Four Benfica players called up to national teams

Trubin and Sudakov (Ukraine), Dedic (Bosnia and Herzegovina), and Ivanovic (Croatia), players from Benfica's professional football squad, have been called up to represent their respective national teams in matches scheduled for November 2025.

Included in Group D of the European qualifiers for the 2026 World Cup, Ukraine, which has Trubin and Sudakov among its selected players, will face France in Paris in the match corresponding to matchday 9. The match is scheduled for 7:45 pm on November 13 (Thursday). Then, playing away in Warsaw, Poland, the Ukrainian team will face Iceland at 5:00 pm on November 16 (Sunday).

With Dedic on the list of selected players, Bosnia and Herzegovina also faces a doubleheader in Group H of the 2026 World Cup qualifiers. In Zenica, the Balkan team will host Romania (matchday 9) on November 15 (Saturday), before traveling to Vienna to face Austria (matchday 10) on November 18 (Tuesday). Both games are scheduled for 7:45 pm.

Leader of Group L in the qualifying stage for the next World Cup, Croatia also has two matches to play. At home in Rijeka, the team that has Ivanovic in its squad will face the Faroe Islands at 7:45 pm on November 14 (Friday).

Next up is a trip to Podgorica, where Croatia will play Montenegro on November 17 (Monday), also at 7:45 pm.