With this group, Helmarit will start the EC qualifiers – see the match schedule and EPN’s broadcast information | Sport

The group of the Finnish women’s national football team for the European Championship qualifiers in April has been named. Finland starts the EC qualifiers with an away match in Norway. All matches live on channels.

The Finnish women’s national football team Helmarit will start the EC qualifiers in April. The head coach Marko Saloranta named a 24-man squad on Thursday.

– We will get a good team up and running. We’ve had a pretty good situation throughout the fall and winter, there have been quite a few injuries and the players have played really good roles in their club teams, Saloranta tells Palloliitto in the bulletin.

There will be only one addition to the team that played in the Pinatar Cup in Spain in February, the goalkeeper who was sidelined at the time Anna Tamminen return to the group. They are on the sidelines for the April games Emmi Alanen and Emmi Siren.

– Emmi Alanen has to stay on the sidelines and Emmi Siren, who was injured in Spain, almost made it, but we didn’t want to take a risk, Saloranta says.

Finland will start the European Championship qualifiers on April 5, when they face Norway away from home. In the home club, the games start on April 9, when Italy arrives at the Töölö football stadium in Helsinki.

Match program and broadcast information

Finland plays the EC qualifiers in the A-league group. Norway, Italy and the Netherlands are in the same group. From the A-league, the first and second in the group secure a direct place in the EC final tournament. The group threes and fours continue their quest for a place in the further qualifiers.

In April, Finland will face Norway and Italy. Holland will play twice when the away match is played on May 31 and the home match on June 4 in Tampere.

The EC qualifiers will be played to their conclusion in July. Finland will face Norway for the second time in Turku on July 12, and on the away field against Italy on July 16. The EC final tournament will be played in Switzerland in July 2025.

In the ranking of the international football association Fifa, the Netherlands is in 8th place, Italy in 14th place and Norway in 16th place. Finland’s ranking is 27th.