The UAFA continues to implement the new format of selection for national teams: a U-17 tournament has begun in Kyiv
After the first in history training camp featuring as many as 33 youth football players from the U-15 age category (players born in 2011 and younger), the Ukrainian Football Association continued its systematic work to improve the selection of youth national teams and implement full transparency in player selection.
Photo: Dan Balashov
After the first in history training camp involving as many as 33 young football players of the U-15 age category (players born in 2011 and younger), the Ukrainian Football Association continued its systematic work to improve youth team selection and implement full transparency in player selection.
Within this framework, from December 4th at the indoor training facilities of "Arsenal-Arena" (town of Shchastya) and NTB "Dynamo", the Ukrainian Football Association is holding a youth tournament called "Future National Team" among players born in 2009, which will conclude on the 8th.
Six teams are participating in the tournament, divided into two groups.
Group A: Youth team A, "Shakhtar" (Donetsk), LNZ (Cherkasy).
Group B: Youth team B, "Dynamo" (Kyiv), "Ruh" (Lviv).
After the group stage, there will be a knockout round where teams finishing third, second, and first in their respective groups will face each other.
List of players called up to youth teams (U-17) A and B
Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Tkachuk ("Kolos" Kovalevka), Ignat Spoda ("Polsia" Zhytomyr), Bohdan Semeshko ("Munkač" Mukacheve).
Defenders: Danylo Prykhodko ("Polsia" Zhytomyr), Markian Panchyshyn, Serhii Zvarych (both — "Karpaty" Lviv), Andrii Kurlatov ("Oleksandria"), Ivan Timoshenko ("Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih), Illia Kalynichenko (OKIP Kyiv), Yaroslav Poltoratskyi (UFC "Kryvbas" Dnipro), Pavlo Berezyak ("Left Bank" Kyiv), Anton Zhdanov ("Metalist" Kharkiv).
Midfielders: Andriy Myroshnychenko (OKIP Kyiv), Sviatoslav Hliotz, Matvii Ketsyk (both — "Karpaty" Lviv), Kyrylo Krishchopa, Taras Usichenko (both — "Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Petro Nesernenko, Yevhen Horbatov (both — "Oleksandria"), Danylo Sydoruk (LNZ Cherkasy), Ustym Pitula ("Epizentro" Kamianets-Podilskyi/FC "Lviv"), Ivan Zadoienko ("Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih), Nazariy Kotomskyy ("Munkač" Mukacheve), Sviatoslav Bandilo ("Polsia" Zhytomyr), Artem Polischuk ("Kolos" Kovalevka).
Forwards: Mykhailo Baida (OKIP Kyiv), Matvii Kolotai ("Metalist" Kharkiv).
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