England Futsal squad head to Hungary for World Cup test

Wednesday 09 Dec 2015
England Futsal head coach Peter Sturgess

England’s Futsal team begin their latest stage of World Cup qualifiers on Thursday.

Peter Sturgess has selected a 14-man squad for the trip which will see the Three Lions face hosts Hungary, Ukraine and Belgium.

England Futsal line-up ahead of their second meeting with Sweden in two days

England's Futsal squad are in the Main Round of World Cup qualifying for the first time

This is the first time that England have reached the Main Round of World Cup qualifying, as the nations aim to reach the Finals in Colombia next year.

And they will approach the games with confidence after topping their group in the Preliminary Round by beating Wales, Denmark and hosts Israel in October.

Their first game takes place on Thursday afternoon when they take on Ukraine before facing Hungary 24 hours later on Friday.

The final match takes place on Sunday when Belgium are the opposition with the group winners progressing into a play-off which takes place in March and April 2016.

The squad 

Thomas Dennis (Loughborough Futsal Club), Mark Croft (Loughborough Futsal Club) Douglas Reed (Baku United Futsal Club) Guillermo Wallace (Real Betis Futsal Club), Maximilian Kilman (Genesis Futsal Club), Stuart Cook (Helvecia Futsal Club), David Jennings (West London Futsal Club), Agon Rexha (Baku United Futsal Club), James Webb (Penya Esplugues), Richard Ward (Sheffield Fustal Club), Luke Ballinger (FC Salisbury Futsal Club), Ian Parkes (Bristol City Futsal Club), Russell Goldstein (Helvecia Futsal Club), Raoni Medina (Helvecia Futsal Club)


By FA Staff