VfL head coach Tommy Stroot has had two weeks with all the international players in his squad to prepare for the new season, but now the group will be depleted once again. No fewer than 16 VfL players have been called up for the next set of international matches, which come at an unusual time and an unfortunate one from a club point of view. The reason is that the final World Cup qualifiers have to be played so that the European play-offs can take place in the autumn.
The international fixtures at a glance
Jule Brand, Merle Frohms, Kathrin Hendrich, Svenja Huth, Lena Lattwein, Lena Oberdorf, Alexandra Popp, Felicitas Rauch, Tabea Waßmuth (Germany):
- Saturday 3 September, 14:45 CEST, (A) Turkey (World Cup qualifier)
- Tuesday 6 September, 18:30 CEST, (A) Bulgaria (World Cup qualifier)
Dominique Janssen, Jill Roord, Lynn Wilms (Netherlands):
- Friday 2 September, 20:00 CEST, (H) Scotland (Friendly)
- Tuesday 6 September, 20:45 CEST, (H) Iceland (Word Cup qualifier)
Sveindis Jonsdottir (Iceland):
- Friday 2 September, 19:30 CEST, (H) Belarus (World Cup qualifier)
- Tuesday 6 September, 20:45 CEST, (A) Netherlands (World Cup qualifier)
Rebecka Blomqvist (Sweden):
- Tuesday 6 September, 18:00 CEST, (A) Finland (World Cup qualifier)
Ewa Pajor (Poland):
- Thursday 1 September, 18:00 CEST, (A) Albania (World Cup qualifier)
- Tuesday 6 September, 18:30 CEST, (H) Kosovo (World Cup qualifier)
Sara Agrez (Slovenia):
- Friday 2 September, 18:00 CEST, (H) Kazakhstan (World Cup qualifier)
- Tuesday 6 September, 20:45 CEST, (A) Wales (World Cup qualifier)
