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The Ukrainian youth team could not defeat Turkey and did not qualify for Euro-2027
Our team lost with a score of 0-2, but that was not enough – the Ukraine national team lost its chances of securing second place in the group.
Photo: Andriy Horbovskiy
Qualification for the UEFA European Championship U21 2027. Group H
Ukraine — Turkey — 2:2 (0:2)
Goals: Krevsun (47), Gadzhiev (82) — E. Ilhan (12), Habesoglu (33).
Ukraine: Domchak, Gryshkevich (Gusev, 66), Melnychenko, Ogarkov, Malov (Vilivald, 75), Soroka (Bogdanov, 87), Fedor (Glushenko, 66), Krevsun (c), Synchuk, Pishchur, Shakh (Gadzhiev, 66).
Substitutes: Kravtsov, Vashchenko, Tserenko, Slubik.
Coach: Dmitro Mykhaylenko.
Turkey: Ilmaz, Ofli (Ezcan, 21), Akcicek, Guruler, Karapu, Vural (Celic, 75), Gezek, Ilhan (c), Faki (Bostan, 85), Habesoglu (Cholak, 75), Usluoglu.
Substitutes: Oztashdelen, Demir, Konak, Akman, Ayhan.
Referee: D. Smajc (Slovenia).
September 26. Michalovce. Diošdьyor Stadium.
In the event of a tie in points, head-to-head results are the first tiebreaker. In this case, Turkey has an advantage over Ukraine (1:0, 2:2). Therefore, the Ukrainian U-21 national team lost its chances to secure second place in the group and consequently qualification for the UEFA European Championship U21 2027 after this match.
Group H
| Matches | Goal Difference | Points | |
| 1. Croatia | 6 | 14-2 | 16 |
| 2. Turkey | 7 | 9-8 | 12 |
| 3. Ukraine | 7 | 12-9 | 9 |
| 4. Hungary | 6 | 7-12 | 3 |
| 5. Lithuania | 6 | 3-14 | 2 |
