Spain
1× World Champion2010Group H · UEFA · FIFA #2 · Elo 2165
📅 Group H: vs Cabo Verde · Saudi Arabia · Uruguay
Reigning European champions and Paris 2024 Olympic gold medallists, Spain enter the 2026 World Cup as the most technically gifted squad in the world — built around a generational midfield trio of Rodri, Pedri and Gavi, and carried on the wing by 18-year-old Lamine Yamal, already the most valuable player on earth.
Spain are the only men's national team to win three consecutive major international titles: Euro 2008, World Cup 2010, and Euro 2012.
De la Fuente's Euro 2024 side won all seven games — the first team ever to win every match at a single European Championship.
Lamine Yamal became the youngest scorer in European Championship history when he netted against France at Euro 2024 aged 16 years and 362 days — four days before turning 17 (born 13 July 2007).
De la Fuente named no Real Madrid players in Spain's 2026 World Cup squad — a striking selection given Real Madrid's status as the country's most successful club.
Barcelona supply eight players to Spain's squad — by far the best-represented single club — while Arsenal's title-winning trio of Raya, Zubimendi and Merino are the most of any Premier League side.
Spain won the 2010 World Cup after losing their opening match to Switzerland — the only champion in history to lift the trophy after starting the tournament with a defeat.
Spain's players never sing their anthem before kick-off — the 'Marcha Real' is one of the only national anthems in the world with no official lyrics, so La Roja just hum along.
The big number is the player's EA FC 26 (FIFA 26) overall rating; for players not in the game it's estimated from market value & role.
Tip: click any player for full details, or “✨ Get to know Spain” up top for trivia & the anthem. OVR = EA FC 26 (FIFA 26) rating; for players not in the game it's estimated from market value.
Cabo Verde
Saudi Arabia
Uruguay