Group G unites four competitive national teams — Belgium, Egypt, Iran and New Zealand— each bringing unique flair, tactical strength, and ambition to the 2026 World Cup.
This page showcases complete squad lists for every team in Group G, including player names, including 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Belgium (Group G) | |||||||
| Rudi Garcia (France) | |||||||
| GK | Thibaut Courtois | May 11, 1992 (aged 34) | 107 | 0 | Real Madrid | Spain | |
| GK | Senne Lammens | July 7, 2002 (aged 23) | 2 | 0 | Manchester United | England | |
| GK | Mike Penders | July 31, 2005 (aged 20) | 0 | 0 | Strasbourg | France | |
| DF | Thomas Meunier | September 12, 1991 (aged 34) | 78 | 10 | Lille | France | |
| DF | Timothy Castagne | December 5, 1995 (aged 30) | 62 | 2 | Fulham | England | |
| DF | Arthur Theate | May 25, 2000 (aged 26) | 32 | 1 | Eintracht Frankfurt | Germany | |
| DF | Zeno Debast | October 24, 2003 (aged 22) | 26 | 1 | Sporting CP | Portugal | |
| DF | Maxim De Cuyper | December 22, 2000 (aged 25) | 17 | 4 | Brighton & Hove Albion | England | |
| DF | Brandon Mechele | January 28, 1993 (aged 33) | 7 | 1 | Club Brugge | Belgium | |
| DF | Koni De Winter | June 12, 2002 (aged 23) | 7 | 0 | Milan | Italy | |
| DF | Joaquin Seys | March 28, 2005 (aged 21) | 4 | 0 | Club Brugge | Belgium | |
| DF | Nathan Ngoy | June 10, 2003 (aged 23) | 2 | 0 | Lille | France | |
| MF | Axel Witsel | January 12, 1989 (aged 37) | 136 | 12 | Girona | Spain | |
| MF | Kevin De Bruyne | June 28, 1991 (aged 34) | 117 | 36 | Napoli | Italy | |
| MF | Youri Tielemans (captain) | May 7, 1997 (aged 29) | 83 | 12 | Aston Villa | England | |
| MF | Hans Vanaken | August 24, 1992 (aged 33) | 32 | 7 | Club Brugge | Belgium | |
| MF | Amadou Onana | August 16, 2001 (aged 24) | 27 | 1 | Aston Villa | England | |
| MF | Nicolas Raskin | February 23, 2001 (aged 25) | 11 | 1 | Rangers | Scotland | |
| FW | Romelu Lukaku | May 13, 1993 (aged 33) | 124 | 89 | Napoli | Italy | |
| FW | Leandro Trossard | December 4, 1994 (aged 31) | 50 | 11 | Arsenal | England | |
| FW | Jérémy Doku | May 27, 2002 (aged 24) | 41 | 7 | Manchester City | England | |
| FW | Dodi Lukébakio | September 24, 1997 (aged 28) | 29 | 5 | Benfica | Portugal | |
| FW | Charles De Ketelaere | March 10, 2001 (aged 25) | 28 | 5 | Atalanta | Italy | |
| FW | Alexis Saelemaekers | June 27, 1999 (aged 26) | 23 | 2 | Milan | Italy | |
| FW | Diego Moreira | August 6, 2004 (aged 21) | 2 | 0 | Strasbourg | France | |
| FW | Matias Fernandez-Pardo | February 3, 2005 (aged 21) | 0 | 0 | Lille | France | |
Egypt (Group G) | |||||||
| Hossam Hassan (Egypt) | |||||||
| GK | Mohamed El Shenawy | December 18, 1988 (aged 37) | 76 | 0 | Al Ahly | Egypt | |
| GK | Mostafa Shobeir | March 17, 2000 (aged 26) | 8 | 0 | Al Ahly | Egypt | |
| GK | Mohamed Alaa | January 9, 1999 (aged 27) | 0 | 0 | El Gouna | Egypt | |
| GK | El Mahdy Soliman | June 8, 1987 (aged 39) | 0 | 0 | Zamalek | Egypt | |
| DF | Hamdy Fathy | September 29, 1994 (aged 31) | 62 | 3 | Al-Wakrah | Qatar | |
| DF | Ramy Rabia | May 20, 1993 (aged 33) | 44 | 5 | Al Ain | United Arab Emirates | |
| DF | Mohamed Hany | January 25, 1996 (aged 30) | 41 | 0 | Al Ahly | Egypt | |
| DF | Ahmed Fatouh | March 22, 1998 (aged 28) | 38 | 1 | Zamalek | Egypt | |
| DF | Mohamed Abdelmonem | February 1, 1999 (aged 27) | 35 | 3 | Nice | France | |
| DF | Yasser Ibrahim | February 10, 1993 (aged 33) | 16 | 1 | Al Ahly | Egypt | |
| DF | Hossam Abdelmaguid | April 30, 2001 (aged 25) | 13 | 0 | Zamalek | Egypt | |
| DF | Karim Hafez | March 12, 1996 (aged 30) | 8 | 0 | Pyramids | Egypt | |
| DF | Tarek Alaa | January 5, 2002 (aged 24) | 2 | 0 | ZED | Egypt | |
| MF | Marwan Attia | August 12, 1998 (aged 27) | 33 | 1 | Al Ahly | Egypt | |
| MF | Emam Ashour | February 20, 1998 aged 28) | 28 | 0 | Al Ahly | Egypt | |
| MF | Mohanad Lasheen | May 29, 1996 (aged 30) | 22 | 0 | Pyramids | Egypt | |
| MF | Mahmoud Saber | July 30, 2001 (aged 24) | 15 | 1 | ZED | Egypt | |
| MF | Nabil Emad | April 6, 1996 (aged 30) | 12 | 0 | Al-Najma | Saudi Arabia | |
| MF | Mostafa Ziko | April 27, 1997 (aged 29) | 1 | 1 | Pyramids | Egypt | |
| FW | Mohamed Salah (captain) | June 15, 1992 (aged 33) | 116 | 67 | Liverpool | England | |
| FW | Trézéguet | October 1, 1994 (aged 31) | 95 | 23 | Al Ahly | Egypt | |
| FW | Zizo | January 10, 1996 (aged 30) | 62 | 5 | Al Ahly | Egypt | |
| FW | Omar Marmoush | February 7, 1999 (aged 27) | 48 | 11 | Manchester City | England | |
| FW | Ibrahim Adel | April 23, 2001 (aged 25) | 23 | 3 | Nordsjælland | Denmark | |
| FW | Haissem Hassan | February 8, 2002 (aged 24) | 3 | 0 | Oviedo | Spain | |
| FW | Hamza Abdelkarim | January 1, 2008 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | Barcelona B | Spain | |
Iran (Group G) | |||||||
| Amir Ghalenoei (Iran) | |||||||
| GK | Alireza Beiranvand | September 21, 1992 (aged 33) | 85 | 0 | Tractor | Iran | |
| GK | Payam Niazmand | April 6, 1995 (aged 31) | 15 | 0 | Persepolis | Iran | |
| GK | Hossein Hosseini | June 30, 1992 (aged 33) | 13 | 0 | Sepahan | Iran | |
| DF | Ehsan Hajsafi | February 25, 1990 (aged 36) | 145 | 7 | Sepahan | Iran | |
| DF | Milad Mohammadi | September 29, 1993 (aged 32) | 75 | 1 | Persepolis | Iran | |
| DF | Ramin Rezaeian | March 21, 1990 (aged 36) | 73 | 7 | Foolad | Iran | |
| DF | Hossein Kanaanizadegan | March 23, 1994 (aged 32) | 64 | 6 | Persepolis | Iran | |
| DF | Shojae Khalilzadeh | May 14, 1989 (aged 37) | 57 | 2 | Tractor | Iran | |
| DF | Saleh Hardani | December 26, 1998 (aged 27) | 17 | 1 | Esteghlal | Iran | |
| DF | Ali Nemati | February 7, 1996 (aged 30) | 16 | 0 | Foolad | Iran | |
| DF | Danial Eiri [fa] | October 26, 2003 (aged 22) | 0 | 0 | Malavan | Iran | |
| MF | Alireza Jahanbakhsh (captain) | August 11, 1993 (aged 32) | 98 | 17 | Dender | Belgium | |
| MF | Saeid Ezatolahi | October 1, 1996 (aged 29) | 82 | 1 | Shabab Al-Ahli | United Arab Emirates | |
| MF | Saman Ghoddos | September 6, 1993 (aged 32) | 67 | 3 | Kalba | United Arab Emirates | |
| MF | Mehdi Torabi | September 10, 1994 (aged 31) | 52 | 7 | Tractor | Iran | |
| MF | Rouzbeh Cheshmi | July 24, 1993 (aged 32) | 40 | 3 | Esteghlal | Iran | |
| MF | Mohammad Mohebi | December 20, 1998 (aged 27) | 36 | 14 | Rostov | Russia | |
| MF | Mehdi Ghayedi | December 5, 1998 (aged 27) | 29 | 10 | Al-Nasr | United Arab Emirates | |
| MF | Mohammad Ghorbani | May 21, 2001 (aged 25) | 15 | 0 | Al-Wahda | United Arab Emirates | |
| MF | Aria Yousefi | April 22, 2002 (aged 24) | 13 | 1 | Sepahan | Iran | |
| MF | Amirmohammad Razzaghinia | April 11, 2006 (aged 20) | 3 | 0 | Esteghlal | Iran | |
| FW | Mehdi Taremi | July 18, 1992 (aged 33) | 104 | 60 | Olympiacos | Greece | |
| FW | Shahriyar Moghanlou | December 21, 1994 (aged 31) | 20 | 2 | Kalba | United Arab Emirates | |
| FW | Amirhossein Hosseinzadeh | October 30, 2000 (aged 25) | 17 | 5 | Tractor | Iran | |
| FW | Ali Alipour | November 11, 1995 (aged 30) | 13 | 1 | Persepolis | Iran | |
| FW | Dennis Eckert | January 9, 1997 (aged 29) | 0 | 0 | Standard Liège | Belgium | |
New Zealand (Group G) | |||||||
| Darren Bazeley (England) | |||||||
| 1 | GK | Max Crocombe | August 12, 1993 (aged 32) | 22 | 0 | Millwall | England |
| 2 | DF | Tim Payne | January 10, 1994 (aged 32) | 49 | 3 | Wellington Phoenix | New Zealand |
| 3 | DF | Francis de Vries | November 28, 1994 (aged 31) | 18 | 1 | Auckland FC | New Zealand |
| 4 | DF | Tyler Bindon | January 27, 2005 (aged 21) | 23 | 3 | Sheffield United | England |
| 5 | DF | Michael Boxall | August 18, 1988 (aged 37) | 61 | 1 | Minnesota United FC | United States |
| 6 | MF | Joe Bell | April 27, 1999 (aged 27) | 31 | 1 | Viking | Norway |
| 7 | MF | Matthew Garbett | April 13, 2002 (aged 24) | 35 | 5 | Peterborough United | England |
| 8 | MF | Marko Stamenić | February 19, 2002 (aged 24) | 37 | 3 | Swansea City | Wales |
| 9 | FW | Chris Wood (captain) | December 7, 1991 (aged 34) | 88 | 45 | Nottingham Forest | England |
| 10 | MF | Sarpreet Singh | February 20, 1999 (aged 27) | 26 | 3 | Wellington Phoenix | New Zealand |
| 11 | MF | Elijah Just | May 1, 2000 (aged 26) | 42 | 9 | Motherwell | Scotland |
| 12 | GK | Alex Paulsen | July 4, 2002 (aged 23) | 6 | 0 | Lechia Gdańsk | Poland |
| 13 | DF | Liberato Cacace | September 27, 2000 (aged 25) | 35 | 1 | Wrexham | Wales |
| 14 | MF | Alex Rufer | June 12, 1996 (aged 29) | 24 | 0 | Wellington Phoenix | New Zealand |
| 15 | DF | Nando Pijnaker | February 25, 1999 (aged 27) | 23 | 0 | Auckland FC | New Zealand |
| 16 | DF | Finn Surman | September 23, 2003 (aged 22) | 17 | 2 | Portland Timbers | United States |
| 17 | FW | Kosta Barbarouses | February 19, 1990 (aged 36) | 74 | 10 | Sydney Wanderers | Australia |
| 18 | FW | Ben Waine | June 11, 2001 (aged 25) | 30 | 9 | Port Vale | England |
| 19 | MF | Ben Old | August 13, 2002 (aged 23) | 22 | 2 | Saint-Étienne | France |
| 20 | MF | Callum McCowatt | April 30, 1999 (aged 27) | 30 | 4 | Silkeborg | Denmark |
| 21 | FW | Jesse Randall | August 19, 2002 (aged 23) | 9 | 2 | Auckland FC | New Zealand |
| 22 | GK | Michael Woud | January 16, 1999 (aged 27) | 6 | 0 | Auckland FC | New Zealand |
| 23 | MF | Ryan Thomas | December 20, 1994 (aged 31) | 25 | 3 | PEC Zwolle | Netherlands |
| 24 | DF | Callan Elliot | July 7, 1999 (aged 26) | 9 | 0 | Auckland FC | New Zealand |
| 25 | MF | Lachlan Bayliss | July 24, 2002 (aged 23) | 2 | 0 | Newcastle Jets | Australia |
| 26 | DF | Tommy Smith | March 31, 1990 (aged 36) | 56 | 2 | Braintree Town | England |
