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U-18/19: The Ukrainian Under-18/19 National Team Begins Qualification for Euro 2027 with a Narrow Loss

U-18/19: The Ukrainian Under-18/19 National Team Begins Qualification for Euro 2027 with a Narrow Loss

25 March 2026, 19:55

Alexander Sitenko's team barely progressed past Finland in the first match of the first round of Euro-2027 (U-19) qualifying.

U-18/19: The Ukrainian Under-18/19 National Team Begins Qualification for Euro 2027 with a Narrow Loss

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Ukraine (U-18/19) — Finland (U-19) — 1:2 (0:1)

Goals: Zudin (74) — Palmuula (32), Kaat (60, from a penalty).

Ukraine (U-19): Tkachenko, Melnyk (Ogorodnik, 88), Kostyuk, Onishchuk, Muradian, Balakai (Petrovsky, 68), Kutya (Serdyuk, 86), Lysin (c), Zudin, Bodnar (Glut, 68), Andreyko (Zubryi, 68). Substitutes: Hadashevych, Levytskyi, Serdyuk, Zalipka, Dzurbeiev. Coach: Oleksandr Sitnyk.

Finland (U-19): Hasselmann, Ahoo (Hitakangas, 63), Nubak, Laaksonen, Gronlund, Kysikila, Palmuula (c), Onuoha, Vaiany (Mucipai, 80), Okungbowa (Lehtomaki, 80, Puhokainen, 90+5), Kaat. Coach: Sami Ristila.

Yellow cards: Onishchuk (50) — Onuoha (66). Red card: Onuoha (90+2, second yellow card).

March 25. Helsinki (Finland). Mustapekka Arena.

Czech Republic (U-19) — Latvia (U-19) — 2:0

Tournament table

	Team	1	V	N	P	M	PTS
1	Czech Republic U-19	1	1	0	0	2—0	3
2	Finland U-19	1	1	0	0	2—1	3
3	Ukraine U-19	1	0	0	1	1—2	0
4	Estonia U-19	1	0	0	1	0—2	0

Euro 2027 (U-19). First round of qualification.

League A

Group A1: Belgium, Slovenia, Sweden, Cyprus.

Group A2: Italy, Ireland, Poland, Scotland.

Group A3: Czech Republic, Finland, Ukraine, Estonia.

Group A4: Germany, Austria, Israel, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Group A5: England, Croatia, Spain, Bulgaria.

Group A6: Portugal, Serbia, Greece, Kazakhstan.

Group A7: France, Switzerland, Hungary, Wales.

League B

Group B1: Denmark, Romania, Andorra, Liechtenstein.

Group B2: Turkey, Kosovo, Armenia, Gibraltar.

Group B3: Slovakia, Belarus, Latvia, San Marino.

Group B4: Norway, Albania, Luxembourg, Malta.

Group B5: Netherlands, Faroe Islands, North Macedonia, Moldova.

Group B6: Northern Ireland, Lithuania, Azerbaijan.

Group B7: Iceland, Montenegro, Georgia.

Schedule of matches in Group A3

March 28, 2026

Finland — Estonia (13:00)

Czech Republic — Ukraine (18:00)

March 31, 2026

Finland — Czech Republic (13:00)

Estonia — Ukraine (13:00)

Kyiv time is indicated for the start of matches.

Qualification to second round

After the first round, teams advance as follows:

— Teams that occupy 1st, 2nd and 3rd place in League A remain in League A for the second round;

— The team that occupies 4th place in League A advances to League B for the second round;

— Winners of groups in League B advance to League A for the second round;

— Teams that occupy 2nd, 3rd and 4th place in League B remain in League B for the second round.

Teams that played each other in the first round will not meet again in the second round.