Scotland Under-19s Euro 2017 journey ended in the fifth placed play-off when they went toe-toe with England for a place at the Under-20 World Cup in France and lost out 2-0.

Scotland started the competition at Windsor Park where they were defeated against eventual semi-finalists, Germany 3-0 in their first group game.

The Germans were a strong, impressive outfit who put a resolute Scotland team to the test with Liverpool’s Rebecca Flaherty putting in an impressive showing for the Scots in between the sticks.

Next up were the hosts, Northern Ireland, in Lurgan with Scotland taking a lead through Kirsty Hanson who was their only scorer during the four games.

Gareth Evans’ side were close to holding on for the victory but they agonisingly conceded with just five minutes remaining, to end the match as a draw.

Their final group game at the start of this week was against Spain where Scotland were subject to a number of attacks but held strong and were frustrated to concede after 55 minutes despite holding out for long periods.

Despite not progressing from the group, Scotland still had a chance to reach the World Cup but England ended their hopes with a 2-0 win.

Scotland now turn their focus to two September friendlies away to Croatia before travelling to Hungary for the Euro Qualifying round where they will play three matches against the hosts, Armenia and Turkey in October.

Results

Group stage

Wednesday 8 August: Scotland 0-3 Germany. Windsor Park, Belfast

Friday 11 August: Northern Ireland 1-1 Scotland. Mourneview Park, Lurgan 

Monday 14 August: Spain 1-0 Scotland. Mourneview Park, Lurgan

5th place play-off

Thursday 18 August: Scotland 0-2 England. Mourneview Park, Lurgan

Scotland Women's Under-19 Squad

Goalkeepers

Erin Clachers (Glasgow City)

Rebecca Flaherty (Liverpool)

Defenders

Ellis Dalgliesh (Durham)

Jordan McLintock (Hamilton Accies)

Cailin Michie (Hibernian)

Jamie-Lee Napier (Celtic)

Donna Paterson (Aberdeen)

Courtney Whyte (Celtic)

Midfielders

Claire Adams (Rangers)

Chantelle Brown (Rangers)

Chelsea Cornet (Hibernian)

Amy Gallacher (Hibernian)

Brogan Hay (Glasgow City)

Samantha Kerr (Glasgow City)

Ellis Notley (Hibernian)

Forwards

Carla Boyce (Glasgow City)

Kirsty Hanson (Doncaster)

Shannon McGregor (Aberdeen)