The Ukrainian national futsal team is preparing for the 2026 European Championship. The competition will take place in Latvia (Riga), Lithuania (Kaunas) and Slovenia (Ljubljana). The national team has already decided on its line-up after a triumphant qualifying campaign, in which the ‘blue and yellows’ left their opponents no chance, winning their first five matches. In the group stage, our team will face Lithuania, the Czech Republic and Armenia. The minimum requirement for advancing to the next stage is to finish in the top two of Group B, according to Sport Bet.
List of futsal players who will prepare for the 2026 European Championship
The national team’s roster includes 14 futsal players representing both the domestic championship and foreign clubs:
HIT (Kyiv): Oleksandr Sukhov (goalkeeper), Yevhen Zhuk, Ihor Chernyavskyi, Oleksandr Pedyash, Vladyslav Perviev.
Eurobus (Poland): Artem Farenyuk, Nazar Shved, Danylo Abakshyn.
Uragan (Ivano-Frankivsk): Petro Shoturma, Illia Prykhodko.
Spanish clubs: Igor Korsun (Osasuna Magna), Mykola Mykytiuk (Ribera Navarra).
Other clubs: Yuriy Savenko (Kyiv Futsal), Ivan Belimov (Kaspiy, Kazakhstan).
It is worth noting that the Ukrainian national team will play in the European Championship final for the twelfth time. In general, the ‘blue and yellows’ have been competing in European men’s competitions since 2001. The Ukrainian futsal team’s greatest achievement is the silver medal that our athletes won at Euro 2001 and Euro 2003. At the previous Euro (2022), our futsal players finished fourth.
When the ‘blue and yellows’ play: the full schedule of Ukraine’s matches at Euro 2026
22 January 2026, 17:00. Armenia – Ukraine
25 January 2026, 17:00. Ukraine – Lithuania
28 January 2026, 20:30. Czech Republic – Ukraine
The minimum task for the Ukrainian national team in the group stage is to finish in the top two of their quartet. If they perform successfully in the quarter-finals, the Blue and Yellows will play against representatives of Group A (Latvia, Croatia, Georgia or France). First place in the group will secure a match against the second team in Group A, while second place will pit our futsal players against the winner of the quartet.
Earlier, we talked about how Ukrainian national futsal was born and developed.
