When does the World Cup start?
Inaugural match: Sunday, Nov. 20, 2022
World Cup final: Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022
Teams: 32
Playing venues: 8
Matches: 65
Stadium:
Al Bayt Stadium (Capacity: 47,500 seats)
Lusail Stadium (Capacity: 80,000 seats | Opening: 2022)
Al Bayt Stadium (Capacity: 60,000 seats | Opening: 2021)
Al Janoub Stadium (Capacity: 40,000 seats | Opening: 2019)
Ahmad Bin Ali Stadium (Capacity: 40,000 seats | Opening: 2020)
Khalifa International Stadium (Capacity: 40,000 seats | Opening: 1976)
Education City Stadium (Capacity: 40,000 seats | Opening: 2020)
Stadium 974 (Capacity: 40,000 seats | Opening: 2021)
Al Thumama Stadium (Capacity: 40,000 seats | Opening: 2021)
How many teams are in the World Cup?
Africa: 5
Asia: 4
Europe: 13
North/Central America & Caribbean: 3
Oceania: 1
South America: 4
Group:
Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands
Group B: England, Iran, USA, Wales
Group C: Argentina, Saudi Arabia, Mexico, Poland
Group D: France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia
Group E: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan
Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia
Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon
Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, South Korea
Team Members:
Qatar :
Goalkeepers: (Saad Alsheeb, Meshaal Barsham, Yousef Hassan)
Defenders: (Pedro Miguel, Musaab Khidir, Tarek Salman, Bassam Al-Rawi, Boualem Khoukhi, Abdelkarim
Hassan, Homam Ahmed, Jassem Gaber) (Midfielders: Ali Asad, Assim Madabo, Mohammed Waad, Salem
Al-Hajri, Moustafa Tarek, Karim Boudiaf, Abdelaziz Hatim, Ismail Mohamad) (Forwards: Naif Alhadhrami,
Ahmed Alaaeldin, Hassan Al-Haydos, Khalid Muneer, Akram Afif, Almoez Ali, Mohamed Muntari.)
Ecuador:
Goalkeepers: (Moises Ramirez, Alexander Dominguez, Hernan Galindez) (Defenders: Piero Hincapie,
Robert Arboleda, Pervis Estupinan, Angelo Preciado, Jackson Porozo, Xavier Arreaga, Felix Torres, Diego
Palacios, William Pacho) (Midfielders: Carlos Gruezo, Jose Cifuentes, Alan Franco, Moises Caicedo, Angel
Mena, Jeremy Sarmiento, Ayrton Preciado, Sebastian Mendez, Gonzalo Plata, Romario Ibarra)
(Forwards: Djorkaeff Reasco, Kevin Rodriguez, Michael Estrada, Enner Valencia.)
Senegal:
Goalkeepers: Seny Dieng, Alfred Gomis, Edouard Mendy; Defenders: Pape Abou Cisse, Fode Ballo-Toure,
Abdou Diallo, Ismail Jakobs, Kalidou Koulibaly, Formose Mendy, Youssouf Sabaly; Midfielders: Pathe
Ciss, Krepin Diatta, Idrissa Gana Gueye, Pape Gueye, Cheikhou Kouyate, Pape Matar Sarr, Mamadou
Loum, Nampalys Mendy, Moustapha Name; Forwards: Boulaye Dia, Famara Diedhiou, Bamba Dieng,
Nicolas Jackson, Sadio Mane, Iliman Ndiaye, Ismaila Sarr.
Netherlands:
Goalkeepers: Justin Bijlow, Remko Pasveer, Andries Noppert; Defenders: Virgil van Dijk, Nathan Ake,
Daley Blind, Jurrien Timber, Denzel Dumfries, Stefan de Vrij, Mathijs de Ligt, Tyrell Malacia, Jeremie
Frimpong; Midfielders: Frenkie de Jong, Steven Berghuis, Davy Klaassen, Teun Koopmeiners, Cody
Gakpo, Marten de Roon, Kenneth Taylor, Xavi Simons; Forwards: Memphis Depay, Steven Bergwijn,
Vincent Janssen, Luuk de Jong, Noa Lang, Wout Weghorst.
England:
Goalkeepers: Jordan Pickford, Nick Pope, Aaron Ramsdale; Defenders: Tret Alexander-Arnold, Conor
Coady, Eric Dier, Harry Maguire, Luke Shaw, John Stones, Kieran Trippier, Ben White, Kyle Walker;
Midfielders: Jude Bellingham, Conor Gallagher, Mason Mount, Kalvin Phillips, Jordan Henderson, Declan
Rice; Forwards: Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Harry Kane, James Maddison, Marcus Rashford, Bukayo Saka,
Raheem Sterling, Callum Wilson.
Iran:
Goalkeepers: Alireza Beyranvand, Amir Abedzadeh, Payam Niazmand, Hossein Hosseini; Defenders:
Majid Hosseini, Mohammad Hossein Kanaanizadegan, Shojae Khalilzadeh, Morteza Pouraliganji, Sadegh
Moharrami, Ramin Rezaeian, Milad Mohammadi, Abolfazl Jalali; Midfielders: Saeid Ezatollahi, Ehsan
Hajsafi, Rouzbeh Cheshmi, Ahmad Nourollahi, Ali Karimi, Saman Ghoddos, Vahid Amiri; Forwards:
Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Ali Gholizadeh, Mehdi Taremi, Mehdi Torabi, Karim Ansarifard, Sardar Azmoun.
USA:
Goalkeepers: Matt Turner, Sean Johnson, Ethan Horvath; Defenders: Cameron Carter-Vickers, Sergino
Dest, Aaron Long, Shaq Moore, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson, Joe Scally, DeAndre Yedlin, Walker
Zimmerman; Midfielders: Brenden Aaronson, Kellyn Acosta, Tyler Adams, Luca de la Torre, Weston
McKennie, Yunus Musah, Cristian Roldan; Forwards: Jesus Ferreira, Jordan Morris, Christian Pulisic, Gio
Reyna, Joshua Sargent, Timothy Weah, Haji Wright.
Wales:
Goalkeepers: Wayne Hennessey, Danny Ward, Adam Davies; Defenders: Ben Davies, Ben Cabango, Tom
Lockyer, Joe Rodon, Chris Mepham, Ethan Ampadu, Chris Gunter, Neco Williams, Connor Roberts;
Midfielders: Sorba Thomas, Joe Allen, Matthew Smith, Dylan Levitt, Harry Wilson, Joe Morrell, Jonny
Williams, Aaron Ramsey, Rubin Colwill; Forwards: Gareth Bale, Kieffer Moore, Mark Harris, Brennan
Johnson, Daniel James.
Argentina:
Goalkeepers: Emiliano Martinez, Franco Armani, Geronimo Rulli; Defenders: Nicolas Otamendi, Marcos
Acuna, Nicolas Tagliafico, German Pezzella, Nahuel Molina, Gonzalo Montiel, Juan Foyth, Cristian
Romero, Lisandro Martinez; Midfielders: Leandro Paredes, Rodrigo De Paul, Guido Rodriguez, Exequiel
Palacios, Alejandro Gomez, Alexis Mac Allister, Enzo Fernandez; Forwards: Angel Di Maria, Lionel Messi
(captain), Lautaro Martinez, Paulo Dybala, Joaquin Correa, Julian Alvarez, Nicolas Gonzalez.
Saudi Arabia:
Goalkeepers: Mohamed Al-Owais, Nawaf Al-Aqidi, Mohamed Al-Yami; Defenders: Yasser Al-Shahrani, Ali
Al-Bulaihi, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Abdullah Madu, Hassan Tambakti, Sultan Al-Ghanam, Mohammed Al-
Breik, Saud Abdulhamid; Midfielders: Salman Al-Faraj, Riyadh Sharahili, Ali Al-Hassan, Mohamed Kanno,
Abdulelah Al-Malki, Sami Al-Najei, Abdullah Otayf, Nasser Al-Dawsari , Abdulrahman Al-Aboud, Salem Al-
Dawsari, Hattan Bahebri, Nawaf Al Abed; Forwards: Haitham Asiri, Saleh Al-Shehri, Firas Al-Buraikan.
Mexico:
Goalkeepers: Guillermo Ochoa, Alfredo Talavera, Rodolfo Cota; Defenders: Nestor Araujo, Jesus
Gallardo, Gerardo Arteaga, Hector Moreno, Jorge Sanchez, Johan Vasquez, Cesar Montes, Kevin Alvarez;
Midfielders: Erick Gutierrez, Orbelin Pineda, Hector Herrera, Carlos Rodriguez, Andres Guardado,
Roberto Alvarado, Edson Alvarez, Uriel Antuna, Luis Romo, Luis Chavez; Forwards: Raul Jimenez, Hirving
Lozano, Henry Martin, Rogelio Funes Mori, Alexis Vega.
Poland:
Goalkeepers: Wojciech Szczesny, Lukasz Skorupski, Bartłomiej Drągowski; Defenders: Kamil Glik, Bartosz
Bereszynski, Jan Bednarek, Artur Jedrzejczyk, Matty Cash, Nicola Zalewski, Robert Gumny, Jakub Kiwior,
Mateusz Wieteska; Midfielders: Grzegorz Krychowiak, Kamil Grosicki. Piotr Zielinski, Przemyslaw
Frankowski, Sebastian Szymanski, Damian Szymanski, Szymon Zurkowski, Krystian Bielik, Jakub Kaminski;
Forwards: Robert Lewandowski (captain), Arkadiusz Milik, Krzysztof Piatek, Karol Swiderski.
France:
Goalkeepers: Alphonse Areola, Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda; Defenders: Lucas Hernandez, Theo
Hernandez, Axel Disasi, Ibrahima Konate, Jules Kounde, Benjamin Pavard, William Saliba, Dayot
Upamecano, Raphael Varane; Midfielders: Eduardo Camavinga, Youssouf Fofana, Matteo Guendouzi,
Adrien Rabiot, Aurelien Tchouameni, Jordan Veretout; Forwards: Karim Benzema, Kingsley Coman,
Ousmane Dembele, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe, Christopher Nkunku, Marucs
Thuram.
Australia:
Goalkeepers: Mat Ryan, Andrew Redmayne, Danny Vukovic; Defenders: Milos Degenek, Aziz Behich, Joel
King, Nathaniel Atkinson, Fran Karacic, Harry Souttar, Kye Rowles, Bailey Wright, Thomad Deng;
Midfielders: Aaron Mooy, Jackson Irvine, Ajdin Hrustic, Keanu Baccus, Cameron Devlin, Riley McGree;
Forwards: Awer Mabil, Mathew Leckie, Martin Boyle, Jamie Maclaren, Jason Cummings, Mitchell Duke,
Garang Kuol, Craig Goodwin.
Denmark:
Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel, Oliver Christensen; Defenders: Simon Kjaer, Joachim Andersen, Joakim
Maehle, Andreas Christensen, Rasmus Kristensen, Jens Stryger Larsen, Victor Nelsson, Daniel Wass
Midfielders: Thomas Delaney, Mathias Jensen, Christian Eriksen, Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg; Forwards:
Andreas Skov Olsen, Jesper Lindstrom, Andreas Cornelius, Martin Braithwaite, Kasper Dolberg, Mikkel
Damsgaard, Jonas Wind.
Tunisia:
Goalkeepers: Aymen Dahmen, Bechir Ben Said, Aymen Mathlouthi, Mouez Hassen; Defenders: Wajdi
Kechrida, Mohamed Drager, Dylan Bronn, Nader Ghandri, Bilel Ifa, Yassine Meriah, Montassar Talbi, Ali
Maaloul, Ali Abdi; Midfielders: Ghailene Chaalali, Aissa Laidouni, Eliyes Skhiri, Hannibal Mejbri, Ferjani
Sassi, Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane; Forwards: Wahbi Khazri, Youssef Msakni, Taha Yessine Khenissi,
Issam Jebali, Seiffedine Jaziri, Anis Ben Slimane, Naim Sliti.
Spain:
Goalkeepers: Unai Simon, Robert Sanchez, David Raya; Defenders: Jordi Alba, Cesar Azpilicueta, Dani
Carvajal, Pau Torres, Jose Gaya, Eric Garcia, Aymeric Laporte, Hugo Guillamon; Midfielders: Sergio
Busquets, Koke, Rodri, Marcos Llorente, Pedri, Gavi, Carlos Soler; Forwards: Alvaro Morata, Ferran
Torres, Marco Asensio, Pablo Sarabia, Dani Olmo, Yeremy Pino, Ansu Fati, Nico Williams.
Costa Rica:
Goalkeepers: Keylor Navas, Esteban Alvarado, Patrick Sequeira. Defenders: Francisco Calvo, Juan Pablo
Vargas, Kendall Waston, Oscar Duarte, Daniel Chacon, Keysher Fuller, Carlos Martínez, Bryan Oviedo,
Ronald Matarrita. Midfielders: Yeltsin Tejeda, Celso Borges, Youstin Salas, Roan Wilson, Gerson Torres,
Douglas Lopez, Jewison Bennette, Alvaro Zamora, Anthony Hernández, Brandon Aguilera, Bryan Ruiz.
Forwards: Joel Campbell, Anthony Contreras, Johan Venegas.
Germany:
Goalkeepers: Manuel Neuer, Marc-Andre Ter Stegen, Kevin Trapp; Defenders: Armel Bella-Kotchap,
Matthias Ginter, Christian Gunter, Thilo Kehrer, Lukas Klostermann, David Raum, Antonio Rudiger, Nico
Sclotterbeck, Niklas Sule; Midfielders: Julian Brandt, Niclas Fullkrug, Leon Goretzka, Mario Gotze, Ilkay
Gundogan, Jonas Hofmann, Joshua Kimmich, Jamal Musiala; Forwards: Karim Adeyemi, Serge Gnabry,
Kai Havertz, Youssoufa Moukoko, Thomas Müller, Leroy Sane.
Japan:
Goalkeepers: Shuichi Gonda, Daniel Schmidt, Eiji Kawashima. Defenders: Miki Yamane, Hiroki Sakai,
Maya Yoshida, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Shogo Taniguchi, Ko Itakura, Hiroki Ito, Yuto Nagatomo, Yuta
Nakayama. Midfielders: Wataru Endo, Hidemasa Morita, Ao Tanaka, Gaku Shibasaki, Kaoru Mitoma,
Daichi Kamada, Ritsu Doan, Junya Ito, Takumi Minamino, Takefusa Kubo, Yuki Soma.
Belgium:
Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois, Simon Mignolet, Koen Casteels; Defenders: Toby Alderweireld, Jan
Vertonghen, Thomas Meunier, Timothy Castagne, Zeno Debast, Arthur Theate, Wout Faes; Midfielders:
Kevin de Bruyne, Youri Tielemans, Leander Dendoncker, Amadou Onana, Yannick Carrasco, Axel Witsel,
Charles de Ketelaere, Hans Vanaken, Leandro Trossard, Thorgan Hazard; Forwards: Romelu Lukaku,
Michy Batshuayi, Dries Mertens, Eden Hazard, Lois Openda, Jeremy Doku.
Canada:
Goalkeepers: James Pantemis, Milan Borjan, Dayne St. Clair; Defenders: Samuel Adekugbe, Joel
Waterman, Alistair Johnston, Richie Laryea, Kamal Miller, Steven Vitoria, Derek Cornelius; Midfielders:
Liam Fraser, Ismael Kone, Mark-Anthony Kaye, David Wotherspoon, Jonathan Osorio, Atiba Hutchinson,
Stephen Eustaquio, Samuel Piette; Forwards: Tajon Buchanan, Liam Millar, Lucas Cavallini, Ike Ugbo,
Junior Hoilett, Jonathan David, Cyle Larin, Alphonso Davies.
Morocco:
Goalkeepers: Yassine Bono, Munir, Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti; Defenders: Achraf Hakimi, Noussair
Mazraoui, Romain Saiss, Nayef Aguerd, Achraf Dari, Jawad El Yamiq, Yahia Attiyat Allah, Badr Benoun;
Midfielders: Sofyan Amrabat, Selim Amallah, Abdelhamid Sabiri, Azzedine Ounahi, Bilel El Khanouss,
Yahya Jabrane; Forwards: Hakim Ziyech, Youseff En-Nesyri, Sofiane Boufal, Zakaria Aboukhlal, Ez Abde,
Amine Harit, Ilias Chair, Abderrazzak Hamdallah, Walid Cheddira.
Croatia:
Goalkeepers: Dominik Livakovic, Ivica Ivusic, Ivo Grbic; Defenders: Domagoj Vida, Dejan Lovren Borna
Barisic, Josip Juranovic Josko Gvardiol, Borna Sosa, Josip Stanisic Martin Erlic, Josip Sutalo; Midfielders:
Luka Modric Mateo Kovacic, Marcelo Brozovic, Mario Pasalic, Nikola Vlasic Lovro Majer, Kristijan Jakic,
Luka Sucic; Forwards: Ivan Perisic, Andrej Kramaric, Bruno Petkovic, Mislav Orsic Ante Budimir, Marko
Livaja.
Brazil:
Goalkeepers: Alisson, Ederson, Weverton; Defenders: Danilo, Dani Alves, Alex Sandro, Alex Telles, Thiago
Silva, Marquinhos, Eder Militao, Gleison Bremer; Midfielders: Casemiro, Fabinho, Bruno Guimaraes,
Fred, Lucas Paqueta, Everton Ribeiro; Forwards: Neymar, Vinicius Jr, Gabriel Jesus, Antony, Raphinha,
Richarlison, Gabriel Martinelli, Rodrygo, Pedro.
Serbia:
Goalkeepers: Marko Dmitrovic, Predrag Rajkovic, Vanja Milinkovic-Savic; Defenders: Stefan Mitrovic,
Nikola Milenkovic, Strahinja Pavlovic, Milos Veljkovic, Filip Mladenovic, Strahinja Erakovic, Srdjan Babic;
Midfielders: Nemanja Gudelj, Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Sasa Lukic, Marko Grujic, Filip Kostic, Uros Racic,
Nemanja Maksimovic, Ivan Ilic, Andrija Zivkovic, Darko Lazovic; Forwards: Dusan Tadic, Aleksandar
Mitrovic, Dusan Vlahovic, Filip Djuricic, Luka Jovic, Nemanja Radonjic.
Switzerland:
Goalkeepers: Gregor Kobel, Philipp Kohn, Jonas Omlin, Yann Sommer; Defenders: Manuel Akanji, Eray
Comert, Nico Elvedi, Ricardo Rodriguez, Fabian Schar, Sylvan Widmer; Midfielders: Michel Aebischer,
Edimilson Fernandes, Fabian Frei, Remo Freuler, Ardon Jashari, Noah Okafor, Fabian Rieder, Xherdan
Shaqiri, Djibril Sow, Renato Steffen, Granit Xhaka, Denis Zakaria; Forwards: Breel Embolo, Christian
Fassnacht, Haris Seferovic, Reuben Vargas.
Cameroon:
Goalkeepers: Andre Onana, Devis Epassy, Simon Ngapandouetnbu; Defenders: Jean-Charles Castelletto,
Enzo Ebosse, Collins Fai, Olivier Mbaizo, Nouhou Tolo, Nicolas Nkoulou, Christopher Wooh; Midfielders:
Olivier Ntcham, Gael Ondoua, Martin Hongla, Pierre Kunde, Samuel Oum Gouet, Andre-Frank Zambo
Anguissa, Jerome Ngom; Forwards: Nicolas Ngamaleu, Christian Bassogog, Bryan Mbeumo, Georges-
Kevin Nkoudou, Jean-Pierre Nsame, Vincent Aboubakar, Karl Toko-Ekambi, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting,
Souaibou Marou.
Portugal:
Goalkeepers: Diogo Costa, Jose Sa, Rui Patricio; Defenders: Diogo Dalot, Joao Cancelo, Danilo Pereira,
Pepe, Ruben Dias, Antonio Silva, Nuno Mendes, Raphael Guerreiro; Midfielders: Joao Palhinha, Ruben
Neves, Bernardo Silva, Bruno Fernandes, Joao Mario, Matheus Nunes, Otavio, Vitinha, William Carvalho;
Forwards: Andre Silva, Cristiano Ronaldo, Goncalo Ramos, Joao Felix, Rafael Leao, Ricardo Horta.
Ghana:
Goalkeepers: Manaf Nurudeen, Danlad Ibrahim, Lawrence Ati Zigi; Defenders: Denis Odoi, Tariq
Lamptey, Alidu Seidu, Daniel Amartey, Joseph Aidoo, Alexander Djiku, Mohammed Salisu, Abdul-
Rahman Baba, Gideon Mensah; Midfielders: Andre Ayew, Thomas Partey, Elisha Owusu, Salis Abdul
Samed, Mohammed Kudus, Daniel Kofi Kyereh; Forwards: Daniel Barnieh Afriyie, Kamal Sowah, Issahaku
Abdul Fatawu, Osman Bukari, Inaki Williams, Antoine Semenyo, Jordan Ayew, Kamaldeen Sulemana.
Uruguay:
Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera, Sergio Rochet, Sebastian Sosa; Defenders: Ronald Araujo, Martin
Caceres, Sebastian Coates, Jose Gimenez, Diego Godin, Mathias Olivera, Jose Luis Rodriguez, Guillermo
Varela, Matias Vina; Midfielders: Giorgian de Arrascaeta, Rodrigo Bentancur, Nicolas de la Cruz, Lucas
Torreira, Manuel Ugarte, Federico Valverde, Matias Vecino; Forwards: Agustín Cannobio, Edinson
Cavani, Maxi Gomez, Darwin Nunez, Facundo Pellistri, Luis Suarez, Facundo Torres.
South Korea:
Goalkeepers: Kim Seung-Gyu, Jo Hyeon-Woo, Song Bum-Keun; Defenders: Kim Min-Jae, Kim Young-
Gwon, Kwon Kyung-Won, Cho Yu-Min, Kim Moon-Hwan, Yoon Jong-Gyu, Kim Tae-Hwan, Kim Jin-Su,
Hong Chul; Midfielders: Jung Woo-Young, Son Jun-Ho, Paik Seung-Ho, Hwang In-Beom, Lee Jae-Sung,
Kwon Chang-Hoon, Jeong Woo-Yeong, Lee Kang-In, Son Heung-Min, Hwang Hee-Chan, Na Sang-Ho, Song
Min-Kyu; Forwards: Hwang Ui-Jo, Cho Gue-Sung.
