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)	–
Association	Scottish Football Association
Head coach	Anna 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
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
	GK	Claire Johnstone SFA	11 January 1982			Celtic
	GK	Joanna Hutcheson SFA	13 May 1987			Spartans[6]
	DF	Emma Fernon	12 March 1987			Glasgow City
	DF	Frankie Brown SFA	8 October 1987			Hibernian
	DF	Julie Ferguson SFA	10 February 1979			Hibernian
	DF	Kirsty McBride SFA	9 September 1985			Hibernian
	DF	Jill Paterson				Glasgow City[6]
	DF	Fay Hughes				Dundee United Sports Club
	MF	Megan Sneddon SFA	9 September 1985			Glasgow City
	MF	Joelle Murray SFA	7 November 1986			Hibernian
	MF	Suzanne Lappin SFA	13 October 1986			Glasgow City
	MF	Hollie Thomson SFA	25 December 1986			Hamilton Academical
	MF	Kirsty McLaughlin				Kilmarnock[7]
	MF	Toni Mason SFA	14 September 1985			Kilmarnock
	FW	Kerry Montgomery SFA	25 March 1988			Boroughmuir Thistle[8]
	FW	Hayley Cunningham SFA	24 November 1988			Celtic[8]
	FW	Pamela Liddell SFA	11 June 1986			Stjarnan[9]
	FW	Diana Barry SFA	25 June 1986			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. "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.