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FINAL MEETING vs. ARGENTINA
  Wednesday, 15 July 2026
2026 FIFA World Cup Finals Second Phase Semi Final match two
 
England vs. Argentina [ - ]
 
 

The Mercedes-Benz Stadium, 1 AMB Drive Northwest, Atlanta, Fulton County, Georgia, United States
Kick-off (EDT): 3.00pm 8.00pm BST
Attendance: tbc
   
     
   
   
   
  Commentator:
 
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Officials from England Squad Type Argentina Squad
Referee (-)

 (-), FIFA-listed 2010
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England Team
 
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.
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.
⁷⁶ most goals as captain
93rd of 91, W 59 - D 17 - L 14 - F 204 - A 66. P 21st of nineteen, W 15 - D 2 - L 2 - F 42 - A 10.
     
England Lineup
x changes to the previous match () league position (22 May after 37 matches)
               
 
               
 
               
 
               
 
               
 
               
 
               
 
               
 
               
 
               
 
               
 
England Substitutes
scoreline: England vs. Argentina
                 
 
 
                 
 
 
                 
 
 
                 
 
 
                 
 
 
result: England vs. Argentina
unused substitutes: 1-Jordan Pickford, 2-Ezri Konsa, 3-Nico O'Reilly, 4-Declan Rice, 5-John Stones, 6-Marc Guéhi, 7-Bukayo Saka, 8-Elliot Anderson, 9-Harry Kane, 10-Jude Bellingham, 11-Marcus Rashford, 12-Trevoh Chalobah, 13-Dean Henderson, 14-Jordan Henderson, 15-Dan Burn, 16-Kobbie Mainoo, 17-Morgan Rogers, 18-Anthony Gordon, 19-Ollie Watkins, 20-Noni Madueke, 21-Ebere Eze, 22-Ivan Toney, 23-James Trafford, 24-Reece James, 25-Djed Spence, 26-Jarell Quansah (suspended).
team notes: 27th match against the Current World Champions, first since 2022. First meeting with Argentina as World Cup holders since May1980. It is the second time since 1962 that England have met the World Cup holders at a World Cup Final tournament, losing to Brazil and France sixty years later.
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.
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.
WCF appearance notes: Jordan Pickford makes his record-extending nineteenth (all consecutive) WCF appearance.
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.
captaincy notes:  
BME notes:  
WCF records: A record sixth appearance in WCF against Argentina, beating the combined five against Germany/West Germany.
venue notes:  
records:  
   
Averages (Starting XI): Age   Appearances/Goals    
Argentina Team
 
Current World Champions Colours Made by Adidas - Black collared v-neck jerseys with 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.
 Rank FIFA (11 June 2026) 1st
EFO ranking Group One (1st)
ELO rating 3rd
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.
  103rd match, W 74 - D 18 - L 9 - F 212: A 54.
Argentina Lineup
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
Argentina Substitutes
scoreline: England vs. Argentina
               
               
               
               
               
result: England vs. Argentina
     
unused substitutes:  
team notes: Argentina's first meeting with England since November 2005. Although he did not play, a young 18-year old Messi was in the squad.
goalscoring notes:  
 
   
Averages (Starting XI): Age   Appearances/Goals    
    Match Report by Mike Payne

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