Euro 2012 news

National team gathers under its banner the best Ukrainian players. Coaching staff, headed by Yuri Kalitvintsevym announced the list of players due to the collection of the national team of Ukraine, which begins October 4 at a training base in Koncha Zaspa.

Ukraine squad

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Andriy Dikan (Spartak Moscow, Russia).

Defenders: Dmitry Chigrinsky (Shakhtar), Vitaliy Mandziuk (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Taras Michalik, Eugene Hacheridi (both - Dynamo Kiev), Vladimir Field ("Metallurg Zaporizhzhya), Alexander Romanchuk (Metalist Kharkiv) , Artem Fedecki (Karpaty Lviv).

Midfielders: Alexei Gai (Shakhtar), Oleg Gusev (Dynamo Moscow), Denis Kozhanov, Igor Khudobyak (both - "Carpathians"), Denis Kulakov (Vorskla Poltava), Denis Oleynik (Metalist), Oleksandr Aliyev (Lokomotiv Moscow, Russia), Anatoly Tymoshchuk (Bayern Munich, Germany).

Forwards: Artem Milevsky, Andriy Shevchenko (both - Dynamo), Eugene Seleznev (Dnipro), Andriy Voronin (Dynamo Moscow, Russia).

Invitation sent 21 soccer player. Traditionally, the majority of players from Ukrainian club, and four are foreign teams: a - Andrew Dikan, Andriy Voronin and Olexandr Aliyev from Russian Spartak, Dynamo and Lokomotiv, respectively, as well as Anatoly Timoshchuk from Bayern Munich.

After almost a year break returned to the ranks of the national team plays for Shakhtar Alex Guy. Games practice, recently received player in his club, gave the coaching staff an opportunity to assess its level of preparedness. Recall the last time Guy played for the national team on Nov. 18, 2009 - in the match round of the playoffs 2010 World Cup against Greece.

Successful rehabilitation process allows coaches to count on defender Shakhtar Dmitry Chigrinskiy, which due to injury missed the previous training camp home team.

It's a pitty but Marco Devic, FC Metalist striker won't take part in the match. Oleg Krasnoperov damaged him 2 weeks ago in Ukrainian domestic competitions.

In addition, the home team takes into account the interests of the youth team, which on 8 and 12 October will play off's with their peers from the Netherlands for the right to speak in the final tournament of Euro 2011. Given this, all the candidates in the first team from the "junior" will remain in the possession of Paul Yakovenko.

As the Acting Chief national coach Yuriy Kalitvintsev, in a public list may change, since all the coach will closely monitor the candidates in the next matches of the championship and Cup of Ukraine. That schedule coaching staff: 11 Tour - Metalist - Shakhtar "(Altman)," Dinamo "-" Arsenal "(rib)," Dnepr "-" Kryvbas "(Cracow), 12 round -" Shakhtar "-" Dynamo (Kalitvintsev), "Carpathian Mountains" - "Metalist" (rib).

Recall the assembly of the national team is held on the eve of the friendly match against Canada. Sparring team held on October 8 at Metropolitan Stadium "Dinamo" them. Valery Lobanovsky.