Today, June 1st, Ukraine's youth national team will continue their qualifying tournament for the European Championship with a match against the Faroe Islands. The game at Torshavn Stadium in Torshavn starts at 8 PM Kyiv time.

The team under Ruslan Rotan began preparations on May 17th in Turkey. During this period, the blue-and-yellow side played a friendly match against Istanbul's national team (7-1) and also held an intra-squad scrimmage.

Our youth team departed for the Faroe Islands on May 30th. With a layover in Copenhagen, the journey took nearly 15 hours. Upon arrival in Torshavn, Ivan Zhelezko, representing Latvia's Valmiera, joined the squad after playing a match for his club on May 28th. Oleksandr Drambeyev returned to action following an injury, but unfortunately, the team suffered another loss when Arseniy Batagov sustained an injury that will prevent him from participating in four upcoming group stage matches.

On Tuesday afternoon, ahead of the match, Ruslan Rotan's wards conducted a pre-match training session on the artificial turf at Torshavn Stadium where today’s game is set to take place. This is the country's central venue, home to Faroe Islands' national team as well. In the evening, theoretical sessions were held for the team.

It should be noted that all proceeds from ticket sales at Torshavn will be donated to a fund supporting Ukraine.

Composition of Ukraine's Youth National Team

Goalkeepers: Anatoliy Trubin ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Ruslan Nescheret ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Kirill Fesyun ("Kolos" Kovalivka).

Defenders: Anton Bol, Konstantin Vihcharenko (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Oleksandr Drambeyev ("Mariupol"), Oleksiy Syts, Roman Dydik (both — "Ruh" Lviv), Dmitro Kapinus ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Maxim Talovyev ("Slavia", Czech Republic).

Midfielders: Georgiy Sudakov, Artem Bondarenko (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Danyil Alefirenko, Maksym Hlyan (both — "Zorya" Luhansk), Eldar Kuliev ("Minay"), Mykola Mykhailenko, Maxim Bragaru (both — "Chornomorets" Odesa), Dmitro Kriskyv ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Ivan Zhelezko ("Valmiera", Latvia), Bohdan Biloshevskiy ("Oleksandria").

Forwards: Vladyslav Vanat ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Vladyslav Supryaga ("Sampdoria", Italy), Mykola Kukharevich ("Leuven", Belgium), Bohdan Vyunyk ("Zurich", Switzerland).

UEFA-2023 (U-21). Qualifying Tournament. Group H

Tournament Table 

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

Recall that Ukraine's home matches against North Macedonia and France will take place in Istanbul at the Esenyurt Nedim Kadioglu Arena, where local club "Istanbulspor" plays (capacity 4,500). The first match starts at 8:45 PM local time (which matches Kyiv time). The game against France is scheduled for 7:45 PM.

The Armenia — Ukraine match will be held at the Yerevan Football Academy Stadium (kick-off at 3 PM Kyiv time).

In the final stage of UEFA-2023 (U-21), sixteen teams will participate — Romania and Georgia as hosts, plus fourteen qualifiers from group winners (nine first-place finishers, one best second-placed team, and four playoff winners).

Playoff: September 20-27, 2022.

Final Tournament: June/July 2023.

The tournament featuring sixteen national teams will be held at four stadiums in Romania (two each in Cluj-Napoca and Bucharest) and four in Georgia (Batumi, Poti, and two in Tbilisi). The opening match will take place in Romania, while the final is set to be played in Georgia.