Which UK-based players are heading to the 2026 World Cup?

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With the squads now confirmed and locked in, more than 200 players from the UK are heading to the 2026 World Cup.

These players feature in the Premier League, Sky Bet EFL, Scottish Premiership – and there is even one who plays non-League football.

And, aside from the Cape Verde, Iran, Jordan, Qatar and Saudi Arabia squads, there is at least one representative for every nation at this summer’s tournament.

Below is the list in full…

Algeria (1)

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Man City’s Rayan Ait-Nouri

Premier League: Rayan Ait-Nouri (Man City)

Argentina (5)

Emiliano Martinez celebrates Aston Villa's opening goal against Lille
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Aston Villa’s Emi Martinez

Premier League: Enzo Fernandez (Chelsea), Alexis Mac Allister (Liverpool), Emiliano Martinez (Aston Villa), Lisandro Martinez (Man Utd), Cristian Romero (Tottenham)

Australia (5)

Watford's Nestory Irankunda
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Watford’s Nestory Irankunda

EFL: Cameron Burgess (Swansea), Nestory Irankunda (Watford), Harry Souttar (Leicester), Mohamed Toure (Norwich)

Scotland: Cammy Devlin (Hearts)

Austria (1)

Tottenham's Kevin Danso
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Tottenham’s Kevin Danso

Premier League: Kevin Danso (Tottenham)

Belgium (8)

Arsenal's Leandro Trossard celebrates scoring their third goal
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Arsenal’s Leandro Trossard

Premier League: Timothy Castagne (Fulham), Maxim De Cuyper (Brighton), Jeremy Doku (Man City), Senne Lammens (Man Utd), Amadou Onana (Aston Villa), Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), Leandro Trossard (Arsenal)

Scotland: Nicolas Raskin (Rangers)

Bosnia & Herzegovina (1)

Hull's Amir Hadziahmetovic
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Hull’s Amir Hadziahmetovic

Premier League: Amir Hadziahmetovic (Hull)

Brazil (8)

Brentford's Igor Thiago celebrates scoring his second goal against West Ham
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Brentford’s Igor Thiago

Premier League: Alisson Becker (Liverpool), Casemiro (Man Utd), Matheus Cunha (Man Utd), Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle), Gabriel Magalhaes (Arsenal), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Rayan (Bournemouth), Igor Thiago (Brentford)

Canada (7)

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Southampton’s Cyle Larin

Premier League: Owen Goodman (Crystal Palace)

EFL: Ali Ahmed (Norwich), Alfie Jones (Middlesbrough), Cyle Larin (Southampton), Liam Millar (Hull)

Scotland: Derek Cornelius (Rangers), Alistair Johnston (Celtic)

Colombia (2)

Crystal Palace's Daniel Munoz celebrates his goal
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Crystal Palace’s Daniel Munoz

Premier League: Jefferson Lerma (Crystal Palace), Daniel Munoz (Crystal Palace)

Croatia (3)

Hull's Ivor Pandur
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Hull’s Ivor Pandur

Premier League: Josko Gvardiol (Man City), Mateo Kovacic (Man City), Ivor Pandur (Hull)

Curacao (3)

Sheffield United's Tahith Chong
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Sheffield United’s Tahith Chong

EFL: Tahith Chong (Sheffield United), Sontje Hansen (Middlesbrough), Ar’jany Martha (Rotherham)

Czech Republic (1)

West Ham's Tomas Soucek
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West Ham’s Tomas Soucek

EFL: Tomas Soucek (West Ham)

DR Congo (6)

KILMARNOCK, SCOTLAND - MAY 12: Kilmarnock's Aaron Tshibola in action during a William Hill Premiership match between Kilmarnock and Dundee at the BBSP Stadium Rugby Park, on May 12, 2026, in Kilmarnock, Scotland. (Photo by Rob Casey / SNS Group)
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Kilmarnock’s Aaron Tshibola

Premier League: Noah Sadiki (Sunderland), Aaron Wan-Bissaka (West Ham), Yoane Wissa (Newcastle)

EFL: Edo Kayembe (Watford), Axel Tuanzebe (Burnley)

Scotland: Aaron Tshibola (Kilmarnock)

Ecuador (3)

Arsenal's Piero Hincapie
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Arsenal’s Piero Hincapie

Premier League: Nilson Angulo (Sunderland), Moises Caicedo (Chelsea), Piero Hincapie (Arsenal)

Egypt (1)

Manchester City's Omar Marmoush celebrates after scoring against Newcastle (AP Photo/Dave Thompson)
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Man City’s Omar Marmoush

Premier League: Omar Marmoush (Man City)

England (20)

Premier League: Elliot Anderson (Nottingham Forest), Dan Burn (Newcastle), Eberechi Eze (Arsenal), Marc Guehi (Man City), Dean Henderson (Crystal Palace), Jordan Henderson (Brentford), Reece James (Chelsea), Ezri Konsa (Aston Villa), Tino Livramento (Newcastle), Noni Madueke (Arsenal), Kobbie Mainoo (Man Utd), Nico O’Reilly (Man City), Jordan Pickford (Everton), Declan Rice (Arsenal), Morgan Rogers (Aston Villa), Bukayo Saka (Arsenal), Djed Spence (Tottenham), James Trafford (Man City), Ollie Watkins (Aston Villa)

France (6)

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Crystal Palace’s Jean-Philippe Mateta

Premier League: Rayan Cherki (Man City), Lucas Digne (Aston Villa), Malo Gusto (Chelsea), Maxence Lacroix (Crystal Palace), Jean-Philippe Mateta (Crystal Palace), William Saliba (Arsenal)

Germany (5)

Kai Havertz celebrates after scoring for Arsenal against Burnley
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Arsenal’s Kai Havertz

Premier League: Pascal Gross (Brighton), Kai Havertz (Arsenal), Malick Thiaw (Newcastle), Florian Wirtz (Liverpool), Nick Woltemade (Newcastle)

Ghana (4)

Antoine Semenyo celebrates after giving Man City the lead against Chelsea in the FA Cup final
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Man City’s Antoine Semenyo

Premier League: Antoine Semenyo (Man City), Brandon Thomas-Asante (Coventry)

EFL: Jordan Ayew (Leicester), Abdul Fatawu (Leicester)

Haiti (2)

Sunderland's Wilson Isidor
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Sunderland’s Wilson Isidor

Premier League: Wilson Isidor (Sunderland)

EFL: Jean-Ricner Bellegarde (Wolves)

Iraq (1)

Ipswich's Ali Al-Hamadi
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Ipswich’s Ali Al-Hamadi

Premier League: Ali Al-Hamadi (Ipswich)

Ivory Coast (3)

Manchester United's Amad Diallo celebrates scoring a goal against Bournemouth
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Man Utd’s Amad Diallo

Premier League: Amad Diallo (Man Utd), Evann Guessand (Aston Villa), Ibrahim Sangare (Nottingham Forest)

Japan (4)

Ao Tanaka celebrates after making it 3-3 at Elland Road
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Leeds’ Ao Tanaka

Premier League: Wataru Endo (Liverpool), Daichi Kamada (Crystal Palace), Ao Tanaka (Leeds)

Scotland: Daizen Maeda (Celtic)

Mexico (1)

Raul Jimenez celebrates giving Fulham the lead against Nottingham Forest
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Fulham’s Raul Jimenez

Premier League: Raul Jimenez (Fulham)

Morocco (4)

Man Utd's Noussair Mazraoui
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Man Utd’s Noussair Mazraoui

Premier League: Issa Diop (Fulham), Noussair Mazraoui (Man Utd), Chadi Riad (Crystal Palace), Chemsdine Talbi (Sunderland)

Netherlands (15)

Liverpool's Virgil van Dijk celebrates after scoring (AP Photo/Jon Super)
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Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk

Premier League: Nathan Ake (Man City), Brian Brobbey (Sunderland), Cody Gakpo (Liverpool), Ryan Gravenberch (Liverpool), Jorrel Hato (Chelsea), Justin Kluivert (Bournemouth), Tijjani Reijnders (Man City), Robin Roefs (Sunderland), Jurrien Timber (Arsenal), Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool), Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton), Micky van de Ven (Tottenham), Bart Verbruggen (Brighton), Mats Wieffer (Brighton)

EFL: Crysencio Summerville (West Ham)

New Zealand (9)

Ben Waine celebrates after giving Port Vale an extra-time lead against Bristol City
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Port Vale’s Ben Waine

Premier League: Chris Wood (Nottingham Forest)

EFL: Tyler Bindon (Sheffield United), Liberato Cacace (Wrexham), Max Crocombe (Millwall), Matthew Garbett (Peterborough), Marko Stamenic (Swansea), Ben Waine (Port Vale)

Scotland: Elijah Just (Motherwell)

Non-League: Tommy Smith (Braintree Town)

Norway (10)

Manchester City's Erling Haaland after beating Liverpool
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Man City’s Erling Haaland

Premier League: Kristoffer Ajer (Brentford), Sander Berge (Fulham), Oscar Bobb (Fulham), Erling Haaland (Man City), Jorgen Strand Larsen (Crystal Palace), Martin Odegaard (Arsenal)

EFL: Sondre Langas (Derby), Egil Selvik (Watford), David Moller Wolfe (Wolves)

Scotland: Thelo Aasgaard (Rangers)

Panama (1)

Norwich's Jose Cordoba
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Norwich’s Jose Cordoba

EFL: Jose Cordoba (Norwich)

Paraguay (3)

Sunderland's Omar Alderete
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Sunderland’s Omar Alderete

Premier League: Omar Alderete (Sunderland), Diego Gomez (Brighton)

EFL: Gustavo Caballero (Portsmouth)

Portugal (7)

It was a frustrating night for Man Utd at St James' Park
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Man Utd’s Bruno Fernandes

Premier League: Diogo Dalot (Man Utd), Ruben Dias (Man City), Bruno Fernandes (Man Utd), Pedro Neto (Chelsea), Matheus Nunes (Man City), Bernardo Silva (Man City)

EFL: Jose Sa (Wolves)

Scotland (20)

Premier League: Ryan Christie (Bournemouth), Tyler Fletcher (Man Utd), Ben Gannon-Doak (Bournemouth), Angus Gunn (Nottingham Forest), Aaron Hickey (Brentford), George Hirst (Ipswich), John McGinn (Aston Villa), Nathan Patterson (Everton)

EFL: Lyndon Dykes (Charlton), Dominic Hyam (Wrexham), Kenny McLean (Norwich), Ross Stewart (Southampton)

Scotland: Findlay Curtis (Rangers), Craig Gordon (Hearts), Grant Hanley (Hibernian), Liam Kelly (Rangers), Kieran Tierney (Celtic), Anthony Ralston (Celtic), Lawrence Shankland (Rangers), John Souttar (Rangers)

Senegal (8)

Everton's Iliman Ndiaye
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Everton’s Iliman Ndiaye

Premier League: Habib Diarra (Sunderland), Idrissa Gueye (Everton), Nicolas Jackson (Chelsea), Iliman Ndiaye (Everton), Ismaila Sarr (Crystal Palace), Mamadou Sarr (Chelsea), Pape Matar Sarr (Tottenham)

EFL: El Hadji Malick Diouf (West Ham)

South Africa (1)

Burnley's Lyle Foster
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Burnley’s Lyle Foster

EFL: Lyle Foster (Burnley)

South Korea (5)

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MAY 23: Celtic's Hyunjun Yang in action during the Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and Dunfermline Athletic at Barclays Hampden, on May 23, 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Craig Foy / SNS Group)
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Celtic’s Hyun-Jun Yang

EFL: Jun-Ho Bae (Stoke), Ji-Sung Eom (Swansea), Hee-Chan Hwang (Wolves), Seung-Ho Paik (Birmingham),

Scotland: Hyun-Jun Yang (Celtic)

Spain (7)

Mikel Merino
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Arsenal’s Mikel Merino

Premier League: Marc Cucurella (Chelsea), Mikel Merino (Arsenal), Yeremy Pino (Crystal Palace), Pedro Porro (Tottenham), David Raya (Arsenal), Rodri (Man City), Martin Zubimendi (Arsenal)

Sweden (11)

Viktor Gyokeres celebs his goal against Everton
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Arsenal’s Viktor Gyokeres

Premier League: Yasin Ayari (Brighton), Lucas Bergvall (Tottenham), Anthony Elanga (Newcastle), Gabriel Gudmundsson (Leeds), Viktor Gyokeres (Arsenal), Alexander Isak (Liverpool), Victor Lindelof (Aston Villa)

EFL: Hjalmar Ekdal (Burnley), Victor Johansson (Stoke), Jacob Widell Zetterstrom (Derby)

Scotland: Benjamin Nygren (Celtic)

Switzerland (4)

Sunderland's Granit Xhaka
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Sunderland’s Granit Xhaka

Premier League: Dan Ndoye (Nottingham Forest), Noah Okafor (Leeds) Granit Xhaka (Sunderland),

EFL: Zeki Amdouni (Burnley)

Tunisia (3)

Burnley's Hannibal Mejbri
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Burnley’s Hannibal Mejbri

EFL: Hannibal Mejbri (Burnley), Anis Ben Slimane (Norwich)

Scotland: Sebastian Tounekti (Celtic)

Turkey (2)

Man Utd's Altay Bayindir
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Man Utd’s Altay Bayindir

Premier League: Altay Bayindir (Man Utd), Ferdi Kadioglu (Brighton)

United States (6)

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MAY 23: Celtic's Auston Trusty in action during the Scottish Gas Men's Scottish Cup Final between Celtic and Dunfermline Athletic at Barclays Hampden, on May 23, 2026, in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Craig Foy / SNS Group)
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Celtic’s Auston Trusty

Premier League: Tyler Adams (Bournemouth), Brenden Aaronson (Leeds), Chris Richards (Crystal Palace), Antonee Robinson (Fulham), Haji Wright (Coventry)

Scotland: Auston Trusty (Celtic)

Uruguay (3)

Premier League: Rodrigo Bentancur (Tottenham), Manuel Ugarte (Man Utd)

EFL: Santiago Bueno (Wolves)

Uzbekistan (1)

Man City's Abdukodir Khusanov
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Man City’s Abdukodir Khusanov

Premier League: Abdukodir Khusanov (Man City)

You can follow the 2026 World Cup on Sky Sports’ platforms, with live blog coverage of every single game of the 104 matches, from the opener on Thursday June 11 to the final on Sunday July 19.

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