Soccer Aid 2026 will take place on Sunday, May 31 at the London Stadium in Stratford, with kick-off at 6.30pm BST. The event marks the 20th anniversary of the annual fundraiser for Unicef, co-founded by Robbie Williams and Jonathan Wilkes.
Coverage begins at 5pm on ITV1, ITVX, STV and the STV Player, and will run until 9pm. The match can also be streamed on ITV's YouTube channel. Special programming will air in the lead-up to the event.
The England squad features football legends Wayne Rooney, Jermain Defoe, Jill Scott and Jack Wilshere, alongside celebrities Tom Hiddleston, Danny Dyer, Jack Whitehall and Olly Murs. Owen Cooper, star of Netflix's Adolescence, makes his debut as the youngest player ever to participate.
The World XI team includes Nitro from Gladiators, Westlife's Nicky Byrne, Dermot Kennedy and Sidemen's Behzinga, plus football icons Jordi Alba, Leonardo Bonucci and Ali Krieger. Usain Bolt coaches the World XI, while Robbie Williams coaches England.
Other participants include Maisie Adam, GK Barry, Dimitar Berbatov, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Frankie Dettori, Richard Gadd, Tom Grennan, Joe Hart, Damson Idris, Paddy McGuinness and Theo Walcott. Further names are expected to be announced.
