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Viktor Mykita: "Football during war has become a form of rehabilitation for defenders and a foundation for community development."
In Uzhhorod, the 28th Congress of the Ukrainian Football Association began.
UAFA opened new football pitches "FIFA Arena" in Lviv
Euro 2026 Qualification (WU-19): Ukraine Barely Edged Out Sweden
The final of the Vbet Cup of Ukraine-2025/2026 will take place on May 20 at the Lviv Arena
UAFA and UPL clubs unite efforts for reforming the refereeing corps
Men’s national teams
Women’s national teams
Ukraine’s national futsal teams
Other national teams
News categories
The Ukraine U-16/17 team (players born in 2008 or later) will hold a training camp in Lviv from September 2 to 11.
The team will play two friendly matches — against Rukh U-19 on September 7 and Karpaty U-19 on September 10. For this camp, head coach Yuriy Moroz has called up 24 players.
Ukraine U-16/17 roster:
Goalkeepers: Maksym Royenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Kyrylo Khadasevych (Wolfsburg, Germany), Yehor Kravtsov (Espanyol, Spain).
Defenders: Dmytro Konovalov (Dynamo Kyiv), Nikita Kalyuzhnyi, Yehor Kostyuk, Yaroslav Mylokost, Ivan Verhun (all — Shakhtar Donetsk), Arsen Zalypka, Dmytro Solomon (both — Rukh Lviv), Oleksandr Boyko (Gent, Belgium), Nazar Khlivnyuk (Fortuna, Germany).
Midfielders: Pavlo Lyusin (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Sereda (Shakhtar Donetsk), Muhammad Dzhurabaiev, Danylo Slyva (both — Rukh Lviv), Maksym Tlumak (Karpaty Lviv), Illia Khrunyk (CYSS Prykarpattya Ivano-Frankivsk).
Forwards: Ivan Andreyko (Dynamo Kyiv), Artem Zubriy (Shakhtar Donetsk), Rolan Mustafaiev (Rukh Lviv), Andriy Korol (Metalist 1925 Kharkiv), Dmytro Zudin (Hajduk, Croatia), Illia Menshykov (Austria, Austria).
Note that on May 3 in Nyon, the draw for the first qualifying round of Euro 2025 (U-17) took place. As a result, the Ukraine U-16/17 team, led by Yuriy Moroz, has been placed in Group 4 alongside Belgium, Kosovo, and Kazakhstan. The mini-tournament for our group will be held in Belgium, with matches scheduled for October 9, 12, and 15.
Results of the EURO 2024/2025 U-17 qualifying round draw
Group 1: England, Sweden, Latvia, Malta.
Group 2: Poland, Slovenia, Georgia, Armenia.
Group 3: Netherlands, Croatia, Albania, Faroe Islands.
Group 4: Belgium, Ukraine, Kosovo, Kazakhstan.
Group 5: Portugal, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Finland, Liechtenstein.
Group 6: Hungary, Greece, Romania, Azerbaijan.
Group 7: Germany, Czechia, Belarus, Andorra.
Group 8: Ireland, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Lithuania.
Group 9: Italy, Norway, Wales, San Marino.
Group 10: Switzerland, Israel, Montenegro, Moldova.
Group 11: France, Slovakia, Cyprus, Gibraltar.
Group 12: Spain, Iceland, North Macedonia, Estonia.
Group 13: Serbia, Turkiye, Bulgaria.
Group 14: Denmark, Austria, Luxembourg.
The top two teams from each group advance to the second round of qualifiers. Following this, 28 teams will compete in seven groups in League A in spring 2025 for seven spots in the final tournament, to be held in Albania in the summer. The host team automatically qualifies, although they will still participate in the qualifiers.
The remaining teams in the second round will compete in League B, aiming for spots in League A of the first qualifying stage for Euro 2027 (U-19).
It's worth noting that Euro 2024/2025 (U-17) serves as UEFA's qualifying tournament for the 2025 FIFA U-17 World Cup, featuring 48 teams in Qatar.
It should be noted that in April the Ukraine U-16 youth team emerged as the winner of the UEFA Development Tournament in Estonia.
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