In March, the Ukraine U-21 national team will hold a training camp in Turkey as part of their preparation for the Euro 2025 final tournament. The camp will start on the 17th and last until the 25th. During this camp, the blue-and-yellow team will play two friendly matches: against Slovenia on the 21st and against Poland on the 25th.

The coach of our youth national team, Unai Melgosa, expects to field 23 players in these matches. 

Composition of Ukraine's Youth National Team

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Neschyret ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Georgiy Yermakov ("Oleksandria"), Illia Popovich ("Kiskvarda", Hungary).

Defenders: Arseniy Batagov ("Trabzonspor", Turkey), Volodymyr Saluk ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Eduard Kozik ("Kolos" Kovalyvka), Vitaliy Roman ("Ruh" Lviv), Taras Mikhavko, Konstantin Vychcharenko (both —"Dynamo" Kyiv), Illia Krups'kyi ("Vorskla" Poltava).

Midfielders: Anton Tsernenko, Maxim Khlyan (both —"Lechia", Poland), Ivan Varfolomeev ("Slaven", Czech Republic), Vladyslav Velentyn, Denis Kuzik ("Kryvyi Rih"), Oleksandr Fedor, Valentin Rubchyns'kyi, Maxim Bragaru, Volodymyr Brazhko (all —"Dynamo" Kyiv), Oleksandr Yatsyk ("Zorya" Luhansk), Boris Kryshyns'kyi ("Polesia" Zhytomyr).

Forwards: Bogdan Vyunyik ("Lechia", Poland), Igor Krasypr ("Karpaty" Lviv).

Recall that this summer, under the leadership of Unai Melgosa, Ukraine's youth national team will participate in the Euro 2025 (U-21) final tournament in Slovakia. In the group stage, they will play against Denmark (June 12), Finland (June 15), and the Netherlands (June 18).

Euro 2025 (U-21). Final Tournament

Group Stage

Group A: Slovakia, Spain, Italy, Romania.

Group B: Czech Republic, England, Germany, Slovenia.

Group C: Portugal, France, Poland, Georgia.

Group D: Finland, Netherlands, Ukraine, Denmark.

June 12, 2025

Ukraine — Denmark (Presov, 7:00 PM)

Finland — Netherlands (Kosice, 10:00 PM)

June 15, 2025

Finland — Ukraine (Kosice, 7:00 PM)

Netherlands — Denmark (Presov, 10:00 PM)

June 18, 2025

Denmark — Finland (Kosice, 7:00 PM)

Netherlands — Ukraine (Presov, 7:00 PM)

Quarter-finals

June 21, 2025

26. C1 — D2 (Zilina, 7:00 PM)

25. A1 — B2 (Trnava, 10:00 PM)

June 22, 2025

27. B1 — A2 (Dunajska Streda, 7:00 PM or 10:00 PM)

28. D1 — C2 (Presov, 7:00 PM or 10:00 PM)

Semifinals

June 25, 2025

29. Winner 25 — winner 26 (Bratislava, 7:00 PM or 10:00 PM)

30. Winner 27 — winner 28 (Kosice, 7:00 PM or 10:00 PM)

Final

June 28, 2025

Winner 29 — winner 30 (Bratislava, 10:00 PM)

All match times are in Kyiv time.