The junior football team of Ukraine has unveiled its squad for upcoming friendly matches against Morocco and the USA. This was announced by the Ukrainian Football Association.
Before the start of the U20 World Championship in Chile, where the "blue and yellows" qualified by reaching the semi-finals of Euro-2024 U19, coach Dmytro Mykhailenko will lead his team in two friendlies. The Ukrainian junior team will face the U20 teams of Morocco and the USA on June 6 and 10, respectively.
Ukraine U20 Squad
- Goalkeepers: Illia Voloshyn ("Real", Spain), Denys Marchenko ("Obolon"), Illia Popovych ("Kisvarda", Hungary).
- Defenders: Mykola Oharokov ("Shakhtar"), Oleksii Husiev ("Metalist 1925"), Vladyslav Zakharchenko ("Dynamo"), Maksym Melnychenko ("Polissia"), Kyrylo Dihtiar ("Metalist"), Mykola Kyrychok ("Karpaty" Lviv), Oleksandr Zhovtenko, Vitalii 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 ("Polissia"), Ramik Hadzhiev ("Metalist 1925"), Bohdan Budko ("Alkmaar", Netherlands), Maksym Lien ("Fortuna", Germany), Danilo Krevsun ("Borussia Dortmund", Germany).
- Forwards: Vladyslav Herich ("Dynamo"), Artem Husol ("Koloss").
Reserve list: Anton Drozd (defender, "Shakhtar"), Andrii Matkevych (midfielder, "Zorya"), Matviy Ponomarenko (forward, "Dynamo"), Artem Stepnov (forward, "Bayer").
Coach Dmytro Mykhailenko has called up 24 players for the training camp. Compared to the squad for the March friendlies, there have been nine changes.
U20 World Cup 2025: Key Facts
- 24 teams will compete in the final stage of the World Cup, divided into six groups.
- The draw will take place on May 29. The Ukrainian team will be in the second seeding pot.
- Winners and second-placed teams from each group will advance to the playoffs, along with four teams with the best third-place finishes.
- Chile will host the World Championship from September 27 to October 19, 2025.
- This will be Ukraine's fifth participation in the U20 World Cup, with the best result being a victory in 2019.
