U-21: Ukraine's youth national team continues preparation for Euro 2023 qualifying matches
The wards of Ruslan Rotani in Turkey played a friendly match and are preparing to fly to the Faroe Islands.
Photo by the press service of the UAF
The Ukrainian youth team, training in Turkey, held a friendly match. It ended in a draw — 0:0. In this game, the coaching staff of the blue-and-yellow team received all necessary information about their players.
Now Rusan Rotan's team will have a recovery training session, and then the squad awaits a long flight along the route Istanbul—Copenhagen—Torshavn. There, the Ukrainians will start this year's official matches.
We remind you that home games against North Macedonia and France will be held in Istanbul at the «Esenyurt Nedim Kadioglu» arena, where the local team «Istanbulspor» plays (it accommodates 4,500 spectators). The matches will start at 20:45 and 19:45 respectively.
As for both away games of Rusan Rotan's team, the match Faroe Islands — Ukraine will take place in Torshavn at the «Torsvollur» stadium (kickoff — 20:00 Kyiv time), and the game Armenia — Ukraine will be held at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium (kickoff — 18:00 Kyiv time).
UEFA-2023 (U-21). Qualifying tournament. Group H
Tournament table
| Team | M | W | D | L | GS | Pts | |
| 1 | France | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 22—1 | 19 |
| 2 | Ukraine | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 7—8 | 13 |
| 3 | Serbia | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9—8 | 11 |
| 4 | Faroe Islands | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 5—7 | 9 |
| 5 | North Macedonia | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5—10 | 6 |
| 6 | Armenia | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5—19 | 3 |
01.06.2022
Faroe Islands — Ukraine
02.06.2022
France — Serbia
North Macedonia — Armenia
05.06.2022
Ukraine — North Macedonia
06.06.2022
Armenia — France
07.06.2022
Faroe Islands — Serbia
09.06.2022
Ukraine — France
12.06.2022
Armenia — Ukraine
In the final stage of UEFA-2023 (U-21), 16 teams will participate — Romania and Georgia as hosts, plus 14 national teams that qualify through the selection process (nine group winners, the best team among second-place finishers, and four playoff winners, in which eight second-place finishers compete).
Playoff: 20—27 September 2022.
Final tournament: June/July 2023.
The round-robin stage involving 16 national teams will be hosted by four stadiums in Romania (two in Cluj-Napoca and two in Bucharest) and four in Georgia (in Batumi, Poti, and two in Tbilisi). The opening match will take place in Romania, while the final will be held in Georgia.
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