Ukraine announce squad for 2026 World Cup qualifier vs Sweden; Yehor Yarmoliuk & Viktor Tsygankov included
Both sides will be eager to book their place in the competition.
For the 2026 World Cup qualifiers match against Sweden in March, Ukraine manager Serhiy Rebrov has selected 26 players. Borys Krushynskyi, Matviy Ponomarenko, and Ruslan Neshcheret received their first calls.
Serhiy Rebrov, the head manager of the Ukrainian national team, has revealed the team that will feature for the 2026 World Cup qualifying match against Sweden in their bid to reach the event in South America.
There are 26 football players on the main list. There are nine more players on the reserve list. Polissya Zhytomyr defender Borys Krushynskyi and Dynamo Kyiv goalie and striker Ruslan Neshcheret and Matviy Ponomarenko have been called up for the first time. Zinchenko misses out due to injury.
Ukraine will be eager to qualify for the World Cup after failing to directly secure their place in the competition, which will take place this summer.
Ukraine squad for 2026 World Cup qualifiers against Sweden
Goalkeepers: Anatoliy Trubin (Benfica), Dmytro Riznyk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ruslan Neshcheret (Dynamo Kyiv).
Defenders: Illia Zabarnyi (Paris Saint-Germain), Oleksandr Svatok (Austin), Valeriy Bondar (Shakhtar Donetsk), Yukhym Konoplya (Shakhtar Donetsk), Maksym Talovierov (Stoke City), Vitaliy Mykolenko (Everton), Oleksandr Tymchyk (Dynamo Kyiv), Bohdan Mykhailichenko (Polissya Zhytomyr), Borys Krushynskyi (Polissya Zhytomyr)
Midfielders: Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford), Ivan Kaliuzhnyi (Metalist 1925), Oleh Ochereťko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Heorhiy Sudakov (Benfica Lisbon), Ruslan Malinovskyi (Genoa), Mykola Shaparenko (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Pikhalyonok (Dynamo Kyiv), Nazar Voloshyn (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksiy Hutsuliak (Polissya Zhytomyr), Viktor Tsygankov (Girona), Oleksandr Zubkov (Trabzonspor)
Forwards: Vladyslav Vanat (Girona), Roman Yaremchuk (Lyon), Matviy Ponomarenko (Dynamo).
When will Ukraine face Sweden in World Cup qualifiers?
They will face them on 26th March.
Where will the game take place?
It will take place at Estadio Ciutat de Valencia.
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