The head coach of the Ukraine U-20 national team, Dmytro Mykhailenko, has announced the list of players who will participate in the World Cup 2025 (U-20).
Dmytro Mykhailenko (photo: D. Balashov)Twenty-one players from 18 clubs have been included in the main roster.
Goalkeepers: 1. Stanislav Vanivskyi (“Stal”, Poland), 12. Vladyslav Krapyvtsov (“Girona”, Spain), 16. Markiyan Bakus (LNZ).
Defenders: 3. Kyrylo Dihtiar, 13. Daniil Vernattus (both — “Metalist”), 4. Mykola Kyrychok (“Karpaty”), 5. Vladyslav Kysil (“Ponferradina”, Spain), 6. Maksym Melynchenko (“Polissya”), 17. Maksym Derkach (“Tukums 2000”, Latvia), 20. Oleksii Husiev (“Kudrivka”).
Midfielders: 10. Hennadii Synchuk (“Montreal”, Canada), 11. Danylo Krevsun (“Borussia”, Dortmund, Germany), 7. Artur Shakh (“Karpaty”), 18. Bohdan Budko (AZ, Netherlands), 8. Danylo Vashchenko (“Oleksandriya”), 21. Matviy Panchenko (“Metalist 1925”), 14. Kristian Shevchenko (“Watford”, England), 2. Vitaliy Katrych (“Inhulets”), 15. Yaroslav Karaman (“Polissya”).
Forwards: 9. Matviy Ponomarenko (“Dynamo”), 19. Oleksandr Pyshchur (ETO, Hungary).
On Wednesday, September 16, our team will head to South America. Already in Chile, on the night of September 21-22, the “blue and yellow” will play a friendly match against another participant in the forum — Australia (kick-off — 0:00 Kyiv time).
The World Cup 2025 (U-20) will take place from September 27 to October 19 in five cities in Chile: Valparaíso, Santiago, Viña del Mar, Rancagua, and Talca. Twenty-four teams from six confederations will participate in the forum. They will initially compete in six groups. The two best teams from each group, as well as four teams out of six that take third place, will advance to the Round of 16. Further matches will follow the usual scheme.
Ukraine’s match schedule in Group B:
27.09.2025. South Korea — Ukraine (23:00)
30.09.2025. Panama — Ukraine (23:00)
03.10.2025. Ukraine — Paraguay (23:00)
