Dynamo players in national teams: who, where, when

During the break in club football, a large number of Dynamo players traditionally joined the national teams of various age categories.

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National team of Ukraine

In November, the national team will play two final matches of Division B of the UEFA Nations League for the 2024/25 season.

On November 16, Serhiy Rebrov’s team will play away against Georgia (Batumi, “AdjaraBet Arena” stadium, 19:00 Kyiv time), and on the 19th, they will compete away against Albania (Tirana, “Air Albania” stadium, 21:45 Kyiv time).

Currently, Ukraine is in last place in the standings, having 4 points. The group is led by the Czech Republic with 7 points, and Georgia and Albania share second and third places with 6 points each.

Among the summoned players, there are five representatives from Dynamo. They are goalkeeper Heorhii Bushchan, defender Oleksandr Tymchyk, midfielders Shaparenko and Volodymyr Brazhko, and forward Vladyslav Vanat.

National team of Panama

Dynamo forward Eduardo Guerrero has been called up to the national team of Panama, which will play quarterfinal matches of the CONCACAF Nations League against Costa Rica in November.

The first match will be an away game for Panama and will start on November 15 at 04:00 Kyiv time. The return match will start at the same time on the night of November 19.

The winners of the quarterfinals will advance to the Final Four, with matches taking place in March next year in Inglewood, California, USA.

U-21 National Team of Ukraine

As part of the preparation for the final tournament of Euro-2025 (U21), the U-21 national team of Ukraine will play two friendly matches in November — on November 15 against Portugal (Alverca do Ribatejo, Lisbon, “Alverca” stadium, 19:30 Kyiv time) and on November 19 against Italy (Spezia, “Alberto Picco” stadium, 19:15).

The head coach of the U-21 national team of Ukraine, Unai Melgosa, has invited 24 players to these matches, including players from Kyiv’s Dynamo Ruslan Neshcheret and Maxim Bragaru, as well as loaned Dynamo players Oleksii Husev, Oleksandr Yatsyk, Igor Horbach (all from “Zoria”) and Anton Tsarenko (from “Lechia” Poland).

U-19 National Team of Ukraine

The U19 team of Ukraine will play matches of the qualifying round of Euro-2025 in the Netherlands from November 13 to November 19.

The coach of the “blue and yellow” Dmitry Mykhailenko expects to use 22 players in these matches, among whom are eight Dynamo players — goalkeeper Vyacheslav Surkis, defenders Denys Dykyi, Vladyslav Zakharchenko and Maxim Korobov, midfielders Danilo Ishchenko, Kyrylo Osypenko and Bohdan Redushko, as well as forward Matviy Ponomarenko.

Match schedule for Euro-2025 qualifying:

11.13.2024. Ukraine — Kazakhstan (Assen, 20:00)

11.16.2024. Ukraine — Slovenia (Wendam, 13:00)

11.19.2024. Netherlands — Ukraine (Wendam, 20:00)

Start times of matches are in Kyiv time.

U-17 National Team of Ukraine

From November 9 to November 16, the U17 national team of Ukraine is holding a training camp in Croatia, where on the 12th and 14th they will play two friendlies against local peers.

Two Dynamo players are preparing for these games — midfielder Pavlo Liusin and forward Danil Yurchenko.