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Egypt: World Cup 2018 squad

Egypt is in Group A alongside Uruguay, Russia and Saudi Arabia.

Veteran head coach Hector Cuper has selected his official World Cup squad on June 4th, with 45 year old legend Essam El Hadary and Liverpool ace Mo Salah (who could be fit for the first game after his injury in the UCL final) set to lead the line for Egypt.

Player Position Age Caps Goals Club
Essam El Hadary (c) Keeper 45 158 0 Al Taawoun ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Sherif Ekramy Keeper 34 23 0 Al Ahli ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Mohamed El Shenawy Keeper 29 3 0 Al Ahli ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Ahmed Elmohamady Right back 30 78 2 Aston Villa ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Omar Gaber Right back 26 25 0 Los Angeles FC ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Ahmed Fathy Right back 33 126 3 Al Ahly ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Saad Samir Centre back 29 11 0 Al Ahli ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Ali Gabr Centre back 29 22 1 West Brom ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Ahmed Hegazi Centre back 27 45 1 West Brom ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
El Wensh Centre back 23 11 0 Zamalek ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Ayman Ashraf Left back 27 5 1 Al Ahli๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Mohamed Abdel Shafy Left back 32 51 1 Al Fateh ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Tarek Hamed Midfielder 29 22 0 Zamalek ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ
Mohamed Elneny Midfielder 25 61 5 Arsenal ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Sam Morsy Midfielder 26 5 0 Wigan Athletic๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Trezeguet Midfielder 23 25 2 Kasimpasa ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท
Abdallah Said Midfielder 32 37 6 Al-Ahli๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Shikabala Midfielder 32 30 2 Al Raed ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Ramadan Sobhi Midfielder 21 24 1 Stoke City ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Amr Warda Midfielder 24 17 0 PAOK ๐Ÿ‡ฌ๐Ÿ‡ท
Mahmoud Kahraba Forward 24 20 3 Al Ittihad ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Mohamed Salah Forward 25 57 33 Liverpool๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Marwan Mohsen Forward 29 25 4 Al Ahly ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฌ

 
Potential Egypt starting XI (4-2-3-1):

El Hadary โ€“ Fathy, Gabr, Hegazi, Abdel Shafy โ€“ Hamed, Elneny – Sobhi, Said, Salah – Mohsen

  • For the latest squads and other World Cup news check out our World Cup blog.

South Korea: World Cup 2018 squad

South Korea is in Group F alongside Germany, Sweden and Mexico.

Head coach Shin Tae-yong has released his official South Korea World Cup squad on June 2nd.

Player Position Age Caps Goals Club
Kim Seung-gyu Keeper 27 32 0 Vissel Kobe ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Kim Jin-hyeon Keeper 30 14 0 Cerezo Osaka ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Cho Hyun-woo Keeper 26 5 0 Daegu FC๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Lee Yong Right back 31 26 0 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Ko Yo-han Right back 30 19 0 FC Seoul ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Jang Hyun-soo Centre back 26 49 3 FC Tokyo ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Jung Seung-hyun Centre back 24 6 0 Sagan Tosu๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Oh Ban-suk Centre back 30 2 0 Jeju United ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Yun Young-sun Centre back 29 5 0 Seongnam FC๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Kim Young-gwon Centre back 28 51 2 Guangzhou Evergrande ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Kim Min-woo Centre back 28 18 1 Sangju Sangmu๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Hong Chul Left back 27 14 0 Sangju Sangmu๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Park Joo-ho Left back 31 35 0 Ulsan Hyundai ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Ju Se-jong Midfielder 27 10 1 Asan Mugunghwa ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Jung Woo-young Midfielder 28 28 1 Vissel Kobe๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Ki Sung-yueng (c) Midfielder 29 100 1 Swansea City ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ
Koo Ja-cheol Midfielder 29 66 19 Augsburg ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Lee Jae-sung Midfielder 25 33 6 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Moon Seon-min Midfielder 25 2 1 Incheon United๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท
Lee Seung-woo Midfielder 20 2 0 Hellas Verona ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Son Heung-min Forward 25 65 21 Tottenham ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Kim Shin-wook Forward 30 48 10 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๐Ÿ‡ท๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Hwang Hee-chan Forward 22 13 2 Red Bull Salzburg ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡น

 
Potential Korea Republic starting XI (4-2-3-1):

Kim Seung-gyu โ€“ Ko Yo-han, Kim Young-gwon, Jang Hyun-soo, Park Joo-ho โ€“ Jung Woo-young, Ki Sung-yueng – Lee Yong, Koo Ja-cheol, Son Heung-min – Hwang Hee-chan

  • For the latest squads and other World Cup news check out our World Cup blog.

Sweden: World Cup 2018 squad

Sweden is in Group F alongside Germany, Mexico and South Korea.

Sweden’s head coach Janne Andersson has selected the following 23 players for the World Cup:

Player Position Age Caps Goals Club
Robin Olsen Keeper 28 16 0 FC Copenhagen ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ฐ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Karl-Johan Johnsson Keeper 28 5 0 Guingamp ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Kristoffer Nordfeldt Keeper 28 8 0 Swansea City ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ท๓ ฌ๓ ณ๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Mikael Lustig Right back 31 64 6 Celtic ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ
Emil Krafth Right back 23 11 0 Bologna ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Filip Helander Centre back 25 4 0 Bologna ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Pontus Jansson Centre back 27 14 0 Leeds United ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Andreas Granqvist (c) Centre back 33 70 6 Krasnodar ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ
Victor Lindelof Centre back 23 19 1 Manchester United ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Ludwig Augustinsson Left back 24 14 0 Werder Bremen ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Martin Olsson Left back 30 42 5 Swansea City ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Albin Ekdal Midfielder 28 32 0 Hamburg๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Gustav Svensson Midfielder 31 11 0 Seattle Sounders๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ
Oscar Hiljemark Midfielder 25 20 2 Genoa ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Viktor Claesson Midfielder 26 21 3 Krasnodar ๐Ÿ‡ท๐Ÿ‡บ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Marcus Rohden Midfielder 27 10 1 Crotone ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Sebastian Larsson Midfielder 32 98 6 Hull City ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Emil Forsberg Midfielder 26 34 6 RB Leipzig ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Jimmy Durmaz Midfielder 29 44 3 Toulouse ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Ola Toivonen Forward 31 57 13 Toulouse ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Marcus Berg Forward 31 55 18 Al Ain ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡ช
Isaac Kiese Thelin Forward 25 18 2 Waasland-Beveren ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
John Guidetti Forward 26 20 1 Alaves ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ

 
Potential Sweden starting XI (4-4-2):

Olsen โ€“ Lustig, Lindelof, Granqvist, Augustinsson โ€“ Claesson, Ekdal, Larsson, Forsberg – Toivonen, Berg

  • For the latest squads and other World Cup news check out our World Cup blog.

Senegal: World Cup 2018 squad

Senegal is in Group H alongside Colombia, Poland and Japan.

Here are the 23 players called up by Senegal head coach Aliou Cisse for the 2018 World Cup.

Player Position Age Caps Goals Club
Abdoulaye Diallo Keeper 26 16 0 Rennes ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Khadim N’Diaye Keeper 33 25 0 Horoya ๐Ÿ‡ธ๐Ÿ‡ณ
Alfred Gomis Keeper 24 1 0 SPAL ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น
Youssouf Sabaly Right back 25 3 0 Bordeaux ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Lamine Gassama Right back 28 35 0 Alanyaspor ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท
Moussa Wague Right back 19 9 0 Eupen ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช
Kara Mbodji Centre back 28 51 5 Anderlecht ๐Ÿ‡ง๐Ÿ‡ช
Kalidou Koulibaly Centre back 26 24 0 Napoli ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Salif Sane Centre back 27 20 0 Hannover 96 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Saliou Ciss Left back 28 18 0 Valenciennes ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Idrissa Gueye Midfielder 28 59 1 Everton ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Cheikhou Kouyate (c) Midfielder 28 47 2 West Ham United ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Badou Ndiaye Midfielder 27 18 1 Stoke City ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Cheikh N’Doye Midfielder 32 24 3 Birmingham City ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Alfred N’Diaye Midfielder 28 19 0 Wolverhampton ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Moussa Konate Forward 25 27 9 Amiens ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Ismaila Sarr Forward 20 14 2 Rennes ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Diafra Sakho Forward 28 10 3 Rennes ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Sadio Mane Forward 26 51 14 Liverpool ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Mame Biram Diouf Forward 30 47 10 Stoke City ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Moussa Sow Forward 32 50 18 Bursaspor ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท
M’Baye Niang Forward 23 5 0 Torino ๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡น๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Keita Balde Forward 23 17 3 AS Monaco ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท

 
Potential Senegal starting XI (4-3-3):

N’Diaye โ€“ Gassama, Mbodji, Koulibaly, Ciss โ€“ Gueye, Sane, Kouyate – Mane, Sow, Diouf

  • For the latest squads and other World Cup news check out our World Cup blog.

Japan: World Cup 2018 squad

Japan is in Group H alongside Colombia, Poland and Senegal.

Just hours ago, head coach Akira Nishino has released the official 23 man Japan squad which will travel to Russia for the 2018 World Cup.

Player Position Age Caps Goals Club
Eiji Kawashima Keeper 35 83 0 Metz ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Masaaki Higashiguchi Keeper 32 4 0 Gamba Osaka ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Kosuke Nakamura Keeper 23 3 0 Kashiwa Reysol ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Gotoku Sakai Right back 27 39 0 Hamburg ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Hiroki Sakai Right back 28 41 0 Olympique Marseille ๐Ÿ‡ซ๐Ÿ‡ท
Wataru Endo Centre back 25 11 0 Urawa Red Diamonds ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Tomoaki Makino Centre back 31 31 4 Urawa Red Diamonds ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Maya Yoshida Centre back 29 81 10 Southampton ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Gen Shoji Centre back 25 11 1 Kashima Antlers ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Naomichi Ueda Centre back 23 3 0 Kashima Antlers ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Yuto Nagatomo Left back 31 104 3 Galatasaray ๐Ÿ‡น๐Ÿ‡ท
Hotaru Yamaguchi Midfielder 27 41 2 Cerezo Osaka ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Makoto Hasebe (c) Midfielder 34 109 2 Eintracht Frankfurt ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Ryota Oshima Midfielder 25 4 0 Kawasaki Frontale ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ต
Gaku Shibasaki Midfielder 26 16 3 Getafe ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Keisuke Honda Midfielder 31 94 36 Pachuca ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ‡ฝ
Genki Haraguchi Midfielder 27 31 6 Fortuna Dusseldorf ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Takashi Usami Midfielder 26 22 3 Fortuna Dusseldorf ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Shinji Kagawa Midfielder 29 90 29 Borussia Dortmund ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Takashi Inui Midfielder 29 25 2 Eibar ๐Ÿ‡ช๐Ÿ‡ฆ
Yuya Osako Forward 28 27 7 Werder Bremen ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช
Shinji Okazaki Forward 32 112 50 Leicester City ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
Yoshinori Muto Forward 25 22 2 Mainz 05 ๐Ÿ‡ฉ๐Ÿ‡ช

 
Potential Japan starting XI (4-3-3):

Kawashima โ€“ H. Sakai, Makino, Yoshida, Nagatomo โ€“ Haraguchi, Hasebe, Yamaguchi โ€“ Kagawa, Osako, Okazaki

  • For the latest squads and other World Cup news check out our World Cup blog.