In preparation for the second round of Euro-2025 (WU-17) qualifiers, the Ukrainian women's under-17 national team played a friendly match against Zhytomyr Polissya in Ternopil.

Friendlies

Ukraine (WU-17) — «Polissya» (Zhytomyr) — 2:3 (0:1)

Goals: Lespuh (48, 80+4) — Semenyuk (5), Yaremchuk (44), Tril (80).

Ukraine (WU-17): starting lineup — Kharchenko, Savka, Belkina, Osadcha, Savkina, Kazina, Ivanchenko, Gladun, Kolodyi, Nazarenko, Lespuh, substitutes — Pasko, Derevyanyko, Oliynychenko, Vorobey, Palamarchuk, Artemenko, Kozlyuk, Kanakhovska, Pichevska, Rudenko, Paskarenko.

Photo: Dan Balashov

On March 7, our team will travel to Spain via Krakow.

24 players are training in Ternopil. For the official matches against Spain (March 8), Belgium (March 11), and Iceland (March 14) in Murcia, Spain at Pinatar Arena and Estadio Nueva Condomina, only 20 players will be selected.

Ukraine WU-17 Squad

Goalkeepers: Anna Kharchenko («Vorskla» Poltava), Ulyana Solovyova («Kryvbas» Kryvyi Rih), Alina Pasko («Obolon» Kyiv).

Defenders: Anastasiia Belkina («Kryvbas» Kryvyi Rih), Veronika Derevyanyko («EMS-Podillya» Vinnytsia), Valeriya Kazina (DUSSH «Podil» Kyiv), Yelyzaveta Hirun («OKIP-Polissya» Kyiv), Mariia Osadcha («Sisters» Odesa), Alina Savka («Vorskla» Poltava).

Half-backs: Milena Ivanchenko, Daria Kolodyi, Polina Nazarenko, Iryna Oliynychenko (all — «Kryvbas» Kryvyi Rih), Oleksandra Pichevska, Valeriya Rudenko (both — «Yunyst» Chernihiv), Daria Artemenko, Viktoria Savkina, Zoryana Gladun (all — «Ladomir» Volodymyr), Yuliia Palamarchuk («Mariupol» Donetsk region), Emilija Kanakhovska («Aurich», Germany).

Forwards: Arina Paskarenko («EMS-Podillya» Vinnytsia), Kariina Lespuh («Minay» Zakarpattya region), Xenia Vorobey («Yunyst» Chernihiv), Varvara Kozlyuk («Polissya» Zhytomyr).

Photo: Dan Balashov

Euro-2025 (WU-17). Second Round Qualifiers. Group A1

08.03.2025

Spain — Ukraine (13:00)

Iceland — Belgium (19:00)

11.03.2025

Spain — Iceland (13:00)

Belgium — Ukraine (19:00)

14.03.2025

Belgium — Spain (16:00)

Ukraine — Iceland (16:00)

All matches start at Kyiv time.

In the second round of qualifiers, seven teams will qualify for the final tournament alongside the Faroe Islands in the UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship. Teams that finish fourth in their groups will drop to League B for the next season.

Seven teams from League B who advanced after the first round will compete with 28 other teams across seven groups in League A. The winners of these groups will advance to the final tournament, which will take place from May 4-17, 2025. Teams finishing fourth in their groups will start in League B for the next season.

Twenty-one teams across six groups in League B will compete for promotion back to League A for the next round of qualifiers.

Euro-2025 (WU-17). Second Round Qualifiers

League A

Group A1: Spain, Belgium, Iceland, Ukraine.

Group A2: Scotland, France, Wales, Slovakia.

Group A3: Italy, Czech Republic, Croatia, Georgia.

Group A4: Switzerland, Poland, Turkey, Hungary.

Group A5: England, Finland, Netherlands, Sweden.

Group A6: Norway, Portugal, Greece, Serbia.

Group A7: Germany, Austria, Denmark, Kosovo.

League B

Group B1: Northern Ireland, Estonia, Kazakhstan, Montenegro.

Group B2: Bulgaria, Luxembourg, Azerbaijan, Malta.

Group B3: Belarus, Albania, Israel, Andorra.

Group B4: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Romania, Latvia.

Group B5: Ireland, Faroe Islands, Lithuania.

Group B6: Slovenia, North Macedonia, Moldova.

It is worth noting that Euro-2025 (WU-17) will serve as a qualifier for the 2025 FIFA Women's Under-17 World Cup in Morocco from October 17 to November 8.