The 2026 World Cup is almost here, and the deadline for each country to name the 26-man squads they will take to North America has now arrived. The 2026 World Cup is almost here, and we now know the 26-man squads and squad numbers for every competing nation.
Every Player Listed: Full Rosters for All 48 World Cup Teams
All 48 qualifiers were required to provide FIFA with a provisional squad by May 11 containing up to 55 names (at least four of whom are goalkeepers), but there is no obligation for individual nations to make these public. Those who have chosen to do so are included below but clearly marked as preliminary squads. Only players included in those first longlists were eligible to be named in the final squad, which must contain between 23 and 26 players of which at least three are goalkeepers.
Countries were free to name their final 26-man squads any time before FIFA’s June 2 deadline, with some having chosen to do so already. All squads are now considered formal and final having been ratified by FIFA. From this point, countries can still replace players up to 24 hours before their first game of the tournament, but only in the case of illness or injury, with FIFA’s blessing, and only with a player from the provisional squad previously submitted.
Beyond that deadline the only exception is for goalkeepers. If FIFA give the okay, an ill or injured goalkeeper may be replaced by another goalkeeper from the provisional list at any time during the tournament. Click here for more details on the 2026 World Cup squad rules and regulations.
Click here for more details on how the new 48-team World Cup format works. The club listed in brackets for each player represents the last club for which they played a competitive game before the World Cup.
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Carlos Acevedo (Santos Laguna), 13. Guillermo Ochoa (AEL Limassol). Raul Rangel (CD Guadalajara), 12.
Johan Vasquez (Genoa), 15. Israel Reyes (America), 20. Mateo Chavez (AZ Alkmaar), 23.
Jesus Gallardo (Toluca). Jorge Sanchez (PAOK), 3. Cesar Montes (Lokomotiv Moscow), 4.
Edson Alvarez (Fenerbahce), 5. Obed Vargas (Atletico Madrid), 19. Gilberto Mora (Tijuana), 24.
Luis Chavez (Dynamo Moscow), 25. Roberto Alvarado (Guadalajara), 26. Brian Gutierrez (CD Guadalajara).
Erik Lira (Cruz Azul), 7. Luis Romo (CD Guadalajara), 8. Alvaro Fildalgo (Real Betis), 17.
Orbelin Pineda (AEK Athens), 18. Armando Gonzalez (CD Guadalajara), 16. Julian Quinones (Al-Qadsiah), 21.
Cesar Huerta (Anderlecht), 22. Guillermo Martinez (UNAM). Raul Jimenez (Fulham), 10.
Alexis Vega (Toluca), 11. Santiago Gimenez (Milan), 14. Sipho Chaine (Orlando Pirates), 22.
Ricardo Goss (Siwelele). Ronwen Williams (Mamelodi Sundowns), 16. Nkosinathi Sibisi (Orlando Pirates), 20.
Khuliso Mudau (Mamelodi Sundowns), 21. Ime Okon (Hannover), 24. Olwethu Makhanya (Philadelphia Union), 26.
Bradley Cross (Kaizer Chiefs). Thabang Matuludi (Polokwane City), 3. Khulumani Ndamane (Mamelodi Sundowns), 6.
Aubrey Modiba (Mamelodi Sundowns), 14. Mbekezeli Mbokazi (Chicago Fire), 18. Samukele Kabini (Molde), 19.
Themba Zwane (Mamelodi Sundowns), 13. Sphephelo Sithole (Tondela), 23. Jayden Adams (Mamelodi Sundowns).
Teboho Mokoena (Mamelodi Sundowns), 5. Thalente Mbatha (Orlando Pirates), 8. Thsepang Moremi (Orlando Pirates), 11.
Thapelo Maseko (AEL Limassol), 15. Iqraam Rayners (Mamelodi Sundowns), 17. Evidence Makgopa (Orlando Pirates), 25.
Kamogelo Sebelebele (Orlando Pirates). Oswin Appolis (Orlando Pirates), 9.
Lyle Foster (Burnley), 10. Relebohile Mofokeng (Orlando Pirates), 12.
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Song Bum-keun (Joenbuk Hyundai Motors), 21. Jo Hyeon-woo (Ulsan HD), . Kim Seung-gyu (FC Tokyo), 12.
Cho Wi-je (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors), 15. Kim Moon-hwan (Daejeon Hana Citizen), 16. Park Jin-seob (Zhejiang FC), 22.
Sel Young-woo (Red Star Belgrade), 23. Jens Castrop (Borussia Monchengladbach). Lee Han-beom (Midtjylland), 4.
Kim Min-jae (Bayern Munich), 5. Kim Tae-hyeon (Kashima Antlers), 13. Lee Tae-seok (Austria Vienna), 14.
Bae Jun-ho (Stoke City), 19. Lee Kang-in (Paris Saint-Germain), 20. Yang Hyun-jun (Celtic), 24.
Kim Jun-gyu (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors), 25. Eom Ji-sung (Swansea City), Lee Dong-gyeong (Ulsan HD). Lee Ki-hyuk (Gangwon FC), 6.
Hwang In-beom (Feyenoord), 8. Paik Seung-ho (Birmingham City), 10. Lee Jae-sung (Mainz), 11.
Hwang Hee-chan (Wolverhampton Wanderers), 17. Cho Gue-sung (Midtjylland), 18. Oh Hyeon-gyu (Besiktas).
Son Heung-min (Los Angeles FC), 9. Jindrich Stanek (Slavia Prague), 23. Lukas Hornicek (Braga).
Matej Kovar (PSV Eindhoven), 16. Ladislav Krejci (Wolverhampton Wanderers), 14. David Jurasek (Slavia Prague), 20.
Jaroslav Zeleny (Sparta Prague), 21. David Doudera (Slavia Prague). David Zima (Slavia Prague), 3.
Tomas Holes (Slavia Prague), 4. Robin Hranac (Hoffenheim), 5.Vladimir Coufal (Hoffenheim), 6. Stepan Chaloupek (Slavia Prague), 7.
Michal Sadilek (Slavia Prague), 22.Tomas Soucek (West Ham), 24. Alexandr Sojka (Viktoria Plzen), 25. Hugo Sochurek (Sparta Prague), 26.
Denis Visinsky (Viktoria Plzen). Vladimir Darida (Hradec Kralove), 12. Lukas Cerv (Viktoria Plzen), 17.
Lukas Provod (Slavia Prague), 18. Mojmir Chytil (Slavia Prague), 15. Pavel Sulc (Lyon), 19.
Tomas Chory (Slavia Prague). Adam Hlozek (Hoffenheim), 10. Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), 11.
Jan Kuchta (Sparta Prague), 13.
Position-by-Position Breakdown Across All 48 Squads
The important question is not only who made the squad, but what the selection means for the likely starting XI. Readers need to know which roles are settled, which positions are still open, and which absences change the team shape.
The best follow-up is a match lineup page for the team involved. That connects squad news directly to the decisions the manager must make when the tournament starts.