Schalke's Edin Džeko is one of the first players to secure their place at the 2026 World Cup after being named in Bosnia and Herzegovina's final squad.
Schalke's Edin Džeko is one of the first players to secure their place at the 2026 World Cup after being named in Bosnia and Herzegovina's final squad. - © XX / XX
Schalke's Edin Džeko is one of the first players to secure their place at the 2026 World Cup after being named in Bosnia and Herzegovina's final squad. - © XX / XX
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Which Bundesliga players will be at the 2026 World Cup in Canada, Mexico and the USA?

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The first of the 48 squads competing at this summer's FIFA 2026 World Cup have already been announced. Find out here which Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 players are set to feature for their country in Canada, Mexico and the USA.

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Group A

Czech Republic (55-man preliminary squad)
(Coach: Miroslav Koubek)

Vladimir Coufal, Adam HložekRobin Hranáč (all Hoffenheim), Patrik Schick (Bayer Leverkusen), Matěj Kovář, Jindřich Staněk, Martin Jedlička, Lukáš Horníček, Antonín Kinský, Jan Koutný, Jakub Markovič, Tomáš Holeš, Ladislav Krejčí, David Zima, Jaroslav Zelený, David Jurásek, David Douděra, Václav Jemelka, Martin Vitík, Štěpán Chaloupek, Tomáš Vlček, Matěj Hadaš, Adam Ševínský, Karel Spáčil, Tomáš Souček, Vladimír Darida, Lukáš Provod, Michal Sadílek, Pavel Šulc, Lukáš Červ, Adam Karabec, Michal Beran, Lukáš Sadílek, Kryštof Daněk, Matěj Ryneš, Patrik Hellebrand, Tomáš Ladra, Lukáš Ambros, Pavel Bucha, Ondřej Kričfaluši, David Planka, Hugo Sochůrek, Alexandr Sojka, Denis Višinský, Matěj Vydra, Jan Kuchta, Tomáš Chorý, Mojmír Chytil, Jan Kliment, Vasil Kušej, Václav Sejk, Christophe Kabongo, Ondřej Mihálik, Vojtěch Patrák

Mexico
(Coach: Javier Aguirre)

No Bundesliga players in preliminary squad

Guillermo Ochoa, Raúl Rangel, Carlos Acevedo, José Antonio Rodríguez, Carlos Moreno, Álex Padilla, Jesús Gallardo, César Montes, Jorge Sánchez, Johan Vásquez, Israel Reyes, Jesús Alberto Angulo, Julián Araujo, Mateo Chávez, Víctor Guzmán, Richard Ledezma, Everardo López, Denzell García, Bryan González, Ramón Juárez, Eduardo Águila, Alejandro Gómez, Luis Rey, Edson Álvarez, Orbelín Pineda, Carlos Rodríguez, Roberto Alvarado, Luis Romo, Luis Chávez, Érick Sánchez, Diego Lainez, Érik Lira, Marcel Ruiz, Efraín Álvarez, Brian Gutiérrez, Alexis Gutiérrez, Gilberto Mora, Obed Vargas, Jesús Ricardo Angulo, Jordán Carrillo, Kevin Castañeda, Álvaro Fidalgo, Jorge Ruvalcaba, Alexéi Domínguez, Jeremy Márquez, Elías Montiel, Isaías Violante, Raúl Jiménez, Alexis Vega, Santiago Giménez, César Huerta, Julián Quiñones, Germán Berterame, Guillermo Martínez, Armando González

South Africa
(Coach: Hugo Broos)

Announcement TBC

South Korea
(Coach: Hong Myung-bo)

Announcement expected 16 May

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Group B

Bosnia and Herzegovina (final squad)
(Coach: Sergej Barbarez)

Dženis Burnić (Karlsruhe), Ermedin Demirović (VfB Stuttgart), Edin Džeko, Nikola Katić (both Schalke), Haris Tabaković (Borussia Mönchengladbach), Nikola Vasilj (St. Pauli), Martin Zlomislić, Osman Hadžikić, Sead Kolašinac, Dennis Hadžikadunić, Amar Dedić, Tarik Muharemović, Nihad Mujakić, Stjepan Radeljić, Nidal Čelik, Amir Hadžiahmetović, Benjamin Tahirović, Armin Gigović, Ivan Bašić, Esmir Bajraktarević, Amar Memić, Ivan Šunjić, Kerim Alajbegović, Ermin Mahmić, Samed Baždar, Jovo Lukić

Canada
(Coach: Jesse Marsch)

Announcement TBC

Qatar
(Coach: Julen Lopetegui)

No Bundesliga players in preliminary squad

Meshaal Barsham, Salah Zakaria, Mahmud Abunada, Shehab Ellethy, Boualem Khoukhi, Pedro Miguel, Tarek Salman, Bassam Al-Rawi, Homam Ahmed, Lucas Mendes, Sultan Al-Brake, Al-Hashmi Al-Hussain, Ayoub Al-Oui, Issa Laye, Rayyan Al-Ali, Niall Mason, Abdulaziz Hatem, Karim Boudiaf, Assim Madibo, Mohammed Waad, Ahmed Fathy, Jassem Gaber, Mohamed Al-Mannai, Tahsin Jamshid, Hassan Al-Haydos, Sebastián Soria, Akram Afif, Almoez Ali, Mohammed Muntari, Ahmed Alaaeldin, Yusuf Abdurisag, Edmilson Junior, Ahmed Al-Ganehi, Mubarak Shanan

Switzerland
(Coach: Murat Yakin)

Announcement expected 20 May

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Group C

Brazil
(Coach: Carlo Ancelotti)

No Bundesliga players in preliminary squad

Alisson, Ederson, Bento, Hugo Souza, Weverton, John, Thiago Silva, Marquinhos, Danilo Luiz, Alex Sandro, Gabriel Magalhães, Bremer, Fabrício Bruno, Wesley, Roger Ibañez, Douglas Santos, Carlos Augusto, Alexsandro, Paulo Henrique, Léo Ortiz, Léo Pereira, Vitinho, Kaiki, Luciano Juba, Vitor Reis, Casemiro, Lucas Paquetá, Bruno Guimarães, Fabinho, Gerson, Andreas Pereira, João Gomes, Andrey Santos, Éderson, Danilo Santos, Gabriel Sara, Matheus Pereira, Neymar, Gabriel Jesus, Richarlison, Vinícius Júnior, Raphinha, Gabriel Martinelli, Matheus Cunha, Antony, Endrick, Luiz Henrique, João Pedro, Igor Jesus, Pedro, Igor Thiago, Kaio Jorge, Samuel Lino, Rayan

Morocco
(Coach: Mohamed Ouahbi)

Announcement expected 21 May

Haiti
(Coach: Sébastien Migné)

Announcement TBC

Scotland
(Coach: Steve Clarke)

Announcement expected 19 May

Group D

United States
(Coach: Mauricio Pochettino)

Announcement expected 26 May

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Paraguay
(Coach: Gustavo Alfaro)

No Bundesliga players in preliminary squad

Gatito Fernández, Carlos Coronel, Orlando Gill, Santiago Rojas, Juan Espínola, Gastón Olveira, Gustavo Gómez, Júnior Alonso, Fabián Balbuena, Omar Alderete, Juan Cáceres, Blas Riveros, Gustavo Velázquez, Alan Benítez, Agustín Sández, Mateo Gamarra, Saúl Salcedo, José Canale, Diego León, Alexandro Maidana, Alcides Benítez, Ronaldo Dejesús, Alan Núñez, Miguel Almirón, Mathías Villasanti, Kaku, Andrés Cubas, Ramón Sosa, Diego Gómez, Damián Bobadilla, Braian Ojeda, Matías Galarza, Robert Piris Da Motta, Álvaro Campuzano, Diego González, Hugo Cuenca, Maurício Magalhães, Lucas Romero, Enso González, Rubén Lezcano, Óscar Romero, Ángel Romero, Antonio Sanabria, Julio Enciso, Gabriel Ávalos, Carlos González, Álex Arce, Adam Bareiro, Lorenzo Melgarejo, Isidro Pitta, Ronaldo Martínez, Gustavo Caballero, Robert Morales, Adrián Alcaraz, Rodney Redes

Australia
(Coach: Tony Popovic)

Announcement expected 1 June

Turkey
(Coach: Vincenzo Montella)

Announcement TBC

Group E

Germany
(Coach: Julian Nagelsmann)

Announcement expected 21 May

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Curaçao
(Coach: Dirk Advocaat)

Announcement TBC

Ivory Coast
(Coach: Emerse Faé)

Announcement expected 15 May

Ecuador
(Coach: Sebastián Beccacece)

Announcement TBC

Group F

Netherlands
(Coach: Ronaldo Koeman)

Announcement expected 25 May

Japan
(Coach: Hajime Moriyasu)

Announcement expected 15 May

Sweden (final squad)
(Coach: Graham Potter)

Alexander Bernhardsson (Holstein Kiel), Eric Smith (St. Pauli), Mattias Svanberg (Wolfsburg), Daniel Svensson (Borussia Dortmund), Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Viktor Johansson, Jacob Widell Zetterström, Victor Lindelöf , Isak Hien, Gabriel Gudmundsson, Carl Starfelt, Emil Holm, Hjalmar Ekdal, Gustaf Lagerbielke, Elliot Stroud, Jesper Karlström, Yasin Ayari, Lucas Bergvall, Besfort Zeneli, Alexander Isak, Viktor Gyökeres, Ken Sema, Anthony Elanga, Benjamin Nygren, Gustaf Nilsson, Taha Ali

Tunisia
(Coach: Sabri Lamouchi)

Announcement expected 15 May

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Group G

Belgium
(Coach: Rudi Garcia)

Announcement expected 15 May

Egypt
(Coach: Hossam Hassan)

Announcement expected 29 May

Iran
(Coach: Amir Ghalenoei)

Announcement TBC

New Zealand
(Coach: Darren Bazeley)

Announcement expected 14 May

Group H

Spain
(Coach: Luis de la Fuente)

Announcement expected 25 May

Cape Verde
(Coach: Bubista)

Announcement TBC

Saudi Arabia
(Coach: Georgios Donis)

Announcement TBC

Uruguay
(Coach: Marcelo Bielsa)

Announcement TBC

Group I

France
(Coach: Didier Deschamps)

Announcement expected 14 May

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Senegal
(Coach: Pape Thiaw)

Announcement TBC

Iraq
(Coach: Graham Arnold)

Announcement TBC

Norway
(Coach: Ståle Solbakken)

Announcement expected 21 May

Group J

Argentina (55-man preliminary squad)
(Coach: Lionel Scaloni)

Nicolas Capaldo (Hamburg), Ezequiel Fernández, Exequiel Palacios (both Bayer Leverkusen), Emiliano Martínez, Gerónimo Rulli, Juan Musso, Walter Benítez, Facundo Cambeses, Santiago Beltrán, Nicolás Otamendi, Nicolás Tagliafico, Marcos Acuña, Nahuel Molina, Cristian Romero, Germán Pezzella, Gonzalo Montiel, Lisandro Martínez, Lucas Martínez Quarta, Leonardo Balerdi, Facundo Medina, Marcos Senesi, Agustín Giay, Kevin Mac Allister, Gabriel Rojas, Lautaro Di Lollo, Zaid Romero, Rodrigo De Paul, Leandro Paredes, Giovani Lo Celso, Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernández, Guido Rodríguez, Thiago Almada, Nicolás Domínguez, Giuliano Simeone, Nico Paz, Valentín Barco, Emiliano Buendía, Máximo Perrone, Aníbal Moreno, Milton Delgado, Alan Varela, Lionel Messi, Lautaro Martínez, Julián Alvarez, Nicolás González, Alejandro Garnacho, Franco Mastantuono, José Manuel López, Gianluca Prestianni, Tomás Aranda, Santiago Castro, Claudio Echeverri, Mateo Pellegrino, Matías Soulé

Algeria
(Coach: Vladimir Petković)

Announcement TBC

Austria
(Coach: Ralf Rangnick)

Announcement expected 18 May

Jordan
(Coach: Jamal Sellami)

Announcement TBC

Group K

Portugal
(Coach: Roberto Martínez)

Announcement expected 19 May

DR Congo
(Coach: Sébastien Desabre)

Announcement expected 18 May

Uzbekistan
(Coach: Fabio Cannavaro)

No Bundesliga players in preliminary squad

Utkir Yusupov, Abduvohid Nematov, Botirali Ergashev, Vladimir Nazarov, Rustam Ashurmatov, Farrukh Sayfiev, Khojiakbar Alijonov, Sherzod Nasrullaev, Umar Eshmurodov, Abdukodir Khusanov, Ibrokhimkhalil Yuldoshev, Abdulla Abdullaev, Bekhruz Karimov, Mukhammadkodir Khamraliev, Jakhongir Urozov, Mukhammadrasul Abdumazhidov, Diyor Ortikboev, Avazbek Ulmasaliev, Otabek Shukurov, Jaloliddin Masharipov, Odiljon Hamrobekov, Oston Urunov, Jamshid Iskanderov, Dostonbek Khamdamov, Abbosbek Fayzullaev, Akmal Mozgovoy, Azizjon Ganiev, Azizbek Amonov, Kuvondik Ruziev, Ruslanbek Jiyanov, Alisher Odilov, Khusayin Norchaev, Jasurbek Jaloliddinov, Umarali Rakhmonaliev, Nodirbek Abdurazzokov, Sardorbek Bakhromov, Sherzod Esanov, Eldor Shomurodov , Igor Sergeev, Sherzod Temirov

Colombia
(Coach: Néstor Lorenzo)

Announcement expected 29 May

Group L

England
(Coach: Thomas Tuchel)

Announcement expected 22 May

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Croatia
(Coach: Zlatko Dalić)

Announcement expected 18 May

Ghana
(Coach: Carlos Queiroz)

Announcement TBC

Panama
(Coach: Thomas Christiansen)

Announcement TBC