Part of Sergiy Rebrov's team began their long journey at Kyiv Central Railway Station, where players had the opportunity to meet with children from the football club "LOKO" (children of Ukrzaliznytsia employees, children of conscripts, children of soldiers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and heroes who died). During the meeting, the kids received autographs and took pictures with their idols.

Tomorrow blue-and-yellow will arrive in Warsaw, where the team will assemble almost in full to depart on the same day for Toronto, Canada.

Unfortunately, Ukraine's squad has a personnel loss — due to a viral illness, defender of Kyiv "Dynamo" Vladyslav Dubynchak could not travel to North America.

Photo by the press service of the UAF

Ukraine's squad composition

Goalkeepers: Andriy Lunin ("Real" Madrid, Spain), Anatoliy Trubin ("Benfica" Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Ryshnyk ("Shakhtar" Donetsk).

Defenders: Mykhailo Matviienko, Valeri Bondar (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Oleksandr Tymchyk ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Bohdan Mykhaylichenko ("Polesye" Zhytomyr), Oleksandr Martyniuk ("Oleksandria"), Illia Zabarnyi ("Bournemouth", England), Maksym Taloviyev ("Plymouth", England), Yevhen Cheberko ("Columbus Crew" Columbus, USA).

Midfielders: Mykhailo Shaparenko, Mykhailo Mykhaylenko, Oleksandr Pichalnyk, Vladyslav Kabaev (all — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Georgiy Sudakov, Yegor Nazarina, Artem Bondarenko (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Oleksii Hutsulyak ("Polesye" Zhytomyr), Ivan Kaluzhnyi ("Oleksandria"), Viktor Tsygankov ("Girona", Spain), Oleksandr Zinchenko ("Arsenal" London, England), Oleksandr Zubkov ("Trabzonspor" Trabzon, Turkey).

Striker: Roman Yaremchuk ("Olympiacos" Piraeus, Greece).

Reserve list

Georgiy Bushchan ("Al-Shabab" Riyadh, Saudi Arabia), Oleksandr Svytok ("Austin", USA), Yurim Konoplia, Dmytro Kryskiv (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk).

During the historic match for our team in Canadian Shield, they will play two matches at BMO Field, which will host World Cup final stage games in 2026. On June 7th, Rebrov's wards will face Canada, and on the 10th — New Zealand.

Supporters of blue-and-yellow have an opportunity to purchase tickets for these matches via: Canada - Ukraine, Ukraine - New Zealand.