Armenia will host UEFA European Under-19 Championship Group 7, with Ukraine and Turkey both looking to end holders Spain's run in the Elite round.

Match schedule
Armenia, making their second appearance in the Elite round, meet 2004's beaten finalists Turkey in their opening game in Abovyan on 22 May, while four-time winners Spain meet Ukraine in a replay of the 2004 semi-final, which Spain won on penalties after a 2-2 draw. Ukraine play Armenia on the 24th as Spain meet Turkey with the mini tournament ending on 27 May with Turkey playing Ukraine and Spain facing the hosts.

SPAIN
Coach Ginés Meléndez, fresh from assisting last year's stand-in U19 chief Juan Santisteban in another U17 success in Turkey, has made seven changes to the Spain squad that advanced through the qualifying round. Ignacio Camacho has been brought in following a fine stint in Club Atlético de Madrid's first team while Real Racing Club Santander striker Iván Bolado, who scored twice in the Primera División this season, is also included. There are call-ups for José Maria Antón, Tomas Mejías, Jordi Alba Ramos and César Ortiz while two of Camacho's fellow stars of last year's U17 championship winning team − Fran Mérida and forward Dani 'El Torito' Aquino − will be looking to add to their growing reputations.

Qualifying round: Albania 2-0, Liechtenstein 0-0, Serbia 1-1 (Group 5 winners).

Key players: Fran Mérida (midfielder, Arsenal FC), Ignacio Camacho (midfielder, Club Atlético de Madrid), Dani Aquino (striker, Real Murcia CF).

UKRAINE
Roman Zozulia and Andriy Yarmolenko have been added to the squad since the qualifying round after making their senior debuts for FC Dynamo Kyiv, while striker Dmytro Korkishko misses out. The newcomers, and Dynamo team-mate Artem Kravets, should pose a serious attacking threat. Coach Olexandr Lysenko said: «We have an even group because Turkey and Armenia, regardless of Spain, have very strong teams. Every team is capable of taking points from the others. We definitely want to get to the finals, but chances are even.»

Qualifying round: Azerbaijan 3-0, Moldova 2-1, Scotland 1-0 (Group 11 winners).

Key players: Taras Stepanenko (midfielder, FC Metalurh Zaporizhya), Maxym Bily (defender, FC Kharkiv), Artem Kravets (forward, FC Dynamo Kyiv).

ARMENIA
Star players Henrikh Mkhitaryn and Sergis Karapetyan will be banned for the first two games of the tournament while Edgar Malakyan will sit out the first game through suspension, and serious injuries to Gagik Dagbashyan and Albert Tadevosyan in recent domestic games may force coach Armen Gyulbudaghyants to make further changes. «We have strong opposition but this does not mean that Armenia won't be fighting for a place in the finals,» said the coach. «You get 90 minutes to win each match, and we are looking to surprise everyone and finish first.»

Qualifying round: Lithuania 2-2, San Marino 1-0, Poland 0-0 (Group 7 runners up).

Key players: Henrikh Mkhitaryan (midfielder, FC Pyunik), Sargis Karapetyan (midfielder, FC Banants), Edgar Malakyan (midfielder, FC Pyunik).

TURKEY
With plenty of players now seeing action with their senior teams, Turkey have reason for optimism, with 18-year-old attacking midfielder Barış Memiş − who has scored twice in 15 league games − the pick of the crop. Coach Ahmet Ceyhan said: «The players have faced harder opponents as they have an experience from the league. Spain are in our group and I expect that game to be very competitive and entertaining. It's not important who you play against because all the teams are ambitious.»

Qualifying round: Faroe Islands 3-1, Bulgaria 2-0, Denmark 0-0 (Group 9 winners).

Key players: Sercan Yıldırım (forward, Bursaspor), Barış Memiş (midfielder, Trabzonspor).