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Serhiy Rebrov called up Nazar Voloshin to the Ukraine national team
Head coach of the Ukraine national team, Serhiy Rebrov, has moved defender Nazar Voloshyn from Dynamo Kyiv into the main squad list as they prepare to start qualification for the 2026 World Cup.
Main coach of the Ukraine national team, Serhiy Rebrov, has moved defender Nazar Voloshyn from Kiev's "Dynamo" into the main squad list as they prepare for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
As a reminder, blue and yellow will face France in Wroclaw, Poland on September 5th at 9:45 PM (Kyiv time), and Azerbaijan in Baku on September 9th at 7:00 PM.
Ukraine National Team Squad
Goalkeepers: Andriy Lunin ("Real" Madrid, Spain), Anatoliy Trubin ("Benfica" Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Ryndzak ("Shakhtar" Donetsk).
Defenders: Ilya Zabarnyi ("Paris Saint-Germain" Paris, France), Oleksandr Svatok ("Austin", USA), Valeri Bondar, Mykhailo Matviyenko, Yurym Konoplyan (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Taras Mikhaylo, Oleksandr Timchuk (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Vitaliy Mykolenko ("Everton" Liverpool, England).
Midfielders: Oleksandr Zinchenko ("Arsenal" London, England), Yegor Yarmoluk ("Brentford", England), Ivan Kaliuzhnyi ("Metalist 1925" Kharkiv), Mykhailo Shaparenko, Nazar Voloshyn (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Oleksiy Ocheretnyk, Georgy Sudakov, Artem Bondarenko (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Oleksii Hutsulyak, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both — "Polesye" Zhytomyr), Viktor Tsygankov ("Girona", Spain), Oleksandr Zubkov ("Trabzonspor" Trabzon, Turkey).
Forwards: Roman Yaremchuk ("Olympiacos" Piraeus, Greece), Artem Dovbyk ("Roma" Rome, Italy), Vladyslav Vanat ("Dynamo" Kyiv).
Reserve List
Georgiy Bushchan ("Al-Shabab", Saudi Arabia), Bohdan Mykhailichenko ("Polesye" Zhytomyr), Yevhen Cheberko ("Columbus Crew", USA), Oleksandr Pichalnyk, Volodymyr Brazhko (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv).
The national team will gather on September 1st near the Polish city of Poznan. On September 4th, they will move to Wroclaw where on the 5th at "Tychy Stadium Wroclaw", they will face France.
2026 World Cup Qualifiers in UEFA Zone. First Round
Group A: Germany, Slovakia, Northern Ireland, Luxembourg.
Group B: Switzerland, Sweden, Slovenia, Kosovo.
Group C: Denmark, Greece, Scotland, Belarus.
Group D: France, Ukraine, Iceland, Azerbaijan.
Group E: Spain, Turkey, Georgia, Bulgaria.
Group F: Portugal, Hungary, Ireland, Armenia.
Group G: Netherlands, Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Malta.
Group H: Austria, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, San Marino.
Group I: Italy, Norway, Israel, Estonia, Moldova.
Group J: Belgium, Wales, North Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein.
Group K: England, Serbia, Albania, Latvia, Andorra.
Group L: Croatia, Czech Republic, Montenegro, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar.
Schedule of Group D Matches
Round 1. September 5, 2025
Ukraine — France 9:45 PM, Wroclaw
Iceland — Azerbaijan 9:45 PM, Reykjavik
Round 2. September 9, 2025
Azerbaijan — Ukraine 7:00 PM, Baku
France — Iceland 9:45 PM, Paris
Round 3. October 10, 2025
Iceland — Ukraine 9:45 PM, Reykjavik
France — Azerbaijan 9:45 PM, Paris
Round 4. October 13, 2025
Ukraine — Azerbaijan 9:45 PM
Iceland — France 9:45 PM, Reykjavik
Round 5. November 13, 2025
Azerbaijan — Iceland 7:00 PM, Baku
France — Ukraine 9:45 PM, Paris
Round 6. November 16, 2025
Ukraine — Iceland 7:00 PM
Azerbaijan — France 7:00 PM, Baku
All match times are in Kyiv time.
UEFA (Europe): 16 spots.
The European zone qualifiers will take place from March 2025 to March 2026 and consist of two rounds. Teams will compete for 16 spots at the World Cup.
Round 1: Twelve groups with five or four teams each will play from March to November 2025 under a traditional group stage system. The twelve group winners will receive direct tickets to the final round.
The twelve second-placed teams, along with the top four third-place finishers in UEFA Nations League 2024/2025 who are below second place on the European qualification group stage, will participate in knockout mini-tournaments.
Round 2: Knockout mini-tournaments in March 2026 will consist of one-legged semi-finals and finals. The sixteen participants will be divided into four playoff paths. The four winners will receive spots at the 2026 World Cup.
AFC (Asia): 8 spots + 1 spot in intercontinental playoffs.
CAF (Africa): 9 spots + 1 spot in intercontinental playoffs.
CONCACAF (North and Central America): 3 tournament organizers + 3 spots + 2 spots in intercontinental playoffs.
CONMEBOL (South America): 6 spots + 1 spot in intercontinental playoffs.
OFC (Oceania): 1 spot + 1 spot in intercontinental playoffs.
Intercontinental Playoffs: 2 spots.
2026 World Cup Final Tournament
The 2026 World Cup will be the first in history to feature 48 national teams in its final stage. Twelve groups of four teams each will be formed. The top two teams from each group and eight best third-placed teams advance to the round of 16.
Matches of the 23rd World Cup will take place in 16 cities. These include Toronto and Vancouver in Canada, Guadalajara, Mexico City, and Monterrey in Mexico, as well as Atlanta, Boston, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, Los Angeles, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, and Seattle in the USA.
The opening match of the World Cup will take place on June 11, 2026, in Mexico City, while the final will be held in New York on July 19th.
