The squad for Ukraine's U-17 team for the second qualifying round of Euro 2025 has been announced (players born in 2008 or later).

Ukraine's youth national team, which qualified for the second round of Euro 2025 (U-17), is in Group A1 along with Italy, Croatia, and Slovakia. The mini-tournament will take place from March 19 to 25 in Croatia. Only the group winner will advance to the final tournament.

Head coach Oleksandr Sitnik has called up 21 players for the team.

Squad of Ukraine's U-17 Team

Goalkeepers: Kiryl Khadashevych («Wolfsburg», Germany), Yegor Krapivin («Espanyol», Spain), Fedir Tkachenko («Betis», Spain).

Defenders: Yegor Kostyuk, Yaroslav Milokost, Nikita Kaluzhnyi, Yegor Onishchuk (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Arsen Zalipka («Ruh» Lviv), Mykita Melnyk («Iomolese», Italy), Oleksandr Tkachenko («Werder Bremen», Germany).

Midfielders: Pavlo Lysin («Dynamo» Kyiv), Artem Zubriy, Oleksandr Sereda (both — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Muhammad Dzhurabaev («Ruh» Lviv), Artur Muradyan («Borussia M», Germany), Mykola Petrovskyy («Stuttgart», Germany), Illia Kutya («Gajduk», Croatia), Andriy Gamzik («Bayern», Germany), Arseniy Shishkevych («Río Ave», Portugal).

Forwards: Dmytro Zudin («Gajduk», Croatia), Maxim Kucheravyi («Dynamo» Kyiv).

Euro 2025 (U-17). Second Qualifying Round. Group A1

March 19, 2025

Ukraine — Croatia (Karlovac, 13:00)

Italy — Slovakia (Sesvete, 16:30)

March 22, 2025

Italy — Ukraine (Lukovo, 13:00)

Croatia — Slovakia (Karlovac, 16:30)

March 25, 2025

Croatia — Italy (Lukovo, 16:30)

Slovakia — Ukraine (Sesvete, 16:30)

Match times are in Kyiv time.

Results of the second qualifying round draw for Euro 2025 (U-17)

League A

Group A1: Italy, Croatia, Ukraine, Slovakia.

Group A2: Spain, Austria, Germany, Norway.

Group A3: France, Greece, Denmark, Finland.

Group A4: Portugal, Serbia, Netherlands, Hungary.

Group A5: Czech Republic, Switzerland, Turkey, Sweden.

Group A6: Belgium, Poland, Iceland, Ireland.

Group A7: England, Northern Ireland, Slovenia, Israel.

28 teams were divided into seven groups of four participants each. The seven group winners in League A will qualify to join the host nation Albania for the final tournament from May 19 to June 1. Seven teams finishing fourth in their respective League A groups will drop down to League B for the first qualifying round of Euro 2027 (U-19).

League B

Group B1: Romania, North Macedonia, Scotland, Liechtenstein.

Group B2: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Belarus, Armenia, San Marino.

Group B3: Montenegro, Latvia, Estonia, Gibraltar.

Group B4: Kosovo, Cyprus, Moldova, Andorra.

Group B5: Luxembourg, Bulgaria, Malta, Faroe Islands.

Group B6: Albania, Wales, Azerbaijan.

Group B7: Lithuania, Georgia, Kazakhstan.

26 teams were divided into five groups of four participants and two groups of three participants. The seven group winners in League B will be promoted to League A for the first qualifying round of Euro 2027 (U-19).

It is worth noting that Euro 2025 (U-17) will serve as a qualifier for the U-17 World Cup in 2025, which will feature 48 teams playing in Qatar.

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