Men's international round-up for September

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Goals, assists and big wins for our players during the international break.

Charlie Hanson

2025-09-11T10:00+01:00

Freddie Simmonds made two starts for England Under-18s in the September international break. 📷 by The FA.

Huge scorelines and plenty of starts and strikes seemed to be tale of the September international break.

Senior men's team action

Yasin Ayari started both of Sweden’s games during the break, scoring and assisting against Slovenia in their 2-2 draw, before losing 2-0 to Kosovo. He has now made 14 senior appearances for his country.

Yasin Ayari ❤️‍🔥🇸🇪 pic.twitter.com/I1dO1Ri0Mk
— Svensk Fotboll (@svenskfotboll) September 6, 2025

Carlos Baleba wasn't in the squad for Cameroon’s 3-0 win over Eswatini, before starting in their 1-0 defeat to Cape Verde.

Maxim De Cuyper scored and assisted in Belgium’s 6-0 win against Liechtenstein before playing 70 minutes in their win over against Kazakhstan, which also finished 6-0 to the Red Devils.

United as one. 🇧🇪 pic.twitter.com/8Gy4Y1ubxF
— Belgian Red Devils (@BelRedDevils) September 4, 2025

The Republic of Ireland drew 2-2 with Hungary, in which Evan Ferguson pulled one back to make 2-1, before Swansea City forward Adam Idah equalised in the 90th minute. The out on loan striker added another goal to his tally in the following game, as they were beaten 2-1 by Armenia.

56' | We have a goal back through Evan

🇦🇲 2-1 🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/2KGP3woCy6
— Ireland Football ⚽️🇮🇪 (@IrelandFootball) September 9, 2025

Paraguay played out a goalless draw against Ecuador before defeating Peru 1-0, with Diego Gomez starting both games in midfield as La Albirroja confirmed their spot at next year's World Cup.

Ferdi Kadioglu came on for the final ten minutes of Türkiye’s 3-2 win over Georgia, before being substituted on for the last half an hour of their 6-0 loss to Spain.

Yankuba Minteh scored and assisted in The Gambia’s 3-1 win over Kenya, teeing up Sheriff Sinyan after 12 minutes before netting himself 14 minutes later. He came on for the final half an hour of their 2-0 win over Burundi.

Kaoru Mitoma started in Japan’s goalless draw with Mexico before playing the last 30 minutes of their 2-0 defeat to the USA.

Matt O’Riley was an unused substitute in Denmark’s goalless draw with Scotland, although he came on in the final stages of his country’s 3-0 win over Greece.

Rotterdam, 04-09-2025. 🇳🇱#NothingLikeOranje #NEDPOL pic.twitter.com/VvkoPJSz5N
— OnsOranje (@OnsOranje) September 4, 2025

Bart Verbruggen and Jan Paul van Hecke both started in the Netherlands’ 1-1 draw with Poland, before Bart started their 3-2 win against Lithuania. Jan Paul was an unused substitute.

Youth international action

Isaiah Alakiu made his Philippines under-23 debut in their 2-1 defeat to Syria Under-23s, before making his first start in their 1-0 win over Tajikistan under-23s.

Brajan Gruda played the first 45 minutes of Germany under-21s’ 2-0 win over Albania, before providing the assist for the fourth goal in his country's 5-0 win over Latvia.

England under-21s played their first game since winning the Under-21 Euros in the summer, as they defeated Kazakhstan 2-0. James Beadle and Jack Hinshelwood both started, while Tommy Watson was introduced as a second half substitute for his under-21 debut.

Mark O’Mahony and Jacob Slater both started in the Republic of Ireland Under-21s’ come-from-behind victory over Moldova, as they won 2-1, before both were unused subs in their 1-0 win over Andorra. Meanwhile, Henry Kasvosve came on for the final 20 minutes of Wales Under-20s' 2-2 draw with Austria.

Harry Howell in action during the international break. 📷 by The FA.

Harry Howell and Freddie Simmonds started for England Under-18s in 3-1 and 3-2 wins against Uzbekistan and Canada, while they were subbed on during the 4-1 win over Morrocco.