CS-2026 Qualifiers. France - Ukraine: all the most interesting on match day

Today, on November 13 in Paris at the "Parc des Princes" stadium, a match will take place in the fifth round of the 2026 World Cup qualifying group stage in Group D between France and Ukraine (kickoff at 8:45 PM Kyiv time).

CS-2026 Qualifiers. France - Ukraine: all the most interesting on match day

Photo: Dan Balashov

Tuesday, November 13 in Paris at the «Parc des Princes» stadium a match of the fifth round of the group stage of the qualification for the 2026 World Cup in Group D will take place between France and Ukraine (kickoff at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).

Starting lineup of the Ukrainian national team: 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 22. Taras Mykhalko, 13. Illia Zabarnyi (c), 4. Oleksandr Svytok, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 3. Bohdan Mikhaylichenko, 11. Oleksiy Hushchylak, 18. Yegor Yamoluyk, 14. Oleg Ocheretynko, 8. Yegor Nazarina, 9. Roman Yaremchu.

Substitutes: 1. Yevheniy Volynets, 2. Yurim Konoplia, 5. Valeriy Bondar, 6. Ivan Kalyuzhnyy, 7. Vladyslav Vanat, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Georgiy Sudakov, 19. Nazar Voloshyn, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.

Of the Ukrainian national team players who are currently in Paris, Mykhailo Matviyenko and Ruslan Malinovskiy did not make the squad.

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The broadcast of today's match will be provided by MEGOGO media service in the "Football" section under "Sports," on the channel "MEGOGO Football First" and on a separate pop-up channel in the "TV Viewing" section.

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Today's weather forecast for Paris during the match predicts overcast, nearly windless conditions with a temperature of +15 degrees Celsius.

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For the Ukrainian national team, this will be their first game at the Paris «Parc des Princes», although our team has a certain history of matches in Saint-Denis, just outside the French capital.

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The international referee team led by Slovenian Slavko Vinčič will officiate the match.

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President of the Ukrainian Football Association Andriy Shevchenko honored the memory of the victims of the Paris attacks and expressed support for the people of France.

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In the FIFA ranking published on October 17, our opponent today, the French team, is in third place. The Ukrainian national team is ranked 27th.

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On November 13, 2015, a series of terrorist attacks took place in Paris resulting in the deaths of 131 people and injuries to over 400. Today, the French Football Federation is organizing several commemorative events both before and after the match.

Ukraine stands with you, France.

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Today's match between France and Ukraine will be the 14th meeting of these rivals in history: more frequent than with Le Bélier, the blue-and-yellow have not played against anyone else.

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Today's match, the Ukrainian national team will play in yellow kits. The French will wear blue.

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In addition to the match in Paris, another game in our qualifying group will take place today: at the Republican Stadium named after Tofig Bahramov in Baku, Azerbaijan's national team will host Iceland (kickoff at 7:00 PM Kyiv time).

Squad of the Ukrainian National Team for the Match Against France (by numbers)

1. Yevheniy Volynets, 2. Yurim Konoplia, 3. Bohdan Mikhaylichenko, 4. Oleksandr Svytok, 5. Valeriy Bondar, 6. Ivan Kalyuzhnyy, 7. Vladyslav Vanat, 8. Yegor Nazarina, 9. Roman Yaremchu, 10. Mykola Shaparenko, 11. Oleksiy Hushchylak, 12. Anatoliy Trubin, 13. Illia Zabarnyi, 14. Oleg Ocheretynko, 15. Viktor Tsygankov, 16. Vitaliy Mykolenko, 17. Georgiy Sudakov, 18. Yegor Yamoluyk, 19. Nazar Voloshyn, 20. Oleksandr Zubkov, 21. Oleksandr Karavaev, 22. Taras Mykhalko, 23. Dmytro Riznyk.

Of the Ukrainian national team players who are currently in Paris, Mykhailo Matviyenko and Ruslan Malinovskiy did not make the squad.