Twenty players will travel to Poland as part of the Ireland Women’s Under-17s squad for their 2023-24 UEFA European WU17 Championship Round 1 Qualifiers.
Head Coach James Scott will be targeting top spot in Group A2 as his team take on Norway (October 12), Iceland (October 15) and Poland (October 18).
A recent trip to Portugal proved to be worthwhile as the Girls in Green got to play together as a new group for the first time in three difficult games and they will have taken a lot of confidence from that.
Go behind the scenes with #IRLWU17 ahead of their UEFA EURO Round 1 Qualifiers in Poland 🎥😅
🇳🇴 v 🇮🇪 - 12th October 14:00
🇮🇪 v 🇮🇸 - 15th October 14:00
🇮🇪 v 🇵🇱 - 18th October 11:00#COYGIG | #WeAreOne pic.twitter.com/drPKJKCaNf— Ireland Football ⚽️🇮🇪 (@IrelandFootball) October 9, 2023
Included in the Ireland squad are several players who have already broken through at their respective clubs in the SSE Airtricity Women’s Premier Division, including Cork City duo Clodagh Fitzgerald and Kiera Sena.
Shelbourne’s Rebecca Devereux scored a sensational goal against Shamrock Rovers last weekend, while three members of the squad are part of the new FAI / Fingal Girls’ TY Course that recently started.
The squad depart Dublin on Monday having trained at the FAI National Training Centre and will be in action on Thursday afternoon in their opening game.
Ireland WU17 Squad
Goalkeepers: Clodagh Fitzgerald (Cork City), Enya Carthy (SJEB Academy – USA)
Defenders: Emma Duffy (Galway United), Ciara Fitzpatrick (Cork City), Clodagh Daly (Shamrock Rovers), Keeva Flynn (Sligo Rovers), Lucy O’Rourke (Shelbourne), Lilie Quinlivan Coulson (Durham), Kiera Sena (Cork City)
Midfielders: Anna Hegarty (Bohemians), Amy Tierney (Shamrock Rovers), Eve O’Carroll (Manchester City), Lauryn McCabe (Shamrock Rovers)
Forwards: Rebecca Devereux (Shelbourne), Katie Lawlee (Treaty United), Katie O’Reilly (Shamrock Rovers), Hannah O’Brien (Shelbourne), Hazel Donegan (Athlone Town), Sorcha Melia (Shamrock Rovers), Aoibhe Brennan (Shelbourne)
UEFA EUROPEAN WU17 CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND 1 QUALIFIERS
Thursday, October 12 | Norway v Ireland, Concordia Piotrków Trybunalski, KO 14:00
Sunday, October 15 | Ireland v Iceland, Concordia Piotrków Trybunalski, KO 14:00
Wednesday, October 18 | Poland v Ireland, Concordia Piotrków Trybunalski, KO 11:00
