U-21: Ukraine's youth national team will play two friendly matches in Austria

Today, on June 7 in Austria, the qualifying tournament for the Ukrainian youth national team begins as they prepare for the final tournament of Euro 2023 (U-21).

U-21: Ukraine's youth national team will play two friendly matches in Austria

Photo by the press service of the UAF

This evening, under Ruslan Rotan's management at the training base in Styria, there will be 24 players. Ivan Zhelezko, one of the footballers, will join the team on June 10 after playing for his club "Valmiera" in Latvia's championship.

Meanwhile, it has become known that our team during the Austrian training camp will play two friendly matches. On June 13, the Ukrainian U-21 national team will face Kuwait’s U-21 side (kick-off at 7 PM Kyiv time), and on the 16th they will take on Ireland (7 PM).

The official squad for Euro 2023 will include 23 players, including those called up to the national team's June training camp. 

In June, Ukraine’s U-21 national team will participate in the final tournament of Euro 2023 (U-21). In total, 16 teams will take part in the event that will be held from June 21 to July 8 in Georgia and Romania. According to the draw results, which took place on October 18 last year in Bucharest, blue-and-yellow will find themselves in Group B, where they will face Romania, Spain, and Croatia. The three best teams at Euro 2023 (excluding France and England) will earn spots at the 2024 Olympics.

Ukraine's U-21 squad for the Austrian training camp

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nescheret ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Kirill Fesyun ("Kolos" Kovalivka), Oleksandr Saputin ("Zarya" Luhansk).

Defenders: Oleksii Sytsch ("Courtrai", Belgium), Volodymyr Saluk ("Chornomorets" Odesa), Maxim Taloviyev (LASK Linz, Austria), Oleksandr Syrota, Kostyantyn Vyhcharenko (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Arseniy Batagov ("Zarya" Luhansk), Oleksandr Drambaiev ("Zulte Waregem", Belgium), Rostyslav Lyakh ("Rukh" Lviv).

Midfielders: Maxim Bragaru, Danyil Alefyrinenko (both — "Chornomorets" Odesa), Artem Bondarenko, Oleksiy Ocheretnyk, Dmitro Kryskiv (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Ivan Zhelezko ("Valmiera", Latvia), Volodymyr Bragachko ("Zarya" Luhansk), Mykhailo Mikhaylenko, Kyrylo Sygieiev (both — "Oleksandria"), Valentyn Rubchynskyi, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both — "Dnipro-1" Dnipropetrovsk), Oleksiy Kashchuk ("Sabah" Baku, Azerbaijan).

Forwards: Bohdan Vyunnyk ("Graz", Graz, Austria), Danilo Sikan ("Shakhtar" Donetsk).

Reserve list: Vladyslav Rybak ("Dnipro-1" Dnipropetrovsk), Daniil Skorko ("Oleksandria"), Anton Bol, Maxim Dyachuk (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Marko Sapuga ("Rukh" Lviv), Maxim Khlyan ("Zarya" Luhansk), Eldar Kuliyev ("Zira", Azerbaijan).

Euro 2023 (U-21). Final tournament

Group stage

Group A: Georgia, Portugal, Belgium, Netherlands.

21.06.2023

Georgia — Portugal 7 PM (Tbilisi)

Belgium — Netherlands 7 PM (Tbilisi)

24.06.2023

Georgia — Belgium 7 PM (Tbilisi)

Portugal — Netherlands 7 PM (Tbilisi)

27.06.2023

Netherlands — Georgia 7 PM (Tbilisi)

Portugal — Belgium 7 PM (Tbilisi)

Group B: Romania, Spain, Ukraine, Croatia.

21.06.2023

Ukraine — Croatia 7 PM (Bucharest)

Romania — Spain 9:45 PM (Bucharest)

24.06.2023

Romania — Ukraine 7 PM (Bucharest)

Spain — Croatia 9:45 PM (Bucharest)

27.06.2023

Croatia — Romania 9:45 PM (Bucharest)

Spain — Ukraine 9:45 PM (Bucharest)

Group C: Czech Republic, England, Germany, Israel.

22.06.2023

Czech Republic — England 7 PM (Batumi)

Germany — Israel 7 PM (Kutaisi)

25.06.2023

Czech Republic — Germany 7 PM (Batumi)

England — Israel 7 PM (Kutaisi)

28.06.2023

England — Germany 7 PM (Batumi)

Israel — Czech Republic 7 PM (Kutaisi)

Group D: Norway, Switzerland, France, Italy.

22.06.2023

Norway — Switzerland 7 PM (Cluj-Napoca)

France — Italy 9:45 PM (Cluj-Napoca)

25.06.2023

Switzerland — Italy 7 PM (Cluj-Napoca)

Norway — France 9:45 PM (Cluj-Napoca)

28.06.2023

Switzerland — France 9:45 PM (Cluj-Napoca)

Italy — Norway 9:45 PM (Cluj-Napoca)

Quarter-finals

01.07.2023

A1 — C2 7 PM

B1 — D2 10 PM

02.07.2023

C1 — A2 7 PM

D1 — B2 10 PM

Semifinals

05.07.2023

Winner of quarter-final 1 — winner of quarter-final 3 7 PM

Winner of quarter-final 2 — winner of quarter-final 4 10 PM

Final

08.07.2023

Winner of semifinal 1 — winner of semifinal 2 7 PM

All match times are in Kyiv time.