England learn FIFA World Cup 2026 European qualifying draw

England males’s senior group will face Serbia, Albania, Latvia and Andorra of their European qualifying group for the FIFA World Cup 2026.

Groups had been drawn into 12 teams of 4 or 5 groups and England discovered their destiny because the street to the World Cup within the USA, Canada and Mexico begins.

The Three Lions had been allotted to Pot 1, alongside Spain, Germany, Portugal, France, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Croatia, Belgium, Switzerland and Austria, earlier than being drawn into Group Okay alongside Serbia, Albania, Latvia and Andorra.

The draw was carried out with the help of former gamers former England worldwide Rachel Yankey – one of the crucial adorned gamers within the girls’s sport – Ariane Hingst, Fernando Llorente, Gianluca Zambrotta and Robert Pires.

Incoming England males’s head coach Thomas Tuchel was additionally in attendance on the attract Zurich forward of beginning his new position on 1 January 2025 because the Three Lions discovered who they might face in UEFA Preliminary Draw.

The draw

Group A: QF4 winner (Germany/Italy), Slovakia, Northern Eire, Luxembourg
Group B: Switzerland, Sweden, Slovenia, Kosovo
Group C: QF3 loser (Portugal/Denmark), Greece, Scotland, Belarus
Group D: QF2 winner (France/Croatia), Ukraine, Iceland, Azerbaijan
Group E: QF1 winner (Spain/Netherlands), Turkiye, Georgia, Bulgaria
Group F: QF3 winner (Portugal/Denmark), Hungary, Republic of Eire, Armenia
Group G: QF1 loser (Spain/Netherlands), Poland, Finland, Lithuania, Malta
Group H: Austria, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, San Marino
Group I: QF4 loser (Germany/Italy), Norway, Israel, Estonia, Moldova
Group J: Belgium, Wales, North Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein
Group Okay: England, Serbia, Albania, Latvia, Andorra
Group L: QF2 loser (France/Croatia), Czechia, Montenegro, Faroe Islands, Gibraltar

Nations who’re drawn in teams of 5 and can begin their marketing campaign in March, whereas groups drawn in teams of 4 begin their campaigns in September 2025. All teams conclude in November 2025.

There can be 16 nations from UEFA who will qualify for the 48-team 2026 World Cup – which kicks off on 11 June 2026 – made up of the 12 group winners who qualify routinely, with the 4 remaining spots to be decided by play-offs involving the 12 group runners-up.

Additional data on ballots and sale dates can be communicated to all members in the end. As at all times, The FA will work to safe as many tickets as potential for all away fixtures.

England v Albania
7.45pm GMT, Friday 21 March 2025

England v Latvia
7.45pm GMT, Monday 24 March 2025

Andorra v England
5pm BST, Saturday 7 June 2025

England v Andorra
5pm BST, Saturday 6 September 2025

Serbia v England
7.45pm BST, Tuesday 9 September 2025

Latvia v England
7.45pm BST, Tuesday 14 October 2025

England v Serbia
7.45pm GMT, Thursday 13 November 2025

Albania v England
5pm GMT, Sunday 16 November 2025