England U19 Euros squad named

The U19 European Championship will take place in Finland, with England looking to retain their title.

They will face Turkey in their first match of the tournament on Tuesday in Seinajoki.

Dujon Sterling, Ben Brereton and Trevoh Chalobah were all key to England's previous victory in the competition, while midfielders Tom Bayliss, Max Sanders and Kelland Watts have their first appearances for the England side.

Following their match against Turkey, they will face Ukraine and then France, before the knock-out stage begins.

If England progress from the group stage as one of the top two, and then reach the semi-finals, they will automatically qualify for the FIFA U20 World Cup in Poland.

Simpson knows the U20 World Cup well, having led England to victory in 2017.

"We're going to Finland to try and win, but the main objective for this group of players is tournament experience," the head coach said.

"We ideally want to achieve at least a semi-final spot or better as it will guarantee our place in next year's U20s World Cup and this group is more than capable of that."

"We met up as a squad last Tuesday and had a really good week of training at St. George's Park. We have eight new faces we have introduced to the group and everyone has settled in well, worked hard and I'm really looking forward to seeing them play these games."