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Serhiy Rebrov has called up Bogdan Mykhailichenko to the Ukraine national team
Head coach of the Ukraine national team, Serhiy Rebrov, has moved defender Bohdan Mykhailichenko from the reserve list to the main roster of the team preparing for the 2026 World Cup qualifier.
Main coach of the Ukraine national team, Serhiy Rebrov, has moved defender Bohdan Mykhailichenko from Polissya FC from the reserve list to the main roster for the squad preparing for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers.
He will replace injured Kiev Dynamo defender Oleksandr Tymchik.
Recall that blue-and-yellow will host France in Wroclaw, Poland on September 5 (kickoff at 21:45 Kyiv time), and meet Azerbaijan in Baku on September 9 (19:00).
Ukraine National Team Roster
Goalkeepers: Andriy Lunin («Real» Madrid, Spain), Anatoliy Trubin («Benfica» Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Riznyk («Shakhtar» Donetsk).
Defenders: Ilya Zabarnyi («Paris Saint-Germain» Paris, France), Oleksandr Svatok («Austin», USA), Valeri Bondar, Mykhailo Matviyenko, Yurym Konoplyanka (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Taras Mikhavko («Dynamo» Kyiv), Bohdan Mykhailichenko («Polissya» Zhytomyr), Vitaliy Mykolenko («Everton» Liverpool, England).
Midfielders: Oleksandr Zinchenko («Arsenal» London, England), Yegor Yarmoluk («Brentford», England), Ivan Kalyuzhnyy («Metalist 1925» Kharkiv), Mykhailo Shaparenko, Nazar Volosin (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv), Oleksandr Ocheretnyk, Georgiy Sudakov, Artem Bondarenko (all — «Shakhtar» Donetsk), Oleksiy Hutsulyak, Oleksandr Nazarenko (both — «Polissya» 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), Yevhen Cheberko («Columbus Crew», USA), Oleksandr Pichalonok, Volodymyr Bragin (both — «Dynamo» Kyiv).
The national team will gather on September 1 near the Polish city of Poznan. On September 4, blue-and-yellow will move to Wroclaw, where they will host France at the «Tychy Stadium Wroclaw» on September 5.
2026 World Cup Qualifiers. 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 21:45, Wroclaw
Iceland — Azerbaijan 21:45, Reykjavik
Round 2. September 9, 2025
Azerbaijan — Ukraine 19:00, Baku
France — Iceland 21:45, Paris
Round 3. October 10, 2025
Iceland — Ukraine 21:45, Reykjavik
France — Azerbaijan 21:45, Paris
Round 4. October 13, 2025
Ukraine — Azerbaijan 21:45
Iceland — France 21:45, Reykjavik
Round 5. November 13, 2025
Azerbaijan — Iceland 19:00, Baku
France — Ukraine 21:45, Paris
Round 6. November 16, 2025
Ukraine — Iceland 19:00
Azerbaijan — France 19:00, Baku
Kick-off times are in Kyiv time.
UEFA (Europe): 16 spots.
The European zone qualification will take place from March 2025 to March 2026 and consist of two rounds. Teams will compete for 16 spots at the World Cup finals.
Round 1: Twelve groups with five or four teams each will play from March to November 2025 in a traditional group stage system. The twelve group winners will receive direct tickets to the final stage.
The twelve teams that finish second, along with the four best third-place finishers of UEFA Nations League 2024/2025 who are below second place in 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 tickets to the 2026 World Cup.
AFC (Asia): 8 spots + 1 place in intercontinental playoffs.
CAF (Africa): 9 spots + 1 place in intercontinental playoffs.
CONCACAF (North and Central America): 3 tournament hosts + 3 spots + 2 places in intercontinental playoffs.
CONMEBOL (South America): 6 spots + 1 place in intercontinental playoffs.
OFC (Oceania): 1 spot + 1 place 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. There will be twelve groups of four teams each. 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 sixteen cities. These are 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 19.
