New faces for Ukraine
Saturday, August 31, 2002
Article summary
Two uncapped players have been included in Leonid Buryak's Ukraine squad.
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Two uncapped players have been included in Leonid Buryak's Ukraine squad for their opening EURO 2004 qualifier in Armenia.
New recruits
FC Shakhtar Donetsk's Olexiy Gay and FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk defender Volodymyr Yezersky have been included alongside naturalised Ukrainian Andriy Bakharev, who has only played one international since changing his nationality from Russia.
Injured players
The Ukrainians have several players missing through injury, including key defenders Dmitry Parfyonov, Vladislav Vashchyuk, Olexander Holovko, Serhiy Fyodorov as well as influential striker Andriy Shevchenko.
Ukraine squad
Shovkovsky, Reva, Shutkov, Luzhny, Skripnik, Nesmachny, Popov, Starostyak, Zubov, Tymoshchyuk, Gay, Bakharev, Yezersky, Pestryakov, Serebrennikov, Kalinichenko, Kormiltsev, Spivak, Rebrov, Vorobei, Melashchenko.
