2018 World Cup squads: all 32 teams confirm their final player lists

From Germany and Argentina to Brazil and
Spain we look at the final squads for the Fifa World Cup in
Russia

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This summer’s World Cup will feature a total of 736 players and
according to Opta Sports Nigeria will have the youngest squad
(average age 25 years 336 days). Sky Sports reports that Egypt goalkeeper Essam
El Hadary will be the oldest player at the age of 45 years and four
months.

While superstars such as Lionel Messi (Argentina), Cristiano
Ronaldo (Portugal) and Eden Hazard (Belgium) are off to Russia with
their respective countries, there are a number of high-profile
players not picked for the finals. Leroy Sane (Germany), Mauro Icardi (Argentina)
and Karim Benzema (France) are three who have missed out. 

All 32 nations have until the day before their first World Cup
match to replace an injured player, ESPN reports. Belgium skipper Vincent Kompany is an injury
doubt so head coach Roberto Martinez has named Laurent Ciman on
stand-by.

Here we look at the group-by-group playing squads of the
32 World Cup teams.

Group A squads: Russia, Saudi Arabia,
Egypt, Uruguay

Russia

• Head coach: Stanislav Cherchesov 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group A guide 

• Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscow), Vladimir Gabulov
  (Club Brugge), Andrey Lunev (Zenit St Petersburg) 
• Defenders: Vladimir Granat (Rubin Kazan), Fedor Kudryashov
  (Rubin Kazan), Ilya Kutepov (Spartak Moscow), Andrey Semenov
  (Akhmat Grozny), Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscow), Mario Fernandes
  (CSKA Moscow), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit St Petersburg) 
• Midfielders: Yuri Gazinskiy (Krasnodar), Alexsandr Golovin
  (CSKA Moscow), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscow), Aleksandr Erokhin (Zenit
  St Petersburg), Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit St Petersburg), Daler Kuzyaev
  (Zenit St Petersburg), Roman Zobnin (Spartak Moscow), Alexsandr
  Samedov (Spartak Moscow), Anton Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscow), Denis
  Cheryshev (Villarreal) 
• Forwards: Artem Dzyuba (Arsenal Tula), Aleksey Miranchuk
  (Lokomotiv Moscow), Fedor Smolov (Krasnodar)

Saudi Arabia

• Head coach: Juan Antonio Pizzi 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group A guide

• Goalkeepers: Mohammed Alowais (Al Ahli), Yasser Almosailem (Al
  Ahli), Abdullah Almuaiouf (Al Hilal) 
• Defenders: Mansoor Alharbi (Al Ahli), Yasser Alshahrani (Al
  Hilal), Mohammed Alburyak (Al Hilal), Motaz Hawsawi (Al Ahli),
  Osama Hawsawi (Al Hilal), Omar Othman (Al Nassr), Ali Albulayhi (Al
  Hilal) 
• Midfielders: Abdullah Alkhaibari (Al Shabab), Abdulmalek
  Alkhaibri (Al Hilal), Abdullah Otayf (Al Hilal), Taiseer Aljassam
  (Al Ahli), Hussain Almoqahwi (Al Ahli), Salman Alfaraj (Al Hilal),
  Mohamed Kanno (Al Hilal), Hatan Bahbir (Al Shabab), Salem Aldawsari
  (Al Hilal), Yahia Alshehri (Al Nassr) 
• Forwards: Mohammed Alsahlawi (Al Nassr), Muhannad Asiri (Al
  Ahli), Fahad Almuwallad (Al Ittihad)

Egypt

• Head coach: Héctor Cúper
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group A guide

• Goalkeepers: Essam El Hadary (Al Taawoun), Mohamed
  El-Shennawy (Al Ahly), Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly)
• Defenders: Ahmed Fathi (Al Ahly), Saad Samir (Al
  Ahly), Ayman Ashraf (Al Ahly), Mahmoud Hamdy (Zamalek), Mohamed
  Abdel-Shafy (Al Fateh), Ahmed Hegazi (West Brom), Ali Gabr
  (Zamalek), Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa), Omar Gaber (Los Angeles
  FC) 
• Midfielders: Tarek Hamed, (Zamalek), Abdallah Said (Al Ahli),
  Sam Morsy (Wigan Athletic), Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal), Ramadan Sobhi
  (Stoke City), Mahmoud Hassan (Kasimpasa) 
• Forwards: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly),
  Shikabala (Zamalek), Amr Warda (Atromitos), Mahmoud Kahraba (Al
  Ittihad)

Uruguay

• Head coach: Oscar Washington Tabarez 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group A guide

• Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray), Martin Silva
  (Vasco da Gama), Martin Campana (Independiente) 
• Defenders: Diego Godin (Atletico Madrid), Jose Maria Gimenez
  (Atletico Madrid), Sebastian Coates (Sporting Lisbon), Maximiliano
  Pereira (Porto), Gaston Silva (Independiente), Martin Caceres
  (Lazio), Guillermo Varela (Penarol) 
• Midfielders: Nahitan Nandez (Boca Juniors), Lucas Torreira
  (Sampdoria), Matias Vecino (Inter Milan), Rodrigo Bentancur
  (Juventus), Carlos Sanchez (Monterrey), Giorgian De Arrascaeta
  (Cruzeiro), Diego Laxalt (Genoa), Cristian Rodriguez (Penarol),
  Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Monterrey) 
• Forwards: Cristhian Stuani (Girona), Maximiliano Gomez (Celta
  Vigo), Edinson Cavani (Paris St-Germain), Luis Suarez
  (Barcelona)

Group B squads: Portugal, Spain, Morocco,
Iran

Portugal

• Head coach: Fernando Santos 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group B guide

• Goalkeepers: Anthony Lopes (Lyon), Beto (Goztepe), Rui Patricio
  (Sporting Lisbon) 
• Defenders: Bruno Alves (Rangers), Cedric Soares (Southampton),
  Jose Fonte (Dalian Yifang), Mario Rui (Napoli), Pepe (Besiktas),
  Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund), Ricardo Pereira (Porto),
  Ruben Dias (Benfica) 
• Midfielders: Adrien Silva (Leicester), Bruno Fernandes
  (Sporting Lisbon), Joao Mario (West Ham), Joao Moutinho (Monaco),
  Manuel Fernandes (Lokomotiv Moscow), William Carvalho
  (Sporting) 
• Forwards: Andre Silva (AC Milan), Bernardo Silva (Manchester
  City), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Gelson Martins (Sporting
  Lisbon), Goncalo Guedes (Valencia), Ricardo Quaresma
  (Besiktas)

Spain

• Head coach: Julen Lopetegui 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group B guide

• Goalkeepers: Pepe Reina (Napoli), David de Gea (Manchester
  United), Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic Bilbao) 
• Defenders: Nacho Fernandez (Real Madrid), Sergio
  Ramos (Real Madrid), Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid), Gerard Pique
  (Barcelona), Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Alvaro Odriozola (Real
  Sociedad), Nacho Monreal (Arsenal), Cesar Azpilicueta
  (Chelsea) 
• Midfielders: Andres Iniesta, Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Saul
  Niguez (Atletico Madrid), Koke (Atletico Madrid), Isco (Real
  Madrid), Marco Asensio (Real Madrid), Thiago Alcantara (Bayern
  Munich), David Silva (Manchester City) 
• Forwards: Iago Aspas (Celta Vigo), Rodrigo (Valencia), Diego
  Costa (Atletico Madrid), Lucas Vazquez (Real Madrid)

Morocco

• Head coach: Hervé Renard 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group B guide

• Goalkeepers: Mounir El Kajoui (Numancia), Yassine Bounou
  (Girona), Ahmad Reda Tagnaouti (Ittihad Tanger) 
• Defenders: Mehdi Benatia (Juventus), Romain Saiss (Wolves),
  Manuel Da Costa (Istanbul Basaksehir), Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahce),
  Achraf Hakimi (Real Madrid), Hamza Mendyl (Lille) 
• Midfielders: M’barek Boussoufa (Al Jazira), Karim El Ahmadi
  (Feyenoord), Youssef Ait Bennasser (Caen), Sofyan Amrabat
  (Feyenoord), Younes Belhanda (Galatasaray), Faycal Fajr (Getafe),
  Amine Harit (Schalke) 
• Forwards: Khalid Boutaib (Malatyaspor), Aziz Bouhaddouz (St
  Pauli), Ayoub El Kaabi (Renaissance Berkane), Nordin Amrabat
  (Leganes), Mehdi Carcela (Standard Liege), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax),
  Youssef En Nesyri (Malaga)

Iran

• Head coach: Carlos Queiroz 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group B guide

• Goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis), Rashid Mazaheri
  (Zob Ahan), Amir Abedzadeh (Maritimo) 
• Defenders: Majid Hosseini (Esteghlal), Ramin Rezaeian
  (Ostende), Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh (Padideh), Morteza Pouraliganji
  (Alsaad), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Milad Mohammadi (Akhmat
  Grozny), Roozbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal) 
• Midfielders: Saeid Ezatolahi (Amkar Perm), Masoud Shojaei (AEK
  Athens), Mehdi Torabi (Saipa), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Ehsan
  Haji Safi (Olympiacos), Karim Ansarifard (Olympiacos), Vahid Amiri
  (Persepolis) 
• Forwards: Alireza Jahanbakhsh (AZ Alkmaar), Mehdi Taremi (Al
  Gharafa), Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Kazan), Reza Ghoochannejhad
  (Heerenveen), Saman Ghoddos (Ostersunds), Ashkan Dejagah
  (Nottingham Forest)

Group C squads: France, Australia, Peru,
Denmark

France

• Head coach: Didier Deschamps 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group C guide

• Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda
  (Marseille), Alphonse Areola (Paris St-Germain) 
• Defenders: Lucas Hernandez (Atletico Madrid), Presnel Kimpembe
  (Paris St-Germain), Benjamin Mendy (Manchester City), Benjamin
  Pavard (Stuttgart), Adil Rami (Marseille), Djibril Sidibe (Monaco),
  Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona), Raphael Varane (Real Madrid)
• Midfielders: N’Golo Kante (Chelsea), Blaise Matuidi (Juventus),
  Steven N’Zonzi (Sevilla), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Corentin
  Tolisso (Bayern Munich)
• Forwards: Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona), Nabil Fekir (Lyon),
  Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid),
  Thomas Lemar (Monaco), Kylian Mbappe (Paris St-Germain), Florian
  Thauvin (Marseille)

Australia

• Head coach: Bert van Marwijk 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group C guide

• Goalkeepers: Brad Jones (Feyenoord), Mat Ryan (Brighton), Danny
  Vukovic (Genk) 
• Defenders: Aziz Behich (Bursaspor), Milos Degenek (Yokohama F.
  Marinos), Matthew Jurman (Suwon Samsung Blue Wings), James Meredith
  (Millwall), Josh Risdon (Western Sydney), Trent Sainsbury
  (Grasshopper Zurich) 
• Midfielders: Jackson Irvine (Hull City), Mile Jedinak (Aston
  Villa), Robbie Kruse (VfL Bochum), Massimo Luongo (QPR), Mark
  Milligan (Al-Ahli), Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield), Tom Rogic (Celtic),
  Tim Cahill (Millwall) 
• Forwards: Daniel Arzani (Melbourne City), Tomi Juric (Luzern),
  Mathew Leckie (Hertha Berlin), Andrew Nabbout (Urawa Red Diamonds),
  Dimitri Petratos (Newcastle Jets), Jamie Maclaren (Hibernian)

Peru

• Head coach: Ricardo Gareca 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group C guide 

• Goalkeepers: Pedro Gallese (Veracruz), Carlos Caceda (Deportivo
  Municipal), Jose Carvallo (UTC) 
• Defenders: Aldo Corzo (Universitario), Luis Advincula (Lobos
  Buap), Christian Ramos (Veracruz), Miguel Araujo (Alianza Lima),
  Alberto Rodriguez (Atletico Junior), Anderson Santamaria (Puebla),
  Miguel Trauco (Flamengo), Nilson Loyola (Melgar) 
• Midfielders: Renato Tapia (Feyenoord), Pedro Aquino (Leon),
  Yoshimar Yotun (Orlando City), Paolo Hurtado (Vitoria Guimaraes),
  Christian Cueva (Sao Paulo), Edison Flores (Aalborg), Andy Polo
  (Portland Timbers), Wilder Cartagena (Veracruz) 
• Forwards: Andre Carrillo (Benfica), Raul Ruidiaz (Morelia),
  Jefferson Farfan (Lokomotiv Moscow), Paolo Guerrero (Flamengo)

Denmark

• Head coach: Age Hareide 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group C guide 

• Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester), Frederik Ronnow
  (Brondby), Jonas Lossl (Huddersfield) 
• Defenders: Simon Kjaer (Sevilla), Mathias Jorgensen
  (Huddersfield), Andreas Christensen (Chelsea), Henrik Dalsgaard
  (Brentford), Jannik Vestergaard (Borussia Monchengladbach), Jens
  Stryger Larsen (Udinese), Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich) 
• Midfielders: Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), Lasse Schone
  (Ajax), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Deportivo La Coruna), Thomas Delaney
  (Werder Bremen), William Kvist (FC Copenhagen), Lukas Lerager
  (Bordeaux) 
• Forwards: Andreas Cornelius (Atalanta), Kasper Dolberg (Ajax),
  Martin Braithwaite (Middlesbrough), Nicolai Jorgensen (Feyenoord),
  Pione Sisto (Celta Vigo), Viktor Fischer (FC Copenhagen), Yussuf
  Poulsen (RB Leipzig)

Group D squads: Argentina, Iceland, Croatia,
Nigeria 

Argentina

• Head coach: Jorge Sampaoli 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group D guide

• Goalkeepers: Willy Caballero (Chelsea), Franco Armani (River
  Plate), Nahuel Guzman (Tigres) 
• Defenders: Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla), Federico Fazio (Roma),
  Nicolas Otamendi (Manchester City), Marcos Rojo (Manchester
  United), Nicolas Taglafico (Ajax), Javier Mascherano (Hebei
  Fortune), Marcos Acuna (Sporting Lisbon), Cristian Ansaldi
  (Torino) 
• Midfielders: Ever Banega (Sevilla), Lucas Biglia (AC Milan),
  Angel Di Maria (Paris St-Germain), Giovani Lo Celso (Paris
  St-Germain), Manuel Lanzini (West Ham), Cristian Pavon (Boca
  Juniors), Maximiliano Meza (Independiente), Eduardo Salvio
  (Benfica) 
• Forwards: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Gonzalo Higuain (Juventus),
  Paulo Dybala (Juventus), Sergio Aguero (Manchester City)

Iceland

• Head coach: Heimir Hallgrimsson 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group D guide 

• Goalkeepers: Hannes Thor Halldorsson (Randers FC), Runar Alex
  Runarsson (FC Nordsjælland), Frederik Schram (FC
  Roskilde) 
• Defenders: Kari Arnason (Vikingur), Ari Freyr Skulason
  (Lokeren), Birkir Mar Saevarsson (Valur), Sverrir Ingi Ingason (FC
  Rostov), Hordur Magnusson (Bristol City), Holmar Orn Eyjolfsson
  (Levski Sofia), Ragnar Sigurdsson (FC Rostov) 
• Midfielders: Johann Berg Gudmundsson (Burnley), Birkir
  Bjarnason (Aston Villa), Arnor Ingvi Traustason (Malmo FF), Emil
  Hallfredsson (Udinese), Gylfi Sigurdsson (Everton), Olafur Ingi
  Skulason (Kardemir Karabukspor), Rurik Gislason (SV Sandhausen),
  Samuel Fridjonsson (Valerenga), Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff
  City) 
• Forwards: Alfred Finnbogason (Augsburg), Bjorn Bergmann
  Sigurdarson (FC Rostov), Jon Dadi Bodvarsson (Reading), Albert
  Gudmundsson (PSV Eindhoven)

Croatia

• Head coach: Zlatko Dalic 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group D guide 

• Goalkeepers: Danijel Subasic (Monaco), Lovre Kalinic (Gent),
  Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb) 
• Defenders: Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscow), Domagoj Vida
  (Besiktas), Ivan Strinic (Milan), Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), Sime
  Vrsaljko (Atletico Madrid), Josip Pivaric (Dynamo Kiev), Tin Jedvaj
  (Bayer Leverkusen), Duje Caleta-Car (Red Bull Salzburg) 
• Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Ivan Rakitic
  (Barcelona), Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid), Milan Badelj
  (Fiorentina), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter Milan), Filip Bradaric
  (Rijeka) 
• Forwards: Mario Mandzukic (Juventus), Ivan Perisic (Inter
  Milan), Nikola Kalinic (AC Milan), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim),
  Marko Pjaca (Juventus), Ante Rebic (Fiorentina)

Nigeria

• Head coach: Gernot Rohr 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group D guide 

• Goalkeepers: Francis Uzoho (Deportivo La Coruna), Ikechukwu
  Ezenwa (Enyimba), Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United) 
• Defenders: William Troost-Ekong (Bursaspor), Abdullahi Shehu
  (Bursaspor), Tyronne Ebuehi (Benfica), Elderson Echiejile (Cercle
  Brugge), Bryan Idowu (Amkar Perm), Chidozie Awaziem (Porto), Leon
  Balogun (Brighton), Kenneth Omeruo (Chelsea) 
• Midfielders: Mikel John Obi (Tianjin Teda), Ogenyi Onazi
  (Trabzonspor), Wilfred Ndidi (Leicester), Oghenekaro Etebo (CD
  Feirense), John Ogu (Hapoel Be’er Sheva), Joel Obi
  (Torino) 
• Forwards: Ahmed Musa (Leicester), Kelechi Iheanacho
  (Leicester), Victor Moses (Chelsea), Odion Ighalo (Changchun
  Yatai), Alex Iwobi (Arsenal), Simeon Nwankwo (Crotone)

Group E squads: Brazil, Switzerland, Costa
Rica, Serbia

Brazil

• Head coach: Tite 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group E guide 

• Goalkeepers: Alisson (Roma), Ederson (Manchester City), Cassio
  (Corinthians) 
• Defenders: Danilo (Manchester City), Fagner (Corinthians),
  Marcelo (Real Madrid), Filipe Luis (Atletico Madrid), Thiago Silva
  (Paris St-Germain), Marquinhos (Paris St-Germain), Miranda (Inter
  Milan) Pedro Geromel (Gremio) 
• Midfielders: Casemiro (Real Madrid), Fernandinho (Manchester
  City), Paulinho (Barcelona), Fred (Shakhtar Donetsk), Renato
  Augusto (Beijing Guoan), Philippe Coutinho (Barcelona), Willian
  (Chelsea), Douglas Costa (Juventus) 
• Forwards: Neymar Jr (Paris St-Germain), Taison (Shakhtar
  Donetsk), Gabriel Jesus (Manchester City), Roberto Firmino
  (Liverpool)

Switzerland

• Head coach: Vladimir Petkovic 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group E guide 

• Goalkeepers: Roman Buerki (Borussia Dortmund), Yvon Mvogo
  (Leipzig), Yann Sommer (Borussia Monchengladbach) 
• Defenders: Manuel Akanji (Borussia Dortmund), Johan Djourou
  (Antalyaspor), Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach), Michael Lang
  (Basel), Stephan Lichtsteiner (Juventus), Jacques-Francois
  Moubandje (Toulouse), Ricardo Rodriguez (Milan), Fabian Schaer
  (Deportivo La Coruna) 
• Midfielders: Valon Behrami (Udinese), Blerim Dzemaili
  (Bologna), Gelson Fernandes (Eintracht Frankfurt), Remo Freuler
  (Atalanta), Xherdan Shaqiri (Stoke City), Granit Xhaka (Arsenal),
  Steven Zuber (1899 Hoffenheim), Denis Zakaria (Borussia
  Monchengladbach) 
• Forwards: Josip Drmic (Borussia Monchengladbach), Breel Embolo
  (Schalke), Mario Gavranovic (Dinamo Zagreb), Haris Seferovic
  (Benfica)

Costa Rica

• Head coach: Oscar Ramirez 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group E guide

• Goalkeepers: Keylor Navas (Real Madrid), Patrick Pemberton
  (Liga Deportiva Alajuelense), Leonel Moreira (CS
  Herediano) 
• Defenders: Cristian Gamboa (Celtic), Ian Smith (Santos de
  Guapiles), Ronald Matarrita (New York City), Bryan Oviedo
  (Sunderland), Oscar Duarte (Espanyol), Giancarlo Gonzalez
  (Bologna), Francisco Calvo (Minnesota United), Kendall Waston
  (Vancouver Whitecaps), Johnny Acosta (Rionegro Aguilas) 
• Midfielders: David Guzman (Portland Timbers), Yeltsin Tejeda
  (Lausanne-Sport), Celso Borges (Deportivo La Coruna), Randall
  Azofeifa (CS Herediano), Rodney Wallace (New York City), Bryan Ruiz
  (Sporting Lisbon), Daniel Colindres (Deportivo Saprissa), Christian
  Bolanos (Deportivo Saprissa) 
• Forwards: Johan Venegas (Deportivo Saprissa), Joel Campbell
  (Real Betis), Marco Urena (Los Angeles FC)

Serbia

• Head coach: Mladen Krstajic 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group E guide

• Goalkeepers: Vladimir Stojkovic (Partizan Belgrade), Predrag
  Rajkovic (Maccabi Tel Aviv), Marko Dmitrovic (Eibar) 
• Defenders: Aleksandar Kolarov (Roma), Branislav Ivanovic (Zenit
  St Petersburg), Dusko Tosic (Guangzhou R&F), Antonio Rukavina
  (Villarreal), Milos Veljkovic (Werder Bremen), Milan Rodic (Red
  Star Belgrade), Uros Spajic (Krasnodar), Nikola Milenkovic
  (Fiorentina) 
• Midfielders: Nemanja Matic (Manchester United), Luka
  Milivojevic (Crystal Palace), Sergej Milinkovic-Savic (Lazio),
  Marko Grujic (Liverpool), Adem Ljajic (Torino), Dusan Tadic
  (Southampton), Filip Kostic (Hamburg), Andrija Zivkovic (Benfica),
  Nemanja Radonjic (Red Star Belgrade) 
• Strikers: Aleksandar Mitrovic (Newcastle United), Aleksandar
  Prijovic (PAOK Salonika), Luka Jovic (Benfica)

Group F squads: Germany, Mexico, Sweden, Korea
Republic 

Germany

• Head coach: Joachim Low 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group F guide 

• Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer (Bayern Munich), Marc-Andre ter
  Stegen (Barcelona), Kevin Trapp (Paris St-Germain) 
• Defenders: Jerome Boateng (Bayern Munich), Matthias Ginter
  (Borussia Monchengladbach), Jonas Hector (Cologne), Mats Hummels
  (Bayern Munich), Joshua Kimmich (Bayern Munich), Marvin
  Plattenhardt (Hertha Berlin), Antonio Rudiger (Chelsea), Niklas
  Sule (Bayern Munich) 
• Midfielders: Julian Brandt (Bayer Leverkusen), Julian Draxler
  (Paris St-Germain), Leon Goretska (Schalke), Ilkay Gundogan
  (Manchester City), Sami Khedira (Juventus), Toni Kroos (Real
  Madrid), Mesut Ozil (Arsenal), Sebastian Rudy (Bayern
  Munich) 
• Strikers: Mario Gomez (Stuttgart), Thomas Muller (Bayern
  Munich), Marco Reus (Borussia Dortmund), Timo Werner (RB
  Leipzig)

Mexico

• Head coach: Juan Carlos Osorio 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group F guide 

• Goalkeepers: Guillermo Ochoa (Standard Liege), Alfredo Talavera
  (Toluca), Jesus Corona (Cruz Azul) 
• Defenders: Carlos Salcedo (Eintracht Frankfurt), Diego Reyes
  (Porto), Hector Moreno (Real Sociedad), Hugo Ayala (Tigres), Edson
  Alvarez (America), Jesus Gallardo (Monterrey), Miguel Layun
  (Sevilla) 
• Midfielders: Rafael Marquez (Atlas), Hector Herrera (Porto),
  Jonathan Dos Santos (La Galaxy), Giovani Dos Santos (LA Galaxy),
  Andres Guardado (Real Betis), Javier Aquino (Tigres), Jesus Corona
  (Porto) 
• Forwards: Javier Hernandez (West Ham), Raul Jimenez (Benfica),
  Oribe Peralta (America), Carlos Vela (Los Angeles FC), Hirving
  Lozano (PSV Eindhoven), Marco Fabian (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Sweden

• Head coach: Janne Andersson 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group F guide 

• Goalkeepers: Robin Olsen (Copenhagen), Karl-Johan Johnsson
  (Guingamp), Kristoffer Nordfeldt (Swansea) 
• Defenders: Mikael Lustig (Celtic), Victor Lindelof (Manchester
  United), Andreas Granqvist (Krasnador), Martin Olsson (Swansea),
  Ludwig Augustinsson (Werder Bremen), Filip Helander (Bologna), Emil
  Krafth (Bologna), Pontus Jansson (Leeds United) 
• Midfielders: Sebastian Larsson (Hull), Albin Ekdal (Hamburg),
  Emil Forsberg (RB Leipzig), Gustav Svensson (Seattle Sounders),
  Oscar Hiljemark (Genoa), Viktor Claesson (Krasnador), Marcus Rohden
  (Crotone), Jimmy Durmaz (Toulouse) 
• Forwards: Marcus Berg (Al Ain), John Guidetti (Alaves), Ola
  Toivonen (Toulouse), Isaac Kiese Thelin (Waasland-Beveren)

Korea Republic

• Head coach: Shin Tae-yong 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group F guide 

• Goalkeepers: Kim Seung-gyu (Vissel Kobe), Kim Jin-hyeon (Cerezo
  Osaka), Cho Hyun-woo (Daegu FC) 
• Defenders: Kim young-gwon (Guangzhou Evergrande), Jang Hyun-soo
  (FC Tokyo), Jung Seung-hyun (Sagan Tosu), Yun Yong-sun (Seongnam
  FC), Oh Ban-suk (Jeju United), Kim Min-woo (Sangju Sangmu), Park
  Joo-ho (Ulsan Hyundai), Hong Chul (Sangju Sangmu), Go Yo-han (FC
  Seoul), Lee Yong (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors) 
• Midfielders: Ki Sung-yueng (Swansea), Jung Woo-young (Vissel
  Kobe), Ju Se-jong (Asan Mugunghwa), Koo Ja-cheol (Augsburg), Lee
  Jae-sung (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors), Lee Seung-woo (Hellas Verona),
  Moon Seon-min (Incheon United) 
• Forwards: Kim Shin-wook (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors), Son Heung-min
  (Tottenham), Hwang Hee-chan (Red Bull Salzburg)

Group G squads: Belgium, Panama, Tunisia,
England 

Belgium

• Head coach: Roberto Martinez 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group G guide 

• Goalkeepers: Koen Casteels (Wolfsburg), Thibaut Courtois
  (Chelsea), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool) 
• Defenders: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Dedryck Boyata
  (Celtic), Vincent Kompany (Manchester City), Thomas Meunier (Paris
  St-Germain), Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona), Jan Vertonghen
  (Tottenham) 
• Midfielders: Yannick Carrasco (Dalian Yifang), Kevin de Bruyne
  (Manchester City), Mousa Dembele (Tottenham), Leander Dendoncker
  (Anderlecht), Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United), Eden Hazard
  (Chelsea), Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Monchengladbach), Adnan Januzaj
  (Real Sociedad), Youri Tielemans (Monaco), Axel Witsel (Tianjin
  Quanjian) 
• Forwards: Michy Batshuayi (Chelsea), Nacer Chadli (West Brom),
  Romelu Lukaku (Manchester United), Dries Mertens (Napoli)
• Stand-by: Laurent Ciman (Los Angeles FC)

Panama

• Head coach: Hernan Dario Gomez 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group G guide 

• Goalkeepers: Jose Calderon (Chorrillo), Jaime Penedo (Dinamo
  Bucharest), Alex Rodriguez (San Francisco) 
• Defenders: Felipe Baloy (Municipal CSD), Harold Cummings (San
  Jose Earthquakes), Erick Davis (Dunajska Streda), Fidel Escobar
  (San Miguelito), Michael Murillo (New York Red Bulls), Adolfo
  Machado (Houston Dynamo), Luis Ovalle (Olimpia), Roman Torres
  (Seattle Sounders) 
• Midfielders: Jose Luis Rodriguez (Gent), Yoel Barcenas
  (Cafetaleros de Tapachula), Armando Cooper (Universidad de Chile),
  Anibal Godoy (San Jose Earthquakes), Gabriel Gomez (Bucaramanga),
  Valentin Pimentel (Plaza Amador), Alberto Quintero
  (Universitario) 
• Forwards: Abdiel Arroyo (Alajuelense), Ismael Diaz (Deportivo
  La Coruna), Blas Perez (Municipal), Luis Tejada (Sports Boys),
  Gabriel Torres (CD Huachipato)

Tunisia

• Head coach: Nabil Maaloul 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group G guide 

• Goalkeepers: Farouk Ben Mustapha (Al Shabab), Mouez Hassen
  (Nice), Aymen Mathlouthi (Al Baten) 
• Defenders: Rami Bedoui (Etoile du Sahel), Yohan Benalouane
  (Leicester), Syam Ben Youssef (Kasimpasa), Dylan Bronn (Gent),
  Oussama Haddadi (Dijon), Ali Maaloul (Al Ahly), Yassine Meriah (CS
  Sfaxien), Hamdi Nagguez (Zamalek) 
• Midfielders: Wahbi Khazri (Rennes), Anice Badri (Esperance),
  Mohamed Amine Ben Amor (Etoile Sportive du Sahel), Ferjani Sassi
  (Al Nasr), Ellyes Skhiri (Montpellier) 
• Forwards: Saifeddine Khaoui (Marseille), Fakhreddine Ben
  Youssef (Al Ettifaq), Saber Khalifa (Club Africain), Bassem Srarfi
  (Nice), Naim Sliti (Lille), Ahmed Khalil (Club Africain), Ghaylen
  Chaaleli (Esperance)

England

• Head coach: Gareth Southgate 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group G guide 

• Goalkeepers: Jack Butland (Stoke), Jordan Pickford (Everton),
  Nick Pope (Burnley) 
• Defenders: Trent Alexander-Arnold (Liverpool), Gary Cahill
  (Chelsea), Fabian Delph (Manchester City), Phil Jones (Manchester
  United), Harry Maguire (Leicester), Danny Rose (Tottenham), John
  Stones (Manchester City), Kieran Trippier (Tottenham), Kyle Walker
  (Manchester City), Ashley Young (Manchester United) 
• Midfielders: Dele Alli (Tottenham), Eric Dier (Tottenham),
  Jordan Henderson (Liverpool), Jesse Lingard (Manchester United),
  Ruben Loftus-Cheek (Chelsea) 
• Forwards: Harry Kane (Tottenham), Marcus Rashford (Manchester
  United), Raheem Sterling (Manchester City), Jamie Vardy
  (Leicester), Danny Welbeck (Arsenal)

Group H squads: Poland, Senegal,
Colombia, Japan

Poland

• Head coach: Adam Nawalka 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group H guide 

• Goalkeepers: Bartosz Bialkowski (Ipswich), Lukasz Fabianski
  (Swansea City), Wojciech Szczesny (Juventus) 
• Defenders: Jan Bednarek (Southampton), Bartosz Bereszynski
  (Sampdoria), Thiago Cionek (SPAL), Kamil Glik (Monaco), Artur
  Jedrzejczyk (Legia Warsaw), Michal Pazdan (Legia Warsaw), Lukasz
  Piszczek (Borussia Dortmund) 
• Midfielders: Jakub Blaszczykowski (Wolfsburg), Jacek Goralski
  (Ludogorets Razgrad), Kamil Grosicki (Hull City), Grzegorz
  Krychowiak (Paris St-Germain), Rafal Kurzawa (Gornik Zabrze), Karol
  Linetty (Sampdoria), Slawomir Peszko (Lechnia Gdansk), Maciej Rybus
  (Lokomotiv Moscow), Piotr Zielinski (Napoli) 
• Forwards: Dawid Kownacki (Sampdoria), Robert Lewandowski
  (Bayern Munich), Arkadiusz Milik (Napoli), Lukasz Teodorczyk
  (Anderlecht)

Senegal

• Head coach: Aliou Cisse 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group H guide 

• Goalkeepers: Khadim N’Diaye (Horoya AC), Abdoulaye Diallo
  (Rennes), Alfred Gomis (Torino) 
• Defenders: Kara Mbodji (Anderlecht), Kalidou Koulibaly
  (Napoli), Moussa Wague (Eupen), Saliou Ciss (Angers), Youssouf
  Sabaly (Bordeaux), Lamine Gassama (Alanyaspor) 
• Midfielders: Badou Ndiaye (Stoke), Idrissa Gueye (Everton),
  Cheikhou Kouyate (West Ham), Cheikh N’Doye (Birmingham), Salif Sane
  (Hannover 96), Alfred N’Diaye (Villarreal) 
• Forwards: Moussa Sow (Bursaspor), Sadio Mane (Liverpool), Keita
  Balde Diao (Monaco), Moussa Konate (Amiens), Ismaila Sarr (Rennes),
  Diafra Sakho (Rennes), Mame Biram Diouf (Stoke), M’Baye Niang (AC
  Milan) 

Colombia

• Head coach: Jose Pekerman 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group H guide 

• Goalkeepers: David Ospina (Arsenal), Camilo Vargas (Deportivo
  Cali), Jose Fernando Cuadrado (Once Caldas) 
• Defenders: Cristian Zapata (Milan), Davinson Sanchez
  (Tottenham), Santiago Arias (PSV Eindhoven), Oscar Murillo
  (Pachuca), Frank Fabra (Boca Juniors), Johan Mojica (Girona), Yerry
  Mina (Barcelona) 
• Midfielders: Wílmar Barrios (Boca Juniors), Carlos Sanchez
  (Espanyol), Jefferson Lerma (Levante), Jose Izquierdo (Brighton),
  James Rodriguez (Bayern Munich), Abel Aguilar (Deportivo Cali),
  Mateus Uribe (America), Juan Fernando Quintero (River Plate), Juan
  Cuadrado (Juventus) 
• Forwards: Radamel Falcao (Monaco), Miguel Borja (Palmeiras),
  Carlos Bacca (Villarreal), Luis Fernando Muriel (Sevilla)

Japan

• Head coach: Akira Nishino 
• Team profile: see TheWeek.co.uk’s group H guide 

• Goalkeepers: Eiji Kawashima (Metz), Masaaki Higashiguchi (Gamba
  Osaka), Kosuke Nakamura (Kashiwa Reysol)
• Defenders: Yuto Nagatomo (Galatasaray), Tomoaki Makino (Urawa
  Reds), Wataru Endo (Urawa Reds), Maya Yoshida (Southampton), Hiroki
  Sakai (Marseille), Gotoku Sakai (Hamburg), Gen Shoji (Kashima
  Antlers), Naomichi Ueda (Kashima Antlers)
• Midfielders: Makoto Hasebe (Eintracht Frankfurt), Keisuke Honda
  (Pachuca), Takashi Inui (Eibar), Shinji Kagawa (Dortmund), Hotaru
  Yamaguchi (Cerezo Osaka), Genki Haraguchi (Hertha Berlin), Takashi
  Usami (Augsburg), Gaku Shibasaki (Getafe), Ryota Oshima (Kawasaki
  Frontale)
• Forwards: Shinji Okazaki (Leicester), Yuya Osako (Werder
  Bremen), Yoshinori Muto (Mainz)