The head coach of the youth national team of Ukraine, Unai Melgosa, has announced the names of the players who will prepare for the opening match of the Euro-2027 U-21 qualifying tournament against Lithuania, which will take place on September 5 in the city of Druskininkai at LSK "Druskininkai Stadium".
Unai Melgosa (in the center; photo: D. Balashov)Our team coach has invited 24 players for the gathering:
Goalkeepers: Vladislav Krapivtsov ("Girona", Spain), Ilya Popovich ("Kishvarda", Hungary), Ivan Pakholiuk ("Koloss").
Defenders: Ilya Krupskyi ("Metalist 1925"), Vyacheslav Kulbachuk ("Debrecen", Hungary), Mykola Kyrychok ("Karpaty"), Andriy Kitela, Bohdan Slyubik (both - "Rukh"), Mykola Oharakov ("Olexandriya"), Serhiy Korniychuk ("Polissya"), Daniil Vernattyus ("Metalist").
Midfielders: Oleg Fedor, Artur Shakh (both - "Karpaty"), Roman Salenko ("Zorya"), Ramik Hadzhiev ("Metalist 1925"), Timur Tutyrov ("Sunderland", England), Hennadiy Synchuk ("Montreal", Canada), Daniil Krevsun ("Borussia" D, Germany), Maxim Melnychenko ("Polissya"), Artem Husol ("Koloss"), Ivan Varfolomieiev ("Lincoln City", England).
Forwards: Artem Stepanov ("Nuremberg", Germany), Matviy Ponomarenko ("Dynamo"), Oleksandr Pyshchur ("Dier", Hungary).
Match schedule of group H in Euro-2027 U-21 qualifiers
05.09.2025. Lithuania - Ukraine
09.09.2025. Lithuania - Hungary
09.09.2025. Turkey - Croatia
10.10.2025. Ukraine - Hungary
10.10.2025. Turkey - Lithuania
14.10.2025. Croatia - Ukraine
14.10.2025. Hungary - Turkey
13.11.2025. Croatia - Lithuania
14.11.2025. Turkey - Ukraine
18.11.2025. Lithuania - Turkey
18.11.2025. Hungary - Croatia
27.03.2026. Ukraine - Lithuania
31.03.2026. Hungary - Ukraine
31.03.2026. Croatia - Turkey
26.09.2026. Ukraine - Turkey
26.09.2026. Croatia - Hungary
01.10.2026. Hungary - Lithuania
02.10.2026. Ukraine - Croatia
06.10.2026. Turkey - Hungary
06.10.2026. Lithuania - Croatia
