Roma sends six players to World Cup

AS Roma had six players in FIFA’s confirmed World Cup 2026 squads, a tally that put the club fifth among Serie A sides once final rosters were published on June 2. Forzaroma.info, citing the completed national-team lists, said Milan led Italy’s top flight with nine players at the tournament, while Atalanta, Juventus and Inter had seven each. (forzaroma.info) Lazio, Roma’s city rival, had none. FIFA said 1,248 players from 48 nations were confirmed after the submission of final squad lists, with the expanded tournament set to begin on June 11 across Canada, Mexico and the United States. (forzaroma.info) Roma’s contingent is small enough to track individually, but large enough to show how much of the club’s squad will be away at the start of the competition. (fifa.com) ### Which Roma players made the final World Cup squads? Forzaroma.info listed six Roma players in the final field: Donyell Malen, Wesley, Manu Koné, Neil El Aynaoui, Zeki Celik and Evan Ndicka. The same outlet had reported in April that those six were the club’s likely World Cup representatives, pending final confirmation from FIFA and the national federations. (forzaroma.info) FIFA’s squad announcements confirm several of those selections directly. France named Koné in Didier Deschamps’ 26-man squad on May 14, the Netherlands included Malen in Ronald Koeman’s roster on May 27, Morocco named its squad under Mohamed Ouahbi on May 26, Brazil announced its list under Carlo Ancelotti on May 18, and Côte d’Ivoire published Emerse Fae’s squad on May 15. (fifa.com) ### How does Roma compare with the rest of Serie A? Forzaroma.info’s ranking put Milan first on nine players, followed by Atalanta, Juventus and Inter on seven, then Roma on six. That made Roma the fifth-most represented Serie A club at the World Cup once the final lists were locked. (forzaroma.info) Lazio sat at the bottom of that same table with zero players, according to Forzaroma.info. The report said Lazio were level only with Lecce and newly promoted Monza, and behind even the three clubs relegated from Serie A this season. ### Why is the Roma number notable this year? (fifa.com) Roma’s six-player total is higher than the four players the club sent to the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, according to Forzaroma.info’s earlier report. That article listed Paulo Dybala, Nicola Zalewski, Rui Patricio and Matias Vina as Roma’s representatives at the last men’s World Cup. (forzaroma.info) The April report also said none of Roma’s World Cup players would be with Italy, extending a run without an Azzurri representative at the men’s tournament. Forzaroma.info said Daniele De Rossi was the last Roma player to appear for Italy at a World Cup, in 2014. (forzaroma.info) ### Which national teams will Roma be watching most closely? Brazil will carry Wesley into Group C, where FIFA’s Brazil squad announcement said Carlo Ancelotti’s team will face Morocco, Scotland and Haiti. That means Roma will have players on both sides when Wesley’s Brazil meets El Aynaoui’s Morocco in the group stage. (forzaroma.info) France, with Koné, were drawn in Group I against Iraq, Norway and Senegal, according to FIFA’s squad-announcement page for Deschamps’ team. The Netherlands, with Malen, also named their final squad through FIFA, though the announcement focused on the roster rather than club affiliations. (forzaroma.info) ### What happens next for Roma’s World Cup contingent? FIFA said the 2026 World Cup opens on June 11 and will feature 104 matches across the three host countries. The governing body published the final squad lists on June 2, making those selections official nine days before kickoff. Roma’s six players now move into national-team camps and group-stage preparation, while the club waits for the tournament to begin and tracks how long each remains in North America. (fifa.com) FIFA’s squad-confirmation page and team-specific tournament pages list the participating players and national-team schedules. (fifa.com) (fifa.com)