England squad announcement in full vs Andorra and Serbia

Mortgage spells with Rennes in 2022/23 and Leeds United in 2023/24 had been each hindered by knee accidents, however he made 18 appearances for Serie A membership Genoa throughout the second half of the latter season.

Helped by Tottenham’s appreciable harm checklist, Spence turned an everyday Spurs starter from December 2024, though he scarcely featured between the quarter-finals and last of their triumphant Europa League marketing campaign.

Spence has been ever-present in new supervisor Thomas Frank’s first three video games and made six England Underneath-21 appearances between March 2022 and March 2023, together with two begins in Euro qualifiers.

Trent Alexander-Arnold: England drop full-back

Alexander-Arnold has solely featured for 26 minutes below Tuchel, lacking the German’s first two video games with an ankle harm however approaching throughout the win in Andorra in Spain on June 7.

The 26-year-old was an unused substitute for the 3-1 pleasant defeat to Senegal on the Metropolis Floor on June 10.

The 34-cap worldwide began England’s first two video games at Euro 2024 as former boss Gareth Southgate experimented with utilizing his passing abilities in central midfield, however barely featured throughout his nation’s subsequent 5 video games on the finals.

Interim coach Lee Carsley used Alexander-Arnold all through England’s ensuing 4 Nations League video games in September and October, with the Liverpool academy product scoring in a 3-1 win in Finland earlier than being dominated out for 2 video games with a hamstring harm.

England World Cup qualifiers: What group are they in?

England are in Group Ok alongside Albania, Latvia, Andorra and Serbia. Of these opponents, Serbia’s standing of 32 at the beginning of qualifying made them by far the highest-ranked crew Tuchel’s aspect will face.

Serbia proved difficult opponents at Euro 2024, with solely a Jude Bellingham objective separating the groups of their opener in Germany.

Together with video games as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro, Dragan Stojkovic’s nation have misplaced their final 5 conferences with England, though they held a powerful file of 1 defeat of their final 21 World Cup qualifying matches earlier than the group started, profitable 14 and drawing six.

⏪ Again in November 2021…

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— England (@England) March 21, 2025

Latvia are ranked 137th and have by no means performed England earlier than, whereas Andorra are 174th and have misplaced all seven of the encounters between the nations by an mixture rating of 26-0, though solely a Harry Kane objective separated the edges throughout the present marketing campaign.

Ben Chilwell, Bukayo Saka, Tammy Abraham, James Ward-Prowse and Jack Grealish scored when England received 5-0 in Andorra in October 2021.

Albania are ranked 68th and misplaced 2-0 at Wembley Stadium in Tuchel’s first match in cost and England’s first qualifer on March 21.

They’re one among 5 nations England have confronted greater than six instances and received towards each time, alongside Luxembourg (9), San Marino (8), Malta (7) and Andorra (6).

Togetherness and making a bond 🤝 pic.twitter.com/hkQRundhgg

— England (@England) March 21, 2025

England soccer crew World Cup qualifying fixtures

All fixtures begin at 19:45 UK time (14:45 ET / 11:45 PT) except in any other case said.

Friday, March 21: England 2-0 AlbaniaMonday, March 24: England 3-0 LatviaSaturday, June 7: Andorra 0-1 EnglandSaturday, September 6: England 2-0 AndorraTuesday, September 9: Serbia vs EnglandTuesday, October 14: Latvia vs EnglandThursday, November 13: England vs SerbiaSunday, November 16: Albania vs England (17:00)

Sound on for this one. 🤩🔊 pic.twitter.com/ozcnaDn58Q

— England (@England) March 19, 2025

England video games: What occurs if Three Lions high group?

The highest crew from every of the 12 European Qualifier teams proceeds mechanically to the finals, which can be expanded to 48 groups.

Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Portugal, Denmark, the Netherlands, Spain, France and Croatia are among the many different favourites to win their teams.

What occurs if England end second in World Cup qualifiers?

England can be eradicated in the event that they end third or beneath and enter the play-offs between March 26-31 2026 if they arrive second.

The 12 runners-up in every group will be a part of 4 Nations League groups within the play-offs, which can be drawn from pots primarily based on groups’ data throughout the marketing campaign. The video games will comprise single-leg semi-finals and finals.

The draw for the World Cup finals will happen in December 2025. The match runs from June 11 till July 19 2026.