On Wednesday, September 24, Ukraine WU-19 team are going to Bulgaria where EURO 2009 (WU-19) qualification starts. In the first qualifying round the footballers of Oleksandr Masalskiy got into the 11th group. Except the hosts Ukrainians are to play with the teams from Italy and Estonia.
Renewed squad
According to the words of Oleksandr Masalskiy all the best footballers are there in his disposal now. In comparison with the last year the squad of the team has been renewed and now there are 60% of new players. «It is quite difficult for me to say whether this team is stronger than the last year’s one. We have new goalkeepers, new defending link. We will have an opportunity to compare them only after several official matches» − the coach mentioned.
Calendar of the 11th EURO 2009 (WU-19) qualifying group
September 25. Italy − Estonia, Ukraine − Bulgaria
September 27. Ukraine − Estonia, Bulgaria − Italy
September 30. Italy − Ukraine, Estonia − Bulgaria
Ukraine WU-19 team squad:
Goalkeepers: Nila Rogachova (Naftokhimik Ivano-Frankivsk), Viktoriya Sagaidachna (Planeta Kyiv).
Defenders: Margaryta Koshudko (Rodyna Kostopil), Iryna Kucherenko, Svitlana Khyzhnyak (both from Donechanka), Inna Chystyakova (Yuzhanka Kherson).
Midfielders: Olga Avdeeva (Donechanka), Olga Basanska, Tayisiya Nesterenko (both from zhytlobud Kharkiv), Galyna Gudymova (Rodyna), Mariya Dusheyina, Tetyana Romanenko (both from Yuzhanka), Alina Svergun (Yatran Uman), Karyna Sorokina (Kyiv).
Forwards: Valeriya Alyoshycheva (Donechanka), Yuliya Gnydyuk (Naftokhimik), Olena Gorodetska (Legenda), Yuliya Stets (Yatran).
