Argentina World Cup 2026 Squad Provisional
26-man squad
· Coach: Lionel Scaloni
The Argentina squad for the 2026 World Cup is a provisional list of 26 players. Head coach Lionel Scaloni will lead them into the tournament.
The headline names include Lionel Messi (199 caps) of Inter Miami, Nicolás Otamendi (132 caps) of S.L. Benfica and Rodrigo De Paul (87 caps) of Inter Miami.
The squad is built from 3 goalkeepers, 8 defenders, 8 midfielders and 7 forwards.
Experience-wise this is a deeply experienced group — 12 players have 50+ caps, and the squad carries 1251 international appearances between them, led by Lionel Messi on 199.
Our model prices up each Argentina match as it comes — head to the World Cup hub for predictions and value. Note this is a provisional list — the final 26 may differ once Argentina confirm it.
Full squad
Goalkeepers 3
Juan Musso
Gerónimo Rulli
Emiliano Martínez
Defenders 8
Marcos Senesi
Nicolás Tagliafico
Gonzalo Montiel
Lisandro Martínez
Cristian Romero
Nicolás Otamendi
Facundo Medina
Nahuel Molina
Midfielders 8
Leandro Paredes
Rodrigo De Paul
Valentín Barco
Giovani Lo Celso
Exequiel Palacios
Nicolás González
Alexis Mac Allister
Enzo Fernández
Forwards 7
Julián Alvarez
Lionel Messi
Thiago Almada
Giuliano Simeone
Nico Paz
José Manuel López
Lautaro Martínez