Wales Women Squad Selected With Five Uncapped Players

Wales Women Squad Selected With Five Uncapped Players
Melbourne City’s Laura Hughes, who gets a first call-up to the Wales squad. (Photo by Darrian Traynor/Getty Images)

Wales Women head coach Rhian Wilkinson has named her squad for the final international window of the year.

Wales will travel to Spain to face Switzerland on Tuesday 2 December, with an 11:00am GMT / 12:00pm CET kick off time at El Chapin Stadium (Estadio Municipal de Chapín) in Jerez de la Frontera, Spain.

Another match is being finalized to be played in the evening of Friday 28 November (KO 6pm GMT / 7pm CET), also in Spain. Opponents will be confirmed in due course, but the match will take place at Malaga’s Football Foundation Centre.

The World Cup play-off final in October 2022 was the last time Wales faced Switzerland which resulted in a narrow 2-1 defeat.

Five uncapped players feature in the squad, including Plymouth Argyle duo Olivia Francis and Phoebie Poole, and a first call-up for Melbourne City midfielder Laura Hughes.

Ella Powell, Rhiannon Roberts, Lily Woodham, Rachel Rowe and Esther Morgan all return to the squad following injury.

This international window will aid Cymru’s preparations for the 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualifiers that will take place next year. Wales, who are in Group 1 of League B will face Czechia, Albania and Montenegro.

Both matches will be streamed online by BBC Wales, and entry is free and ticketless for both matches.

Wales Squad: Olivia CLARK (Leicester City), Safia MIDDLETON-PATEL (Manchester United), Poppy SOPER (Rugby Borough), Ceri HOLLAND (Liverpool), Annie WILDING (Portsmouth), Ella POWELL (Bristol City), Rhiannon ROBERTS (Sunderland), Hayley LADD (Everton), Gemma EVANS (Liverpool), Charlie ESTCOURT (DC Power), Lily WOODHAM (Liverpool), Esther MORGAN (Bristol City), Sophie INGLE (Bristol City), Mia ROSS (Charlton Athletic), Laura HUGHES (Melbourne City), Angharad JAMES (Seattle Reign), Carrie JONES (IFK Norrköping), Tianna TEISAR (Plymouth Argyle – on loan from Bristol City), Mared GRIFFITHS (Manchester United), Olivia FRANCIS (Plymouth Argyle), Phoebe POOLE (Plymouth Argyle), Hannah CAIN (Leicester City), Rachel ROWE (Nottingham Forest), Ffion MORGAN (West Ham United), Elise HUGHES (Crystal Palace), Mary McATEER (Charlton Athletic).

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