2026 FIFA World Cup: Which countries and Bundesliga players have qualified?

With 42 out of 48 teams now assured of their place in Canada, Mexico and the USA, which Bundesliga-based players might feature in next summer's finals?

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Teams below have qualified as of 19 November 2025. Players listed have all appeared for their country during World Cup qualifying or in other matches in 2025

Algeria
Mohamed Amoura (Wolfsburg), Ramy Bensebaini, Elias Benkara (Borussia Dortmund), Farès Chaïbi (Eintracht Frankfurt), Ibrahim Maza (Bayer Leverkusen)

Argentina
Exequiel Palacios (Bayer Leverkusen)

Australia
Kasey Bos (Mainz), Jackson Irvine, Connor Metcalfe (St. Pauli)

Watch: The Bundesliga's World Cup 26-bound stars

Austria
Christoph Baumgartner (RB Leipzig), Marco Friedl, Marco Grüll (Werder Bremen), Nicolas Kristof (Elversberg), Konrad Laimer (Bayern Munich), Philipp Lienhart (Freiburg), Phillipp Mwene (Mainz), Alexander Prass (Hoffenheim), Leopold Querfeld (Union Berlin), Marcel Sabitzer (Borussia Dortmund), Xaver Schlager (RB Leipzig), Romano Schmid (Werder Bremen), Nicolas Seiwald (RB Leipzig), Patrick Wimmer (Wolfsburg)

Belgium
Maarten Vandevoordt (RB Leipzig), Arthur Theate (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Brazil
Yan Couto (Borussia Dortmund)

Canada
Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich)

Colombia
Luis Díaz (Bayern Munich)

Watch: Díaz's Bundesliga goals and assists

Croatia
Kristijan Jakić (Augsburg), Josip Juranović (Union Berlin) Andrej Kramarić (Hoffenheim), Lovro Majer (Wolfsburg), Igor Matanović (Freiburg), Josip Stanišić (Bayern Munich), Luka Vušković (Hamburg)

Curacao
Jordi Paulina (Borussia Dortmund)

England
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich), Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen)

Watch: Every Kane goal in the Bundesliga

France
Loïc Badé (Bayer Leverkusen), Michael Olise, Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich)

Germany
Robert Andrich, Janis Blaswich (Bayer Leverkusen), Karim Adeyemi, Waldemar Anton, Maximilian Beier, Julian Brandt, Emre Can, Pascal Groß, Felix Nmecha, Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund), Noah Atubolu (Freiburg), Ridle Baku, Benjamin Henrichs, Assan Ouédraogo, David Raum (RB Leipzig), Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim), Nathaniel Brown, Jonathan Burkardt, Robin Koch (Eintracht Frankfurt), Finn Dahmen (Augsburg), Saïd El Mala (Cologne), Chris Führich, Jamie Leweling, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Alexander Nübel, Angelo Stiller, Deniz Undav (VfB Stuttgart), Serge Gnabry, Leon Goretzka, Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala, Aleksandar Pavlović, Jonathan Tah (Bayern Munich), Tim Kleindienst, Rocco Reitz (Borussia Mönchengladbach)

Ghana
Derrick Köhn (Union Berlin), Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer (Hamburg)

Watch: Germany's next wave of talent

Ivory Coast
Yan Diomande (RB Leipzig), Bazoumana Toure (Hoffenheim)

Japan
Ritsu Dōan (Eintracht Frankfurt), Joel Chima Fujita (St. Pauli), Hiroki Ito (Bayern Munich), Koki Machida (Hoffenheim), Shuto Machino (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Kaishu Sano (Mainz), Yukinari Sugawara (Werder Bremen), Yuito Suzuki (Freiburg)

Morocco
Eliesse Ben Seghir (Bayer Leverkusen), Bilal El Khannouss (VfB Stuttgart)

Watch: The best of El Khannouss with Stuttgart

Netherlands
Mark Flekken (Bayer Leverkusen)

Norway
Andreas Hanche-Olsen (Mainz), Antonio Nusa (RB Leipzig), Julian Ryerson (Borussia Dortmund), Sebastian Sebulonsen (Cologne)

Senegal
Nicolas Jackson (Bayern Munich)

South Africa
Ime Okon (Hannover)

Spain
Aleix García, Alejandro Grimaldo (Bayer Leverkusen)

Watch: All of Grimaldo's Bundesliga goals and assists

South Korea
Jens Castrop (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Wooyeong Jeong (Union Berlin), Jisoo Kim (Kaiserslautern), Minjae Kim (Bayern Munich), Jae-sung Lee (Mainz)

Switzerland
Aurèle Amenda (Eintracht Frankfurt), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Cedric Itten (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Luca Jaquez (VfB Stuttgart), Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund), Johan Manzambi (Freiburg), Miro Muheim (Hamburg), Fabian Rieder (Augsburg), Isaac Schmidt (Werder Bremen), Silvan Widmer (Mainz)

Tunisia
Ismaël Gharbi, Elias Saad (Augsburg), Ellyes Skhiri (Eintracht Frankfurt)

USA
Noahkai Banks (Augsburg), Giovanni Reyna, Joe Scally (Borussia Mönchengladbach), James Sands (St. Pauli), Malik Tillman (Bayer Leverkusen), John Tolkin (Holstein Kiel)

Also qualified:

Egypt, Ecuador, Haiti, Iran, Jordan, Cape Verde, Qatar, Mexico, New Zealand, Panama, Paraguay, Portugal, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, Uruguay, Uzbekistan

In UEFA play-offs:

Albania
Elhan Kastrati (Eintracht Braunschweig), Simon Simoni (Kaiserslautern)

Bosnia and Herzegovina
Dženis Burnić (Karlsruhe), Ermedin Demirović (VfB Stuttgart), Denis Huseinbašić, Jusuf Gazibegović (Cologne), Nikola Katić (Schalke), Haris Tabaković (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Nikola Vasilj (St. Pauli)

Czech Republic
Vladimir Coufal, Adam Hložek, Robin Hranáč (Hoffenheim), Alex Král (Union Berlin), Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen)

Watch: All of Schick's Bundesliga goals

Denmark
Rasmus Kristensen (Eintracht Frankfurt), Nikolas Nartey (VfB Stuttgart), Christian Eriksen, Jesper Lindstrøm, Joakim Mæhle, Andreas Skov Olsen Jonas Wind (Wolfsburg), Yussuf Poulsen (Hamburg), Conrad Harder (RB Leipzig)

Kosovo
Fisnik Asllani, Leon Avdullahu, Albian Hajdari (Hoffenheim), Andi Hoti (Magdeburg), Florent Muslija (Fortuna Düsseldorf), Leart Paqarada (Heidenheim), Elvis Rexhbecaj (Augsburg), Emir Sahiti (Hamburg)

Poland
Kamil Grabara (Wolfsburg), Jakub Kamiński (Cologne), Arkadiusz Pyrka (St. Pauli)

Romania
Virgil Ghiță (Hannover)

Slovakia
Matúš Bero (Bochum), Adrián Kaprálik (Holstein Kiel), Peter Pekarík (Hertha Berlin), Denis Vavro (Wolfsburg)

Sweden
Alexander Bernhardsson (Holstein Kiel), Hugo Larsson (Eintracht Frankfurt), Isac Lidberg (Darmstadt), Eric Smith (St. Pauli), Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), Daniel Svensson (Borussia Dortmund)

Turkey
Atakan Karazor (VfB Stuttgart), Salih Özcan (Borussia Dortmund), Can Uzun (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Ireland, Italy, North Macedonia, Northern Ireland, Ukraine, Wales

In inter-confederation play-offs:

DR Congo
Samuel Essende (Augsburg), Silas (VfB Stuttgart)

Suriname
Jean-Paul Boëtius (Darmstadt), Jeredy Hilterman (Arminia Bielefeld), Immanuël Pherai (Hamburg)

Bolivia, Iraq, Jamaica, New Caledonia