Scot Gemmill has named the Scotland Under-17 squad that will compete in the 2016 Telki Cup in Hungary later this month as preparations begin for this season’s UEFA European Championship qualifiers.
The four-team tournament, now in its 36th year, features the under-17 national teams of Czech Republic, Serbia and the hosts, Hungary.
The squad features eight players who have been involved in the Scottish FA’s performance school programme.
Scotland will begin their bid to reach the European Under-17 Championship finals in September when they travel to Portugal.
They qualified for the 2014, 2015 and 2016 finals and will aim to make it four-in-a-row by reaching next year’s finals in Croatia.
Scotland will play Hungary in their opening match of the Telki Cup on Saturday, 30th July, kick-off 5.30pm.
Squad list:
Goalkeepers
Jon McCracken (Hamilton Academical)
Archie Mair (Aberdeen)
Defenders
Kieran Freeman (Southampton)
Stephen Welsh (Celtic)
Lewis Mayo (Rangers)
Daniel Church (Celtic)
Aaron Reid (Heart of Midlothian)
Robbie Deas (Celtic)
Luke Lyons (Leeds United)
Midfielders
Elliot Watt
Kerr McInroy (Celtic)
Ewan Henderson (Celtic)
Andrew Irving (Hearts)
Matthew Shiels (Rangers)
Cameron Palmer (Rangers)
Forwards
Lewis Hutchison (Aberdeen)
Glenn Middleton (Norwich)
Logan Chalmers (Dundee United)
Christian Antoniazzi (Aberdeen)
Anthony McDonald (Heart of Midlothian)
Telki Cup fixture schedule:
Saturday, 30 July 2016
Hungary v Scotland – Dabas (17:30)
Czech Republic v Serbia – Telki (17:30)
Monday, 1 August 2016
Hungary v Czech Republic – Dorog (17:30)
Serbia v Scotland – Telki (17:30)
Wednesday, 3 August 2016
Scotland v Czech Republic – Telki (15:15)
Hungary v Serbia – Telki (17:30)
Final Ceremony – Telki (19:15)
John graduated from Telford College in 2010 with an HNC in Practical Journalism and since then he worked for the North Edinburgh News, The Southern Reporter, the Irish News Review and The Edinburgh Reporter. In addition he has been published in the Edinburgh Evening News and the Hibernian FC Programme.
