Unaï Melgosa announced the squad of the youth national team of Ukraine for the matches against Hungary and Croatia.

The head coach of the youth national team of Ukraine, Unaï Melgosa, announced the list of players who will prepare for the qualifying matches of Euro-2027 (U-21). This information was shared by UAF through 'Glavcom.'

According to inkorr.com: The youth national team of Ukraine will play matches on October 10 against Hungary and on October 14 against Croatia. The team will be supported by 24 players.

Squad of the Ukrainian national football team

Goalkeepers: Nazar Domchak ('Karpaty' Lviv), Ivan Pakholyuk ('Kolos' Kovalivka), Ilya Popovich ('Kishvarda', Hungary).

Defenders: Mykhailo Protasievich, Serhiy Korniychuk (both - 'Veres' Rivne), Ilya Krupskiy ('Metalist 1925' Kharkiv) and others.

Midfielders: Oleg Fedor, Roman Salenko, Artem Slesar (all - 'Zorya' Luhansk), Ivan Varfolomiyev ('Lincoln City', England) and others.

Forwards: Artem Stepano ('Nuremberg', Germany), Bohdan Popov ('Empoli', Italy).

Qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup

In the second round of the qualifying tournament for the 2026 World Cup, the Ukrainian team drew with Azerbaijan 1:1. The goal for the Ukrainian team was scored by Sudakov in the 51st minute.

In addition, the national team suffered a defeat to France (0:2) in the qualifying match for the 2026 World Cup in Poland.

Unaï Melgosa presented the squad of the youth national team of Ukraine for the qualifying matches of Euro-2027 (U-21) against Hungary and Croatia. The team is also actively preparing for the qualifying games for the 2026 World Cup, hoping to improve the results.