Players of 11 UPL clubs played for the youth and junior national teams of Ukraine in September

The beginning of September was very eventful for the younger national teams of Ukraine. The youth national team started its new qualifying campaign (for Euro-2027), and teams U-19, U-18, and U-17 participated in international tournaments. Representatives of 11 UPL clubs played in these matches.

Photo: UAF

The youth national team of Ukraine underwent a generational change (players born in 2002-2003 concluded their performances at this level due to age) and, with a radically updated squad, won the opening match of the Euro-2027 qualifying (U-21) against the Lithuanian team on their home ground — 4:0. Two goals were scored by players from UPL clubs — Serhii Korniichuk (“Polissia”) and Ramik Hajiiev (“Metalist 1925”), while two others were scored by foreign players.

After that, Unai Melgosa’s team held a friendly match, but not against a national team, rather against the Polish club “Watra,” which is not counted in the official statistics. In this match with “Watra” (our national team won — 4:0), several footballers from UPL clubs played, whom the coaching staff did not involve in the match against Lithuania for various reasons: Ivan Pakhuliuk (“Koloss”), Andrii Kitela (“Rukh”), Mykola Kiryichok, Artur Shakh (both — “Karpaty”).

The U-19 national team of Ukraine (coach — Dmytro Mykhailenko) participated in an international tournament in Spain, where they gained significant experience in matches against England (0:2), the Netherlands (1:3), and Spain (1:3).

The U-18 national team of Ukraine (coach — Volodymyr Samborskyi) at the tournament in Sweden defeated Norway (6:1) and Sweden (2:0) but lost to Denmark (0:3).

And the U-17 national team of Ukraine (coach — Oleksandr Sityk) faced older opponents in Croatia in the U-18 category: losing to Qatar (1:2), drawing with Poland (2:2), and losing to the UAE (0:3).

Players of UPL clubs in September matches for the national teams of Ukraine U-21, U-19, U-18, and U-17

Note: statistics from the September matches at the national team level for Ukraine’s U-21, U-19, U-18, and U-17 teams.