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Everton have confirmed the club's 2026-27 squad numbers for the upcoming campaign.
Jarrad Branthwaite and Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall have both taken new numbers, with the former designated Number 4, and Dewsbury-Hall swapping 22 for the Number 8. New signing Brennan Johnson has taken Dewsbury-Hall's former shirt, a number he previously wore at former club Tottenham Hotspur.
Fellow arrivals Christian Norgaard and Hayden Hackney will wear 23 and 30, respectively. As things stand, Everton will enter the season with no occupants for Numbers 3, 7, or 14, with the hope that those shirts can be filled by new signings before the transfer window deadline at 11 pm (BST) on Tuesday, 1 September.
The club have confirmed that any fans who purchased a 2026-27 shirt featuring a player who has since changed their squad number can exchange their shirt without charge.
Everton squad numbers 2026-27
1 - Jordan Pickford
2 - Nathan Patterson
4 - Jarrad Branthwaite
5 - Michael Keane
6 - James Tarkowski
8 - Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
9 - Beto
10 - Iliman Ndiaye
11 - Thierno Barry
12 - Mark Travers
15 - Jake O’Brien
16 - Vitalii Mykolenko
19 - Tyrique George
20 - Tyler Dibling
22 - Brennan Johnson
23 - Christian Nørgaard
24 - Charly Alcaraz
30 - Hayden Hackney
31 - Tom King
34 - Merlin Röhl
37 - James Garner
39 - Adam Aznou
42 - Tim Iroegbunam
45 - Harrison Armstrong
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2 Posted 14/08/2026 at 14:43:05
Welcome to my world!
3 Posted 14/08/2026 at 15:05:55
4 Posted 14/08/2026 at 15:29:32
5 Posted 14/08/2026 at 15:44:37
Graham ain't getting a game then?
Probably not... Although Moyes has the freedom to select for the first team any U21 (or even U18) players who are not on the above list. The ones we've seen during pre-season will likely keep their existing numbers from last season:
48 - William Tamen
50 - George Pickford
52 - Douglass Lukjanciks
55 - George Finney
58 - Braiden Graham
73 - Eli Campbell
76 - Malik Olayiwola
80 - Joel Catesby
81 - Harvey Foster
These numbers rarely get confirmed by the club but they have been worn pretty consistently when they play EFL Trophy or National League Cup games.
6 Posted 14/08/2026 at 15:47:23
Are they for new players we have lined up, like a right-back?
7 Posted 14/08/2026 at 16:39:24
Dixie Dean was the world's first ever Number 9. We are an institution of the game… If you know your history…
8 Posted 14/08/2026 at 16:42:01
Is Nathan nailed down at right-back for example, are 3 and 7 being saved for incoming? Will 42 become vacant??
9 Posted 14/08/2026 at 16:52:19
10 Posted 14/08/2026 at 17:02:51
11 Posted 14/08/2026 at 17:09:54
12 Posted 14/08/2026 at 17:19:33
Couldn't get a ticket!
13 Posted 14/08/2026 at 18:22:07
14 Posted 14/08/2026 at 18:48:21
I'm sure fractions would divide the fanbase but there has to be a place in football for the square root of fuck all.
15 Posted 14/08/2026 at 20:01:36
The numbers mean less nowadays. If I was a player myself, I'd want a different number: 98, 67, 38 -- just to make it my own.
You're never making the No 9 your own, are you!
16 Posted 14/08/2026 at 00:36:10
17 Posted 15/08/2026 at 01:20:47
Difficult number.
You never quite know when to go offence or defence
18 Posted 15/08/2026 at 05:27:13
Does this mean he's actually, the Answer to the Ultimate Question of Life, the Universe, and Everything???
19 Posted 15/08/2026 at 06:41:06
Well we've got two 4½s that barely make up a No 9.
Strikers!! Poor Dixie would be turning in his grave watching those two.
20 Posted 15/08/2026 at 07:10:50
Here's an interesting stat. Both Beto and Barry scored exactly the same amount of goals in their first season as Duncan Ferguson did in his first season at Everton: 8 goals.
21 Posted 15/08/2026 at 08:58:36
Everton transfer briefing: Latest on Iliman Ndiaye and his bumper price tag revealed, why Jack Grealish's return is in doubt, Tim Iroegbunam update, truth about bogus right-back 'targets' and why David Moyes still wants another midfielder
But it's the Daily Mail, and they want you to subscribe to continue reading.
22 Posted 15/08/2026 at 16:47:42
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1 Posted 14/08/2026 at 14:39:59
If, for whatever reason, we have to put numbers on their backs, then so be it: the day before, 1 to 11, subs whatever.
Still, what do I know, since footy only started with the advent of the Premier League.