The head coach of the Ukraine U-21 national team, Unai Melgosa, has announced the names of football players who will prepare for their opening match in the Euro 2027 (U-21) qualifying tournament — against Lithuania on September 5 at the LSK "Druskininkai Stadium" in Druskininkai.

The coach has called up 24 players for the squad.

Roster of Ukraine's U-21 national team

Goalkeepers: Vladyslav Krapivcov ("Girona", Spain), Illia Popovich ("Kisvarda", Hungary), Ivan Paholjuk ("Kolos" Kovalevka).

Defenders: Illia Krups'kyi ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Vyacheslav Kulbachuk ("Debrecen", Hungary), Mykola Kyrichok ("Karpaty" Lviv), Andriy Kitela, Bohdan Slubik (both — "Ruh" Lviv), Mykola Ogarkov ("Oleksandria"), Serhiy Koronychuk ("Polesia" Zhytomyr), Daniel Vernattus ("Metalist" Kharkiv).

Midfielders: Oleh Fedor, Artur Shakh (both — "Karpaty" Lviv), Roman Salenko ("Zorya" Luhansk), Ramik Gadzhiev ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Timur Tutyurov ("Sunderland", England), Hennadii Synchuk ("Montreal", Canada), Danylo Krevsun ("Borussia" Dortmund, Germany), Maxim Melnychenko ("Polesia" Zhytomyr), Artem Gusol ("Kolos" Kovalevka), Ivan Varfolomeev ("Lincoln City", England).

Forwards: Artem Stepanov ("Nuremberg", Germany), Matviy Ponomarenko ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Oleksandr Pyshchur ("Debrecen", Hungary).

Schedule for Group N in the Euro 2027 (U-21) qualifying tournament

05.09.2025. Lithuania — Ukraine

09.09.2025. Lithuania — Hungary

09.09.2025. Turkey — Croatia

10.10.2025. Ukraine — Hungary

10.10.2025. Turkey — Lithuania

14.10.2025. Croatia — Ukraine

14.10.2025. Hungary — Turkey

13.11.2025. Croatia — Lithuania

14.11.2025. Turkey — Ukraine

18.11.2025. Lithuania — Turkey

18.11.2025. Hungary — Croatia

27.03.2026. Ukraine — Lithuania

31.03.2026. Hungary — Ukraine

31.03.2026. Croatia — Turkey

26.09.2026. Ukraine — Turkey

26.09.2026. Croatia — Hungary

01.10.2026. Hungary — Lithuania

02.10.2026. Ukraine — Croatia

06.10.2026. Turkey — Hungary

06.10.2026. Lithuania — Croatia

Draw for the Euro 2027 (U-21) qualifying tournament

Group A: Spain, Romania, Finland, Kosovo, Cyprus, San Marino.

Group B: Portugal, Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Scotland, Azerbaijan, Gibraltar.

Group C: France, Switzerland, Iceland, Faroe Islands, Luxembourg, Estonia.

Group D: England, Ireland, Slovakia, Moldova, Kazakhstan, Andorra.

Group E: Italy, Poland, Sweden, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Armenia.

Group F: Germany, Georgia, Greece, Northern Ireland, Latvia, Malta.

Group G: Netherlands, Norway, Slovenia, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Group H: Ukraine, Croatia, Hungary, Turkey, Lithuania.

Group I: Denmark, Belgium, Austria, Wales, Belarus.

Nine groups were formed: six of them will have six teams each and three will have five.

Sixteen teams will participate in the final stage of Euro 2027 (U-21): Albania, Serbia, plus another 14 teams that qualify through the tournament results (nine group winners, the best team among second-place finishers and four playoff winners).

Qualification Group Stage Match Windows

2025:

• March 17-25;
• June 2-10;
• September 1-9;
• October 6-14;
• November 10-18.

2026:

• March 23-31;
• September 21 - October 6;

Playoff: November 9-17, 2026.

Euro 2027 (U-21) is planned to be held at four stadiums in Albania (Tirana, Shkodër, Elbasan, Rrogozhina) and four in Serbia (Novi Sad, Loznica, Leskovac, Zaječar). The opening match will take place in Serbia, the final — in Albania. It should be noted that the results of Euro 2027 (U-21) will determine the UEFA zone participants for the Olympics 2028.