Unai Melgosa has named the squad of the youth national team of Ukraine for the match against Lithuania

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