England U17 call-up for Albion pair

Main Club Sponsor

TICKETS

SHOP

Harry Howell and Freddie Simmonds heading to the European Championships.

2025-05-12T11:00+01:00

Harry Howell has been in impressive form for the under-21s this season. 📷 by Paul Hazlewood.

Defender Freddie Simmonds and midfielder Harry Howell have been named in the England squad for the European U17 Championships.

The two 17-year-olds will head to Albania later this month for the tournament where England face Belgium (20 May), Italy (23 May) and Czechia (26 May) in Group B.

Freddie Simmonds has been a regular for the U21s this season and has been part of the first-team squad. 📷 Paul Hazlewood.

The semi-finals are on 29 May with the final in Tirana on 1 June.

Both Freddie and Harry have been in Fabian Hurzeler's first-team squad this season as well as being regulars for the U21s.

England Head coach Neil Ryan’s squad have reached the finals after coming through two qualifying rounds with aplomb, winning all six of their games which started last November in Malta with victories against the group hosts, Latvia and Sweden.

England then hosted the second qualifying round stage in March with wins over Israel, Slovenia and Northern Ireland to seal their spot in the EURO Finals as well as the FIFA U17 World Cup which will be held in Qatar later this year.

The group will meet up later this week to start their preparations before they head to Albania on Friday to begin the tournament.

England’s last title in the UEFA U17 EURO came back in 2014, when John Peacock’s team beat Netherlands in the Final having also won the championship back in 2010.