England’s Euro 2024 squad: When is it named and how many players are selected?
For the England hopefuls, all roads lead to Gelsenkirchen on June 16 where Gareth Southgate’s team play their opening fixture of the 2024 European Championship.
The big question between now and then is, who will make it to Germany?
Southgate will be able to select a 26 players, after Uefa reverted a decision to revert to 23-man squads, meaning there will be plenty of deserving candidates who miss out.
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When will the England squad be named for Euro 2024?
That is very much TBC. Southgate intends to choose a ‘training squad’ on May 21 but is unsure how many players he will pick for that.
The deadline for submission of final Euro 2024 squads is June 8, as teams must submit their list of 26 players at least seven days before the opening match of the tournament.
What is the latest England news?
By Jason Burt
England and Scotland are expected to be able to select 26 players for this summer’s European Championships.
A Uefa vote on Monday approved the move which has been lobbied for by national coaches, including Gareth Southgate, who are concerned about player burn-out and injury.
Southgate revealed the possibility of an enlarged squad – the original Uefa plan was to revert to 23 players – following England’s recent international friendlies which were impacted by players pulling out.
That was ahead of a meeting of all the national coaches in Dusseldorf two weeks ago. The move was approved at a further meeting, of the Uefa national competitions committee, on Monday.
Larger squads were used at the last Euros, due to Covid, and continued for the World Cup in Qatar but it had been expected that Southgate and the other coaches, including Scotland’s Steve Clarke, would only be able to choose 23 for the tournament in Germany.
The decision is not yet fully agreed – it needs to be rubber-stamped by the Uefa executive committee - but given the groundswell of opinion it will be waved through. The Exco is likely to give its approval later this week.
It also means that nation are likely to be able to choose 26 players for all future tournaments given the growing demands upon them and the congested fixture schedule.
Southgate has been among the coaches lobbying that all the players are part of the match-day squad at the tournament – as happened at the last World Cup but was not permitted at the previous Euro. This is also likely to happen.
The enlargement of the squad will be good news for Southgate as he juggles whether to include players such as Manchester United’s Luke Shaw, who he wants to take, but who may not be fully fit by the time the tournament kicks off. Southampton’s Stuart Armstrong is in a similar position for Scotland as are Nathan Patterson and Aaron Hickey.
Southgate names his provisional squad on May 21, two days after the Premier League season ends.
Who is in England’s Euro 2024 group?
England are in group C and will take on Serbia, Denmark and Slovenia.
When are England’s Euro 2024 group fixtures?
June 16: vs Serbia, Gelsenkirchen, 8pm (BST)
June 20: vs Denmark, Frankfurt, 5pm (BST)
June 25: vs Slovenia, Cologne, 8pm (BST)
What are England’s odds to win Euro 2024?
England: 10/3
France: 7/2
Germany: 6/1
Spain: 8/1
Portugal: 8/1
Italy: 16/1
Belgium: 16/1
Netherlands: 16/1
Croatia: 40/1
Denmark: 50/1
Scotland: 100/1
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