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

31.03.2026

European qualifying for the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA concluded on Tuesday with the play-off finals. So which Bundesliga-based players will feature at the tournament?

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Teams below have qualified as of 31 March 2026. Players listed have 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), Carney Chukwuemeka (Borussia Dortmund), 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
Arthur Theate (Eintracht Frankfurt), Maarten Vandevoordt (RB Leipzig)

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

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)

Curaçao
Jordi Paulina (Borussia Dortmund)

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

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

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
Karim Adeyemi (Borussia Dortmund), Waldemar Anton (Borussia Dortmund), Oliver Baumann (Hoffenheim) Ridle Baku (RB Leipzig), Maximilian Beier (Borussia Dortmund), Janis Blaswich (Bayer Leverkusen), Nathaniel Brown (Eintracht Frankfurt), Finn Dahmen (Augsburg), Chris Führich (VfB Stuttgart), Serge Gnabry (Bayern Munich), Leon Goretzka (Bayern Munich), Lennart Karl, Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Jamie Leweling, Maximilian Mittelstädt (VfB Stuttgart), Jamal Musiala (Bayern Munich), Felix Nmecha (Borussia Dortmund), Alexander Nübel (VfB Stuttgart), Aleksandar Pavlović (Bayern Munich), David Raum (RB Leipzig), Nico Schlotterbeck (Borussia Dortmund), Angelo Stiller (VfB Stuttgart), Jonathan Tah (Bayern Munich), Deniz Undav (VfB Stuttgart)

Watch: Karl's lighting up the game

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

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

Watch: Shine bright like a Diomande

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: Grimaldo - Leverkusen's beating heart

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

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

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)

Türkiye
Ozan Kabak (Hoffenheim), Atakan Karazor (Stuttgart), Salih Özcan (Dortmund), Can Uzun (Eintracht Frankfurt)

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

Also qualified:

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