Winger Ainsley Maitland-Niles has been named in the England U19 squad for their Euro 2016 qualifying group games in Skopje, Macedonia next month.

The 18-year-old and his team-mates face the hosts on Thursday 8th October, Finland two days later and Italy on the following Tuesday.

The top two sides in the group will go through to the elite round qualifiers ahead of the finals in Germany next summer.

Maitland-Niles, who is spending the season on loan with the Blues from Arsenal, won his first U19 cap and scored a stunning first goal at that level in the friendly in Germany earlier this month. The Londoner has previously won caps with the U17s and U18s.

England U19s: Freddie Woodman (Crawley Town, loan from Newcastle United), Sam Howes (West Ham United), Jonjoe Kenny (Everton), Callum Connolly (Everton), Jake Clarke-Salter (Chelsea), Dael Fry (Middlesbrough), Tafari Moore (Arsenal), Taylor Moore (RC Lens), Jordan Rossiter (Liverpool), Lewis Cook (Leeds United), Josh Onomah (Tottenham Hotspur), Ainsley Maitland-Niles (Ipswich Town, loan from Arsenal), Sheyi Ojo (Wolverhampton Wanderers, loan from Liverpool), Patrick Roberts (Manchester City), Isaiah Brown (Vitesse Arnhem, loan from Chelsea), Dominic Solanke (Vitesse Arnhem, loan from Chelsea), Adam Armstrong (Coventry City, loan from Newcastle United), Tammy Abraham (Chelsea).

Photo: Action Images

mickeyjb added 17:42 - Sep 30 Would be even better if the team list read AMN Ipswich Town (no loan)
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sidtheswan added 06:17 - Oct 1 Quality player and will play for full team one day if carries on progressing
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BlueSwede added 08:29 - Oct 1 Haven't seen that goal from Maitland-Niles before, but that was sheer quality. Superb. Hopefully more like that to come in a blue shirt.
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