announced for Euro finals

Scotland national youth teams coach Scot Gemmill has announced an 18-player squad for the UEFA European Under-17 Championship finals taking place in Malta next month.

Aberdeen young stars Scott Wright and Michael Kelly will both be involved in the competition.

Scotland will play in Group B against Portugal, Germany and Switzerland at the tournament which takes place between 9-21 May.

Group A consists of England, The Netherlands, Turkey and the hosts Malta.

The top two teams from each group will advance to the semi-finals to be played on 18 May with the final taking place on 21 May.

All of Scotland’s matches at the finals will be broadcast live on Eurosport International or Eurosport 2

This will be the first time a men’s national team has participated at a finals tournament in six years, when Scotland’s under-17 side participated in the 2008 UEFA European Under-17 Championship finals.

Scotland Under-17 squad:

Goalkeepers

Robby McCrorie (Rangers)
Devlin Mckay (Kilmarnock)

Defenders

Jack Breslin (Celtic)
Kyle Cameron (Newcastle United)
Sam Wardrop (Celtic)
Tom Lang (Birmingham City)
Aidan McIlduff (Celtic)
Zak Jules (Reading)

Midfielders

Michael Kelly (Aberdeen)
Aidan Nesbitt (Celtic)
Joseph Thomson (Celtic)
Steven Boyd (Celtic)
Cameron Ballantyne (Dundee United)
Jake Sheppard (Reading)

Forwards

Ryan Hardie (Rangers)
Calvin Miller (Celtic)
Craig Wighton (Dundee)
Scott Wright (Aberdeen)

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