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Luke Baker

World Cup 2026 squads: Every player at this summer’s tournament

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Argentina will defend their World Cup title in North America this summer - (Getty)

Countries have started naming their 26-man squads for World Cup 2026 in the United States, Canada and Mexico this summer.

With 48 teams involved in the tournament, which starts on 11 June, there will be more players than ever accomplishing their goal of appearing in football’s most famous competition.

Each country must provide Fifa with a final squad of between 23 and 26 players (at least three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the deadline of 2 June, and a subsequently injured player may only be replaced by someone from a previously-submitted 55-man preliminary squad, up to 24 hours before the team’s first World Cup match.

Squads are set to be name throughout May, with Thomas Tuchel slated to name his 26-man England group on Friday 22 May, while Bosnia and Herzegovina became the first nation to confirm their squad on 11 May.

Here are all the World Cup 2026 squads and every player who will be at this summer’s tournament:

Group A

Mexico

Coach: Javier Aguirre

South Africa

Coach: Hugo Broos

South Korea

South Korea are set to announce their squad on 16 May.

Coach: Hong Myung-bo

Czech Republic

Coach: Miroslav Koubek

Group B

Canada

Coach: Jesse Marsch

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Bosnia, who beat Wales in the playoffs en route to qualifying for just the second World Cup in their history, became the first side to name their squad on 11 May, with 40-year-old Edin Dzeko the headline inclusion. Roger Milla for Cameroon in 1994 is the only previous outfield player in his 40s to have appeared at a World Cup but former Man City striker Dzeko is set to be added to that exclusive club.

Coach: Sergej Barbarez

Goalkeepers: Nikola Vasilj (St Pauli), Martin Zlomislic (Rijeka), Osman Hadzikic (Slaven Belupo)

Defenders: Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta), Amar Dedic (Benfica), Nihad Mujakic (Gaziantep), Nikola Katic (Schalke), Tarik Muharemovic (Sassuolo), Stjepan Radeljic (Rijeka), Dennis Hadzikadunic (Sampdoria), Nidal Celik (Lens)

Midfielders: Amir Hadziahmetovic (Hull City), Ivan Sunjic (Pafos), Ivan Basic (Astana), Dzenis Burnic (Karlsruher), Ermin Mahmic (Slovan Liberec), Benjamin Tahirovic (Brondby), Amar Memic (Viktoria Plzen), Armin Gigovic (Young Boys), Kerim Alajbegovic (RB Salzburg), Esmir Bajraktarevic (PSV Eindhoven)

Forwards: Ermedin Demirovic (VfB Stuttgart), Jovo Lukic (Universitatea Cluj), Samed Bazdar (Jagiellonia Bialystok), Haris Tabakovic (Borussia Monchengladbach), Edin Dzeko (Schalke)

Qatar

Coach: Julen Lopetegui

Switzerland

Coach: Murat Yakin

Group C

Brazil

Brazil are set to announce their squad on 18 May.

Coach: Carlo Ancelotti

Morocco

Morocco are set to announce their squad on 21 May.

Coach: Mohamed Ouahbi

Haiti

Coach: Sebastien Migne

Scotland

Coach: Steve Clarke

Group D

USA

USA are set to announce their squad on 26 May.

Coach: Mauricio Pochettino

Paraguay

Coach: Gustavo Alfaro

Australia

Australia are set to announce their squad on 1 June.

Coach: Tony Popovic

Turkey

Coach: Vincenzo Montella

Group E

Germany

Germany are set to announce their squad on 21 May.

Coach: Julian Nagelsmann

Curacao

Coach: Vacant

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast are set to announce their squad on 15 May.

Coach: Emerse Fae

Ecuador

Coach: Sebastian Beccacece

Group F

Netherlands

Netherlands are set to announce their squad on 25 May.

Coach: Ronald Koeman

Japan

Japan are set to announce their squad on 15 May.

Coach: Hajime Moriyasu

Sweden

There were few surprises in the Sweden squad named by Graham Potter, with Tottenham’s Dejan Kulusevski omitted as expected after a year out of the game with a knee injury. Arsenal’s Viktor Gyokeres and Liverpool’s Alexander Isak give Potter plenty of firepower up front, with the former Chelsea and West Ham manager hopeful that the latter can find form. “Our challenge is to get Alex in the best moment of the season and for him to hit top form,” Potter said. “Because if he does, he's a world-class player.”

Coach: Graham Potter

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

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

Midfielders and forwards: Taha Ali (Malmo FF), Yasin Ayari (Brighton & Hove Albion), Lucas ‌Bergvall (Tottenham Hotspur), Anthony Elanga (Newcastle United), Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal), Jesper Karlstrom (Udinese), Gustaf Nilsson (Club Brugge), Benjamin Nygren (Celtic), Mattias Svanberg (VfL Wolfsburg), Besfort Zeneli (Royale Union Saint-Gilloise), Alexander Isak (Liverpool), Alexander Bernhardsson (Holstein Kiel), Ken Sema (Pafos).