We are one week away from the next step in this process, so I thought this would be a good time to start a group G thread on the subject. On October 21 Preliminary rosters are due to be sent to FIFA. Preliminary rosters (or "release lists") can include up to 55 players Preliminary rosters are not released to the public by FIFA, each Confederation can decide to release theirs or not The final roster must be announced by November 14 Rosters are between 23 and 26 players and must be made of players listed in the preliminary roster Up to 15 players are allowed on the bench, so no cuts have to be made for matchday rosters After the final rosters are submitted, if a player is injured they can be replaced up to 24 hours before a team's first match. Some other notes: The final day for league play ahead of the World Cup is November 13. La Liga plays their last game before the break on Nov 9. I invite everyone to post the preliminary rosters, if revealed, next week, and to update us on any major absences due to injury ahead of the tournament. And of course, to post the final roster when announced.
Some info for Brazil: During the press conference for the September call-up, Tite said he might release the preliminary roster for Brazil, but there was a change in tune this week and it now looks like it won't be revealed at all. Tite will announce the final roster on November 7 at a press conference in Rio before traveling to Italy on November 9. Brazil will train in Turin for a few days before heading to Qatar. Injury absences: As of now, Guilherme Arana is the notable absence. He was injured ahead of the September friendlies and will be out for months. He was the likely back-up left-back at the time. Diego Carlos, injured at the beginning of the season and out for months with a ruptured achilles, might have made the 55-man roster, but was not expected to make the final roster.
Brazil's World Cup roster: Alisson Danilo T. Silva Marquinhos Casemiro Alex Sandro Paquetá Fred Richarlison Neymar Raphinha Weverton Dani Alves Militão Fabinho Alex Telles Bruno Guimarães Gabriel Jesus Antony Vini Jr. Rodrygo Everton Ribeiro Ederson Bremer Pedro Martinelli EDIT: Updates to some of the numbers since the official announcement.
I missed 5/26 from the prediction I did 5 months ago: Introduce WC-22 Teams Here: XI, Best Players, Strengths and Weaknesses Some got injured (Arana, Coutinho). Others I just failed (Gabriel, Danilo, Cunha). Maybe I underestimated Flamengo? Picking Martinelli is pointless IMO. Don't know what Tite is looking for there, should have taken an additional midfielder.
Switzerland: Goalkeepers Gregor Kobel (Borussia Dortmund) Philipp Köhn (FC Red Bull Salzburg) Jonas Omlin (HSC Montpellier) Yann Sommer (Vfl Borussia Mönchengladbach) Defenders Manuel Akanji (Manchester City FC) Eray Cömert (Valencia CF) Nico Elvedi (VfL Borussia Mönchengladbach) Edimilson Fernandes (FSV Mainz 05) Ricardo Rodriguez (FC Torino) Fabian Schär (Newcastle United FC) Silvan Widmer (FSV Mainz 05) Midfield & Attackers Michel Aebischer (Bologna FC) Breel Embolo (AS Monaco) Christian Fassnacht (BSC Young Boys) Fabian Frei (FC Basel 1893) Remo Freuler (Nottingham Forest FC) Ardon Jashari (FC Luzern) Noah Okafor (FC Red Bull Salzburg) Fabian Rieder (BSC Young Boys) Haris Seferovic (Galatasaray SK) Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire FC) Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt) Renato Steffen (FC Lugano) Ruben Vargas (FC Augsburg) Granit Xhaka (Arsenal FC) Denis Zakaria (Chelsea FC)
Cameroon: GK: Onana (Inter), Epassy (Abha), Ngapandouetnbu (Marseille) D: Nkoulou (Aris), Ebosse (Udinese), Tolo (Seattle Sounders), Mbaizo (Philadelphia Union), Fai (Al-Tai), Castelletto (Nantes), Wooh (Rennes), Onguene (Eintracht Frankfurt) MID: Ondoa (Hannover), Gouet (Mechelen), Kunde (Olympiacos), Hongla (Verona), Anguissa (Napoli), Ntcham (Swansea) FWD: Nkoudou (Besiktas), Aboubakar (Al-Nassr), Mbeumo (Brentford), Nsame (Young Boys), Toko Ekambi (Lyon), Ngamaleu (Dynamo Moscow), Choupo-Moting (Bayern Munich), Bassogog (Shanghai Shenua), Marou (Coton Sport)
Serbia: Goalkeepers: Marko Dmitrović, Predrag Rajković, Vanja Milinković - Savić Defenders: Stefan Mitrović, Nikola Milenković, Strahinja Pavlović, Miloš Veljković, Filip Mladenović, Strahinja Eraković, Srdjan Babić Midfielders: Nemanja Gudelj, Sergej Milinković - Savić, Saša Lukić, Marko Grujić, Filip Kostić, Uroš Račić, Nemanja Maksimović, Ivan Ilić,Andrija Živković, Darko Lazović Attackers: Dušan Tadić (C), Aleksandar Mitrović, Dušan Vlahović, Filip Đuričić, Luka Jović, Nemanja Radonjić