After the match in Kyiv against France for the 2022 World Cup qualifiers (1:1), the interim head coach of our national team, Oleksandr Petrakov, decided to rotate the squad by releasing seven players back to their clubs: Andriy Pyatov, Mykhailo Matviienko, Taras Stepanenko, Serhiy Sydorchuk, Viktor Tsygankov, Illia Zabarnyi, and Ruslan Malinovskyi.

The day before, in the evening of September 3rd, Ihor Kharytyn left the team's camp: after an evening training session, he felt unwell with digestive issues, and the team doctors recommended that he undergo a medical examination.

In their place, players from the reserve list have been called up to the national team—Yuriy Konoplyanka from Donetsk Shakhtar and Vladyslav Kochergin and Serhiy Bulhatskyi from Luhansk Zorya.

Today, the boys will arrive at the team's training camp in Kyiv to participate in an evening training session. The friendly match against the Czech Republic on September 8th in Plzeň will see the blue and yellow team depart on the 6th of this month.

Oleksandr Hlyvinskyi, press secretary of the national team of Ukraine

P.S. Today before lunchtime Oleksandr Petrakov made a decision to also release Vitaliy Mykolenko back to his club. As such, there are now 19 players in the blue and yellow squad.

Squad of Ukraine for a friendly match with Czech Republic

Goalkeepers: Dmytro Ryndzak ("Vorskla" Poltava), Denys Boyko ("Dynamo" Kyiv).

Defenders: Serhiy Krivcov, Viktor Kornienko, Yuriy Konoplyanka (all—«Shakhtar» Donetsk), Oleksandr Karavaev, Oleksandr Timchyk, Oleksandr Syrota (all — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Eduard Sobolev ("Brugge", Belgium), Taras Kachaраба («Slavia», Czech Republic).

Midfielders: Mykhailo Shaparenko ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Serhiy Bulhatskyi, Vladyslav Kochergin (both — "Zorya" Luhansk), Andriy Yarmolenko ("West Ham", England), Oleksandr Zubkov ("Ferencváros", Hungary), Yevhen Makarenko ("Debrecen", Hungary), Oleksandr Zinchenko ("Manchester City", England).

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk («Benfica», Portugal), Danylo Sikan («Shakhtar» Donetsk).