Scotland women's national under-23 football team

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)

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]

2008 Nordic Cup roster

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

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Claire Johnstone	January 11, 1982			Celtic
	GK	Joanna Hutcheson				Spartans[6]
	DF	Emma Fernon	March 12, 1987			Glasgow City
	DF	Frankie Brown	October 8, 1987			Hibernian
	DF	Julie Ferguson	February 10, 1979			Hibernian
	DF	Kirsty McBride	September 9, 1985			Hibernian
	DF	Jill Paterson				Glasgow City[6]
	DF	Fay Hughes				Dundee United Sports Club
	MF	Megan Sneddon	September 9, 1985			Glasgow City
	MF	Joelle Murray	November 7, 1986			Hibernian
	MF	Suzanne Lappin	October 13, 1986			Glasgow City
	MF	Hollie Thomson				Hamilton Academical
	MF	Kirsty McLaughlin				Kilmarnock[7]
	MF	Toni Mason				Kilmarnock
	FW	Kerry Montgomery				Boroughmuir Thistle[8]
	FW	Hayley Cunningham				Celtic[8]
	FW	Pamela Liddell				Stjarnan[9]
	FW	Diana Barry				Spartans

Results

Scotland  v  Sweden

15 Jul 2008 Nordic Cup	Scotland	0-3	Sweden	Avesta Vallen, Avesta
19:00		Scottish FA	Edlund (37) Vaseghpanah (50) Stålhammar (59)

Scotland  v  Germany

17 Jul 2008 Nordic Cup	Scotland	0-5	Germany	Kopparvallen, Falun
19:00		Scottish FA	Schmidt (14, 43) Kerschowski (24, 76) Hartel (83)

Scotland  v  Finland

19 Jul 2008 Nordic Cup	Scotland	0-2	Finland	Domnarvsvallen, Borlange
16:00		Scottish FA	Sällström (12, 24)

Scotland  v   Switzerland

21 Jul 2008 Nordic Cup	Scotland	0-5	Switzerland	Hillangens IP, Ludvika
13:00		Scottish FA

Other matches

Scotland  v  Iceland

05 Aug 2012 Closed Doors match	Scotland	v	Iceland	Cappielow, Greenock

References

1. Pieces come together for Signeul scottishfa.co.uk. 04-08-2013. Retrieved 23-03-2014.
2. WOMEN'S U23 NORDIC TOURNAMENT: Sweden 3 Scotland 0 scottishfa.co.uk. 15-07-2008. Retrieved 23-03-2014.
3. 2008 U23 Women's Nordic Cup rsssf.com. Retrieved 22-03-2014.
4. Women's U23 Nordic Tournament squad and match schedule scottishfa.co.uk. 02-07-2008. Retrieved 22-03-2014.
5. WOMEN'S U23 NORDIC TOURNAMENT: Latest results scottishfa.co.uk. 21-07-2008. Retrieved 22-03-2014.
6. UNDER 19 WOMEN FACE DOUBLE CHALLENGE IN FINLAND Scottish FA. 17-03-2006. Retrieved 07-08-2014.
7. IMPORTANT WEEK FOR WOMEN'S TEAMS Scottish FA. 23-09-2005. Retrieved 07-08-2014.
8. SCOTLAND U19s TRAVEL TO SLOVENIA FOR THE UEFA WOMEN'S U19 CHAMPIONSHIP Scottish FA. 10-10-2006. Retrieved 07-08-2014.
9. SCOTLAND WOMEN TO PLAY WORLD CHAMPIONS Scottish FA. 15-09-2006. Retrieved 07-08-2014.