The squad of the Ukrainian national team has been announced for the matches against the national teams of France and Azerbaijan in the qualifying round of the 2026 World Cup.
Idman.biz reports that head coach Serhiy Rebrov has invited 25 players to the matches against France in Wroclaw on September 5 and against Azerbaijan in Baku on September 9 as part of Group D.
Goalkeepers: Andriy Lunin ("Real", Spain), Anatoliy Trubin ("Benfica", Portugal), Dmytro Riznyk ("Shakhtar");
Defenders: Ilya Zabarnyi (PSG, France), Oleksandr Svatok ("Austin", USA), Valeriy Bondar, Mykola Matvienko, Yukhym Konoplia (all "Shakhtar"), Taras Mikhayko, Oleksandr Tymchyk (both "Dynamo"), Vitaliy Mykolenko ("Everton", England);
Midfielders: Oleksandr Zinchenko ("Arsenal", England), Yehor Yarmolyuk ("Brentford", England), Ivan Kalyuzhnyi ("Metalist 1925"), Mykola Shaparenko ("Dynamo"), Oleh Ocheretko, Georgiy Sudakov, Artem Bondarenko (all "Shakhtar"), Oleksiy Gutsulyak, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both "Polissya"), Viktor Tsygankov ("Girona", Spain), Oleksandr Zubkov ("Trabzonspor", Turkey);
Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk ("Olympiacos", Greece), Artem Dovbyk ("Roma", Italy), Vladyslav Vanat ("Dynamo").
Reserve squad: Georgiy Bushchan ("Al-Shabab", Saudi Arabia), Bogdan Mykhailichenko ("Polissya"), Yevhen Cheberko ("Columbus Crew", USA), Oleksandr Pikhalonok, Volodymyr Brazhko, Nazar Voloshyn (all "Dynamo").
It should be noted that the Azerbaijan-Ukraine match will be held on September 9 at 20:00 at the Tofig Bahramov Republican Stadium.
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