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2026 FIFA World Cup · Kicks off Jun 11, 2026
2026 World Cup Schedule, Squads & Predictions
— 16 Days to Kick-Off
48 teams · 12 groups · 104 matches · Kicks off Jun 11, 2026
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Argentina World Cup 2026 Squad — Scaloni Drops Acuña
16 days to kickoff. Lionel Scaloni named Argentina's 26-man World Cup 2026 squad via an AFA institutional video on Thursday May 28, three days ahead of the FIFA deadline. The split is 3-8-7-8 — three goalkeepers, eight defenders, seven midfielders, eight forwards, the heaviest back-line allocation of Scaloni's tenure. Marcos Acuña is the headline omission: only 11 league appearances and 838 minutes for River Plate this season tipped the call, with Facundo Medina of Marseille taking the senior left-back depth. Franco Mastantuono is the surprise snub despite a debut Real Madrid season that produced his first LaLiga goal at Levante and a Champions League goal in the 6-1 win over Monaco. Emiliano Buendía is out three weeks after lifting the Europa League with Aston Villa. Six Atlético Madrid players make the 26 — no other club has more than three — including Álvarez, Molina, Musso, González, Almada and Giuliano Simeone. Messi clears a hamstring concern and travels as captain for a record sixth World Cup, with 116 international goals and 61 assists in 198 senior caps. Eight players will be at their first World Cup. Group J opens against Algeria on Tuesday June 16 at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, with Austria in Miami on June 21 and Jordan in Atlanta on June 26. Full story: the Acuña fitness call, why Mastantuono lost out, the Atlético cluster, the projected XI vs Algeria and the realistic title-defence ceiling.
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FIFA deadline: 2026-05-30 · Kickoff: 2026-06-11
Today · 2026-05-26
United States · Morocco
USA: Pochettino @ Pier 17 NYC, 15:00 ET on FOX. Morocco: Mohamed Ouahbi confirms 26.
Tomorrow · 2026-05-27
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Neymar ruled out of opener; Morocco squad out; UCL Final tomorrow in Budapest
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Neymar Out of Brazil's June 13 Opener. CBF team doctor Rodrigo Lasmar confirmed on May 28 that Neymar has sustained a grade-two right calf strain playing for Santos against Coritiba. The 34-year-old forward faces two to three more weeks on the sidelines, ruling him out of Brazil's warm-up friendlies against Panama and Egypt and making him all but certain to miss Brazil's Group C opener against Morocco on June 13 in New Jersey. Santos initially described the problem as minor oedema; CBF's independent assessment revealed a more serious partial muscle-fibre tear. (Al Jazeera / beIN Sports / Goal, May 28)
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Egypt, Canada File Today; Morocco Named. Egypt and Canada are both expected to submit their final 26-man rosters to FIFA today, May 29, as the June 1 submission deadline looms. Mohamed Salah will captain Egypt; Omar Marmoush provides the second forward option. Morocco, who face Brazil on June 13, unveiled their squad on May 26: PSG's Achraf Hakimi and Real Madrid's Brahim Díaz headline the Atlas Lions, while 2022 hero Youssef En-Nesyri and Hakim Ziyech were both omitted. (Al Jazeera / ESPN, May 21–26)
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UCL Final Tomorrow — Then National Camps Open. PSG host Arsenal at Puskás Aréna, Budapest, tomorrow (Saturday, May 30, 18:00 CET) in the 2026 UEFA Champions League Final. It is the last major club fixture before international reporting windows open. World Cup-bound starters on both sides — including Hakimi and Ousmane Dembélé (Morocco/France) and Bukayo Saka and Gabriel Martinelli (England/Brazil) — must report to national camps within days of the final whistle. The 13-day countdown to the June 11 opening match begins immediately after. (UEFA / ESPN)
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