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 MykhailenkoOn 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).
