Scotland women's national under-23 football team

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Scotland
Nickname(s)–
AssociationScottish Football Association
Head coachAnna Signeul[1]
First international
 Scotland 0–3 Sweden 
(Avesta, Sweden; 15 July 2008)[2]
Biggest defeat
 Scotland 0–5 Germany 
(Falun, Sweden; 17 July 2008)
 Scotland 0–5 Switzerland  
(Ludvika, Sweden; 21 July 2008)

The Scotland women's under-23 national football team, controlled by the Scottish Football Association, is Scotland women's national under 23 football team and is considered to be a feeder team for the Scotland women's national football team. As there is no competition organized by FIFA or UEFA for women at under-23 level, the team represents the country usually either in friendlies or invitational tournaments. Scotland does not regularly field a team at Under-23 level; the last squad that was selected was for the 2008 Nordic Cup.[3]

History[]

The under-23 team was designed to bridge the gap in the step up from the under-19 team to the full national team. It would allow younger players a chance to remain in the national team set-up longer term and an opportunity to remain in the national team manager's plans and possibly provide the players with the most promise a pathway into the full national team eventually.[1]

Tournaments[]

Year Competition Result GP W D* L GS GA Ref
Sweden 2008 Nordic Cup Fourth Place 4 0 0 4 0 15 [3]

2008 Nordic Cup roster[]

The U-23 women's squad that competed at the Nordic Cup tournament in Sweden from 14 to 22 July 2008.[4][5] Sneddon was handed the captaincy for the tournament.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Claire Johnstone SFA (1982-01-11) 11 January 1982 (age 40) Scotland Celtic
1GK Joanna Hutcheson SFA (1987-05-13) 13 May 1987 (age 34) Scotland Spartans[6]
2DF Emma Fernon (1987-03-12) 12 March 1987 (age 34) Scotland Glasgow City
2DF Frankie Brown SFA (1987-10-08) 8 October 1987 (age 34) Scotland Hibernian
2DF Julie Ferguson SFA (1979-02-10) 10 February 1979 (age 42) Scotland Hibernian
2DF Kirsty McBride SFA (1985-09-09) 9 September 1985 (age 36) Scotland Hibernian
2DF Jill Paterson Scotland Glasgow City[6]
2DF Fay Hughes Scotland Dundee United Sports Club
3MF Megan Sneddon SFA (1985-09-09) 9 September 1985 (age 36) Scotland Glasgow City
3MF Joelle Murray SFA (1986-11-07) 7 November 1986 (age 35) Scotland Hibernian
3MF Suzanne Lappin SFA (1986-10-13) 13 October 1986 (age 35) Scotland Glasgow City
3MF Hollie Thomson SFA (1986-12-25) 25 December 1986 (age 35) Scotland Hamilton Academical
3MF Kirsty McLaughlin Scotland Kilmarnock[7]
3MF Toni Mason SFA (1985-09-14) 14 September 1985 (age 36) Scotland Kilmarnock
4FW Kerry Montgomery SFA (1988-03-25) 25 March 1988 (age 33) Scotland Boroughmuir Thistle[8]
4FW Hayley Cunningham SFA (1988-11-24) 24 November 1988 (age 33) Scotland Celtic[8]
4FW Pamela Liddell SFA (1986-06-11) 11 June 1986 (age 35) Iceland Stjarnan[9]
4FW Diana Barry SFA (1986-06-25) 25 June 1986 (age 35) Scotland Spartans

Results[]

15 July 2008 Nordic Cup Scotland  0–3  Sweden Avesta Vallen, Avesta
19:00 Scottish FA Edlund (37)
Vaseghpanah (50)
Stålhammar (59)
17 July 2008 Nordic Cup Scotland  0–5  Germany Kopparvallen, Falun
19:00 Scottish FA Schmidt (14, 43)
Kerschowski (24, 76)
Hartel (83)
19 July 2008 Nordic Cup Scotland  0–2  Finland Domnarvsvallen, Borlänge
16:00 Scottish FA Sällström (12, 24)
21 July 2008 Nordic Cup Scotland  0–5   Switzerland Hillangens IP, Ludvika
13:00 Scottish FA Bachmann (42, 71)
Dickenmann (49, 60)
Brunner (90)

Other matches[]

5 August 2012 Closed Doors match Scotland  v  Iceland Cappielow, Greenock

References[]

  1. ^ a b "Pieces come together for Signeul". SFA. 4 August 2013. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  2. ^ "WOMEN'S U23 NORDIC TOURNAMENT: Sweden 3 Scotland 0". SFA. 15 July 2008. Retrieved 23 March 2014.
  3. ^ a b "2008 U23 Women's Nordic Cup". RSSSF. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  4. ^ "Women's U23 Nordic Tournament squad and match schedule". SFA. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  5. ^ "WOMEN'S U23 NORDIC TOURNAMENT: Latest results". SFA. 21 July 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2014.
  6. ^ a b "UNDER 19 WOMEN FACE DOUBLE CHALLENGE IN FINLAND". SFA. 17 March 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  7. ^ "IMPORTANT WEEK FOR WOMEN'S TEAMS". SFA. 23 September 2005. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  8. ^ a b "SCOTLAND U19s TRAVEL TO SLOVENIA FOR THE UEFA WOMEN'S U19 CHAMPIONSHIP". SFA. 10 October 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
  9. ^ "SCOTLAND WOMEN TO PLAY WORLD CHAMPION". SFA. 15 September 2006. Retrieved 7 August 2014.
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