On Monday, September 22 Ukraine U-17 team went to Reykjavik where it is to take part in the first EURO 2009 (U-17) qualifying round. The opponents of Oleksandr Golovko’s team will be the teams of Iceland, Switzerland and Norway. In the first match on the 24th of September Ukrainians are to play with Norwegian coevals.
13 qualifying round sections
In the 2008/09 UEFA European Under-17 Championship qualifying round 52 sides are to begin their quest for seven places in next May's finals in Germany. Among the mini-tournaments, played throughout the autumn, is a Group 13 meeting between holders Spain and England, who were matched in the 2007 final. Two of the teams who competed in last season's finals in Turkey, runners-up France and Scotland, are both in Group 11. The top two in each of the 13 qualifying round sections, plus the two third-placed sides with the best record against the leading pair in their group, will progress to the Elite round, which will be drawn on 4 December and played in the spring of 2009. The winners of the seven Elite round sections will join hosts Germany in the final tournament from 6-18 May.
Calendar of the 7th EURO 2009 (U-17) qualifying group
September 24. Ukraine − Norway (20.00), Switzerland − Iceland (20.00)
September 26. Switzerland − Norway (18.00), Iceland − Ukraine (20.00)
September 29. Ukraine − Switzerland (20.00), Norway − Iceland (20.00)
Ukraine U-17 team squad:
Goalkeepers: Roman Dankovych (Karpaty Lviv), Maksym Koval (Metalurh Zaporizhya).
Defenders: Ivan Ordets, Maksym Kychyn (both Shakhtar Donetsk), Dmytro Ryzhuk, Volodymyr Koval (both from Dynamo Kyiv), Andriy Tsurykov (Metalurh Zaporizhya).
Midfielders: Ruslan Babenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Yaroslav Prokypchuk, Anton Dovgiy, Maksym Borovets (all from Dynamo), Oleksandr Karavayev, Oleksandr Noyok (both Shakhtar), Denis Prychynenko (Energy Germany), Artem Shcedriy (Olympic Donetsk).
Forwards: Pylyp Budkivskiy (Shakhtar), Vitaliy Ivanko (Metalurh Donetsk), Vitaliy Ryabushko (Dynamo).
