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- Published: November 15, 2022 16:00
New Delhi: We are just a week away from the start of the world’s biggest football tournament — the FIFA World Cup. During the tournament, a total of 32 teams will participate. Football stars such as Cristiano Ronaldo, Lionel Messi, Karim Benzema, Thomas Muller, Neymar, and Harry Kane will be seen entraining their fans on the ground at the huge extravaganza.
During the tournament, each team of 32 participants is mandated to have a minimum of 23 players and a maximum of 26 in their squad. Let’s take a look at all members of 30 teams out of 32 below here:
1. Portugal
Goalkeepers: Jose Sa, Diogo Costa, Rui Patricio.
Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Ricardo Horta, Andre Silva, Joao Felix, Rafael Leao and Goncalo Ramos.
Midfielders: William, Ruben Neves, Vitinha, Otavio, Matheus Nunes, Joao Palhinha, Bruno Fernandes, Bernardo Silva, Joao Mario.
Defenders: Joao Cancelo, Diogo Dalot, Pepe, Ruben Dias, Danilo Pereira, Antonio Silva, Nuno Mendes, Raphael Guerreiro.
2. Argentina
Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Franco Armani (River Plate) and Geronimo Rulli (Villarreal)
Forwards: Paulo Dybala (AS Roma), Angel Di Maria (Juventus), Nicolas Gonzalez (Fiorentina), Joaquin Correa (Inter Milan), Lionel Messi (Paris St Germain), Lautaro Martinez (Inter Milan), Julian Alvarez (Manchester City).
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)
Defenders: Gonzalo Montiel (Sevilla), Nahuel Molina (Atletico Madrid), German Pezzella (Real Betis), Lisandro Martinez (Manchester United), Juan Foyth (Villarreal), Nicolas Tagliafico (Olympique Lyonnais), Marcos Acuna (Sevilla).
3. Uruguay
Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera, Sergio Rochet, Sebastian Sosa
Forwards: Maxi Gomez, Facundo Pellistri, Agustin Canobbio, Facundo Torres, Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani, Darwin Nunez.
Midfielders: Manuel Ugarte, Federico Valverde, Rodrigo Bentancur, Matias Vecino, Lucas Torreira, Nico de la Cruz, Giorgian de Arrascaeta.
Defenders: Martin Caceres, Mathias Olivera, Matias Vina, Diego Godin, Jose Maria Gimenez, Ronald Araujo, Sebastian Coates, Guillermo Varela, Josa Luis Rodríguez.
4. Australia
Goalkeepers: Maty Ryan, Andrew Redmayne, Danny Vukovic
Forwards: Jamie Maclaren, Jason Cummings, Mitchell Duke, Garang Kuol, Craig Goodwin, Awer Mabil, Mathew Leckie, Martin Boyle.
Midfielders: Keanu Baccus, Cameron Devlin, Riley McGree, Aaron Mooy, Jackson Irvine, Ajdin Hrustic.
Defenders: Milos Degenek, Aziz Behich, Joel King, Nathaniel Atkinson, Fran Karacic, Harry Souttar, Kye Rowles, Bailey Wright, Thomas Deng
5. Denmark
Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel, Oliver Christensen
Forwards: Martin Braithwaite, Kasper Dolberg, Mikkel Damsgaard, Jonas Wind.
Midfielders: Thomas Delaney, Mathias Jensen, Christian Eriksen, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg, Andreas Skov Olsen, Jesper Lindstrom, Andreas Cornelius,
Defenders: Simon Kjaer, Joachim Andersen, Rasmus Kristensen, Jens Stryger Larsen, Joakim Maehle, Andreas Christensen, Victor Nelsson, Daniel Wass
(21 of the 26 players’ names have been declared and the rest five players will be announced before the deadline)
6. Costa Rica
Goalkeepers : Keylor Navas, Esteban Alvarado, Patrick Sequeira.
Forwards: Joel Campbell, Anthony Contreras, Johan Venegas.
Midfielders: Gerson Torres, Douglas Lopez, Jewison Bennette, Yeltsin Tejeda, Celso Borges, Youstin Salas, Roan Wilson, Alvaro Zamora, Anthony Hernandez, Brandon Aguilera, Bryan Ruiz.
Defenders : Francisco Calvo, Juan Pablo Vargas, Kendall Waston, Oscar Duarte, Daniel Chacon, Keysher Fuller, Carlos Martinez, Bryan Oviedo, Ronald Matarrita.
7. Japan
Goalkeepers: Shuichi Gonda, Daniel Schmidt, Eiji Kawashima.
Forwards: Daizen Maeda, Takuma Asano, Shuto Machino, Ayase Ueda.
Midfielders: Kaoru Mitoma, Daichi Kamada, Ritsu Doan, Junya Ito, Wataru Endo, Hidemasa Morita, Ao Tanaka, Gaku Shibasaki, Takumi Minamino, Takefusa Kubo, Yuki Soma.
Defenders : Miki Yamane, Hiroki Sakai, Maya Yoshida, Ko Itakura, Hiroki Ito, Yuto Nagatomo, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Shogo Taniguchi.
8. Croatia
Goalkeepers: Dominik Livakovic, Ivica Ivusic, Ivo Grbic
Forwards: Ante Budimir, Marko Livaja, Ivan Perisic, Andrej Kramaric, Bruno Petkovic, Mislav Orsic.
Midfielders: Nikola Vlasic, Lovro Majer, Kristijan Jakic, Luka Sucic, Luka Modric, Mateo Kovacic, Marcelo Brozovic, Mario Pasalic.
Defenders: Josko Gvardiol, Borna Sosa, Josip Stanisic, Martin Erlic, Domagoj Vida, Dejan Lovren, Borna Barisic, Josip Juranovic, Josip Sutalo.
10. Brazil
Goalkeepers: Alisson, Ederson, Weverton.
Forwards: Richarlison, Rodrygo, Vinicius Junior, Antony, Gabriel Jesus, Gabriel Martinelli, Neymar, Pedro, Raphinha.
Defenders: Bremer, Eder Militao, Marquinhos, Thiago Silva, Dani Alves, Danilo, Alex Sandro, Alex Telles.
Midfielders: Bruno Guimaraes, Casemiro, Everton Ribeiro, Fabinho, Fred, Lucas Paqueta.
11. Switzerland
Goalkeepers: Gregor Kobel, Yann Sommer, Jonas Omlin, Philipp Kohn.
Forwards: Breel Embolo, Ruben Vargas, Djibril Sow, Haris Seferovic, Christian Fassnacht.
Midfielders: Remo Freuler, Noah Okafor, Fabian Rieder, Michel Aebischer, Xherdan Shaqiri, Renato Steffen, Granit Xhaka, Denis Zakaria, Fabian Frei, Ardon Jashari.
Defenders: Manuel Akanji, Nico Elvedi, Fabian Schar, Silvan Widmer, Eray Comert, Ricardo Rodriguez, Edimilson Fernandes.
12. Wales
Goalkeepers: Wayne Hennessey, Danny Ward, Adam Davies.
Forwards: Gareth Bale, Kieffer Moore, Mark Harris, Brennan Johnson, Dan James.
Midfielders: Harry Wilson, Joe Morrell, Jonny Williams, Aaron Ramsey, Rubin Colwill, Sorba Thomas, Joe Allen, Matthew Smith, Dylan Levitt.
Defenders: Ben Davies, Ben Cabango, Ethan Ampadu, Chris Gunter, Neco Williams, Tom Lockyer, Joe Rodon, Chris Mepham, Connor Roberts.
13. France
Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris, Alphonse Areola, Steve Mandanda.
Forwards: Kingsley Coman, Kylian Mbappé, Karim Benzema, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, Ousmane Dembélé, Christophe Nkunku.
Midfielders: Matteo Guendouzi, Jordan Veretout, Eduardo Camavinga, Adrien Rabiot, Aurelien Tchouaméni, Youssouf Fofana.
Defenders: Benjamin Pavard, William Saliba, Lucas Hernandez, Theo Hernandez, Jules Koundé, Raphael Varane, Presnel Kimpembe, Ibrahima Konaté, and Dayot Upamecano.
14. United States
Goalkeepers: Ethan Horvath, Matt Turner, Sean Johnson.
Forwards: Jordan Morris, Giovanni Reyna, Timothy Weah, Haji Wright, Jesus Ferreira, Christian Pulisic, Josh Sargent.
Midfielders: Cristian Roldan, Kellyn Acosta, Luca de la Torre, Yunus Musah, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams, Brenden Aaronson.
Defenders: Shaq Moore, DeAndre Yedlin, Tim Ream, Joe Scally, Sergino Dest, Cameron Carter-Vickers, Aaron Long, Walker Zimmerman Antonee Robinson.
15. Cameroon
Goalkeepers: Devis Epassy, Simon Ngapandouetnbu, Andre Onana.
Forwards: Jerome Ngom, Georges-Kevin Nkoudou, Jean-Pierre Nsame, Vincent Aboubakar, Christian Bassogog, Eric-Maxime Choupo Moting, Souaibou Marou, Bryan Mbeumo, Nicolas Moumi Ngamaleu, Karl Toko Ekambi.
Midfielders: Martin Hongla, Pierre Kunde, Olivier Ntcham, Gael Ondoua, Samuel Oum Gouet, Andre-Frank Zambo Anguissa.
Defenders: Olivier Mbaizo, Nicolas Nkoulou, Tolo Nouhou, Jean-Charles Castelletto, Enzo Ebosse, Collins Fai, Christopher Wooh.
16. Germany
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer, Marc-Andre ter Stegen, Kevin Trapp.
Forwards: Karim Adeyemi, Serge Gnabry, Kai Havertz, Youssoufa Moukoko, Thomas Müller, Leroy Sané.
Midfielders: Jonas Hofmann, Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala, Julian Brandt, Niklas Füllkrug, Leon Goretzka, Mario Götze, Ilkay Gundogan.
Defenders: Armel Bella-Kotchap, Matthias Ginter, Christian Günter, Thilo Kehrer, Lukas Klostermann, David Raum, Antonio Rudiger, Nico Schlotterbeck, Niklas Süle
17. Morocco
Goalkeepers: Yassine Bono, Munir, Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti.
Forwards: Hakim Ziyech, Youssef El-Nesri, Ilias Chair, Walid Cheddira, Sofiane Boufal, Ez Abde, Amine Harit, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Abderazzak Hamdallah.
Midfielders: Sofyan Amrabat, Selim Amallah, Abdelhamid Sabiri, Azzedine Ounahi, Bilel El Khanouss, Yahya Jabrane.
Defenders: Nayef Aguerd, Achraf Dari, Jawad El-Yamiq, Achraf Hakimi, Romain Saiss, Noussair Mazraoui, Yahia Attiat-Allal, Badr Benoun.
18. Belgium
Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois, Simon Mignolet, Koen Casteels.
Forwards: Eden Hazard, Jeremy Doku, Romelu Lukaku, Michy Batshuayi, Charles De Ketelaere, Leandro Trossard, Dries Mertens, Lois Openda.
Midfielders: Kevin de Bruyne, Youri Tielemans, Andre Onana, Axel Witsel, Hans Vanaken.
Defenders: Wout Faes, Arthur Theate, Zeno Debast, Yannick Carrasco, Jan Vertonghen, Toby Alderweireld, Leander Dendoncker, Thomas Meunier, Timothy Castagne, Thorgan Hazard.
19. England
Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford, Nick Pope, Aaron Ramsdale.
Forwards: Harry Kane, Phil Foden, Raheem Sterling , Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka, Jack Grealish, Callum Wilson.
Midfielders: Mason Mount, Kalvin Phillips, James Maddison, Declan Rice, Jude Bellingham, Jordan Henderson, Conor Gallagher.
Defenders: Harry Maguire, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Eric Dier, John Stones, Kyle Walker, Luke Shaw, Kieran Trippier, Conor Coady, Ben White.
20. Poland
Goalkeepers: Wojciech Szczesny, Bartlomiej Dragowski, Lukasz Skorupski.
Forwards: Robert Lewandowski, Arkadiusz Milik, Krzysztof Piatek, Karol Swiderski.
Midfielders: Grzegorz Krychowiak, Jakub Kaminski, Michal Skoras, Krystian Bielik, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Kamil Grosicki, Damian Szymanski, Sebastian Szymanski, Piotr Zielinski, Szymon Zurkowski.
Defenders: Jan Bednarek, Kamil Glik, Robert Gumny, Artur Jedrzejczyk, Jakub Kiwior, Mateusz Wieteska, Bartosz Bereszynski, Matty Cash, Nicola Zalewski.
21. Senegal
Goalkeepers: Edouard Mendy, Alfred Gomis, Seny Diang.
Forwards: Habib Diallo, Boulaye Dia, Famara Diedhiou, Sadio Mane, Ismaila Sarr, Bamba Dieng, Keita Balde, Mame Babe Thiam.
Midfielders: Pape Matar Sarr, Pape Gueye, Nampalys Mendy, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Moustapha Name, M. Loum Ndiaye, Joseph Lopy.
Defenders: Abdou Diallo, Ibrahima Mbaye, Abdoulaye Seck, Fode Ballo Toure, Bouna Sarr, Saliou Ciss, Kalidou Koulibaly, Pape Abou Cisse, Cheikhou Kouyate.
22. Netherlands
Goalkeepers: Justin Bijlow, Remko Pasveer, Andries Nopper.
Forwards: Memphis Depay , Steven Bergwijn, Vincent Janssen, Luuk de Jong, Noa Lang, Wout Weghorst.
Midfielders: Cody Gakpo, Marten de Roon, Kenneth Taylor, Frenkie de Jong, Steven Berghuis, Davy Klaassen, Teun Koopmeiners, Xavi Simons.
Defenders: Denzel Dumfries, Stefan de Vrij, Mathijs de Ligt, Tyrell Malacia, Virgil van Dijk, Nathan Aké, Daley Blind, Jurriën Timber, Jeremie Frimpong.
23. Spain
Goalkeepers: Unai Simón, Róbert Sánchez, David Raya.
Forwards: Boulaye Dia, Famara Diedhiou, Sadio Mane, Ismaila Sarr, Bamba Dieng, Keita Balde, Habib Diallo, Mame Babe Thiam.
Midfielders: Pape Matar Sarr, Pape Gueye, Nampalys Mendy, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Moustapha Name, M. Loum Ndiaye, Joseph Lopy.
Defenders: Pau Torres, Aymeric Laporte, Jordi Alba, José Gayà, Dani Carvajal, César Azpilicueta, Eric García, Hugo Guillamón.
24. Qatar
Goalkeepers: Saad Alsheeb (Al Sadd), Meshaal Barsham (Al Sadd), Yousef Hassan (Al Gharafa).
Forwards: Khalid Muneer (Al Wakrah), Naif Alhadhrami (Al Rayyan), Ahmed Alaaeldin (Al Gharafa), Hassan Al-Haydos (Al Sadd), Akram Afif (Al Sadd), Almoez Ali (Al Duhail), Mohamed Muntari (Al Duhail).
Midfielders: Abdelaziz Hatim (Al Rayyan), Ali Asad (Al Sadd), Assim Modibo (Al Duhail), Mohammed Waad (Al Sadd), Salem Al-Hajri (Al Sadd), Moustafa Tarek (Al Sadd), Karim Boudiaf (Al Duhail), Ismail Mohamad (Al Duhail).
Defenders: Abdelkarim Hassan (Al Sadd), Homam Ahmed (Al Gharafa), Pedro Miguel (Al Sadd), Musaab Khidir (Al Sadd), Tarek Salman (Al Sadd), Bassam Al-Rawi (Al Duhail), Boualem Khoukhi (Al Sadd), Jassem Gaber (Al Arabi).
25. Iran
Goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis), Payam Niazmand (Sepahan) Amir Abedzadeh (Ponferradina), Seyed Hossein Hosseini (Esteghlal).
Forwards: Karim Ansarifard (Omonia Nicosia), Sardar Azmoun (Bayer Leverkusen), Mehdi Taremi (Porto).
Midfielders: Saeid Ezatolahi (Vejle), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (Feyenoord), Mehdi Torabi (Persepolis), Ali Gholizadeh (Charleroi), Ahmad Noorollahi (Shabab Al Ahli), Saman Ghoddos (Brentford), Vahid Amiri (Persepolis), Ali Karimi (Kayserispor).
Defenders: Milad Mohammadi (AEK Athens), Hossein Kanaanizadegan (Al Ahli), Shojae Khalilzadeh (Al Ahli), Sadegh Moharrami (Dinamo Zagreb), Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal), Majid Hosseini (Kayserispor), Ehsan Hajsafi (AEK Athens), Morteza Pouraliganji (Persepolis), Ramin Rezaeian (Sepahan), Abolfazl Jalali (Esteghlal).
26. Saudi Arabia
Goalkeepers: Mohamed Al-Owais (Al-Hilal), Nawaf Al-Aqidi (Al-Nassr), Mohamed Al-Yami (Al-Ahly).
Forwards: Nawaf Al-Abed (Al-Shabab), Haitham Asiri (Al-Ahly), Saleh Al-Shehri (Al-Hilal) Firas Al-Buraikan (Al-Fateh)
Midfielders: Salem Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal), Hattan Bahebri (Al-Shabab), Salman Al-Faraj (Al-Hilal), Riyadh Sharahili (Abha), Ali Al-Hassan (Al-Nassr), Mohamed Kanno (Al-Hilal), Abdulelah Al-Malki (Al-Hilal), Sami Al-Najei (Al-Nassr), Abdullah Otayf (Al-Hilal), Nasser Al-Dawsari (Al-Hilal), Abdulrahman Al-Aboud (Ittihad).
Defenders: Yasser Al-Shahrani (Al-Hilal), Ali Al-Bulaihi (Al-Hilal), Abdulelah Al-Amri (Al-Nassr), Abdullah Madu (Al-Nassr), Hassan Tambakti (Al-Shabab), Sultan Al-Ghanam (Al-Nassr), Mohammed Al-Breik (Al-Hilal), Saud Abdulhamid (Al-Hilal).
27. Tunisia
Goalkeepers: Aymen Dahmen (CS Sfaxien), Bechir Ben Said (US Monastir), Mouez Hassen (Club Africain), Aymen Mathlouthi (Etoile Sahel).
Forwards: Youssef Msakni (Al Arabi), Naim Sliti (Al Ittifaq), Anis Ben Slimane (Brondby), Seifeddine Jaziri (Zamalek), Issam Jebali (Odense), Wahbi Khazri (Montpellier), Taha Yassine Khenissi (Kuwait SC).
Midfielders: Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane, Ghaylane Chaalali (both Esperance), Aissa Laidouni (Ferencvaros), Hannibal Mejbri (Birmingham City), Ferjani Sassi (Al Duhail), Elyas Skhiri (FC Cologne)
Defenders: Bilel Ifa (Kuwait SC), Wajdi Kechrida (Atromitos), Ali Abdi (Caen), Dylan Bronn (Salernitana), Mohamed Drager (FC Luzern), Nader Ghandri (Club Africain), Ali Maaloul (Al Ahly), Yassine Meriah (Esperance), Montassar Talbi (Lorient)
28. Canada
Goalkeepers: James Pantemis, Milan Borjan, Dayne St Clair
Forwards: Jonathan David, Cyle Larin, Alphonso Davies, Tajon Buchanan, Liam Millar, Lucas Cavallini, Ike Ugbo, Junior Hoilett.
Midfielders: Liam Fraser, Ismael Kone, Mark-Anthony Kaye, David Wotherspoon, Jonathan Osorio, Atiba Hutchinson, Stephen Eustaquio, Samuel Piette
Defenders: Alistair Johnston, Richie Laryea, Kamal Miller, Steven Vitoria, Samuel Adekugbe, Joel Waterman, Derek Cornelius.
29. Serbia
Goalkeepers: Marko Dmitrovic, Predrag Rajkovic, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic.
Forwards: Filip Duricic, Luka Jovic, Nemanja Radonjic, Dusan Tadic (captain), Aleksandar Mitrovic, Dusan Vlahovic.
Midfielders: Nemanja Gudelj, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Nemanja Maksimovic, Ivan Ilic, Andrija Zivkovic, Sasa Lukic, Marko Grujic, Filip Kostic, Uros Racic, Darko Lazovic.
Defenders: Milos Veljkovic, Filip Mladenovic, Strahinja Erakovic, Stefan Mitrovic, Nikola Milenkovic, Strahinja Pavlovic, Srdjan Babic.
30. Ghana
Goalkeepers: Lawrence Ati-Zigi (St Gallen), Danlad Ibrahim (Asante Kotoko), Manaf Nurudeen (Eupen).
Forwards: Kamal Sowah (Club Brugge), Kamaldeen Sulemana (Stade Rennes), Daniel Afriyie (Hearts of Oak), Jordan Ayew (Crystal Palace), Osman Bukari (Red Star Belgrade), Issahaku Abdul Fatawu (Sporting Lisbon), Antoine Semenyo (Bristol City), Inaki Williams (Athletic Bilbao).
Midfielders: Andre Ayew (Al Sadd), Mohammed Kudus (Ajax Amsterdam), Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (SC Freiburg), Elisha Owusu (Gent), Thomas Partey (Arsenal), Salis Abdul Samed (Racing Lens).
Defenders: Tariq Lamptey (Brighton & Hove Albion), Gideon Mensah (AJ Auxerre), Joseph Aidoo (Celta Vigo), Daniel Amartey (Leicester City), Abdul-Rahman Baba (Reading), Alexander Djiku (Racing Strasbourg), Denis Odoi (Club Brugge), Mohammed Salisu (Southampton), Alidu Seidu (Clermont Foot).
Only two teams out of 32 teams that include Ecuador, and Mexico are yet to announce their participants.