The head coach of the Ukraine U-16 national team (players born in 2009 or later) Oleksandr Sitnik has announced the names of the players who will participate in the UEFA Development Tournament in May.

The tournament will take place from May 4 to 9 in the Finnish town of Eerikilä, where our boys will play against their counterparts from Greece, Finland, and Hungary. The coach has called up 22 players for the tournament.

Roster of the Ukraine U-16 national team

Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Stepanov ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Denis Stolyarenko ("Legia", Poland).

Defenders: Yegor Onyshchuk ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Hryhorii Shapovalov, Nazar Smotrichkyi (both — LNZ Chernihiv), Bohdan Levytskyi ("Ruh" Lviv), Markian Panchyshyn ("Karpaty" Lviv), Nazarii Rudzey ("Borussia" Dortmund, Germany), Illia Yablonskyi ("Sporting", Portugal).

Midfielders: Danylo Dyachok, Danylo Iermak (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Yevhenii Voloshko ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Yevhenii Horbatov ("Oleksandria"), Yaroslav Harkyievych ("Milan", Italy), Maxim Ivanov ("Sampdoria", Italy), Yaroslav Kozushko ("Slavia", Czech Republic), Ruslan Shveyts ("Rayo Majadahonda", Spain).

Forwards: Volodymyr Kvikviniia ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Denis Bida ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Kirill Serdiuk ("Nuremberg", Germany), Vladyslav Zadorozhnyi ("Slavia", Czech Republic), Andriy Dobrovolskyi ("Eupen", Belgium).

Schedule of the UEFA Development Tournament

May 4. Finland — Hungary. 14:00

May 4. Greece — Ukraine. 18:30

May 6. Hungary — Greece. 13:00

May 6. Ukraine — Finland. 17:30

May 9. Ukraine — Hungary. 10:00

May 9. Finland — Greece. 15:00

Recall that on December 5 in Nyon, Switzerland, the draw for the first round of qualification for Euro-2026 (U-17) took place. As a result of this draw, the Ukraine U-17 national team ended up in Group 1, where it will face Italy, Montenegro, and Estonia. The host of the mini-tournament will be Estonia.

Schedule of matches for the Ukraine U-17 national team

October 1, 2025. Montenegro — Ukraine 

October 4, 2025. Ukraine — Estonia

October 7, 2025. Ukraine — Italy  

Results of the draw for the first round of qualification for Euro-2026 (U-17)

Group 1: Italy, Ukraine, Montenegro, Estonia.

Group 2: Czech Republic, Hungary, North Macedonia, Gibraltar.

Group 3: England, Sweden, Lithuania, Scotland.

Group 4: Spain, Denmark, Latvia, Andorra.

Group 5: Belgium, Norway, Belarus, Moldova.

Group 6: Austria, Ireland, Kosovo, Faroe Islands.

Group 7: Serbia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malta.

Group 8: Croatia, Netherlands, Albania, Kazakhstan.

Group 9: France, Israel, Romania, Azerbaijan.

Group 10: Switzerland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, San Marino.

Group 11: Northern Ireland, Finland, Cyprus, Armenia.

Group 12: Portugal, Slovenia, Wales, Liechtenstein.

Group 13: Poland, Germany, Luxembourg.

Group 14: Greece, Iceland, Georgia.

54 teams were divided into 12 groups of four participants each and two groups of three participants. The host of the final tournament, Estonia's national team, will also participate in the qualification round.

Based on the results of the first qualifying round, 14 group winners and 14 teams that finish second will advance to the second round of Group A. The remaining 26 teams will take part in the second round of Group B.

Teams advancing to the second round of qualification in Group A will compete for seven spots at Euro-2026 (U-17) finals in spring 2026. As the host, Estonia received an automatic bye. It is worth noting that this qualifying round also serves as a qualifier for the CHS-2026 (U-17) tournament in Qatar.

In addition, teams from both leagues of the second qualification round will compete for promotion and relegation between leagues before the first round of Euro-2028 (U-19) qualification.