{"id":52721,"date":"2026-05-25T16:15:54","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T10:45:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/?p=52721"},"modified":"2026-05-25T16:31:58","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T11:01:58","slug":"no-real-madrid-players-in-spains-2026-world-cup-squad-full-list-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/football\/fifa-world-cup\/no-real-madrid-players-in-spains-2026-world-cup-squad-full-list-revealed\/","title":{"rendered":"No Real Madrid players in Spain\u2019s 2026 World Cup Squad \u2013 Full list revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"auto\">Spain enters the <strong>2026 FIFA World Cup<\/strong> as one of the strongest favorites, boasting a mix of youthful talent and experienced stars. Coach Luis de la Fuente has finalized his 26-man squad, and it comes with a major talking point: <strong>no Real Madrid players are expected to feature<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Spain 2026 World Cup Squad \u2013 Official List<\/h3>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\"><strong>Goalkeepers (Porteros)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li><strong>Unai Sim\u00f3n<\/strong> (Athletic Club)<\/li>\n<li><strong>David Raya<\/strong> (Arsenal)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Joan Garc\u00eda<\/strong> (Espanyol\/Barcelona)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\"><strong>Defenders (Defensas)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li>Marc Cucurella<\/li>\n<li>Alejandro Grimaldo<\/li>\n<li>Pau Cubars\u00ed<\/li>\n<li>Aymeric Laporte<\/li>\n<li>Pubill<\/li>\n<li>Eric Garc\u00eda<\/li>\n<li>Marcos Llorente<\/li>\n<li>Pedro Porro<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\"><strong>Midfielders (Centrocampistas)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li>Pedri<\/li>\n<li>Fabi\u00e1n Ruiz<\/li>\n<li>Mart\u00edn Zubimendi<\/li>\n<li>Gavi<\/li>\n<li>Rodri<\/li>\n<li>\u00c1lex Baena<\/li>\n<li>Mikel Merino<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 dir=\"auto\"><strong>Forwards (Delanteros)<\/strong><\/h4>\n<ul dir=\"auto\">\n<li>Mikel Oyarzabal<\/li>\n<li>Dani Olmo<\/li>\n<li>Nico Williams<\/li>\n<li>Yeremy Pino<\/li>\n<li>Ferran Torres<\/li>\n<li>Borja Iglesias<\/li>\n<li>V\u00edctor Mu\u00f1oz<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lamine Yamal<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p dir=\"auto\">This squad heavily features players from Barcelona, Arsenal, and other top European clubs.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8 \ud835\udde2\ud835\uddd9\ud835\uddd9\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddd6\ud835\udddc\ud835\uddd4\ud835\udddf: Spain squad list for the 2026 World Cup! \ud83c\uddea\ud83c\uddf8\ud83d\udcab <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pDAgbFeqdr\">pic.twitter.com\/pDAgbFeqdr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The Touchline | \ud835\udc13 (@TouchlineX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TouchlineX\/status\/2058861086154063972?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 25, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3 dir=\"auto\">Why No Real Madrid Players in Spain\u2019s 2026 World Cup Squad?<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"auto\">This is one of the biggest stories surrounding La Roja\u2019s campaign. Veteran right-back <strong>Dani Carvajal<\/strong> was left out of the preliminary list due to form and fitness concerns. While some Madrid academy products like Dean Huijsen appeared in early projections, the final squad leans heavily toward players in strong club form elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"auto\">This marks a significant shift for Spain, traditionally including several Madrid stars. It highlights the current strength and depth in La Liga and across Europe outside of the Spanish capital<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spain enters the 2026 FIFA World Cup as one of the strongest favorites, boasting a mix of youthful talent and\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":217,"featured_media":52722,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4658],"tags":[266],"class_list":["post-52721","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-fifa-world-cup","tag-real-madrid"],"reading_time":"2 min read","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52721","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/217"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=52721"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52739,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52721\/revisions\/52739"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/52722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=52721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=52721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.businessupturn.com\/sports\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=52721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}