26-man FIFA World Cup 2022 squads: Lists of the 26-man teams that will compete in the FIFA tournament for the Soccer World Cup in 2022

ARGENTINA

Angel Correa and Thiago Almada came in to replace Joaquin Correa and Nicolas Gonzalez after they were both sidelined with injuries.

Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Franco Armani (River Plate) and Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal).

Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), German Pezzella (Real Betis), Cristian Romero (Tottenham Hotspur), Nicolas Otamendi (Benfica), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United), Juan Foyth (Villarreal), Nicolas Tagliafico (Olympique Lyonnais), Marcos Acuna (Sevilla).

Midfielders: Leandro Paredes (Juventus), Guido Rodriguez (Real Betis), Enzo Fernandez (Benfica), Rodrigo De Paul (Atletico Madrid), Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen), Alejandro Gomez (Sevilla), Alexis Mac Allister (Brighton & Hove Albion).

Paulo Dybala of AS Roma, Lionel Messi of Paris Saint-Germain, Angel Di Maria of Juventus, Angel Correa of Atletico Madrid, Thiago Almada of Atlanta United, Lautaro Martinez of Inter Milan, and Julian Alvarez are the forwards for their respective clubs (Manchester City).

AUSTRALIA

It came as a surprise when veteran central defender Trent Sainsbury was left off the team, but youthful supersub Garang Kuol and former Scotland international Jason Cummings were selected. Marc Tilio came in as a replacement for the injured winger Martin Boyle.

Mat Ryan (FC Copenhagen), Danny Vukovic (Central Coast Mariners), and Andrew Redmayne are the keepers for their respective teams (Sydney FC).

Bailey Wright (Sunderland), Thomas Deng (Albirex Niigata), Fran Karacic (Brescia), Nathaniel Atkinson (Heart of Midlothian), Aziz Behich (Dundee United), Kye Rowles (Heart of Midlothian), and Joel King are the defenders for their respective teams (Odense Boldklub).

Aaron Mooy (Celtic), Jackson Irvine (FC St. Pauli), Ajdin Hrustic (Hellas Verona), Cameron Devlin (Heart of Midlothian), Riley McGree (Middlesbrough), and Keanu Baccus are some of the players that play the midfield position (St Mirren).

The following players are listed as forwards: Jamie Maclaren (Melbourne City), Mitchell Duke (Fagiano Okayama), Jason Cummings (Central Coast Mariners), Garang Kuol (Central Coast Mariners), Awer Mabil (Cadiz), Mathew Leckie (Melbourne City), Craig Goodwin (Adelaide United), and Marco Tilio (Melbourne City).

BELGIUM

Both Romelu Lukaku, who is now sidelined with an injury, and Eden Hazard, who has spent the most of this season on the bench for Real Madrid, were selected.

Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Simon Mignolet (Club Brugge), Koen Casteels (VfL Wolfsburg).

Defenders: Jan Vertonghen (Anderlecht), Toby Alderweireld (Royal Antwerp), Leander Dendoncker (Aston Villa), Zeno Debast (Anderlecht), Arthur Theate (Rennes), Wout Faes (Leicester City).

Hans Vanaken of Club Brugge, Axel Witsel of Atletico Madrid, Youri Tielemans of Leicester City, Amadou Onana of Everton, Kevin De Bruyne of Manchester City, Yannick Carrasco of Atletico Madrid, Thorgan Hazard of Borussia Dortmund, Timothy Castagne of Leicester City, and Thomas Meunier of Leicester City are the midfielders for Belgium (Borussia Dortmund).

Forwards: Michy Batshuayi (Fenerbahce), Lois Openda (Racing Lens), Charles De Ketelaere (AC Milan), Eden Hazard (Real Madrid), Jeremy Doku (Rennes), Dries Mertens (Galatasaray), Leandro Trossard (Inter Milan), and Romelu Lukaku (Inter Milan) (Brighton & Hove Albion).

BRAZIL

Dani Alves was selected for the team but Roberto Firmino was overlooked.

Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City), and Weverton are the team’s goalkeepers (Palmeiras).

Bremer (Juventus), Eder Militao (Real Madrid), Marquinhos (Paris St. Germain), Thiago Silva (Chelsea), Danilo (Juventus), Dani Alves (UNAM Pumas), Alex Sandro (Juventus), and Alex Telles are the defenders for their respective teams. Bremer, Eder Militao, Marquinhos, and Thiago Silva all play for Real Madrid (Sevilla).

Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle United), Casemiro (Manchester United), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fred (Manchester United), and Lucas Paqueta all play the position of midfielder for their respective clubs (West Ham United).

Antony plays for Manchester United, Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli both play for Arsenal, Neymar Jr. plays for Paris Saint-Germain, Pedro plays for Flamengo, Raphinha plays for Barcelona, Richarlison plays for Tottenham Hotspur, Rodrygo plays for Real Madrid, and Vinicius Jr. plays for Real Madrid (Real Madrid).

CAMEROON

Centre back Michael Ngadeu-Ngadjui missed out.

Goalkeepers: Devis Epassy (Abha Club), Simon Ngapandouetnbu (Olympique de Marseille), Andre Onana (Inter Milan).

Defense was provided by Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes), Enzo Ebosse (Udinese), Collins Fai (Al Tai), Olivier Mbaizo (Philadelphia Union), Tolo Nouhou (Seattle Sounders), and Christopher Wooh (Stade Rennes).

Martin Hongla (Verona), Pierre Kunde (Olympiakos), Olivier Ntcham (Swansea City), Gael Ondoua (Hannover 96), Samuel Oum Gouet (Mechelen), and Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa were the players that played in the midfield for their respective clubs (Napoli).

Forwards: Christian Bassogog (Shanghai Shenhua), Vincent Aboubakar (Al Nassr), Eric-Maxime Choupo Moting (Bayern Munich), Souaibou Marou (Coton Sport), Bryan Mbeumo (Brentford), Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu (Young Boys Berne), Jerome Ngom (Colombe Dja), Georges-Kevin Nkoudou (Besi (Olympique Lyonnais).

CANADA

Alphonso Davies, who plays for Bayern Munich, was selected for the team despite having suffered a hamstring injury in the weeks leading up to the competition.

Goalkeepers: James Pantemis, Milan Borjan, Dayne St Clair

Defenders: Samuel Adekugbe, Joel Waterman, Alistair Johnston, Richie Laryea, Kamal Miller, Steven Vitoria, Derek Cornelius

Liam Fraser, Ismael Kone, Mark-Anthony Kaye, David Wotherspoon, Jonathan Osorio, Atiba Hutchinson, Stephen Eustaquio, and Samuel Piette all played the position of midfielder for their respective teams.

Tajon Buchanan, Liam Millar, Lucas Cavallini, Ike Ugbo, Junior Hoilett, Jonathan David, Cyle Larin, and Alphonso Davies were the forwards on the team. Junior Hoilett was also on the team.

COSTA RICA

Patrick Sequeira, Keylor Navas, and Esteban Alvarado are the goaltenders for Paris Saint-Germain and Herediano, respectively (CD Lugo).

Francisco Calvo (Konyaspor), Juan Pablo Vargas (Millonarios FC), Kendall Waston (Saprissa), Oscar Duarte (Al-Wehda), Daniel Chacon (Colorado Rapids), Keysher Fuller (Herediano), Carlos Martinez (San Carlos), Bryan Oviedo (Real Salt Lake), and Ronald Matarrita (Real Salt Lake) are the defenders for this team. Ronald Matarrita plays for Real Salt Lake (Cincinnati).

Yeltsin Tejeda (Herediano), Celso Borges (Alajuelense), Youstin Salas (Saprissa), Roan Wilson (Grecia), Gerson Torres (Herediano), and Douglas Lopez (Herediano) are the midfielders for this team. Other midfielders include Jewisson Bennette (Sunderland), Alvaro Zamora (Saprissa), Anthony Hernandez (Puntarenas FC), Brandon (Alajuelense).

Johan Venegas, Anthony Contreras (Herediano), and Joel Campbell (Leon) were the team’s forwards (Alajuelense).

CROATIA

The 2018 runners-up are headed by captain Luka Modric, who is participating in his fourth World Cup. Midfielders Ivan Perisic and Mateo Kovacic were also named in the squad for this year’s competition.

Goalkeepers: Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivica Ivusic (NK Osijek), Ivo Grbic (Atletico Madrid).

Borna Barisic (Rangers), Domagoj Vida (AEK Athens), Dejan Lovren (Zenit St. Petersburg), Josip Juranovic (Celtic), Josko Gvardiol (RB Leipzig), Borna Sosa (VfB Stuttgart), Josip Stanisic (Bayern Munich), Martin Erlic (Sassuolo), and Josip Sutalo are all defenders for (Dinamo Zagreb).

Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Mateo Kovacic (Chelsea), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan), Mario Pasalic (Atalanta), Nikola Vlasic (Torino), Lovro Majer (Stade Rennais), Kristijan Jakic (Eintracht Frankfurt), and Luka Sucic (Eintracht Frankfurt) are the midfielders. Luka Sucic (Eintracht Frankfurt) and Kristijan Jakic (Eintracht (Salzburg).

Forwards: Ivan Perisic (Tottenham Hotspur), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim), Bruno Petkovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Mislav Orsic (Dinamo Zagreb), Ante Budimir (Osasuna), Marko Livaja (Hajduk Split).

DENMARK

In addition to Christian Eriksen and Yussuf Poulsen and Christian Norgaard, who were also late arrivals, the team was announced.

Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel (Nice), Oliver Christensen (Hertha Berlin), Frederik Ronnow (Union Berlin).

Simon Kjaer (AC Milan), Joachim Andersen (Crystal Palace), Joakim Maehle (Atalanta), Andreas Christensen (Barcelona), Rasmus Kristensen (Leeds United), Jens Stryger Larsen (Trabzonspor), Victor Nelsson (Galatasaray), Daniel Wass (Brondby), and Alexander Bah are the defenders for the Danish national team (Benfica).

Thomas Delaney (Sevilla), Mathias Jensen (Brentford), Christian Eriksen (Manchester United), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Tottenham Hotspur), Christian Norgaard (Brentford), and Robert Skov are some of the players that play in the center of the field (Hoffenheim).

Forwards: Andreas Skov Olsen (Club Bruges), Jesper Lindstrom (Eintracht Frankfurt), Andreas Cornelius (FC Copenhagen), Martin Braithwaite (Espanyol), Kasper Dolberg (Sevilla), Mikkel Damsgaard (Brentford), Jonas Wind (VfL Wolfsburg), Yussuf Poulsen (RB Leipzig).

ECUADOR

The defender Byron Castillo, who Chile argued was ineligible to participate during the qualifications but was declared an Ecuadorean national, was not included in the 26-man roster that the coach, Gustavo Alfaro, named to compete in the tournament.

Goalkeepers: Alexander Dominguez (Liga de Quito), Hernan Galindez (Aucas), Moises Ramirez (Independiente del Valle).

Defenders: Pervis Estupinan (Brighton & Hove Albion), Angelo Preciado (Gent), Piero Hincapie (Bayer Leverkusen), Xavier Arreaga (Seattle Sounders), Diego Palacios (Los Angeles FC), Jackson Porozo (Troyes), Robert Arboleda (Sao Paulo), Felix Torres (Santos Laguna), William Pacho (Royal Antwerp FC).

Midfielders: Moises Caicedo (Brighton), Jose Cifuentes (Los Angeles FC), Alan Franco (Talleres), Jhegson Mendez (Los Angeles FC), Carlos Gruezo (Augsburg), Gonzalo Plata (Valladolid), Angel Mena (Leon), Ayrton Preciado (Santos Laguna), Romario Ibarra (Pachuca), Jeremy Sarmiento (Brighton).

Kevin Rodriguez (Newell’s Old Boys), Enner Valencia (Fenerbahce), Michael Estrada (Cruz Azul), and Djorkaeff Reasco (Newell’s Old Boys) are the strikers for their respective teams (Imbabura SC).

ENGLAND

The in-form James Maddison, who plays midfield for Leicester City, was selected for the team, as were the strikers Callum Wilson and Marcus Rashford.

Aaron Ramsdale, Jordan Pickford, and Nick Pope are the three goalkeepers for the Premier League match between Everton and Newcastle United (Arsenal).

The following defenders are on the team: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Conor Coady (Everton, on loan from Wolverhampton Wanderers), Eric Dier (Tottenham Hotspur), Harry Maguire (Manchester United), Luke Shaw (Manchester United), John Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Newcastle United), Kyle Walker (Manchester City), and Ben White (Manchester City) (Arsenal).

Jude Bellingham (Borussia Dortmund), Conor Gallagher (Chelsea), Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Mason Mount (Chelsea), Kalvin Phillips (Manchester City), and Declan Rice are the players that play in the midfield for their respective clubs (West Ham United).

Phil Foden (Manchester City), Jack Grealish (Manchester City), Harry Kane (Tottenham Hotspur), James Maddison (Leicester City), Marcus Rashford (Manchester United), Callum Wilson (Chelsea), Raheem Sterling (Chelsea), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), and Callum Wilson are the forwards for their respective teams (Newcastle United).

FRANCE

Randal Kolo Muani, a striker with Eintracht Frankfurt, stepped in for the injured Christopher Nkunku, who played forward. Coach Didier Deschamps chose not to replace injured striker Karim Benzema.

The goaltenders for West Ham United, Tottenham Hotspur, and Steve Mandanda are Alphonse Areola, Hugo Lloris, and Steve Mandanda, respectively (Rennes).

Among the defenders are: Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich), Theo Hernandez (AC Milan), Axel Disasi (AS Monaco), Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool), Jules Kounde (Barcelona), Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich), William Saliba (Arsenal), Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich), and Raphael Varane. Goalkeepers: Benjamin Pavard (Bayern (Manchester United).

The following individuals play the position of midfielder for their respective clubs: Eduardo Camavinga of Real Madrid, Youssouf Fofana of AS Monaco, Matteo Guendouzi of Olympique de Marseille, Adrien Rabiot of Juventus, Aurelien Tchouameni of Real Madrid, and Jordan Veretout (Olympique de Marseille).

Karim Benzema (Real Madrid), Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich), Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona), Olivier Giroud (AC Milan), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid), Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain), Marcus Thuram (Borussia Moenchengladbach), and Randal Kolo Muani (Paris Saint-Germain) are the forwards for their respective teams (Eintracht Frankfurt).

GERMANY

Youssoufa Moukoko, who is just 19 years old, was a shocking selection, while Mario Goetze, who won the World Cup in 2014, made his comeback to the national team after an absence of five years.

Manuel Neuer of Bayern Munich, Marc-Andre ter Stegen of Barcelona, and Kevin Trapp of Bayern are the team’s goalkeepers (Eintracht Frankfurt).

Defenders: Matthias Ginter (Freiburg), Antonio Ruediger (Real Madrid), Niklas Suele (Borussia Dortmund), Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund), Thilo Kehrer (West Ham United), David Raum (RB Leipzig), Lukas Klostermann, Armel Bella Kotchap (Southampton), Christian Guenter (Freiburg).

Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City), Jonas Hofmann (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Leon Goretzka, Serge Gnabry, Leroy Sane, Jamal Musiala, Joshua Kimmich, and Thomas Mueller (all Bayern Munich), Julian Brandt (Borussia Dortmund), and Mario Goetze are the midfielders for their respective teams (Eintracht Frankfurt).