England confirm their 21-player squad for the UEFA Women’s U19 Championship | OneFootball

England have announced their team for the upcoming UEFA Women’s U19 Championship. The U19 team pictured after beating Ukraine in April (Tiff Barber/SPP)

England have named their 21-player squad for the upcoming 2025 UEFA Women’s U19 Championship in Poland.

West Ham forward Princess Ademiluyi and Birmingham City’s Ava Baker – who topped the scoring for the young Lionesses during qualifying with four goals each – are among those to make the squad.

The best represented WSL team in the squad is Arsenal who have six players in the U19 squad, followed by Chelsea with four.

Manchester City, Leicester, Aston Villa, Manchester United, Bristol City, West Ham, Birmingham City and Tottenham all have one player in the squad.

Also making the squad are goalkeeper Kaiya Jota who plays at Stanford University in the United States, Erica Parkinson of Portuguese side Valadres Gaia, and Lauryn Thompson who plays for Indy Eleven in the USA. Jota has been listed in the squad as a training player.

Former Bristol City boss Lauren Smith will lead the team, as they look to build on their semi-finals appearance in the same tournament last year.

One player who is not in the squad is Michelle Agyemang, who scored two goals during qualifiers for the tournament which begins this month.

Agyemang was instead selected for the senior England squad for the upcoming Women’s Euro 2025 tournament.

The young Lionesses qualified for the tournament after topping a group that included Austria, Belgium, and Ukraine.

England recorded a staggering 21 goals in three games, including 10 against Ukraine, six vs Belgium and five past Austria.

England Women’s U19 Championship squad

Goalkeepers: Eve Annets (Manchester City), Katie Cox (Chelsea), Kaiya Jota* (Stanford University)

Defenders: Nelly Las (Leicester City), Rachel Maltby (Aston Villa), Lucy Newell (Manchester United), Katie Reid (Arsenal), Chloe Sawrie (Chelsea), Mari Ward (Bristol City), Cecily Wellesley-Smith (Arsenal)

Midfielders: Lola Brown (Chelsea), Maddy Earl (Arsenal), Laila Harbert (Arsenal), Vivienne Lia (Arsenal), Erica Parkinson (Valadares Gaia), Lexi Potter (Chelsea), Lauryn Thompson (Indy Eleven)

Forwards: Princess Ademiluyi (West Ham), Ava Baker (Birmingham City), Araya Dennis (Tottenham Hotspur), Jessie Gale (Arsenal)

When is the UEFA U19 Championship?

The Young Lionesses are one of eight nations bidding to win the tournament, which will be played in Poland from Sunday, June 15th, to Friday, June 27th.

Lauren Smith’s team were drawn in Group B and will play the first Netherlands on the opening day of the tournament.

They will then face Portugal on Wednesday, June 18th, and defending champions Spain on Saturday, June 21st.

Group A consists of hosts Poland, Sweden, France and Italy. The top two from each group will progress to the semi-finals and book a spot in the 2026 U20 Women’s World Cup.

The third-place team in each group will face a playoff where the winner also makes next year’s World Cup.

Every England game in the tournament will be broadcast on the BBC iPlayer and the BBC Sport website and app.