Ukraine's junior football team has announced the roster for upcoming friendly matches against Morocco and the USA.
As they prepare for the U20 World Championship in Chile, for which the "blue and yellow" qualified by reaching the semifinals of Euro 2024 U19, the team led by Dmytro Mykhailenko will play two friendly matches. The Ukrainian U20 team will compete against Morocco U20 and USA U19 teams on June 6 and 10, respectively.
Ukraine's U20 Team Roster
- Goalkeepers: Ilya Voloshyn ("Real", Spain), Denys Marchenko ("Obolon"), Ilya Popovych ("Kisvarda", Hungary).
- Defenders: Mykola Oharov ("Shakhtar"), Oleksiy Husev ("Metalist 1925"), Vladyslav Zakarchenko ("Dynamo"), Maksym Melnychенко ("Polissya"), Kyrylo Dihtiar ("Metalist"), Mykola Kyrychok ("Karpaty" Lviv), Oleksandr Zhovtenko, Vitaliy Katrych (both — "Inhulets").
- Midfielders: Dmytro Kremchanyn, Roman Salenko (both — "Dynamo"), Ivan Chaban, Artur Shakh (both — "Karpaty" Lviv), Viktor Tsukanov ("Shakhtar"), Daniil Vashchenko ("Oleksandriya"), Yaroslav Karaman ("Polissya"), Ramik Gadjiev ("Metalist 1925"), Bohdan Budko ("Alkmaar", Netherlands), Maksym Len ("Fortuna", Germany), Danilo Krevsun ("Borussia Dortmund", Germany).
- Forwards: Vladyslav Herych ("Dynamo"), Artem Husol ("Koloss").
Reserve List: Anton Drozd (defender, "Shakhtar"), Andriy Matkevych (midfielder, "Zorya"), Matviy Ponomarenko (forward, "Dynamo"), Artem Stepanov (forward, "Bayer").
The coach of the team, Dmytro Mykhailenko, has called up 24 players. Compared to the squad announced for the March friendlies, there have been nine changes.
U20 World Cup 2025: What to Know?
- The main stage of the world championship will feature 24 teams split into six groups.
- The draw will take place on May 29, with Ukraine placed in the second seeding pot.
- The winners and runners-up of each group will qualify for the playoffs, along with four best third-place teams.
- Chile will host the tournament from September 27 to October 19, 2025.
- This will be Ukraine's fifth appearance at the U20 World Cup, with their best result being a victory in 2019.
