14 Manchester City players selected for international duty – Nine names excluded due to injury concerns | OneFootball

A total of 14 players from Pep Guardiola’s Manchester City first-team squad have been selected to represent their respective nations this month.

The Premier League giants – who entered into the brand new season with fresh ambition and an urgency to right the wrongs of the last campaign – have certainly not got off to the start they would have targeted in early August.

Having dismantled Wolves on the opening weekend of the new season, Manchester City fell to back-to-back defeats in the remaining two contests that preceded the first, and now ongoing, international break.

With a 0-2 defeat at home to Tottenham, City travelled to the south coast to take on Brighton at the Amex Stadium, where Fabian Hurzeler’s men recorded a 2-1 win over Pep Guardiola’s side, despite the latter taking the lead in the first-half amid a wealth of opportunities.

Some within the squad have already indicated that the international break has come at a good time, with Rodri telling club media after their last outing that the side will need to refocus, take their mind off club duties, and return refresh for a run of challenging upcoming matches.

For the first time in the 2025/26 season, here is a comprehensive round-up of the Manchester City players selected to feature for their respective national teams throughout the opening weeks of September!

Belgium

Call-ups: Jeremy Doku

Liechtenstein vs Belgium, 04/09 @ 19:45 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group J

Belgium vs Kazakhstan, 07/09 @ 19:45 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group J

Croatia

Call-ups: Josko Gvardiol

Faroe Islands vs Croatia, 05/09 @ 19:45 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group L

Croatia vs Montenegro, 08/09 @ 19:45 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group L

Egypt

Call-ups: Omar Marmoush

Egypt vs Ethiopia, 05/09 @ 20:00 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, CAF, Group A

Burkina Faso vs Egypt, 09/09 @ 17:00 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, CAF, Group A

England

Call-ups: James Trafford, John Stones

England vs Andorra, 06/09 @ 17:00 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group K

Serbia vs England, 09/09 @ 19:45 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group K

Italy

Call-ups: Gianluigi Donnarumma

Italy vs Estonia, 05/09 @ 19:45 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group I

Israel vs Italy, 08/09 @ 19:45 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group I

Netherlands

Call-ups: Nathan Ake, Tijjani Reijnders

Netherlands vs Poland, 04/09 @ 19:45 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group G

Lithuania vs Netherlands, 07/09 @ 17:00 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group G

Norway

Call-ups: Oscar Bobb, Erling Haaland

Norway vs Finland, 04/09 @ 17:00 (UK) – International Friendly

Norway vs Moldova, 09/09 @ 19:45 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group I

Portugal

Call-ups: Ruben Dias, Bernardo Silva

Armenia vs Portugal, 06/09 @ 17:00 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group F

Hungary vs Portugal, 09/09 @ 19:45 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group F

Spain

Call-ups: Rodri

Bulgaria vs Spain, 04/09 @ 19:45 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group E

Turkey vs Spain, 07/09 @ 19:45 (UK) – FIFA World Cup Qualification, UEFA, Group E

Not selected

A quartet of Marcus Bettinelli (England), Stefan Ortega (Germany), Matheus Nunes (Portugal), and Nico (Spain) have all been left out of their respective international sides, with the most-former last selected for Three Lions duties in September 2018.

As for those ruled out through injury or a lack of necessary fitness, Kalvin Phillips (England), Mateo Kovacic (Croatia), Phil Foden (England), and Savinho (Brazil) all miss out as they continue recovery work.

Five names were called-up for action by their nations, but have since withdrawn as a result of fitness assessments or new injuries; Rayan Ait-Nouri (Algeria), Rico Lewis (England), Abdukodir Khusanov (Uzbekistan), Nico O’Reilly (England), Rayan Cherki (France).