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Bundesliga stars to watch in FIFA World Cup 2026 Groups K and L
A host of stars from Germany's top two leagues are set to meet on football's biggest stage at the FIFA World Cup 2026. England, Croatia and Colombia are among the teams in Groups K and L to feature some of the Bundesliga's most high-profile names...
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Group K
Colombia
- Díaz enjoyed the most prolific season of his career in front of goal in 2025/26 - his first campaign at Bayern - as he netted 26 goals in all competitions. That remarkable haul helped earn him a place in the Bundesliga Team of the Season, as well as league and DFB Cup winners medals.
- Alongside ex-Bayern man James Rodríguez, he is one of only two players in the Colombia squad to have reached double figures for international goals.
- Díaz was joint-top goalscorer as Colombia finished third at the 2021 Copa América. He also helped Los Cafeteros reach the 2024 final, where they lost to Argentina.
Watch: Díaz decoded
Luis Díaz decoded
Group L
England
Harry Kane (Bayern Munich)
- Kane enters the tournament on the back of a hugely successful season in which he netted 61 goals to win the European Golden Shoe.
- The 32-year-old is England's all-time record goalscorer with 79 strikes, while he is just 12 away from having the most caps in Three Lions history (he currently has 113).
- Kane was the FIFA World Cup 2018 top goalscorer with six, while no England player in history has netted as many as his 15 goals at major tournaments.
Jarell Quansah (Bayer Leverkusen)
- Quansah appeared 44 times for Leverkusen in his debut 2025/26 campaign after joining from Liverpool last summer.
- While the defender has just two senior caps to his name thus far, he has enjoyed success at youth level, winning both the European U19 and U21 Championships.
- Born in Warrington, England, Quansah could also have played for Scotland, Ghana or Barbados through his heritage.
Watch: All of Kane's Bundesliga goals in 2025/26
All Kane's goals in 2025/26
About the players
Croatia
- For the ninth time in 10 full seasons at Hoffenheim, Kramarić reached double figures for Bundesliga goals in 2025/26. The club's record goalscorer is behind only Robert Lewandowski and Claudio Pizarro in the list of the division's highest-scoring foreign players.
- Only three players have featured more often for Croatia than Kramarić, who has 116 caps to date. He is also third on the all-time scorers list with 36 goals.
- Kramarić was part of the Croatia sides that reached the World Cup 2018 final and finished third at the next edition four years later, scoring in both runs.
Josip Stanišić (Bayern Munich)
- Stanišić is currently on the longest winning Bundesliga title streak of any active player, having picked up winners medals in each of the last five seasons. Four of those wins came with Bayern, while he also won the 2023/24 title while on loan at Leverkusen.
- The versatile defender played 43 games in all competitions in 2025/26, including 26 in the league.
- Born in Munich, Stanišić played for Germany at youth level before deciding to represent Croatia at senior level. He has 31 caps so far.
Watch: All of Kramarić's league goals in 2025/26
All Kramarić's goals in 2025/26
- Vušković enjoyed a fantastic season on loan at Hamburg in 2025/26, scoring six goals in 28 games as HSV survived in the Bundesliga. He was named in the Bundesliga Team of the Season, while he also won the league's Goal of the Year for 2025.
- He made his Croatia debut aged just 18 last June, and so far has one goal in five caps.
- Vušković made his debut for Hajduk Split when he was just 16, making him the youngest player in Croatian top-flight history.
Ghana
- Adjetey joined Wolfsburg from Basel in January and made four Bundesliga appearances for the Wolves in the second half of the campaign.
- The centre-back has 10 caps for his country, including starts in eight of the Black Stars' last 10 internationals.
- Adjetey played 32 games for Basel as they lifted the Swiss Super League title in 2024/25.
Click here for the full list of Bundesliga/ Bundesliga 2 players at the World Cup
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