England’s World Cup Friendly Schedule: Dates, Latest News & How to Watch

A matter of days until the 2026 FIFA World Cup kicks off, each nation is going through their final warm-up fixtures ahead of the expanded tournament.

England’s schedule begins on the 17th of June against Croatia, but before then, Thomas Tuchel’s squad will play two friendlies as he finalises his World Cup planning.

England’s Warm-Up Friendly Dates, Opponents, Venues and UK Kick-Off Times

How to Watch

Both England fixtures will be shown on ITV in the UK, with coverage beginning at 8:15pm.  

Latest News

The majority England squad flew into Florida on 1 June and for their 10-day pre-tournament camp at the Gardens North County District Park, which is set to be Portugal’s training base throughout the tournament.

Declan Rice, Eberechi Eze, Noni Madueke, Bukayo Saka and Dean Henderson—who all took part in European finals last week—join the team in the coming days. 

Filling in for them is a set of players who did not receive the final call-up to the World Cup squad, though Tuchel admired their desire to be with the squad as they hope to make their England debuts in the friendly fixtures.

These players are Alex Scott, Josh King, Ethan Nwaneri and Rio Ngumoha, while 35-year old Brighton goalkeeper Jason Steele is also supporting the squad.

As part of the preparations, it has also been reported that the England manager asked his players to holiday in North America to acclimatise to the area and climate, which exceeded 32C in their first training Florida session.

Following the friendlies, England will head to their base in Kansas City.

Article by Zakaria Anani