Dmytro Mykhailenko has determined the lineup for the youth national team of Ukraine for friendly matches in Turkey

The youth national team of Ukraine (players not older than 2005) will play two friendly matches in Turkey as part of their preparation for the 2025 World Cup (U-20).

Dmytro Mykhailenko

On March 16, the U-20 youth national team of Ukraine will begin a training camp in Turkey. During this camp, the blue and yellows will play two friendlies: on the 22nd against Northern Ireland U-21 (kick-off at 16:00 Kyiv time), and on the 25th against Norway U-20 (14:00).

This is one of the stages of preparation for the World Cup (U-20), which will take place in Chile in the fall of 2025, and for which our team qualified by reaching the semifinals of Euro-2024 (U-19) in Northern Ireland.

For the upcoming camp, head coach of the Ukrainian national team Dmytro Mykhailenko has invited 24 players.

Ukraine U-20 youth national team lineup

Goalkeepers: Ilya Voloshin (“Real”, Spain), Maksym Voronov (“Atletico Paranaense”, Brazil), Vladyslav Krapyvtsov (“Girona”, Spain).

Defenders: Anton Drozd, Mykola Oharikov (both - “Shakhtar” Donetsk), Andriy Matkevych (“Zorya” Luhansk), Oleksiy Husev (“Metalist 1925” Kharkiv), Vladyslav Zakharchenko (“Dynamo” Kyiv), Maksym Melnychенко (“Polissya” Zhytomyr), Kyrylo Dihtiar, Daniil Vernattus (both - “Metalist” Kharkiv), Mykola Kyrychok (“Karpaty” Lviv), Ivan Yermachkov (“Victoria”, Germany).

Midfielders: Fedir Zadorozhny, Roman Salenko (both - “Dynamo” Kyiv), Ivan Chaban, Artur Shakh (both - “Karpaty” Lviv), Daniil Vaschenko (“Oleksandriya”), Yaroslav Karaman (“Polissya” Zhytomyr), Ramik Hadzhiev (“Metalist 1925” Kharkiv), Bohdan Budko (“Alkmaar”, Netherlands), Timur Tutyerov (“Sunderland”, England).

Forwards: Matviy Ponomarenko (“Dynamo” Kyiv), Dmytro Hodia (“Veres” Rivne).