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 The Oriam in Edinburgh will be the venue as Scotland host the Futsal Home Nations Championship from 1 December, with free entry. Ahead of the tournament, new Scotland head coach Gerry McMonagle has named his squad, which includes Albion Rovers’ Craig McLeish and Elgin City’s Scott Smith. McLeish made history in the last Home Nations Championship when he scored Scotland’s first ever hat-trick, against Northern Ireland.
Scotland will be looking to better last year’s third place finish where they lost out to England in the opening game and ran eventual competition winners Wales close before ultimately losing 5-2. In the final game Scotland beat Northern Ireland 8-2.
The Scottish Futsal team is still in the early stages of its development after being established in October 2014. They were knocked out of the European Championships preliminary rounds earlier this year, losing to Georgia, Switzerland and Israel.
All Futsal Home Nations Championship game will take place in the Oriam indoor court. Futsal is a five-a-side version of football with unlimited substitutions and 20 minutes a half. The game is played with an optimised ball that does not bounce as much as a traditional football.
Futsal Home Nations Championships Tournament
Friday, 1 December
England v Wales, kick-off 4pm
Scotland v Northern Ireland, kick-off 7.30pm
Saturday, 2 December
Northern Ireland v England, kick-off 2.30
Scotland v Wales, kick-off 6pm
Sunday, 3 December
Wales v Northern Ireland, kick-off 1pm
Scotland v England, kick-off 4.30pm
Scotland Squad
Goalkeepers
Ben Tough (Fair City Santos)
Adam Whitelaw (TMT Futsal Club)
Defenders
Kyle Ballingall (Perth Saltires)
Martin Cassells (AKN Lions)
Kevin Hagan (TMT Futsal Club)
Craig McLeish (Wattcell/Albion Rovers)
Scott Mollison (Fair City Santos)
Scott Smith (Fair City Santos/Elgin City)
Midfielders
Neil Laurenson (Wattcell)
Paul McLaughlin (Polonia Edinburgh)
Richard Horlock (West London Futsal Club)
Ahmed Aloulou (Dundee Futsal Club)
Jack Guthrie (Wattcell)
Fraser Smith (Fair City Santos)
Forwards
Lee Cameron (Dundee Futsal Club)
Ryan Robb (Fair City Santos)
Dayle Robertson (Fair City Santos)
Liam Kelly (Dundee Futsal Club)
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