On Thursday, May 13, Ukraine Under-21 team started their training camp before the upcoming away EURO 2011 Under-21 championship qualifier against Malta on May 29.

Ukraine manager Pavlo Yakovenko has invited 26 footballers with noticeable presence of national team players Andriy Yarmolenko and Yaroslav Rakitskiy among them. Ukraine U-21 team are now pacesetters in their group with 11 points after five rounds. Although other favorites France and Belgium achieved the same figures, as the former played one game more.

Ukraine Under-21 team squad
Goalkeepers: Anton Kanibolitskiy (FC Kryvbas Kryvii Rig), Denis Boyko, Artem Kychak (both from FC Dynamo Kyiv), Yevgen Past (FC Chornomorets Odesa).

Defenders: Artem Putivtsev, Yevgen Selin (both from FC Metalist Kharkiv), Oleksiy Kurylov (FC Volyn Lutsk), Vadym Rodyna, Andriy Sakhnevych (both from FC Dynamo), Oleksandr Matvieiev (FC Vorskla Poltava), Yaroslav Rakitskiy, Sergiy Kryvtsov (both from FC Shakhtar Donetsk).

Midfielders: Maksym Bily, Vitaliy Vitsenets (both from FC Zoria Lugansk), Mykola Moroziuk, Valeriy Fedorchuk (both from FC Kryvbas), Volodymyr Chesnakov (FC Vorskla), Denis Garmash, Kyrylo Petrov, Andriy Yarmolenko (all from FC Dynamo), Taras Stepanenko (FC Shakhtar), Arthur Zapadnia (FC Illichivets Mariupol).

Forwards: Oleksandr Yakymenko (FC Chornomorets), Volodymyr Lysenko (FC Metalist), Roman Zozulia (FC Dynamo), Ivan Matiazh (SC Tavriya Simferopol).