Internationals: Kafaji and Foord among the goals

It's already been a productive international break for a number of the members of our women's squad.

It didn’t take long for Rosa Kafaji to make an impact after she came on in the 62nd minute of Sweden’s UEFA Euro 2025 play-off qualifier away to Serbia. She scored eight minutes later to help Sweden to a 2-0 win, while Stina Blackstenius played 77 minutes.

Caitlin Foord scored Australia’s only goal of the game in Thursday’s 3-1 friendly defeat at home to Brazil. Caitlin, Steph Catley and Kyra Cooney-Cross all played 90 minutes.

Caitlin and Kyra then started another friendly against Brazil on Sunday with Steph among the substitutes. Caitlin provided an assist for Hayley Raso in a 2-1 defeat before coming off at half-time.

On Saturday night, Gunners went head to head at Wembley Stadium as the Lionesses drew 0-0 with USA.

Leah Williamson, Alessia Russo, Beth Mead and Emily Fox all played 90 minutes of the international friendly

Mariona Caldentey and Laia Codina both started Spain’s 5-0 friendly win at home to South Korea on Friday and both came off in the 61st minute.

Frida Maanum played 90 minutes of Norway’s 4-0 win away to Northern Ireland to get off to a flying start in the Euro 2025 play-off qualifying group.

For Ireland, Katie McCabe played all of Friday’s 1-1 draw away to Wales.

Manuela Zinsberger played 90 minutes as Austria were beaten 1-0 away to Poland on Friday, and Laura Wienroither was an unused substitute in the Euro 2025 play-off qualifier.

Daphne van Domselaar was on the bench for Netherland’s 4-1 friendly win at home to China on Friday.

Five young Lionesses were involved in England’s 2-1 win over Turkey in the first group game of the UEFA U19 Euro 2025 qualifiers on Wednesday.

Michelle Agyemang scored the equalising goal and played 62 minutes, and was substituted off alongside Madison Earl.

Vivienne Lia was replaced by Jessie Gale at half-time, and Sophie Harwood came on in the 73rd minute.

England then beat Italy 1-0 on Sunday to go top of Group D, with Michelle and Madison playing the full 90 minutes.

Sophie came off in the 72nd minute and Vivienne was introduced in the 57th minute, while Jessie was an unused substitute.

At under-23s level, Teyah Goldie came on in the 21st minute of England’s 0-0 friendly draw away to Norway on Thursday.

UPCOMING INTERNATIONAL FIXTURES

All times are GMT

Monday, December 2
England U23 (Goldie) v Sweden U23
European WU23 Competition | Doncaster, UK | 7pm

Denmark (Kuhl) v Iceland
Friendly | Murcia, Spain | 5pm

Tuesday, December 3
England U19 (Agyemang, Earl, Lia, Harwood, Gale)  v Poland
UEFA U19 Euro 2025 qualifiers | Poland | 12pm

Norway (Maanum) v Northern Ireland
UEFA Euro 2025 play-off qualifiers | Oslo, Norway | 5pm

Austria (Wienroither, Zinsberger) v Poland
UEFA Euro 2025 play-off qualifiers | Vienna, Austria | 5.15pm

Sweden (Blackstenius, Kafaji) v Serbia
UEFA Euro 2025 play-off qualifiers | Stockholm, Sweden | 6pm

Ireland (McCabe) v Wales
UEFA Euro 2025 play-off qualifiers | Dublin, Ireland | 7.30pm

England (Mead, Russo, Williamson, Wubben-Moy) v Switzerland
Friendly | Sheffield, UK | 7.45pm

Netherlands (van Domselaar) v USA (Fox)
Friendly | Den Haag, Netherlands | 7.45pm

France v Spain (Mariona, Codina)
Friendly | Nice, France | 8pm