Over the next few days, the men’s national teams will come together for the last time this year. Taking part will be several 1. FC Union Berlin players who have been called up to wear their country’s colours.
The nominees
Jérôme Roussillon is facing a decisive couple of games. The eleven-time Guadeloupe international will face the Cayman Islands twice in the first and second qualifying round of the Concacaf Nations League Finals. Guadeloupe won the last and only previous meeting 7-1 in October 2008.
- Cayman Islands vs. Guadeloupe
Friday | 15 November 2024 | George Town - Guadeloupe vs. Cayman Islands
Tuesday | 19 November 2024 | Le Gosier
Slovakia are in a slightly better position in Group 1 of the UEFA Nations League C. László Bénes and his teammates collected ten points in their first four games and, thanks to their superior goal difference, are currently only behind Sweden in the group. The group’s victors could therefore be decided on Saturday in the match against the Scandinavians.
- Sweden vs. Slovakia
Saturday | 16/11/2024 | Stockholm - Slovakia vs. Estonia
Tuesday | 19/11/2024 | Bratislava
Two tough assignments await András Schäfer and his Hungary side on the last two matchdays of Group 3 in the UEFA Nations League A. The clash with the Netherlands, with whom they are level with on five points, will be followed three days later when they host group leaders Germany. For Union’s midfielder, who has now earned 32 caps, the game against the DFB will bring back good memories, as he scored one of his three international goals against Nagelsmann’s team.
- Netherlands vs. Hungary
Saturday | 16 November 2024 | Amsterdam - Hungary vs. Germany
Tuesday | 19 November 2024 | Budapest
Two-time Asian champions South Korea are once again putting their trust in the services of Wooyeong Jeong eight months or so after his last call-up. The Union attacking all-rounder has played 21 internationals for head coach Paulo Bento’s team and will now be a part of the squad who face the two bottom-placed teams in the table, Kuwait and Palestine, as part of the World Cup qualifiers.
- Kuwait vs. South Korea
Thursday | 14 November 2024 | Hawally - Palestine vs. South Korea
Tuesday | 19 November 2024 | Amman
Having already received an invitation to the DFB’s U21 training camp for the first time, the 20 year-old Aljoscha Kemlein, who has already played 19 time for German younger age groups, can look forward two friendlies at the year’s end. In Denmark and France, head coach Antonio Di Salvo’s team will face two sides that, like the German team, have qualified for next year’s U21 European Championship.
- Germany U21’s vs. Denmark U21’s
Friday | 15 November 2024 | Aachen - France U21 vs. Germany U21’s
Tuesday | 19 November 2024 | Valenciennes