Ukraine sets final Euro roster
Kyiv, Ukraine – Ukraine coach Oleh Blokhin dropped Oleksandr Bandura, Vitaly Mandziuk and Taras Stepanenko from his provisional Euro roster Tuesday to finalize his 23-man squad for next month’s tournament.
Goalkeeper Bandura, defender Mandziuk and midfielder Stepanenko were the final
players trimmed ahead of the finals, which start June 8 and are co-hosted by
Poland and Ukraine.
Blokhin made the decisions after a 4-0 friendly win over Estonia on Monday and
will now turn his attention toward friendlies against Austria and Turkey ahead
of Ukraine’s Group D opener against Sweden on June 11.
Ukraine will also played England and France in Group D.
Following is the complete Ukraine roster:
Goalkeepers: Oleksandr Goryainov (Metalist Kharkiv), Maxym Koval (Dynamo
Kyiv), Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk).
Defenders: Bohdan Butko (Illychivets Mariupil), Olexandr Kucher (Shakhtar
Donetsk), Taras Mikhalik (Dynamo Kyiv), Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk),
Yevhen Selin (Vorskla Poltava), Yevhen Khacheridi (Dynamo Kyiv), Vyacheslav
Shevchuk (Shakhtar Donetsk).
Midfielders: Olexandr Aliyev (Dynamo Kyiv), Denys Garmash (Dynamo Kyiv), Oleh
Gusev (Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Konoplyanka (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Serhiy
Nazarenko (Tavriya Simferopol), Ruslan Rotan (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Anatoliy
Tymoshchuk (Bayern Munich), Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kyiv).
Forwards: Andriy Voronin (Dinamo Moscow), Marko Devic (Shakhtar Donetsk),
Artem Milevskiy (Dynamo Kyiv), Yevhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Andriy
Shevchenko (Dynamo Kyiv).