Today, on March 20, the Ukraine U-16 national team (players born in 2009 or later) will start their tournament in Romania.

At the competition, where they are preparing for the Euro-2026 (U-17) qualification, the blue and yellow team will face peers from Poland (March 20, kickoff at 3 PM), Romania (March 22, noon), and Montenegro (March 24, 3 PM).

The live broadcast of the match between Poland and Ukraine will take place on the YouTube channel of the UAF.

The coaching staff, led by Oleh Hlodiyuk, expects to field 22 players at the tournament.

Composition of the Ukraine U-16 national team

Goalkeepers: Dmytro Pozhar ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Denis Stolyarenko ("Legia", Poland), Hlib Udovichenko ("Athletic Club", Spain).

Defenders: Nikita Tsarychanskyi ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Maxim Kovalev, Mykhailo Horbar (both - "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Bohdan Levytskyi ("Rukh" Lviv), Nazariy Rudzey (unattached club), Illia Yablonskyy ("Sporting", Portugal), Timofiy Solodarenko ("Werder Bremen", Germany), Denis Plyminskyi ("Hajduk", Croatia)

Midfielders: Nazariy Huriyn ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Stanislav Shukalovich, Arseniy-Tymofii Trokhim, Arseniy Safonov (all - "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Artem Ribak ("Barcelona", Spain), Yegor Koshtey ("Bayern", Germany), Adam Gouram ("Hajduk", Croatia).

Forwards: Artur Kuriachiy, Kirill Sarichev (both - "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Artem Haponenko ("Porto", Portugal), Maxim Gololobov ("Bayern", Germany).

We add that from May 4 to 9 our young players will participate in the UEFA Development Tournament, where they will play against peers from Greece, Finland (home team) and Hungary.

Recall, on December 5 in Nyon, Switzerland, the draw for the first round of Euro-2026 (U-17) qualification took place. According to its results, Ukraine's youth national team ended up in Group 1, where they will face Italy, Montenegro and Estonia. The host of the mini-tournament will be Estonia.

Schedule of matches for the Ukraine U-17 national team

01.10.2025. Montenegro - Ukraine

04.10.2025. Ukraine - Estonia

07.10.2025. Ukraine - Italy

Results of the draw for the first round of Euro-2026 (U-17) qualification

Group 1: Italy, Ukraine, Montenegro, Estonia.

Group 2: Czech Republic, Hungary, North Macedonia, Gibraltar.

Group 3: England, Sweden, Lithuania, Scotland.

Group 4: Spain, Denmark, Latvia, Andorra.

Group 5: Belgium, Norway, Belarus, Moldova.

Group 6: Austria, Ireland, Kosovo, Faroe Islands.

Group 7: Serbia, Turkey, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Malta.

Group 8: Croatia, Netherlands, Albania, Kazakhstan.

Group 9: France, Israel, Romania, Azerbaijan.

Group 10: Switzerland, Slovakia, Bulgaria, San Marino.

Group 11: Northern Ireland, Finland, Cyprus, Armenia.

Group 12: Portugal, Slovenia, Wales, Liechtenstein.

Group 13: Poland, Germany, Luxembourg.

Group 14: Greece, Iceland, Georgia.

54 teams were divided into 12 groups of four participants and two groups of three participants. The host of the final tournament, Estonia's national team, will also participate in the qualification.

Based on the results of the first round of qualification, 14 group winners and 14 teams that finished second will advance to the second round of League A. The remaining 26 teams will take part in the second round of League B.

Teams advancing to the second round of qualification in League A will compete for seven spots at Euro-2026 (U-17) finals in spring 2026. Estonia, as the host of the tournament, received an automatic berth. It should be noted that the qualification round in League A is also a qualifying round for the 2026 FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar.

Moreover, teams from both leagues in the second round of qualification will compete for promotion and relegation between leagues before the first round of Euro-2028 (U-19) qualification.