England Women to face Scotland at Sunderland's Stadium of Light

England Women will take on Scotland in their opening game of the inaugural women’s tournament at the Stadium of Light on Friday, September 22 (7.45pm).

It will be the reigning European champions’ first return to Wearside since they last played at Sunderland’s home ground in November 2021, when Ellen White’s goal secured a 1-0 win over Austria.

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September’s meeting with Scotland will also mark Sarina Wiegman’s side’s first outing after the Women’s World Cup, which begins in Australia and New Zealand this week.

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The England Women’s team boasts a strong association with Sunderland, with Steph Houghton, Kill Scott, Beth Mead, Jordan Nobbs, Lucy Bronze, Carly Telford, Demi Stokes and Lucy Staniforth all having spent some of their career with Sunderland Ladies.

With the Stadium of Light staging the women’s international, Sunderland’s Championship home game with Cardiff City, which was due to take place less than 24 hours later, has been put back a day to Sunday, September 24.

Ticket details or the Nations League game will be released in due course.