Following a trophy-winning finish to March, several of our Gunners have joined up with their national teams for the April international break.
Reigning European champions England will be kicking off their title defence with the first set of UEFA Euro 2025 qualifiers. Lionesses captain Leah Williamson returned to Sarina Wiegman's camp for the first time since rupturing her ACL last April, joining teammates Alessia Russo, Lotte-Wubben-Moy and Beth Mead.
First up for the Lionesses is a trip to Wembley to face Sweden and Stina Blackstenius (April 5). Our striker bagged an impressive five goals in five games in March and will be keen to carry this excellent form over to international duty.
England will then go head-to-head with Katie McCabe's Ireland side in Dublin (April 9), whilst Sweden host France in Gothenburg (April 9). Ireland, who won promotion to Nations League Group A this year, will travel to France (April 5) to kick off their Euro 2025 qualifying journey.
Following her return to full fitness, Laura Wienroither travelled to the Austrian camp with Manu Zinsberger ahead of their Euro qualifiers against Germany (April 5) and Poland (April 9).
Fresh from her Player of the Match performance on Sunday, Victoria Pelova joined the Dutch squad but Vivianne Miedema misses out due to a knee issue. First up for the Netherlands is Italy (April 5) before they host Norway (April 9).
World Cup and Nations League winners Spain play Belgium (April 5) and the Czech Republic (April 9), with Laia Codina expected to feature at the back.
Meanwhile, Emily Fox, Cloe Lacasse and Sabrina D'Angelo have headed back over the Atlantic to take part in the SheBelieves Cup, with USA, Canada, Brazil and Japan all competing in the annual invitational.
Fox and the USWNT kick off on Saturday with a clash against Japan, whilst Canadians Lacasse and D'Angelo will face up against Brazil. The tournament final and third-place match will take place on Tuesday evening.
Our three Matildas, Steph Catley, Kyra Cooney-Cross and Caitlin Foord, will also be in action over the pond as Australia take on Mexico in a friendly (April 10).
Four of our young Gunners are on international duty this month. Vivienne Lia, Michelle Agyemang, Freya Godfrey and Maddy Earl all received call-ups for England's U19 side as they begin their U19 Euros qualifying journey.
The young Lionesses kicked off proceedings with a 2-0 win over Switzerland with Vivienne Lia making a big impact off the substitute bench. Portugal are England's next opponents (April 6), before they close out the window with a match against Italy (April 9).
Where and when our internationals will be playing
All times are BST
Friday, April 5
Italy v Netherlands (Pelova)
UEFA European Championship Qualifiers | Cosenza, Italy | 5.15pm
Austria (Zinsberger, Wienroither) v Germany
UEFA European Championship Qualifiers | Linz, Austria | 7.30pm
Belgium v Spain (Codina)
UEFA European Championship Qualifiers | Heverlee, Belgium | 7.45pm
England (Mead, Russo, Williamson, Wubben-Moy) v Sweden (Blackstenius)
UEFA European Championship Qualifiers | London, UK | 8pm
France v Ireland (McCabe)
UEFA European Championship Qualifiers | Metz, France | 8.10pm
Saturday, April 6
USA (Fox) v Japan
SheBelieves Cup | Atlanta, USA | 5.30pm
England U19 (Agyemang, Earl, Godfrey, Lia) v Portugal
UEFA Women’s U19 EURO qualifier | Portugal | 6pm
Canada (D'Angelo, Lacasse) v Brazil
SheBelieves Cup | Atlanta, USA | 8.30pm
Tuesday, April 9
Italy v England U19 (Agyemang, Earl, Godfrey, Lia)
UEFA Women’s U19 EURO qualifier | Portugal | 3pm
Poland v Austria (Zinsberger, Wienroither)
UEFA European Championship Qualifiers | Gdynia, Poland | 5pm
Spain (Codina) v Czech Republic
UEFA European Championship Qualifiers | Burgos, Spain | 6pm
Sweden (Blackstenius) v France
UEFA European Championship Qualifiers | Gothenburg, Sweden | 6pm
Ireland (McCabe) v England (Mead, Russo, Williamson, Wubben-Moy)
UEFA European Championship Qualifiers | Dublin, Ireland | 7.30pm
Netherlands (Pelova) v Norway
UEFA European Championship Qualifiers | Breda, Netherlands | 7.45pm
TBD v TBC
SheBelieves Cup Final | Columbus, USA
Wednesday, April 10
Mexico v Australia (Catley, Cooney-Cross, Foord)
Friendly | Texas, USA | 1am
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