The draw for the 2026 World Cup qualifiers has been made, with Thomas Tuchel's England facing Serbia, Albania, Latvia and Andorra in their group.
Tuchel, the former Chelsea boss, will officially take up his duties as head coach on January 1 and will be encouraged by the fact that England have never lost to any of the teams they will face on their way to the tournament in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
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Scotland is in a group of four teams, and will face any team that loses in the UEFA Nations League quarter-final match between Portugal and Denmark, along with Greece and Belarus.
Steve Clarke's men also face Greece in a UEFA Nations League promotion and relegation play-off in March.
The draw pitted Wales against Belgium, North Macedonia, Kazakhstan and Liechtenstein, while Northern Ireland will face Germany or Italy.
The lottery is complete
Group One: Winner from Germany x Italy, Slovakia. Northern IrelandLuxembourg.
Group Two: Switzerland, Sweden, Slovenia, Kosovo.
Group Three: Portugal loses to Denmark, Greece, ScotlandBelarus.
Group Four: The winner from France against Croatia, Ukraine, Iceland, and Azerbaijan.
Group Five: The winner from Spain against the Netherlands, Türkiye, Georgia, Bulgaria.
Group Six: The winner is from Portugal with Denmark, Hungary, the Republic of Ireland, and Armenia.
Group Seven: Spain loses to the Netherlands, Poland, Finland, Lithuania, and Malta.
Group H: Austria, Romania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cyprus, San Marino.
Group Nine: Germany loses to Italy, Norway, Israel, Estonia, and Moldova.
Group Ten: Belgium, WalesNorth Macedonia, Kazakhstan, Liechtenstein.
Group K: EnglandSerbia, Albania, Latvia, Andorra.
Group Ten: France loses to Croatia, the Czech Republic, Montenegro, the Faroe Islands, and Gibraltar.
The qualifiers will be played between March and November 2025.
