The Three Lions
World Cup Squad
Pre-Croatia July 2018 |
Player |
Birthdate |
Age |
Pos |
Club |
St |
Sub |
App |
|
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22.
Alexander-Arnold, Trent J. |
7 October 1998 |
19 |
RB |
Liverpool FC |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
None |
20.
Alli, Bamidele J. |
11 April 1996 |
22 |
M |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
20 |
8 |
28 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
13.
Butland, Jack |
10 March 1993 |
25 |
GK |
Stoke City
FC |
6 |
2 |
8 |
4ᵍᵃ |
0 |
None |
15.
Cahill, Gary J. |
19 December 1985 |
32 |
CD |
Chelsea FC |
57 |
4 |
61 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
17.
Delph, Fabian |
21 November 1989 |
28 |
M |
Manchester City FC |
9 |
5 |
14 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4.
Dier, Eric J.E. |
15 January 1994 |
24 |
M |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
23 |
7 |
30 |
3 |
1 |
4 |
4 |
8.
Henderson, Jordan B. |
17 June 1990 |
28 |
M |
Liverpool FC |
33 |
10 |
43 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
3 |
16.
Jones, Philip
A. |
21 February 1992 |
26 |
CD |
Manchester United FC |
22 |
4 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
None |
9.
Kane, Harry E. |
28 July 1993 |
24 |
F |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
23 |
5 |
28 |
19 |
9 |
None |
7.
Lingard, Jesse E. |
15 December 1992 |
25 |
M |
Manchester United FC |
10 |
6 |
16 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
21.
Loftus-Cheek, Ruben I. |
23 January 1996 |
22 |
M |
Chelsea FC |
5 |
2 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6.
Maguire, J. Harry |
5 March 1993 |
25 |
CD |
Leicester City FC |
8 |
2 |
10 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
1.
Pickford, Jordan L. |
7 March 1994 |
24 |
GK |
Everton FC |
8 |
0 |
8 |
5ᵍᵃ |
0 |
None |
23.
Pope, Nicholas D. |
19 April 1992 |
26 |
GK |
Burnley
FC |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0ᵍᵃ |
0 |
None |
19.
Rashford, Marcus |
31 October 1997 |
20 |
F |
Manchester United FC |
9 |
14 |
23 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
3.
Rose, Daniel L. |
2 July 1990 |
28 |
LB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
15 |
6 |
21 |
0 |
0 |
None |
10. Sterling, Raheem S. |
8 December 1994 in
Kingston, Jamaica |
23 |
M |
Manchester City FC |
34 |
8 |
42 |
2 |
0 |
5 |
1 |
5.
Stones, John |
28 May 1994 |
24 |
LD |
Manchester City FC |
27 |
4 |
31 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
12.
Trippier, Kieran J. |
19 September 1990 |
27 |
RB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC |
10 |
1 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
None |
11.
Vardy, Jamie R. |
11 January 1987 |
31 |
F |
Leicester City FC |
13 |
12 |
25 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
2.
Walker, Kyle
A. |
28 May 1990 |
28 |
RD |
Manchester City FC |
35 |
4 |
39 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
14.
Welbeck, Daniel
N.T.M. |
26 November 1990 |
27 |
F |
Arsenal FC |
25 |
15 |
40 |
16 |
0 |
2 |
18.
Young, Ashley S. |
9 July 1985 |
32 |
LM |
Manchester United FC |
23 |
15 |
38 |
7 |
0 |
3 |
All information is complete
to and including England's last match, the fifteenth of the 2017-18 season, against
Sweden on 7 July 2018.
Diary
Wednesday, 25 April 2018 - Alex
Oxlade-Chamberlain will miss the World Cup this summer after injuring
a knee during Liverpool's Champions League tie against Roma. The
24-year-old midfielder was taken off on a stretcher in the 15th minute
of Tuesday's match at Anfield after challenging Aleksandar Kolarov. He
had a scan today which revealed a knee ligament injury. "Absolutely
devastated to have picked up this injury at such a crucial time," said
Oxlade-Chamberlain. It is understood Oxlade-Chamberlain spoke to
England manager Gareth Southgate to inform him about the injury. "The
extent of the injury means Oxlade-Chamberlain is set to miss the
remainder of the campaign for Liverpool, as well as the World Cup in
Russia with England," Liverpool said in a statement.
"Oxlade-Chamberlain will now begin a
rehabilitation programme to enable him to reach full fitness again as
soon as possible, returning to action next season." The Reds added
there would be "no specific timescale" on the former Arsenal player's
return.
Tuesday, 8 May 2018 -
Joe Gomez is out of England's World Cup campaign, and will miss the
Champions League final against Real Madrid after undergoing ankle
surgery. The 20-year-old picked up the injury during England's
friendly against the Netherlands in March. "Gutted to confirm that my
season for both club and country is over having undergone successful
ankle surgery," he said. "Been a tough few weeks trying everything
possible to be available on the pitch to help the team. I'm going to
do all I can to get back and be in the best possible shape for
pre-season. The focus now is to support the team in the two biggest
games of the season," Gomez added. The former Charlton player has made
23 league appearances for the Reds this season. After hurting his
ankle in March, he returned for Liverpool against West Bromwich Albion on 21
April, and played against Stoke a week later, but will now miss the
match on 26 May.
Tuesday,
14 May 2018 - Goalkeeper Joe Hart has been left out of
England's World Cup squad by manager Gareth Southgate. The
31-year-old, who has made 75 appearances, has had a poor season at club level,
conceding 39 goals in 19 Premier League games for West Ham. He was at
the Premier League strugglers on a season-long loan from champions
Manchester City. Jack Wilshere has also been left out. The Arsenal
midfielder has not played for England since their Euro 2016 departure.
Wednesday, 15 May 2018 -
Uncapped 19-year-old Liverpool defender Trent Alexander-Arnold
has been named in Gareth Southgate's 23-man England squad. Defender
Gary Cahill has been recalled and there are also places on the plane
to Russia for Chelsea team-mate Ruben Loftus-Cheek and Burnley
goalkeeper Nick Pope. Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana is one of five
players on standby for the tournament, along with Burnley keeper Tom
Heaton, Clarets defender James Tarkowski, Bournemouth's Lewis Cook and
fellow midfielder Jake Livermore of West Bromwich Albion. "I believe this is a
squad we can be excited about," Southgate said. "It is a young group
but with some really important senior players, so I feel the balance
of the squad is good, both in terms of its experience, its character
and also the positional balance."
Monday, 21 May 2018 - The England players that were involved in
the FA Cup Final on Saturday, and those Liverpool players involved in
the Champions League Final this coming Saturday, are not required to
report to St. George's Park today. Chelsea FC's youngster, Mason Mount
has joined the squad for training this week.
Tuesday, 22 May 2018 - On the second
day of training, Gareth Southgate announces Harry Kane as the World
Cup Finals captain for England. Manchester City defenders Kyle Walker
and John Stones are missing from the main training session, doing an
individual training programme's within the gym.
Sunday, 27 May 2018 - Following a
weekend at home, the squad return to St. George's Park, alongside
those who were absent last week because of the FA Cup Final. Only the
Liverpool players are now missing from the squad, as they participated
in yesterdays Champions League Final. Burnley's standby defender,
James Tarkowski, has been removed from the reserve list, in order to
undergo a planned hernia operation, that has been brought forward.
Monday, 28 May 2018 - Harry
Maguire is training indoors today, as part of an individual programme.
Meanwhile, brothers Watford's Nathaniel Chalobah and Chelsea's Trevoh
Chalobah joins the World Cup squad both today and tomorrow.
Wednesday, 30 May 2018 - Adam
Lallana has joined up with the squad for a training session at St.
George's Park.
Thursday, 31 May 2018
- The England squad are at The Arsenal Training Centre in
Shenley, after relocating last night from St. George's Park, in
preparation for Saturday's first warm-up match.
Friday, 1 June 2018 - Phil Jones
will miss tomorrow's match after being released from the squad. His
wife is expecting their third child. The rest of the squad, including
Adam Lallana, are training in the grounds of The Grove Hotel, in
Chandler's Cross. Liverpool colleagues Jordan Henderson and Trent
Alexander-Arnold will link up with the squad on Saturday as expected
following their Champions League final appearances.
Saturday, 2 June 2018 -
England 2
Nigeria 1: England's World Cup build up continued with a win over
Nigeria. Chelsea defender Gary Cahill celebrated his return to
England's squad and stepped up his claims for a starting place by
opening the scoring with a powerful header after only seven minutes.
England's total first-half domination was emphasised when captain
Harry Kane scored his eighth goal in his last seven appearances six
minutes before the interval when Nigeria keeper Francis Uzoho allowed
his 18-yard shot to slip in. Arsenal's Alex Iwobi gave Nigeria's
thousands of fans inside Wembley hope two minutes after the break with
a crisp finish but England - who had Raheem Sterling booked for diving
- closed out the victory in relatively untroubled fashion.
Monday, 4 June 2018 - Everton
goalkeeper Jordan Pickford has been given the England number one shirt
for this summer's World Cup. The 24-year-old made only his third
international appearance when he started the 2-1 friendly victory over
Nigeria on Saturday. Manager Gareth Southgate indicated afterwards
that Pickford would start the opening World Cup game against Tunisia
on 18 June. "There was a bit of a statement with the selection of
Jordan," he said. "His decision-making was good, although he was
rarely tested." Stoke's Jack Butland and Burnley's Nick Pope - the
other goalkeepers in the squad - will wear 13 and 23 respectively.
Captain Harry Kane, who wears number 10 at Tottenham, is given the
number nine, with Manchester City winger Raheem Sterling wearing 10.
Lewis Cook has left the camp to join up and captain the under-21 team
at the Toulon Tournament.
Wednesday, 6 June 2018 - All 23
members of the squad, plus the three standby players, Tom Heaton, Adam
Lallana and Jake Livermore, are training at
St. George's Park. They leave for Leeds later in the day.
Thursday, 7 June 2018 - England
concluded their World Cup preparations in impressive fashion by
comfortably beating Costa Rica at Elland Road. Southgate made ten
changes from Saturday's win against Nigeria at Wembley - and was
rewarded with some fine individual displays and a commanding team
performance in their final friendly before they depart for Russia.
Manchester United forward Marcus Rashford was the standout performer,
pressing his World Cup claims with an outstanding first-half strike to
put England ahead and threatening throughout. Burnley goalkeeper Nick
Pope was given his debut as a second-half replacement for Jack Butland
as Southgate made a host of changes, and Danny Welbeck - another
substitute - wrapped up a thoroughly deserved win with a diving header
from Dele Alli's ball.
Tuesday, 12
June 2018 - The England squad and staff have set off and
arrived in Repino, their base in Russia. They landed at St. Petersburg
airport and will be based in the nearby village of Repino, in the
north west of the country. They will be staying in the modest
107-roomed FoRestMix Hotel, overlooking the Gulf of Finland. They will
be training fifteen minutes away, at the Stadium Spartak Zelenogorsk.
Thursday, 14 June 2018 - The
England squad complete their second day of training. Marcus Rashford,
who took a knock in training on Monday, has missed the last two days
of training as he nurses a very minor knee injury.
Friday, 15 June 2018 -
Marcus Rashford returns to training, as the whole 23-man squad enjoy
another training session in Repino.
Saturday, 16 June 2018 - Following
the final days training in Repino, Gareth Southgate reveals the
starting XI to his squad, in an effort to relax the team ahead of
traveling.
Sunday, 17 June 2018 -
The England team leave on a two and a half hour journey to
Volgograd.
Monday, 18 June 2018
- Tunisia 1 England 2: England battled to beat Tunisia with a
last-gasp winner from captain Harry Kane. He had already put
England up after eleven minutes, but a dubious penalty award allowed
Tunisia an equalizer. However, England battled, and despite two
penalties that were not given to England when Kane was hauled to the
floor, he was on hand to header in from three yards thirty seconds
into injury time.
Tuesday, 19 June
2018 - The England team return to Repino in the early hours of
the morning for a day of recovery and then training. Dele Alli is the
only injury concern after he strained his thigh last night. But he
should be fit for the match on Sunday.
Wednesday, 20 June 2018 - Despite a
scheduled day off today, where the squad visit the State Heritage
museum in St. Petersburg, manager Gareth Southgate manages to
dislocate his right shoulder whilst out running in Repino.
Thursday, 21 June 2018 - The squad
return to training, with the exception of Deli Alli, who continues to
to recover from his 'slight thigh strain'. Steve Holland, the
assistant to Southgate, is photographed holding the alleged line-up in
his hand. If the photo is to be believed, Rashford will replace
Sterling against Panama, and Loftus-Cheek starts ahead of the injured
Alli.
Friday, 22 June 2018 -
In reply to yesterday's photograph incident, Gareth Southgate pleads
with the media to side with the England team, instead of leaking
alleged teamsheets.
Saturday, 23
June 2018 - The squad, including Dele Alli, all have a final
training session, before they leave Repino for Nizhni Novgorod. Alli
has trained alone for the previous three days, and is unlikely to be
fit for tomorrow's match.
Sunday, 24
June 2018 - England 6 Panama 1: England recorded their biggest
win at a World Cup to overwhelm Panama and secure a place in the last
16 before their final Group G game with Belgium. Harry Kane played a
captain's role once more with a hat-trick to become the tournament's
leading scorer, as England built on their opening victory against
Tunisia with an impressive show of ruthlessness and quality. John
Stones opened the scoring with an early header before Kane added the
second with a thunderous penalty after Jesse Lingard had been fouled.
Lingard added the third in the 36th minute with a brilliant curling
effort from 25 yards and, as Panama crumbled, Stones crowned a slick
set-piece routine by heading his second and Kane made it 5-0 before
half-time with another penalty after he was wrestled to the ground.
Kane completed his treble with a fortunate deflection from Ruben
Loftus-Cheek's shot after the break, before Panama's noisy supporters
were able to celebrate their first goal at a World Cup through Felipe
Baloy. The margin of victory for England topped 3-0 wins over Poland
and Paraguay in Mexico in 1986, and against Denmark in 2002. England
top Group G as they have fewer yellow cards than Belgium. If they draw
the final game it will go down to disciplinary records to decide who
finishes first - and if that is level lots will be drawn.
Monday, 25 June
2018 - After returning to Repino, Dele Alli trained with
his England team-mates this morning as the attacking midfielder looks
to prove his fitness for Belgium. All of yesterdays' non-starters
worked at the Spartak Zelenogorsk facility this morning.
Tuesday, 26
June 2018 - England’s starting XI did recovery work at
their Repino hotel today, including right-back Kieran Trippier who was
withdrawn in the 70th minute against Panama. "Kieran was feeling a tiny
twinge just towards half-time," Southgate said. "But then came over
and said he was absolutely fine but we weren't prepared to take a
chance, so we got him off."
Thursday, 28 June 2018 - Southgate makes eight changes as
England lose their final group match to Belgium by a single Januzaj
goal. John Stones is replaced at half time with a left calf injury
scare. England will now face Sweden in the last sixteen next Tuesday
night.
Saturday, 30 June 2018 -
After a day working in the gym, 21 players, including
Dele Alli, return to training, whereas Ruben Loftus-Cheek
completed a personal conditioning, it is not thought he has an injury.
Meanwhile, Fabian Delph has returned home to England to be with his
wife, who is in the latter stages of her pregnancy.
Monday, 2 July 2018 - After two days
of training in Repino, the England squad fly out to Moscow. Gareth
Southgate has already confirmed that Jordan Pickford will remain in
goal for tomorrow night's match.
Tuesday, 3 July 2018 - The England squad are having a light
training session at the VEB Arena, the home ground of PFC CSKA.
England 1 Colombia 1: England won a World Cup penalty shootout for the
first time on a night of high drama in Moscow, overcoming Colombia to
secure a quarter-final meeting with Sweden. Amid a fevered atmosphere
inside Spartak Stadium, Eric Dier scored the winning kick after Jordan
Pickford's brilliant save from Carlos Bacca. Southgate's side looked
to have emerged unscathed from an ill-disciplined match courtesy of
Harry Kane's penalty, only for Colombia's Yerry Mina to equalise in
the closing seconds of stoppage time to send the massed ranks of
Colombia fans wild. The extra 30 minutes could not separate the sides
and led to a nerve-shredding finale that has so often been England's
undoing, with a dismal record of just one win in seven shootouts at
major tournaments before this. England looked to be set for more agony
when Jordan Henderson's penalty was saved by David Ospina but Mateus
Uribe smashed the following kick on to the crossbar to pave the way
for Pickford and Dier to be England's saviours.
Thursday, 5 July 2018 - As the
England players return to full training, behind closed doors. The only
issue is that of the fitness concern over Jamie Vardy. He suffered a
groin strain late on in the match against Colombia. Their were
concerns over the fitness of Dele Alli and Ashley Young, but they
returned to training today to alleviate any fears.
Saturday, 7 July 2018 -
Sweden 0
England 2: England reached the World Cup semi-final for the first time
since Italia 90 as Harry Maguire and Dele Alli struck either side of
the interval to beat Sweden. Gareth Southgate's side will now face
Croatia or Russia in Moscow's Luzhniki Stadium on Wednesday after
overcoming a stubborn Sweden challenge in this quarter-final, with
help from a magnificent display by goalkeeper Jordan Pickford.
Maguire, outstanding once more, broke the deadlock on the half-hour
when another England set-piece bore fruit - Leicester City's powerful
defender flashing a header past Sweden keeper Robin Olsen from Ashley
Young's corner. Everton keeper Pickford then snuffed out Sweden's
hopes of recovery with a superb save from Marcus Berg, before England
sealed their victory after 59 minutes when Alli headed in Jesse
Lingard's cross at the far post. Pickford denied Viktor Claesson and
then Berg one more time to secure his first World Cup clean sheet as
England closed out this landmark win with something to spare.
Monday, 9 July 2018 - All 23 members
of the squad train in Zelenogorsk. The team will travel to Moscow
tomorrow with a fully fit team.
Saturday, 14 July 2018 - England
have been warned by FIFA over fan behaviour and fined for allowing
players to wear unauthorised socks. England fans were chanting 'no
surrender' during the Croatian national anthem, though no details were
given of the infringement. The FA has also been fined £50,000 for
breaching tournament rules on marketing and equipment - understood to
be the use of branded ankle support socks over approved kit. The
FIFA statement said: 'Two members of the English national team
displayed unauthorised commercial branding on playing equipment items.
FIFA had previously requested the FA to cease the activity that led
to the breach and had in fact imposed a sanction on 10 July for the
same infringement.'. The two players, Raheem Sterling and Eric
Dier were wearing Trusox protective socks, which prevent blisters and
improve grip, over their official Nike outfit.
England
Form: last six
games |
W
W W L
D W
f
13:a
4
success: 75% |
978 |
7 June 2018 - England
2
Costa Rica 0 [1-0]
Elland Road, Leeds
(36,104) |
Rashford, Welbeck |
Fr |
HW |
979 |
18 June 2018 -
Tunisia 1 England 2
[1-1]
Volgograd Arena, Volgograd
(41,064) |
Sassi (pen) Kane (2) |
WCF |
NW |
980 |
24 June 2018 - England
6 Panama 1
[5-0]
Stadion Nizhny Novgorod, Nizhny Novgorod (43,319) |
Stones (2), Kane (3 (2 pens)),
Lingard Boloy |
NW |
981 |
28 June 2018 - England
0
Belgium 1
[0-0]
Stadion Kaliningrad, Kaliningrad (33,973) |
Januzaj |
NL |
982 |
3 July 2018 -
England 1 Colombia 1
[0-0]ᴭᵀ
4-3 on penalty kicks
Stadion Spartak,
Moskva (44,190) |
Kane (pen)
Mina |
ND |
983 |
7
July 2018 -
Sweden 0 England 2 [0-1] Cosmos Arena,
Samara
(39,991) |
Maguire, Alli |
NW |
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