Unai Melgosa announced the squad of the Ukraine U21 national team for matches against Turkey and Albania

The Ukraine U21 team will participate in matches in Turkey and Albania from November 14 to 17 as part of the Euro-2027 qualifiers.

The head coach of the Ukraine U21 national team, Unai Melgosa, announced the squad of players who will prepare for the Euro-2027 (U-21) qualifying tournament against Turkey and a friendly match with Albania. This was reported by 'Glavcom' citing UAF.

Ukraine U21 National Team Squad

In the squad of the Ukraine U21 team, the goalkeepers will be Vladislav Krapivtsov ('Girona', Spain), Viktor Dolhyi ('Oleksandriya'), Ivan Pakholiuk ('Kolos' Kovalivka), defenders - Oleksii Husev, Serhii Korniichuk, Illia Krupskyi, Vladislav Zakharchenko, Taras Mykhavko, Vitalii Kholod, Mykola Oharakov, midfielders - Anton Tsarenko, Henadii Synchuk, Danylo Krevsun, Maksym Melnychenko, Daniil Vashchenko, Roman Salenko, Artem Slesar, Andrii Matkevich, Artem Husol, Ivan Varfolomiev, Yevhenii Pastukh, forwards - Artem Stepano, Oleksandr Pyshchur.

Recently, the Ukraine football team managed to defeat Azerbaijan in the World Cup qualifiers and achieved an important result against Iceland in the World Cup qualification match.

World Cup Qualifiers. Group D

Iceland - Ukraine 3:5 (1:3)

Goals: Ellertsson, 35, Gudmundsson, 59, 75 - Malinovskyi, 14, 45+5, Hutsuliak, 45, Kaliuzhnyi, 85, Ocheretko, 89

In the next match, Ukraine drew with Azerbaijan - 1:1.

World Cup Qualifiers. Group D

Azerbaijan - Ukraine 1:1 (0:0).

Goals: Makhmudov (72, pen.) - Sudakov (51).

Earlier, the Ukraine team suffered a defeat against France in the qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup. The game took place in Wroclaw, Poland.

During this match, Ukrainian fans expressed their support for the national team by unfurling a banner that read 'Fortress of Europe'.

The announcement of the Ukraine U21 national team squad, which is preparing for qualifying matches and test games in future football tournaments of the European Championship in a different age category, has been presented. It also mentioned the recent successes and results of the team in other tournaments.