“Melgosa’s team will play a Euro-2027 U-21 qualifying match in Istanbul and a friendly match in Elbasan.”, — write: football.ua
Melgosa’s team will play a Euro-2027 U-21 qualifying match in Istanbul and a friendly match in Elbasan.
Photo by UAF 04 November 2025, 15:25
As reported UAFthe application included 23 football players who will represent the “blue and yellow” in the matches against Turkey and Albania.
On November 14, Ukraine U-21 will play an away match in Istanbul as part of the selection for the 2027 European Championship. After that, on November 17, the youth national team will play a friendly match in the city of Elbasan against Albania.
COMPOSITION OF THE YOUTH TEAM OF UKRAINE:
Goalkeepers: Vladyslav Krapyvtsov (Girona, Spain), Viktor Dolgiy (Alexandria), Ivan Pakholiuk (Kolos Kovalivka).
Defenders: Oleksiy Gusev (Kudrivka), Serhiy Korniychuk (Veres Rivne), Ilya Krupskyi (Metalist 1925 Kharkiv), Vladyslav Zakharchenko, Taras Mykhavko (both Dynamo Kyiv), Vitaly Kholod (Rukh Lviv), Mykola Ogarkov (Alexandria).
Midfielders: Anton Tsarenko (Lehia, Poland), Gennadiy Sinchuk (Montreal, Canada), Danylo Krevsun (Borussia D, Germany), Maksym Melnychenko (Polyssia Zhytomyr), Daniil Vashchenko (Alexandria), Roman Salenko, Artem Slesar, Andriy Matkevich (all Zorya Luhansk), Artem Husol (Kolos Kovalivka), Ivan Varfolomeev (Lincoln City, England), Yevgeny Pastukh (LNZ Cherkasy).
Attackers: Artem Stepanov (Nuremberg, Germany), Oleksandr Pyshtur (ETO Gyor, Hungary)
The final part of the Euro 2027 U-21 tournament will include 16 participants: Albania as the host of the tournament, Serbia and another 14 national teams that will gain the right to participate based on the results of the qualification. The nine group winners, the best team among the runners-up, and the four winners of the play-off between the eight runners-up will advance to the final stage.
