Eighteen year old striker Poppy Pritchard made her England Under-19 debut in September 2023, scoring in a 5-0 win over Denmark. Since then Pritchard who recently joined Manchester City has made nine England appearances and scored nine goals.

She scored the opening goal against Switzerland and a brace against Italy that helped to seal England’s qualification for the tournament in Lithuania.

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Sunday 14th July

Lithuania v England – 14:45-17:00 BST

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Serbia v England – 11:45-14:00 BST

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England v France – 14:45-17:00 BST

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England have qualified for the Women’s Under-19 Championship taking place in Lithuania starting from today.

They find themselves in Group A alongside hosts Lithuania, Serbia and rivals France. Northern Ireland are the sole home nation to qualify for the men’s tournament and they face Italy, Norway and Ukraine in Group A.

The Women’s Under-19 European Championship began in its current guise in 2001-02 and over the 22 additions since then Germany are the most successful nation with six titles to their name.

Current holders Spain beat Germany in last year’s final to win their fifth title. Both Germany and Spain will face each other again this summer in Group B.

England have won the competition once in 2009, under the management of current Women’s Under-23 boss Mo Marley OBE when goals from Jordon Nobbs and Toni Duggan sealed a 2-0 win in the final against Sweden.

England have also finished as runners up on three previous occasions in 2007, 2010 and 2013.

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