Euro 2024: UEFA To Increase Squad Size To 26 Players
England and Scotland look set to be given the chance to select 26 players for this summer's European Championships after a UEFA vote on Monday gave the green light for expanded squads
Joy Kalu 
UEFA are set to increase squad size for this summer’s European Champions to 26 players.
This follows a vote on Monday, April 22, 2024, which gave the green light for expanded squads.
The idea was first brought up during a meeting of all the nations’ coaches in Dusseldorf a fortnight ago.
But at a meeting of the UEFA national competitions committee on Monday, delegates voted in favour of increasing the squads from a 23-player limit to 26.
Enlarged squads were used at Euro 2021, to help teams cope with the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic.
However, the decision is not yet set in stone, as the UEFA executive committee (EXCO) needs to sanction the rule change – but it is expected that will simply be a rubber-stamping exercise.
The EXCO will not meet in person until May 22, but it is usual practice for a decision like this to be ratified remotely. That could happen later this week.
The news will be a welcome boost for Gareth Southgate and Steve Clarke, with both England and Scotland badly affected by injuries, with the start of the Euros now less than eight weeks away.
