Under the leadership of Oleg Kuznetsov, the team secured the top spot in their qualifying group.

Following the draw, Ukraine has been placed in Group 7, where they will compete against Switzerland, North Macedonia, and Latvia. The mini-tournament will be hosted by North Macedonia, with matches scheduled to take place from March 20th to 26th in Skopje at the Makedonija Gjorce Petrov Stadium and FFM Training Centre.

Dmytro Mykhailenko, recently appointed as the head coach of the Ukraine U-19 national team, has announced the squad for the elite qualifying round matches.

Ukraine U-19 Squad:

Goalkeepers: Vladyslav Kravets (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vladyslav Krapyvstov (Dnipro-1), Davyd Fesyuk (NK Croatia, Croatia).

Defenders: Oleksiy Husiev, Taras Mykhavko, Nazar Balaba (all Dynamo Kyiv), Anton Drozd, Mykola Oharkov (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Ivan Yermachkov (Wuppertaler SV, Germany), Maksym Stryukov (Hannover 96, Germany).

Midfielders: Daniil Vashchenko (Oleksandriya), Andriy Matkevych (Dynamo Kyiv), Viktor Tsukanov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Maksym Melnychenko (Dnipro-1), Hennadiy Synchuk (Metalist Kharkiv), Danylo Krevsun (Borussia Dortmund, Germany).

Forwards: Matviy Ponomarenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Ramik Hadzhiyev (Dnipro-1), Mykhailo Dubrovnyi (KAA Gent, Belgium), Timur Tutierov (Sunderland, England), Christian Shevchenko (Watford, England).

Euro 2024 elite qualifying round schedule (U-19) - group 7

March 20, 2024

Switzerland vs Latvia (15:00)

North Macedonia vs Ukraine (15:00)

March 23, 2024:

Switzerland vs North Macedonia (15:00)

Ukraine vs Latvia (15:00)

March 26, 2024:

Ukraine vs Switzerland (15:00)

Latvia vs North Macedonia (15:00)

All match times are in Kyiv local time.

The draw for the Euro 2024 Elite Qualifying Round has divided 28 teams into seven groups, with matches scheduled to take place in March. The group winners of the Elite Qualifying Round will advance to the final stage, which will be held from July 15th to 28th, 2024, in Northern Ireland. This serves as UEFA's qualification for the 2025 U-20 World Cup.

Euro 2024 (U-19) elite qualifying round groups:

Group 1: Spain, Austria, Kosovo, Slovenia

Group 2: Netherlands, Belgium, France, Lithuania

Group 3: Norway, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Montenegro

Group 4: Portugal, Denmark, Serbia, Greece

Group 5: Scotland, Czechia, Georgia, Italy

Group 6: Turkey, Germany, Croatia, Romania

Group 7: Switzerland, Ukraine, North Macedonia, Latvia