The head coach of the youth national team of Ukraine, Ruslan Rotan, announced the squad for the playoff matches of the Euro-2023 (U-21) selection against Slovakia.
Ruslan RotanComposition of the youth national team of Ukraine
Goalkeepers: Dmytro Matsapura ("Zorya" Luhansk), Anatoly Trubin ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Kiril Fesyun ("Colossus" Kovalivka).
Defenders: Arseniy Batagov ("Zorya" Luhansk), Anton Bol, Kostyantyn Vivcharenko, Oleksandr Syrota (all "Dynamo" Kyiv), Oleksandr Drambaev ("Zulte-Waregem", Belgium), Dmytro Kapinus ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Oleksiy Sych (Kortrijk, Belgium), Maksym Taloverov (Slovan, Czech Republic).
Midfielders: Artem Bondarenko, Dmytro Kryskiv, Oleg Ocheretko, Georgy Sudakov (all Shakhtar Donetsk), Volodymyr Brazhko, Mykola Mykhaylenko (both Zorya Luhansk), Eldar Kuliyev (Minai Uzhhorod), Oleksandr Nazarenko (Dnipro 1" Dnipro), Ivan Zhelizko (Valmiera, Latvia), Yehor Yarmolyuk (Brentford, England).
Attackers: Vladyslav Vanat (Dynamo Kyiv), Bohdan Vyunnyk (Zurich, Switzerland), Mykola Kuharevich (Hibernian, Scotland), Danylo Sikan (Shakhtar Donetsk).
Reserve: Yakiv Kinareykin, Valentin Rubchinskyi (both - "Dnipro-1" Dnipro), Eduard Kozik ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Roman Didyk, Marko Sapuga (both - "Rukh" Lviv), Oleg Horin ("Minai", Uzhgorod) , Daniil Alefirenko, Maksym Khlan (both "Zorya" Luhansk), Maksym Bragaru ("Chornomorets" Odesa), Oleksiy Kashchuk ("Sabah", Azerbaijan), Vikenty Voloshyn ("Alexandria").
The matches will be held on September 23 and 27 this year. Our team will play its first match against the Slovaks on the road — in Zhilin, at the "Pyd Dubnyom" stadium (starting at 19:00 Kyiv time). Nominally, the blue-yellow team will play their home match in the Polish city of Bielsko-Biala at the Municipal Stadium (6:30 p.m.).
