Today, May 6, the Ukraine U-16 national team (players born in 2009 or later) will play their second match at the UEFA Development Tournament in Finland — against the hosts.

The kickoff is at 5:30 PM. The live broadcast will take place on the YouTube channel of the UAF.

We remind you that in the opening match, the blue-and-yellow lost to Greece — 1:3.

Roster of the Ukraine U-16 national team

Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Stepanov ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Denis Stolyarenko ("Legia", Poland).

Defenders: Yegor Onyshchuk ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Hryhoriy Shapovalov, Nazar Smotrichkyi (both — LNZ Chernihiv), Bohdan Levytskyi ("Ruh" Lviv), Markian Panchishyn ("Karpaty" Lviv), Nazarii Rudzey ("Borussia" D, Germany), Illia Yablonskii ("Sporting", Portugal).

Midfielders: Danylo Dyachok, Danylo Yermak (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Yevheniy Voloshko ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Yevheniy Horbatov ("Oleksandria"), Yaroslav Harkyievych ("Milan", Italy), Maksym Ivanov ("Sampdoria", Italy), Yaroslav Kozushko ("Slavia", Czech Republic), Ruslan Shveyts ("Rayo Majadahonda", Spain).

Forwards: Volodymyr Kvikvinia ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Denis Bida ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Kirill Serdyuk ("Nuremberg", Germany), Vladyslav Zadorozhnyi ("Slavia", Czech Republic), Andriy Dobrovolskii ("Eupen", Belgium).

UEFA Development Tournament among U-16 national teams

04.05.2025

Greece — Ukraine — 3:1 

Finland — Hungary — 2:0

Tournament table

06.05.2025

Hungary — Greece (13:00)

Ukraine — Finland (17:30)

09.05.2025

Ukraine — Hungary (10:00)

Finland — Greece (15:00)

We remind you that on December 5 in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, the draw for the first round of Euro-2026 qualification (U-17) took place. As a result of this draw, Ukraine's youth national team ended up in Group 1, where it will face Italy, Montenegro and Estonia. The host of the mini-tournament will be Estonia.

Schedule of matches for Ukraine's 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 qualification (U-17)

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 Group A. The remaining 26 teams will take part in the second round of Group B.

Teams advancing to the second round of qualification in Group A will compete for seven spots at Euro-2026 (U-17) in spring 2026. Estonia, as the host of the tournament, received an automatic berth. It is worth noting that this qualifying round in Group A also serves as a qualifier for the 2026 CHS (U-17) in Qatar.

Moreover, teams from both groups of the second qualification round will compete to improve or drop between leagues before the first round of Euro-2028 (U-19) qualification.