Natalia Zinchenko announced the composition of the Ukrainian national team for the match in Portugal

09.01.2019 10:30

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Head coach of the national women's national team of Ukraine Natalia Zinchenko has published the list of 22 players for participation in two matches with Portugalon January 17th and 20th will be held on the Iberian Peninsula.

The composition includes 13 football players representing the championship of Ukraine: seven - "Zhytlobud-1" (Kharkiv), five - "Zhytlobud-2" (Kharkiv), one - "Voskhod" (Kherson region). In addition to players from the national championship, the coach invited six legionnaires who play in the championships of Turkey, Belarus, Poland and France. It should be noted that one debutant is also on the list - Alyona Kovtun from the Polish FC "Medic" (Konin). 

The squad of the women's national team of Ukraine

Goalkeepers: Iryna Sanina (Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv), Kateryna Samson (without the club), Daryna Bondarchuk (Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv).

Defenders: Natia Pantsulaya (ALG Spor, Turkey), Daria Kravets (without club), Alyona Kovtun (Medic, Poland), Yana Derkach (Voskhod, Kherson Region), Olga Basanska (without club), Anna Petryk (Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv), Iryna Podolska (Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv), Lyubov Shmatko (Minsk Belarus).

Midfielders: Olga Ovdiychuk, Iryna Kochneva, Nadiya Havanska (all - "Zhytlobud-1" Kharkiv), Tamila Khimich ("Minsk" Belarus), Tetyana Kitaeva, Tetyana Polyukhovych (both - "Zhytlobud-2" Kharkiv), Tetyana Romanenko ("Reims") , France).

Forwards: Tetyana Kozyrenko (ALG Spor, Turkey), Nadiya Kunina, Daria Apanashchenko (both Zhytlobud-1 Kharkiv), Veronika Andrukhiv (Zhytlobud-2 Kharkiv).

The national team will gather in Kyiv on January 15, and on the morning of the 16th the blue and yellows will fly to Portugal, where the next match with the local team will take place the next day in the town of Abrantish at the municipal stadium. The match is scheduled to start at 20.00 Kyiv time. 

The second match between these teams will take place on January 20 in the city of Torres Novas at the Alves Vieira Stadium. Start - at 18.00 Kyiv time.

It will be recalled that throughout its history, the women's national team of Ukraine played six matches with the Portuguese team, in which it won three, suffered one defeat and drew twice.