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U-17: Today, Ukraine's under-17 national team playing in Croatia will face Israel (live at 16:00 on the UEFA YouTube channel)
Today, February 13, the Ukrainian U-17 youth team will play their second match at the international tournament in Poreč, Croatia, against Israel's under-17 team.
Blue-yellow started with a confident victory over Greece (3:1), while the Israelis conceded to Croatia (1:3). Let's recall that this tournament, which will run until February 16, is part of the preparation for the second round of Euro-2026 qualifying (U-17).
The match between Ukraine and Israel youth teams will take place in Croatian Poreč and will start at 16:00 Kyiv time. The live stream is on the YouTube channel of UAF.
Ukraine U-17 youth team squad
Goalkeepers: Yan Zhuravsky (Atlético, Spain), Denis Stolyarenko (Lechia, Poland), Bogdan Semeshko (Munkach Mukačevo).
Defenders: Nazar Smotrytskyi (LNU Chernihiv), Andriy Kuralov (Oleksandria), Danylo Pryhodko (Polissia Zhytomyr), Sergiy Zvarich (Karpaty Lviv), Yegor Onishchuk, Oleh Pylpyuk (both — Shakhtar Donetsk), Zahar Onishchuk (Bologna, Italy).
Midfielders: Svyatoslav Bandilo (Polissia Zhytomyr), Ivan Zadorenko (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih), Yevgeniy Volosko, Artem Trokhym (both — Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Hoch (Ruh Lviv), Vsevolod Linnik (Stuttgart, Germany), Artem Rybak (Barcelona, Spain), Svyatoslav Gloc (Karpaty Lviv).
Forwards: Danyil Pylpychuk (Lechia, Poland), Adam Guram (Hajduk, Croatia), Maksym Uryhik, Oleh Dyurinets (both — Ruh Lviv).
Ukraine U-17 youth team tournament in Croatia
2/11. Ukraine (U-17) vs Greece (U-17) 3:1
2/11. Croatia (U-17) vs Israel (U-17) 3:1
Tournament table
| Team | GD | P | D | L | GF | GA | |
| 1-2 | Ukraine | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-1 | 3 |
| 1-2 | Croatia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3-1 | 3 |
| 3 | Greece | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 0 |
| 4 | Israel | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1-3 | 0 |
2/13. Israel vs Ukraine (16:00)
2/16. Croatia vs Ukraine (11:30)
Let's recall that the Ukraine U-17 youth team in the second round of Euro-2026 qualifying will play in Group 6 of League V, where their opponents will be Latvia and Albania. The tournament in our group from March 3 to June 9 will be hosted by Albania.
Euro-2026 (U-17). Second round qualifying
League A
Group A1: Germany, France, Slovenia, North Macedonia.
Group A2: Iceland, Portugal, Italy, Romania.
Group A3: Sweden, Montenegro, Greece, Norway.
Group A4: Czech Republic, Kazakhstan, Austria, Denmark.
Group A5: Belgium, Cyprus, Serbia, Switzerland.
Group A6: Spain, Turkey, Scotland, North Ireland.
Group A7: Ireland, Slovakia, Croatia, Poland.
League B
Group B1: Israel, Faroe Islands, England, Estonia.
Group B2: Bulgaria, Lithuania, Malta, Azerbaijan.
Group B3: Wales, Georgia, San Marino, Andorra.
Group B4: Finland, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova, Gibraltar.
Group B5: Hungary, Luxembourg, Armenia, Liechtenstein.
Group B6: Ukraine, Latvia, Albania.
Group B7: Netherlands, Belarus, Kosovo.
In the second round, 28 teams (14 winners of groups from the first round and 14 teams that took second place) will compete in seven League A groups until March 31. The qualifiers' winners join host Estonia for the final stage, which runs from May 25 to June 7, 2026. The draw is scheduled for April 9.
Meanwhile, 26 teams will compete in seven League B groups (five — four teams each, two — three teams) until June 30.
Both tournaments are important in the context of forming Leagues A and B for the first round of Euro-2028 qualifying (U-19).
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