{"id":456390,"date":"2026-05-23T16:03:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:03:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/456390\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T16:03:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T16:03:08","slug":"chelseas-2026-world-cup-call-ups-and-schedules-news-official-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/456390\/","title":{"rendered":"Chelsea\u2019s 2026 World Cup call-ups and schedules | News | Official Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p class=\"news-article-page__summary\">&#13;<br \/>\n                    Several Chelsea players will be in action for their countries during the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the United States. Here is a list of the confirmed Blues travelling to North America.&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>These are our international call-ups so far, with more to be added as federations reveal their teams.<\/p>\n<p>England<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/reece-james\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reece James<\/a> has been called up to the Three Lions\u2019 squad, where he is set to make his first appearance at a World Cup. Our skipper has been capped 22 times by the Three Lions and was part of the England squad that reached the European Championship final in 2021.<\/p>\n<p>England vs Croatia <br \/>Group L <br \/>Dallas Stadium <br \/>Wednesday 17 June <br \/>9pm (UK)<\/p>\n<p>England vs Ghana <br \/>Group L <br \/>Boston Stadium <br \/>Tuesday 23 June <br \/>9pm (UK)<\/p>\n<p>Panama vs England <br \/>Group L <br \/>New York New Jersey Stadium <br \/>Saturday 27 June <br \/>10pm (UK)<\/p>\n<p>France<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/malo-gusto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Malo Gusto<\/a> is also on his way to the World Cup, having already earned nine caps for his country. The full-back could potentially feature against our Senegalese Blues, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/nicolas-jackson\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Nicolas Jackson<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/mamadou-sarr\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mamadou Sarr<\/a>, when they meet in their opening group game.<\/p>\n<p>France vs Senegal <br \/>Group I <br \/>New York New Jersey Stadium <br \/>Tuesday 16 June <br \/>8pm (UK)<\/p>\n<p>France vs Iraq <br \/>Group I <br \/>Philadelphia Stadium <br \/>Monday 22 June <br \/>10pm (UK)<\/p>\n<p>Norway vs France <br \/>Group I <br \/>Boston Stadium <br \/>Friday 26 June <br \/>8pm (UK)<\/p>\n<p>Portugal <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.chelseafc.com\/en\/teams\/profile\/pedro-neto\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pedro Neto<\/a> will feature at his first World Cup, having already made 23 appearances for his country. The winger is experienced in tournament football for Portugal, having appeared at the 2024 European Championship and the 2025 Nations League Finals, during which they overcame Spain to be crowned champions.<\/p>\n<p>Portugal vs DR Congo <br \/>Group K <br \/>Houston Stadium <br \/>Wednesday 17 June <br \/>6pm (UK)<\/p>\n<p>Portugal vs Uzbekistan <br \/>Group K <br \/>Houston Stadium <br \/>Tuesday 23 June <br \/>6pm (UK)<\/p>\n<p>Colombia vs Portugal <br \/>Group K <br \/>Miami Stadium <br \/>Sunday 28 June <br \/>12.30am (UK)<\/p>\n<p>Senegal <\/p>\n<p>Defender Mamadou Sarr and forward Nicolas Jackson \u2013 the latter having spent the 2025\/26 season on loan at Bayern Munich \u2013 have both been called up to the Senegalese squad. The duo were part of the Senegal squad for this year&#8217;s African Cup of Nations.<\/p>\n<p>France vs Senegal <br \/>Group I <br \/>New York New Jersey Stadium <br \/>Tuesday 16 June <br \/>8pm (UK)<\/p>\n<p>Norway vs Senegal <br \/>Group I <br \/>New York New Jersey Stadium <br \/>Tuesday 23 June <br \/>1am (UK)<\/p>\n<p>Senegal vs Iraq <br \/>Group I <br \/>Toronto Stadium <br \/>Friday 26 June <br \/>8pm (UK)<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<br \/>\n    &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n                &#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13; Several Chelsea players will be in action for their countries during the 2026 World&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":456391,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[85,46,105],"class_list":["post-456390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=456390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/456390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/456391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=456390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=456390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=456390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}