Oleksandr Petrakov called up Georgy Bushchan to the national team of Ukraine

23.09.2021 18:00

Photo by Pavlo Kubanov

Acting Oleksandr Petrakov transferred the head coach of the national team of Ukraine from the reserve list of players to the main goalkeeper Georgy Bushchan, who returned to work at his club - Dynamo Kyiv.

Thus, the list of performers who will prepare for the two October 2022 World Cup qualifiers against Finland (October 9, Helsinki) and Bosnia and Herzegovina (October 12, Lviv) now consists of 26 people.

Squad of the national team of Ukraine

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Denys Boyko, Heorhiy Bushchan (both Dynamo Kyiv), Dmytro Riznyk (Vorskla Poltava).

Defenders: Mykola Matvienko, Serhiy Kryvtsov, Viktor Kornienko (all - Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Karavaev, Ilya Zabarny, Vitaliy Mykolenko, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Oleksandr Syrota (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Eduard Sobol (Brugge, Belgium).

Midfielders: Serhii Sydorchuk, Mykola Shaparenko, Viktor Tsyhankov, Vitalii Buyalskyi (all - Dynamo Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Serhii Buletsa (Zorya Luhansk), Andrii Yarmolenko (West Ham, England), Oleksandr Zinchenko (Manchester City, England), Oleksandr Zubkov (Ferencvaros, Hungary), Ihor Kharatin (Legia, Poland).

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk (Benfica, Portugal), Artem Dovbyk (Dnipro-1 Dnipro), Danylo Sikan (Shakhtar Donetsk).

Backup list: Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid, Spain), Valery Bondar, Yuhym Konoplya (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Bohdan Mykhaylichenko (Anderlecht, Belgium), Vladislav Kochergin (Zorya Luhansk), Vladislav Kalitvintsev (Desna) Chernihiv), Oleksandr Pihalyonok (Dnipro-1 Dnipro).

The training camp of the national team will begin on October 4 in Kyiv.

Oleksandr Hlyvynskyi, spokesman for the national team of Ukraine