Scotland women's national under-23 football team

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]

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)

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
2008Nordic CupFourth Place4004015[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 Celtic
1GK Joanna Hutcheson SFA (1987-05-13) 13 May 1987 Spartans[6]
2DF Emma Fernon (1987-03-12) 12 March 1987 Glasgow City
2DF Frankie Brown SFA (1987-10-08) 8 October 1987 Hibernian
2DF Julie Ferguson SFA (1979-02-10) 10 February 1979 Hibernian
2DF Kirsty McBride SFA (1985-09-09) 9 September 1985 Hibernian
2DF Jill Paterson Glasgow City[6]
2DF Fay Hughes Dundee United Sports Club
3MF Megan Sneddon SFA (1985-09-09) 9 September 1985 Glasgow City
3MF Joelle Murray SFA (1986-11-07) 7 November 1986 Hibernian
3MF Suzanne Lappin SFA (1986-10-13) 13 October 1986 Glasgow City
3MF Hollie Thomson SFA (1986-12-25) 25 December 1986 Hamilton Academical
3MF Kirsty McLaughlin Kilmarnock[7]
3MF Toni Mason SFA (1985-09-14) 14 September 1985 Kilmarnock
4FW Kerry Montgomery SFA (1988-03-25) 25 March 1988 Boroughmuir Thistle[8]
4FW Hayley Cunningham SFA (1988-11-24) 24 November 1988 Celtic[8]
4FW Pamela Liddell SFA (1986-06-11) 11 June 1986 Stjarnan[9]
4FW Diana Barry SFA (1986-06-25) 25 June 1986 Spartans

Results
15 July 2008 Nordic CupScotland 0–3 SwedenAvesta Vallen, Avesta
19:00 Scottish FA Edlund (37)
Vaseghpanah (50)
Stålhammar (59)
17 July 2008 Nordic CupScotland 0–5 GermanyKopparvallen, Falun
19:00 Scottish FA Schmidt (14, 43)
Kerschowski (24, 76)
Hartel (83)
19 July 2008 Nordic CupScotland 0–2 FinlandDomnarvsvallen, Borlänge
16:00 Scottish FA Sällström (12, 24)
21 July 2008 Nordic CupScotland 0–5  SwitzerlandHillangens IP, Ludvika
13:00 Scottish FA Bachmann (42, 71)
Dickenmann (49, 60)
Brunner (90)

Other matches
5 August 2012 Closed Doors matchScotland v IcelandCappielow, Greenock

References
  1. "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. "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. "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. "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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