It’s the first international break of 2026, with a number of our players set to represent their countries over the next couple of weeks.
The Women’s Asian Cup gets underway next month and we have three of our players involved in the tournament – Clare Hunt for Australia while Tōko Koga and Maika Hamano will be representing Japan.
As for our European players, meanwhile, the journey begins for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup as the qualifying stages gets underway next month, with Hanna Wijk, Matilda Vinberg and Amanda Nildén all earning a recall to the Sweden senior squad for their qualifiers against Italy and Sweden.
We have two Academy players that are set to be in action including Under-19s forward Eloise Summers-Mee, who has earned her first call-up to the Scotland Under-19s squad for their training camp followed with friendlies against Belgium.
Here’s a run-down of when and where our players will be playing over the course of the international break (all kick-off times are UK)...
Saturday 28 February
Sophie Jackson – England Under-20s international friendly against Spain – 11am
Eloise Summers-Mee – Scotland Under-19s international friendly against Belgium – 3pm
Sunday 1 March
Clare Hunt – Australia Group A match against Philippines – 9am
Monday 2 March
Lenna Gunning-Williams – England Under-23s WU23 European League away fixture against France – 12pm
Matilda Nilden – Sweden Under-23s WU23 European League fixture against Belgium – 5pm
Tuesday 3 March
Eloise Summers-Mee – Scotland Under-19s international friendly against Belgium – 10am
Sophie Jackson – England Under-20s international friendly against Spain – 2pm
Signe Gaupset and Julie Blakstad – Norway away FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier against Austria – 5pm
Lize Kop – Netherlands away FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier against Poland – 5pm
Olivia Holdt – Denmark home FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier against Serbia – 5pm
Matilda Vinberg, Amanda Nilden and Hanna Wijk – Sweden away FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier against Italy – 5.15pm
Anna Csiki – Hungary away FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier against Andorra – 6pm
Eveliina Summanen and Olga Ahtinen – Finland away FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier against Portugal – 6.45pm
Wednesday 4 March
Toko Koga and Maika Hamano – Japan Group C match against Chinese Taipei – 5am UK
Thursday 5 March
Clare Hunt – Australia Group A match against Iran – 9am UK
Friday 6 March
Sophie Jackson – England Under-20s international friendly against Spain – 11am
Matilda Nilden – Sweden Under-23s international friendly against Romania – 2pm
Lenna Gunning-Williams – England Under-23s WU23 European League home fixture against Netherlands – 7pm
Saturday 7 March
Toko Koga and Maika Hamano – Japan Group C match against India – 11am UK
Eveliina Summanen and Olga Ahtinen – Finland home FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier against Lativa – 12.30pm
Anna Csiki – Hungary home FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier against Azerbaijan – 1.30pm
Signe Gaupset and Julie Blakstad – Norway home FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier against Germany – 5pm
Matilda Vinberg, Amanda Nilden and Hanna Wijk – Sweden away FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier against Serbia – 5.15pm
Olivia Holdt – Denmark away FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifier against Italy – 5.15pm
Lize Kop – Netherlands home FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers against Republic of Ireland – 7.45pm
Sunday 8 March
Clare Hunt – Australia Group A match against South Korea – 9am UK
Tuesday 10 March
Toko Koga and Maika Hamano – Japan Group C match against Vietnam – 9am UK