Northern Ireland manager Michael O’Neill has named his backroom team for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualification campaign, which gets under way later this month.
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Aaron Hughes joins Wylie to put WU19s through their paces
Alfie Wylie’s Under-19 side started preparations for their own Women’s Euro qualifiers later this year with a training camp.
Former Northern Ireland captain Aaron Hughes, who is the Irish FA’s new Elite Football Development Consultant, joined Wylie and his backroom team, including Noel Mitchell and Lynn Carroll, at the five-day camp.
A new format has been introduced for WU19 and WU17 Euro qualifiers which replaces the old qualifying and elite rounds.
The competition still features one-venue mini-tournaments but now includes two leagues (A and B) with promotion and relegation leading to the 2022 finals.