The Nordic Tournament,
July 28 - 2 August 2008,
Sweden
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An 18 man squad has been named for England U17s' trip to Scandinavia for the 2008 Nordic Tournament.

Taking place in Sweden this year, the Young Lions will face games against Finland, Iceland and Norway in a group stage before a final play-off to decide their finishing position in the competition.

The other group in the tournament is made up of Denmark, Faroe Islands, Scotland and Sweden.

England start the tournament against Finland on 28 July, before facing Iceland on the following day.

The final group game with Norway takes place on 31 July, before the play-off matches take place on 2 August.

The squad contains several members of the U16 team which lifted the Sky Sports Victory Shield last season and they will be hoping to continue their development under the eye of Kenny Swain, who will be taking the team to this competition.

The squad for the England U17 team for the Nordic Tournament is :

Player

Club

Ryan Allsop

West Bromwich Albion

Chuks Aneke

Arsenal

Jason Banton

Arsenal

José Baxter^^

Everton

Deale Chamberlain*

Liverpool

Luke Freeman

Arsenal

Gary Gardner**

Aston Villa

James Hurst

Portsmouth

Jesse Lingard

Manchester United

Angus Macdonald***

Reading

Keanu Marsh Brown

Fulham

Joe McCann

Leeds United

Josh McEachran^

Chelsea

Nathaniel Mendez-Laing

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Jack Mills****

Reading

Oliver Nicholas

Arsenal

Jamie Reckord

Wolverhampton Wanderers

Connor Wickham

Ipswich Town

* Withdrawn and replaced by Jak Alnwick of Sunderland.
** Withdrawn and replaced by Kieran Edwards of Middlesbrough.
*** Withdrawn and replaced by Tom Parkes of Leicester City.
**** Withdrawn and replaced by Luke Garbutt of Leeds United.
^ Withdrawn and replaced by Jacob Walcott of Reading.
^^ Withdrawn and replaced by Billy Knott of Chelsea.