France — 2026 World Cup Squad
Tournament complete: Spain won the 2026 World Cup on 19 July. The squad on this page is as it was named, kept unedited as a permanent record; its international break fixtures are added separately and updated as results come in.
France took a 26-player squad to the 2026 FIFA World Cup, headlined by Kylian Mbappé, Ousmane Dembélé, William Saliba with Mike Maignan in goal. Below is the squad as named, with positions, clubs and Perfect Eleven ratings — then spin up your own dream XI free.
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4 fixtures, 1 with a result so far. Kick-off times are Eastern Time (ET); a score appears once two published sources confirm it. All 205 international fixtures and results →
| Date | Match | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Fri 25 Sep 14:45 ET | Türkiye v France UEFA Nations League A · Matchday 1 · Kocaeli Stadium, Kocaeli | 0–1 |
| Mon 28 Sep 14:45 ET | Belgium v France UEFA Nations League A · Matchday 2 · King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels | no score yet |
| Fri 2 Oct 14:45 ET | France v Italy UEFA Nations League A · Matchday 3 · Stade de France, Saint-Denis | no score yet |
| Mon 5 Oct 14:45 ET | France v Belgium UEFA Nations League A · Matchday 4 · Stade de France, Saint-Denis | no score yet |
France at the 2026 World Cup
Forget the group stage for a moment. France could send a reserve XI to face most of Group I and still expect six points, with only Senegal carrying the legs to drag them into a real ninety-minute scrap. The intrigue here was never qualification. It is whether Didier Deschamps can take a forward line bordering on the unfair and make it move as one team. Kylian Mbappé arrives carrying Real Madrid's weight on his shoulders, Ousmane Dembélé keeps shredding full-backs down PSG's right, and Michael Olise has emerged from Bayern's wing as a third loaded barrel.
The reassuring part sits further back. William Saliba has turned Arsenal's defence into a fortress and brings that same unhurried calm here, with Jules Koundé surging up from Barcelona alongside him. Behind them, AC Milan's Mike Maignan owns his box and launches attacks the instant he gathers the ball.
So the riddle is not talent; it is cohesion. Mbappé is the headline act now, no longer the wonderkid, and a tournament on home-adjacent soil is his to seize. Deschamps just has to fuse all of it before the knockouts start punishing loose ends.
| Player | Pos | Club | OVR |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mike Maignan | GK | AC MILAN | 89 |
| Brice Samba | GK | RENNES | 80 |
| Robin Risser | GK | LENS | 78 |
| William Saliba | CB | ARSENAL | 92 |
| Jules Koundé | RB | BARCELONA | 90 |
| Dayot Upamecano | CB | BAYERN | 89 |
| Ibrahima Konaté | CB | LIVERPOOL | 87 |
| Lucas Hernández | LB | PSG | 86 |
| Theo Hernández | LB | AL-HILAL | 85 |
| Lucas Digne | LB | ASTON VILLA | 81 |
| Malo Gusto | RB | CHELSEA | 79 |
| Maxence Lacroix | CB | CRYSTAL PALACE | 78 |
| Aurélien Tchouaméni | CDM | REAL MADRID | 89 |
| Warren Zaïre-Emery | CM | PSG | 87 |
| N'Golo Kanté | CDM | FENERBAHÇE | 85 |
| Manu Koné | CDM | AS ROMA | 85 |
| Adrien Rabiot | CM | AC MILAN | 84 |
| Kylian Mbappé | ST | REAL MADRID | 97 |
| Ousmane Dembélé | RW | PSG | 93 |
| Michael Olise | RW | BAYERN | 91 |
| Bradley Barcola | LW | PSG | 89 |
| Désiré Doué | RW | PSG | 89 |
| Marcus Thuram | ST | INTER MILAN | 89 |
| Rayan Cherki | CAM | MAN CITY | 85 |
| Maghnes Akliouche | CAM | MONACO | 82 |
| Jean-Philippe Mateta | ST | CRYSTAL PALACE | 81 |