The coaching staff of the Ukraine national team, led by Serhiy Rebrov, has announced the names of the players who will prepare for the 2026 World Cup qualifying matches against Iceland (October 10, Reykjavik, 21:45 Kyiv time) and Azerbaijan (October 13, Krakow, 21:45 Kyiv time).
Photo: gettyimages.comThe main list includes 25 players, with another six players in reserve.
Ukraine National Team Squad
Goalkeepers: Anatoliy Trubin (“Benfica”, Portugal), Dmytro Riznyk (“Shakhtar”), Heorhiy Bushchan (“Polissya”).
Defenders: Vitaliy Mykolenko (“Everton”, England), Illya Zabarnyi (PSG, France), Oleksandr Svatok (“Austin”, USA), Mykola Matviienko, Valeriy Bondar, Yukhym Konoplya (all — “Shakhtar”), Oleksandr Tymchyk (“Dynamo”), Bohdan Mykhailichenko (“Polissya”).
Midfielders: Yegor Yarmolyuk (“Brentford”, England), Ruslan Malinovskyi (“Genoa”, Italy), Viktor Tsyhankov (“Girona”, Spain), Heorhiy Sudakov (“Benfica”, Portugal), Oleksandr Zubkov (“Trabzonspor”, Turkey), Artem Bondarenko (“Shakhtar”), Volodymyr Brazhko, Mykola Shaparenko, Nazar Voloshyn (all — “Dynamo”), Oleksandr Nazarenko, Oleksiy Hutsulyak (both — “Polissya”), Ivan Kalyuzhnyi (“Metalist 1925”).
Forwards: Artem Dovbyk (“Roma”, Italy), Vladyslav Vanat (“Girona”, Spain).
Reserve List
Ruslan Neshcheret, Oleksandr Pikhalonok (both — “Dynamo”), Yevhen Cheberko (“Columbus Crew”, USA), Maksym Talovyerov (“Stoke City”, England), Oleg Ocheretko, Dmytro Kryskiv (both — “Shakhtar”).
The national team gathering will start on October 6 in Poland. On the 8th, the blue-and-yellows will depart for Reykjavik, where on the 9th, there will be the traditional pre-match press conference with Serhiy Rebrov and one of his players (starting at 20:30 Kyiv time) and a training session (21:00 Kyiv time) at the venue of the Iceland vs. Ukraine match, Laugardalsvöllur stadium. The return to Poland is scheduled for October 11.
