64 players registered in Italy are still in the running for the 2026 World Cup. But which national team should you support, given that Italy isn't there?
64 Serie A players still in the running for the 2026 World Cup: who will you support? 64 players registered in Italy are still in the running for the 2026 World Cup, heading into the knock-out rounds, and with Italy not present at the tournament, which national team will be the one to support for fans of our Serie A? For example, Croatia could be a choice, given that there are seven Croatian players who play in Serie A or B: Luka Modric (Milan), Petar Sucic (Inter), Martin Baturina (Como), Mario Pasalic (Atalanta), Nikola Vlasic (Turin), Nikola Moro (Bologna) and Marin Pongracic (Fiorentina). Belgium and Norway hold the second-most Serie A representatives in the remaining World Cup squads with five apiece, for the Belgians we have Kevin De Bruyne and Romelu Lukaku (both Napoli), while the only Norwegian is Leo Ostigard (Genoa), who was the first Serie A player to score in this World Cup. France, Netherlands and Switzerland have four Serie A players each. Among the favorites to win the whole tournament that would have to face each other in a potential quarter-final match-up are: Marcus Thuram (Inter), Adrien Rabiot (Milan), Mike Maignan (Milan) for France, while the Netherlands would have Donyell Malen (Roma), Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus) and Denzel Dumfries (Inter). In short, there are reasons to support other national teams and we want to know who you will support. Below is the table with the players still in the running for the World Cup divided by national team. Prospectus of the national teams still competing for the 2026 World Cup and related Serie A and B players Germany: none Paraguay: Antonio Sanabria (Cremonese) France: Manu Kone (Roma), Marcus Thuram (Inter), Adrien Rabiot (Milan), Mike Maignan (Milan) Sweden: Isak Hien (Atalanta), Jesper Karlstrom (Udinese) South Africa: none Canada: Ismael Kone (Sassuolo), Jonathan David (Juventus) Holland: Marten De Roon (Atalanta), Donyell Malen (Roma), Teun Koopmeiners (Juventus), Denzel Dumfries (Inter) Morocco: Neil El Aynaoui (Roma) Portugal: Rafael Leao (Milan), Francisco Conceicao (Juventus) Croatia: Marin Pongracic (Fiorentina), Nikola Moro (Bologna), Luka Modric (Milan), Nikola Vlasic (Turin), Mario Pasalic (Atalanta), Martin Baturina (Como), Petar Sucic (Inter) Spain: none Austria: Stefan Posch (Contracted to Como, on loan at Mainz), Michael Svoboda (Venice) United States: Weston McKennie (Juventus), Christian Pulisic (Milan) Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dennis Hadzikadunic (Sampdoria), Tarik Muharemovic (Sassuolo), Sead Kolasinac (Atalanta) Belgium: Kevin De Bruyne (Napoli), Romelu Lukaku (Napoli), Koni De Winter (Milan), Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), Alexis Saelemaekers (Milan) Senegal: Assane Diao (Como) Brazil: Ederson (Atalanta), Bremer (Juventus) Japan: Zion Suzuki (Parma) Ivory Coast: Odilon Kossounou (Atalanta), Ange-Yoan Bonny (Inter), Evan Ndicka (Roma) Norway: Morten Thorsby (Cremonese), Leo Ostigard (Genoa), Marcus Holmgren Pedersen (Turin), Torbjorn Heggem (Bologna), Kristian Thorstvedt (Sassuolo) Mexico: Johan Vasquez (Genoa), Santiago Gimenez (Milan) Ecuador: Pervis Estupinan (Milan), John Yeboah (Venice) England: none Democratic Republic of Congo: none Argentina: Nico Paz (Como), Lautaro Martinez (Inter) Cape Verde: none Australia: Alessandro Circati (Parma), Cristian Volpato (Sassuolo) Egypt: none Switzerland: Manuel Akanji (Inter), Remo Freuler (Bologna), Ardon Jashari (Milan), Michel Aebischer (Pisa) Algeria: Rafik Belghali (Verona), Fares Ghedjemis (Frosinone) Colombia: Jhon Lucumi (Bologna), Yerry Mina (Cagliari) Ghana: Kamaldeen Sulemana (Atalanta).
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