Dmytro Mykhailenko: "It was valuable to compete against Europe's top teams"

20.10.2024 14:00

Head coach of the Ukraine U-19 team, Dmytro Mykhailenko, summarized the team's October training camp.

After returning from Spain, where the Ukraine U-19 team (players born in 2006 or later) participated in an international tournament, head coach Dmytro Mykhailenko shared his thoughts on the team's progress in an interview with the UAF's official website.

"We are pleased that we had the opportunity to play against some of the best teams in Europe, namely Netherlands and England," Mykhailenko said. "This was the kind of experience our players, who compete in the Ukrainian championship, need ahead of the European Championship qualifying round. We tested our strength and experimented with different player combinations."

"In these friendly matches, we were able to evaluate all the players. At this point, we have almost finalized the squad for the trip to the Netherlands. The coaching staff now understands how to utilize each player in different situations on the field. It's crucial that by November, all the boys we are counting on remain healthy."

Youth National Teams Tournament in Marbella

October 11, 2024

Semifinals

England (U-18) — Sweden (U-18) — 0:2

Ukraine (U-19) — Netherlands (U-18) — 0:1

October 14, 2024

Third-Place Match

Ukraine (U-19) — England (U-18) — 1:3

Final

Sweden (U-18) — Netherlands (U-18) — 1:2

Ukraine U-19 Roster

Goalkeepers: Vyacheslav Surkis (Dynamo Kyiv), Nazar Makarenko (Oleksandriya).

Defenders: Denys Dykyi, Vladyslav Zakharchenko, Maksym Korobov (all from Dynamo Kyiv), Vladyslav Shershen (Kolos Kovalivka), Artem Kopyl (Karpaty Lviv), Oleksandr Havrylenko (Slask, Poland).

Midfielders: Danylo Ishchenko, Kyrylo Osypenko (both from Dynamo Kyiv), Viktor Tsukanov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Hennadiy Synchuk (Metalist Kharkiv), Erik Kalinets (Rukh Lviv), Yaroslav Karaman (Polissya Zhytomyr), Christian Shevchenko (Watford, England), Maksym Len (Fortuna, Germany), Bohdan Budko (AZ, Netherlands), Artem Husol (Kolos Kovalivka).

Forwards: Matviy Ponomarenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Lomaha (Shakhtar Donetsk).

EURO 2025 (U-19). Qualifying round. Group 1:

November 13, 2024

Ukraine — Kazakhstan (Assen, 20:00)

Slovenia — Netherlands (Veendam, 20:00)

November 16, 2024

Ukraine — Slovenia (Veendam, 13:00)

Netherlands — Kazakhstan (Assen, 17:00)

November 19, 2024

Netherlands — Ukraine (Veendam, 20:00)

Kazakhstan — Slovenia (Assen, 20:00)

All kickoff times are in Kyiv time.

Results of the UEFA EURO 2025 (U-19) qualifying round draw

Group 1: Ukraine, Netherlands, Slovenia, Kazakhstan.

Group 2: Germany, Hungary, Cyprus, Andorra.

Group 3: England, Belgium, Bulgaria, Lithuania.

Group 4: Turkiye, Poland, Malta, Gibraltar.

Group 5: France, Scotland, Wales, Liechtenstein.

Group 6: Czechia, Finland, Switzerland, San Marino.

Group 7: Ireland, Iceland, Azerbaijan, Moldova.

Group 8: Italy, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro.

Group 9: Norway, Sweden, Georgia, Estonia.

Group 10: Spain, Austria, Kosovo, Faroe Islands.

Group 11: Israel, Denmark, Northern Ireland, Albania.

Group 12: Slovakia, Latvia, North Macedonia, Luxembourg.

Group 13: Serbia, Croatia, Armenia, Belarus.

The elite round of qualification will include the top two teams from each group of the qualifying round and the best third-placed team. Alongside Portugal, in spring 2025, they will compete in seven groups for seven tickets to the final tournament. Romania received an automatic spot as the host.