Ukraine’s national team squad for the 2026 World Cup qualifying matches against France and Azerbaijan has been announced.
Head coach Sergiy Rebrov has called up 25 players for the Group D matches: on September 5 in Wroclaw against France and on September 9 in Baku against Azerbaijan, Idman.biz reports.
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 Konoplya (all Shakhtar), Taras Mykhavko, Oleksandr Tymchyk (both Dynamo), Vitaliy Mykolenko (Everton, England)
Midfielders: Oleksandr Zinchenko (Arsenal, England), Yegor Yarmolyuk (Brentford, England), Ivan Kalyuzhnyi (Metalist 1925), Mykola Shaparenko (Dynamo), Oleg Ocheretko, Georgiy Sudakov, Artem Bondarenko (all Shakhtar), Oleksiy Gutsulyak, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both Polissya), Viktor Tsygankov (Girona, Spain), Oleksandr Zubkov (Trabzonspor, Turkiye)
Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk (Olympiacos, Greece), Artem Dovbyk (Roma, Italy), Vladyslav Vanat (Dynamo)
Reserve players: Georgiy Bushchan (Al-Shabab, Saudi Arabia), Bogdan Mykhaylichenko (Polissya), Yevgen Cheberko (Columbus Crew, USA), Oleksandr Pikhalyonok, Volodymyr Brazhko, Nazar Voloshyn (all Dynamo).
The Azerbaijan vs. Ukraine match will take place on September 9 at 20:00 at the Tofiq Bahramov Republican Stadium.
