The final 26-player CommBank Socceroos squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122\u00a0has been\u00a0named, with\u00a017\u00a0potential World Cup debutants selected.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tony Popovic\u2019s squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 features a mix of new faces and experienced campaigners. The selection includes two uncapped players in Cristian Volpato and Tete Yengi, both of whom are in line to make their international debuts.<\/p>\n
Notably, 17 members of the squad have been selected for a FIFA World Cup for the first time. The squad also includes five Australian-based players – Patrick Beach, Aziz Behich, Mathew Leckie, Paul Okon-Engstler and Nishan Velupillay.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, several experienced players are set to reach significant milestones. Mat Ryan and Mathew Leckie are poised to equal the national record held by Tim Cahill and Mark Milligan by being selected for a fourth FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n
Aziz Behich, Milos Degenek and Jackson Irvine are on track to feature at their third FIFA World Cup, further adding to their international experience. In addition, Cameron Devlin, Ajdin Hrustic, Awer Mabil and Harry Souttar are each set to appear at their second FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n
Quotes attributable to CommBank Socceroos Head Coach Tony Popovic:\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are delighted to finally announce the 26 players who will\u00a0represent\u00a0the Socceroos at the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cA range of factors has gone into selecting this final World Cup squad. Some\u00a0difficult decisions\u00a0had to be made \u2013\u00a0that\u2019s\u00a0the nature of major tournaments. But\u00a0it\u2019s\u00a0also a credit to all the players involved over the past few weeks who worked extremely hard during an extended and challenging pre-camp.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019d\u00a0like to acknowledge the players who contributed to our direct World Cup qualification but are not part of this squad. Their contribution should not be forgotten.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOur focus now shifts to finalising our preparations for the upcoming friendly against Switzerland and for our World Cup group matches.\u201d<\/p>\n
CommBank Socceroos Head Coach Tony Popovic\u00a0will be available to speak to the media later today\u00a0in Berkeley at\u00a06:15pm PDT (11.15am AEST, tomorrow).\u00a0<\/p>\n
COMMBANK SOCCEROOS SQUAD l\u00a0FIFA WORLD CUP 2026\u2122\u00a0<\/p>\n
NameCurrent Club, Country<\/p>\n
\u2018A\u2019 Caps (Goals)<\/p>\n
Junior Club\u202f(Member Federation\/Country)<\/p>\n
Patrick BEACH<\/p>\n
Melbourne City,\u00a0Australia<\/p>\n
1 (0)<\/p>\n
Mt Druitt Rangers \/ Football NSW<\/p>\n
Aziz BEHICH<\/p>\n
Melbourne City, Australia<\/p>\n
83 (3)<\/p>\n
Meadow Park SC \/ Football VIC\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jordan BOS<\/p>\n
Feyenoord, Netherlands<\/p>\n
26 (4)<\/p>\n
Hoppers Crossing SC \/ Football VIC<\/p>\n
Cameron BURGESS<\/p>\n
Swansea City, Wales<\/p>\n
26 (0)<\/p>\n
ECU Joondalup \/ Football West<\/p>\n
Alessandro CIRCATI<\/p>\n
Parma Calcio 1913, Italy<\/p>\n
12 (1)<\/p>\n
Perth SC \/ Football West\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Milos DEGENEK<\/p>\n
Apoel\u00a0FC, Cyprus<\/p>\n
56 (1)<\/p>\n
Blacktown City FC \/ Football NSW<\/p>\n
Cameron DEVLIN<\/p>\n
Hearts, Scotland<\/p>\n
4 (0)<\/p>\n
Sutherland Sharks\u00a0\/ Football NSW<\/p>\n
Jason GERIA<\/p>\n
Albirex\u00a0Niigata, Japan<\/p>\n
13 (0)<\/p>\n
Weston Molonglo Football Club \/ Capital\u00a0Football<\/p>\n
Lucas HERRINGTON<\/p>\n
Colorado Rapids, USA<\/p>\n
3 (0)<\/p>\n
Toowong FC \/ Football QLD<\/p>\n
Ajdin HRUSTIC<\/p>\n
Heracles Almelo, Netherlands<\/p>\n
37 (4)<\/p>\n
Heatherton United SC \/ Football VIC<\/p>\n
Nestory\u00a0IRANKUNDA<\/p>\n
Watford, England<\/p>\n
14 (5)<\/p>\n
Adelaide Croatia Raiders \/ Football SA\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jackson IRVINE<\/p>\n
St Pauli, Germany<\/p>\n
81 (14)<\/p>\n
Ringwood City \/ Football VIC<\/p>\n
Jacob ITALIANO<\/p>\n
Grazer AK, Austria\u00a0<\/p>\n
4 (0)<\/p>\n
Inglewood United \/ Football West<\/p>\n
Paul IZZO<\/p>\n
Randers FC, Denmark<\/p>\n
4 (0)<\/p>\n
Campbelltown City SC \/ Football SA<\/p>\n
Mathew LECKIE<\/p>\n
Melbourne City, Australia<\/p>\n
80 (14)<\/p>\n
Brimbank\u00a0Stallions\u00a0\/ Football\u00a0VIC<\/p>\n
Awer\u00a0MABIL<\/p>\n
CD Castell\u00f3n, Spain<\/p>\n
38\u00a0(10)<\/p>\n
Playford City \/ Football SA<\/p>\n
Connor METCALFE<\/p>\n
St Pauli FC, Germany<\/p>\n
35 (1)<\/p>\n
South Cardiff FC \/ Northern NSW Football<\/p>\n
Aiden O\u2019NEILL<\/p>\n
New York\u00a0City,\u00a0USA<\/p>\n
30 (0)<\/p>\n
University of Queensland Football Club \/ Football QLD<\/p>\n
Paul OKON\u2011ENGSTLER<\/p>\n
Sydney FC, Australia<\/p>\n
5 (0)<\/p>\n
Marconi Stallions \/ Football NSW<\/p>\n
Mathew RYAN<\/p>\n
Levante UD, Spain<\/p>\n
104 (0)<\/p>\n
Blacktown\u00a0City \/ Football NSW<\/p>\n
Harry SOUTTAR<\/p>\n
Leicester City, England<\/p>\n
37 (11)<\/p>\n
Brechin City Boys, Scotland<\/p>\n
Mohamed\u00a0TOURE<\/p>\n
Norwich City,\u00a0England<\/p>\n
9 (2)<\/p>\n
Croydon Kings\u00a0\/ Football SA<\/p>\n
Kai TREWIN<\/p>\n
New York City, USA<\/p>\n
5 (0)<\/p>\n
Gungahlin\u00a0United \/ Football ACT<\/p>\n
Nishan VELUPILLAY<\/p>\n
Melbourne Victory, Australia<\/p>\n
7 (3)<\/p>\n
Dandenong City \/ Football VIC\u00a0<\/p>\n
Cristian VOLPATO<\/p>\n
Sassuolo, Italy<\/p>\n
0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Sydney United 58\u00a0\/ Football NSW<\/p>\n
Tete YENGI<\/p>\n
Machida Zelvia, Japan<\/p>\n
0<\/p>\n
Croydon Kings \/ Football SA\u00a0<\/p>\n
The CommBank Socceroos\u00a0next\u00a0face\u00a0Switzerland\u00a0at Snapdragon Stadium in San Diego\u00a0on June 6 (June 7, AEST).\u00a0<\/p>\n
KEY DATES\u00a0<\/p>\n
June 6: Friendly – Switzerland v Australia, Snapdragon Stadium, San Diego\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
June 13: FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Group D – Australia v T\u00fcrkiye, BC Place, Vancouver\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
June 19: FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Group D – USA v Australia, Seattle Stadium, Seattle\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
June 25: FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122 Group D – Paraguay v Australia, San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, Santa Clara\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
MATCH DETAILS<\/p>\n
Australia v T\u00fcrkiye\u00a0<\/p>\n
Date: Saturday, 13 June
Venue: BC Place, Vancouver, Canada
Kick-off: 9:00pm local \/ 2:00pm AEST (Sunday, 14 June)
Broadcast: SBS and SBS On Demand\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
USA v Australia\u00a0<\/p>\n
Date: Friday, 19 June
Venue: Seattle Stadium, Seattle, USA
Kick-off: 12:00pm local \/ 5:00am AEST (Saturday, 20 June)
Broadcast: SBS and SBS On Demand\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Paraguay v Australia\u00a0<\/p>\n
Date: Thursday, 25 June
Venue: San Francisco Bay Area Stadium, Santa Clara, USA\u00a0
Kick-off: 7:00pm local \/ 12:00pm AEST (Friday, 26 June)\u00a0
Broadcast: SBS and SBS On Demand\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The final 26-player CommBank Socceroos squad for the FIFA World Cup 2026\u2122\u00a0has been\u00a0named, with\u00a017\u00a0potential World Cup debutants selected.\u00a0…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":707135,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[64,63,171102,952,234681,13833,42150,70064,85],"class_list":["post-707134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-commbank-socceroos","tag-featured","tag-fifa-world-cup-2026","tag-press-release","tag-socceroos","tag-socceroos-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=707134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/707134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/707135"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=707134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=707134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=707134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}