The first friendly match, Portugal – Ukraine, will take place today, November 15, in the city of Alverca do Ribatejo, which is part of the Lisbon district, at the "Alverca" stadium (kick-off at 7:30 PM Kyiv time). A live broadcast is planned on the UAF YouTube channel.

The match Italy – Ukraine will take place in Spezia on November 19. The game at the "Alberto Picco" stadium starts at 7:15 PM Kyiv time.

Ukraine's Youth Squad Roster

Goalkeepers: Ruslan Neschyret ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Georgiy Yermakov ("Oleksandria"), Ivan Pakholuk ("Kolos" Kovalyovka).

Defenders: Arseniy Batagov ("Trabzonspor", Turkey), Roman Dydik, Vitaliy Roman (both — "Rukh" Lviv), Illia Krups'kyi ("Vorskla" Poltava), Denis Kuzik ("Kryvyi Rih"), Eduard Kozyk ("Kolos" Kovalyovka), Mykhailo Ogarkov ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Oleksiy Husev ("Zorya" Luhansk).

Midfielders: Anton Tserenko, Maksym Khlyan (both — "Lechia", Poland), Illia Varfolomeev ("Slaven", Czech Republic), Maksym Melnychenko ("Poleshchana" Zhytomyr), Oleksiy Ocheret'ko ("Karpaty" Lviv), Maksym Bragaru ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Oleksandr Yatsyk ("Zorya" Luhansk), Illia Kvasnitsya, Oleksiy Fedor (both — "Rukh" Lviv), Vladyslav Velentyn ("Kolos" Kovalyovka).

Forwards: Bogdan Vyunnyk ("Lechia", Poland), Ihor Krasypr, Ihor Horbach ("Zorya" Luhansk).

As a reminder, the blue and yellow team has already secured their spot in the final tournament of Euro 2025 (U-21) on a provisional basis, and it was determined in the tenth qualifying round that they did so from second place in their group.

Along with Ukraine, there are currently 12 national teams licensed to participate in the forum taking place from June 11 to June 28, 2025 in eight cities (Bratislava, Trnava, Dunajská Streda, Košice, Žilina, Trenčín, Nitra, Prešov), excluding the host country — Slovakia. Three more participants will be known after the play-offs, which will take place on November 15 and 19.

The draw for the final tournament with participation of 16 national teams (four groups of four teams each) will take place on December 3 in Bratislava.

Participants of Euro 2025 (U-21): host — Slovakia, group winners — Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Germany, Romania, England, Portugal, Slovenia, Denmark, best second places — Ukraine, France, Poland. 

Play-off participants (other second places): Finland — Norway, Belgium — Czech Republic, Georgia — Croatia.

Rating of the second places (excluding results against sixth-placed teams in groups): Ukraine — 18 points (goals — +9), France — 16 (+16), Poland — 16 (+12), Croatia — 16 (+1), Finland — 14 (+5), Czech Republic — 14 (+2), Norway — 13 (+6), Belgium — 13 (+3), Georgia — 13 (0). 

Euro 2025 (U-21) Qualifying 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

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 22, 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

September 6, 2024

Ukraine — Serbia — 2:1

Luxembourg — Azerbaijan — 2:0

Northern Ireland — England — 0:0

September 10, 2024

Azerbaijan — Serbia — 0:2

Northern Ireland — Ukraine — 1:2

October 11, 2024

England — Ukraine — 2:1

October 12, 2024

Northern Ireland — Azerbaijan — 5:0

October 15, 2024

Luxembourg — Northern Ireland — 0:0

Serbia — Ukraine — 1:0

England — Azerbaijan — 7:0

Final Standings