Former England and Manchester United star Phil Neville, coach of the women’s team.
DOHA: English women’s football squad is set to launch their training camp in Doha from today.
Coached by former England and Manchester United star Phil Neville, the English squad will be training at Aspire Academy until January 21, Qatar Football Association (QFA) announced yesterday.
England are conducting the training camp in preparation for this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup to be held in France.
One of 24 teams in the tournament, England have been paired with Japan, Scotland and Argentina. Fourth-ranked England are one of the favourites for the World Cup title.
The English squad’s visit to Doha is part of the arrangement between QFA and the English Football Association (FA) last year in February.
Details released last week showed 28 players will be part of the squad in Doha.
England have won the FIFA World Cup four times and reached the quarterfinals on three occasions (1995, 2007 and 2011). They also reached the Europe Women’s Championship in 1984 and 2009. In the last edition, England finished third in Canada. Doha remains one of the most popular destinations for visiting clubs and nationals team for training purposes.
With Aspire Academy providing for state-of-the-art facilities, around 10 different European clubs will be seen in action during this month.
French giants PSG arrived in Doha yesterday with KAS Eupen, Bayern Munich, Brugge FC and PSV Eindhoven have already landed in the Qatari capital.
Fans in Doha also a chance tho watch Iceland, Finland, Estonia and Iceland in action during a series of friendly matches played last week at the Khalifa International Stadium, a venue which will host some of the matches of 2022 FIFA World Cup.
