On Thursday, October 2, Ukraine Under-21 team coach Pavlo Yakovenko has named the squad for the upcoming friendly games against the Netherlands and Portugal to be played on October 10 and 14, respectively.
The coach has called up 26 footballers for the training session starting on Sunday, October 5. The list of candidates includes five Dynamo players, such as Andriy Fartushnyak (defender), Mykola Morozyuk, Roman Zozulya (both midfielders), Artem Kravets and Andriy Yarmolenko (strikers). Dynamo footballer Volodymyr Lysenko, who currently plays for FC Arsenal Kyiv, has joined the U-21 team as well.
The match between Ukraine and the Netherlands will be held on Friday, October 10, at Obolon stadium in Kyiv. The kick-off time is 3 p.m.
Ukraine U-21 team:
Goalkeepers: Anton Kanibolotskiy (Dnipro), Andriy Rad (Lviv), Denys Sydorenko (Dnister);
Defenders: Yevhen Selin, Oleksiy Kurylov (both from Metalist), Andriy Fartushnyak (Dynamo), Pavlo Pashayev (Kryvbas), Maksym Pashayev (Dnipro), Yaroslav Rakytskyy, Stanislav Mikitsey (both from Shakhtar), Kyrylo Davydov (Tavriya).
Midfielders: Yehor Lugachov (Spartak Moskva, Russia), Dmytro Lyopa (Dnipro), Taras Stepanenko (Metalurh Z), Volodymyr Bidlovskyy, Oleh Holodyuk (both from Karpaty), Mykola Morozyuk, Roman Zozulya (both from Dynamo), Valeriy Fedorchuk (Lviv), Anton Makarenko (Augsburg, Germany).
Forwards: Vadym Antypov (Naftovyk), Artem Kravets, Andriy Yarmolenko (both from Dynamo), Volodymyr Lysenko (Arsenal), Denys Vasin (Chornomorets), Yevhen Konoplyanka (Dnipro).
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