France include nine Champions League players in squad for Euro 2025 qualifying clash with Ireland
Ireland's Lily Agg in action against France's Wendie Renard and Elisa de Almeida during a friendly last July
France have included nine Champions League winners in their squad for next Friday’s Euro 2025 qualifier against Ireland in Metz.
Manager Hervé Renard’s 24-player squad is captained by Wendie Renard, who featured when the French cruised to a 3-0 win last summer before Ireland’s maiden World Cup appearance.
France also play Sweden in the first pair of Nations League fixtures which serve as a qualification route to Euro 2025, while Ireland welcome reigning champions England to Lansdowne Road, both games on April 9.
France squad (v Ireland)
Goalkeepers: Solène Durand (Sassuolo), Pauline Peyraud-Magnin (Juventus), Constance Picaud (Paris Saint-Germain).
Defenders: Estelle Cascarino (Juventus), Élisa De Almeida (Paris Saint-Germain), Sakina Karchaoui (Paris Saint-Germain), Maëlle Lakrar (Montpellier), Griedge Mbock Bathy (Lyon), Ève Périsset (Chelsea), Wendie Renard (Lyon), Thiniba Samoura (Paris Saint-Germain).
Midfielders: Amandine Henry (Angel City), Selma Bacha (Lyon), Sandy Baltimore (Paris Saint-Germain), Kenza Dali (Aston Villa), Grace Geyoro (Paris Saint-Germain), Lea Le Garrec (FC Fleury), Sandie Toletti (Real Madrid).
Forwards: Vicki Becho (Lyon), Kadidiatou Diani (Lyon), Julie Dufour (Paris FC), Marie-Antoinette Katoto (Paris Saint-Germain), Eugénie Le Sommer (Lyon), Delphine Cascarino (Lyon).
