The 2018 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament held in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018. The 32 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
A provisional list of 35 players per national team was submitted to FIFA by 14 May 2018, one month prior to the opening match of the tournament. From the preliminary squad, the final list of 23 players per national team was submitted to FIFA by 4 June, 10 days prior to the opening match of the tournament. FIFA published the final lists with squad numbers on their website the same day. Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first match, where the replacement players did not need to be in the preliminary squad.
For players named in the 35-player preliminary squad, there was a mandatory rest period between 21 and 27 May 2018, except for those involved in the 2018 UEFA Champions League Final played on 26 May. Initially the preliminary squads were to have 30 players but, in February 2018, it was announced that the number of players to be named in the provisional squads was increased to 35.
The position listed for each player is per the official squad list published by FIFA. The age listed for each player is on 14 June 2018, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of the tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team.
Group A
Egypt Coach: Héctor Cúper
Egypt's 29-man preliminary squad was announced on 13 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 4 June.
Russia Coach: Stanislav Cherchesov
Russia's 28-man preliminary squad was announced on 11 May 2018. Ruslan Kambolov withdrew injured and was replaced by Sergei Ignashevich on 14 May. The final squad was announced on 3 June.
Saudi Arabia Coach: Juan Antonio Pizzi
Saudi Arabia's 28-man preliminary squad was announced on 17 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 4 June.
Uruguay Coach: Óscar Tabárez
Uruguay's 26-man preliminary squad was announced on 15 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 2 June.
Group B
Iran Coach: Carlos Queiroz
Iran's 35-man preliminary squad was announced on 13 May 2018. The squad was reduced to 24 players on 20 May. The final squad was announced on 4 June.
Morocco Coach: Hervé Renard
Morocco's 26-man preliminary squad was announced on 17 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 4 June.
Portugal Coach: Fernando Santos
Portugal's 35-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 17 May.
Spain Coach: Fernando Hierro
Spain's final squad was announced on 21 May 2018. Coach Julen Lopetegui was sacked and replaced by Fernando Hierro on 13 June.
Group C
Australia Coach: Bert van Marwijk
Australia's 32-man preliminary squad was announced on 6 May 2018. The squad was reduced to 26 players on 14 May, then extended to 27 players on 28 May. The final squad was announced on 3 June.
Denmark Coach: Åge Hareide
Denmark's 35-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2018. The squad was reduced to 27 players on 27 May. The final squad was announced on 3 June.
France Coach: Didier Deschamps
France's final squad was announced on 17 May 2018.
Peru Coach: Ricardo Gareca
Peru's 24-man preliminary squad was announced on 16 May 2018. The final squad was initially announced on 30 May, but was extended to 24 players on 31 May after the suspension of Paolo Guerrero was lifted. The final squad was announced on 4 June.
Group D
Argentina Coach: Jorge Sampaoli
Argentina's 35-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 21 May. Sergio Romero withdrew injured and was replaced by Nahuel Guzmán on 23 May. Manuel Lanzini withdrew injured and was replaced by Enzo Pérez on 9 June.
Croatia Coach: Zlatko Dalić
Croatia's 32-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2018. The squad was reduced to 24 players on 21 May. The final squad was announced on 4 June.
Iceland Coach: Heimir Hallgrímsson
Iceland's final squad was announced on 11 May 2018.
Nigeria Coach: Gernot Rohr
Nigeria's 30-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2018. The squad was reduced to 29 players on 27 May as Moses Simon withdrew injured, then to 25 players on 30 May. The final squad was announced on 3 June.
Group E
Brazil Coach: Tite
Brazil's final squad was announced on 14 May 2018.
Costa Rica Coach: Óscar Ramírez
Costa Rica's final squad was announced on 14 May 2018. Rónald Matarrita withdrew injured and was replaced by Kenner Gutiérrez on 15 June.
Serbia Coach: Mladen Krstajić
Serbia's 27-man preliminary squad was announced on 24 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 1 June.
Switzerland Coach: Vladimir Petković
Switzerland's 26-man preliminary squad was announced on 25 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 4 June.
Group F
Germany Coach: Joachim Löw
Germany's 27-man preliminary squad was announced on 15 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 4 June.
Mexico Coach: Juan Carlos Osorio
Mexico's 28-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2018. The squad was reduced to 27 players on 23 May as Néstor Araujo withdrew injured, then to 24 players on 2 June. The final squad was announced on 4 June. Diego Reyes withdrew injured and was replaced by Érick Gutiérrez on 13 June.
South Korea Coach: Shin Tae-yong
South Korea's 28-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2018. The squad was reduced to 26 players on 22 May as Kwon Chang-hoon and Lee Keun-ho withdrew injured. The final squad was announced on 2 June.
Sweden Coach: Janne Andersson
Sweden's final squad was announced on 15 May 2018.
Group G
Belgium Coach: Roberto Martínez
Belgium's 28-man preliminary squad was announced on 21 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 4 June.
England Coach: Gareth Southgate
England's final squad was announced on 16 May 2018.
Panama Coach: Hernán Darío Gómez
Panama's 35-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 30 May. Alberto Quintero withdrew injured and was replaced by Ricardo Ávila on 6 June.
Tunisia Coach: Nabil Maâloul
Tunisia's 29-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 2 June.
Group H
Colombia Coach: José Pékerman
Colombia's 35-man preliminary squad was announced on 14 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 4 June. Frank Fabra withdrew injured and was replaced by Farid Díaz on 9 June.
Japan Coach: Akira Nishino
Japan's 27-man preliminary squad was announced on 18 May 2018. The final squad was announced on 31 May.
Poland Coach: Adam Nawałka
Poland's 35-man preliminary squad was announced on 11 May 2018. The squad was reduced to 32 players on 18 May. The final squad was announced on 4 June.
Senegal Coach: Aliou Cissé
Senegal's final squad was announced on 17 May 2018. Saliou Ciss withdrew injured and was replaced by Adama Mbengue on 17 June.
Statistics
Age Of the seven teenagers in the competition, Australia's Daniel Arzani was the youngest at as of the first day of the tournament, and Nigeria's Francis Uzoho was the youngest goalkeeper. At , Egypt's Essam El Hadary was the oldest player and oldest captain, as well as the oldest player to ever be named to a FIFA World Cup squad. Mexico's Rafael Márquez was the oldest outfield player at 39. The youngest captain was England's Harry Kane, at 24 years of age.
The average age of all 736 players – almost 28 years – was the oldest in the tournament's history.
Players Oldest: Essam El Hadary () Youngest: Daniel Arzani ()
Goalkeepers Oldest: Essam El Hadary () Youngest: Francis Uzoho ()
Captains Oldest: Essam El Hadary () Youngest: Harry Kane ()
Player representation by league system League systems with 20 or more players represented are listed. In all, World Cup squad members played for clubs in 57 countries, and played in 54 national league systems, as the league systems of England and France included clubs from Wales and Monaco respectively, and one league system covered both the United States and Canada.
Country Players Percentage Outsidenationalsquad Lower tier players England 129 17.53% 106 24 Spain 81 11.01% 64 2 Germany 67 9.10% 52 5 Italy 58 7.88% 58 0 France 49 6.66% 40 1 Russia 36 4.89% 15 0 Saudi Arabia 30 4.08% 10 0 Mexico 23 3.13% 14 1 Turkey 22 2.99% 22 0 Others 241 32.74% 146 1 Total 736 100% 527 34
The England squad was made up entirely of players from the country's domestic league. The Belgium squad had the most players from a single foreign federation, with eleven players employed in England. Of the countries not represented by a national team at the World Cup, Italy's league provided the most squad members, with 58. Two squads (Senegal and Sweden) were made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs. Senegal's league was also the only one of the participants' leagues that did not send any players to the tournament (players in the Swedish league represented Iceland, Iran and Costa Rica). Four squads had only one domestic-based player (Belgium, Iceland, Nigeria, and Switzerland). Only two players were from a third-tier league (Egypt's Sam Morsy of Wigan Athletic in England, and Panama's Ismael Díaz of Deportivo Fabril in Spain)
Player representation by club Clubs with 10 or more players represented are listed.
Club Players Manchester City 16 Real Madrid 15 Barcelona 14 Paris Saint-Germain 12 Tottenham Hotspur 12 Bayern Munich 11 Chelsea 11 Juventus 11 Manchester United 11
Player representation by club confederation Confederation Players UEFA 543 AFC 82 CONCACAF 55 CONMEBOL 35 CAF 21 OFC 0
Coaches representation by country Coaches in bold represented their own country.
NumberCountryCoaches4Héctor Cúper (Egypt), Ricardo Gareca (Peru), Jorge Sampaoli, José Pékerman (Colombia)3Fernando Hierro, Roberto Martínez (Belgium), Juan Antonio Pizzi (Saudi Arabia)2Juan Carlos Osorio (Mexico), Hernán Darío Gómez (Panama)Didier Deschamps, Hervé Renard (Morocco)Joachim Löw, Gernot Rohr (Nigeria)Carlos Queiroz (Iran), Fernando Santos1TiteÓscar RamírezZlatko DalićGareth SouthgateHeimir HallgrímssonAkira NishinoBert van Marwijk (Australia)Åge Hareide (Denmark)Adam NawałkaStanislav CherchesovAliou CisséMladen KrstajićShin Tae-yongJanne AnderssonVladimir Petković (Switzerland)Nabil MaâloulÓscar Tabárez
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