Inter confirm squad list for 2026-27 Champions League campaign
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Inter Milan have officially submitted their List A squad for the 2026-27 UEFA Champions League season, registering their available players for the group/league phase.
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Attributed to original sourceInter have officially announced their Champions League squad for the 2026-27 season, including all of the summer’s new signings: John Stones, Curtis Jones, Aleksandar Stankovic and Djed Spence.
All clubs competing in UEFA competitions in 2026-27 submitted their squads for the league phase campaign by the end of Wednesday, September 2, the day after the close of the summer transfer window for the majority of European nations.
MILAN, ITALY – MARCH 11: The UEFA Champions League trophy is cleaned as it is displayed on a plinth at the side of the pitch prior to the UEFA Champions League 2024/25 UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Round of 16 Second Leg match between FC Internazionale Milano and Feyenoord at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on March 11, 2025 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Marco Luzzani/Getty Images) Teams are permitted to name a maximum of 25 players on their ‘List A’. Of those 25 players, at least two must be goalkeepers and eight must be ‘locally trained players’ ie. those who were based in Italy for at least three uninterrupted years between the ages of 15 and 21.
Teams are also able to name an unlimited number of players on their ‘List B’, typically reserved for youth-team players. Any player can be named on List B as long as they were born on or after January 1, 2005, and as long as they have played for the club for an uninterrupted period of at least two years.
That means that 21-year-old Italy international Pio Esposito, born on June 28, 2005, has been included on Inter’s List B rather than List A with the rest of the senior squad. The same is also true for Aleksandar Stankovic, who spent the entirety of his youth career with the Nerazzurri and also falls under the age limit.
MILAN, ITALY – AUGUST 22: Pio Esposito celebrates during the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and AC Monza at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on August 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images) Inter have only named 23 players in their List A rather than the maximum 25, however, this is because they only have seven locally-trained players in List A rather than eight, and in these instances, the squad limit is reduced accordingly.
Inter’s seven locally-trained players are Ivan Provedel, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Alessandro Bastoni, Federico Dimarco, Mattia Marello, Nicolo Barella and Poland international Piotr Zielinski, who joined Udinese aged 16 and has been based in Italy ever since.
Confirmed Inter squad list for 2026-27 Champions League MILAN, ITALY – AUGUST 22: Cristian Chivu looks on before the Serie A match between FC Internazionale and AC Monza at Stadio Giuseppe Meazza on August 22, 2026 in Milan, Italy. (Photo by Claudio Villa/Getty Images) List A Goalkeepers: Josep Martinez, Raffaele Di Gennaro, Ivan Provedel.
Defenders: John Stones, Manuel Akanji, Benjamin Pavard, Carlos Augusto, Yann-Aurel Bisseck, Federico Dimarco, Mattia Marello, Alessandro Bastoni, Djed Spence.
Midfielders: Piotr Zielinski, Petar Sucic, Luis Henrique, Andy Diouf, Hakan Calhanoglu, Curtis Jones, Henrikh Mkhitaryan, Nicolo Barella.
Forwards: Marcus Thuram, Lautaro Martinez, Ange-Yoan Bonny.
List B Inter have confirmed that Aleksandar Stankovic and Francesco Pio Esposito have been included on the club’s List B, but haven’t specified who else features.
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What happened
Inter Milan have confirmed the official squad list submitted to UEFA for the 2026-27 Champions League campaign. The registration, known as List A, is required ahead of the competition's deadline and dictates which players are eligible to feature in the European campaign. With new summer signings and departures factored in, the Nerazzurri's European squad reflects their current first-team shape under their manager. The list submission is a routine but significant administrative step that sets the boundaries of Inter's Champions League squad for the season ahead.
Chance analysis
Squad registration is the unglamorous foundation of every Champions League run, and Inter's submission signals who their manager trusts for the European stage. With List A slots limited and the new league-phase format stretching depth requirements, the inclusions and omissions will frame how Inter approach their continental campaign. Fans will be watching closely to see whether marquee summer signings have been registered, whether any injury-affected players are listed, and how academy promotions are factored in. It is a quiet but meaningful checkpoint that defines the club's competitive ceiling in Europe.
Inter's Champions League availability is now defined by this registered squad, with any omitted players ineligible for European competition this season.