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2018 World Cup squads: Latest roster updates

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May 21, 2018 at 11:05 a.m. EDT
World Cup rosters are beginning to take shape. (Patrik Stollar/AFP/Getty Images)

With the World Cup fast approaching, national teams are starting to roll out their rosters for the big tournament in Russia. FIFA has set a June 4 deadline for teams to submit their final squads, so these should be considered provisional until then. This list will be updated as the rosters are announced. (If a team isn’t listed, it has yet to reveal its roster).

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Main takeaways:

  • Alvaro Morata and Marcos Alonso were left off Spain’s roster. Andres Iniesta and captain Sergio Ramos both will be making their fourth appearance at the World Cup.
  • Radja Nainggolan is quitting international football after Belgium left him off its 28-man squad. Nainggolan helped lead Roma to the Champions League semifinals.
  • Dimitri Payet, Anthony Martial and Alexandre Lacazette will not be on France’s 23-man squad.
  • Ruben Neves, Renato Sanches and Nani will not be on Portugal’s 23-man squad. Nani and Neves were on Portugal’s preliminary squad.
  • Joe Hart and Jack Wilshere will not be on England’s 23-man squad. Hart was England’s first-choice goalkeeper in the 2014 World Cup and Euro 2016. Wilshere, a midfielder, also played on the Euro 2016 squad.
  • Mario Gotze is not on Germany’s preliminary squad. Gotze scored the winning goal of the 2014 World Cup final against Argentina.
  • Argentina did not select Carlos Tevez, who last played for his country in 2015. Tevez said he “will watch the World Cup on TV.”
  • Rafael Marquez was included in Mexico’s preliminary squad. The 39-year-old defender is trying to appear in his fifth World Cup.
  • Brazil’s Dani Alves, France’s Laurent Koscielny and England’s Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain will miss the tournament with injuries.
  • Zlatan Ibrahimović was not included in Sweden’s 23-man squad. Ibrahimović had hinted at a return to the national team after retiring from international football following Sweden’s defeat in Euro 2016.
  • Neymar is on Brazil’s 23-man roster, despite having not played since February because of an ankle injury.

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ARGENTINA

AUSTRALIA

BELGIUM

BRAZIL

COLOMBIA

COSTA RICA

CROATIA

DENMARK

EGYPT

Goalkeepers: Essam El-Hadary, Mohamed El-Shennawy, Sherif Ekramy, Mohamed Awad.

Defenders: Ahmed Fathi, Saad Samir, Ayman Ashraf, Mahmoud Hamdy, Mohamed Abdel-Shafy,  Ahmed Hegazi, Ali Gabr, Ahmed Elmohamady, Karim Hafez, Omar Gaber, Amro Tarek.

Midfielders: Tarek Hamed, Mahmoud Abdel Aziz, Shikabala, Abdallah Said, Sam Morsy, Mohamed Elneny, Kahraba, Ramadan Sobhi, Mahmoud “Trezeguet” Hassan, Amr Warda.

Forwards: Marwan Mohsen, Ahmed Gomaa, Ahmed “Koka” Mahgoub, Mohamed Salah.

ENGLAND

FRANCE

GERMANY

ICELAND

Goalkeepers: Hannes Halldorsson, Runar Runarsson, Frederik Schram.

Defenders: Kari Arnason, Holmar Eyjolfsson, Rurik Gislason, Sverrir Ingason, Hordur Magnusson, Birkir Saevarsson, Ragnar Sigurdsson, Ari Skulason.

Midfielders: Birkir Bjarnason, Samuel Fridjonsson, Johann Gudmundsson, Aron Gunnarsson, Emil Hallfredsson, Gylfi Sigurdsson, Olafur Skulason, Arnor Traustason.

Forwards: Jon Bodvarsson, Alfred Finnbogason, Albert Gudmundsson, Bjorn Sigurdarson.

IRAN

Goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand, Seyed Hossein Hosseini, Rashid Mazaheri, Amir Abedzadeh.

Defenders: Ramin Rezaeian, Voria Ghafouri, Steven Beitashour, Seyed Jalal Hosseini, Mohammad Reza Khanzadeh, Morteza Pouraliganji, Mohammad Ansari, Pejman Montazeri, Seyed Majid Hosseini, Milad Mohammadi, Omid Nourafkan, Saeid Aghaei, Roozbeh Cheshmi.

Midfielders: Saeid Ezatolahi, Masoud Shojaei, Ahmad Abdolahzadeh, Saman Ghoddos, Mahdi Torabi, Ashkan Dejagah, Omid Ebrahimi, Ehsan Hajsafi, Ali Karimi, Soroush Rafiei, Ali Gholizadeh, Vahid Amiri.

Forwards: Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Karim Ansarifard, Mahdi Taremi, Sardar Azmoun, Reza Ghoochannejhad, Kaveh Rezaei.

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MEXICO

Goalkeepers: Guillermo Ochoa, Alfredo Talavera, Jesus Corona.

Defenders: Carlos Salcedo, Nestor Araujo, Diego Reyes, Hector Moreno, Hugo Ayala, Oswaldo Alanis, Edson Alvarez, Jesus Gallardo, Miguel Layun.

Midfielders: Jesus Molina, Rafael Marquez, Hector Herrera, Jonathan Dos Santos, Andres Guardado, Erick Gutierrez, Marco Fabian, Giovani Dos Santos.

Forwards: Javier Hernandez, Raul Jimenez, Oribe Peralta, Jesus Manuel Corona, Carlos Vela, Javier Aquin, Hirving Lozano, Jurgen Damm.

MOROCCO

Goalkeepers: Mounir El Kajoui, Yassine Bounou, Ahmad Reda Tagnaouti.

Defenders: Medhi Benatia, Romain Saiss, Manuel Da Costa, Badr Benoun, Nabil Dirar, Achraf Hakimi,, Hamza Mendyl.

Midfielders: Mbark Boussoufa, Karim El Ahmadi, Youssef Ait Bennasser, Sofyan Amrabat, Younes Belhanda, Faycal Fajr, Amine Harit.

Forwards: Khalid Boutaib, Aziz Bouhaddouz, Ayoub El Kaabi, Nordin Amrabat, Mehdi Carcela, Hakim Ziyech.

NIGERIA

PANAMA

Goalkeepers: Jose Calderon, Jaime Penedo, Alex Rodríguez.

Defenders: Azmahar Ariano, Felipe Baloy, Harold Cummings, Eric Davis, Fidel Escobar, Adolfo Machado, Michael Murillo, Luis Ovalle, Francisco Palacios, Richard Peralta, Roman Torres.

Midfielders: Ricardo Avila, Edgar Barcenas, Ricardo Buitrago, Miguel Camargo, Adalberto Carrasquilla, Armando Cooper, Anibal Godoy, Gabriel Gómez, Jose Gonzalez, Cristian Martinez, Valentin Pimentel, Alberto Quintero, Jose Luis Rodriguez.

Forwards: Abdiel Arroyo, Rolando Blackburn, Ismael Diaz, Jose Fajardo, Roberto Nurse, Blas Perez, Luis Tejada, Gabriel Torres.

PERU

Goalkeepers: Pedro Gallese, José Carvallo, Carlos Caceda.

Defenders: Luis Abram, Luis Advíncula, Miguel Araujo, Aldo Corzo, Nilson Loyola, Christian Ramos, Alberto Rodríguez, Anderson Santamaría, Miguel Trauco.

Midfielders: Pedro Aquino, Wilmer Cartagena, Christian Cueva, Edison Flores, Paolo Hurtado, Sergio Pena, Andy Polo, Renato Tapia, Yoshimar Yotún.

Strikers: Paolo Guerrero, André Carrillo, Raul Ruidiaz, Jefferson Farfan.

POLAND

Goalkeepers: Bartosz Białkowski, Lukasz Fabianski, Lukasz Skorupski, Wojciech Szczesny.

Defenders: Jan Bednarek, Bartosz Bereszynski, Thiago Cionek, Kamil Glik, Marcin Kaminski, Tomasz Kedziora, Lukasz Piszczek, Artur Jedrzejczyk, Michal Pazdan.

Midfielders: Jakub Błaszczykowski, Pawel Dawidowicz, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Jacek Goralski, Kamil Grosicki, Damian Kądzior, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Rafal Kurzawa, Karol Linetty, Maciej Makuszewski, Krzysztof Mączynski, Slawomir Peszko, Maciej Rybus, Sebastian Szymanski, Piotr Zielinski, Szymon Żurkowski.

Forwards: Dawid Kownacki, Robert Lewandowski, Arkadiusz Milik, Krzysztof Piątek, Lukasz Teodorczyk, Kamil Wilczek.

PORTUGAL

Goalkeepers: Anthony Lopes, Beto, Rui Patricio.

Defenders: Bruno Alves, Cedric Soares, Jose Fonte, Mario Rui, Pepe, Raphael Guerreiro, Ricardo Pereira, Ruben Dias.

Midfielders: Adrien Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Mario, Joao Moutinho, Manuel Fernandes, William Carvalho.

Forwards: Andre Silva, Bernardo Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gelson Martins, Goncalo Guedes, Ricardo Quaresma.

RUSSIA

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev, Vladimir Gabulov, Soslan Dzhanaev, Andrei Lunev.

Defenders: Vladimir Granat, Ruslan Kambolov, Fedor Kudryashov, Ilya Kutepov, Roman Neustadter, Konstantin Rausch, Andrei Semenov, Igor Smolnikov, Mario Fernandes, Sergei Ignashevich.

Midfielders: Yuri Gazinsky, Alexander Golovin, Alan Dzagoev, Alexander Erokhin, Yuri Zhirkov, Daler Kuzyaev, Roman Zobnin, Alexander Samedov, Anton Miranchuk, Alexander Tashaev, Denis Cheryshev.

Forwards: Artem Dzyuba, Alexei Miranchuk, Fyodor Smolov, Fyodor Chalov.

SENEGAL

Goalkeepers: Khadim Ndiaye, Abdoulaye Diallo, Alfred Gomis.

Defenders: Kara Mbodji, Kalidou Koulibaly, Moussa Wague, Saliou Ciss, Youssouf Sabaly, Lamine Gassama, Armand Traore, Salif Sane.

Midfielders: Pape Alioune Ndiaye, Idrissa Gueye, Cheikhou Kouyate, Cheikh N’Doye.

Forwards: Sadio Mane, Diao Balde Keita, Ismaila Sarr, Diafra Sakho, Moussa Konate, Mame Biram Diouf, Mbaye Niang.

SOUTH KOREA

SPAIN

SWEDEN

TUNISIA

URUGUAY

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