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1042 Squad vs. Italy
1043
1044 Squad vs. Malta
Sunday, 26 March 2023
2024 UEFA European Championship Group C qualification match

England 2 Ukraine 0 [2-0]
Match Summary
England Squad
Ukraine Squad
Team Records
 
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The Three Lions Squad for the match against Italy & Ukraine  March 2023
Player Birthdate Age Pos Club St Sub App
Bellingham, Jude V.W. 29 June 2003 19 M BSV Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany 14 9 23 1 0 None
Chilwell, Benjamin J. 21 December 1996 26 LB Chelsea FC 15 2 17 1 0 None
Dier, Eric J.E. 15 January 1994 29 CD Tottenham Hotspur FC 37 12 49 3 1 5 5
Foden, Philip W. 28 May 2000 22 RF Manchester City FC 16 7 23 3 0 1
Foden withdrew from the squad on the morning of the Ukraine match to have surgery
Forster, Fraser G. 17 March 1988 35 G Tottenham Hotspur FC 4 2 6 7ᵍᵃ 0 None
Forster was drafted into the squad on 20 March as a replacement for Pope
Gallagher, Conor J. 6 February 2000 23 M Chelsea FC 2 3 5 0 0 None
Grealish, Jack P. 10 September 1995 27 AM Manchester City FC 13 17 30 2 0 2
also has 19 Republic of Ireland youth appearances
Guéhi, A.K. Marc-Israel 13 July 2000
in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire
22 CD Crystal Palace FC 2 1 3 0 0 None
Henderson, Jordan B. 17 June 1990 32 M Liverpool FC 49 25 74 3 1 8 10
James, Reece T. 8 December 1999 23 RD Chelsea FC 10 6 16 0 0 1 1
James withdrew from the squad on 25 March because of a minor hamstring injury
Kane, Harry E. 28 July 1993 29 F Tottenham Hotspur FC 70 11 81 54 56 2
Maddison, James D. 23 November 1996 26 AM Leicester City FC 0 1 1 0 0 None
Maguire, J. Harry 5 March 1993 30 CD Manchester United FC 51 3 54 7 1 12 1
Mount, Mason T. 10 January 1999 24 M Chelsea FC 24 12 36 5 0 None
Mount withdrew from the squad on 20 March because of injury
Phillips, Kalvin M. 2 December 1995 27 DM Manchester City FC 21 5 26 0 0 3
Pickford, Jordan L. 7 March 1994 29 G Everton FC 51 0 51 38ᵍᵃ 0 None
Pope, Nicholas D. 14 April 1992 30 G Newcastle United FC 9 1 10 5ᵍᵃ 0 None
Pope withdrew from the squad on 20 March because of injury
Ramsdale, Aaron C. 14 May 1998 24 G Arsenal FC 3 0 3 4ᵍᵃ 0 None
Rashford, Marcus 31 October 1997 25 F Manchester United FC 22 29 51 15 1 1
Rashford withdrew from the squad on 20 March because of injury
Rice, Declan 14 January 1999 24 M West Ham United FC 37 3 40 3 0 4
also has 3 Republic of Ireland appearances
Saka, Bukayo A.T. 5 September 2001 21 F Arsenal FC 18 7 25 7 0 None
Shaw, Luke P.H. 12 July 1995 27 LB Manchester United FC 25 4 29 3 0 4 1
Shaw is suspended for the match against Ukraine
Stones, John 28 May 1994 28 CD Manchester City FC 58 7 65 3 0 7 1
Toney, Ivan B.E.. 16 March 1996 27 CF Brentford FC 0 0 0 0 0 None
Trippier, Kieran J. 19 September 1990 32 RB Newcastle United FC 33 8 41 1 2 None
Walker, Kyle A. 28 May 1990 32 RD Manchester City FC 67 7 74 0 1 0 11 1

  All information is complete to and including England's last match, the eighth of the 2022-23 season, against Italy on 23 March 2023.

Diary

Sunday, 9 October 2022 - England have been drawn in the same group as Italy - the team that beat them in Euro 2020 final. Ukraine, North Macedonia and Malta are the other teams drawn into Group C.

Monday, 10 October 2022 - The fixtures for Group C qualification group are announced.

Thursday, 16 March 2023 - Gareth Southgate names his first squad of the year and the first since the 2022 World Cup Finals. His 25-man squad sees the return of Ben Chilwell, Marc Guéhi, Reece James and the uncapped Ivan Toney, but Trent Alexander-Arnold, Conor Coady and Raheem Sterling (unfit) miss out.

Monday, 20 March 2023 - Following the weekends matches in the Premier League and FA Cup quarter-final matches, the England squad gather at St. George's Park. Marcus Rashford withdraws from the squad after picking up a knock in United's match with Fulham yesterday. Goalkeeper Nick Pope has also withdrawn from the group because of an injury in his Premier League match against Nottingham Forest on Friday, with his vacancy being handed to veteran Tottenham goalkeeper, Fraser Forster. Mason Mount is also unavailable to continue his rehabilitation with Chelsea.

Tuesday, 21 March 2023 - All 23 members of the squad enjoy their first full day's training at St. George's Park. Gareth Southgate's former teammate at Middlesbrough, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink, has joined the coaching set-up.

Wednesday, 22 March 2023 - Following another day's training at St. George's Park, where all 23 members of the squad were involved, the party leave for Naples. Leaving Birmingham Airport at 3.45pm, on board Titan Airways Airbus A321-211 (G-POWN), flight ZT321, arriving at Aeroporto Internazionale de Napoli at 7pm.

Thursday, 23 March 2023 - Italy 1 England 2 - England opened their Euro 2024 qualifying campaign with a first away victory against Italy since 1961. Declan Rice gave England an early lead when he scored from close range after Kane's shot was blocked before the captain put memories of his penalty miss against France in the World Cup quarter-final in Qatar aside with an emphatic spot-kick in the 44th minute when he beat Gianluigi Donnarumma from the penalty spot. Italy, whistled off at half-time in their first international in Naples for a decade, improved as England became sloppy. Debutant Mateo Retegui was the beneficiary of poor work from Harry Maguire, whose failed attempt to close down the danger on the edge of the box allowed the Italians to shift the ball to the 23-year-old to drill an unerring finish past Jordan Pickford after 56 minutes. England's drop in performance was compounded by Luke Shaw's second yellow card with 10 minutes left but they hung on for a vital win.

Friday, 24 March 2023 - The party leave Aeroporto Internazionale de Napoli at 1.05am, again, on board the Titan Airways Airbus A321-211 (G-POWN), flight ZT321, arriving at Stanstead Airport at 2.30am.

Saturday, 25 March 2023 - Reece James has been forced to withdraw from the squad and return to his club after reporting a minor hamstring injury. Along with the suspension of Luke Shaw, it means Southgate will only have 21 players to choose from for tomorrow's match at Wembley, with no replacements called upon. There were also concerns over the fitness of Jordan Henderson, Kalvin Phillips and Jude Bellingham, but all three have been announced as available. The party underwent various training sessions at Tottenham Hotspur's training ground at Cheshunt.

Sunday, 26 March 2023 - On the morning of the fixture at Wembley, Phil Foden has been admitted to hospital to have his appendix removed, ruling him out of the match later this afternoon.
 
England Form: last six games
W D W W L W  f 15:a success: 75%
1037 21 November 2022 - England 6 Iran 2 [3-0]
Istād Khalīfah, Al Rayyan (45,334)
Bellingham, Saka (2), Sterling, Rashford, Grealish
Taremi (2 (1 pen)
WCF NW
1038 25 November 2022 -
England 0
United States 0 [0-0]
Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan (68,463)
  ND
1039 29 November 2022 - Wales 0 England 3 [0-0]
Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium, Al Rayyan (44,297)
Rashford (2), Foden NW
1040 4 December 2022 - England 3 Senegal 0 [2-0]
Āstād āl-Bayt, Al Khawr (65,985)
Henderson, Kane, Saka NW
1041 10 December 2022 - France 2 England 1 [1-0]
Āstād āl-Bayt, Al Oqda, Al Khawr (68,895)
Tchouaméni, Giroud
Kane (pen)
NL
1042 23 March 2023 - Italy 1 England 2 [0-2]
Stadio Diego Armando Maradona, Napoli (44,536)
Retegui
Rice, Kane (pen)
ECP AW
Luke Shaw

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