CS-2026 Qualifiers. The Ukraine national team held a pre-match training session at the "Tarchyn Arena Wroclaw" stadium
The Ukraine national team held their traditional pre-match training at the "Tarczin Stadium Wroclaw", where they will play their opening qualifier for the 2026 World Cup against France tomorrow (kickoff at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).
Photo: Dan Balashov
The Ukrainian team held a traditional pre-match training session at the "Tarchomin Arena Wroclaw" stadium, where they will play their opening match in the 2026 World Cup qualifier against France tomorrow (kick-off at 9:45 PM Kyiv time).
Twenty-four players from those currently with the blue and yellow squad participated. Viktor Cyganov was the only one to miss training in Wroclaw.
Photo: Dan Balashov
Ukraine Squad Roster
Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan ("Al-Shabab", Saudi Arabia), Anatoliy Trubin ("Benfica" Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Rytsnik ("Shakhtar" Donetsk).
Defenders: Ilya Zabarnyi ("Paris Saint-Germain" Paris, France), Oleksandr Svatok ("Austin", USA), Valeri Bondar, Mykola Matviyenko, Yurym Konoplyan (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Taras Mikhayloko ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Bogdan Mykhailichenko ("Polesye" Zhytomyr), Vitaliy Mykolenko ("Everton" Liverpool, England).
Midfielders: Oleksandr Zinchenko ("Nottingham Forest", England), Yegor Yamulyak ("Brentford", England), Ivan Kaluzhnyy ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Mykola Shaparenko, Nazar Volosin (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Oleksandr Ocheretnyk, Artem Bondarenko (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Oleksiy Hutsulyak, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both — "Polesye" Zhytomyr), Viktor Cyganov ("Girona", Spain), Georgiy Sudakov ("Benfica" Lisbon, Portugal), Oleksandr Zubkov ("Trabzonspor" Trabzon, Turkey).
Forwards: Artem Dovbyk ("Roma" Rome, Italy), Vladyslav Vanat ("Girona", Spain).
Reserves
Yevhen Cheberko ("Columbus Crew", USA), Oleksandr Pichalonok, Volodymyr Brazhko (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv).
Photo: Dan Balashov
Group D Match Schedule
Round 1. September 5, 2025
Ukraine — France 9:45 PM, Wroclaw
Iceland — Azerbaijan 9:45 PM, Reykjavik
Round 2. September 9, 2025
Azerbaijan — Ukraine 1:00 PM, Baku
France — Iceland 9:45 PM, Paris
Round 3. October 10, 2025
Iceland — Ukraine 9:45 PM, Reykjavik
France — Azerbaijan 9:45 PM, Paris
Round 4. October 13, 2025
Ukraine — Azerbaijan 9:45 PM, Krakow
Iceland — France 9:45 PM, Reykjavik
Round 5. November 13, 2025
Azerbaijan — Iceland 1:00 PM, Baku
France — Ukraine 9:45 PM, Paris
Round 6. November 16, 2025
Ukraine — Iceland 1:00 PM
Azerbaijan — France 1:00 PM, Baku
Kyiv time.
