U-18/19: The Ukrainian Under-18/19 National Team Advances to the Second Round of the First Qualifying Round for Euro 2027 (Under-19)
Alexander Sytnyk's wards in the second round of the first qualification round for Euro 2027 (U-19) face the Czech Republic.
Czech Republic (U-19) — Ukraine (U-18/19) — 3:1 (1:1).
Goals: Jadrnec (7), Jan Jakub Yanega (69), Frolik (90+3) — Zudin (25, from a penalty).
Czech Republic (U-19): Bittka - Fierlej, Folkprecht, Hendrix, Filip - Gruska, Jadrnec - Yanega, Cizek, Hopi - Shirkon. Coach: Pavel Drsek.
Ukraine (U-19): Tkachenko - Melnik (Muradian, 63), Ogorodnyk, Onishchuk, Zalipka - Kutya (Djurbejev, 79), Lusin (c), Petrovskyi - Zudin (Zubry, 79), Serdyuk (Bondar, 86), Glut (Andreyko, 79).
Substitutes: Hadashevych, Kostyuk, Lевицький, Balakai. Coach: Oleksandr Sytnyk.
Yellow cards: Jan Jakub Yanega (73) — Serdyuk (50), Ogorodnyk (64), Zalipka (90+1).
25 March. Helsinki (Finland). Mustapekka Arena.
Finland (U-19) — Estonia (U-19) — 2:1.
Tournament table:
| Team | Pl. | W | D | L | GF—GA | Pts. | |
| 1 | Czech Republic U-19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4—1 | 6 |
| 2 | Finland U-19 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4—2 | 6 |
| 3 | Ukraine U-19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2—4 | 0 |
| 4 | Estonia U-19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1—4 | 0 |
Euro 2027 (U-19). First qualifying round.
League A
Group A1: Belgium, Slovenia, Sweden, Cyprus.
Group A2: Italy, Ireland, Poland, Scotland.
Group A3: Czech Republic, Finland, Ukraine, Estonia.
Group A4: Germany, Austria, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Group A5: England, Croatia, Spain, Bulgaria.
Group A6: Portugal, Serbia, Greece, Kazakhstan.
Group A7: France, Switzerland, Hungary, Wales.
League B
Group B1: Denmark, Romania, Andorra, Liechtenstein.
Group B2: Turkey, Kosovo, Armenia, Gibraltar.
Group B3: Slovakia, Belarus, Latvia, San Marino.
Group B4: Norway, Albania, Luxembourg, Malta.
Group B5: Netherlands, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia, Moldova.
Group B6: Northern Ireland, Lithuania, Azerbaijan.
Group B7: Iceland, Montenegro, Georgia.
Schedule of matches in Group A3
31.03.2026
Finland — Czech Republic (13:00)
Estonia — Ukraine (13:00)
The Kyiv time is indicated for the start of matches.
Qualification to second round
After the first round, teams will proceed as follows:
— Teams that occupy 1st, 2nd and 3rd places in League A will remain in League A for the second round;
— The team that occupies 4th place in League A will move to League B for the second round;
— Winners of groups in League B will be promoted to League A for the second round;
— Teams that occupy 2nd, 3rd and 4th places in League B will remain in League B for the second round.
Teams that played against each other in the first round will not meet again in the second round.
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