The day before tomorrow's CH-2026 qualifier match against Azerbaijan (kick-off at 7 PM Kyiv time), the Ukrainian team held a traditional pre-match training session on the field of the future venue — Republican Stadium named after Tofig Bahramov.

Photo: Dan Balashov

All 24 footballers currently in the blue and yellow camp in Baku participated in the training under the guidance of the coaching staff.

Photo: Dan Balashov

Ukraine National Team Roster

Goalkeepers: Georgiy Bushchan ("Polesia" Zhytomyr), Anatoliy Trubin ("Benfica" Lisbon, Portugal), Dmytro Ryzhnik ("Shakhtar" Donetsk).

Defenders: Ilya Zabarnyi ("Paris Saint-Germain" Paris, France), Oleksandr Svatok ("Austin", USA), Valeri Bondar, Mykhailo Matviyenko, Yurym Konoplyan (all — "Shakhtar" Donetsk), Taras Mikhaylichenko, Vladyslav Dubynchak (both — "Dynamo" Kyiv), Bogdan Mykhailichenko ("Polesia" 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 — "Polesia" Zhytomyr), Georgiy Sudakov ("Benfica" Lisbon, Portugal), Oleksandr Zubkov ("Trabzonspor" Trabzon, Turkey).

Forwards: Artem Dovbyk ("Roma" Rome, Italy), Vladyslav Vannat ("Girona", Spain).

CH-2026 Qualifiers. Group D: Match Details, Standings, Regulations