U-21: squad announced for friendlies against USA and Japan

May 28, 2026, 18:30

The head coach of the Ukrainian youth national team (U-21), Unai Melgosa, has named the team's lineup, which will prepare for two friendly matches.

U-21: squad announced for friendlies against USA and Japan

As part of the training camp, which will begin on May 31, our team will play two matches in the Slovenian city of Rogaška Slotina against peers from the USA (June 5) and Japan (June 8).

The composition of the youth national team of Ukraine (U-21)

Goalkeepers: Ilya Popovych (Kysvarda, Hungary), Vladislav Krapivtsov (Girona, Spain), Ilya Voloshin (Real Madrid, Spain).

Defenders: Oleksiy Gusev ("Kudrivka"), Serhiy Korniychuk ("Veres" Rivne), Volodymyr Vilivald ("Kryvbas" Kryvyi Rih), Ilya Krupsky ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Vladyslav Zakharchenko, Maksym Korobov (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Vladyslav Kysil ("Ponferradina" Ponferrada, Spain), Vitaliy Kholod ("Karpaty" Lviv).

Midfielders: Andriy Matkevych (Dynamo Kyiv), Yaroslav Shevchenko (Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih), Artem Husol (Kolos Kovalivka), Yevheniy Pastukh (LNZ Cherkasy), Oleh Fedor (Polissya Zhytomyr), Timur Tuterov (Sunderland, England), Ivan Varfolomeev (Lincoln, England), Danylo Krevsun (Borussia Dortmund, Germany), Anton Tsarenko (Lechia Gdansk, Poland), Ruslan Vidysh (Gent, Belgium).

Attackers: Oleksandr Pyschur ("Gyor", Hungary), Vadym Sydun ("Epicenter" Kamianets-Podilskyi).