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U-18/19: The Ukrainian Under-18/19 National Team Begins Qualification for Euro 2027 with a Narrow Loss
Alexander Sitenko's team barely progressed past Finland in the first match of the first round of Euro-2027 (U-19) qualifying.
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Ukraine (U-18/19) — Finland (U-19) — 1:2 (0:1)
Goals: Zudin (74) — Palmuula (32), Kaat (60, from a penalty).
Ukraine (U-19): Tkachenko, Melnyk (Ogorodnik, 88), Kostyuk, Onishchuk, Muradian, Balakai (Petrovsky, 68), Kutya (Serdyuk, 86), Lysin (c), Zudin, Bodnar (Glut, 68), Andreyko (Zubryi, 68). Substitutes: Hadashevych, Levytskyi, Serdyuk, Zalipka, Dzurbeiev. Coach: Oleksandr Sitnyk.
Finland (U-19): Hasselmann, Ahoo (Hitakangas, 63), Nubak, Laaksonen, Gronlund, Kysikila, Palmuula (c), Onuoha, Vaiany (Mucipai, 80), Okungbowa (Lehtomaki, 80, Puhokainen, 90+5), Kaat. Coach: Sami Ristila.
Yellow cards: Onishchuk (50) — Onuoha (66). Red card: Onuoha (90+2, second yellow card).
March 25. Helsinki (Finland). Mustapekka Arena.
Czech Republic (U-19) — Latvia (U-19) — 2:0
Tournament table
| Team | 1 | V | N | P | M | PTS | |
| 1 | Czech Republic U-19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2—0 | 3 |
| 2 | Finland U-19 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2—1 | 3 |
| 3 | Ukraine U-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1—2 | 0 |
| 4 | Estonia U-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0—2 | 0 |
Euro 2027 (U-19). First round of qualification.
League A
Group A1: Belgium, Slovenia, Sweden, Cyprus.
Group A2: Italy, Ireland, Poland, Scotland.
Group A3: Czech Republic, Finland, Ukraine, Estonia.
Group A4: Germany, Austria, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Group A5: England, Croatia, Spain, Bulgaria.
Group A6: Portugal, Serbia, Greece, Kazakhstan.
Group A7: France, Switzerland, Hungary, Wales.
League B
Group B1: Denmark, Romania, Andorra, Liechtenstein.
Group B2: Turkey, Kosovo, Armenia, Gibraltar.
Group B3: Slovakia, Belarus, Latvia, San Marino.
Group B4: Norway, Albania, Luxembourg, Malta.
Group B5: Netherlands, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia, Moldova.
Group B6: Northern Ireland, Lithuania, Azerbaijan.
Group B7: Iceland, Montenegro, Georgia.
Schedule of matches in Group A3
March 28, 2026
Finland — Estonia (13:00)
Czech Republic — Ukraine (18:00)
March 31, 2026
Finland — Czech Republic (13:00)
Estonia — Ukraine (13:00)
Kyiv time is indicated for the start of matches.
Qualification to second round
After the first round, teams advance as follows:
— Teams that occupy 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in League A remain in League A for the second round;
— The team that occupies 4th place in League A advances to League B for the second round;
— Winners of groups in League B advance to League A for the second round;
— Teams that occupy 2nd, 3rd and 4th place in League B remain in League B for the second round.
Teams that played each other in the first round will not meet again in the second round.
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