The tournament in the group will take place in Albania from November 12 to 18. The start of today's match against the hosts is at 3 PM Kyiv time. Live broadcast — on the YouTube channel of the UAF.

"“All boys want to perform as well as possible. There is enough information about the opponents in the coaching staff. All teams in our group are roughly of equal level. Our goal is to advance to the next round of qualification for the European Championship. And from which position, that's not so important”" — noted head coach of Ukraine Dmitro Mykhaylenko the day before.

UEFA-2026 (U-19). Qualifying round. Group 5

November 12, 2025

Montenegro — Slovakia (Rrogozhine, 1 PM)

Ukraine — Albania (Durrës, 3 PM)

November 15, 2025

Ukraine — Montenegro (Rrogozhine, 1 PM)

Slovakia — Albania (Durrës, 3 PM)

November 18, 2025

Slovakia — Ukraine (Rrogozhine, 3 PM)

Albania — Montenegro (Durrës, 3 PM)

The list of players called up to participate in the qualifying round for UEFA-2026 (U-19) includes 21 names.

Squad of Ukraine's U-19 team

Goalkeepers: Nazariy Domchak (“Karpaty” Lviv), Yevhen Morozov (“Zürich”, Switzerland), Illia Voloshin (“Real Madrid”, Spain).

Defenders: Yuriy Kokodyanyak (“Karpaty” Lviv), Kyrylo Dityaryov, Yegor Shershtuk (both — “Metalist” Kharkiv), Yaroslav Milokost, Mykhailo Reshetnykov, Nikita Kaluzhnyi (all — “Shakhtar” Donetsk), Danylo Malov (“Olimpia” Ljubljana, Slovenia), Kostiantyn Hubenko (“Dynamo” Kyiv).

Midfielders: Bogdan Redushko (“Dynamo” Kyiv), Oleksandr Kamenskyi (“Kryvyi Rih” Kryvyi Rih), Vladyslav Tyutyunov (“Shakhtar” Donetsk), Oleksandr Soroka (“Gent”, Belgium), Oleksandr Feshchenko (“Obolon” Kyiv), Zakhary Baumann (“Norwich City”, England), Demyan Ysin (“Calvi Noale”, Italy).

Forwards: Bogdan Popov (“Empoli”, Italy), Yaroslav Boyko (“Valencia”, Spain), Dmytro Bogdanov (“Union Berlin”, Germany).

As a reminder, according to the draw results of the qualifying round for UEFA-2026 (U-19) Ukraine's youth team ended up in Group 5 along with teams from Montenegro, Slovakia and Albania.

Results of the draw for the qualifying round of UEFA-2026 (U-19)

Group 1: Ireland, Netherlands, Cyprus, Kazakhstan.

Group 2: France, Hungary, Bulgaria, Faroe Islands.

Group 3: Turkey, Greece, Belarus, Liechtenstein.

Group 4: Israel, Austria, Slovenia, Luxembourg.

Group 5: Ukraine, Slovakia, Montenegro, Albania.

Group 6: Serbia, Croatia, Georgia, Gibraltar.

Group 7: Romania, Iceland, Finland, Andorra.

Group 8: England, Scotland, Latvia, Lithuania.

Group 9: Italy, Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova.

Group 10: Denmark, Switzerland, Sweden, San Marino.

Group 11: Portugal, Belgium, North Macedonia, Estonia.

Group 12: Norway, Germany, Armenia, Kosovo.

Group 13: Czech Republic, Northern Ireland, Malta, Azerbaijan.

52 teams are divided into 13 groups of four participants each. The host nation Wales automatically received a bye for this tournament, while Spain will enter the elite round of qualification.

The top two teams from each group in the qualifying round and the best third-placed team will join Spain in the elite round. It will take place in spring 2026 and seven groups will determine seven national teams that, along with Wales, will make up the final stage of UEFA-2026 (U-19).