Jude Bellingham has been recalled by England following a run of three goals and an assist in the forward’s last four appearances for La Liga leaders Real Madrid.
Bellingham returned to action at the end of September following shoulder surgery and scored the winning goals at home to Juventus in the Champions League on October 22 and Barcelona in El Clasico four days later.
Manchester City forward Phil Foden makes his international comeback, as does Crystal Palace’s Adam Wharton among a list of midfielders featuring a first senior call-up for Bournemouth’s Alex Scott.
Newcastle goalkeeper Nick Pope is restored but City playmaker Jack Grealish misses out again despite a bright start to his season-long loan at Everton.
England host Serbia at Wembley Stadium on November 13, then visit Albania in their final game of the qualifying campaign three days later.
Full England squad for November 2025 vs Serbia and Albania
Goalkeepers: Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Nick Pope (Newcastle)
Defenders: Dan Burn (Newcastle), Marc Guehi (Palace), Reece James (Chelsea), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Nico O’Reilly (Manchester City), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen), Djed Spence (Tottenham), John Stones (Man City)
Midfielders: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Jude Bellingham (Real Madrid), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Villa), Alex Scott (Bournemouth), Adam Wharton (Palace)
Forwards: Jarrod Bowen (West Ham), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), Phil Foden (Man City), Anthony Gordon (Newcastle), Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Marcus Rashford (Barcelona, loan from Manchester United), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal)
How to watch England World Cup qualifiers: TV channel, live online stream
England’s closing qualifiers are being shown live in the UK on ITV1. Kick-off against Serbia is at 19:45 GMT on Thursday, with the game away to Albania starting at 17:00.
Fans can stream the action via ITV’s website and ITVX app, which is available on a vast variety of devices for viewing on the go.
England World Cup qualifiers: What group are they in?
England are in Group K alongside Albania, Latvia, Andorra and Serbia. Of those opponents, Serbia’s standing of 32 at the start of qualifying made them by far the highest-ranked team Thomas Tuchel’s side would face.
Serbia proved tricky opponents at Euro 2024, with only a Bellingham goal separating the teams in their opener in Germany, but a 5-0 win in Belgrade in September proved the finest result of Tuchel’s reign so far.
Including games as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro, Dragan Stojkovic’s nation have lost their last six meetings with England, although they had held an impressive record of one defeat in their last 21 World Cup qualifying matches before the group began, winning 14 and drawing six.
Latvia are ranked 137th and had never previously played England, while Andorra are 174th.
Albania are ranked 68th and lost 2-0 at Wembley Stadium in Tuchel’s first match in charge and England’s first qualifer on March 21.
They are one of five nations England have faced more than six times and won against every time, alongside Luxembourg (9), San Marino (8), Malta (7) and Andorra (6).
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England football team World Cup qualifying fixtures
Friday, March 21: England 2-0 Albania
Monday, March 24: England 3-0 Latvia
Saturday, June 7: Andorra 0-1 England
Saturday, September 6: England 2-0 Andorra
Tuesday, September 9: Serbia 0-5 England
Tuesday, October 14: Latvia 0-5 England
Thursday, November 13: England vs Serbia (19:45 GMT)
Sunday, November 16: Albania vs England (17:00)
England: World Cup 2026 qualifying path
The top team from each of the 12 European Qualifier groups proceeds automatically to the finals, which will be expanded to 48 teams.
The 12 runners-up in each group will join four Nations League teams in the play-offs, which will be drawn from pots based on teams’ records during the campaign. The games will comprise single-leg semi-finals and finals.
The draw for the World Cup finals will take place in December 2025. The tournament runs from June 11 until July 19 2026.
