FIFA World Cup: Guide to who’s who in Qatar

World Cup appearances, including 2022

World Cup wins


Group A

QATAR
Rank 50* 
Coach: Félix Sánchez Bas ESP 
Captain: Hassan Al-Haydos
1 
Best finish: Tournament debut
Record: W0-D0-L0

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ECUADOR
Rank 44 
Coach: Gustavo Alfaro ARG 
Captain: Enner Valencia
4 
Best finish: Round of 16 2006
Record: W4-D1-L5

SENEGAL
Rank 18 
Coach: Aliou Cissé
Captain: Kalidou Koulibaly
3
Best finish: Quarter-final 2002
Record: W3-D3-L2

NETHERLANDS
Rank 8 
Coach: Louis van Gaal
Captain: Virgil van Dijk
11
Best finish: Final 1974, 1978, 2010
Record: W27-D12-L11


Group B

ENGLAND
Rank 5 
Coach: Gareth Southgate
Captain: Harry Kane
16 1 
Winner 1966
Record: W29-D21-L19

IRAN
Rank 20 
Coach: Carlos Queiroz POR 
Captain: Ehsan Hajsafi
6 
Best finish: Group stage 5 times
Record: W2-D4-L9 

USA
Rank 16 
Coach: Gregg Berhalter
Captain: Christian Pulisic 
11 
Best finish: Third place 1930
Record: W8-D6-L19

WALES
Rank 19 
Coach: Robert Page
Captain: Gareth Bale
2
Best finish: Quarter-final 1958
Record: W1-D3-L1


Group C

ARGENTINA
Rank 3 
Coach: Lionel Scaloni
Captain: Lionel Messi
18 2 
Winner 1978, 1986
Record: W43-D15-L23

S. ARABIA
Rank 51 
Coach: Hervé Renard FRA 
Captain: Salman Al-Faraj
6 
Best finish: Round of 16 1994
Record: W3-D2-L11

MEXICO
Rank 13 
Coach: Gerardo Martino ARG 
Captain: Andres Guardado
17 
Best finish: Quarter-final 1970, 1986
Record: W16-D14-L27

POLAND
Rank 26 
Coach: Czeslaw Michniewicz
Captain: Robert Lewandowski 
9 
Best finish: Third place 1974, 1982
Record: W16-D5-L13


Group D

FRANCE
Rank 4 
Coach: Didier Deschamps
Captain: Hugo Lloris
16 2 
Winner 1998, 2018
Record: W34-D13-L19

AUSTRALIA
Rank 38 
Coach: Graham Arnold
Captain: Mathew Ryan 
6 Best finish: Round of 16 2006
Record: W2-D4-L10 

DENMARK
Rank 10 
Coach: Kasper Hjulmand
Captain: Simon Kjaer
6 Best finish: Quarter-final 1998
Record: W9-D5-L6

TUNISIA
Rank 30 
Coach: Jalel Kadri
Captain: Youssef Msakni
6
Best finish: Group stage 5 times
Record: W2-D4-L9


Group E

SPAIN 
Rank 7 
Coach: Luis Enrique
Captain: Sergio Busquets 
16 1 
Winner 2010
Record: W30-D15-L18

COSTA RICA  
Rank 31 
Coach: Luis F. Suárez COL 
Captain: Bryan Ruiz
6 
Best finish: Quarter-final 2014
Record: W5-D5-L8

GERMANY 
Rank 11 
Coach: Hansi Flick
Captain: Manuel Neuer 
20 4 
Winner 1954, 1974, 1990, 2014
Record: W67-D20-L22

JAPAN
Rank 24 
Coach: Hajime Moriyasu
Captain: Maya Yoshida 
7 
Best finish: Round of 16 2002, 2010, 2018
Record: W5-D5-L11


Group F 

BELGIUM
Rank 2 
Coach: Roberto Martínez ESP 
Captain: Eden Hazard
14 
Best finish: Third place 2018
Record: W20-D9-L19

CANADA
Rank 41 
Coach: John Herdman ENG 
Captain: Atiba Hutchinson
2 
Best finish: Group stage 1986
Record: W0-D0-L3

MOROCCO
Rank 22 
Coach: Walid Regragui
Captain: Romain Saïss
6
Best finish: Round of 16 1986
Record: W2-D5-L9

CROATIA
Rank 12 
Coach: Zlatko Dalic
Captain: Luka Modric
6
Best finish: Final 2018
Record: W11-D4-L8


Group G 

BRAZIL
Rank 1 
Coach: Tite
Captain: Thiago Silva
22 5 
Winner 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994, 2002
Record: W73-D18-L18

SERBIA
Rank 21 
Coach: Dragan Stojkovic
Captain: Dusan Tadic 
13 
Best finish: Fourth place 1930, 1962
Record: W18-D8-L20

SWITZERLAND
Rank 15 
Coach: Murat Yakin
Captain: Granit Xhaka 
12 
Best finish: Quarter-final 1934, 1938, 1954
Record: W12-D8-L17

CAMEROON
Rank 43 
Coach: Rigobert Song
Captain: Vincent Aboubakar
8
Best finish: Quarter-final 1990
Record: W4-D7-L12 


Group H 

PORTUGAL
Rank 9 
Coach: Fernando Santos
Captain: Cristiano Ronaldo 
8 
Best finish: Third place 1966
Record: W14-D6-L10

GHANA
Rank 61 
Coach: Otto Addo
Captain: Andre Ayew
4 
Best finish: Quarter-final 2010
Record: W4-D3-L5

URUGUAY
Rank 14 
Coach: Diego Alonso
Captain: Diego Godin
14 2 
Winner 1930, 1950
Record: W24-D12-L20

S. KOREA
Rank 28 
Coach: Paulo Bento POR
Captain: Son Heung-min
11 
Best finish: Fourth place 2002
Record: W6-D9-L19


*FIFA ranking Oct 2022


Source: FIFA 
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