WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: SAUDI ARABIA

 

NICKNAME: The Green One

MANAGER: Herve Renard

MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Mohamed Al-Deayea- 178 caps from 1993 to 2006

TOP SCORER: Majed Abdullah- 72 goals from 1978 to 1994

HOST NATION: -

WORLD CUP RECORD: 7th World Cup for Arabia

BEST RESULT: Round of 16 in 1994

WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: SPAIN

 

NICKNAME: La Furia Roja

MANAGER: Luis de la Fuente

MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Sergio Ramos- 180 caps from 2005 to 2021

TOP SCORER: David Villa- 59 goals from 2005 to 2017

HOST NATION: Yes, in 1982.

    WORLD CUP RECORD: 17th WC for Spain

BEST RESULT: Title from 2010

WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: JAPAN

 

NICKNAME: Samurai Blue

MANAGER: Hajime Moriyasu

MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Yasuhito Endo- 152 caps from 2002 to 2015

TOP SCORER: Kunishige Kamamoto- 75 goals from 1964 to 1977

HOST NATION: In 2002 with South Korea

WORLD CUP RECORD:8th WC for Japan

BEST RESULT: Round of 16 in four editions: 2002, 2010, 2018 and 2022

WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: IVORY COAST

 

NICKNAME: The Elephants

MANAGER: Emerse Fae

MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Didier Zokora- 123 caps from 2000 to 2014

TOP SCORER: Didier Drogba- 65 goals from 2002 to 2014

HOST NATION: -

WORLD CUP RECORD: 4th WC for Ivory Coast. From 1930 to 1958 they were part of France.

BEST RESULT: They never managed to get past group stage

WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: GERMANY

NICKNAME: DFB Team

MANAGER: Julian Nagelsmann

MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Lothar Matthaus- 150 caps from 1980 to 2000

TOP SCORER: Miroslav Klose- 71 goal from 2001 to 2014

HOST NATION: Yes in 1974 (West Germany) and 2006

WORLD CUP RECORD: 21st WC for Germany. East Germany qualified only for the 1974 edition

BEST RESULT: West Germany won three titles: 1954, 1974 and 1990. Unite Germany won title in 2014

WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: AUSTRALIA

 

NICKNAME: Socceroos

MANAGER: Tony Popovic

MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Mark Schwarzer- 109 caps from 1993 to 2013

TOP SCORER: Tim Cahill- 50 goals from 2004 to 2018

HOST NATION: -

WORLD CUP RECORD: 7th WC for Australia.

BEST RESULT: Round of 16 in 2006 and 2022

WORLD CUP 2026 NATION PRESENTATION: PARAGUAY

 

NICKNAME: La Albirroja (The White and Red)

MANAGER: Gustavo Alfaro

MOST CAPPED PLAYER: Paulo Da Silva- 148 caps from 2000 to 2017

TOP SCORER: Roque Santa Cruz- 32 goals from 1999 to 2016

HOST NATION: -

WORLD CUP RECORD: 9th WC for Paraguay

BEST RESULT: Quarter-final on their last WC appearance back in 2010