Group J unites four competitive national teams — Algeria, Argentina, Austria and Jordan — each bringing unique flair, tactical strength, and ambition to the 2026 World Cup.
This page showcases complete squad lists for every team in Group J, including players’ squad numbers, positions, ages, clubs, caps and goals. . Whether you’re following star performers or discovering rising talents, this is your all‑in‑one guide to the players ready to shine on football’s biggest stage.
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| No. | Pos | Full Name | Birth Date (Age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Algeria (Group J) | |||||||
| Vladimir Petković (Bosnia and Herzegovina) | |||||||
| GK | Luca Zidane | May 13, 1998 (aged 28) | 6 | 0 | Granada | Spain | |
| GK | Oussama Benbot | October 11, 1994 (aged 31) | 2 | 0 | USM Alger | Algeria | |
| GK | Melvin Mastil | February 19, 2000 (aged 26) | 1 | 0 | Stade Nyonnais | Switzerland | |
| DF | Aïssa Mandi | October 22, 1991 (aged 34) | 116 | 7 | Lille | France | |
| DF | Ramy Bensebaini | April 16, 1995 (aged 31) | 81 | 7 | Borussia Dortmund | Germany | |
| DF | Mohamed Amine Tougai | January 22, 2000 (aged 26) | 28 | 2 | Espérance de Tunis | Tunisia | |
| DF | Rayan Aït-Nouri | June 6, 2001 (aged 25) | 27 | 0 | Manchester City | England | |
| DF | Jaouen Hadjam | March 26, 2003 (aged 23) | 16 | 3 | Young Boys | Switzerland | |
| DF | Rafik Belghali | June 7, 2002 (aged 24) | 11 | 1 | Hellas Verona | Italy | |
| DF | Zineddine Belaïd | March 20, 1999 (aged 27) | 9 | 1 | JS Kabylie | Algeria | |
| DF | Achref Abada | June 15, 1999 (aged 26) | 6 | 1 | USM Alger | Algeria | |
| DF | Samir Chergui | February 6, 1999 (aged 27) | 4 | 0 | Paris FC | France | |
| MF | Nabil Bentaleb | November 24, 1994 (aged 31) | 58 | 6 | Lille | France | |
| MF | Ramiz Zerrouki | May 26, 1998 (aged 28) | 51 | 3 | Twente | Netherlands | |
| MF | Hicham Boudaoui | September 23, 1999 (aged 26) | 32 | 0 | Nice | France | |
| MF | Farès Chaïbi | November 28, 2002 (aged 23) | 28 | 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Germany | |
| MF | Houssem Aouar | June 30, 1998 (aged 27) | 19 | 6 | Al-Ittihad | Saudi Arabia | |
| MF | Ibrahim Maza | November 24, 2005 (aged 20) | 15 | 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | Germany | |
| MF | Yacine Titraoui | July 26, 2003 (aged 22) | 5 | 0 | Charleroi | Belgium | |
| FW | Riyad Mahrez (captain) | February 21, 1991 (aged 35) | 113 | 38 | Al-Ahli | Saudi Arabia | |
| FW | Mohamed Amoura | May 9, 2000 (aged 26) | 44 | 19 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany | |
| FW | Amine Gouiri | February 16, 2000 (aged 26) | 21 | 8 | Marseille | France | |
| FW | Anis Hadj Moussa | February 11, 2002 (aged 24) | 13 | 0 | Feyenoord | Netherlands | |
| FW | Adil Boulbina | May 2, 2003 (aged 23) | 10 | 6 | Al-Duhail | Qatar | |
| FW | Nadhir Benbouali | April 17, 2000 (aged 26) | 2 | 1 | Győr | Hungary | |
| FW | Farès Ghedjemis | September 6, 2002 (aged 23) | 1 | 1 | Frosinone | Italy | |
Argentina (Group J) | |||||||
| Lionel Scaloni (Argentina) | |||||||
| 1 | GK | Juan Musso | May 6, 1994 (aged 32) | 3 | 0 | Atlético Madrid | Spain |
| 2 | DF | Leonardo Balerdi | January 26, 1999 (aged 27) | 11 | 0 | Marseille | France |
| 3 | DF | Nicolás Tagliafico | August 31, 1992 (aged 33) | 75 | 1 | Lyon | France |
| 4 | DF | Gonzalo Montiel | January 1, 1997 (aged 29) | 38 | 2 | River Plate | Argentina |
| 5 | MF | Leandro Paredes | June 29, 1994 (aged 31) | 77 | 5 | Boca Juniors | Argentina |
| 6 | DF | Lisandro Martínez | January 18, 1998 (aged 28) | 26 | 1 | Manchester United | England |
| 7 | MF | Rodrigo De Paul | May 24, 1994 (aged 32) | 85 | 2 | Inter Miami CF | United States |
| 8 | MF | Valentín Barco | July 23, 2004 (aged 21) | 2 | 1 | Strasbourg | France |
| 9 | FW | Julián Alvarez | January 31, 2000 (aged 26) | 51 | 14 | Atlético Madrid | Spain |
| 10 | FW | Lionel Messi (captain) | June 24, 1987 (aged 38) | 198 | 116 | Inter Miami CF | United States |
| 11 | MF | Giovani Lo Celso | April 9, 1996 (aged 30) | 65 | 4 | Real Betis | Spain |
| 12 | GK | Gerónimo Rulli | May 20, 1992 (aged 34) | 7 | 0 | Marseille | France |
| 13 | DF | Cristian Romero | April 27, 1998 (aged 28) | 49 | 3 | Tottenham Hotspur | England |
| 14 | MF | Exequiel Palacios | October 5, 1998 (aged 27) | 38 | 0 | Bayer Leverkusen | Germany |
| 15 | FW | Nicolás González | April 6, 1998 (aged 28) | 50 | 6 | Atlético Madrid | Spain |
| 16 | FW | Thiago Almada | April 26, 2001 (aged 25) | 14 | 4 | Atlético Madrid | Spain |
| 17 | FW | Giuliano Simeone | December 18, 2002 (aged 23) | 11 | 1 | Atlético Madrid | Spain |
| 18 | FW | Nico Paz | September 8, 2004 (aged 21) | 8 | 1 | Como | Italy |
| 19 | DF | Nicolás Otamendi | February 12, 1988 (aged 38) | 130 | 8 | Benfica | Portugal |
| 20 | MF | Alexis Mac Allister | December 24, 1998 (aged 27) | 44 | 6 | Liverpool | England |
| 21 | FW | José Manuel López | December 6, 2000 (aged 25) | 3 | 0 | Palmeiras | Brazil |
| 22 | FW | Lautaro Martínez | August 22, 1997 (aged 28) | 75 | 36 | Inter Milan | Italy |
| 23 | GK | Emiliano Martínez | September 2, 1992 (aged 33) | 59 | 0 | Aston Villa | England |
| 24 | MF | Enzo Fernández | January 17, 2001 (aged 25) | 40 | 6 | Chelsea | England |
| 25 | DF | Facundo Medina | May 28, 1999 (aged 27) | 7 | 0 | Marseille | France |
| 26 | DF | Nahuel Molina | April 6, 1998 (aged 28) | 58 | 1 | Atlético Madrid | Spain |
Austria (Group J) | |||||||
| Ralf Rangnick (Germany) | |||||||
| 1 | GK | Alexander Schlager | February 1, 1996 (aged 30) | 25 | 0 | Red Bull Salzburg | Austria |
| 2 | DF | David Affengruber | March 19, 2001 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | Elche | Spain |
| 3 | DF | Kevin Danso | September 19, 1998 (aged 27) | 31 | 0 | Tottenham Hotspur | England |
| 4 | MF | Xaver Schlager | September 28, 1997 (aged 28) | 50 | 4 | RB Leipzig | Germany |
| 5 | DF | Stefan Posch | May 14, 1997 (aged 29) | 51 | 5 | Mainz 05 | Germany |
| 6 | MF | Nicolas Seiwald | May 4, 2001 (aged 25) | 46 | 1 | RB Leipzig | Germany |
| 7 | FW | Marko Arnautović | April 19, 1989 (aged 37) | 132 | 47 | Red Star Belgrade | Serbia |
| 8 | DF | David Alaba (captain) | June 24, 1992 (aged 33) | 112 | 15 | Real Madrid | Spain |
| 9 | MF | Marcel Sabitzer | March 17, 1994 (aged 32) | 97 | 25 | Borussia Dortmund | Germany |
| 10 | MF | Florian Grillitsch | August 7, 1995 (aged 30) | 58 | 1 | Braga | Portugal |
| 11 | FW | Michael Gregoritsch | April 18, 1994 (aged 32) | 74 | 24 | FC Augsburg | Germany |
| 12 | GK | Florian Wiegele | March 21, 2001 (aged 25) | 1 | 0 | Viktoria Plzeň | Czech Republic |
| 13 | GK | Patrick Pentz | January 2, 1997 (aged 29) | 18 | 0 | Brøndby | Denmark |
| 14 | FW | Saša Kalajdžić | July 7, 1997 (aged 28) | 21 | 4 | LASK | Austria |
| 15 | DF | Philipp Lienhart | July 11, 1996 (aged 29) | 40 | 3 | SC Freiburg | Germany |
| 16 | DF | Phillipp Mwene | January 29, 1994 (aged 32) | 29 | 0 | Mainz 05 | Germany |
| 17 | MF | Carney Chukwuemeka | October 20, 2003 (aged 22) | 2 | 1 | Borussia Dortmund | Germany |
| 18 | MF | Romano Schmid | January 27, 2000 (aged 26) | 33 | 3 | Werder Bremen | Germany |
| 19 | MF | Christoph Baumgartner | August 1, 1999 (aged 26) | 58 | 19 | RB Leipzig | Germany |
| 20 | MF | Konrad Laimer | May 27, 1997 (aged 29) | 56 | 7 | Bayern Munich | Germany |
| 21 | MF | Patrick Wimmer | May 30, 2001 (aged 25) | 30 | 1 | VfL Wolfsburg | Germany |
| 22 | DF | Alexander Prass | May 26, 2001 (aged 25) | 18 | 0 | TSG Hoffenheim | Germany |
| 23 | DF | Marco Friedl | March 16, 1998 (aged 28) | 10 | 0 | Werder Bremen | Germany |
| 24 | MF | Paul Wanner | December 23, 2005 (aged 20) | 2 | 0 | PSV Eindhoven | Netherlands |
| 25 | DF | Michael Svoboda | October 15, 1998 (aged 27) | 4 | 0 | Venezia | Italy |
| 26 | MF | Alessandro Schöpf | February 7, 1994 (aged 32) | 35 | 6 | Wolfsberger AC | Austria |
Jordan (Group J) | |||||||
| Jamal Sellami (Morocco) | |||||||
| 1 | GK | Yazeed Abulaila | January 8, 1993 (aged 33) | 75 | 0 | Al-Hussein | Jordan |
| 2 | DF | Mohammad Abu Hashish | May 9, 1995 (aged 31) | 55 | 1 | Al-Karma | Iraq |
| 3 | DF | Abdallah Nasib | February 25, 1994 (aged 32) | 64 | 3 | Al-Zawraa | Iraq |
| 4 | DF | Husam Abu Dahab | May 13, 2000 (aged 26) | 17 | 0 | Al-Faisaly | Jordan |
| 5 | DF | Yazan Al-Arab | January 31, 1996 (aged 30) | 79 | 3 | FC Seoul | South Korea |
| 6 | MF | Amer Jamous | July 3, 2002 (aged 23) | 18 | 1 | Al-Zawraa | Iraq |
| 7 | FW | Mohammad Abu Zrayq | December 30, 1997 (aged 28) | 40 | 5 | Raja Casablanca | Morocco |
| 8 | MF | Noor Al-Rawabdeh | February 24, 1997 (aged 29) | 67 | 3 | Selangor | Malaysia |
| 9 | FW | Ali Olwan | March 26, 2000 (aged 26) | 65 | 29 | Al-Sailiya | Qatar |
| 10 | FW | Musa Al-Taamari | June 10, 1997 (aged 29) | 91 | 24 | Rennes | France |
| 11 | FW | Odeh Al-Fakhouri | November 22, 2005 (aged 20) | 9 | 1 | Pyramids | Egypt |
| 12 | GK | Nour Bani Attiah | January 25, 1993 (aged 33) | 4 | 0 | Al-Faisaly | Jordan |
| 13 | FW | Mahmoud Al-Mardi | October 6, 1993 (aged 32) | 88 | 9 | Al-Hussein | Jordan |
| 14 | MF | Rajaei Ayed | July 25, 1993 (aged 32) | 72 | 0 | Al-Hussein | Jordan |
| 15 | MF | Ibrahim Sadeh | April 27, 2000 (aged 26) | 56 | 3 | Al-Karma | Iraq |
| 16 | DF | Mo Abualnadi | February 8, 2001 (aged 25) | 17 | 0 | Selangor | Malaysia |
| 17 | DF | Salim Obaid | January 17, 1992 (aged 34) | 10 | 0 | Al-Hussein | Jordan |
| 18 | FW | Ibrahim Sabra | February 1, 2006 (aged 20) | 9 | 1 | Lokomotiva Zagreb | Croatia |
| 19 | DF | Saed Al-Rosan | February 1, 1997 (aged 29) | 20 | 2 | Al-Hussein | Jordan |
| 20 | MF | Mohannad Abu Taha | February 2, 2003 (aged 23) | 28 | 1 | Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya | Iraq |
| 21 | MF | Nizar Al-Rashdan | March 23, 1999 (aged 27) | 46 | 4 | Qatar SC | Qatar |
| 22 | GK | Abdallah Al-Fakhouri | January 22, 2000 (aged 26) | 11 | 0 | Al-Wehdat | Jordan |
| 23 | DF | Ihsan Haddad (captain) | February 5, 1994 (aged 32) | 91 | 2 | Al-Hussein | Jordan |
| 24 | FW | Ali Azaizeh | April 13, 2004 (aged 22) | 3 | 0 | Al-Shabab | Saudi Arabia |
| 25 | MF | Mohammad Al-Dawoud | April 12, 1992 (aged 34) | 12 | 1 | Al-Wehdat | Jordan |
| 26 | DF | Anas Badawi | September 13, 1997 (aged 28) | 1 | 0 | Al-Faisaly | Jordan |
