Ukraine Under-21 team manager Pavlo Yakovenko revealed the squad for the upcoming friendly against Cyprus on March 3^rd at Larnaca.

This match will be played in terms of the training session to start on Saturday, February 27^th. The coaching staff has called out 27 footballers with some new faces featuring. In particular, for the first time Yakovenko invited FC Chornomorets Odesa goalkeeper Yevgen Past and FC Metalist Kharkiv midfielder Artem Putivtsev. Another halfback Igor Tyschenko representing FC Illichivets Mariupol has found his name on the list before but didn’t play a minute.

Ukraine Under-21 team squad

Goalkeepers: Anton Kanibolitskiy (FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Denis Boiko (FC Obolon Kyiv), Yevgen Past (FC Chornomorets Odesa).

Defenders: Vadym Rodyna, Andriy Sakhnevych (both from FC Dynamo Kyiv), Pavlo Pashaiev (FC Dnipro), Andriy Fartushniak (FC Obolon), Oleksandr Matveiev (FC Vorskla Poltava), Serhiy Kryvtsov (FC Metalurh Zaporizhia), Yaroslav Rakytskiy (FC Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksiy Kurylov (FC Zoria Lugansk).

Midfielders: Kyrylo Petrov, Denis Garmash (both from FC Dynamo), Dmytro Liopa, Mykola Moroziuk (FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih), Volodymyr Chesnakov (FC Vorskla), Oleg Golodiyk (FC Karpaty Lviv), Artem Putivtsev (FC Metalist Kharkiv), Maksym Biliy (FC Zoria), Taras Stepanenko (FC Metalurh Z), Vitalii Vitsenets (FC Shakhtar).