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City's Women Set For World Cup Qualifiers

Six LCFC Women players have the chance to feature over this October international break, facing off in 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualification matches.

2026-10-07T14:10+01:00

by Matthew Temple

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City's Women Set For World Cup Qualifiers

Six LCFC Women players have the chance to feature over this October international break, facing off in 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualification matches.

Matthew Temple

2026-10-07T14:10+01:00

City's Women Set For World Cup Qualifiers

Six LCFC Women players have the chance to feature over this October international break, facing off in 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualification matches.

Matthew Temple

2026-10-07T14:10+01:00

City's Women Set For World Cup Qualifiers

Six LCFC Women players have the chance to feature over this October international break, facing off in 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualification matches.

Matthew Temple

2026-10-07T14:10+01:00

City's Women Set For World Cup Qualifiers

Six LCFC Women players have the chance to feature over this October international break, facing off in 2027 FIFA Women’s World Cup qualification matches.

Matthew Temple

2026-10-07T14:10+01:00

Heather Payne, Jess Ziu and Jessie Stapleton all called up for Republic of Ireland
Alisha Lehmann and Paulina Nyström make the Switzerland and Finland squads respectively
FIFA Women's World Cup Brazil 2027 Qualifiers in the offing for all five
Poppy Pritchard has the chance to play for England Under-23s

Taking a break from Club duties, a handful of our Foxes are jetting off around Europe to join up with their national teams, with the majority preparing for World Cup qualifiers, hoping to making it on the plane to Brazil next summer.

Included in that list are Republic of Ireland trio Heather Payne, Jess Ziu and Jessie Stapleton, who have all been called up to represent their country in two fixtures against Kazakhstan.

Alisha Lehmann is back in the Switzerland squad for games against Israel, while Paulina Nyström will hope to lead the line for Finland in qualifying matches against Serbia.

Elsewhere, Poppy Pritchard has been called up by Lydia Bedford to the England Under-23s squad, taking on Norway in a European Women's U23 Competition friendly, at LNER Community Stadium in York.

A full guide of when each Fox has the chance to play can be found below, and don't forget, the Lionesses are playing Greece at King Power Stadium next Tuesday evening with their own hopes of World Cup qualification. Tickets are still available.

PLAYER(S)	TEAM	FIXTURE	DATE/TIME
Heather Payne, Jess Ziu, Jessie Stapleton	Republic of Ireland	vs. Kazakhstan (A)	Friday 9 October, 12pm
Paulina Nyström	Finland	vs. Serbia (H)	Friday 9 October, 4:30pm
Alisha Lehmann	Switzerland	vs. Israel (A)	Friday 9 October, 5:30pm
Poppy Pritchard	England U23s	vs. Norway U23s (H)	Monday 12 October, 7:30pm
Paulina Nyström	Finland	vs. Serbia (A)	Tuesday 13 October, 6pm
Alisha Lehmann	Switzerland	vs. Israel (H)	Tuesday 13 October, 6:30pm
Heather Payne, Jess Ziu, Jessie Stapleton	Republic of Ireland	vs. Kazakhstan (H)	Tuesday 13 October, 7:30pm

All times BST.

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