The next day after the away victory over Iceland in the 2026 World Cup qualifier with a score of 5:3, the Ukraine national team returned to Poland.

Unfortunately, it was not without losses: due to an injury he sustained during the game in Reykjavík, the central defender of Portuguese "Benfica" Georgiy Sudakov left the blue-and-yellow ranks.

Today, October 12th, in Krakow, traditional pre-match events for Ukraine vs Azerbaijan (October 13th, 9:45 PM Kyiv time) will take place. At 3:30 PM local time, a press conference with Serhiy Rebrov and one of his players will begin, and at 4:00 PM — the training session of the Ukraine national team.

Photo: Dan Balashov

Communication with representatives of Azerbaijani media and training sessions of our opponents will start at 7:30 PM and 8:00 PM local time, respectively.

Photo: Dan Balashov

Ukraine National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan ("Polesia" Zhytomyr), Anatoliy Trubin ("Benfica" Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Rytsnik ("Shakhtar" Donetsk).

Defenders: Ilya Zabarnyi ("Paris Saint-Germain" Paris, France), Oleksandr Svatok ("Austin", USA), Valeri Bondar, Mykola Matviyenko, Yurym Konoplyan (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Vitaliy Mykolenko ("Everton" Liverpool, England), Bohdan Mikhaylichenko ("Polesia" Zhytomyr).

Midfielders: Yegor Yarmoluk ("Brentford", England), Ivan Kaluzhnyi ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Mykola Shaparenko, Volodymyr Bratchok, Nazar Voloshyn (all — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Artem Bondarenko, Oleksiy Ocheretynko (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Oleksii Hutsulyak, Oleksandr Nazarenko, Vladyslav Velyten (all — "Polesia" Zhytomyr), Ruslan Malinovskiy ("Genoa" Genoa, Italy).

Forwards: Artem Dovbyk ("Roma" Rome, Italy), Vladyslav Vannat ("Girona", Spain).