U-21: Unaï Melgosa named the youth national team squad of Ukraine for Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan

The nearest upcoming matches for the Ukraine U-21 national team in the Euro-2025 qualifying tournament will be against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan.

U-21: Unaï Melgosa named the youth national team squad of Ukraine for Euro 2025 qualifying matches against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan

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The nearest upcoming matches for Ukraine's U-21 national team in the Euro 2025 qualification tournament will be against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan. Head coach Onai Melgosa has called up 24 players to prepare for these games.

The current qualification cycle of the European Championship for Ukraine's U-21 national team (players born in 2002 or younger), led by Spanish coach Onai Melgosa, began with three consecutive wins, including a home victory over reigning European champions England (3:2).

The upcoming matches against Luxembourg and Azerbaijan will take place at the Nueva-Condomina stadium in Murcia, Spain.

The match with Luxembourg's U-21 team is scheduled for November 17, while the game against Azerbaijan's U-21 team will be on November 21. Both matches start at 8 PM Kyiv time.

Ukraine's U-21 National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Nescheret (Dynamo Kyiv), Kiryl Fesyun (Kolos Kovalivka), Yakiy Kinareikin (Dnipro-1 Dnipropetrovsk).

Defenders: Arseniy Batagov (Zorya Luhansk), Volodymyr Saluk (Chornomorets Odessa), Roman Dyidik, Vitaliy Romanyk (both — Rukh Lviv), Eduard Kozik (Shakhtar Donetsk), Konstantin Vychcharenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Artem Smyolyakov (Polesye Zhytomyr), Danyil Skorko (Oleksandria).

Midfielders: Vladimir Brazhko, Nazar Voloshyn (both — Dynamo Kyiv), Ivan Varfolomeyev (Slovan, Czech Republic), Oleksandr Yatsyk (Zorya Luhansk), Oleg Ocheretnyk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Yegor Yamoluk (Brentford, England), Valentyn Rubchinsky (Dnipro-1 Dnipropetrovsk), Maksym Kucheriyevykh (Saint Johnstone, Scotland), Maksym Bragaru (Chornomorets Odessa), Illia Kvashnytsya (Rukh Lviv).

Forwards: Bogdan Vyunyk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vladyslav Vanat (Dynamo Kyiv), Igor Krasnopyr (Oblast Kyiv).

Euro 2025 (U-21). Qualification Tournament. Group F

September 7, 2023

Northern Ireland — Luxembourg — 0:1

September 11, 2023

Luxembourg — England — 0:3

September 12, 2023

Ukraine — Northern Ireland — 1:0

Serbia — Azerbaijan — 2:0

October 12, 2023

Azerbaijan — Northern Ireland — 0:1

Luxembourg — Ukraine— 0:3

England — Serbia — 9:1

October 16, 2023

Ukraine — England — 3:2

Northern Ireland — Serbia — 1:2

October 17, 2023

Azerbaijan — Luxembourg — 3:2

Tournament Table

 

Team

M

W

D

L

Pts

GD

1

 Ukraine

3

3

0

0

7—2

+5

2

 England

3

2

0

1

14—4

+10

3

 Serbia

3

2

0

1

5—10

-5

4

 Azerbaijan

3

1

0

2

3—5

-2

5

 Luxembourg

4

1

0

3

3—9

-6

6

 Northern Ireland

4

1

0

3

2—4

-2

November 17, 2023

Ukraine — Luxembourg

November 18, 2023

Serbia — England

November 21, 2023

Ukraine — Azerbaijan

England — Northern Ireland

Serbia — Luxembourg

March 22, 2024

Luxembourg — Serbia

Azerbaijan — England

March 26, 2024

England — Luxembourg

Azerbaijan — Ukraine

Serbia — Northern Ireland

September 6, 2024

Luxembourg — Azerbaijan

Northern Ireland — England

Ukraine — Serbia

September 10, 2024

Northern Ireland — Ukraine

Azerbaijan — Serbia

October 11, 2024

England — Ukraine

October 12, 2024

Northern Ireland — Azerbaijan

October 15, 2024

Luxembourg — Northern Ireland

England — Azerbaijan

Serbia — Ukraine

Play-off: November 11–19, 2024.

Group Composition for the Euro 2025 (U-21) Qualification Tournament

In the final stage of Euro 2025 (U-21), 16 teams will compete: Slovakia and another 15 national teams that join based on qualification results (nine group winners, three best second-placed teams, and three play-off winners).

Group A: Italy, Ireland, Norway, Turkey, Latvia, San Marino.

Group B: Spain, Belgium, Scotland, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Malta.

Group C: Netherlands, Sweden, Georgia, North Macedonia, Moldova, Gibraltar.

Group D: Germany, Poland, Israel, Bulgaria, Kosovo, Estonia.

Group E: Romania, Switzerland, Finland, Albania, Montenegro, Armenia.

Group F: England, Ukraine, Serbia, Northern Ireland, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg.

Group G: Portugal, Croatia, Greece, Belarus, Faroe Islands, Andorra.

Group H: France, Austria, Slovenia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus.

Group I: Denmark, Czech Republic, Iceland, Wales, Lithuania.