The head coach of the Ukrainian national team, Sergiy Rebrov, has published a list of footballers he has called up for preparation for the opening matches of the World Cup 2026 qualifying tournament—against France (September 5, Wroclaw) and Azerbaijan (September 9, Baku).
25 players made the main list, while another six players were included in the reserve.
Ukrainian national team squad
Goalkeepers: Andriy Lunin (“Real”, Spain), Anatoliy Trubin (“Benfica”, Portugal), Dmytro Riznyk (“Shakhtar”).
Defenders: Illia Zabarnyi (PSG, France), Oleksandr Svatok (“Austin”, USA), Valeriy Bondar, Mykola Matviyenko, Yukhym Konoplya (all—“Shakhtar”), Taras Mykhavko, Oleksandr Tymchyk (both—“Dynamo”), Vitaliy Mykolenko (“Everton”, England).
Midfielders: Oleksandr Zinchenko (“Arsenal”, England), Yevhen Yarmolyuk (“Brentford”, England), Ivan Kalyuzhnyi (“Metalist 1925”), Mykola Shaparenko (“Dynamo”), Oleg Ocheretko, Heorhiy Sudakov, Artem Bondarenko (all—“Shakhtar”), Oleksiy Hutsulyak, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both—“Polissya”), Viktor Tsygankov (“Girona”, Spain), Oleksandr Zubkov (“Trabzonspor”, Turkey).
Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk (“Olympiacos”, Greece), Artem Dovbyk (“Roma”, Italy), Vladyslav Vanat (“Dynamo”).
Reserve list
Heorhiy Bushchan (“Al-Shabab”, Saudi Arabia), Bohdan Mykhailichenko (“Polissya”), Yevhen Cheberko (“Columbus Crew”, USA), Oleksandr Pikhalyonok, Volodymyr Brazhko, Nazar Voloshin (all—“Dynamo”).
The gathering of the Ukrainian national team will begin on September 1 near the Polish city of Poznań. On September 4, the “blue and yellow” will move to Wroclaw, where on the 5th they will host France at the “Tarchynski Arena Wroclaw”.
