, and three play-off winners among the six second-place finishers).
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