All time sports mega event FIFA World Cup will be held in Russia from 14th June to 15th July, 2026. The group stage has been over and total 32 teams have been finalized after the qualifying round. The officials of FIFA have given a deadline to all the 32 teams to announce or finalize publicly 1 month before the event. Probably all the teams would announce their 23-Man team squad before 13th May, 2026 and that squad also includes maximum 3 goal keepers and 20 other field players.
FIFA World Cup 2026 Squad Last Date To Announce: The officials of FIFA have given a deadline of 1 month to all the selected teams to announce their 23-Man team squad before the 13th May of the same year. After announcing their team squad officially, the teams would not be able make any kind of further changes. FIFA has announced some rules and terms & conditions that are mentioned below.
These are some rules as you can see in the table given below, according to rules, each team can pick 23 players as their team squad.
| Squad Announcement Deadline | 13 May 2026 |
| How many players to named in the squad ? | 23 |
| How many goalkeepers should ever team name in the squad ? | at least 3 |
| Outfield players to be named in the 23 man squad ? | 20 |
| What shirt numbers are available for every squad ? | 1 to 23 only |
| When will the starting lineup before every game to be confirmed ? | 75 minutes before the match kickoff time |
| Maximum number of persons a team can have on the touchline ? | (8 officials and 12 substitutes) |
Here is the list of announced team squad by the officials of different teams for the FIFA World Cup 2026. According to the newly announced team squad, there are many big names that have been excluded from the list, while many young blood has given chance to appear in the event.
| NO.1 | TEAMS | CAPTAIN | COACH |
| 1 | Russia | Igor Akinfeev | Stanislav Cherchesov |
| 2 | Germany | Manuel Neuer | Joachim Löw |
| 3 | Brazil | Rotation Policy* (TBA) | Tite |
| 4 | Iran | Ashkan Dejagah | Carlos Queiroz |
| 5 | Japan | Makoto Hasebe | Vahid Halilhodžić |
| 6 | Mexico | Andrés Guardado | Juan Carlos Osorio |
| 7 | Belgium | Eden Hazard | Roberto Martínez |
| 8 | South Korea | Ki Sung-yueng | Shin Tae-yong |
| 9 | Saudi Arabia | Osama Hawsawi | Juan Antonio Pizzi |
| 10 | England | Rotation Policy* (TBA) | Gareth Southgate |
| 11 | Spain | Sergio Ramos | Julen Lopetegui |
| 12 | Nigeria | Jon Obi Mikel | Gernot Rohr |
| 13 | Egypt | Essam El-Hadary | Héctor Cúper |
| 14 | Senegal | Cheikhou Kouyaté | Aliou Cissé |
| 15 | Costa Rica | Bryan Ruiz | Óscar Ramírez |
| 16 | Poland | Robert Lewandowski | Adam Nawałka |
| 17 | Iceland | Aron Gunnarsson | Heimir Hallgrímsson |
| 18 | Serbia | Branislav Ivanović | Mladen Krstajić (Caretaker) |
| 19 | Portugal | Cristiano Ronaldo | Fernando Santos |
| 20 | France | Hugo Lloris | Didier Deschamps |
| 21 | Uruguay | Diego Godin | Óscar Tabárez |
| 22 | Argentina | Lionel Messi | Jorge Sampaoli |
| 23 | Colombia | Rademal Falcao | José Pékerman |
| 24 | Panama | Felipe Baloy | Hernán Darío Gómez |
| 25 | Switzerland | Stephan Lichtsteiner | Vladimir Petković |
| 26 | Croatia | Luka Modric | Zlatko Dalić |
| 27 | Sweden | Andreas Granqvist | Janne Andersson |
| 28 | Denmark | Simon Kjær | Åge Hareide |
| 29 | Tunisia | Aymen Mathlouthi | Nabil Maâloul |
| 30 | Morocco | Medhi Benatia | Hervé Renard |
| 31 | Australia | Mile Jedinak | TBA* |
| 32 | Peru | Paolo Guerrero | Ricardo Gareca |
