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EURO 2025 (U-21): Unai Melgosa announces Ukraine U-21 squad for qualifiers against Serbia and Northern Ireland
The Ukraine U-21 team will face Serbia and Northern Ireland in their upcoming EURO 2025 (U-21) qualifying matches.
Head coach Unai Melgosa has called up 24 players to the squad.
On September 6, Ukraine will play against Serbia at LNK Sporta Parks in Riga, Latvia, as part of the U-21 European Championship qualifiers. The match will kick off at 19:00 Kyiv time.
On September 10, Ukraine will take on Northern Ireland at the Showgrounds Stadium in Ballymena. The match will start at 21:45 Kyiv time.
Ukraine U-21 Squad
Goalkeepers: Ruslan Neshcheret (Dynamo Kyiv), Kiril Fesyun (Shakhtar Donetsk), Yakiv Kinareykin (Karpaty Lviv).
Defenders: Arseniy Batagov (Trabzonspor, Turkey), Volodymyr Salyuk (Metalist 1925 Kharkiv), Roman Didyk, Vitaliy Roman (both Rukh Lviv), Taras Mykhavko, Kostyantyn Vivcharenko (both Dynamo Kyiv), Illia Krupskyi (Vorskla Poltava), Artem Smolyakov (Polissya Zhytomyr).
Midfielders: Ivan Varfolomeyev (Slovan, Czech Republic), Maksym Melnychenko, Oleh Ocheretko (both Karpaty Lviv), Valentyn Rubchynskyi, Nazar Voloshyn, Maksym Bragaru (all Dynamo Kyiv), Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford, England), Oleksandr Yatsyk (Zorya Luhansk), Oleh Fedor, Illia Kvasnytsia (both Rukh Lviv), Maksym Khlan (Lechia, Poland).
Forwards: Ihor Krasnopir (Rukh Lviv), Ihor Horbach (Zorya Luhansk).
EURO 2025 (U-21) Qualifiers. 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
November 17, 2023
Ukraine - Luxembourg - 4:0
November 18, 2023
Serbia - England - 0:3
November 21, 2023
Ukraine - Azerbaijan - 1:0
Serbia - Luxembourg - 2:0
England - Northern Ireland - 3:0
March 23, 2024
Azerbaijan - England - 1:5
Luxembourg - Serbia - 1:1
March 26, 2024
Azerbaijan - Ukraine - 0:3
Serbia - Northern Ireland - 1:2
England - Luxembourg - 7:0
Standings
|
|
Team |
M |
W |
D |
L |
GD |
P |
|
1 |
Ukraine |
5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
12—2 |
15 |
|
2 |
England |
5 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
20—4 |
12 |
|
3 |
Serbia |
5 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
7—13 |
9 |
|
4 |
Azerbaijan |
4 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
3—6 |
3 |
|
5 |
Luxembourg |
6 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3—15 |
3 |
|
6 |
Northern Ireland |
5 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
2—7 |
3 |
September 6, 2024
Luxembourg vs. Azerbaijan
Northern Ireland vs. England
Ukraine vs. Serbia
September 10, 2024
Northern Ireland vs. Ukraine
Azerbaijan vs. Serbia
October 11, 2024
England vs. Ukraine
October 12, 2024
Northern Ireland vs. Azerbaijan
October 15, 2024
Luxembourg vs. Northern Ireland
England vs. Azerbaijan
Serbia vs. Ukraine
Play-offs: November 11-19, 2024.
In the final stage of EURO 2025 (U-21), 16 teams will compete: Slovakia and 15 other national teams that will join based on the qualification results (nine group winners, three best teams among the second-place finishers, and three play-off winners among the six second-place finishers).
