Andriy Yarmolenko and Oleksandr Svatok will replace the injured Viktor Tsygankov and Vitaliy Mykolenko.
The head coach of the Ukrainian national team Serhiy Rebrov made changes to the list of players called up for the October matches of the 2024/25 Nations League against Georgia and the Czech Republic.
As reported by the official website of the UAF, the injured Viktor Tsygankov and Vitaliy Mykolenko will be replaced by Andriy Yarmolenko and Oleksandr Svatok, who were transferred from the reserve list to the main team by the coaching staff of the national team.
The composition of the Ukrainian national team for the October matches of the League of Nations
Goalkeepers: Georgy Bushchan (Dynamo Kyiv), Anatoliy Trubin (Benfica Lisbon, Portugal), Andriy Lunin (Real Madrid, Spain).
Defenders:Mykola Matviyenko, Yefim Konoplya, Valeriy Bondar (all from Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Tymchyk (Dynamo Kyiv), Bohdan Mykhailychenko (Polesye Zhitomir), Ilya Zabarnyi (Bournemouth, England), Maksym Taloverov (Lask Linz, Austria), Oleksandr Svatok (Austin, USA).
Midfielders: Mykola Shaparenko, Volodymyr Brazhko, Vladislav Kabayev, Oleksandr Pikhalenok, Andriy Yarmolenko (all from Dynamo Kyiv), Taras Stepanenko, Georgy Sudakov, Dmytro Kryskiv, Oleksandr Zubkov (all from Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksiy Gutsulyak (Polesye Zhitomir), Mykhailo Mudryk (Chelsea London, England).
Forwards: Artem Dovbyk (Roma, Rome, Italy), Roman Yaremchuk (Olympiakos Piraeus, Greece), Vladislav Vanat (Dynamo Kyiv).
Reserve list
Dmytro Riznyk, Artem Bondarenko, Danylo Sikan (all – Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Martynyuk (Oleksandria), Vitaliy Buyalsky (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleksandr Nazarenko (Polesye Zhytomyr).
In October, the Ukrainian national team will play two nominally home matches of the League of Nations. On October 11, in the 3rd round, the “blue-yellows” will host Georgia in Poznan, and on October 14, in the 4th round, they will play against the Czech Republic in Wroclaw.
Recall that in the 2024/25 Nations League season, Rebrov's team is competing in Group B1 against the Czech Republic, Albania and Georgia.
In the opening matches of the tournament, the Ukrainians suffered defeats from Albania (1:2) and the Czech Republic (2:3). After two rounds, the Ukrainian team is in last place in its group, without scoring a single point. Georgia is leading with 6 points, Albania and the Czech Republic have 3 points each.