From February 9 to 18, the Ukraine U-17 national team will conduct a training camp in Croatia as part of their preparation for the second qualifying round of Euro 2025. The blue and yellow team will also play two friendly matches—against Turkey (February 13) and Greece (February 16). The delegation will be led by Uray Melgosa, the coordinator of youth and junior programs, while the head coach will be Oleksandr Sitnik.

Composition of the Ukraine U-17 National Team

Goalkeepers: Igor Kostenko (“Benfica”, Portugal), Yegor Krapyvin (“Espanyol”, Spain), Fedir Tkachenko (“Betis”, Spain).

Defenders: Dmytro Konovalev (“Dynamo” Kyiv), Timofei Niveninskyi (LNZ Chernihiv), Yegor Onyshchuk, Ivan Vergun (both — “Shakhtar” Donetsk), Arsen Zalipka, Dmytro Solomon (both — “Ruh” Lviv), Artur Muradyan (“Borussia” M, Germany), Mykita Melnyk (“Iomolese”, Italy), Oleksandr Tkachenko (“Werder Bremen”, Germany), Nazar Khlivniuk (“Fortuna D”, Germany).

Midfielders: Artem Korzh (“Polesia” Zhytomyr), Artem Zubriy (“Shakhtar” Donetsk), Muhammad Dzurabaev (“Ruh” Lviv), Adam Gouram, Illia Kutyi (both — “Hajduk”, Croatia), Arseniy Shishkevych (“Rio Ave”, Portugal), Andriy Hamzhyk (“Bayern”, Germany).

Forwards: Dmytro Zudin (“Hajduk”, Croatia), Illia Menshikov (“Austria”, Austria), Maksym Kucheriyavyy (“Dynamo” Kyiv), Maksym Gololobov (“Bayern”, Germany).

The Ukraine U-17 national team in the second qualifying round of Euro 2025 (U-17) has been drawn into Group A1 along with Italy, Croatia, and Slovakia. It is determined that the mini-tournament will take place from March 19 to 25 in Croatia. Only the group winner will advance to the final tournament.

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