The match will start at 23:00 Kyiv time. It will be broadcast live by Suspilne Sport.

Photo by Andriy Yushchak

For more than a week, our team has been preparing in Chile, conducting a friendly match against the Australian team, also a participant of the World Championship — 2:3. On September 23, the Ukrainian delegation moved to Valparaiso, where the blue and yellow will play their first two group matches. For the third round, they will return to Santiago.

The first opponent is South Korea's team. As a reminder, it was with the Koreans that Ukraine's team met in the final of the 2019 World Cup (U-20) and won — 3:1.

Photo by Andriy Yushchak

"South Korea is trying to play an intense vertical football, while their players actively occupy the opponent's penalty area. The Koreans make many flank passes and are very disciplined. In the last two tournaments, this team achieved high results. They were second in 2019 and fourth in 2023," — noted the head coach of Ukraine's youth team, Dmytro Mykhaylenko.

Ukraine U-20 Youth Team Roster

Goalkeepers: 1. Stanislav Vaniyvskyi («Stal» Jezow, Poland), 12. Vladyslav Krapivcov («Girona», Spain), 16. Markian Bakus (LNZ Chernihiv).

Defenders: 3. Kyrylo Dytchyar, 13. Daniel Vernattus (both — «Metalist» Kharkiv), 4. Mykola Kyrichok («Karpaty» Lviv), 5. Vladyslav Kisil («Ponferradina», Spain), 6. Maxim Melnychenko («Polissya» Zhytomyr), 17. Maxim Derkach («Tukums 2000», Latvia), 20. Oleksiy Gusiev («Kudryvka»).

Midfielders: 10. Hennadiy Synchuk («Montreal», Canada), 11. Danylo Krevsun («Borussia» Dortmund, Germany), 7. Artur Shah («Karpaty» Lviv), 18. Bohdan Budko (AZ, Netherlands), 8. Daniil Vashchenko («Oleksandria»), 21. Matviy Panchenko («Metalist 1925» Kharkiv), 14. Kristian Shevchenko («Watford», England), 2. Vitaliy Katrich («Inhulets» Petrove), 15. Yaroslav Karman («Polissya» Zhytomyr).

Forwards: 9. Matviy Ponomarenko («Dynamo» Kyiv), 19. Oleksandr Pyshchur (ETO, Hungary).

The World Championship-2025 (U-20) will take place from September 27 to October 19 in five cities of Chile: Valparaiso, Santiago, Viña del Mar, Rancagua and Talca. Twenty-four teams from six confederations will participate. First, they will compete in six quartets. The top two teams from each group, as well as the four teams that finish third, will advance to the round of 16. Then it follows a standard format.

Groups for World Championship-2025 (U-20)

Group A: Chile, New Zealand, Japan, Egypt.

Group B: South Korea, Ukraine, Paraguay, Panama.

Group C: Brazil, Mexico, Morocco, Spain.

Group D: Italy, Australia, Cuba, Argentina.

Group E: USA, New Caledonia, France, PAR.

Group F: Colombia, Saudi Arabia, Norway, Nigeria.

Schedule of Ukraine's Matches in Group B

27.09.2025. South Korea — Ukraine (23:00) 

30.09.2025. Panama — Ukraine (23:00) 

03.10.2025. Ukraine — Paraguay (23:00)