Victor Bannikov Memorial kicks off today: list of U-17 Ukraine national team players to participate in the tournament

15.08.2018 10:57

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U-17 Youth Team of Ukraine under the leadership of Volodymyr Yezersky will take part in Victor Bannikov International Memorial, which will take place from August 15 to 19 in four cities - Kyiv (STC named after V. Bannikov), Boryspil (Kolos Stadium), Shchaslyvy (Knyazha Arena) and Obukhiv (MSK named after V. Melnyk).

Eight U-17 national teams will participate in the competition: Ukraine, Slovakia, Lithuania, Georgia, Turkey, Latvia, Belarus and Israel.

Volodymyr Yezerskyi announced the following players (not adults born in 2002) to participate in the tournament:

goalkeepers: Ruslan Nescheret (Dynamo Kyiv), Nikita Turbayevsky (Shakhtar Donetsk);

defenders: Danil Skorko, Konstantin Vivcharenko, Ilya Zabarny (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Daniel Egbujuo, Anthony Emere, Dmytro Avdeev (all - Shakhtar Donetsk);

midfielders: Volodymyr Brazhko, Yegor Glushach, Yevhen Ryazantsev, Mykita Isadchenko, Mykhailo Zheleznyak (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Heorhiy Sudakov, Artem Umanets (both - Shakhtar Donetsk), Maksym Solovyov (Dnipro), Maksym Shevchenko Dynamo "Minsk, Belarus);

attackers: Viktor Bliznichenko, Volodymyr Zdyrko (both Dynamo Kyiv), Danylo Honcharuk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Edward Kobak (Dnipro). 

The national team of Ukraine will play against the teams of Slovakia (August 15), Lithuania (August 16) and Georgia (August 18) at the memorial. All matches of the blue-yellows will be hosted by NTK. V. Bannikov in Kyiv. The fights start at 18.00 p.m.

Calendar of all tournament matches