Ukraine national team without Lunin: who will replace the goalkeeper in matches against France and Azerbaijan

In place of Lunin, Georgiy Bushchan will join the squad, who plays for 'Al-Shabab' in Saudi Arabia.

The Ukraine national football team is preparing for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers and has suffered setbacks in the squad due to the injury of goalkeeper Andriy Lunin from Madrid's 'Real'. A friendly match against France and a meeting with Azerbaijan are next.

Ukraine national team squad

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan ('Al-Shabab', Saudi Arabia), Anatoliy Trubin ('Benfica' Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Riznyk ('Shakhtar' Donetsk).

Defenders: Illia Zabarnyi ('Paris Saint-Germain' Paris, France), Oleksandr Svatok ('Austin', USA), Valerii Bondar, Mykola Matviienko, Yukhym Konoplia (all - 'Shakhtar' Donetsk), Taras Mykhavko ('Dynamo' Kyiv), Bohdan Mykhailichenko ('Polissia' Zhytomyr), Vitaliy Mykolenko ('Everton' Liverpool, England).

Midfielders: Oleksandr Zinchenko ('Nottingham Forest', England), Yegor Yarmolyuk ('Brentford', England), Ivan Kalyuzhnyi ('Metalist 1925' Kharkiv), Mykola Shaparenko, Nazar Voloshyn (both - 'Dynamo' Kyiv), Oleg Ocheretko, Artem Bondarenko (both - 'Shakhtar' Donetsk), Oleksiy Hutsuliak, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both - 'Polissia' Zhytomyr), Viktor Tsygankov ('Girona', Spain), Georgiy Sudakov ('Benfica' Lisbon, Portugal), Oleksandr Zubkov ('Trabzonspor' Trabzon, Turkey).

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk ('Olympiacos' Piraeus, Greece), Artem Dovbyk ('Roma' Rome, Italy), Vladyslav Vanat ('Girona', Spain).

Reserve list

Yevhen Cheberko ('Columbus Crew', USA), Oleksandr Pikhalionok, Volodymyr Brazhko, (both - 'Dynamo' Kyiv).

The Azerbaijan national team is also preparing for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers, which will take place in the USA, Canada, and Mexico without Russia's participation. 16 teams from Europe will participate in the tournament.

The text above reviews the situation with the goalkeeper's injury in the Ukraine national team and his replacement by another player. It also provides the full squad of the national team and the reserve list. The preparation of the Azerbaijan national team for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers is also mentioned.