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Ukraine Manager Mykhaylo Fomenko has named a 26 man provisional squad for this Summer’s European Championships. There isn’t any Premier League representation but there are still some familiar names nevertheless. Europa League winner Yehven Konoplyanka makes the final 26 along with Dynamo Kiev winger and long time Everton target Andriy Yarmolenko. Konoplyanka only made the bench in the Europa League Final for Sevilla but will play a much larger role for Ukraine
Ex Bayern Munich and Zenit Midfielder Anatoliy Tymoschuk is in the squad in what is an incredibly bloated Midfield selection. With only three Strikers picked in the squad you would imagine this where the 3 man that will have to be left behind will come from
Shevchenko is in the squad but this time it’s 3rd choice Goalkeeper Mykyta. How they could do with Andriy in the squad these days, they’ve never quite managed to replace someone of this goalscoring prowess and a successful tournament for Ukraine will be getting out of the group.
That said with only 8 teams going home after the group phase that certainly won’t be beyond them but with fixtures against World Champions Germany, Northen Ireland and 2012 co-hosts Poland they are going to have their work cut out. A lack of goals could be a worry. Below is the provisional squad in full
Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Denys Boyko (Besiktas), Mykyta Shevchenko (Zorya)
Defenders: Artem Fedetskiy (Dnipro), Mykyta Kamenyuka (Zorya), Vyacheslav Shevchuk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Oleksandr Kucher (Shakhtar Donetsk), Yaroslav Rakytskyi (Shakhtar Donetsk), Yevhen Khacheridi (Dynamo Kiev)
Midfielders: Anatoliy Tymoschuk (Kairat Almaty), Oleksandr Karavaev (Zorya), Ivan Petryak (Zorya), Oleg Gusev (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kiev), Denys Garmash (Dynamo Kiev), Serhiy Sydorchuk (Dyamo Kiev), Serhiy Rybalka (Dynamo Kiev), Taras Stepanenko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Viktor Kovalenko (Shakhtar Donetsk), Maksym Malyshev (Shakhtar Donetsk), Yevhen Shakhov (Dnipro), Ruslan Rotan (Dnipro), Yevhen Konoplyanka (Sevilla).
Forwards: Artem Kravets (Stuttgart), Pylyp Budkovskyi (Zorya), Roman Zozulya (Dnipro).
