The Spain preliminary World Cup squad for the 2026 trip to the U.S.A has revealed a 55-man shortlist that will have to be whittled down to just 26 ahead of the tournament itself. The early squad list contains most of the nations heavy hitters with the final squad not expected to be announced until May 25.
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55-Man Spain Preliminary World Cup Squad Revealed
Goalkeepers
- Unai Simon
- David Raya
- Joan Garcia
- Alex Remiro
Defenders
- Pedro Porro
- Marcos Llorente
- Dani Carvajal
- Marc Cucurella
- Alejandro Grimaldo
- Pep Chavarria
- Pau Cubarsi
- Garard Martin
- Robin Le Normand
- Dean Huijsen
- Aymeric Laporte
- Eric Garcia
- Pau Torres
- Mario Gila
- Cesar Tarrega
Midfielders
- Rodri
- Martin Zubimendi
- Pedri
- Fabian Ruiz
- Gavi
- Fermin Lopez
- Dani Olmo
- Alex Baena
- Mikel Merino
- Pablo Barrios
- Oihan Sanzet
- Aleix Garcia
- Javi Guerra
- Alberto Moleiro
- Yeremy Pino
- Mikel Jaureguizar
Attackers
- Lamine Yamal
- Nico Williams
- Ferran Torres
- Bryan Zaragoza
- Jesus Rodriguez
- Mikel Oyarzabal
- Samu Omorodion
- Gerard Moreno
- Ayoze Perez
- Borja Iglesias
- Ferran Jutgla
There is a pretty vast representation from Barcelona and Athletico Club with Europe’s elite leagues like the Premier League making up the remaining names, Arsenal in particular is home to a few. One of the key batttles for a place will come up front, the Spaniards took Perez and Oyarzabal into the EUROs as their strikers. This time around they have the breakout star Samu Omorodion to weigh up after his impressive stint with Porto.
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Many key names from the recent Euro glory are still involved as Simon, Cucurella, Yamal, Rodri, Ruiz, and others are chosen by Luis de la Fuente. The final 26-man squad is likely to closely resemble that of 2024 with a number of the squad members still being in or close to their prime, fringe names like Borja Iglesias, Ferran Jutgla, Cesar Tarrega, and others are expected to fall away.
Final 26-Man Spain World Cup Squad
De La Fuente later confirmed his final squad for the tournament taking:
- Unai Simon
- David Raya
- Joan Garcia
- Aymeric Laporte
- Marc Cucurella
- Marcos Llorente
- Eric Garcia
- Pedro Porro
- Alex Grimaldo
- Pau Cubarsi
- Marc Pubil
- Rodri
- Fabian Ruiz
- Mikel Merino
- Pedri
- Gavi
- Martin Zubimendi
- Alex Baena
- Ferran Torres
- Mikel Oyarzabal
- Dani Olmo
- Nico Williams
- Lamine Yamal
- Yeremy Pino
- Borja Iglesias
- Victor Munoz
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