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  Officials
from United States |
England
Squad |
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Argentina
Squad |
Referee
(red (gold trim))
Ismail Elfath
44 (3 March 1982), Casablanca, Morocco, FIFA-listed
2016 |
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Goal Attempts |
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Attempts on Target |
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Assistant Referees |
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Hit Bar/Post |
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Corey Michael Parker
40 (29 March 1986) |
Kyle David Atkins
38 (24 January 1988) |
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Corner Kicks Won |
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Fourth official
Maurizio Mariani
44 (25 February 1982) Rome, Italy
Reserve Assistant Referee
Daniel Bindoni
45 (12
December 1980), Westwood, Italy |
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Fouls Conceded |
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Assistant Officials |
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Marco Di Bello 45 (12 July 1981), Brindisi
Assistant -
Juan Ignacio Lara Luco, 36, La Florida, Chile &
Tatiana Auxiliadora Guzmán Alguera,
36, Managua, Nicaragua
Standby - Armando Villarreal, United States & Joe
Dickerrson, United States
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England Team |
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Rank |
FIFA (11
June 2026)
4th
EFO ranking
Group One (4th)
ELO rating
4th |
Colours |
The Nike 2026 home
uniform -
White crew necked jerseys
with obsidian blue collars/cuffs with white/red trim and speed red side panel,
white shorts
with navy/red trim,
white socks with obsidian/speed pin hoops. |
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Captain |
Harry Kane |
Head Coach |
Thomas
Tuchel, 52 (29 August 1973 in Krumbach, West Germany), appointed
manager on 8 October
2024, effective 1 January 2025. |
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most goals as captain |
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93rd of 93, W 60 - D 17 - L 14 - F 206 - A 67. |
P 21st of 21, W 16 - D 2 - L 2 - F
44 - A 11. |
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England
Lineup |
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three changes to the previous match (James, Spence & Rogers>Konsa,
O'Reilly & Madueke) |
league position (22 May after 37 matches) |
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1 |
Pickford, Jordan L. |
32
130 days |
7 March 1994 |
Gk |
Everton FC
(PL 12th) |
91 |
58ᵍᵃ |
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final app
2017-26 |
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24 |
James, Reece
T. |
26
219 days |
8 December 1999 |
RB |
Chelsea FC
(PL 8th) |
28 |
1 |
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final app
2021-26 |
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5 |
Stones, John |
32
48 days |
28 May 1994 |
RCD |
unattached |
94 |
3 |
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final app
2014-26 |
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6 |
Guéhi,
A.K. Marc-Israel |
26
2 days |
13 July 2000
in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire |
LCD |
Manchester City FC
(PL 2nd) |
36 |
1 |
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final app
2022-26 |
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25 |
Spence, D.T. Djed-Hotep |
25
340 days |
9 August 2000 |
LB |
Tottenham Hotspur FC
(PL 17th) |
13 |
0 |
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final app
2025-26 |
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8 |
Anderson, Elliot J. |
23
251 days |
6 November 2002 |
RDM |
Manchester City FC
(PL 2nd) |
16 |
0 |
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final app
2025-26 |
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4 |
Rice, Declan |
27
182 days |
14 January 1999 |
LDM |
Arsenal FC
(PL TOP) |
79 |
7 |
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final app
2019-26 |
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17 |
Rogers, Morgan E. |
23
352 days |
26 July 2002 |
RAM |
Aston Villa FC
(PL 4th) |
21 |
1 |
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final app
2024-26 |
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10 |
Bellingham, Jude V.W. |
23
16 days |
29 June 2003 |
AM |
Real Madrid CF, Spain
(LL 2nd) |
55 |
12 |
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final app
2020-26 |
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18 |
Gordon, Anthony M. |
25
141 days |
24 February 2001 |
LAM |
FC Barcelona, Spain
(CHAMPIONS) |
25 |
3 |
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final app
2024-26 |
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9 |
Kane, Harry E. |
32
352 days |
28 July 1993 |
CF |
FC Bayern München, Germany
(BL CHAMPIONS) |
121 |
85 |
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final app
2017-26 |
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England
Substitutes |
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scoreline:
England vs. Argentina |
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result:
England vs. Argentina |
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unused
substitutes: |
2-Ezri
Konsa, 3-Nico
O'Reilly,
7-Bukayo
Saka, 11-Marcus
Rashford, 12-Trevoh
Chalobah, 13-Dean Henderson,
14-Jordan Henderson, 15-Dan Burn, 16-Kobbie Mainoo, 19-Ollie Watkins,
20-Noni
Madueke, 21-Ebere
Eze, 22-Ivan Toney, 23-James Trafford. |
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team notes: |
27th match against the
Current World Champions, first since 2022.
Fourth at WCF, with
all previous three meetings being defeats. Uruguay in 1954, Brazil in 1962 and France
in 2022. Further records could be broken as England have lost all
previous six meetings on neutral ground.
First meeting with
Argentina as World Cup holders since May 1980.
Eleventh match against the
number one FIFA rankers, first since 2020. Only won two of these
matches, against Spain in 2011 and against Belgium on October 2020.
This is the first time England have met the highest-ranking team in
any World Cup match. All three pervious matches at a neutral venue
have ben England losses. |
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youth notes: |
England and
Argentina have met
several times at
youth level.
Jude Bellingham started for the under-16s when the
two countries met in a Tournoi de Montaigu in April 2019.
Jordan
Pickford started for the under-17s in the FIFA U17 World Cup Round of
Sixteen match in June 2011 that ended in a victorious penalty
shootout.
Marc Guéhi started for the under-18s in a friendly match
in March 2018. |
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appearance notes: |
Harry Kane breaks Wayne Rooney outfield appearance record of 120. |
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WCF appearance notes: |
Jordan Pickford makes his record-extending nineteenth (all consecutive) WCF appearance. |
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goalscoring notes: |
The next two players who score their first WCF goal will be the
fiftieth different England player to score at a WCF tournament. |
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captaincy notes: |
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BME notes: |
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WCF records: |
A record
sixth appearance in WCF against Argentina, beating the combined
five against Germany/West Germany. |
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manager notes: |
If victorious, after 21 matches, Thomas Tuchel continues to be the
most successful manager, statistically, having a win percentage of
__%. Being the first manager, at this stage, to secure seventeen
victories. However, the
Selection
Committee remain the most successful, by one draw. |
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records: |
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4-2-3-1 |
Pickford -
James, Guéhi, Stones, Spence -
Rice, Anderson -
Rogers, Bellingham, Gordon
Kane |
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Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
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Argentina Team |
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Current World Champions |
Colours |
Made by Adidas -
Navy blue collared v-neck jerseys with
lighter blue
acanthus swirls, black/white trimmed collar/cuffs and white adidas sleeve
trim, black shorts with white side trim, black socks with
white Adidas trim. |
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Rank |
FIFA (11
June 2026)
1st
EFO ranking
Group One (1st)
ELO rating
3rd |
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Captain |
Lionel Messi |
Head Coach |
Lionel Sebastián
Scaloni, 48 (16 May 1978), appointed caretaker 4 August
2018 alongside Pablo Aimar. Appointed on 29 November 2018. |
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103rd match, W 75 - D 18 - L 9 - F 215 - A 55. |
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Argentina Lineup |
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23 |
Martínez Romero,
D. Emiliano |
33 |
2 September 1992 |
GK |
Aston Villa FC, England |
66 |
0 |
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26 |
Molina Lucero, Nahuel |
28 |
6 April 1998 |
RB |
Club Atlético Madrid, Spain |
64 |
1 |
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13 |
Romero, Cristian G. |
28 |
27 April 1998 |
RCD |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
57 |
4 |
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6 |
MartÃnez, Lisandro |
28 |
18 January 1998 |
LCD |
Manchester United FC, England |
34 |
2 |
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3 |
Tagliafico, Nicolás A. |
33 |
31 August 1992 |
LB |
Olympique Lyonnais, France |
82 |
1 |
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17 |
Simeone Baldini, Giuliano |
23 |
18 December 2002 |
RM |
Club Atlético Madrid, Spain |
15 |
2 |
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5 |
Paredes, Leandro D. |
32 |
29 June 1994 |
RDM |
CA Boca Juniors |
83 |
5 |
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20 |
Mac Allister, Alexis |
27 |
24 December 1998 |
LDM |
Liverpool FC, England |
52 |
7 |
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24 |
Fernández, Enzo J. |
26 |
17 January 2001 |
LM |
Chelsea FC, England |
48 |
7 |
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10 |
Messi Cuccitini, Lionel A. |
39 |
24 June 1987 |
RF |
Inter Miami CF, United States |
206 |
125 |
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9 |
Alvarez, Julián |
26 |
31 January 2000 |
LF |
Club Atlético Madrid, Spain |
58 |
15 |
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Argentina
Substitutes |
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scoreline:
England vs. Argentina |
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result:
England vs. Argentina |
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unused
substitutes: |
1-Juan
Musso, 2-Marcos Senesi, 4-Gonzalo Montiel, 7-Rodrigo De Paul, 8-Valentin Barco, 11-Giovani Lo Celso, 12-Gerónimo Rulli, 14-Exequiel Palacios, 15-Nicolás González, 16-Thiago Almada, 17-Giuliano
Simeone, 18-Nicolás Paz, 19-Nicolás Otamendi,
21-José Manuel López, 22-Lautaro Martínez, 25-Facundo
Medina. |
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team
notes: |
Argentina's first meeting with England since November 2005. Although
he could not playbecause of a suspension, a young 18-year old Messi
was in the squad.
Giuliano Simeone's father, Diego, played for
Argentina against England in a 1991 friendly, then during the 1998 WCF
and 2002 WCF fixtures. and the scoreless friendly draw inbetween.
Argentina have won their last thirteen games in all competitons. |
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goalscoring
notes: |
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4-4-2 |
E.Martinez -
Molina, Romero, Ls.Martinez, Tagliafico -
Simeone, Paredesl, Mac Allister, Fernández -
Messi, Alvarez |
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Averages (Starting XI): |
Age |
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Appearances/Goals |
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Match Report
by Mike Payne |
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To come
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 Source Notes |
TheFA.com
BBC Sport
AFA |
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FIFA.com
Mike Payne - football historian and contributor |
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