Leah Williamson, Lauren James, Hannah Hampton, Jess Carter and Alex Greewood have returned to the Lionesses' squad ahead of the start of their 2027 World Cup qualifying campaign.
All five missed England's last run out in 2025, but there is no place in the squad for the injured Ella Toone, Niamh Charles, Missy Bo Kearns or Beth Mead.
"Of course you want them [Mead and Toone] in the team. You just have to move on and hopefully the players get fit soon and we have more options," Head coach Sarina Wiegman told a news conference on Tuesday.
"The more options the better it is for us and the harder to make the right decisions. Hopefully for the players they get fit quick."
Elsewhere, there are call-ups for uncapped players Grace Fisk, Freya Godfrey and Poppy Pattinson.
The likes of Williamson, Aggie Beevor-Jones and Lucia Kendall are included having recently made their comebacks from injury, while Taylor Hinds is named as she recovers from an ankle knock.
England open their qualifying campaign against Ukraine in Turkey on March 3 and then host Iceland at Nottingham Forest's City Ground on March 7.
"There is a little bit of a puzzle at the moment but at the same time I think we have enough players in the squad to play good games and to have players on the pitch who are fit and can perform at the highest level," Wiegman said.
"That is what we need to do and want to do of course. We have this week at club and then they come with us, then we have some proper time to get ready for the game on the Tuesday.
"We will see where we get, but I am confident we can get a good team on the pitch."
Wiegman was delighted to have Williamson back in the squad, despite her lack of minutes for Arsenal as she comes back from an injury layoff.
"I am very happy. It feels very good for her [Williamson] too, she wanted to be back. [There are other players back next week] so looking forward to that," Wiegman added.
"She has trained, I am in close contact with her and the club [Arsenal]. She is in a good place but she does have a lack of minutes. I think there are some more players who are still building or didn't get the minutes we hoped for.
England's World Cup qualifier with Ukraine on March 3 will be played in Türkiye due to the ongoing war in Ukraine, and Wiegman spoke of the unfortunate situation after naming her squad.
"First of all it is very sad and heartbreaking what Ukraine has experienced and that we can't play in Ukraine," she said.
"The alternative is to go to Türkiye, it is far away but the accommodation and training ground we have is a good solution.
"It is a realisation moment. Last week, one of our team members had a conversation with one of their team members about this camp and, in Kyiv, they are in fear because there is so much violence there. That is heartbreaking."
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England squad in full
Goalkeepers: Hannah Hampton, Anna Moorhouse, Ellie Roebuck
Defenders: Lucy Bronze, Jess Carter, Grace Fisk, Alex Greenwood, Taylor Hinds, Maya Le Tissier, Esme Morgan, Poppy Pattinson, Leah Williamson, Lotte Wubben-Moy
Midfielders: Laura Blindkilde Brown, Grace Clinton, Lucia Kendall, Georgia Stanway, Keira Walsh
Forwards: Aggie Beever-Jones, Freya Godfrey, Lauren Hemp, Lauren James, Chloe Kelly, Jess Park, Alessia Russo
Information from ESPN's Emily Keogh contributed to this report.
