Ukraine squad revealed for World Cup 2026 qualifier against Azerbaijan
Ukraine national football team (photo: facebook.com/uafukraine)
The Ukraine national team has finalized the squad for the match against Azerbaijan in the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. Twenty-three players were included in the list, the UAF channel on Telegram reported.
Who made it into Ukraine's squad?
The Ukrainian Association of Football published the official list of players eligible to play in the second match of the qualifying tournament.
Among those called up are leading players from European clubs and representatives of the Ukrainian Premier League.
Goalkeepers:
- Anatolii Trubin (Benfica, Portugal)
- Dmytro Riznyk (Shakhtar)
- Heorhii Bushchan (Al-Shabab, Saudi Arabia)
Defenders:
- Valerii Bondar, Mykola Matviienko, Yukhym Konoplia (Shakhtar)
- Taras Mykhavko (Dynamo)
- Bohdan Mykhailichenko (Polissia)
- Illia Zabarnyi (PSG, France)
Oleksandr Svatok (Austin, USA)
Midfielders:
- Oleh Ochertko, Artem Bondarenko (Shakhtar)
- Oleksii Hutsuliak, Oleksandr Nazarenko (Polissia)
- Heorhii Sudakov (Benfica, Portugal)
- Oleksandr Zinchenko (Nottingham Forest, England)
- Yehor Yarmoliuk (Brentford, England)
- Ivan Kaliuzhnyi (Metalist 1925)
- Mykola Shaparenko, Nazar Voloshyn (Dynamo)
- Oleksandr Zubkov (Trabzonspor, Turkey)
Forwards:
- Artem Dovbyk (Roma, Italy)
- Vladyslav Vanat (Girona, Spain)
Defender Vladyslav Dubinchak was once again left out of the squad, having also missed the opening qualifier against France.
When will the Azerbaijan-Ukraine match take place?
The 2026 World Cup qualifying match between Azerbaijan and Ukraine will be held on September 9 at 19:00 Kyiv time. For the Blue-and-Yellow, this will be a chance to earn their first points in the group after losing the opening match to France 0-2.
Tournament situation in the group
After the first round, Ukraine is in third place in its group. Iceland leads thanks to a convincing 5-0 victory over Azerbaijan. France is second after defeating Ukraine (2-0).
The standings look as follows:
- Iceland - 3 points (1 match), goal difference 5:0
- France - 3 (1), 2:0
- Ukraine - 0 (1), 0:2
- Azerbaijan - 0 (1), 0:5
