The composition of the Ukrainian women's national team for a friendly match against Portugal's team has been determined
Head coach of the Ukrainian national women's team, Luis Cortes, has announced the list of players called up for a training camp to prepare for and participate in a match against Portugal's national team.
Photo by the press service of the UAF
The head coach of the Ukrainian women's national team, Luis Cortes, has announced the list of players, called up for a training camp to prepare for and participate in a match against Portugal.
As a reminder, football associations of Ukraine and Portugal have reached an agreement regarding the holding of a friendly match between the national women's teams of both countries.
The Ukrainian women's team will play a friendly match against a participant in the upcoming 2023 World Cup, which starts on July 20th in Australia and New Zealand. Portugal is making its debut at the tournament.
The match between the national teams of Portugal and Ukraine will take place on July 7th in Porto at Estádio do Bessa Século XXI — the home ground of club "Boavista". The kickoff is scheduled for 22.00 local time (Kyiv time).
The meeting will take place with the support of the Portuguese Football Federation during the July training camp of the blue-and-yellow team, which will be a stage in their preparation for official matches in the inaugural League of Nations.
As a reminder, according to the draw results, the Ukrainian women's national team has been placed in Group V3, where its opponents will be Poland, Serbia and Greece.
The team's training camp, which will include 23 players, will begin on July 3rd in Porto. It is worth noting that for the first time two young footballers — Marina Dudnik and Daria Semkiv — have been called up to the national squad.
Composition of the Ukrainian women's national team
Goalkeepers: Marina Dudnik ("Kolos" Kovalivka), Daria Bondarchuk, Kateryna Samson (both — "Vorskla" Poltava).
Defenders: Kateryna Korsun, Iryna Podolska (both — "Vorskla" Poltava), Lyubov Shmatko, Yana Derkach, Daria Apanaschenko (all — "Fomget", Turkey).
Midfielders: Tetiana Kitaieva, Natiia Pansulaia (both — "Kolos" Kovalivka), Anna Petrik ("Vorskla" Poltava), Viktoriia Hryin ("Ladomir" Volodymyr), Daria Semkiv, Iryna Kochneva (both — "Krivbas" Krivoi Rog), Kristina Pererviznik ("Besiktas", Turkey), Nikolina Kozlova ("Keghe", Denmark), Yana Malakhova ("Pradehon", Spain).
Forwards: Yana Kalinina, Roxolana Kravchuk (both — "Vorskla" Poltava), Polina Yanchuik ("Krivbas" Krivoi Rog), Olena Ovdychuk ("Fomget", Turkey), Nadia Kunyna ("Austria", Austria), Inna Hlushchenko ("Reims", France).
