The U20 football team of Ukraine has announced its squad in preparation for friendly matches against Morocco and the USA.
Before the junior world championship in Chile, for which the "blue and yellows" qualified by reaching the semifinals of Euro-2024 U19, the team led by Dmytro Mykhailenko will play two friendly matches. The Ukraine U20 team will face the U20 teams of Morocco and the USA. The matches are scheduled for June 6 and 10, respectively.
Ukraine U20 Team Roster
- Goalkeepers: Ilya Voloshin ("Real", Spain), Denys Marchenko ("Obolon"), Ilya Popovych ("Kishvarda", Hungary).
- Defenders: Mykola Oharikov ("Shakhtar"), Oleksii Husev ("Metalist 1925"), Vladyslav Zakharchenko ("Dynamo"), Maksym Melnychenko ("Polissya"), Kyrylo Dihtiar ("Metalist"), Mykola Kyrychok ("Karpaty" Lviv), Oleksandr Zhovtenko, Vitalii Katrych (both — "Inhulets").
- Midfielders: Dmytro Kremchanyn, Roman Salenko (both — "Dynamo"), Ivan Chaban, Artur Shakh (both — "Karpaty" Lviv), Viktor Tsukanov ("Shakhtar"), Daniil Vashchenko ("Oleksandriya"), Yaroslav Karaman ("Polissya"), Ramik Hadzhiev ("Metalist 1925"), Bohdan Budko ("Alkmaar", Netherlands), Maksym Len ("Fortuna", Germany), Danylo Krevsun ("Borussia Dortmund", Germany).
- Forwards: Vladyslav Herich ("Dynamo"), Artem Husol ("Koloss").
Reserve List: Anton Drozd (defender, "Shakhtar"), Andrii Matkevych (midfielder, "Zorya"), Matviy Ponomarenko (forward, "Dynamo"), Artem Stepanov (forward, "Bayer").
The coach Dmytro Mykhailenko has called up 24 players for the camp. Compared to the squad for the March friendlies, there have been nine changes.
U20 World Cup 2025: Key Information
- The main tournament will feature 24 teams divided into six groups.
- The draw will take place on May 29. The Ukrainian team will be in the second seeding pot.
- The winners and runners-up of each group will advance to the playoffs, alongside four top teams from third places.
- Chile will host the world championship from September 27 to October 19, 2025.
- This will be Ukraine's fifth appearance at the U20 World Cup. Their best result was winning in 2019.