Today, the Ukrainian youth national team U-17 (players born in 2005 or later) will start their elite round qualification for Euro 2022 (U-17) with a match against Kosovo. The blue and yellow team began preparing for the tournament on April 16 when the entire squad gathered at Italy's national team base near Florence. They prepared for the competition in a single-session training mode. On Tuesday evening, the head coach conducted a theoretical session focusing on an analysis of their future opponent's game.

As for personnel issues, fortunately, all 20 players who arrived at the team base are healthy and ready to face the challenge.

Composition of the Ukrainian youth national team U-17

Goalkeepers: David Fesyuk ("Gajduk", Croatia), Vladyslav Kravec ("Shakhtar" Donetsk).

Defenders: Danyil Bilkon, Yegor Sizoniuk, Oleksiy Gusiev, Nazar Balaba (all — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Mykola Ogarkov, Mariyan Batyshyn (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Stepan Lisenko (DVUFC "Dnipro" Dnipropetrovsk).

Midfielders: Dmytro Kremanin, Nazar Yanchishyn, Andriy Matveychuk, Yevhen Mykytyuk, Maxim Vaselets (all — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Yevhen Yanovich, Maxim Derkach, Oleksandr Yakimenko (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk).

Forwards: Mykita Denysh ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Andriy Firman ("Juventus", Italy), Vlad Nagrudnyi ("Milan", Italy).

Elite round of Euro 2022 (U-17) qualification

Group 6

April 20, 2022

Kosovo — Ukraine 13.00

Italy — Poland  16.00

April 23, 2022

Ukraine — Poland  13.00

Italy — Kosovo  16.00

April 26, 2022

Ukraine — Italy  16.00

Poland — Kosovo  16.00

The final tournament will take place from May 16 to June 1 in Israel.

Coach Oleg Kuznetsov's wards, if they overcome the elite round of qualification in group 6 with first place, will play in Group A alongside Israel, Germany, and Luxembourg. If Ukraine secures second place in their quartet of qualifications, they may end up in Group B along with France, Netherlands, and Bulgaria. However, for this to happen, they need to show a better result than Hungary, which secured the second spot in group 1 with just one golden point (in matches against first and third teams) and a goal difference of -2.

Final tournament Euro 2022 (U-17)

Group A: Israel, Germany, winner of group 6, Luxembourg.

Group B: France, Netherlands, Bulgaria, Hungary or second team from group 6.

Group C: Serbia, Spain, Turkey, Belgium.

Group D: Denmark, Portugal, Scotland, Sweden.

Two best teams from each group will advance to the quarter-finals.

Group stage

Round 1: May 16/17.

Round 2: May 19/20.

Round 3: May 22/23.

Quarter-finals: May 25/26.

Semifinals: May 29.

Final: June 1.