EURO 2025 (WU-19): Ukraine WU-19 announces squad for qualifying matches
The Ukraine WU-19 women's national team has announced its squad for the UEFA EURO 2025 (WU-19) qualifying matches.
Following the EURO 2025 (WU-19) Round 1 draw, Nataliya Ihnatovych's team was placed in Group B6, where they will face Israel and Armenia.
Ukraine WU-19 Squad
Goalkeepers: Viktoriya Kalinchuk (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih), Svitlana Sakhno (Kolos Kovalivka).
Defenders: Yelyzaveta Maslovska, Viktoriya Shevtsova (both from Shakhtar Donetsk), Mariya Ihnatenko, Diana Tkachuk (both from Ladomyr Volodymyr), Anastasiya Yaremchuk (Polissya Zhytomyr), Darina Krasnoborodko (Kolos Kovalivka).
Midfielders: Lidiya Zaborovets (Shakhtar Donetsk), Olena Martsenyuk, Diana Borovska (both from EMS-Podillia Vinnytsia), Anastasiya Tarasenko (Ladomyr Volodymyr), Anastasiya Stakhnyuk (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih), Anastasiya Tarasyuk (Vorskla Poltava), Anna Klymova (KU AZS Warsaw, Poland), Anastasiya Myhal (DVTK, Hungary), Yevheniya Bielova (Zurich, Switzerland).
Forwards: Veronika Holovanchuk (Obolon Kyiv), Anastasiya Lyakhovych (Shakhtar Donetsk), Maryna Ptytsyna (SeaSters Odesa).
UEFA EURO 2025 (WU-19). Round 1. Group B6
November 26, 2024
Armenia vs. Ukraine (13:00)
November 29, 2024
Ukraine vs. Israel (13:00)
December 2, 2024
Israel vs. Armenia (13:00)
All kickoff times are Kyiv time.
League A
League A will feature 28 teams, including seven teams promoted from League B following round 2 of the 2023/2024 season, which concluded this spring. The teams have been divided into seven groups. The teams within each group will compete at a single venue in a mini-tournament format.
Teams that finish fourth in their groups will continue their season in League B's round 2. Seeding for round 2 will depend on the teams' rankings in the first round. Poland will also participate in the mini-tournament, although they are guaranteed a place in the finals as the host country.
League B
League B will consist of 23 teams, including those relegated from League A in round 2 of the 2023/2024 season and Malta, which returns to the tournament after a one-year absence. Participants will compete for promotion to League A in six groups. Group winners and the best runner-up based on matches against the first and third teams in their groups will move to the higher division.
Advancement to the Finals
Seven teams from League A's second round will join Poland in the final stage of EURO 2025.
EURO 2025 (WU-19). Round 1
League A
Group A1: Germany, Denmark, Greece, Kosovo.
Group A2: France, Portugal, Slovakia, North Macedonia.
Group A3: Ireland, Norway, Finland, Bulgaria.
Group A4: England, Poland, Italy, Turkiye.
Group A5: Serbia, Austria, Czechia, Faroe Islands.
Group A6: Spain, Belgium, Iceland, Northern Ireland.
Group A7: Netherlands, Sweden, Hungary, Scotland.
League B
Group B1: Belarus, Albania, Montenegro, Moldova.
Group B2: Romania, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein.
Group B3: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Wales, Lithuania, Georgia.
Group B4: Slovenia, Croatia, Luxembourg, Malta.
Group B5: Switzerland, Estonia, Cyprus, Azerbaijan.
Group B6: Ukraine, Israel, Armenia.
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