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England squad for double header

England head coach Sarina Wiegman has named a 23-player squad for the November World
Cup qualifiers against Austria and Latvia. The Lionesses have two home games this month as
they continue to target qualification for the 2023 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.
The squad will first host Austria at Sunderland’s Stadium of Light on Saturday 27th
November [12.30pm], before welcoming Latvia to Doncaster Rovers’ Keepmoat Stadium on
Tuesday 30th November [7pm] as they reach the halfway mark in their FIFA Women’s World
Cup 2023 qualifying campaign. Having won all four qualifiers comfortably in the campaign
so far, England will face a tougher test against Austria. The visitors are the second highest
ranked team in Group D, having also qualified for next summer’s home UEFA EURO finals.
Wiegman’s third squad since joining England from the Netherlands sees the welcome
return of Arsenal’s Jordan Nobbs, who has been out of action for club and country this season
with an ankle ligament injury. Meanwhile, Arsenal defender Leah Williamson, who was given
the captaincy by Wiegman for the last four qualifiers, has been ruled out of November’s
fixtures due to injury. England remain without senior Internationals Ellie Roebuck, Lucy
Bronze and Steph Houghton as they continue their return to fitness.
The majority of the squad have been ever-present during Wiegman’s reign so far and
will have a further chance to impress the head coach before next year’s four nations
tournament on home soil in February.
Ellen White currently has 99 senior England caps so she could receive her 100th during
the November camp, and having scored five goals in the last four qualifying games, is now
just two shy of Kelly Smith’s goalscoring record of 46.
ENGLAND SQUAD v. LATVIA & AUSTRIA
NAME CLUB CAPS GOALS
Mary EARPS Manchester Utd 12 0
Hannah HAMPTON Aston Villa 0 0
Sandy MacIVER Everton 1 0
Millie BRIGHT Chelsea 43 3
Jess CARTER Chelsea 1 0
Niamh CHARLES Chelsea 2 0
Rachel DALY Houston Dash 42 7
Alex GREENWOOD Manchester City 52 5
Demi STOKES Manchester City 63 1
Lotte WUBBEN-MOY Arsenal 6 0
Jordan NOBBS Arsenal 61 7
Jill SCOTT Manchester City 153 24
Georgia STANWAY Manchester City 24 3
Keira WALSH Manchester City 32 0
Katie ZELEM Manchester Utd 0 0
Beth ENGLAND Chelsea 14 6
Lauren HEMP Manchester City 12 0
Fran KIRBY Chelsea 50 14
Beth MEAD Arsenal 30 13
Nikita PARRIS Arsenal 56 15
Alessia RUSSO Manchester Utd 1 0
Ella TOONE Manchester Utd 6 5
Ellen WHITE Manchester City 99 44
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