New Zealand Football has confirmed their national team squad for the upcoming matches against Curaçao and Bahrain which will be played on 9 and 12 October (10 and 13 October in Aotearoa New Zealand), including four FC Helsingør players in the squad: Elijah Just, Callum McCowatt, Nando Pijanker and Dalton Wilkins (loaned to Kolding IF).
“I think it speaks to the strength of the talents we develop, and the success they have abroad, that we are able to assemble a squad without players from New Zealand and Australia,” says head coach Danny Hay. “I have confidence in the team we have been able to assemble, and I know they are all eager to get back on the pitch after such a long time.”
Wilkins is one of the five players called up for their All Whites debut, while Just, McCowatt and Pijanker are among the 10 players who were part of the Olympic team that reached the quarter-finals in Tokyo 2020.
All Whites face Curaçao on Saturday 9 October (Sunday 10 October NZT) and Bahrain on Tuesday 12 October (Wednesday 13 October NZT) in Manama, Bahrain.
