International Albion: how our men's players are doing during this window

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Eighteen Seagulls are in action for their countries.

2026-11-13T14:15+00:00

Yasin Ayari's Sweden need just a point from their last two games to secure Group A status in the Nations League. 📷Paul Hazlewood

Eighteen Albion players have linked up with their countries this week.

Chema Andres: The 21-year-old has withdrawn from international duty with Spain U21s.

Andres has impressed in midfield since his arrival from Stuttgart in the summer, and was once again called-up to Spain’s U21 squad.

But he was taken off as a precaution at half-time in Albion’s win over Brentford on Sunday, and has since opted out of this month’s international break.

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Yasin Ayari: The young Swede has revelled in a resounding start to Albion’s campaign, finding the net on three occasions including the lone, crucial decider against Manchester City at the Etihad Stadium.

It has earned the 23-year-old a further call-up to the Swedish national side for their UEFA Nations League fixtures against Bosnia & Herzegovina and Poland.

Sweden are currently top of their group heading into the final two rounds of fixtures, and require just a single point to ensure their League A status for next year.

Graham Potter’s side host Bosnia on Saturday night in Solna. They then travel to Poland for a Tuesday evening kick-off (7.45pm GMT).

Promise David: The 25-year-old forward has featured for Canada on 14 occasions, and has earned another call-up to Jesse Marsch’s side.

Les Rouges will face Guatemala over two legs during this international break in the CONCACAF Nations League play offs - the first of which starts at 2am GMT in the early hours of Saturday morning.

The return leg is in Toronto at 1am (GMT), on Tuesday morning. The winner will progress to next year’s CONCACAF Nations League League A Finals in March.

Maxim De Cuyper: The Belgian full-back started and assisted in his side’s 2-1 UEFA Nations League victory over Turkey in Izmir on Thursday.

De Cuyper has been in fine form for the Albion this campaign, and continued his impressive campaign by assisting the Red Devils’ second - and ultimately match-winning - goal of the night

With Belgium in the ascendancy after Kevin De Bruyne’s leveller, De Cuyper capitalised on a melee in the box to find the unmarked Charles De Ketelaere to tap home from close range.

Just one point separates the top three sides in League A - Group 1 heading into the final, crucial round, where third-placed Belgium host Italy in Brussels on Sunday.

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Diego Gomez: Buoyed by his second brilliant strike of the campaign in Albion’s 2-0 victory over Brentford at the weekend, the Paraguayan international has earned another call-up to his national side.

Gomez came off the bench in Paraguay’s friendly with Singapore with his side in an already-commanding 3-1 lead on Friday.

Paraguay would go on to win the match 4-1 in Singapore’s National Stadium.

They will remain in Singapore for the next fixture, with Paraguay set to entertain Japan in another friendly on Tuesday at 1.10pm.

It's been a tough Nations League group for Ferdi Kadioglu, whose Turkey side lost 2-1 to Belgium on Thursday. 📷James Boardman

Ferdi Kadioglu: Lining up against teammate De Cuyper, full-back Kadioglu started for Turkey in last night’s narrow defeat to Belgium in the UEFA Nations League.

It has been a difficult campaign for Sergen Yalcin’s side, who are yet to pick up a point from their opening five rounds of matches.

Kadioglu and the rest of his side will hope for a more favourable outcome as they travel to a France outfit looking to secure a place in the quarter-finals of the Nations League. Kick-off is 7.45pm on Sunday.

Babis Kostoulas: The 19-year-old Greek forward has made an impressive five goal contributions for Albion this season heading into the international break.

Yet to nail down a place in his national team’s starting XI, Kostoulas will be eyeing a start on Friday night as his team meet the Netherlands in a top-of-the-table UEFA Nations League clash.

Both teams head into the final two fixtures on eight points with equal goal difference. Following Friday’s clash in Amsterdam, Greece head home to host Serbia on Wednesday evening in Volos - kick-off 7.45pm.

Jason Steele: Steele was an unused substitute in England’s 2-1 win over Croatia at Wembley Stadium on Thursday night.

The shot-stopper will now travel with his England teammates to Spain, where victory for the Three Lions on Sunday in Madrid (7.45pm kick-off) will see Thomas Tuchel’s side top their UEFA Nations League group.

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Bart Verbruggen: “For now, life is beautiful,” the 24-year-old shot-stopper declared ahead of an important international break for the Netherlands.

The Dutch goalkeeper has been a revelation for the Albion between the sticks this season, already matching his number of Premier League clean sheets from two years ago (seven), and hastily closing in on last year’s tally.

The focus for Verbruggen is on the two upcoming, vital UEFA Nations League group games. The Netherlands play Greece on Friday in Amsterdam and Germany in Berlin on Monday as Ronald Koeman’s side search to cement their status as group leaders.

Luka Vuskovic: It hasn’t taken long for the young centre-half to announce himself to the Albion supporters since his move to Sussex in the summer.

The 19-year-old has been brilliant at the back since arriving from Tottenham Hotspur, but was on the end of a defeat on Thursday night as Croatia were narrowly edged out by England in the UEFA Nations League.

For Slaven Bilic’s side the improvements are clear after his Croatia outfit lost 7-0 to the same opposition just over a month ago. Thursday’s affair was a much tighter occasion, with Vuskovic at the heart of restricting England to few chances.

Croatia now turn their attention to Czechia on Sunday evening, needing to avoid defeat in Osijek to ensure their status as a League A nation.

Jaouen Hadjam: The 23-year-old left back has pulled out of this international window with Algeria.

Hadjam was heavily involved in his nation’s two matches in the AFCON in September, earning a further call-up ahead of Algeria’s home-and-away qualifiers against Togo.

But Hadjam will now rest up over this period, his national FA confirmed.

Malick Yalcouye: With 17 minutes played Yalcouye opened the scoring for the Ivory Coast in Thursday’s AFCON meeting with The Gambia.

Latching onto a quick, slick Nicolas Pepe free-kick, Yalcouye beat the offside trap to control the ball in the box before slotting past the goalkeeper - his second goal in his past three starts for his nation.

The victory ensured Ivory Coast’s perfect start to the campaign, with the 2023 winners now unbeaten after the opening three rounds of matches. They now travel to The Gambia for the return fixture, scheduled for 4pm on Tuesday.

Jack Hinshelwood: Called up to Lee Carsley’s England U21s squad, the Young Lions host Portugal on Friday at Bristol City’s Ashton Gate, before hosting France in the same venue on Monday evening.

These matches form part of the preparations for Carsley’s side ahead of next summer’s UEFA Under-21 European Championship finals in Albania and Serbia.

Hinshelwood is included in the squad alongside fellow Albion player Amario Cozier-Duberry.

Yankuba Minteh: Minteh stepped up his recovery from injury by featuring in the second half for the Gambia in their 2-1 loss to Ivory Coast on Thursday.

The 22-year-old has missed a large chunk of this season with the Seagulls, featuring in short spells against Manchester City in the Carabao Cup and Brentford in the recent Premier League win.

This was his highest number of minutes on the pitch since Brighton’s pre-season victory over AS Roma back in August. The winger will look to step up his recovery on Tuesday, when his nation once again faces Ivory Coast in the AFCON.

Ibrahim Osman: The young Ghanaian international has made eight appearances for Albion this season.

The 21-year-old earned another invitation to Ghana’s national side, though was an unused substitute in their 2-0 win over Somalia on Thursday in Sekondi-Takoradi.

The Black Stars are in action against Somalia once again on Monday afternoon (3pm), looking for further momentum following a slow start to their AFCON campaign.

Michael Svoboda: Austria are in pole position in their UEFA Nations League - League B group heading into the final two fixtures.

The centre-half has featured on six occasions for Fabian Hurzeler’s Seagulls this season, and will be pushing for a place in Rolf Rangnick’s side when they host Ireland on Saturday.

Austria will then look to secure a place in League A when they travel to Hungary to take on Israel three days later on Tuesday evening.

Zadok Yohanna: The 19-year-old Nigeria winger has missed the majority of the campaign through injury, but is in line to make an impact for Nigeria U23s this international window.

The young Eagles, targeting a place at the 2027 Under-23 African Cup of Nations, headed to Lubumbashi for the first leg against DR Congo on Friday.

Nigeria will then host Friday’s opponents in the return leg on Tuesday, November 17 at 3pm.