The Madness Is Here: All the Projected World Cup Lineups

A historic opening round of 24 matches lies ahead, so who will start in each national team’s XI? Sign up now for Bank Yahav’s World Cup fantasy game, Sport5.

Published: 11.06.26, 11:30 Photo: Sport5

The madness begins tonight, Thursday. The 2026 World Cup will be the biggest ever, with 12 groups, 48 teams and no fewer than 24 matches in the opening round, which gets underway at 22:00 with the host nation Mexico facing South Africa. On this exciting occasion, we have gathered for you all the projected lineups for the first-round matches in the group stage. Please note that the transfer window in Bank Yahav and Sport Channel’s World Cup fantasy game will close half an hour before the start of the first match in each round, meaning tonight at 21:30.

Group A Mexico: Jose Rangel; Jesus Gallardo, Cesar Montes, Juan Vasquez, Israel Reyes; Erick Lira, Julian Quinones, Brandon Gutierrez, Alvaro Fidalgo, Roberto Alvarado; Raul Jimenez. South Africa: Ronwen Williams; Aubrey Modiba, Mbekezeli Mbokazi, Ime Okon, Khudaiso Mudau; Thapelo Maseko, Teboho Mokoena, Thapelo Mormmi, Relebogile Mofokeng, Oswin Appollis; Lyle Foster.

South Korea: Kim Seung-gyu; Kim Min-jae, Lee Han-beom, Lee Gi-hyuk; Lee Tae-seok, Lee Jae-sung, Hwang In-beom, Seol Young-woo; Lee Kang-in, Son Heung-min, Hwang Hee-chan. Czech Republic: Matej Kovar; Ladislav Krejci, Robin Hranac, Stepan Chaloupek; David Jurasek, Tomas Soucek, Michal Sadilek, Vladimir Coufal; Lukas Provod, Pavel Sulc; Patrik Schick.

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Group B Canada: Maxime Crepeau; Richie Laryea, Derek Cornelius, Luc De Fougerolles, Alistair Johnston; Liam Miller, Ismael Kone, Stephen Eustaquio, Tajon Buchanan; Jonathan David, Cyle Larin. Bosnia and Herzegovina: Nikola Vasilj; Sead Kolasinac, Nikola Katic, Tarik Muharemovic, Amar Dedic; Asmed Bajraktarevic, Ivan Basic, Benjamin Tahirovic, Kerim Alajbegovic; Jovo Lukic, Armin Demirovic.

Qatar: Meshaal Barsham; Hammah Ahmed, Boualem Khoukhi, Pedro Miguel, Ayoob Al-Obaidly; Karim Boudiaf, Jassim Gaber, Ahmed Fathi; Akram Afif, Edmilson Junior, Almoez Ali. Switzerland: Gregor Kobel; Ricardo Rodriguez, Manuel Akanji, Nico Elvedi, Silvan Widmer; Remo Freuler, Granit Xhaka, Michel Aebischer, Ruben Vargas, Dan Ndoye; Breel Embolo.

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Group C Brazil: Alisson; Douglas Santos, Gabriel Magalhaes, Marquinhos, Danilo; Casemiro, Bruno Guimaraes, Vinicius Junior, Raphinha, Lucas Paqueta; Igor Thiago. Morocco: Yassine Bounou; Anass Salah-Eddine, Chadi Riad, Issa Diop, Achraf Hakimi; Neil El Aynaoui, Ayoub Bouaddi, Bilal El Khannouss, Azzedine Ounahi, Brahim Diaz; Ismael Saibari.

Haiti: Johnny Placide; Maxime Crepeau, Hannes Delcroix, Ricardo Ade, Carlens Arcus; Ronaldo Wilmens, Jean-Ricner Bellegarde, Leverton Pierre, Jairo Casimir; Wilson Isidor, Duckens Nazon. Scotland: Angus Gunn; Andrew Robertson, Scott McKenna, John Souttar, Aaron Hickey; Ryan Christie, Lewis Ferguson, John McGinn, Scott McTominay, Ben Doak; Che Adams.

Group D United States: Matt Freese; Mark McKenzie, Chris Richards, Tim Ream; Antonee Robinson, Tyler Adams, Weston McKennie, Sergino Dest; Malik Tillman, Christian Pulisic; Folarin Balogun. Paraguay: Gatito Fernandez; Junior Alonso, Gustavo Gomez, Omar Alderete, Juan Caceres; Mauricio, Kaku, Andres Cubas, Diego Gomez; Miguel Almiron, Antonio Sanabria.

Australia: Mathew Ryan; Harry Souttar, Cameron Burgess, Alessandro Circati; Jordan Bos, Connor Metcalfe, Jackson Irvine, Jacob Italiano; Aiden Hrustic, Cristian Volpato; Mohamed Toure. Turkey: Ugurcan Cakir; Eren Elmali, Abdulkadir Bardakci, Merih Demiral, Zeki Celik; Orkun Kokcu, Hakan Calhanoglu, Ferdi Kadioglu, Arda Guler, Baris Alper Yilmaz; Kerem Akturkoglu.

Group E Germany: Manuel Neuer; Nathaniel Brown, Nico Schlotterbeck, Jonathan Tah, Joshua Kimmich; Felix Nmecha, Aleksandar Pavlovic, Florian Wirtz, Jamal Musiala, Leroy Sane; Kai Havertz. Curacao: Eloy Room; Sherel Floranus, Jurien Gaari, Armando Obispo, Sherwandael Sambo; Leandro Bacuna, Juninho Bacuna, Leandro Bacuna; Jearl Jenzon, Tahith Chong, Kenji Gorre.

Ivory Coast: Yahia Fofana; Ghislain Konan, Odilon Kossounou, Emmanuel Agbadou, Guela Doue; Seko Fofana, Franck Kessie, Ibrahim Sangare; Ousmane Diomande, Amad Diallo, Evan Guessand. Ecuador: Hernan Galindez; Pervis Estupinan, Piero Hincapie, William Pacho, Joel Ordonez; Nilson Angulo, Anthony Valencia, Moises Caicedo, Alan Franco; Jordi Caicedo, Enner Valencia.

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Group F Netherlands: Bart Verbruggen; Micky van de Ven, Jan Paul van Hecke, Virgil van Dijk, Denzel Dumfries; Frenkie de Jong, Ryan Gravenberch, Cody Gakpo, Tijjani Reijnders, Donyell Malen; Memphis Depay. Japan: Zion Suzuki; Takahiro Tomiyasu, Ko Itakura, Hiroki Ito; Keitsu Nakamura, Ao Tanaka, Daichi Kamada, Ritsu Doan; Junya Ito, Takefusa Kubo; Ayase Ueda.

Sweden: Kristoffer Nordfeldt; Victor Lindelof, Isak Hien, Gustav Lagerbielke; Gabriel Gudmundsson, Jesper Karlstrom, Yasin Ayari, Daniel Svensson; Benjamin Nygren, Viktor Gyokeres, Alexander Isak. Tunisia: Abd El-Mohib Sami; Ali Maaloul, Montassar Talbi, Oumar Rekik, Yan Valery; Elias Saad, Rani Khedira, Anis Ben Slimane, Hannibal Mejbri, Elias Achouri; Firas Chaouat.

Group G Belgium: Thibaut Courtois; Timothy Castagne, Brandon Mechele, Nathan Ngoy, Thomas Meunier; Youri Tielemans, Amadou Onana, Jeremy Doku, Kevin De Bruyne, Leandro Trossard; Charles De Ketelaere. Egypt: Mostafa Shobeir; Ahmed El-فتوح, Mohamed Abdelmonem, Youssef El-Hanfy, Mohamed Hany; Mohand Lasheen, Marwan Attia, Trezeguet, Emam Ashour, Mohamed Salah; Omar Marmoush.

Iran: Alireza Beiranvand; Milad Mohammadi, Ali Nemati, Shoja Khalilzadeh, Aria Yousefi; Mohammad Mohebi, Saeid Ezatolahi, Saman Ghoddos, Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh, Mehdi Taremi; Mehdi Torabi. New Zealand: Michael Crocombe; Liberato Cacace, Finn Surman, Michael Boxall, Tim Payne; Marko Stamenic, Joe Bell, Elijah Just, Sarpreet Singh, Matthew Garbett; Chris Wood.

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Group H Spain: Unai Simon; Marc Cucurella, Pau Cubarsi, Aymeric Laporte, Pedro Porro; Pedri, Fabian Ruiz, Rodri; Alex Baena, Ferran Torres, Mikel Oyarzabal. Cape Verde: Vozinha; Joao Paulo, Pico, Logan Costa, Stephen Moreira; Yannick Semedo, Kevin Pina, Jovane Cabral, Jamiro Monteiro, Ryan Mendes; Dailon Livramento.

Saudi Arabia: Mohammed Al-Owais; Nawaf Boushal, Ali Lajami, Hassan Tambakti, Saud Abdulhamid; Mohammed Kanno, Abdullah Al-Khaibari, Salem Al-Dawsari, Musab Al-Juwayr, Nasser Al-Dawsari; Firas Al-Buraikan. Uruguay: Fernando Muslera; Mathias Olivera, Jose Maria Gimenez, Sebastian Caceres, Guillermo Varela; Maximiliano Araujo, Rodrigo Bentancur, Manuel Ugarte, Federico Valverde; Darwin Nunez, Federico Vinas.

Group I France: Mike Maignan; Theo Hernandez, Dayot Upamecano, William Saliba, Jules Kounde; Aurelien Tchouameni, Adrien Rabiot, Desire Doue, Ousmane Dembele, Michael Olise; Kylian Mbappe. Senegal: Edouard Mendy; El Hadji Diouf, Moussa Niakhate, Kalidou Koulibaly, Krepin Diatta; Lamine Camara, Pape Gueye, Habib Diarra; Sadio Mane, Elimane Ndiaye, Nicolas Jackson.

Iraq: Jalal Hassan; Merchas Doski, Rabin Sulaka, Zaid Tahseen, Hussein Ali; Ali Jassim, Amir Al-Ammari, Zidane Iqbal, Ibrahim Bayesh; Ali Al-Hamadi, Aymen Hussein. Norway: Orjan Nyland; David Moller Wolfe, Torbjorn Heggem, Kristoffer Ajer, Julian Ryerson; Sander Berge, Fredrik Aursnes, Martin Odegaard; Antonio Nusa, Alexander Sorloth, Erling Haaland.

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Group J Argentina: Algeria: Austria: Jordan:

Group K Portugal: Democratic Republic of the Congo: Uzbekistan: Colombia:

Group L England: Croatia: Ghana: Panama:

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