Three players are out of Ukraine’s Euro 2012 squad as the co-hosts finalised the squad for the championship.

Coach Oleg Blokhin has cut goalkeeper Olexandr Bandura, defender Vitaly Mandzyuk and midfielder Taras Stepanenko for the competition.

Injuries to several goalkeepers have left the co-hosts short of experience with Shakhtar’s Andriy Pyatov as first choice.

Veterans Andriy Shevchenko and Anatoliy Tymoshchuk will be looking to shine once more.

Ukraine have two final friendlies against Austria and Turkey before their game against Sweden on June 11.

Ukraine Euro 2012 squad:

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (Shakhtar Donetsk), Olexandr Horyainov (FC Metalist Kharkiv), Maxym Koval (FC Dynamo Kiev).

Defenders: Olexandr Kucher (Shakhtar Donetsk), Yaroslav Rakitskiy (Shakhtar Donetsk), Vyacheslav Shevchuk (Shakhtar Donetsk), Evhen Khacheridi (Dynamo Kiev), Taras Mykhalyk (Dynamo Kiev), Evhen Selin (Vorskla), Bogdan Butko (Illichivets).

Midfielders: Olexandr Aliev (Dynamo Kiev), Denys Garmash (Dynamo Kiev), Oleh Gusiev (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Yarmolenko (Dynamo Kiev), Evhen Konoplyanka (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Ruslan Rotan (Dnipro), Serhiy Nazarenko (Tavriya), Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Bayern Munich).

Forwards: Artem Milevskiy (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Shevchenko (Dynamo Kiev), Marco Devic (FC Metalist Kharkiv), Andriy Voronin (Dynamo Moscow), Evhen Seleznyov (Shakhtar Donetsk).

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