World Cup 2026

[rodney trotter]

Some of the Squads announced


Brazil

Coach: Carlo Ancelotti

Announced their final squad on May 18

Goalkeepers:

Alisson (Liverpool), Éderson (Fenerbahce), Weverton (Grêmio)

Defenders:

Alex Sandro (Flamengo), Bremer (Juventus), Danilo (Flamengo), Douglas Santos (Zenit St. Petersburg), Gabriel Magalhães (Arsenal), Léo Pereira (Flamengo), Marquinhos (Paris Saint-Germain), Roger Ibañez (Al Ahli), Wesley (AS Roma)

Midfielders:

Bruno Guimarães (Newcastle United), Casemiro (Manchester United), Danilo Santos (Botafogo), Fabinho (Al Ittihad), Lucas Paquetá (Flamengo)

Forwards:

Endrick (Lyon), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Igor Thiago (Brentford), Luiz Henrique (Zenit St. Petersburg), Matheus Cunha (Manchester United), Neymar (Santos), Raphinha (Barcelona), Rayan (Bournemouth), Vinícius Júnior (Real Madrid)


Japan

Coach: Hajime Moriyasu


Goalkeepers:

Zion Suzuki (Parma), Keisuke Osako (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Tomoki Hayakawa (Kashima Antlers)

Defenders:

Yūto Nagatomo (FC Tokyo), Shogo Taniguchi (Sint-Truiden), Ko Itakura (Ajax), Tsuyoshi Watanabe (Feyenoord), Takehiro Tomiyasu (Ajax), Hiroki Ito (Bayern Munich), Ayumu Seko (Le Havre), Yukinari Sugawara (Werder Bremen)

Midfielders:

Junnosuke Suzuki (Copenhagen), Wataru Endo (Liverpool), Junya Ito (Genk), Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace), Ritsu Doan (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ao Tanaka (Leeds United), Keito Nakamura (Reims), Kaishu Sano (Mainz), Takefusa Kubo (Real Sociedad), Yuito Suzuki (Freiburg)

Forwards:

Koki Ogawa (NEC Nijmegen), Daizen Maeda (Celtic), Ayase Ueda (Feyenoord), Kento Shiogai (VfL Wolfsburg), Keisuke Goto (Sint-Truiden)

Netherlands

Coach: Ronald Koeman

Will announce their final squad on May 27

Sweden

Coach: Graham Potter


Goalkeepers:

Viktor Johansson (Stoke City), Kristoffer Nordfeldt (AIK), Jacob Widell Zetterstrom (Derby County)

Defenders:

Hjalmar Ekdal (Burnley), Gabriel Gudmundsson (Leeds United), Isak Hien (Atalanta), Emil Holm (Juventus), Gustaf Lagerbielke (Braga), Victor Lindelöf (Aston Villa), Erik Smith (St. Pauli), Carl Starfelt (Celta Vigo), Elliot Stroud (Mjallby), Daniel Svensson (Borussia Dortmund)

Midfielders:

Taha Ali (Malmo), Yasin Ayari (Brighton), Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham), Jesper Karlström (Udinese), Ken Sema (Pafos), Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), Besfort Zeneli (Union St-Gilloise)

Forwards:

Alexander Bernhardsson (Holstein Kiel), Anthony Elanga (Newcastle United), Viktor Gyökeres (Arsenal), Alexander Isak (Liverpool), Gustaf Nilsson (Club Brugge), Benjamin Nygren (Celtic)
Belgium

Coach: Rudi Garcia

Goalkeepers:

Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Senne Lammens (Manchester United), Mike Penders (Chelsea)

Defenders:

Timothy Castagne (Fulham), Zeno Debast (Sporting CP), Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton & Hove Albion), Koni De Winter (AC Milan), Brandon Mechele (Club Brugge), Thomas Meunier (Lille), Nathan Ngoy (Lille), Joaquin Seys (Club Brugge), Arthur Theate (Eintracht Frankfurt),

Midfielders:

Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli), Amadou Onana (Aston Villa), Nicolas Raskin (Rangers), Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge), Axel Witsel (Girona)

Forwards:

Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), Jérémy Doku (Manchester City), Matias Fernandez-Pardo (Lille), Romelu Lukaku (Napoli), Dodi Lukebakio (Benfica), Diego Moreira (Strasbourg), Alexis Saelemaekers (AC Milan), Leandro Trossard (Arsenal)

France

Coach: Didier Deschamps

Announced their final squad on May 14

Goalkeepers: Mike Maignan (AC Milan), Robin Risser (Lens), Brice Samba (Rennes)

Defenders: Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), Malo Gusto (Chelsea), Lucas Hernández (Paris Saint-Germain), Theo Hernández (Al Hilal), Ibrahima Konaté (Liverpool), Jules Koundé (Barcelona), Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace), William Saliba (Arsenal), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich)

Midfielders: N'Golo Kanté (Fenerbahçe), Manu Koné (AS Roma), Adrien Rabiot (AC Milan), Aurélien Tchouaméni (Real Madrid), Warren Zaïre-Emery (Paris Saint-Germain)

Forwards: Maghnes Akliouche (AS Monaco), Bradley Barcola (Paris Saint-Germain), Rayan Cherki (Manchester City), Ousmane Dembélé (Paris Saint-Germain), Désiré Doué (Paris Saint-Germain), Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), Kylian Mbappé (Real Madrid), Michael Olise (Bayern Munich), Marcus Thuram (Internazionale)

Croatia

Coach: Zlatko Dalic

Goalkeepers:

Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Dominik Kotarski (Kobenhavn), Ivor Pandur (Hull City)

Defenders:

Josko Gvardiol (Manchester City), Duje Caleta-Car (Real Sociedad), Josip Sutalo (Ajax), Josip Stanisic (Bayern Munich), Marin Pongracic (Fiorentina), Martin Erlic (Midtjylland), Luka Vuskovic (Hamburg)

Midfielders:

Luka Modric (AC Milan), Mateo Kovacic (Manchester City), Mario Pasalic (Atalanta), Nikola Vlasic (Torino), Luka Sucic (Real Sociedad), Martin Baturina (Como), Kristijan Jakic (Augsburg), Petar Sucic (Inter Milan), Nikola Moro (Bologna), Toni Furk (Rijeka)

Forwards:

Ivan Perisic (PSV Eindhoven), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim), Ante Budemir (Osasuna), Marco Pasalic (Orlando City), Petar Musa (FC Dallas), Igor Matanovic (Freiburg)

[statto]

No J Pedro in Brazil squad a surprise he has been one of the few positives for Chelsea this season and better than some of the lads on the plane. 

[Mourne Red]

Think that's one of the worst Brazil squads I've seen in my lifetime

[NAG1]

Think that's one of the worst Brazil squads I've seen in my lifetime

The Midfielders alone 

[square_ball]

The Brazil forwards on paper aren't too bad. I'm not sure what Neymar has left in the tank. Probably very little.

France midfield isn't great either. Their attackers are probably the best in the tournament though.

Is it coming home? They've a decent chance the bastids.

[An Watcher]

Are you for real?

Centre Halves not great
Attacking players out of form
Over reliance on Harry Kane

First decent side they meet they're gone.  Unfortunately that mightnt be until the latter stages

[Armagh18]

Hard to see past France or Spain, Portugal have some team if they'd drop Ronaldo I could see them winning it.

[AustinPowers]

Portugal haven't a hope under Martinez

Deschamps  hasn't a notion either. Mbappe is a dick so hope  they don't win it

Spain I'd say are favourites 

I'd  like to see  someone like Croatia win it

[square_ball]

Are you for real?

Centre Halves not great
Attacking players out of form
Over reliance on Harry Kane

First decent side they meet they're gone.  Unfortunately that mightnt be until the latter stages

Aye think they've a right decent chance. Excellent manager and Kane is one of the best strikers in the world. It will take a very good team to beat them and there's not too many of them in the tournament imo.

[toby47]

Do the Argies have any chance of retaining it?

[Baile Brigín 2]

Are you for real?

Centre Halves not great
Attacking players out of form
Over reliance on Harry Kane

First decent side they meet they're gone.  Unfortunately that mightnt be until the latter stages

Aye think they've a right decent chance. Excellent manager and Kane is one of the best strikers in the world. It will take a very good team to beat them and there's not too many of them in the tournament imo.

So do Poland and Norway.

He needs to be given the ball.

[quit yo jibbajabba]

Portugal haven't a hope under Martinez

Deschamps  hasn't a notion either. Mbappe is a dick so hope  they don't win it

Spain I'd say are favourites

I'd  like to see  someone like Croatia win it

Is that deschamps that won a WC and got to another final?

[square_ball]

Are you for real?

Centre Halves not great
Attacking players out of form
Over reliance on Harry Kane

First decent side they meet they're gone.  Unfortunately that mightnt be until the latter stages

Aye think they've a right decent chance. Excellent manager and Kane is one of the best strikers in the world. It will take a very good team to beat them and there's not too many of them in the tournament imo.

So do Poland and Norway.

He needs to be given the ball.

England are miles better than Norway and Poland which of course you know. And Kane is better than Haaland and Lewandowski.

[Armagh18]

Portugal haven't a hope under Martinez

Deschamps  hasn't a notion either. Mbappe is a dick so hope  they don't win it

Spain I'd say are favourites

I'd  like to see  someone like Croatia win it

As a United fan would love to see Ronaldo finally get his medal but ironically his legs being gone and as you say that clown of a coach who won't drop him are probably the 2 biggest stumbling blocks. Casemiro another fella I'd love to see win it.

[Baile Brigín 2]

Are you for real?

Centre Halves not great
Attacking players out of form
Over reliance on Harry Kane

First decent side they meet they're gone.  Unfortunately that mightnt be until the latter stages

Aye think they've a right decent chance. Excellent manager and Kane is one of the best strikers in the world. It will take a very good team to beat them and there's not too many of them in the tournament imo.

So do Poland and Norway.

He needs to be given the ball.

England are miles better than Norway and Poland which of course you know. And Kane is better than Haaland and Lewandowski.

Behave yourself