The head coach of the Ukrainian youth team, Unai Melhos, has announced the list of players who will prepare for the October matches against Hungary U-21 and Croatia U-21. 24 players have been called up to the "blue and yellow" camp, including several newcomers and five foreign players who represent the championships of Italy, Hungary, England and Germany.
Among the newcomers is Italian Empoli forward Bohdan Popov, who received his first call-up to the youth team. This season, the striker has established himself in the club's first team and has already scored four goals in six Serie B matches.
The largest representation in the team is Zorya Luhansk, which delegated three players.
The squad of the Ukrainian U-21 national team for the October qualifying matches for Euro 2027:
Goalkeepers: Nazar Domchak, Ivan Pakholiuk, Ilya Popovych
Defenders: Mykhailo Protasevich, Serhiy Korniychuk, Ilya Krupsky, Vladislav Zakharchenko, Taras Mykhavko, Vitaliy Kholod, Bohdan Slyubyk, Mykola Ogarkov
Midfielders: Oleg Fedor, Roman Salenko, Artem Slesar, Andriy Matkevych, Ivan Losenko, Anton Glushchenko, Viktor Tsukanov, Artem Gusol, Timur Tuterov, Ivan Varfolomeev, Yevheniy Pastukh
Forwards: Artem Stepanov, Bohdan Popov.
