CS-2026 Qualifiers. The Ukrainian national team made two forced substitutions.
In the Ukrainian national team, which is preparing for World Cup 2026 qualifying matches against France (November 13) and Iceland (November 16), two forced substitutions have occurred.
Photo: Dan Balashov
The Ukrainian national team, preparing for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers against France (November 13) and Iceland (November 16), has made two forced substitutions.
In place of Volodymyr Brazyk, midfielder Yegor Nazarina from Shakhtar Donetsk has been called up, while Taras Mykhalko from Dynamo Kyiv will replace Arseniy Batagov. The reason is injuries to the players.
Ukrainian National Team Roster
Goalkeepers: Yevhen Volynets (Polesye, Zhytomyr), Anatoliy Trubin ("Benfica", Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Rytsnik ("Shakhtar" Donetsk).
Defenders: Ilya Zabarnyi ("Paris Saint-Germain", Paris, France), Oleksandr Svatok ("Austin FC", USA), Valeri Bondar, Mykhailo Matviyenko, Yurym Konoplyan (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Vitaliy Mykolenko ("Everton", Liverpool, England), Bohdan Mikhaylichenko (Polesye, Zhytomyr), Oleksandr Karavaev, Taras Mykhalko (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv).
Midfielders: Yegor Yarmoluk ("Brentford", England), Ivan Kaluzhnyi ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Mykhailo Shaparenko ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Georgiy Sudakov ("Benfica", Lisbon, Portugal), Oleksandr Ocheretnyk, Yegor Nazarina (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Oleksiy Hushchulak (Polesye, Zhytomyr), Ruslan Malinovskiy ("Genoa", Genoa, Italy), Viktor Tsygankov ("Girona", Spain), Oleksandr Zubkov ("Trabzonspor", Trabzon, Turkey).
Forwards: Artem Dovbyk ("Roma", Rome, Italy), Vladyslav Vanat ("Girona", Spain), Roman Yaremchuk ("Olympiacos", Piraeus, Greece).
Reserve List
Ruslan Nosyrev, Konstantin Vycharenko, Oleksandr Timchyk, Oleksandr Pykhalyonok, Nazar Voloshyn (all — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Maxim Talovoyev ("Stoke City", Stoke-on-Trent, England), Artem Bondarenko ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Oleksandr Nazarenko, Vladyslav Velyten (both — Polesye, Zhytomyr).
Our national team will practically begin its gathering on Monday, November 10. Players from the Ukrainian championship will join by train/bus to Jęśów, Poland, from where they will fly to Paris. Foreign-based players will join the squad directly in Paris.
On November 12 at "Parc des Princes" stadium, traditional pre-match activities will take place. At 7:00 PM Kyiv time, there will be a press conference with Serhiy Rebrov and one of his players, followed by training for the blue-and-yellow team on the pitch where the France vs Ukraine match will take place on November 13.
From Paris to Warsaw, our team plans to fly in the afternoon of November 14. The next day at "Legia" stadium, there will be a press conference with Serhiy Rebrov and one of his players (start — 6:45 PM Kyiv time). Training on the pitch for the Ukraine vs Iceland match will start at 7:15 PM Kyiv time.