As expected, Ajax star Oleksandr Zinchenko will miss the playoff semi-final against Sweden in Valencia next Thursday due to a knee injury. But he is just one of several key players missing for Ukraine.
Ruslan Malinovskyi, Genoa, and Yukhym Konoplya, Shakhtar Donetsk, are both suspended. Konoplya is a regular starter for Ukraine and Malinovskyi finished World Cup qualifying with three goals and one assist in three games.
In addition, Taras Mychavko, Mykola Matviyenko and Artem Dovbyk - who knocked Sweden out of Euro 2021 - are also injured and out of the squad.
Sweden manager Graham Potter will present his squad on Wednesday. The winner of the semi-final will face Poland or Albania in the play-off final on March 31.
Facts: Ukraine's squad for the World Cup playoff
Goalkeepers: Anatoly Trubin, Benfica, Dmytro Riznyk, Shakhtar Donetsk, Ruslan Nezhjeret, Dynamo Kyiv.
Backs: Illya Zabarny, Paris Saint-Germain, Oleksandr Svatok, Austin FC, Valery Bondar, Shakhtar Donetsk, Yukhym Konoplya (suspended against Sweden), Shakhtar Donetsk, Maksym Talovjerov, Stoke, Vitalij Mykolenko, Everton, Oleksandr Tymchyk, Dynamo Kyiv, Bohdan Mychajlitchenko, Zhytomyr, Borys Krusjynskyj, Zhytomyr.
Midfielders: Yehor Jarmoljuk, Brentford, Ivan Kalyuzhnyj, Metalist Kharkiv, Oleh Otjeretko, Shakhtar Donetsk, Heorhij Sudakov, Benfica, Ruslan Malinovskyi (suspended against Sweden), Genoa, Mykola Shaparenko, Dynamo Kyiv, Oleksandr Pichaljonok, Dynamo Kyiv, Nazar Voloshyn, Dynamo Kyiv, Oleksij Hutsuljak, Zhytomyr, Viktor Tsyhankov, Girona, Oleksandr Zubkov, Trabzonspor.
Forwards: Vladyslav Vanat, Girona, Roman Jaremtyuk, Lyon, Matvij Ponomarenko, Dynamo Kyiv.
