Today, the Ukraine futsal team conducted their first of two planned friendly matches against Lithuania as part of their preparation for the Euro-2026 finals.

Coach Oleksandr Kosenko's players met with the Lithuanians in Jonava. The blue and yellow team started the match very strongly and were already leading 1-0 on the 33rd second. After a powerful shot by Vladyslav Perveyev, the ball flew into the opponent’s net. Two minutes later, the same Perveyev received a pass from Andriy Melnyk and doubled Ukraine's lead. On the 11th minute, our team executed a perfect counterattack, and Perveyev completed his hat-trick. Two minutes later, Rostyslav Semenchuk scored another powerful shot from a set play to make it 4-0.

After halftime, on the 24th minute Artem Farenyuk netted the fifth goal in Lithuania's net. On the 30th minute Nazar Shved scored with a shot from a fairly acute angle once again frustrating the Lithuanian goalkeeper. Igor Chernyavsky put the exclamation point on the match at the 39th minute — 7-0.

International friendly futsal match

Lithuania - Ukraine - 0:7 (0:4)

Goals: Perveyev (1, 3, 11), Semenchuk (13), Farenyuk (24), Shved (30), Chernyavsky (39).

Lithuania: Chirva — Baranauskas, Zagurskas (c), Voskunovich, Derendyayev; Norieka, Buchma, Spetnis, Osauska, Rashutis, Reimari, Yuchno, Lotuzis, Vasilius. 

Ukraine: Sukhov — Zhuk, Melnyk, Chernyavsky (c), Perveyev; Savenko, Shved, Masevich, Abakshin, Zvarych, Farenyuk, Gutulyak, Semenchuk, Kalashnik.

Warned: Baranauskas (28), Rashutis (30) — Semenchuk (30).

The second friendly match against Lithuania will be played tomorrow, September 24. Kickoff is at 19:00 Kyiv time.

As a reminder, by winning six matches in the Euro-2026 qualification round, Ukraine's national futsal team secured their place in the final tournament which will take place from January 20 to February 7 of next year on the pitches of Latvia, Lithuania and Slovenia.

The draw for the final tournament is scheduled for October 24. During the ceremony at «Žalgiris Arena» in Kaunas, four groups of four teams will be formed. The top two teams from each quartet will then proceed to the quarter-finals.

At Euro-2026, 16 participants will compete: Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Ukraine, Spain, Portugal, France, Poland, Croatia, Czech Republic, Armenia, Belarus, and four winners of the playoff from eight second-best teams.