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

The match against Turkey takes place today and will start at 16:00 Kyiv time. A live broadcast is planned on the YouTube channel of the UAF.

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 ("Iomezze", Italy), Oleksandr Tkachenko ("Werder", Germany), Nazar Khlivniuk ("Fortuna" D, Germany).

Midfielders: Artem Korzh ("Polesia" Zhovkva), Artem Zubriy ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Muhammad Djurabayev ("Ruh" Lviv), Adam Gouram, Ilya Kutya (both — "Hajduk", Croatia), Arseniy Shishkovich ("Rio Ave", Portugal), Andriy Hamzhyk ("Bayern", Germany).

Forwards: Dmytro Zudin ("Hajduk", Croatia), Ilya 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 was 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.

Match Schedule for the Second Qualifying Round of Euro 2025 (U-17). Group A1

March 19, 2025

Ukraine — Croatia (13:00, Karlovac)

Italy — Slovakia (16:30, Sesvete)

March 22, 2025

Italy — Ukraine (13:00, Lutsk)

Croatia — Slovakia (16:30, Karlovac)

March 25, 2025

Slovakia — Ukraine (16:30, Sesvete)

Croatia — Italy (16:30, Lutsk)

Match start times are in Kyiv time.

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