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U-17: Ukraine squad set for friendly clashes against Croatia
The Ukraine U-17 team (players born in 2008 or later) will play two friendly matches in Rijeka during their upcoming training camp.
From November 9 to 16, Ukraine's U-17 team will hold a training camp in Croatia. The Blue and Yellows will face their Croatian counterparts in friendlies on the 12th and 14th of November.
Head coach Yuriy Moroz has announced the squad preparing for these matches.
Ukraine U-17 Squad
Goalkeepers: Ihor Kostenko (Benfica, Portugal), Fedir Tkachenko (Betis, Spain).
Defenders: Nikita Kalyuzhnyi, Yehor Kostyuk, Yaroslav Mylokost, Yehor Onishchuk (all — Shakhtar Donetsk), Arsen Zalypka, Dmytro Solomon, Oleksiy Piskun (all — Rukh Lviv), Mykyta Melnyk (Imolese, Italy), Oleksandr Tkachenko (Werder Bremen, Germany).
Midfielders: Pavlo Lyusin (Dynamo Kyiv), Artem Zubriy, Oleksandr Sereda (both — Shakhtar Donetsk), Rolan Mustafayev, Muhammad Dzhurabayev (both — Rukh Lviv), Yehor Koshchiy (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Mykola Petrovskyi (Stuttgart, Germany), Oleksandr Shyshkevych (Rio Ave, Portugal), Artem Muradyan (Borussia Mönchengladbach, Germany).
Forwards: Daniil Yurchenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Dmytro Zudin (Hajduk, Croatia).
It's worth noting that Ukraine's U-17 team achieved its objective in the first qualifying round of EURO 2025 (U-17), securing second place and advancing to the next stage, which will take place in the spring of next year.
EURO 2025 (U-17). Round 1. Group 4
October 9, 2024
Belgium — Kazakhstan — 3:1
October 12, 2024
Belgium — Kosovo — 2:1
October 15, 2024
Kazakhstan - Kosovo - 4:4
Standings
|
|
Team |
M |
W |
D |
L |
GD |
P |
|
1 |
Belgium |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
7—3 |
9 |
|
2 |
Ukraine |
3 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
8—4 |
6 |
|
3 |
Kosovo |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
7—10 |
1 |
|
4 |
Kazakhstan |
3 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
5—10 |
1 |
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.
