Ukraine U-18 national team starts the tournament in Croatia: roster and match schedule

According to glavcom.ua: The youth national team of Ukraine U-18 (players born in 2008) will travel to Croatia from October 5 to 16 for training and participation in an international tournament. The news came from UAF through 'Hromadske'.

In Porec, our boys will meet with teams of their peers from Wales, Sweden, and Croatia.

Squad of the youth national team of Ukraine U-18

Goalkeepers: Rostyslav Bahlai (Shakhtar Donetsk), Yehor Klymenko (Rukh Lviv), Yehor Krapivin (Espanyol, Spain).

Defenders: Yehor Kostiuk, Mykyta Kaliuzhny, Yaroslav Mylokost, Volodymyr Yasiniskiy, Yehor Sherstiuk, Artem Muradyan, Mykyta Melnyk, Tymofiy Buhai.

Midfielders: Artem Zubriy, Oleksandr Sereda, Artem Derykon, Pavlo Lyusin, Arseniy Fedorenko, Mukhamad Dzhurabayev, Illia Kut'ya, Anton Martyniuk.

Forwards: Ivan Andreiko, Dmytro Zudin, Illia Menshykov.

Match schedule of the youth national team of Ukraine U-18 in the tournament in Croatia

08.10.2025. Ukraine – Croatia (13:30)

11.10.2025. Ukraine – Wales (16:00)

14.10.2025. Ukraine – Sweden (16:45)

In the previous match, the national team of Ukraine drew with Azerbaijan – 1:1.

World Cup Qualifying. Group D

Azerbaijan – Ukraine 1:1 (0:0).

Goals: Mahmudov (72, penalty) – Sudakov (51).

The next match in the World Cup 2026 qualifiers will be played by the Ukrainian national team on October 10 against Iceland.

Earlier, the national team of Ukraine lost to France 0:2. The match took place at the stadium in Wroclaw, Poland.

During this match, Ukrainian fans supported their team by unfurling a banner reading 'Fortress of Europe'.

This news tells about the preparation and participation of the youth national team of Ukraine U-18 in an international tournament in Croatia, where our players will meet teams from other countries. It also mentions the previous match with Azerbaijan, as well as the upcoming game against Iceland in the qualifiers for the World Cup 2026. It is worth noting the support of Ukrainian fans in the match against France.