Andriy Shevchenko announces the composition of the national team of Ukraine at the match with the teams of Lithuania and Nigeria

17.08.2019 00:20

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Head coach of the national team of Ukraine Andriy Shevchenko has released a list of 24 players called for preparation and participation in the qualifying match for UEFA EURO 2020 against the Lithuanian national team (September 7 in Vilnius) and the friendly with the Nigeria team (September 10 in the Dnieper).

The blue-and-yellow helmsman also identified the reserve team of the main team, which included four players.

The Ukraine squad:

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Denis Boyko (Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Lunin (Valladolid, Spain).

Defenders: Serhiy Kryvtsov, Mykola Matvienko, Serhiy Bolbat (all - Shakhtar Donetsk), Mykita Burda, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Oleksandr Karavayev (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Igor Plastun (Gent, Belgium), Eduard Sobol (Brugge) , Belgium).

Midfielders: Eugene Konoplyanka (Schalke, Germany), Andriy Yarmolenko (West Ham, England), Ruslan Malinovsky (Atalanta, Italy), Alexander Zinchenko (Manchester City, England), Roman Bezus (Ghent, Belgium) ), Marian Shved (Celtic, Scotland), Viktor Tsygankov, Volodymyr Shepelev, Vitaliy Buyalsky (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko, Marlos (both - Shakhtar Donetsk).

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk (Ghent, Belgium), Junior Moraes (Shakhtar Donetsk).

Backup list:

Serhiy Sydorchuk, Mykola Shaparenko, Artem Besedin (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Shakhov (Lecce, Italy).

The national team will start training on September 2 in Kyiv, and on the afternoon of the 5th it will head for the capital of Lithuania - Vilnius.

Oleksandr Hlyvynskyi, national team's press attaché