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Northern Ireland U17 to play France & Republic

Northern Ireland’s Women’s Under-17s will play two friendlies next month as preparations for WU17 Euro 2026 step up

a gear.

France and Republic of Ireland will provide the opposition for Gail Redmond’s side, with one game away and the other at

Home.

The Irish Football Association is set to host the UEFA Women’s Under-17 European Championship from 3 to 16 May next year.

Group games are scheduled to be played at Inver Park in Larne and Seaview in north Belfast, with the Clearer Twist National Stadium at Windsor Park hosting matches in the latter stages of the tournament.

Northern Ireland WU17s boss Redmond has chosen a 20-strong squad for the two preparation games next month.

First up her side will face France next Wednesday (1 October) at Clairefontaine, the French Football Federation’s national training centre located 50km south west of Paris (4pm kick off local time). Then it’s back home to Inver Park in Larne where they will take on the Republic of Ireland on Sunday 5 October (3pm).

The players will be in camp in Belfast this weekend prior to jetting out to Paris next Monday for the game against their French counterparts.

The WU17s squad for the two games is as follows:

Sophie Glover Crusaders Strikers

Ifeoma Agoha Larne Women

Holly Hilton Crusaders Strikers

Daisy Moore Crusaders Strikers

Chloe Beckinsale Crusaders Strikers

Anayah Lee Larne Women

Sasha Cowan Bolton Wanderers

Ellie McGarrigle Sion Swifts

Grace Steele Glentoran Women

Mirjana Karrabecaj Linfield

Charlotte Havern Linfield

Heidi Curran Crusaders Strikers

Emilee Leacock Crusaders Strikers

Grace Campbell Lisburn Rangers

Charley McMullan Larne Women

Ava Hurl Crusaders Strikers

Maja Stachura Crusaders Strikers

Annarose Robinson Larne Women

Abbie Smyth Lisburn Rangers

Ella Wasson Derry City Women

(irishfa.com)