The official Ukrainian national team has begun preparing for the League of Nations playoff matches against Belgium, which will take place on March 20 in Murcia, Spain and on March 23 in Ghent.

As is often the case during wartime, the journey to the destination was challenging. Representatives from Kyiv's "Dynamo" and "Oleksandria" traveled from Kyiv to Warsaw, while "Shakhtar," "Karpaty," and "Polesia" came from Lviv. From Poland’s capital, our team is scheduled to fly to the Spanish city of Alicante, from where they will move on to Benidorm for training camp. On March 19, blue-and-yellow plan to travel to Murcia, where their first playoff match against Belgium will take place at the "Enrique Roja de Murcia" stadium.

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Ukraine National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Andriy Lunin ("Real" Madrid, Spain), Anatoliy Trubin ("Benfica" Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Ryndyk ("Shakhtar" Donetsk).

Defenders: Mykola Matviyenko, Yurym Konoplyanka, Valeriy Bondar (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Oleksii Syts («Karpati» Lviv), Bohdan Mykhailichenko («Polesia» Zhytomyr), Vitaly Mykolenko («Everton» Liverpool, England), Illia Zabarnyi («Bournemouth», England), Maxim Taloviyev («Plymouth», England).

Midfielders: Mykola Shaparenko, Vitaly Buyalskyi, Andriy Yarmolenko (all — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Georgiy Sudakov, Yegor Nazarina (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Oleksii Hutsulyak, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both — "Polesia" Zhytomyr), Ivan Kalyuzhnyy («Oleksandria»), Viktor Tsygankov («Girona», Spain), Oleksandr Zinchenko («Arsenal» London, England), Yegor Yarmoluk («Brentford», England).

Forwards: Artem Dovbyk («Roma» Rome, Italy), Roman Yaremchuk («Olympiacos» Piraeus, Greece), Vladyslav Vanat («Dynamo» Kyiv).

Reserve List

Georgiy Bushchan ("Al-Shabab" Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Oleksandr Svatos ("Austin"), Denis Popov, Vladyslav Kabayev (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Dmytro Kryskiv («Shakhtar» Donetsk), Oleksandr Zubkov («Trabzonspor» Trabzon, Turkey).

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It is worth noting that the foreign-based players will join the camp after their club matches, so to ensure a full training process until March 16, the main national team will work with domestic youth players, namely — goalkeepers: Ruslan Nescheret ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Georgiy Yermakov («Oleksandria»); defenders: Taras Mykhavko, Kostyantyn Vyhvarenko (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv); midfielders: Boris Krushinskyi («Polesia» Zhytomyr), Oleksandr Yatsyk («Zorya» Luhansk), Valentin Rubchynskyi, Volodymyr Bragazko, Maxim Bragaru (all — "Dynamo" Kyiv); forward: Igor Krasnopir («Karpaty» Lviv).

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After March 16, they will continue their preparation with the youth national team, whose training camp is scheduled for March 17-25 in Turkey.