Nine FCA players away on international duty
16-day international break
First Team
20.09.2026, 13:00
The first international break of the season is set to get underway, with no league games for nearly three weeks. A total of nine FCA players will be away representing their national sides.
Fabian Rieder (Switzerland)
- Saturday, 26th September: North Macedonia 0-3 Switzerland (Nations League)
Rieder played the first 75 minutes and helped his side to a comfortable victory.
- Tuesday, 29th September: Scotland – Switzerland (Nations League)
- Saturday, 3rd October: Switzerland – Slovenia (Nations League)
- Tuesday, 6th October: Switzerland – North Macedonia (Nations League)
Michael Gregoritsch (Austria)
- Thursday, 24th September: Austria 3-1 Israel (Nations League)
The striker led his side onto the pitch as captain, before needing to be taken off in the 37th minute due to injury.
- Sunday, 27th September: Austria 3-1 Kosovo (Nations League)
Gregoritsch was not part of the matchday squad after suffering an injury in the previous match.
- Thursday, 1st October: Ireland – Austria (Nations League)
- Sunday, 4th October: Kosovo – Austria (Nations League)
Finn Dahmen (Germany)
- Thursday, 24th September: Netherlands 1-1 Germany (Nations League)
Dahmen was an unused substitute.
- Sunday, 27th September: Germany 0-1 Greece (Nations League)
Dahmen was an unused substitute at the WWK ARENA.
- Thursday, 1st October: Germany – Serbia (Nations League)
- Sunday, 4th October: Greece – Germany (Nations League)
Hennes Behrens (Germany)
- Thursday, 24th September: Netherlands 1-1 Germany (Nations League)
Behrens was an unused substitute.
- Sunday, 27th September: Germany 0-1 Greece (Nations League)
Behrens came on for Nathaniel Brown in the 84th minute to make his senior debut for Germany.
Youngwoo Seol (South Korea)
- Thursday, 24th September: South Korea 3-0 Ecuador (Friendly)
Seol started and played the full 90 minutes in Suwon.
- Monday, 28th September: South Korea – Uruguay (Friendly)
- Friday, 2nd October: South Korea – Venezuela (Friendly)
- Tuesday, 6th October: South Korea – Uzbekistan (Friendly)
Juma Bah (Sierra Leone)
- Thursday, 24th September: Sierra Leone 2-3 Zimbabwe (AFCON qualifier)
Bah started before being taken off in the 56th minute.
- Monday, 28th September: Equatorial Guinea – Sierra Leone (AFCON qualifier)
Noahkai Banks, Mert Kömür, Arijon Ibrahimović (Germany U21)
- Saturday, 26th September: Latvia 0-4 Germany (U21 EURO qualifier)
Kömür and Ibrahimović both came on as 59th-minute substitutes, and the latter scored his first goal for the U21s with a deflected effort from distance. Noahkai Banks was an unused substitute, however.
- Wednesday, 30th September: Malta – Germany (U21 EURO qualifier)
- Tuesday, 6th October: Germany – Georgia (U21 EURO qualifier)
