World Cup 2026 / Squads

World Cup 2026 squads - all 48 teams

Full squads, captains, managers, and live starting XIs for every World Cup 2026 team. Use the API to power fantasy apps, lineup widgets, captain pickers, and squad comparison tools.

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UEFA

14 teams

Group F

France

Manager: Didier Deschamps

Captain: Kylian Mbappé

Group E

Spain

Manager: Luis de la Fuente

Captain: Álvaro Morata

Group H

England

Manager: Thomas Tuchel

Captain: Harry Kane

Group I

Portugal

Manager: Roberto Martínez

Captain: Cristiano Ronaldo

Group J

Netherlands

Manager: Ronald Koeman

Captain: Virgil van Dijk

Group K

Belgium

Manager: Rudi Garcia

Captain: Kevin De Bruyne

Group G

Germany

Manager: Julian Nagelsmann

Captain: Joshua Kimmich

Group L

#10

Italy

Manager: Luciano Spalletti

Captain: Gianluigi Donnarumma

Group L

#12

Croatia

Manager: Zlatko Dalić

Captain: Granit Xhaka

Group C

#21

Denmark

Manager: Brian Riemer

Manager: Vincenzo Montella

Captain: Hakan Çalhanoğlu

Group L

#32

Norway

Manager: Ståle Solbakken

Captain: Martin Ødegaard

Group A

#35

Poland

Manager: Michał Probierz

Captain: Robert Lewandowski

CONMEBOL

6 teams

Group D

Argentina

Manager: Lionel Scaloni

Captain: Lionel Messi

Group G

Brazil

Manager: Dorival Júnior

Manager: Marcelo Bielsa

Captain: Federico Valverde

Group H

#13

Colombia

Manager: Néstor Lorenzo

Captain: James Rodríguez

Group B

#31

Ecuador

Manager: Sebastián Beccacece

Captain: Enner Valencia

Group J

#47

Paraguay

Manager: Gustavo Alfaro

Captain: Gustavo Gómez

CONCACAF

8 teams

Group C

#16

United States

Manager: Mauricio Pochettino

Captain: Christian Pulisic

Group A

#18

Mexico

Manager: Javier Aguirre

Captain: Edson Álvarez

Group C

#41

Panama

Manager: Thomas Christiansen

Captain: Aníbal Godoy

Group B

#43

Canada

Manager: Jesse Marsch

Captain: Alphonso Davies

Group F

#48

Costa Rica

Manager: Gustavo Alfaro

Captain: Keylor Navas

Group E

#56

Jamaica

Manager: Steve McClaren

Manager: Reinaldo Rueda

Manager: Sébastien Migné

Captain: Duckens Nazon

AFC

9 teams

Group F

#15

Japan

Manager: Hajime Moriyasu

Manager: Amir Ghalenoei

Captain: Mehdi Taremi

Group C

#22

South Korea

Manager: Hong Myung-bo

Captain: Son Heung-min

Group E

#27

Australia

Manager: Tony Popovic

Manager: Bartolomé Márquez

Captain: Hassan Al-Haydos

Group J

#57

Uzbekistan

Manager: Timur Kapadze

Captain: Eldor Shomurodov

Group H

#58

Iraq

Manager: Graham Arnold

Captain: Aymen Hussein

Group I

#60

Saudi Arabia

Manager: Roberto Mancini

Captain: Salem Al-Dawsari

Group A

#64

Jordan

Manager: Jamal Sellami

Captain: Yazan Al-Arab

CAF

9 teams

Group D

#14

Morocco

Manager: Walid Regragui

Captain: Achraf Hakimi

Captain: Kalidou Koulibaly

Group I

#33

Egypt

Manager: Hossam Hassan

Captain: Mohamed Salah

Captain: William Troost-Ekong

Group B

#38

Algeria

Manager: Vladimir Petković

Captain: Riyad Mahrez

Captain: Serge Aurier

Group G

#49

Tunisia

Manager: Sami Trabelsi

Captain: Aïssa Laïdouni

Captain: Vincent Aboubakar

OFC

2 teams

Group D

#89

New Zealand

Manager: Darren Bazeley

Manager: Felipe Vega-Arango

Captain: Micah Lea'alafa

ENDPOINT

`/football/teams/{team_id}/squad`

Get a full World Cup squad for any of the 48 teams.

Live starting XIs at kickoff
Captain and manager metadata
Shirt numbers and positions
Player metadata (age, club, height)

JavaScript

// Squad for a single World Cup 2026 team
const response = await fetch(
  'https://api.thestatsapi.com/api/football/teams/{team_id}/squad?competition_id={COMPETITION_ID}',
  { headers: { 'Authorization': 'Bearer YOUR_API_KEY' } }
);
const { data } = await response.json();

Frequently Asked Questions

When are the official World Cup 2026 squads announced?

FIFA requires final 26-player squads to be submitted approximately one week before the tournament begins on June 11, 2026. Provisional squads are typically named 4-6 weeks earlier.

How many players are in a World Cup 2026 squad?

Each of the 48 teams names a 26-player squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup, up from 23 used at previous editions.

Can I get live starting XIs for every World Cup 2026 match?

Yes. Lineups (formations, starting XIs, substitutes, captains) are available via TheStatsAPI lineups endpoint and are published 30-60 minutes before kickoff for every fixture.

How do I get a single team's World Cup squad via the API?

Use the teams squad endpoint with the World Cup competition_id and the team_id you want. The API returns each player's position, shirt number, age, and club.

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