Ukraine name squad for Wales

AC Milan's Shevchenko will spearhead Ukraine's attack

Ukraine coach Valery Lobanovsky has included three newcomers in his 19-man squad to face Wales and Belarus later this month.

Spartak Moscow defender Olexander Granovsky, who replaces injured team mate Dmitry Parfyonov, earns his first national team call up along with Chernomorets Novorossiisk midfielder Serhiy Snytko and Dynamo Kiev striker Olexander Melashchenko.

Spartak fullback Parfyonov injured his knee in a Russian league opener on March 10.

Lobanovsky has also recalled all his top guns, including strikers Andriy Shevchenko of AC Milan and Tottenham Hotspur's Serhiy Rebrov, for the group five World Cup qualifiers against Belarus and Wales on March 24 and 28.

Ukraine are joint second with Belarus in their group on six points from three matches, one point behind leaders Poland.

Squad:
Goalkeepers: Olexander Shovkovsky (Dynamo Kiev), Maxim Levitsky (Spartak Moscow), Yuri Virt (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Defenders: Oleh Luzhny (Arsenal), Vladislav Vashchyuk, Olexander Holovko, Yuri Dmitrulin, Serhiy Fyodorov and Andriy Nesmachny (all Dynamo Kiev), Olexander Granovsky (Spartak Moscow), Anatoly Tymoshchyuk (Shakhtar Donetsk)
Midfielders: Artyom Yashkin and Vasil Kardash (both Dynamo Kiev), Serhiy Popov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Serhiy Snytko (Chernomorets Novorossiisk)
Forwards: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan), Serhiy Rebrov (Tottenham Hotspur), Andriy Vorobei (Shakhtar Donetsk), Olexander Melashchenko (Dynamo Kiev).