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The Three Lions Squad for the matches against Uruguay and Japan  March 2026
Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	St	Sub	App
Anderson, Elliot J.	6 November 2002	23	CM	Nottingham Forest FC	5	1	6	0		0	None
Barnes, Harvey L.	9 December 1997	28	M	Newcastle United FC	0	2	2	0		0	None
Bellingham, Jude V.W.	29 June 2003	22	M	Real Madrid CF, Spain	35	11	45	6		0	8
Bowen, Jarrod	20 December 1996	29	F	West Ham United FC	7	14	21	1		0	None
Burn, Daniel J.	9 May 1992	33	CD	Newcastle United FC	4	1	5	0		0	None
Calvert-Lewin, Dominic N.	16 March 1997	29	F	Leeds United AFC	5	7	12	4		0	1
	on 28 March, Calvert-Lewin was one of eight players released from the squad
Eze, Eberechi O.	29 June 1998	27	AM	Arsenal FC	4	12	16	3		0	None
	Eze withdrew from the squad on 22 March because of injury
Foden, Philip W.	28 May 2000	25	RF	Manchester City FC	33	15	48	4		0	2
Garner, James D.	13 March 2001	25	CM	Everton FC	1	0	1	0		0	None
Gordon, Anthony M.	24 February 2001	25	F	Newcastle United FC	11	5	16	2		0	1
Guéhi, A.K. Marc-Israel	13 July 2000 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire	25	CD	Manchester City FC	23	3	26	1		0	4
Hall, Lewis K.	8 September 2004	21	LB	Newcastle United FC	1	2	3	0		0	None
Henderson, Dean B.	12 March 1997	29	G	Crystal Palace FC	3	1	4	4ᵍᵃ		0	None
Henderson, Jordan B.	17 June 1990	35	M	Brentford FC	57	32	89	3	1	10	10
Kane, Harry E.	28 July 1993	32	F	FC Bayern München, Germany	98	14	112	78		85	6
Konsa, Ezri N.	23 October 1997	28	R/CB	Aston Villa FC	12	5	17	1		0	1
Livramento, Valentino F.	12 November 2002	23	FB	Newcastle United FC	3	1	4	0		0	None
Madueke, Chukwunonso T.	10 March 2002	24	AM	Arsenal FC	6	4	10	1		0	1
	on 28 March, because of injury, Madueke was one of eight players released from the squad
Maguire, J. Harry	5 March 1993	33	CD	Manchester United FC	61	4	65	7	1	1	13	1
Mainoo, Kobbie B.	19 April 2005	20	CM	Manchester United FC	7	4	11	0		0	2
O'Reilly, Nico	21 March 2005	21	LB	Manchester City FC	2	0	2	0		0	None
Palmer, Cole J.	6 May 2002	23	AM	Chelsea FC	5	8	13	2		0	None
Pickford, Jordan L.	7 March 1994	32	G	Everton FC	81	0	81	53ᵍᵃ		0	1
Quansah, Jarell A.	29 January 2003	23	CD	Bayer 04 Leverkusen, Germany	1	0	1	0		0	None
	Quansah withdrew from the squad on 22 March because of injury
Ramsdale, Aaron C.	14 May 1998	27	G	Newcastle United FC, on loan from Southampton FC	4	0	4	5ᵍᵃ		0	None
	on 28 March, Ramsdale was one of eight players released from the squad
Rashford, Marcus	31 October 1997	28	F	Barcelona FC, Spain, on loan from Manchester United FC	31	38	69	18		1	1
Rice, Declan	14 January 1999	27	M	Arsenal FC	67	5	72	6		2	6
					also has 3 Republic of Ireland appearances
	after arriving on 27 March, Rice was one of eight players released from the squad, to have an assessment
Rogers, Morgan E.	26 July 2002	23	M	Aston Villa FC	6	6	12	1		0	None
Saka, Bukayo A.T.M.	5 September 2001	24	F	Arsenal FC	37	11	48	14		0	2
	after arriving on 27 March, Rice was one of eight players released from the squad, to have an assessment
Solanke-Mitchell, Dominic A.	14 September 1997	28	F	Tottenham Hotspur FC	1	3	4	0		0	None
Spence, D.T. Djed-Hotep	9 August 2000	25	FB	Tottenham Hotspur FC	3	1	4	0		0	1
Steele, Jason S.	18 August 1990	35	G	Brighton & Hove Albion FC	0	0	0	0ᵍᵃ		0	none
Stones, John	28 May 1994	31	CD	Manchester City FC	78	9	87	3		1	8	1
	after arriving on 27 March, Stones was one of eight players released from the squad, to have an assessment
Tomori, Oluwafikayomi O.	19 December 1997 in Calgary, Canada	28	CD/LB	AC Milan, Italy	4	2	6	0		0	None
	on 28 March, Tomori was one of eight players released from the squad
Trafford, James H.	10 October 2002	23	G	Manchester City FC	1	0	1	1ᵍᵃ		0	None
Wharton, Adam J.	6 February 2004	22	CM	Crystal Palace FC	1	3	4	0		0	1
	on 28 March, because of injury, Wharton was one of eight players released from the squad
White, Benjamin W.	8 October 1997	28	CD	Arsenal FC	3	2	5	1		0	1
	White replaced Eze on 23 March

All information is complete to and including England's last match, the seventh of the 2025-26 season, against Uruguay on 27 March 2026.

Diary

10 December 2025 - England will play Uruguay and Japan at Wembley in March in their final two games before Thomas Tuchel chooses his squad for the 2026 World Cup. They will face Uruguay on Friday, 27 March before taking on Japan on Tuesday, 31 March, with Tuchel scheduled to announced his squad in May. "We are really pleased to have these two fixtures confirmed as our World Cup year takes shape. We wanted to play two teams ranked in the top 20 in the world, but also to test ourselves against opponents from outside of Europe."

Friday 10am, 20 March 2026 - Everton midfielder James Garner and Brighton goalkeeper Jason Steele are the two uncapped players named by Thomas Tuchel in an expanded 35-man England squad. It is Tuchel's penultimate squad before he makes his selection for the 2026 World Cup. The extended squad sees recalls for Manchester United duo Harry Maguire and Kobbie Mainoo, while AC Milan defender Fikayo Tomori is back for the first time since October 2023. Leeds striker Dominic Calvert-Lewin returns after more than five years since his last call-up and Dominic Solanke makes his first squad since October 2024. But there is no place for Real Madrid full-back Trent Alexander-Arnold, Bournemouth midfielder Alex Scott or Aston Villa forward Ollie Watkins. Chelsea's Reece James and Trevoh Chalobah, who were named in the last squad, miss out through injury. Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope also misses out, and Lewis Hall is preferred over Manchester United's Luke Shaw at left-back. "We decided to divide it into basically two camps almost," Tuchel said of his decision to select a 35-man squad. "So we bring players in that we haven't seen, who haven't played so much, to open up the picture and the competition for plane tickets to the US. Then from Friday and Saturday, a group of players will come into camp - ten or eleven players who had a rest before so we can go with a new group and mix of players into the match against Japan."
Tuchel added that he is inviting nineteen outfield players and four goalkeepers for the first part of the camp to give them a chance to compete for minutes and for their ticket to the World Cup. From Saturday morning, eleven more players will join the camp and some players will be released some players to have a group of 21/22 players plus goalkeeper. Those eleven players who will join the camp later are: Henderson, Burn, Guéhi, Konsa, O'Reilly, Anderson, Rice, Rogers, Gordon, Kane and Saka.

Sunday, 22 March 2026 - Newcastle United winger Harvey Barnes has been called up to the England squad to replace the injured Ebere Eze. Eze was not in Arsenal's squad for today's 2-0 Carabao Cup final defeat by Manchester City because of a lower leg injury. Barnes has been called up once before, in October 2020, in a friendly against Wales. Scotland have tried to convince Barnes to switch his international allegiances and play for Steve Clarke's team at this summer's World Cup, with the 28-year-old eligible through his grandparents. Barnes has scored 14 goals in all competitions for Newcastle this season.
Meanwhile, Bayer Leverkusen say defender Jarell Quansah has been ruled out with a thigh injury.

Monday, 23 March 2026 - Arsenal defender Ben White has been called up to the England squad for the first time in more than three years. The 27-year-old has not been involved since leaving the camp during the 2022 World Cup in Qatar for personal reasons. White then made himself unavailable for selection for the rest of Gareth Southgate's reign. He has not played for England since a 3-0 friendly win against Ivory Coast in March 2022. He replaces Jarell Quansah. White has made only seven Premier League appearances for leaders Arsenal this season. However, he has played in eight of their 10 Champions League games in their run to the quarter-finals and started yesterday's 2-0 Carabao Cup final defeat by Manchester City.

Tuesday, 24 March 2026 - Day One of training at St. George's Park ends with Darts' champion, Luke Littler, who participated in an in-camp darts competition.

Wednesday, 25 March 2026 - On Day Two of training at St. George's Park, Manchester United's Ayden Heaven is one of three player's from the under-20 squad to join in with the first team training session.

Thursday, 26 March 2026 - The England party leave St. George's Park and train on the Wembley pitch. They are joined by Tye Hall. Tottenham Hotspur's under-18 captain.

Friday, 27 March 2026 - The nine remaining players arrive at The Lodge, Tottenham Hotspur's Training Centre in Enfield, and are part of the day's training session ahead of tonight's match. John Stones picks up an injury.

England 1 Uruguay 1 - Ben White suffered mixed fortunes on his international comeback as England were held to a draw by Uruguay in a scrappy Wembley friendly. The Arsenal defender was booed by supporters when he came on in the 69th minute following his return from a self-imposed exile. But White turned the jeers to cheers when he scored from virtually on the goalline from Cole Palmer's corner with nine minutes left. It looked like his first international goal would be enough for an England victory, only for White to then concede a stoppage-time penalty for a challenge on Federico Vinas. After a video assistant referee check, Federico Valverde rifled the spot-kick into the corner past James Trafford. Tuchel gave full England debuts to goalkeeper Trafford and Everton midfielder James Garner, but it was hard for players to shine as this friendly developed into untidy scrap. Uruguay lost Joaquin Piquerez early on following a challenge with Noni Madueke, who was himself replaced by Jarrod Bowen seven minutes before half-time after picking up a heavy knock. Phil Foden struggled to make an impression but his night was cut short not long after he was on the end of a dreadful challenge from Ronald Araujo that could have merited a red card. The Manchester City attacker was replaced by Palmer, whose set-piece created England's best chance of the night after 70 minutes as another substitute Dominic Calvert-Lewin somehow headed wide with the goal at his mercy. There was an uncomfortable moment when White came on as substitute, but he had the satisfaction of finally breaking down Uruguay's fierce resistance - only for his joy to be soured by that converted penalty in the fourth minute of added time. Following six clean sheets in a row, Valverde's strike was the first goal England had conceded since a 3-1 loss to Senegal in June 2025.

Saturday, 28 March 2026, 8.15pm - A revised England squad of 27 players are preparing for Tuesday’s fixture with Japan. In total, eight players are to leave camp, including Aaron Ramsdale, Fikayo Tomori and Dominic Calvert-Lewin. Those leaving because of injury are John Stones, who is returning to Manchester City for assessment after picking up an issue in training on Friday. Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton and Arsenal’s Noni Madueke have gone back to their clubs with knocks picked up during the match. Declan Rice and Bukayo Saka will also return to Arsenal for medical assessment, having arrived on Friday along with nine other players.

Sunday, 29 March 2026 - The players return to training at The Lodge.

Monday, 30 March 2026 - 26 of the 27 players are training at Tottenham's training ground. Jordan Henderson is following his own training programme indoors.

Tuesday, 31 March 2026 - Harry Kane is to be rested tonight as a precaution after he picked up a minor issue in training.

England Form: last six games
W W W W W D  f 17:a 1 success: 91.7%
1074	9 September 2025 - Serbia 0 England 5 [0-2] Stadion Rajko Mitić, Beograd (39,789)	Kane, Madueke, Konsa, Guéhi, Rashford (pen)	WCP	AW
		Nikola Milenković
1075	9 October 2025 - England 3 Wales 0 [3-0] The National Stadium, Wembley (78,126)	Rogers, Watkins, Saka	Fr	HW
1076	14 October 2025 - Latvia 0 England 5 [0-3] Daugavas stadions, Rīga (10,404)	Gordon, Kane (2 (1 pen)), Toņiševs OG, Eze	WCP	AW
1077	13 November 2025 - England 2 Serbia 0 [1-0] The National Stadium, Wembley (tbc)	Saka, Eze		HW
1078	16 November 2025 - Albania 0 England 2 [0-0] Air Albania Stadium, Tirana (21,459)	Kane (2)		AW
1079	27 March 2026 - England 1 Uruguay 1 [0-0] The National Stadium, Wembley (80,581)	White Valverde (pen)	Fr	HD