The Ukrainian national team, preparing for the qualifying matches for the 2026 World Cup against France (September 5, Wroclaw) and Azerbaijan (September 9, Baku), has made an involuntary substitution.

The camp lost injured defender Vitaliy Mykolenko of English Everton. After undergoing an MRI, the player was found to have sustained an injury during matches for his club team. Vitaliy will be replaced by Kiev Dynamo's Vladyslav Dubynchak.

Ukrainian National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan («Al-Shabab», Saudi Arabia), Anatoliy Trubin («Benfica» Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Ryndyk («Shakhtar» Donetsk).

Defenders: Ilya Zabarnyi («Paris Saint-Germain» Paris, France), Oleksandr Svatok («Austin», USA), Valeri Bondar, Mykhailo Matviyenko, Yurym Konoplyanka (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Taras Mikhaylichenko, Vladyslav Dubynchak (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Bogdan Mykhaylichenko («Polesye» Zhytomyr).

Midfielders: Oleksandr Zinchenko («Nottingham Forest», England), Yegor Yarmoluk («Brentford», England), Ivan Kaluzhnyi («Metalist 1925» Kharkiv), Mykhailo Shaparenko, Nazar Volosin (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Oleksandr Ocheretnyk, Artem Bondarenko (both — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Oleksiy Hutsulyak, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both — «Polesye» Zhytomyr), Viktor Tsygankov («Girona», Spain), Georgiy Sudakov («Benfica» Lisbon, Portugal), Oleksandr Zubkov («Trabzonspor» Trabzon, Turkey).

Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk («Olympiacos» Piraeus, Greece), Artem Dovbyk («Roma» Rome, Italy), Vladyslav Vanat («Girona», Spain).

Reserve List

Yevhen Cheberko («Columbus Crew», USA), Oleksandr Pichalnok, Volodymyr Braichenko (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv).