The Ukrainian youth team (players born in 2005 or later) will play two friendly matches in Turkey as part of their preparation for the 2025 World Cup (U-20).

On March 16, the Ukrainian U-20 youth team will begin a training camp in Turkey. During this camp, the blue-and-yellow team will play two friendlies: on the 22nd against Northern Ireland U-21 (kickoff at 3:00 PM Kyiv time), and on the 25th against Norway U-20 (2:00 PM).

This is one of the stages of preparation for the World Cup (U-20) that will take place in Chile in autumn 2025, a tournament our team qualified for by reaching the semifinals of Euro 2024 (U-19) in Northern Ireland.

For the upcoming training camp, head coach Dmitry Mykhaylenko has called up 24 players.

Roster of the Ukrainian U-20 Youth Team

Goalkeepers: Illia Voloshin ("Real", Spain), Maxim Voronov ("Athletico Paranaense", Brazil), Vladyslav Krapivcov ("Girona", Spain).

Defenders: Anton Drzoz, Mykhailo Ogarkov (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Oleksii Husev ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Vladyslav Zakharchenko ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Maxim Melnychenko ("Polesia" Zhytomyr), Kirill Dityatyr, Daniel Vernattus (both — "Metalist" Kharkiv), Mykhailo Krychok ("Karpaty" Lviv), Ivan Yermachkov ("Viktoria", Germany).

Midfielders: Roman Saleenko ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Ivan Chaban, Artur Shah (both — "Karpaty" Lviv), Danyil Vashchenko ("Oleksandria"), Yaroslav Karaman ("Polesia" Zhytomyr), Ramik Gadzhiev ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Andrii Matveichuk ("Zorya" Luhansk), Dmytro Hodya ("Veres" Rivne), Bohdan Budko ("Alkmaar", Netherlands), Timur Tutyurov ("Sunderland", England).

Forwards: Matvey Ponomarenko, Fedir Zadorozhnyi (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv).