The Ukrainian youth team has begun preparations for participation in the qualifying round of Euro 2023 (U-19), which will be held in Sweden.
The "Yellow-Blues" got into group 3, where their rivals will be the teams of Sweden, as well as Kosovo and Cyprus. The coach of our national team Sergei Nagornyak called 20 football players, including three Dynamo representatives - defender Artem Benedyuk, midfielder Anton Tsarenko and striker Igor Gorbach.
Goalkeepers: Yuriy-Vladimir Gereta ("Movement" Lviv), David Fesyuk ("Hayduk", Croatia).
Defenders: Andriy Buleza, Oleksandr Rosputko (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Artem Benedyuk (Dynamo Kyiv), Vitaliy Kholod, Bohdan Slyubik, Andriy Kitela, Yevhen Pastukh (all - Movement Lviv), Danilo Udod (Al - Ain, UAE).
Midfielders: Ivan Losenko, Oleg Pushkarev, Alexander Yushchenko (all - Shakhtar Donetsk), Anton Tsarenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleg Fedor (Rukh Lviv), Yegor Yarmolyuk (Brentford, England), Ivan Varfolomeev (Liberets , Czech Republic), Vladimir Harabara (Nuremberg, Germany), Andrey Semenets (Coria Sevilla, Spain).
Attack: Igor Gorbach (Dynamo Kyiv).
November 17 (15:00). Ukraine — Kosovo
November 20 (15:00). Ukraine — Cyprus
November 23 (20:00). Sweden — Ukraine
In addition, the first two teams of each of the 13 groups, as well as the team that will have the best performance from those who took third places, will join Portugal in the elite round of selection in the spring of 2023. The Malta national team received a direct pass to the final stage as the host of the tournament. The winners of the seven groups of the elite round will also get there.