The 2026 FIFA World Cup is finally here and is set to take place from June 11 to July 19. It will be jointly hosted by the United States, Mexico and Canada. The competition will take place in sixteen cities and is also the first World Cup to be co-hosted by three nations. It is also the first World Cup to include 48 teams, up from 32 in previous editions.
Of the 48 qualified teams, Cape Verde, Curacao, Jordan and Uzbekistan are making their World Cup debuts. Meanwhile, Qatar qualified for the first time and will make their second appearance. They made their first appearance in 2022 as hosts. DR Congo and Haiti will be making their return after having featured in the 1974 edition. It is also Iraq’s second World Cup appearance, having featured in the 1986 tournament.
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Austria, Norway and Scotland are returning to the World Cup after last featuring in 1998. On the other hand, New Zealand, Paraguay and South Africa return after last participating in 2010. South Africa were also the host for the 2010 World Cup.
Venues
USA –
AT&T Stadium (Dallas)
MetLife Stadium (New York)
Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta)
Arrowhead Stadium (Kansas City)
NRG Stadium (Houston)
Levi’s Stadium (San Francisco Bay Area)
SoFi Stadium (Los Angeles)
Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia)
Lumen Field (Seattle)
Gillette Stadium (Boston)
Hard Rock Stadium (Miami)
Mexico –
Estadio Azteca (Mexico City)
Estadio BBVA (Monterrey)
Estadio Akron (Guadalajara)
Canada –
BC Place (Vancouver)
BMO Field (Toronto)
Squads
Group A
MEXICO
Goalkeepers
– Carlos Acevedo (Santos Laguna)
– Guillermo Ochoa (AEL Limassol)
– Raul Rangel (Chivas)
Defenders
– Edson Alvarez (Fenerbahce)
– Israel Reyes (America)
– Jesus Gallardo (Toluca)
– Johan Vasquez (Genoa)
– Jorge Sanchez (PAOK)
– Mateo Chavez (AZ Alkmaar)
Midfielders
– Alvaro Fidalgo (Real Betis)
– Brian Gutierrez (Chivas)
– Erik Lira (Cruz Azul)
– Gilberto Mora (Tijuana)
– Luis Romo (Chivas)
– Obed Vargas (Atletico Madrid)
– Orbelin Pineda (AEK)
Forwards
– Alexis Vega (Toluca)
– Armando Gonzalez (Chivas)
– Cesar Huerta (Anderlecht)
– Guillermo Martinez (Pumas)
– Julian Quinones (Al Qadisiyah)
– Raul Jimenez (Fulham)
– Santiago Gimenez (AC Milan)
Manager
– Javier Aguirre
– Sipho Chaine (Orlando Pirates)
– Ricardo Goss (Siwele)
– Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Defenders
– Aubrey Modiba (Mamelodi Sundowns)
– Khuliso Mudau (Mamelodi Sundowns)
– Nkosinathi Sibisi (Orlando Pirates)
– Mbekezeli Mbokazi (Chicago Fire)
– Ime Okon (Hannover)
– Samukele Kabini (Molde)
– Khulumani Ndamane (Mamelodi Sundowns)
– Thabang Matuludi (Polokwane City)
– Kamogelo Sebelebele (Orlando Pirates)
– Bradley Cross (Kaizer Chiefs)
– Olwethy Makhanya (Philadelphia Union)
Midfielders
– Teboho Mokoena (Mamelodi Sundowns)
– Sphephelo Sithole (Tondela)
– Thalente Mbatha (Orlando Pirates)
– Jayden Adams (Mamelodi Sundowns)
Forwards
– Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns)
– Lyle Foster (Burnley)
– Evidence Makgopa (Orlando Pirates)
– Oswin Appollis (Orlando Pirates)
– Iqraam Rayners (Mamelodi Sundowns)
– Relebohile Mofokeng (Orlando Pirates)
– Thapelo Maseko (AEL Limassol)
– Tshepang Moremi (Orlando Pirates)
Manager
– Hugo Broos
– Hyeon-Woo Jo (Ulsan)
– Seung-Gyu Kim (FC Tokyo)
– Bum-Keun Song (Jeonbuk)
Defenders
– Moon-Hwan Kim (Daejeon)
– Min-Jae Kim (Bayern Munich)
– Tae-Hyon Kim (Kashima Antlers)
– Jin-Seob Park (Zhejiang)
– Young-Woo Seol (Red Star Belgrade)
– Jens Castrop (Borussia Monchengladbach)
– Ki-Hyuk Lee (Gangwon)
– Tae-Seok Lee (Austria Wien)
– Han-Beom Lee (Midtjylland)
– Yu-Min Cho (Sharjah)
Midfielders
– Jin-Gyu Kim (Jeonbuk)
– Jun-Ho Bae (Stoke)
– Seung-Ho Paik (Birmingham)
– Hyun-Jun Yang (Celtic)
– Ji-Sung Eom (Swansea)
– Kang-In Lee (Paris Saint-Germain)
– Dong-Gyeong Lee (Ulsan)
– Jae-Sung Lee (Mainz)
– In-Beom Hwang (Feyenoord)
– Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves)
Forwards
– Heung-Min Son (LAFC)
– Hyeon-Gyu Oh (Besiktas)
– Gue-Sung Cho (Midtjylland)
Manager
– Myung-Bo Hong
CZECH REPUBLIC
Goalkeepers
– Lukas Hornicek (Braga)
– Matej Kovar (PSV Eindhoven)
– Jindrich Stanek (Slavia Prague)
Defenders
– Vladimir Coufal (Hoffenheim)
– David Doudera (Slavia Prague)
– Tomas Holes (Slavia Prague)
– Robin Hranac (Hoffenheim)
– Stepan Chaloupek (Slavia Prague)
– David Jurasek (Slavia Prague)
– Ladislav Krejci (Wolverhampton)
– Jaroslav Zeleny (Sparta Prague)
– David Zima (Slavia Prague)
Midfielders
– Lukas Cerv (Viktoria Plzen)
– Vladimir Darida (Hradec Kralove)
– Lukas Provod (Slavia Prague)
– Michal Sadilek (Slavia Prague)
– Hugo Sochurek (Sparta Prague)
– Alexandr Sojka (Viktoria Plzen)
– Tomas Soucek (West Ham)
– Pavel Sulc (Olympique Lyonnais)
– Denis Visinsky (Viktoria Plzen)
Forwards
– Adam Hlozek (Hoffenheim)
– Tomas Chory (Slavia Prague)
– Mojmir Chytil (Slavia Prague)
– Jan Kuchta (Sparta Prague)
– Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen)
Manager
– Miroslav Koubek
– Maxime Crepeau (Orlando City)
– Owen Goodman (Barnsley)
– Dayne St. Clair (Inter Miami)
Defenders
– Moise Bombito (Nice)
– Derek Cornelius (Rangers)
– Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)
– Luc de Fougerolles (Dender EH)
– Alistair Johnston (Celtic)
– Alfie Jones (Middlesbrough)
– Richie Laryea (Toronto)
– Niko Sigur (Hajduk Split)
– Joel Waterman (Chicago Fire)
Midfielders
– Ali Ahmed (Norwich)
– Tajon Buchanan (Villarreal)
– Mathieu Choiniere (LAFC)
– Stephen Eustaquio (LAFC)
– Marcelo Flores (Tigres UANL)
– Ismael Kone (Sassuolo)
– Liam Millar (Hull)
– Jonathan Osorio (Toronto)
– Nathan-Dylan Saliba (Anderlecht)
– Jacob Shaffelburg (LAFC)
Forwards
– Jonathan David (Juventus)
– Promise David (Union Saint-Gilloise)
– Cyle Larin (Southampton)
– Tani Oluwaseyi (Villarreal)
Manager
– Jesse Marsch
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA
Goalkeepers
– Nikola Vasilj
– Martin Zlomislic
– Osman Hadzikic
Defenders
– Sead Kolasinac
– Amar Dedic
– Nihad Mujakic
– Nikola Katic
– Tarik Muharemovic
– Stjepan Radeljic
– Dennis Hadzikadunic
– Nidal Celik
Midfielders
– Amir Hadziahmetovic
– Ivan Sunjic
– Ivan Basic
– Dzenis Burnic
– Ermin Mahmic
– Benjamin Tahirovic
– Amar Memic
– Armin Gigovic
– Kerim Alajbegovic
– Esmir Bajraktarevic
Forwards
– Ermedin Demirovic
– Jovo Lukic
– Samed Bazdar
– Haris Tabakovic
– Edin Dzeko
Manager
– Sergej Barbarez
– Salah Zakaria
– Mahmoud Abunada
– Meshaal Barsham
Defenders
– Hashmi Hussein
– Ayoub Alawi
– Boualem Khoukhi
– Pedro Miguel
– Issa Laaye
– Lucas Mendes
– Sultan Al-Brake
– Homam Al-Amin
Midfielders
– Mohammed Al-Manai
– Jassem Jaber
– Karim Boudiaf
– Ahmed Fathi
– Abdulaziz Hatem
– Assim Madibo
Forwards
– Tahseen Mohammed
– Edmilson Junior
– Almoez Ali
– Akram Afif
– Mohammed Muntari
– Youssef Abdulrazzaq
– Ahmed Alaa
– Hassan Al-Haydos
– Ahmed Al-Janahi
Manager
– Julen Lopetegui
– Marvin Keller
– Gregor Kobel
– Yvon Mvogo
Defenders
– Manuel Akanji
– Aurele Amenda
– Eray Comert
– Nico Elvedi
– Luca Jaquez
– Miro Muheim
– Ricardo Rodriguez
– Silvan Widmer
Midfielders
– Michel Aebischer
– Christian Fassnacht
– Remo Freuler
– Ardon Jashari
– Johan Manzambi
– Fabian Rieder
– Djibril Sow
– Ruben Vargas
– Granit Xhaka
– Denis Zakaria
Forwards
– Zeki Amdouni
– Breel Embolo
– Cedric Itten
– Dan Ndoye
– Noah Okafor
Manager
– Murat Yakin
– Chris Brady
– Matt Freese
– Matt Turner
Defenders
– Max Arfsten
– Sergino Dest
– Alex Freeman
– Mark McKenzie
– Tim Ream
– Chris Richards
– Antonee Robinson
– Miles Robinson
– Joe Scally
– Auston Trusty
Midfielders
– Tyler Adams
– Sebastian Berhalter
– Weston McKennie
– Gio Reyna
– Cristian Roldan
– Malik Tillman
Forwards
– Brenden Aaronson
– Folarin Balogun
– Ricardo Pepi
– Christian Pulisic
– Tim Weah
– Haji Wright
– Alejandro Zendejas
Manager
– Mauricio Pochettino
– Roberto Junior Fernandez
– Orlando Gill
– Gaston Olveira
Defenders
– Omar Alderete
– Junior Alonso
– Fabian Balbuena
– Juan Jose Caceres
– Jose Canale
– Gustavo Gomez
– Alexandro Maidana
– Gustavo Velazquez
Midfielders
– Damian Bobadilla
– Gustavo Caballero
– Andres Cubas
– Matias Galarza
– Diego Gomez
– Mauricio Magalhaes
– Briaian Ojeda
– Alejandro Romero
Forwards
– Miguel Almiron
– Gabriel Avalos
– Alex Arce
– Julio Enciso
– Isidro Pitta
– Antonio Sanabria
– Ramon Sosa
Manager
– Gustavo Alfaro
– Maty Ryan
– Paul Izzo
– Patrick Beach
Defenders
– Aziz Behich
– Jordan Bos
– Cameron Burgess
– Alessandro Circati
– Milos Degenek
– Jason Geria
– Lucas Herrington
– Jacob Italiano
– Harry Souttar
– Kai Trewin
Midfielders
– Cameron Devlin
– Ajdin Hrustic
– Jackson Irvine
– Connor Metcalfe
– Aiden O’Neill
– Paul Okon-Engstler
Forwards
– Nestory Irankunda
– Mathew Leckie
– Awer Mabil
– Mohamed Toure
– Nishan Velupillay
– Cristian Volpato
– Tete Yengi
Manager
– Tony Popovic
– Ugurcan Cakir
– Altay Bayindir
– Mert Gunok
Defenders
– Ferdi Kadioglu
– Merih Demiral
– Zeki Celik
– Ozan Kabak
– Mert Muldur
– Abdulkerim Bardakci
– Eren Elmali
– Caglar Soyuncu
– Samet Akaydin
Midfielders
– Arda Guler
– Can Uzun
– Orkun Kokcu
– Hakan Calhanoglu
– Ismail Yuksek
– Kaan Ayhan
– Salih Ozcan
Forwards
– Kenan Yildiz
– Baris Alper Yilmaz
– Kerem Akturkoglu
– Yunus Akgun
– Oguz Aydin
– Deniz Gul
– Irfan Can Kahveci
Manager
– Vincenzo Montella
GROUP E
GERMANY
Goalkeepers
– Oliver Baumann
– Manuel Neuer
– Alexander Nubel
Defenders
– Waldemar Anton
– Nathaniel Brown
– David Raum
– Antonio Rudiger
– Nico Schlotterbeck
– Jonathan Tah
– Malick Thiaw
Midfielders
– Pascal Gross
– Joshua Kimmich
– Felix Nmecha
– Aleksandar Pavlovic
– Angelo Stiller
– Leon Goretzka
– Florian Wirtz
– Jamie Leweling
Forwards
– Maximilian Beier
– Kai Havertz
– Lennart Karl
– Jamal Musiala
– Leroy Sane
– Deniz Undav
– Nick Woltemade
Manager
– Julian Nagelsmann
– Tyrick Bodak
– Trevor Doornbusch
– Eloy Room
Defenders
– Riechedly Bazoer
– Joshua Brenet
– Roshon van Eijma
– Sherel Floranus
– Deveron Fonville
– Jurien Gaari
– Armando Obispo
– Shurandy Sambo
Midfielders
– Juninho Bacuna
– Leandro Bacuna
– Livano Comenencia
– Kevin Felida
– Ar’Jany Martha
– Tyrese Noslin
– Godfried Roemeratoe
Forwards
– Jeremy Antonisse
– Tahith Chong
– Kenji Gorre
– Sontje Hansen
– Gervane Kastaneer
– Brandley Kuwas
– Jurgen Locadia
– Jearl Margaritha
Manager
– Dick Advocaat
– Yahia Fofana
– Mohamed Kone
– Alban Lafont
Defenders
– Emmanuel Agbadou
– Clement Akpa
– Ousmane Diomande
– Guela Doue
– Ghislain Konan
– Odilon Kossounou
– Evan Ndicka
– Wilfried Singo
Midfielders
– Seko Fofana
– Parfait Guiagon
– Christ Inao Oulai
– Franck Kessie
– Ibrahim Sangare
– Jean-Michael Seri
Forwards
– Simon Adingra
– Ange-Yoan Bonny
– Amad Diallo
– Oumar Diakite
– Yan Diomande
– Evann Guessand
– Nicolas Pepe
– Bazoumana Toure
– Elye Wahi
Manager
– Emerse Fae
– Hernan Galindez
– Moises Ramirez
– Gonzalo Valle
Defenders
– Piero Hincapie
– Willian Pacho
– Pervis Estupinan
– Felix Torres
– Joel Ordonez
– Jackson Porozo
– Angelo Preciado
Midfielders
– Moises Caicedo
– Alan Franco
– Kendry Paez
– Pedro Vite
– Jordy Alcivar
– Denil Castillo
– Yaimar Medina
Forwards
– Enner Valencia
– Kevin Rodriguez
– Jordy Caicedo
– Nilson Angulo
– Anthony Valencia
– Jeremy Arevalo
Manager
– Sebastian Beccacece
GROUP F
NETHERLANDS
Goalkeepers
– Bart Verbruggen
– Mark Flekken
– Robin Roefs
Defenders
– Virgil van Dijk
– Jan Paul van Hecke
– Nathan Ake
– Micky van de Ven
– Denzel Dumfries
– Jorrel Hato
– Jurrien Timber
Midfielders
– Frenkie de Jong
– Tijjani Reijnders
– Justin Kluivert
– Quinten Timber
– Teun Koopmeiners
– Ryan Gravenberch
– Marten de Roon
– Guus Til
– Mats Weiffer
Forwards
– Cody Gakpo
– Donyell Malen
– Brian Brobbey
– Noa Lang
– Memphis Depay
– Wout Weghorst
– Crysencio Summerville
Manager
– Ronald Koeman
– Tomoki Hayakawa
– Keisuke Osako
– Zion Suzuki
Defenders
– Yuto Nagatomo
– Shogo Taniguchi
– Ko Itakura
– Tsuyoshi Watanabe
– Takehiro Tomiyasu
– Hiroki Ito
– Ayumu Seko
– Yukinari Sugawara
– Junosuke Suzuki
Midfielders
– Wataru Endo
– Junya Ito
– Daichi Kamada
– Koki Ogawa
– Daizen Maeda
– Ritsu Doan
– Ao Tanaka
– Kaishu Sano
– Takefusa Kubo
Forwards
– Ayase Ueda
– Keito Nakamura
– Ito Suzuki
– Kento Shiode
– Keisuke Goto
Manager
– Hajime Moriyasu
– Viktor Johansson
– Kristoffer Nordfeldt
– Jacob Widell Zetterstrom
Defenders
– Hjalmar Ekdal
– Gabriel Gudmundsson
– Isak Hien
– Emil Holm
– Gustaf Lagerbielke
– Victor Lindelof
– Erik Smith
– Carl Starfelt
– Elliot Stroud
– Daniel Svensson
Midfielders
– Taha Ali
– Yasin Ayari
– Lucas Bergvall
– Jesper Karlstrom
– Ken Sema
– Mattias Svanberg
– Besfort Zeneli
Forwards
– Alexander Bernhardsson
– Anthony Elanga
– Viktor Gyokeres
– Alexander Isak
– Gustaf Nilsson
– Benjamin Nygren
Manager
– Graham Potter
– Sabri Ben Hessen
– Abdelmouhib Chamakh
– Aymen Dahman
Defenders
– Ali Abdi
– Adem Arous
– Mohamed Amine Ben Hamida
– Dylan Bronn
– Raed Chikhaoui
– Moutaz Neffati
– Omar Rekik
– Montassar Talbi
– Yan Valery
Midfielders
– Mortadha Ben Ouanes
– Anis Ben Slimane
– Ismael Gharbi
– Rani Khedira
– Mohamed Hadj Mahmoud
– Hannibal Mejbri
– Ellyes Skhiri
Forwards
– Elias Achouri
– Khalil Ayari
– Firas Chaouat
– Rayan Elloumi
– Hazem Mastouri
– Elias Saad
– Sebastian Tounekti
Manager
– Sabri Lamouchi
GROUP G
BELGIUM
Goalkeepers
– Thibaut Courtois
– Senne Lammens
– Mike Penders
Defenders
– Timothy Castagne
– Zeno Debast
– Maxim De Cuyper
– Koni De Winter
– Brandon Mechele
– Thomas Meunier
– Nathan Ngoy
– Joaquin Seys
– Arthur Theate
Midfielders
– Kevin De Bruyne
– Amadou Onana
– Nicolas Raskin
– Youri Tielemans
– Hans Vanaken
– Axel Witsel
Forwards
– Charles De Ketelaere
– Jeremy Doku
– Matias Fernandez-Pardo
– Romelu Lukaku
– Dodi Lukebakio
– Diego Moreira
– Alexis Saelemaekers
– Leandro Trossard
Manager
– Rudi Garcia
– Mohamed El Shenawy
– Mostafa Shobeir
– El Mahdi Soliman
– Mohamed Alaa
Defenders
– Mohamed Hany
– Tarek Alaa
– Hamdy Fathy
– Rami Rabia
– Yasser Ibrahim
– Hossam Abdelmaguid
– Mohamed Abdelmonemn
– Ahmed Fatouh
– Karim Hafez
Midfielders
– Marwan Ateya
– Mohanad Lasheen
– Nabil Emad
– Mahmoud Saber
– Ahmed Zizo
– Emam Ashour
– Mostafa Ziko
– Mahmoud Trezeguet
– Ibrahim Adel
– Haissem Hassan
Forwards
– Omar Marmoush
– Mohamed Salah
– Aqtay Abdallah
– Hamza Abdelkarim
Manager
– Hossam Hassan
– Alireza Beiranvand
– Seyed Hossein Hosseini
– Payam Niazmand
Defenders
– Danial Eiri
– Ehsan Hajsafi
– Saleh Hardani
– Hossein Kanaani
– Shoja Khalilzadeh
– Milad Mohammadi
– Ali Nemati
– Ramin Rezaeian
Midfielders
– Rouzbeh Cheshmi
– Saeid Ezatolahi
– Mehdi Ghaedi
– Saman Ghoddos
– Mohammad Ghorbani
– Alireza Jahanbakhsh
– Mohammad Mohebi
– Amir Mohammad Razzaghinia
– Mehdi Torabi
– Aria Yousefi
Forwards
– Ali Alipour
– Dennis Dargahi
– Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh
– Mehdi Taremi
– Shahriar Moghanlou
Manager
– Amir Ghalenoei
– Max Crocombe
– Alex Paulsen
– Michael Woud
Defenders
– Tim Payne
– Francis De Vries
– Tyler Bindon
– Michael Boxall
– Liberato Cacace
– Nando Pijnaker
– Finn Surman
– Callan Elliot
– Tommy Smith
Midfielders
– Joe Bell
– Matt Garbett
– Marko Stamenic
– Sarpreet Singh
– Alex Rufer
– Ryan Thomas
Forwards
– Chris Wood
– Eli Just
– Kosta Barbarouses
– Ben Waine
– Ben Old
– Callum McCowatt
– Jesse Randall
– Lachlan Bayliss
Manager
– Darren Bazeley
– Unai Simon
– David Raya
– Joan Garcia
Defenders
– Aymeric Laporte
– Marc Cucurella
– Marcos Llorente
– Eric Garcia
– Pedro Porro
– Alex Grimaldo
– Pau Cubarsi
– Marc Pubill
Midfielders
– Rodri
– Fabian Ruiz
– Mikel Merino
– Pedri
– Gavi
– Martin Zubimendi
– Alex Baena
Forwards
– Ferran Torres
– Mikel Oyarzabal
– Dani Olmo
– Nico Williams
– Lamine Yamal
– Yeremy Pino
– Borja Iglesias
– Victor Munoz
Manager
– Luis de la Fuente
– Vozinha
– Marcio Rosa
– CJ dos Santos
Defenders
– Stopira
– Roberto Lopes
– Joao Paulo
– Diney
– Logan Costa
– Steven Moreira
– Wagner Pina
– Sidny Lopes Cabral
– Kelvin Pires
Midfielders
– Jamiro Monteiro
– Kevin Pina
– Deroy Duarte
– Telmo Arcanjo
– Laros Duarte
– Yannick Semedo
Forwards
– Ryan Mendes
– Garry Rodrigues
– Willy Semedo
– Jovane Cabral
– Gilson Tavares
– Dailon Livramento
– Helio Varela
– Nuno da Costa
Manager
– Bubista
– Mohammed Al Owais
– Nawaf Al Aqidi
– Ahmed Al Kassar
Defenders
– Abdulelah Al Amri
– Hassan Tambakti
– Jehad Thikri
– Ali Lajami
– Hassan Kadesh
– Saud Abdulhamid
– Mohammed Abu Al Shamat
– Ali Majrashi
– Moteb Al Harbi
– Nawaf Boushal
– Sultan Al-Ghannam
Midfielders
– Mohammed Kanno
– Abdullah Al Khaibari
– Ziyad Al Johani
– Nasser Al Dawsari
– Musab Al Juwayr
– Alaa Al Hajji
– Salem Al Dawsari
– Khalid Al Ghannam
– Ayman Yahya
Forwards
– Firas Al Buraikan
– Saleh Al Shehri
– Abdullah Al Hamdan
Manager
– Georgios Donis
– Sergio Rochet
– Fernando Muslera
– Santiago Mele
Defenders
– Guillermo Varela
– Ronald Araujo
– Jose Maria Gimenez
– Santiago Bueno
– Sebastian Caceres
– Mathias Olivera
– Joaquin Piquerez
– Matias Vina
– Juan Manuel Sanabria
Midfielders
– Manuel Ugarte
– Emiliano Martinez
– Rodrigo Bentancur
– Federico Valverde
– Agustin Canobbio
– Giorgian de Arrascaeta
– Nicolas de la Cruz
– Facundo Pellistri
– Rodrigo Zalazar
– Maxi Araujo
– Brian Rodriguez
Forwards
– Rodrigo Aguirre
– Federico Vinas
– Darwin Nunez
Manager
– Marcelo Bielsa
– Mike Maignan
– Robin Risser
– Brice Samba
Defenders
– Lucas Digne
– Malo Gusto
– Lucas Hernandez
– Theo Hernandez
– Ibrahima Konate
– Jules Kounde
– Maxence Lacroix
– William Saliba
– Dayot Upamecano
Midfielders
– N’Golo Kante
– Manu Kone
– Adrien Rabiot
– Aurelien Tchouameni
– Warren Zaire-Emery
Forwards
– Maghnes Akliouche
– Bradley Barcola
– Rayan Cherki
– Ousmane Dembele
– Desire Doue
– Jean-Philippe Mateta
– Kylian Mbappe
– Michael Olise
– Marcus Thuram
Manager
– Didier Deschamps
– Edouard Mendy
– Mory Diaw
– Yehvann Diouf
Defenders
– Krepin Diatta
– Antoine Mendy
– Kalidou Koulibaly
– El Hadji Malick Diouf
– Mamadou Sarr
– Moussa Niakhate
– Moustapha Mbow
– Abdoulaye Seck
– Ismail Jakobs
– Ilay Camara
Midfielders
– Idrissa Gana Gueye
– Pape Gueye
– Lamine Camara
– Habib Diarra
– Pathe Ciss
– Pape Matar Sarr
– Bara Sapoko Ndiaye
Forwards
– Sadio Mane
– Ismaila Sarr
– Iliman Ndiaye
– Assane Diao
– Ibrahim Mbaye
– Nicolas Jackson
– Bamba Dieng
– Cherif Ndiaye
Manager
– Pape Thiaw
– Fahad Talib
– Jalal Hassan
– Ahmed Basil
Defenders
– Hussein Ali
– Manaf Younis
– Ahmed Yahya
– Mustafa Saadoon
– Zaid Tahseen
– Rebin Sulaka
– Akam Hashim
– Merchas Doski
– Zaid Ismail
– Frans Putros
Midfielders
– Amir Al-Ammari
– Kevin Yakob
– Zidane Iqbal
– Aimar Sher
– Ibrahim Bayesh
– Ahmed Qasem
– Youssef Amyn
– Marko Farji
Forwards
– Ali Jassim
– Ali Al-Hamadi
– Ali Yousef
– Aymen Hussein
– Mohanad Ali
Manager
– Graham Arnold
– Orjan Haskjold Nyland
– Egil Selvik
– Sander Tangvik
Defenders
– Julian Ryerson
– Marcus Holmgren Pedersen
– David Moller Wolfe
– Fredrik Bjorkan
– Kristoffer Ajer
– Torbjorn Heggem
– Leo Skiri Ostigard
– Sondre Langas
– Henrik Falchener
Midfielders
– Martin Odegaard
– Sander Berge
– Fredrik Aursnes
– Patrick Berg
– Kristian Thorstvedt
– Morten Thorsby
– Thelo Aasgaard
Forwards
– Erling Haaland
– Alexander Sorloth
– Jorgen Strand Larsen
– Antonio Nusa
– Oscar Bobb
– Andreas Schjelderup
– Jens Petter Hauge
Manager
– Stale Solbakken
GROUP J
ARGENTINA
Goalkeepers
– Emiliano Martinez
– Juan Musso
– Geronimo Rulli
Defenders
– Leonardo Balerdi
– Lisandro Martinez
– Facundo Medina
– Nahuel Molina
– Gonzalo Montiel
– Nicolas Otamendi
– Cristian Romero
– Nicolas Tagliafico
Midfielders
– Valentin Barco
– Rodrigo De Paul
– Enzo Fernandez
– Giovani Lo Celso
– Alexis Mac Allister
– Exequiel Palacios
– Leandro Paredes
Forwards
– Thiago Almada
– Julian Alvarez
– Nicolas Gonzalez
– Jose Manuel Lopez
– Lautaro Martinez
– Lionel Messi
– Nicolas Paz
– Giuliano Simeone
Manager
– Lionel Scaloni
– Luca Zidane
– Oussama Benbot
– Melvin Mastil
Defenders
– Aissa Mandi
– Ramy Bensebaini
– Mohamed Amine Tougai
– Rayan Ait-Nouri
– Jaouen Hadjam
– Rafik Belghali
– Zineddine Belaid
– Achref Abada
– Samir Chergui
Midfielders
– Nabil Bentaleb
– Ramiz Zerrouki
– Hicham Boudaoui
– Fares Chaibi
– Houssem Aouar
– Ibrahim Maza
– Yacine Titraoui
Forwards
– Riyad Mahrez
– Mohamed Amoura
– Amine Gouiri
– Anis Hadj Moussa
– Adil Boulbina
– Nadhir Benbouali
– Fares Ghedjemis
Manager
– Vladimir Petkovic
– Alexander Schlager
– Florian Wiegele
– Patrick Pentz
Defenders
– David Affengruber
– Kevin Danso
– Stefan Posch
– David Alaba
– Philipp Lienhart
– Phillipp Mwene
– Alexander Prass
– Marco Friedl
– Michael Svoboda
Midfielders
– Xaver Schlager
– Nicolas Seiwald
– Marcel Sabitzer
– Florian Grillitsch
– Carney Chukwuemeka
– Romano Schmid
– Konrad Laimer
– Patrick Wimmer
– Paul Wanner
– Alessandro Schopf
Forwards
– Marko Arnautovic
– Michael Gregoritsch
– Sasa Kalajdzic
Manager
– Ralf Rangnick
– Yazeed Abulaila
– Abdallah Al-Fakhouri
– Nour Bani Attiah
Defenders
– Ihsan Haddad
– Yazan Al-Arab
– Abdallah Nasib
– Mohammad Abu Hashish
– Saed Al-Rosan
– Husam Abu Dahab
– Mo Abualnadi
– Salim Obaid
– Anas Badawi
Midfielders
– Rajaei Ayed
– Noor Al-Rawabdeh
– Ibrahim Sadeh
– Nizar Al-Rashdan
– Mohannad Abu Taha
– Amer Jamous
– Mohammad Al-Dawoud
Forwards
– Musa Al-Taamari
– Mahmoud Al-Mardi
– Ali Olwan
– Mohammad Abu Zrayq
– Odeh Al-Fakhouri
– Ibrahim Sabra
– Ali Azaizeh
Manager
– Jamal Sellami
GROUP K
PORTUGAL
Goalkeepers
– Diogo Costa
– Jose Sa
– Rui Silva
– Ricardo Velho
Defenders
– Diogo Dalot
– Matheus Nunes
– Nelson Semedo
– Joao Cancelo
– Nuno Mendes
– Goncalo Inacio
– Renato Veiga
– Ruben Dias
– Tomas Araujo
Midfielders
– Ruben Neves
– Samuel Costa
– Joao Neves
– Vitinha
– Bruno Fernandes
– Bernardo Silva
Forwards
– Joao Felix
– Francisco Trincao
– Francisco Conceicao
– Pedro Neto
– Rafael Leao
– Goncalo Guedes
– Goncalo Ramos
– Cristiano Ronaldo
Manager
– Roberto Martinez
– Matthieu Epolo
– Timothy Fayulu
– Lionel Mpasi
Defenders
– Dylan Batubinsika
– Rocky Bushiri
– Gedeon Kalulu
– Steve Kapuadi
– Joris Kayembe
– Arthur Masuaku
– Chancel Mbemba
– Axel Tuanzebe
– Aaron Wan-Bissaka
Midfielders
– Theo Bongonda
– Brian Cipenga
– Meshack Elia
– Gael Kakuta
– Edo Kayembe
– Nathanael Mbuku
– Samuel Moutoussamy
– Ngal’ayel Mukau
– Charles Pickel
– Noah Sadiki
Forwards
– Cedric Bakambu
– Simon Banza
– Fiston Mayele
– Yoane Wissa
Manager
– Sebastien Desabre
– Utkir Yusupov
– Abduvohid Nematov
– Botirali Ergashev
Defenders
– Rustam Ashurmatov
– Farrukh Sayfiev
– Khojiakbar Alijonov
– Sherzod Nasrullaev
– Umar Eshmurodov
– Abdukodir Khusanov
– Abdulla Abdullaev
– Bekhruz Karimov
– Jakhongir Urozov
– Avazbek Ulmasaliev
Midfielders
– Otabek Shukurov
– Jaloliddin Masharipov
– Odiljon Hamrobekov
– Oston Urunov
– Jamshid Iskanderov
– Dostonbek Khamdamov
– Abbosbek Fayzullaev
– Akmal Mozgovoy
– Azizjon Ganiev
– Sherzod Esanov
Forwards
– Eldor Shomurodov
– Igor Sergeev
– Azizbek Amonov
Manager
– Fabio Cannavaro
– Camilo Vargas
– Alvaro Montero
– David Ospina
Defenders
– Davinson Sanchez
– Jhon Lucumi
– Yerry Mina
– Willer Ditta
– Daniel Munoz
– Santiago Arias
– Johan Mojica
– Deiver Machado
Midfielders
– Richard Rios
– Jefferson Lerma
– Kevin Castano
– Juan Camilo Portilla
– Gustavo Puerta
– Jhon Arias
– Jorge Carrascal
– Juan Fernando Quintero
– James Rodriguez
– Jaminton Campaz
Forwards
– Juan Camilo Hernandez
– Luis Diaz
– Luis Suarez
– Carlos Andres Gomez
– Jhon Cordoba
Manager
– Nestor Lorenzo
GROUP L
ENGLAND
Goalkeepers
– Jordan Pickford
– Dean Henderson
– James Trafford
Defenders
– Reece James
– Ezri Konsa
– Jarell Quansah
– John Stones
– Marc Guehi
– Dan Burn
– Nico O’Reilly
– Djed Spence
– Tino Livramento
Midfielders
– Declan Rice
– Elliot Anderson
– Kobbie Mainoo
– Jordan Henderson
– Morgan Rogers
– Jude Bellingham
– Eberechi Eze
Forwards
– Harry Kane
– Ivan Toney
– Ollie Watkins
– Bukayo Saka
– Marcus Rashford
– Anthony Gordon
– Noni Madueke
Manager
– Thomas Tuchel
– Dominik Livakovic
– Dominik Kotarski
– Ivor Pandur
Defenders
– Josko Gvardiol
– Duje Caleta-Car
– Josip Sutalo
– Josip Stanisic
– Marin Pongracic
– Martin Erlic
– Luka Vuskovic
Midfielders
– Luka Modric
– Mateo Kovacic
– Mario Pasalic
– Nikola Vlasic
– Luka Sucic
– Martin Baturina
– Kristijan Jakic
– Petar Sucic
– Nikola Moro
– Toni Fruk
Forwards
– Ivan Perisic
– Andrej Kramaric
– Ante Budimir
– Marco Pasalic
– Petar Musa
– Igor Matanovic
Manager
– Zlatko Dalic
– Benjamin Asare
– Lawrence Ati-Zigi
– Joseph Anang
Defenders
– Baba Abdul Rahman
– Gideon Mensah
– Marvin Senaya
– Alidu Seidu
– Abdul Mumin
– Jerome Opoku
– Jonas Adjetey
– Kojo Oppong Peprah
– Elisha Owusu
– Derrick Luckassen
Midfielders
– Thomas Partey
– Kwasi Sibo
– Augustine Boakye
– Caleb Yirenkyi
– Abdul Fatawu Issahaku
Forwards
– Kamaldeen Sulemana
– Christopher Bonsu Baah
– Ernest Nuamah
– Antoine Semenyo
– Brandon Thomas-Asante
– Prince Kwabena Adu
– Inaki Williams
– Jordan Ayew
Manager
– Carlos Queiroz
– Luis Mejia
– Orlando Mosquera
– Cesar Samudio
Defenders
– Eric Davis
– Fidel Escobar
– Michael Amir Murillo
– Roderick Miller
– Andres Andrade
– Cesar Blackman
– Jose Cordoba
– Jiovany Ramos
– Jorge Gutierrez
– Edgardo Farina
Midfielders
– Anibal Godoy
– Alberto Quintero
– Yoel Barcenas
– Adalberto Carrasquilla
– Jose Luis Rodriguez
– Cristian Martinez
– Cesar Yanis
– Carlos Harvey
– Azarias Londono
Forwards
– Jose Fajardo
– Ismael Diaz
– Cecilio Waterman
– Tomas Rodriguez
Manager
– Thomas Christiansen
* June 11: Mexico vs South Africa
* June 11: South Korea vs Czech Republic
* June 18: Czech Republic vs South Africa
* June 18: Mexico vs South Korea
* June 24: Mexico vs Czech Republic
* June 24: South Korea vs South Africa
GROUP B
* June 12: Canada vs Bosnia & Herzegovina
* June 18: Switzerland vs Bosnia & Herzegovina
* June 18: Canada vs Qatar
* June 24: Switzerland vs Canada
* June 24: Bosnia & Herzegovina vs Qatar
GROUP C
* June 13: Brazil vs Morocco
* June 13: Haiti vs Scotland
* June 19: Scotland vs Morocco
* June 19: Brazil vs Haiti
* June 24: Brazil vs Scotland
* June 24: Morocco vs Haiti
GROUP D
* June 12: USA vs Paraguay
* June 13: Australia vs Türkiye
* June 19: USA vs Australia
* June 19: Türkiye vs Paraguay
* June 25: USA vs Türkiye
* June 25: Paraguay vs Australia
GROUP E
* June 14: Germany vs Curacao
* June 14: Ivory Coast vs Ecuador
* June 20: Germany vs Ivory Coast
* June 20: Ecuador vs Curacao
* June 25: Ecuador vs Germany
* June 25: Curacao vs Ivory Coast
GROUP F
* June 14: Netherlands vs Japan
* June 14: Sweden vs Tunisia
* June 20: Netherlands vs Sweden
* June 20: Tunisia vs Japan
* June 25: Tunisia vs Netherlands
* June 25: Japan vs Sweden
GROUP G
* June 15: Belgium vs Egypt
* June 15: Iran vs New Zealand
* June 21: Belgium vs Iran
* June 21: New Zealand vs Egypt
* June 26: New Zealand vs Belgium
* June 26: Egypt vs Iran
GROUP H
* June 15: Spain vs Cape Verde
* June 15: Saudi Arabia vs Uruguay
* June 21: Spain vs Saudi Arabia
* June 21: Uruguay vs Cape Verde
* June 26: Uruguay vs Spain
* June 26: Cape Verde vs Saudi Arabia
GROUP I
* June 16: France vs Senegal
* June 16: Iraq vs Norway
* June 22: France vs Iraq
* June 22: Norway vs Senegal
* June 26: Norway vs France
* June 26: Senegal vs Iraq
GROUP J
* June 16: Argentina vs Algeria
* June 16: Austria vs Jordan
* June 22: Argentina vs Austria
* June 22: Jordan vs Algeria
* June 27: Argentina vs Jordan
* June 27: Algeria vs Austria
GROUP K
* June 17: Portugal vs DR Congo
* June 17: Uzbekistan vs Colombia
* June 23: Portugal vs Uzbekistan
* June 23: Colombia vs DR Congo
* June 27: Colombia vs Portugal
* June 27: DR Congo vs Uzbekistan
GROUP L
* June 17: England vs Croatia
* June 17: Ghana vs Panama
* June 23: England vs Ghana
* June 23: Panama vs Croatia
* June 27: Panama vs England
* June 27: Croatia vs Ghana
* Group Stage: June 11–27
* Round of 32: June 28–July 3
* Round of 16: July 4–7
* Quarter-finals: July 9–11
* Semi-finals: July 14–15
* Third-place match: July 18
* Final (MetLife Stadium, New Jersey): July 19
When and where to watch: Live telecast and streaming
How to watch live telecast of the 2026 FIFA World Cup in India?
The live telecast of the 2026 FIFA World Cup will be available on Zee’s newly launched Unite8 Sports Network.
Where to watch live streaming of the 2026 FIFA World Cup?
The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be live streamed via Zee5 app and website in India.
