The Ukrainian youth team (players born in 2008) will participate in a friendly tournament in Sweden from September 4 to 9. The blue and yellow team will face their counterparts from Norway, Denmark, and Sweden.

Vladimir Samborskyi, who joined the coaching staff of Ukraine's youth teams and will lead the squad during the September gathering, has called up 22 footballers from 14 clubs for preparation.

Roster of the Ukrainian Youth Team U-18

Goalkeepers: Rostyslav Baglai ("Shakhtar" Donetsk), Kyrylo Khadashevych ("VfL Wolfsburg", Germany), Fedir Tkachenko ("Real Betis", Spain).

Defenders: Yegor Kostyuk, Nikita Kaluzhnyi (both — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Danylo Ogorodnik ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Arsen Zalypka ("Ruch" Lviv), Artur Muradyan ("Borussia Mönchengladbach", Germany), Mykita Melnyk ("Napoli", Italy), Stanislav Tolstolis ("Nacional", Portugal).

Midfielders: Artem Zubryi, Oleksandr Balakay, Oleksandr Sereda (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Nazar Ivaskiv ("Dynamo" Kyiv), Muhamed Djurabayev ("Ruch" Lviv), Andriy Korol ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Artem Korch ("Polesia" Zhytomyr), Illia Kutya ("Hajduk", Croatia), Anton Martinjuk (PSV, Netherlands).

Forwards: Zakhar Zacharkin ("Kolos" Kovalivka), Dmitro Zudin ("Hajduk", Croatia), Illia Menyshyov ("Austria Wien", Austria).

Schedule of Ukraine's (U-18) matches at the tournament in Sweden

04.09.2025. Ukraine — Norway (18:30)

06.09.2025. Sweden — Ukraine (17:00)

09.09.2025. Ukraine — Denmark (18:30)