Tuesday, October 13 in Krakow at the "Krakowiak" stadium, Ukraine will play against Azerbaijan in the fourth round of the group stage of the World Cup 2026 qualifiers (kickoff at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

Starting lineup for the Ukrainian national team: 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 2. Yuhym Konoplia, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 22. Mykola Matviienko (c), 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 18. Yegor Yamoluk, 8. Ruslan Malinovskiy, 15. Oleksii Ocheretnyk, 19. Nazar Voloshyn, 9. Oleksiy Hushchylak, 11. Artem Dovbyk.

Substitutes: 1. Georgi Bushchan, 3. Bohdan Mykhailichenko, 4. Oleksandr Svatos, 5. Valeriy Bondar, 6. Volodymyr Braichko, 7. Vladyslav Vanat, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 14. Oleksandr Nazarenko, 17. Artem Bondarenko, 20. Vladyslav Velyten, 21. Ivan Kalyuzhnyi, 23. Dmytro Ryzhnik.

Photo: Dan Balashov

Today's weather forecast in Krakow during the match predicts overcast, nearly windless conditions with a temperature of +7 degrees Celsius.

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The blue and yellow have already played twice at the "Krakowiak" stadium, where today's match between Ukraine and Azerbaijan will take place.

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You can familiarize yourself with the official program for the match between Ukraine and Azerbaijan here.

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The match will be officiated by an Austrian referee team led by Sebastian Hamsch.

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Today's match, the Ukrainian team will play in blue uniforms. Azerbaijan will wear gray.

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In the FIFA ranking published on September 18, today's opponent, Azerbaijan's team, is ranked 124th. The Ukrainian national team occupies the 28th position in this register.

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This evening, the Ukrainian national team took a traditional pre-match walk through picturesque Krakow.

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Today's match between Ukraine and Azerbaijan will be the fourth meeting of these rivals in history. The blue and yellow have an advantage in these confrontations.

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In addition to the match in Krakow, today in our qualifying group, another game will take place: at the "Laugardalsvöllur" stadium in Reykjavik, Iceland's national team will host France (kickoff at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

Ukraine's squad for the match against Azerbaijan (by numbers)

1. Georgi Bushchan, 2. Yuhym Konoplia, 3. Bohdan Mykhailichenko, 4. Oleksandr Svatos, 5. Valeriy Bondar, 6. Volodymyr Braichko, 7. Vladyslav Vanat, 8. Ruslan Malinovskiy, 9. Oleksiy Hushchylak, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 11. Artem Dovbyk, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Oleksandr Nazarenko, 15. Oleksii Ocheretnyk, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Artem Bondarenko, 18. Yegor Yamoluk, 19. Nazar Voloshyn, 20. Vladyslav Velyten, 21. Ivan Kalyuzhnyi, 22. Mykola Matviienko, 23. Dmytro Ryzhnik.