2022 FIFA World Cup

By Abdulrauf sherifat Arewa

The 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar is just 10 days away, as the 32 participating nations are now announcing their final 26-man squad ahead of the deadline of November 13. 

Since it will be the first time the tournament will be held in the middle of a season, FIFA has provided some respite to both the players and the managers of the 32 nations by increasing the squad size from 23 to 26.

Also, the number of substitutions have been lifted from 3 to 5, as it currently works in club football.

The coaches of the 32 teams were first asked to name a preliminary squad of 55 [versus 35 at previous editions], and finalize 26 from those before the start of the next week. 

While some in Argentina, England, Portugal, Germany, Spain are yet to let out the final lists, others like France, Brazil, the USA, Australia have named their final 26 who will be going to Qatar. Here are the full squads announced till now by the managers of the participating nations.

    

The defending FIFA World Cup champions have rather named a 25-man list than the expected of 26. The biggest surprise was Real Madrid midfielder Eduardo Camavinga who was heavily tipped to be left out by Deschamps. 

However, Camavinga, along with his club mate Aurélien Tchouaméni has made the final cut. Many a new faces as well in William Saliba, Christopher Nkunku, Dayot Upamecano who weren’t on the roster in 2018, as well as the return of Karim Benzema to national team set-up.