When is Spain World Cup squad announcement? Date & time revealed
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La Roja are the reigning European Champions!
The reigning European champions will be keen to repeat the heroics of their golden generation when they went on to win the FIFA World Cup 2010 as Euro winners. It has been sixteen years since Spain has been waiting to bring the World Cup back home.
No wonder, they are arguably one of the most feared teams in Europe after they went on to dominatingly win the Euro 2024. Many call this new bunch of Spanish Golden Generation 2.0.
After Luis Enrique’s departure, Luis De La Fuente took over the reins and has massively impressed in his first major tournament after becoming the coach. He has risen from the bottom, unlike former high-profile Spanish coaches, and has worked with the youth teams of Spain before being appointed the head coach of the Spanish senior national team.
There is a lot of excitement building around who will make it to the World Cup squad for Spain, especially after Barcelona midfielder Fermen Lopez’s injury made things even more difficult for Luis De La Fuente. In this article, we find out that and also take a look at probable players who will be included.
When is Spain’s World Cup roster announcement?
Spain’s official roster announcement will be made by coach Luis De La Fuente on Monday, May 25, 2026, at 12:30 PM CET, 4:00 PM IST, 10:30 PM GMT.
As per the rules and regulations of FIFA, teams must submit the provisional roster by 11 May and their final squad list must be released no later than 30 May as the deadline.
Also, in case of injuries, teams are allowed to make a change to their squad up to 24 hours before their first scheduled game of the tournament.
Who are the favourites to be included in Spain’s squad?
David Raya is expected to be between the sticks alongside Unai Simon of Athletic Bilbao. The former is on the verge of winning two major trophies with Arsenal before heading to the World Cup.
Defenders like Pau Cubarsi, Marc Cucurella and Marcos Llorente are expected to make it to the final squad, whereas the midfield will feature some world-class players like Rodri, Pedri, Fabian Ruiz and Martin Zubimendi from Arsenal.
The attacking unit will see Lamine Yamal, Ferran Torres and Dani Olmo. Most of them impressed a lot in Euro 2024 and will be keen to score a lot of goals in the FIFA World Cup 2026. While Nico Williams is a doubt due to an injury.
Spain are the only European team in Group H
La Rojas are drawn in a relatively easier group, and they should comfortably make it to the knockout rounds and there are high chances that they would finish as the group winners.
They are drawn alongside debutants Cabo Verde, Saudi Arabia and Uruguay. Only the latter can actually trouble them a bit, but they must be wary of threats from Saudi Arabia, who went on to beat Argentina in their opening game of the FIFA World Cup 2022
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