Can AI predicts the tournament winner and golden booth for the FIFA World Cup Football Soccer 2022 in Qatar?

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With the FIFA World Cup looming soon, fans around the world are wondering who will take home the coveted trophy. While many people have their own opinion on who the favorite is, one thing is for sure: no one knows for sure. However, that hasn't stopped people from trying to predict the outcome using various methods, including artificial intelligence (AI). So, can AI accurately predict the winner of the 2022 FIFA World Cup? Let's take a look.

How AI is Used to Predict the Outcome of Sporting Events

There are a few different ways that AI can be used to predict the outcome of sporting events. One method is known as predictive modeling. This method uses data from past events to try and identify patterns that can be used to predict future outcomes. For example, if a team has won every time they've scored first in their last 10 games, predictive modeling would suggest that there's a good chance they'll win again if they score first in their next game.

Another method that can be used is known as Monte Carlo simulations. This approach involves using a computer to simulate a large number of potential outcomes for an event. For example, a computer might simulate a football match 10,000 times and keep track of how often each team wins. Based on these results, it could then generate probabilities for each team winning.

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How AI Can Help Us Predict The Winner Of The FIFA World Cup?

AI can help us to make predictions about who will win the FIFA World Cup by looking at past data and patterns. For example, if we look at the data from the last few World Cups, we can see that there are certain teams that have a higher chance of winning. By using AI, we can identify these teams and make a prediction about who will win the tournament.

We can also use AI to predict who will get the golden boot. The golden boot is awarded to the player who scores the most goals in the tournament. Again, by looking at past data, we can identify patterns and make predictions about who is most likely to score the most goals in this year's tournament.

So, How Accurate is AI?

While AI can be quite accurate when it comes to predicting sporting event outcomes, there are always going to be some factors that are impossible to account for. For example, injuries or last-minute changes to a team's lineup can completely change the outcome of a match. As such, even the best AI predictions should always be taken with a grain of salt.

As we get closer and closer to the 2022 FIFA World Cup, more and more people will be trying to predict who will take home the trophy. While many of these predictions will be based on gut feeling or personal biases, some will be based on artificial intelligence (AI). While AI can be quite accurate when it comes to predicting sporting event outcomes, there are always going to be some factors that are impossible to account for. As such, even the best AI predictions should always be taken with a grain of salt.

AI can be very helpful in making predictions about who will win the FIFA World Cup and who will get the golden boot. However, it is important to remember that these are just predictions. We cannot be 100% sure about anything until the tournament is over. So, enjoy the games and root for your favorite team.

 

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10 specific Predictions for the 2022 FIFA World Cup

• France will AVOID the World Cup winner's curse, coming 2nd in Group D behind Denmark.

• Belgium and Uruguay crash out in the Group Stages.

• Morocco advances to the quarter final for the first time ever.

• Tunisia gets agonizingly close to the Round of 16 but falls short.

• Netherlands vs Argentina and Croatia vs Brazil are the two most thrilling Matches of the Tournament.

• Croatia and Morocco make the Quarter finals.

• England doesn't capitulate. They have a standard 2000s England showing. Quarter Final exit.

• The World almost gets an Argentina vs Portugal Final, but Messi and Ronaldo meet in the Third Place match.

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Who won the Golden Boots?

1- Kylian Mbappé (8 goals, 2 assists)

2- Lionel Messi (7 goals, 3 assists)

 

Who won the Golden Ball?

1- Lionel Messi

2- Kylian Mbappé

Who won the Golden Gloves?

1- Emiliano Martínez (Argentina)

2- Livakovic (Croatia)

World Cup 2022 Key Stats

Winner: Argentina (1st World Cup win for Lionel Messi)

After 64 games and a record 172 goals, Argentina were crowned World champions for a third time with their dramatic penalty shoot-out victory over France.

1. Most upsets for 64 years

Number of upsets	Year	Percentage of matches ending in upset
15	2022	24%
14	2002	22%
12	2010	19%
12	2018	19%
11	1990	17%
11	1994	17%
10	1986	16%
9	1958	26%
8	1982	16%
8	2006	13%

2. Fewer shots...more goals

There were 'only' 1,458 shots at this year's tournament, which was the lowest amount since Nielsen's Gracenote started recording data on the statistic in 2002, down from a high of 1661 in 2014.

Indeed, the average number of shots taken during a match in Qatar was 22.8.

But that did not stop the goals raining in, with a record 172 goals scored - the highest since the tournament was expanded to 32 teams in 1998, with 171 scored at both France 1998 and Brazil 2014.

3. 'Cleanest' World Cup this century and more stoppage time

Referees handed out 227 yellow cards - the most since 2010, which Nielsen's Gracenote say is down to stricter refereeing, while only four red cards were shown - the same as in Russia.

But the number of fouls declined for the fourth successive tournament to its lowest level this century at 1,599 - perhaps a reflection of referees being encouraged to let play flow.

A total of 23 penalties were awarded at an average of 0.36 per match - including three in the final - but that was actually down on the 2018 World Cup in Russia, the first with Video Assistant Referee (VAR) technology.

4. Young guns

The 2022 competition saw the most teenagers starting than at any other World Cup.

10 teenagers made 20 starts including 19-year-old England midfielder Jude Bellingham, 19-year-old Germany midfielder Jamal Musiala and 18-year-old Spain midfielder Gavi.

France forward Kylian Mbappe, now 23, still holds the record for most starts as a teenager with six to his name at the 2018 edition.

5. Ageing stars

It was not just a year for the young players as it also saw the most veteran players, competitors aged 35 and over, starting World Cup matches.

A combined 27 veteran players made 83 starts at the 2022 tournament, 32 more starts than the previous record set at the 2002 World Cup.

Messi, 35, and Croatia's Luka Modric, 37, made the most starts of any veteran player in Qatar with seven each.

In recent years, AI has made great strides in pattern recognition and predictive analytics, leading many to believe that the technology could one day be used to accurately predict the outcomes of sporting events. However, there are a number of factors that make correctly predicting the FIFA World Cup winner a near impossible task for even the most advanced AI system. Let's take a look at some of those factors.

The first factor is the sheer number of variables that need to be taken into account when trying to predict the outcome of a football match. Things like weather conditions, player fitness levels, team morale, and home-field advantage can all have a significant impact on the outcome of a game but are very difficult to quantify. Even something as seemingly simple as the quality of the pitch can have a major impact on how a game plays out.

Another factor that makes correctly predicting the FIFA World Cup winner difficult is the fact that there is no one "right" way to play football. Some teams prefer to play a possession-based style while others look to hit their opponents on the counter-attack. This variety makes it hard for AI systems to identify patterns and trends that could be used to predict results.

Finally, there is the element of luck that can often play a role in deciding football matches. A well-struck shot may take a fortuitous bounce and end up in the back of the net or a referee may make a controversial decision that changes the course of a game. While luck is not something that can be accounted for in predictive models, it can still have a major impact on results.

Conclusion:
As you can see, there are many factors that make correctly predicting the FIFA World Cup winner a daunting task for even the most advanced AI system. That being said, with continued advances in pattern recognition and predictive analytics, it's not out of the realm of possibility that AI will one day be able to correctly predict the outcome of this prestigious event.

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How the World Cup Works?

The FIFA World Cup is the biggest tournament in world football. Every four years, 32 teams from across the world travel to a host nation to compete.
These 32 teams are selected through each confederation's qualification round;
- 13 from Europe,
- 5 from Africa,
- 3 or 4* from North, Central America and the Caribbean,
- 4 or 5* from Asia,
- 4 or 5* from South America,
- 0 or 1* from Oceania
- and one spot for the hosts.
*(there is an intercontinental playoff for these spots)

For the tournament, the 32 teams are split into 8 groups made up of 4 teams each.
These 4 teams play each other once. Points are awarded per result;
3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.
The top 2 teams in terms of points advance to the knockout rounds*.

*(in case of a tie, there are tie breaking statistics, the most common being goal differential which is the number of goals scored minus the number of goals conceded. In a tie the team with the higher GA goes through)

The 16 teams that make it out enter a single elimination knockout round, with extra time then penalty shootouts to decide a winner, if needed.
The round of 16 is followed by Quarter Finals, Semi Finals, a third place match, and then the Final; the winner of which is crowned champion.

Which teams have been drawn into the Group of Death for Qatar 2022?

Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands

This group is headlined by two traditional powerhouses in Netherlands and Senegal. Senegal  is led by striker Sadio Mane, who is always a threat to score. Netherland, meanwhile, will be looking to rebound after missing the 2018 World Cup. They will be led by striker Memphis Depay, midfielders Denzel Dumphries and Frenkie De Jong, who will be looking to establish themselves on the world stage. Qatar and  Ecuador round out the group and will be fighting for a spot in the knockout stage.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Jasper Cillessen	22 April 1989 (age 33)	63	0	NEC
	GK	Justin Bijlow	22 January 1998 (age 24)	6	0	Feyenoord
	GK	Mark Flekken	13 June 1993 (age 29)	4	0	SC Freiburg
	GK	Remko Pasveer	8 November 1983 (age 39)	2	0	Ajax
	GK	Andries Noppert	7 April 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Heerenveen
	DF	Daley Blind	9 March 1990 (age 32)	94	2	Ajax
	DF	Stefan de Vrij	5 February 1992 (age 30)	59	3	Internazionale
	DF	Virgil van Dijk (captain)	8 July 1991 (age 31)	49	6	Liverpool
	DF	Matthijs de Ligt	12 August 1999 (age 23)	38	2	Bayern Munich
	DF	Denzel Dumfries	18 April 1996 (age 26)	37	5	Internazionale
	DF	Nathan Aké	18 February 1995 (age 27)	29	3	Manchester City
	DF	Jurriën Timber	17 June 2001 (age 21)	10	0	Ajax
	DF	Tyrell Malacia	17 September 1999 (age 23)	6	0	Manchester United
	DF	Devyne Rensch	18 January 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Ajax
	DF	Mitchel Bakker	20 June 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Bayer Leverkusen
	DF	Sven Botman	12 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Newcastle United
	DF	Jeremie Frimpong	10 December 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Bayer Leverkusen
	DF	Pascal Struijk	11 August 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Leeds United
	DF	Micky van de Ven	19 April 2001 (age 21)	0	0	VfL Wolfsburg
	MF	Frenkie de Jong	12 May 1997 (age 25)	45	1	Barcelona
	MF	Steven Berghuis	19 December 1991 (age 30)	39	2	Ajax
	MF	Davy Klaassen	21 February 1993 (age 29)	35	9	Ajax
	MF	Marten de Roon	29 March 1991 (age 31)	30	0	Atalanta
	MF	Jordy Clasie	27 June 1991 (age 31)	17	0	AZ
	MF	Ryan Gravenberch	16 May 2002 (age 20)	11	1	Bayern Munich
	MF	Teun Koopmeiners	28 February 1998 (age 24)	10	1	Atalanta
	MF	Guus Til	22 December 1997 (age 24)	5	1	PSV Eindhoven
	MF	Kenneth Taylor	16 May 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Ajax
	MF	Xavi Simons	21 April 2003 (age 19)	0	0	PSV Eindhoven
	FW	Memphis Depay	13 February 1994 (age 28)	81	42	Barcelona
	FW	Luuk de Jong	27 August 1990 (age 32)	38	8	PSV Eindhoven
	FW	Steven Bergwijn	8 October 1997 (age 25)	24	7	Ajax
	FW	Vincent Janssen	15 June 1994 (age 28)	20	7	Antwerp
	FW	Donyell Malen	19 January 1999 (age 23)	19	4	Borussia Dortmund
	FW	Wout Weghorst	7 August 1992 (age 30)	15	3	Beşiktaş
	FW	Cody Gakpo	7 May 1999 (age 23)	9	3	PSV Eindhoven
	FW	Arnaut Danjuma	31 January 1997 (age 25)	6	2	Villarreal
	FW	Noa Lang	17 June 1999 (age 23)	5	1	Club Brugge
	FW	Brian Brobbey	1 February 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Ajax

 

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No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Édouard Mendy	1 March 1992 (aged 30)	25	0	Chelsea
	GK	Alfred Gomis	5 September 1993 (aged 29)	14	0	Rennes
	GK	Seny Dieng	23 November 1994 (aged 27)	3	0	Queens Park Rangers
	DF	Kalidou Koulibaly (captain)	20 June 1991 (aged 31)	63	0	Chelsea
	DF	Youssouf Sabaly	5 March 1993 (aged 29)	24	0	Real Betis
	DF	Abdou Diallo	4 May 1996 (aged 26)	18	2	RB Leipzig
	DF	Fodé Ballo-Touré	3 January 1997 (aged 25)	14	0	Milan
	DF	Pape Abou Cissé	14 September 1995 (aged 27)	12	1	Olympiacos
	DF	Ismail Jakobs	17 August 1999 (aged 23)	1	0	Monaco
	DF	Formose Mendy	2 January 2001 (aged 21)	1	0	Amiens
	MF	Idrissa Gueye	26 September 1989 (aged 33)	95	7	Everton
	MF	Cheikhou Kouyaté	21 December 1989 (aged 32)	82	4	Nottingham Forest
	MF	Krépin Diatta	25 February 1999 (aged 23)	25	2	Monaco
	MF	Nampalys Mendy	23 June 1992 (aged 30)	18	0	Leicester City
	MF	Pape Gueye	24 January 1999 (aged 23)	11	0	Marseille
	MF	Pape Matar Sarr	14 September 2002 (aged 20)	8	0	Tottenham Hotspur
	MF	Moustapha Name	5 May 1995 (aged 27)	6	0	Pafos
	MF	Mamadou Loum	30 December 1996 (aged 25)	3	0	Reading
	MF	Pathé Ciss	16 March 1994 (aged 28)	1	0	Rayo Vallecano
	FW	Sadio Mané	10 April 1992 (aged 30)	92	34	Bayern Munich
	FW	Ismaïla Sarr	25 February 1998 (aged 24)	47	10	Watford
	FW	Famara Diédhiou	15 December 1992 (aged 29)	24	10	Alanyaspor
	FW	Boulaye Dia	16 November 1996 (aged 26)	18	3	Salernitana
	FW	Bamba Dieng	23 March 2000 (aged 22)	12	2	Marseille
	FW	Iliman Ndiaye	6 March 2000 (aged 22)	1	0	Sheffield United
	FW	Nicolas Jackson	20 June 2001 (aged 21)	0	0	Villarreal

Coach:  Gustavo Alfaro

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Hernán Galíndez	30 March 1987 (aged 35)	12	0	Aucas
2	DF	Félix Torres	11 January 1997 (aged 25)	17	2	Santos Laguna
3	DF	Piero Hincapié	9 January 2002 (aged 20)	21	1	Bayer Leverkusen
4	DF	Robert Arboleda	22 October 1991 (aged 31)	33	2	São Paulo
5	MF	José Cifuentes	12 March 1999 (aged 23)	11	0	Los Angeles FC
6	DF	William Pacho	16 October 2001 (aged 21)	0	0	Antwerp
7	DF	Pervis Estupiñán	21 January 1998 (aged 24)	28	3	Brighton & Hove Albion
8	MF	Carlos Gruezo	19 April 1995 (aged 27)	45	1	FC Augsburg
9	MF	Ayrton Preciado	17 July 1994 (aged 28)	25	3	Santos Laguna
10	MF	Romario Ibarra	24 September 1994 (aged 28)	25	3	Pachuca
11	FW	Michael Estrada	7 April 1996 (aged 26)	35	8	Cruz Azul
12	GK	Moisés Ramírez	9 September 2000 (aged 22)	2	0	Independiente del Valle
13	FW	Enner Valencia (captain)	4 November 1989 (aged 33)	74	35	Fenerbahçe
14	DF	Xavier Arreaga	28 September 1994 (aged 28)	18	1	Seattle Sounders FC
15	MF	Ángel Mena	21 January 1988 (aged 34)	46	7	León
16	MF	Jeremy Sarmiento	16 June 2002 (aged 20)	9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
17	DF	Ángelo Preciado	18 February 1998 (aged 24)	25	0	Genk
18	DF	Diego Palacios	12 July 1999 (aged 23)	12	0	Los Angeles FC
19	MF	Gonzalo Plata	1 November 2000 (aged 22)	30	5	Valladolid
20	MF	Sebas Méndez	26 April 1997 (aged 25)	32	0	Los Angeles FC
21	MF	Alan Franco	21 August 1998 (aged 24)	25	1	Talleres
22	GK	Alexander Domínguez	5 June 1987 (aged 35)	68	0	LDU Quito
23	MF	Moisés Caicedo	2 November 2001 (aged 21)	25	2	Brighton & Hove Albion
24	FW	Djorkaeff Reasco	18 January 1999 (aged 23)	4	0	Newell's Old Boys
25	DF	Jackson Porozo	4 August 2000 (aged 22)	5	0	Troyes
26	FW	Kevin Rodríguez	4 March 2000 (aged 22)	1	0	Imbabura

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Saad Al Sheeb	19 February 1990 (age 32)	75	0	Al-Sadd
	GK	Meshaal Barsham	14 February 1998 (age 24)	13	0	Al-Sadd
	GK	Yousef Hassan	24 May 1996 (age 26)	7	0	Al-Gharafa
	GK	Salah Zakaria	24 April 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Al-Duhail
	DF	Abdelkarim Hassan	28 August 1993 (age 29)	125	15	Al-Sadd
	DF	Boualem Khoukhi	7 September 1990 (age 32)	100	20	Al-Sadd
	DF	Ró-Ró	6 August 1990 (age 32)	79	1	Al-Sadd
	DF	Tarek Salman	5 December 1997 (age 24)	58	0	Al-Sadd
	DF	Bassam Al-Rawi	16 December 1997 (age 24)	53	2	Al-Duhail
	DF	Musab Kheder	26 September 1993 (age 29)	29	0	Al-Sadd
	DF	Homam Ahmed	25 August 1999 (age 23)	27	2	Al-Gharafa
	DF	Mohammed Emad	27 February 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Al-Wakrah
	DF	Jassem Gaber	20 February 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Al-Arabi
	MF	Karim Boudiaf	16 September 1990 (age 32)	111	5	Al-Duhail
	MF	Abdulaziz Hatem	28 October 1990 (age 32)	98	11	Al-Rayyan
	MF	Ali Assadalla	19 January 1993 (age 29)	58	12	Al-Sadd
	MF	Mohammed Waad	18 September 1999 (age 23)	20	0	Al-Sadd
	MF	Abdelrahman Moustafa	5 April 1997 (age 25)	4	0	Al-Duhail
	MF	Osama Al-Tairi	16 June 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Al-Rayyan
	MF	Ahmed Fadhel	7 April 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Al-Wakrah
	MF	Mostafa Tarek	28 March 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Al-Sadd
	FW	Hassan Al-Haydos (captain)	11 December 1990 (age 31)	165	34	Al-Sadd
	FW	Akram Afif	18 November 1996 (age 25)	86	26	Al-Sadd
	FW	Almoez Ali	19 August 1996 (age 26)	76	39	Al-Duhail
	FW	Ismaeel Mohammad	5 April 1990 (age 32)	68	4	Al-Duhail
	FW	Mohammed Muntari	20 December 1993 (age 28)	47	13	Al-Duhail
	FW	Ahmed Alaaeldin	31 January 1993 (age 29)	46	1	Al-Gharafa
	FW	Yusuf Abdurisag	6 August 1999 (age 23)	7	1	Al-Sadd
	FW	Khalid Muneer	24 February 1998 (aged 23)	2	0	Al-Wakrah
	FW	Naif Al-Hadhrami	18 July 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Al-Rayyan

World Cup 2022  -  GROUP A Scores and Ranking Predictions with AI

1. Netherlands - 7 pts.

2. Senegal - 6 pts.

3. Ecuador - 4 pts.

4. Qatar - 0 pt.

Qatar 0-2 Ecuador [Ener Valencia Brace: 2 goals]

Senegal 0-2 Netherlands [Cody Gakpo(1) and Klassen(1)]

Qatar 1-3 Senegal [Muntari(1), B Dia(1), B Dieng(1)]

Netherlands 1-1 Ecuador [Gakpo(1), E. Valencia(1)]

Ecuador 1-2 Senegal [Caidedo(1), Sarr(1), Koulibaly(1)]

Netherlands 2-0 Qatar [Gakpo(1), De Jong(1)]

Group B: England, Iran, USA, Wales

This group features another traditional powerhouse in England. Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling will be looking to lead their country to glory for the first time since 1966. USA and Iran are both strong  sides that will provide stiff competition. Wales rounds out the group and is led by Gareth Bale and will likely be fighting for second place.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Jordan Pickford	7 March 1994 (aged 28)	45	0	Everton
	GK	Nick Pope	19 April 1992 (aged 30)	10	0	Newcastle United
	GK	Aaron Ramsdale	14 May 1998 (aged 24)	3	0	Arsenal
	DF	Kyle Walker	28 May 1990 (aged 32)	70	0	Manchester City
	DF	John Stones	28 May 1994 (aged 28)	59	3	Manchester City
	DF	Harry Maguire	5 March 1993 (aged 29)	48	7	Manchester United
	DF	Eric Dier	15 January 1994 (aged 28)	47	3	Tottenham Hotspur
	DF	Kieran Trippier	19 September 1990 (aged 32)	37	1	Newcastle United
	DF	Luke Shaw	12 July 1995 (aged 27)	23	3	Manchester United
	DF	Trent Alexander-Arnold	7 October 1998 (aged 24)	17	1	Liverpool
	DF	Conor Coady	25 February 1993 (aged 29)	10	1	Everton
	DF	Ben White	8 October 1997 (aged 25)	4	0	Arsenal
	MF	Jordan Henderson	17 June 1990 (aged 32)	70	2	Liverpool
	MF	Declan Rice	14 January 1999 (aged 23)	34	2	West Ham United
	MF	Mason Mount	10 January 1999 (aged 23)	32	5	Chelsea
	MF	Kalvin Phillips	2 December 1995 (aged 26)	23	0	Manchester City
	MF	Phil Foden	28 May 2000 (aged 22)	18	2	Manchester City
	MF	Jude Bellingham	29 June 2003 (aged 19)	17	0	Borussia Dortmund
	MF	Conor Gallagher	6 February 2000 (aged 22)	4	0	Chelsea
	MF	James Maddison	13 November 1996 (aged 26)	1	0	Leicester City
	FW	Raheem Sterling	8 December 1994 (aged 27)	79	19	Chelsea
	FW	Harry Kane (captain)	28 July 1993 (aged 29)	75	51	Tottenham Hotspur
	FW	Marcus Rashford	31 October 1997 (aged 25)	46	12	Manchester United
	FW	Jack Grealish	10 September 1995 (aged 27)	24	1	Manchester City
	FW	Bukayo Saka	5 September 2001 (aged 21)	20	4	Arsenal
	FW	Callum Wilson	27 February 1992 (aged 30)	4	1	Newcastle United

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Matt Turner	24 June 1994 (aged 28)	20	0	Arsenal
	GK	Sean Johnson	31 May 1989 (aged 33)	10	0	New York City FC
	GK	Ethan Horvath	9 June 1995 (aged 27)	8	0	Luton Town
	DF	DeAndre Yedlin	9 July 1993 (aged 29)	75	0	Inter Miami
	DF	Tim Ream	5 October 1987 (aged 35)	46	1	Fulham
	DF	Walker Zimmerman	19 May 1993 (aged 29)	33	3	Nashville SC
	DF	Aaron Long	12 October 1992 (aged 30)	29	3	New York Red Bulls
	DF	Antonee Robinson	8 August 1997 (aged 25)	29	2	Fulham
	DF	Sergiño Dest	3 November 2000 (aged 22)	19	2	Milan
	DF	Shaq Moore	2 November 1996 (aged 26)	15	1	Nashville SC
	DF	Cameron Carter-Vickers	31 December 1997 (aged 24)	11	0	Celtic
	DF	Joe Scally	31 December 2002 (aged 19)	3	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	MF	Kellyn Acosta	24 July 1995 (aged 27)	53	2	Los Angeles FC
	MF	Weston McKennie	28 August 1998 (aged 24)	37	9	Juventus
	MF	Tyler Adams	14 February 1999 (aged 23)	32	1	Leeds United
	MF	Cristian Roldan	3 June 1995 (aged 27)	32	0	Seattle Sounders
	MF	Brenden Aaronson	22 October 2000 (aged 22)	24	6	Leeds United
	MF	Yunus Musah	29 November 2002 (aged 19)	19	0	Valencia
	MF	Luca de la Torre	23 May 1998 (aged 24)	12	0	Celta Vigo
	FW	Christian Pulisic	18 September 1998 (aged 24)	52	21	Chelsea
	FW	Jordan Morris	26 October 1994 (aged 28)	49	11	Seattle Sounders
	FW	Timothy Weah	22 February 2000 (aged 22)	25	3	Lille
	FW	Josh Sargent	20 February 2000 (aged 22)	20	5	Norwich City
	FW	Jesús Ferreira	24 December 2000 (aged 21)	15	7	FC Dallas
	FW	Giovanni Reyna	13 November 2002 (aged 20)	14	4	Borussia Dortmund
	FW	Haji Wright	27 March 1998 (aged 24)	3	1	Antalyaspor

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Alireza Beiranvand	21 September 1992 (age 30)	51	0	Persepolis
	GK	Amir Abedzadeh	26 April 1993 (age 29)	11	0	Ponferradina
	GK	Hossein Hosseini	30 May 1992 (age 30)	5	0	Esteghlal
	GK	Mohammad Reza Akhbari	15 February 1993 (age 29)	1	0	Tractor
	GK	Payam Niazmand	6 April 1995 (age 27)	1	0	Sepahan
	DF	Ehsan Hajsafi (captain)	25 February 1990 (age 32)	121	7	AEK Athens
	DF	Morteza Pouraliganji	19 April 1992 (age 30)	45	3	Persepolis
	DF	Ramin Rezaeian	21 March 1990 (age 32)	45	2	Sepahan
	DF	Milad Mohammadi	29 September 1993 (age 29)	45	1	AEK Athens
	DF	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	23 March 1994 (age 28)	34	2	Al-Ahli
	DF	Shojae Khalilzadeh	31 May 1989 (age 33)	24	1	Al-Ahli
	DF	Sadegh Moharrami	24 March 1996 (age 26)	21	0	Dinamo Zagreb
	DF	Rouzbeh Cheshmi	24 July 1993 (age 29)	18	1	Esteghlal
	DF	Majid Hosseini	20 June 1996 (age 26)	18	0	Kayserispor
	DF	Omid Noorafkan	9 April 1997 (age 25)	13	0	Sepahan
	DF	Abolfazl Jalali	26 June 1998 (age 24)	2	0	Esteghlal
	DF	Saman Fallah	12 May 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Paykan
	MF	Vahid Amiri	2 April 1988 (age 34)	67	2	Persepolis
	MF	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	11 August 1993 (age 29)	64	13	Feyenoord
	MF	Omid Ebrahimi	15 September 1987 (age 35)	54	0	Al-Wakrah
	MF	Saeid Ezatolahi	1 October 1996 (age 26)	47	1	Vejle
	MF	Mehdi Torabi	10 September 1994 (age 28)	35	6	Persepolis
	MF	Saman Ghoddos	6 September 1993 (age 29)	33	2	Brentford
	MF	Ali Gholizadeh	10 March 1996 (age 26)	26	6	Charleroi
	MF	Ahmad Nourollahi	2 January 1993 (age 29)	26	3	Shabab Al-Ahli
	MF	Ali Karimi	11 February 1994 (age 28)	13	0	Kayserispor
	MF	Milad Sarlak	26 March 1995 (age 27)	10	0	Persepolis
	FW	Karim Ansarifard	3 April 1990 (age 32)	94	29	Omonia
	FW	Sardar Azmoun	1 January 1995 (age 27)	65	41	Bayer Leverkusen
	FW	Mehdi Taremi	18 July 1992 (age 30)	60	28	Porto

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Wayne Hennessey	24 January 1987 (aged 35)	106	0	Nottingham Forest
	GK	Danny Ward	22 June 1993 (aged 29)	26	0	Leicester City
	GK	Adam Davies	17 July 1992 (aged 30)	3	0	Sheffield United
	DF	Chris Gunter	21 July 1989 (aged 33)	109	0	Wimbledon
	DF	Ben Davies	24 April 1993 (aged 29)	74	1	Tottenham Hotspur
	DF	Connor Roberts	23 September 1995 (aged 27)	41	3	Burnley
	DF	Ethan Ampadu	14 September 2000 (aged 22)	37	0	Spezia
	DF	Chris Mepham	5 November 1997 (aged 25)	33	0	Bournemouth
	DF	Joe Rodon	22 October 1997 (aged 25)	30	0	Rennes
	DF	Neco Williams	13 April 2001 (aged 21)	23	2	Nottingham Forest
	DF	Tom Lockyer	3 December 1994 (aged 27)	14	0	Luton Town
	DF	Ben Cabango	30 May 2000 (aged 22)	5	0	Swansea City
	MF	Aaron Ramsey (vice captain)	26 December 1990 (aged 31)	75	20	Nice
	MF	Joe Allen	14 March 1990 (aged 32)	72	2	Swansea City
	MF	Harry Wilson	22 March 1997 (aged 25)	39	5	Fulham
	MF	Jonny Williams	9 October 1993 (aged 29)	33	2	Swindon Town
	MF	Joe Morrell	3 January 1997 (aged 25)	30	0	Portsmouth
	MF	Matthew Smith	22 November 1999 (aged 22)	19	0	Milton Keynes Dons
	MF	Dylan Levitt	17 November 2000 (aged 22)	13	0	Dundee United
	MF	Rubin Colwill	27 April 2002 (aged 20)	7	1	Cardiff City
	MF	Sorba Thomas	25 January 1999 (aged 23)	6	0	Huddersfield Town
	FW	Gareth Bale (captain)	16 July 1989 (aged 33)	108	40	Los Angeles FC
	FW	Daniel James	10 November 1997 (aged 25)	38	5	Fulham
	FW	Kieffer Moore	8 August 1992 (aged 30)	28	9	Bournemouth
	FW	Brennan Johnson	23 May 2001 (aged 21)	15	2	Nottingham Forest
	FW	Mark Harris	29 December 1998 (aged 23)	5	0	Cardiff City

World Cup 2022 - GROUP B Scores and Ranking Predictions with AI:

1. England - 7 pts.

2. Usa - 5 pts. 

3. Iran - 3 pts.

4. Wales- 3 pts.

England 6-2 Iran [Saka(2), Bellingham(1), Sterling(1), Grealish(1)]

United States 1-1 Wales [Weah(1), Bale(1)]

England 0-0 United States

Wales 0-2 Iran [Cheschmi(1), Rezaeian(1)]

Iran 2-3 United States [C. Pulisic (1)]

Wales 0-3 England [M Rashford(2), P. Foden(1)]

Group C: Argentina, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Poland

This group features another traditional powerhouse in Argentina. Lionel Messi will be looking to lead his country to glory one last time before he retires from international football. Mexico is always a tough team to beat and will be looking to go far in Qatar. Poland is a solid European side led by prolific striker Robert Lewandowski that could give Argentina a run for their money. Saudi Arabia rounds out the group and will likely finish in last place.

 

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Emiliano Martínez	2 September 1992 (age 30)	18	0	Aston Villa
	GK	Franco Armani	16 October 1986 (age 36)	18	0	River Plate
	GK	Gerónimo Rulli	20 May 1992 (age 30)	4	0	Villarreal
	DF	Nicolás Otamendi	12 February 1988 (age 34)	92	4	Benfica
	DF	Marcos Acuña	28 October 1991 (age 31)	42	0	Sevilla
	DF	Nicolás Tagliafico	31 August 1992 (age 30)	42	0	Lyon
	DF	Germán Pezzella	27 June 1991 (age 31)	31	2	Real Betis
	DF	Nahuel Molina	6 April 1998 (age 24)	19	0	Atlético Madrid
	DF	Gonzalo Montiel	1 January 1997 (age 25)	17	0	Sevilla
	DF	Juan Foyth	12 January 1998 (age 24)	15	0	Villarreal
	DF	Cristian Romero	27 April 1998 (age 24)	12	1	Tottenham Hotspur
	DF	Lisandro Martínez	18 January 1998 (age 24)	9	0	Manchester United
	MF	Ángel Di María	14 February 1988 (age 34)	123	25	Juventus
	MF	Leandro Paredes	29 June 1994 (age 28)	45	4	Juventus
	MF	Rodrigo De Paul	24 May 1994 (age 28)	43	2	Atlético Madrid
	MF	Guido Rodríguez	12 April 1994 (age 28)	25	1	Real Betis
	MF	Nicolás González	6 April 1998 (age 24)	21	3	Fiorentina
	MF	Exequiel Palacios	5 October 1998 (age 24)	20	0	Bayer Leverkusen
	MF	Alejandro Gómez	15 February 1988 (age 34)	15	3	Sevilla
	MF	Alexis Mac Allister	24 December 1998 (age 23)	7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
	MF	Enzo Fernández	17 January 2001 (age 21)	2	0	Benfica
	FW	Lionel Messi (captain)	24 June 1987 (age 35)	164	90	Paris Saint-Germain
	FW	Lautaro Martínez	22 August 1997 (age 25)	40	21	Internazionale
	FW	Paulo Dybala	15 November 1993 (age 28)	34	3	Roma
	FW	Ángel Correa	9 March 1995 (age 27)	22	3	Atlético Madrid
	FW	Joaquín Correa	13 August 1994 (age 28)	18	3	Internazionale
	FW	Julián Álvarez	31 January 2000 (age 22)	11	2	Manchester City

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Guillermo Ochoa	13 July 1985 (age 37)	130	0	América
	GK	Alfredo Talavera	18 September 1982 (age 40)	39	0	Juárez
	GK	Rodolfo Cota	3 July 1987 (age 35)	8	0	León
	DF	Héctor Moreno	17 January 1988 (age 34)	126	5	Monterrey
	DF	Jesús Gallardo	15 August 1994 (age 28)	76	0	Monterrey
	DF	Néstor Araujo	29 August 1991 (age 31)	61	3	América
	DF	César Montes	24 February 1997 (age 25)	28	1	Monterrey
	DF	Jorge Sánchez	10 December 1997 (age 24)	25	1	Ajax
	DF	Gerardo Arteaga	7 September 1998 (age 24)	17	1	Genk
	DF	Jesús Angulo	30 January 1998 (age 24)	11	0	UANL
	DF	Kevin Álvarez	15 January 1999 (age 23)	7	0	Pachuca
	DF	Johan Vásquez	22 October 1998 (age 24)	6	0	Cremonese
	MF	Andrés Guardado	28 September 1986 (age 36)	177	28	Real Betis
	MF	Héctor Herrera	19 April 1990 (age 32)	100	10	Houston Dynamo
	MF	Jesús Corona	6 January 1993 (age 29)	71	10	Sevilla
	MF	Edson Álvarez	24 October 1997 (age 25)	58	3	Ajax
	MF	Orbelín Pineda	24 March 1996 (age 26)	50	6	AEK Athens
	MF	Uriel Antuna	21 August 1997 (age 25)	34	8	Cruz Azul
	MF	Érick Gutiérrez	15 June 1995 (age 27)	34	1	PSV Eindhoven
	MF	Carlos Rodríguez	3 January 1997 (age 25)	34	0	Cruz Azul
	MF	Roberto Alvarado	7 September 1998 (age 24)	30	4	Guadalajara
	MF	Luis Romo	5 June 1995 (age 27)	25	1	Monterrey
	MF	Diego Lainez	9 June 2000 (age 22)	21	3	Braga
	MF	Alexis Vega	25 November 1997 (age 24)	20	4	Guadalajara
	MF	Érick Sánchez	27 September 1999 (age 23)	7	1	Pachuca
	MF	Luis Chávez	15 January 1996 (age 26)	7	0	Pachuca
	FW	Raúl Jiménez	5 May 1991 (age 31)	94	29	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	FW	Hirving Lozano	30 July 1995 (age 27)	59	16	Napoli
	FW	Henry Martín	18 November 1992 (age 29)	25	6	América
	FW	Rogelio Funes Mori	5 March 1991 (age 31)	15	5	Monterrey
	FW	Santiago Giménez	18 April 2001 (age 21)	9	2	Feyenoord

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Wojciech Szczęsny	18 April 1990 (age 32)	66	0	Juventus
	GK	Łukasz Skorupski	5 May 1991 (age 31)	7	0	Bologna
	GK	Bartłomiej Drągowski	19 August 1997 (age 25)	2	0	Spezia
	GK	Kamil Grabara	8 January 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Copenhagen
	GK	Radosław Majecki	16 November 1999 (age 22)	1	0	Cercle Brugge
	DF	Kamil Glik	3 February 1988 (age 34)	98	6	Benevento
	DF	Bartosz Bereszyński	12 July 1992 (age 30)	45	0	Sampdoria
	DF	Jan Bednarek	12 April 1996 (age 26)	44	1	Aston Villa
	DF	Artur Jędrzejczyk	4 November 1987 (age 35)	40	3	Legia Warsaw
	DF	Tomasz Kędziora	11 June 1994 (age 28)	26	1	Dynamo Kyiv
	DF	Arkadiusz Reca	17 June 1995 (age 27)	15	0	Spezia
	DF	Tymoteusz Puchacz	23 January 1999 (age 23)	12	0	Union Berlin
	DF	Paweł Dawidowicz	20 May 1995 (age 27)	8	0	Hellas Verona
	DF	Matty Cash	7 August 1997 (age 25)	7	1	Aston Villa
	DF	Michał Helik	9 September 1995 (age 27)	7	0	Huddersfield Town
	DF	Nicola Zalewski	23 January 2002 (age 20)	7	0	Roma
	DF	Robert Gumny	4 June 1998 (age 24)	4	0	FC Augsburg
	DF	Jakub Kiwior	15 February 2000 (age 22)	4	0	Spezia
	DF	Michał Karbownik	13 March 2001 (age 21)	3	0	Fortuna Düsseldorf
	DF	Paweł Bochniewicz	30 January 1996 (age 26)	2	0	Heerenveen
	DF	Mateusz Wieteska	11 February 1997 (age 25)	1	0	Clermont
	DF	Patryk Kun	20 April 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Raków Częstochowa
	DF	Maik Nawrocki	7 February 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Legia Warsaw
	MF	Grzegorz Krychowiak	29 January 1990 (age 32)	93	5	Al-Shabab
	MF	Kamil Grosicki	8 June 1988 (age 34)	86	17	Pogoń Szczecin
	MF	Piotr Zieliński	20 May 1994 (age 28)	74	9	Napoli
	MF	Karol Linetty	2 February 1995 (age 27)	42	5	Torino
	MF	Mateusz Klich	13 June 1990 (age 32)	41	2	Leeds United
	MF	Przemysław Frankowski	12 April 1995 (age 27)	25	1	Lens
	MF	Kamil Jóźwiak	22 April 1998 (age 24)	22	3	Charlotte FC
	MF	Jacek Góralski	21 September 1992 (age 30)	21	1	VfL Bochum
	MF	Sebastian Szymański	10 May 1999 (age 23)	17	1	Feyenoord
	MF	Damian Szymański	16 June 1995 (age 27)	8	1	AEK Athens
	MF	Kacper Kozłowski	16 October 2003 (age 19)	6	0	Vitesse
	MF	Szymon Żurkowski	25 September 1997 (age 25)	6	0	Fiorentina
	MF	Krystian Bielik	4 January 1998 (age 24)	5	0	Birmingham City
	MF	Jakub Kamiński	5 June 2002 (age 20)	3	1	VfL Wolfsburg
	MF	Mateusz Łęgowski	29 January 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Pogoń Szczecin
	MF	Michał Skóraś	15 February 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Lech Poznań
	MF	Patryk Dziczek	25 February 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Piast Gliwice
	MF	Jakub Piotrowski	4 October 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Ludogorets Razgrad
	FW	Robert Lewandowski (captain)	21 August 1988 (age 34)	134	76	Barcelona
	FW	Arkadiusz Milik	28 February 1994 (age 28)	63	16	Juventus
	FW	Krzysztof Piątek	1 July 1995 (age 27)	24	10	Salernitana
	FW	Karol Świderski	23 January 1997 (age 25)	17	8	Charlotte FC
	FW	Adam Buksa	12 July 1996 (age 26)	9	5	Lens
	FW	Dawid Kownacki	14 March 1997 (age 25)	7	1	Fortuna Düsseldorf

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Mohammed Al-Owais	10 October 1991 (age 31)	37	0	Al-Hilal
	GK	Fawaz Al-Qarni	2 April 1992 (age 30)	10	0	Al-Shabab
	GK	Mohammed Al Rubaie	14 August 1997 (age 25)	6	0	Al-Ahli
	GK	Nawaf Al-Aqidi	10 May 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Al-Nassr
	DF	Yasser Al-Shahrani	25 May 1992 (age 30)	70	2	Al-Hilal
	DF	Mohammed Al-Breik	15 September 1992 (age 30)	35	1	Al-Hilal
	DF	Ali Al-Bulaihi	21 November 1989 (age 32)	32	0	Al-Hilal
	DF	Sultan Al-Ghanam	6 May 1994 (age 28)	23	0	Al-Nassr
	DF	Saud Abdulhamid	18 July 1999 (age 23)	17	0	Al-Hilal
	DF	Abdulelah Al-Amri	15 January 1997 (age 25)	14	1	Al-Nassr
	DF	Hassan Tambakti	9 February 1999 (age 23)	14	0	Al-Shabab
	DF	Abdullah Madu	15 July 1993 (age 29)	12	0	Al-Nassr
	DF	Ahmed Bamsaud	22 November 1995 (age 26)	1	0	Al-Ittihad
	MF	Fahad Al-Muwallad	14 September 1994 (age 28)	71	17	Al-Shabab
	MF	Salman Al-Faraj	1 August 1989 (age 33)	68	8	Al-Hilal
	MF	Salem Al-Dawsari	19 August 1991 (age 31)	66	17	Al-Hilal
	MF	Nawaf Al-Abed	26 January 1990 (age 32)	50	8	Al-Shabab
	MF	Abdullah Otayf	3 August 1992 (age 30)	44	1	Al-Hilal
	MF	Hattan Bahebri	16 July 1992 (age 30)	37	4	Al-Shabab
	MF	Mohamed Kanno	22 September 1994 (age 28)	33	1	Al-Hilal
	MF	Abdulellah Al-Malki	11 October 1994 (age 28)	21	0	Al-Hilal
	MF	Sami Al-Najei	7 February 1997 (age 25)	15	2	Al-Nassr
	MF	Ali Al-Hassan	4 March 1997 (age 25)	9	1	Al-Nassr
	MF	Nasser Al-Dawsari	19 December 1998 (age 23)	8	0	Al-Hilal
	MF	Ayman Yahya	14 May 2001 (age 21)	6	0	Al-Nassr
	MF	Abdulrahman Al-Aboud	1 June 1995 (age 27)	2	0	Al-Ittihad
	MF	Riyadh Sharahili	28 April 1993 (age 29)	2	0	Abha
	FW	Firas Al-Buraikan	14 May 2000 (age 22)	24	6	Al-Fateh
	FW	Abdullah Al-Hamdan	13 September 1999 (age 23)	20	5	Al-Hilal
	FW	Saleh Al-Shehri	1 November 1993 (age 29)	16	8	Al-Hilal
	FW	Haitham Asiri	25 March 2001 (age 21)	4	0	Al-Ahli
	FW	Abdullah Radif	20 January 2003 (age 19)	3	0	Al-Taawoun

World Cup 2022 - GROUP C Predictions based AI

1. Argentina - 6 pts.

2. Poland - 4 pts. [Goal Difference)

3. Mexico - 4 pts.

4. Saudi Arabia - 3 pt.

Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia  [Messi (1), Al Shehri(1), Al Dawsari(1)]

Mexico 0-0 Poland

Argentina 2-0 Mexico [L. Messi(1), E. Fernandez(1)]

Poland 2-0 Saudi Arabia [Lewandowski(1), P. Zielinski(1)]

Saudi Arabia 1-2 Mexico [S. Al Dawsari(1), H. Martin(1), Luis Chavez(1)]

Poland 0-2 Argentina [A. Mac Allister(1), J. Alvarez(1)]

Group D: France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia

France is always one of the favorites to win the World Cup, and they headline this group. They are led by superstars Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema, the current Ballon d'Or, who will be looking to carry their beloved country national team (Les Bleus) to back to back World Cup glory. Denmark and Tunisia are both solid sides that could give France a challenge. Australia rounds out the group and will likely finish in last place.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Hugo Lloris	26 December 1986 (age 35)	139	0	Tottenham Hotspur
	GK	Steve Mandanda	28 March 1985 (age 37)	34	0	Rennes
	GK	Alphonse Areola	27 February 1993 (age 29)	5	0	West Ham United
	DF	Raphaël Varane	25 April 1993 (age 29)	87	5	Manchester United
	DF	Benjamin Pavard	28 March 1996 (age 26)	46	2	Bayern Munich
	DF	Lucas Hernandez	14 February 1996 (age 26)	32	0	Bayern Munich
	DF	Axel Disasi	11 March 1998 (aged 24)	0	0	Monaco
	DF	Jules Koundé	12 November 1998 (age 23)	12	0	Barcelona
	DF	Theo Hernandez	6 October 1997 (age 25)	7	1	Milan
	DF	William Saliba	24 March 2001 (age 21)	7	0	Arsenal
	DF	Dayot Upamecano	27 October 1998 (age 24)	7	1	Bayern Munich
	DF	Ibrahima Konaté	25 May 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Liverpool
	MF	Adrien Rabiot	3 April 1995 (age 27)	29	2	Juventus
	MF	Aurélien Tchouaméni	27 January 2000 (age 22)	14	1	Real Madrid
	MF	Matteo Guendouzi	14 April 1999 (age 23)	6	1	Marseille
	MF	Jordan Veretout	1 March 1993 (age 29)	5	0	Marseille
	MF	Eduardo Camavinga	10 November 2002 (age 19)	4	1	Real Madrid
	MF	Youssouf Fofana	10 January 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Monaco
26 FW Marcus Thuram 6 August 1997 (aged 25) 4 0  Borussia Mönchengladbach
	FW	Olivier Giroud	30 September 1986 (age 36)	114	49	Milan
	FW	Antoine Griezmann	21 March 1991 (age 31)	110	42	Atlético Madrid
	FW	Karim Benzema	19 December 1987 (age 34)	97	37	Real Madrid
	FW	Kylian Mbappé	20 December 1998 (age 23)	59	28	Paris Saint-Germain
	FW	Kingsley Coman	13 June 1996 (age 26)	40	5	Bayern Munich
	FW	Ousmane Dembélé	15 May 1997 (age 25)	28	4	Barcelona
	FW	Christopher Nkunku	14 November 1997 (age 24)	8	0	RB Leipzig

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Kasper Schmeichel	5 November 1986 (age 36)	86	0	Nice
	GK	Oliver Christensen	22 March 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Hertha BSC
	DF	Simon Kjær (captain)	26 March 1989 (age 33)	121	5	Milan
	DF	Andreas Christensen	10 April 1996 (age 26)	58	2	Barcelona
	DF	Jens Stryger Larsen	21 February 1991 (age 31)	49	3	Trabzonspor
	DF	Daniel Wass	31 May 1989 (age 33)	44	1	Brøndby
	DF	Joakim Mæhle	20 May 1997 (age 25)	31	9	Atalanta
	DF	Joachim Andersen	31 May 1996 (age 26)	19	0	Crystal Palace
	DF	Rasmus Kristensen	11 July 1997 (age 25)	10	0	Leeds United
	DF	Victor Nelsson	14 October 1998 (age 24)	7	0	Galatasaray
	MF	Christian Eriksen	14 February 1992 (age 30)	117	39	Manchester United
	MF	Thomas Delaney	3 September 1991 (age 31)	71	7	Sevilla
	MF	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	5 August 1995 (age 27)	60	5	Tottenham Hotspur
	MF	Mathias Jensen	1 January 1996 (age 26)	20	1	Brentford
	FW	Martin Braithwaite	5 June 1991 (age 31)	62	10	Espanyol
	FW	Andreas Cornelius	16 March 1993 (age 29)	41	9	FC Copenhagen
	FW	Kasper Dolberg	6 October 1997 (age 25)	37	11	Sevilla
	FW	Andreas Skov Olsen	29 December 1999 (age 22)	23	8	Club Brugge
	FW	Mikkel Damsgaard	3 July 2000 (age 22)	18	4	Brentford
	FW	Jonas Wind	7 February 1999 (age 23)	15	5	VfL Wolfsburg
	FW	Jesper Lindstrøm	29 February 2000 (age 22)	6	1	Eintracht Frankfurt

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Aymen Mathlouthi	14 September 1984 (aged 38)	73	0	Étoile du Sahel
2	DF	Bilel Ifa	9 March 1990 (aged 32)	36	0	Kuwait SC
3	DF	Montassar Talbi	26 May 1998 (aged 24)	22	1	Lorient
4	DF	Yassine Meriah	2 July 1993 (aged 29)	60	3	Espérance de Tunis
5	DF	Nader Ghandri	18 February 1995 (aged 27)	7	0	Club Africain
6	DF	Dylan Bronn	19 June 1995 (aged 27)	36	2	Salernitana
7	FW	Youssef Msakni (captain)	28 October 1990 (aged 32)	87	17	Al-Arabi
8	MF	Hannibal Mejbri	21 January 2003 (aged 19)	18	0	Birmingham City
9	FW	Issam Jebali	25 December 1991 (aged 30)	9	2	OB
10	FW	Wahbi Khazri	8 February 1991 (aged 31)	71	24	Montpellier
11	FW	Taha Yassine Khenissi	6 January 1992 (aged 30)	48	9	Kuwait SC
12	DF	Ali Maâloul	1 January 1990 (aged 32)	82	2	Al Ahly
13	MF	Ferjani Sassi	18 March 1992 (aged 30)	77	6	Al-Duhail
14	MF	Aïssa Laïdouni	13 December 1996 (aged 25)	24	1	Ferencváros
15	MF	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane	6 September 1999 (aged 23)	22	1	Espérance de Tunis
16	GK	Aymen Dahmen	28 January 1997 (aged 25)	4	0	CS Sfaxien
17	MF	Ellyes Skhiri	10 May 1995 (aged 27)	48	3	1. FC Köln
18	MF	Ghailene Chaalali	28 February 1994 (aged 28)	30	1	Espérance de Tunis
19	FW	Seifeddine Jaziri	12 February 1993 (aged 29)	29	10	Zamalek
20	DF	Mohamed Dräger	25 June 1996 (aged 26)	33	3	Luzern
21	DF	Wajdi Kechrida	5 November 1995 (aged 27)	18	0	Atromitos
22	GK	Bechir Ben Saïd	29 November 1994 (aged 27)	10	0	US Monastir
23	FW	Naïm Sliti	27 July 1992 (aged 30)	68	13	Al-Ettifaq
24	DF	Ali Abdi	20 December 1993 (aged 28)	9	1	Caen
25	MF	Anis Ben Slimane	16 March 2001 (aged 21)	24	4	Brøndby
26	GK	Mouez Hassen	5 March 1995 (aged 27)	20	0	Club Africain

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Mathew Ryan (captain)	8 April 1992 (age 30)	75	0	Copenhagen
	GK	Danny Vukovic	27 March 1985 (age 37)	4	0	Central Coast Mariners
	GK	Andrew Redmayne	13 January 1989 (age 33)	4	0	Sydney FC
	DF	Aziz Behich	16 October 1990 (age 32)	53	2	Dundee United
	DF	Miloš Degenek	28 April 1994 (age 28)	38	1	Columbus Crew
	DF	Bailey Wright	28 July 1992 (age 30)	27	2	Sunderland
	DF	Fran Karačić	12 May 1996 (age 26)	10	1	Brescia
	DF	Harry Souttar	22 October 1998 (age 24)	10	6	Stoke City
	DF	Nathaniel Atkinson	13 June 1999 (age 23)	5	0	Heart of Midlothian
	DF	Joel King	30 October 2000 (age 22)	4	0	OB
	DF	Kye Rowles	24 June 1998 (age 24)	3	0	Heart of Midlothian
	DF	Thomas Deng	20 March 1997 (age 25)	2	0	Albirex Niigata
	MF	Aaron Mooy	15 September 1990 (age 32)	53	7	Celtic
	MF	Jackson Irvine	7 March 1993 (age 29)	49	7	St. Pauli
	MF	Ajdin Hrustic	5 July 1996 (age 26)	20	3	Hellas Verona
	MF	Riley McGree	2 November 1998 (age 24)	11	1	Middlesbrough
	MF	Keanu Baccus	7 June 1998 (age 24)	1	0	St Mirren
	MF	Cameron Devlin	7 June 1998 (age 24)	1	0	Heart of Midlothian
	FW	Mathew Leckie	4 February 1991 (age 31)	73	13	Melbourne City
	FW	Awer Mabil	15 September 1995 (age 27)	29	8	Cádiz
	FW	Jamie Maclaren	29 July 1993 (age 29)	26	8	Melbourne City
	FW	Mitchell Duke	18 January 1991 (age 31)	21	8	Fagiano Okayama
	FW	Martin Boyle	25 April 1993 (age 29)	19	5	Hibernian
	FW	Craig Goodwin	16 December 1991 (age 30)	10	1	Adelaide United
	FW	Jason Cummings	1 August 1995 (age 27)	1	1	Central Coast Mariners
	FW	Garang Kuol	15 September 2004 (age 18)	1	0	Central Coast Mariners

World Cup 2022 - GROUP D Score and Rankings Predictions with AI:

1. France - 6 pts.

2. Australia - 6 pts.

3. Tunisia - 4 pts.

4. Denmark - 1 pt.

France 4-1 Australia [Giroud(2), Mbappe(1), Rabiot(1)]

Denmark 0-0 Tunisia

France 2-1 Denmark [Mbappe(2)]

Tunisia 0-1 Australia [M Duke(1)]

Australia 1-0 Denmark [M. Leckie(1)]

Tunisia 1-0 France [W. Khazri(1)]

Group E: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan

There’s no doubting the most immediately attractive tie of the group stage: the clash of the 2010 and 2014 champions as Spain face Germany. After two dismal World Cup performances in a row, there is a sense that Spain are building again under Luis Enrique as he has introduced a more direct style.

For Germany, the last World Cup was a major embarrassment, defeat to South Korea resulting in a first round exit for the first time in 80 years. Germany is led by their word cup winning goalkeeper Manual Neuer and coach Hansi Flick.

Japan, who have a wealth of European experience in their squad, can feel a little unfortunate at yet another tough draw in their seventh successive World Cup appearance.

The group is rounded off by the winner of the Costa Rica v New Zealand playoff.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Manuel Neuer (captain)	27 March 1986 (aged 36)	113	0	Bayern Munich
	GK	Marc-André ter Stegen	30 April 1992 (aged 30)	30	0	Barcelona
	GK	Kevin Trapp	8 July 1990 (aged 32)	6	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
	DF	Antonio Rüdiger	3 March 1993 (aged 29)	54	2	Real Madrid
	DF	Matthias Ginter	19 January 1994 (aged 28)	46	2	SC Freiburg
	DF	Niklas Süle	3 September 1995 (aged 27)	42	1	Borussia Dortmund
	DF	Thilo Kehrer	21 September 1996 (aged 26)	22	0	West Ham United
	DF	Lukas Klostermann	3 June 1996 (aged 26)	18	0	RB Leipzig
	DF	David Raum	22 April 1998 (aged 24)	11	0	RB Leipzig
	DF	Christian Günter	28 February 1993 (aged 29)	6	0	SC Freiburg
	DF	Nico Schlotterbeck	1 December 1999 (aged 22)	5	0	Borussia Dortmund
	DF	Armel Bella-Kotchap	11 December 2001 (aged 20)	1	0	Southampton
	MF	Joshua Kimmich	8 February 1995 (aged 27)	70	5	Bayern Munich
	MF	Mario Götze	3 June 1992 (aged 30)	63	17	Eintracht Frankfurt
	MF	İlkay Gündoğan	24 October 1990 (aged 32)	62	16	Manchester City
	MF	Leon Goretzka	6 February 1995 (aged 27)	44	14	Bayern Munich
	MF	Julian Brandt	2 May 1996 (aged 26)	38	3	Borussia Dortmund
	MF	Kai Havertz	11 June 1999 (aged 23)	30	10	Chelsea
	MF	Jamal Musiala	26 February 2003 (aged 19)	17	1	Bayern Munich
	MF	Jonas Hofmann	14 July 1992 (aged 30)	16	4	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	FW	Thomas Müller	13 September 1989 (aged 33)	118	44	Bayern Munich
	FW	Leroy Sané	11 January 1996 (aged 26)	47	11	Bayern Munich
	FW	Serge Gnabry	14 July 1995 (aged 27)	36	20	Bayern Munich
	FW	Karim Adeyemi	18 January 2002 (aged 20)	4	1	Borussia Dortmund
	FW	Niclas Füllkrug	9 February 1993 (aged 29)	0	0	Werder Bremen
	FW	Youssoufa Moukoko	20 November 2004 (aged 18)	0	0	Borussia Dortmund

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Unai Simón	11 June 1997 (age 25)	27	0	Athletic Bilbao
	GK	Kepa Arrizabalaga	3 October 1994 (age 28)	11	0	Chelsea
	GK	Robert Sánchez	18 November 1997 (age 24)	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
	GK	David Raya	15 September 1995 (age 27)	1	0	Brentford
	GK	David Soria	4 April 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Getafe
	DF	Sergio Ramos	30 March 1986 (age 36)	180	23	Paris Saint-Germain
	DF	Jordi Alba	21 March 1989 (age 33)	86	9	Barcelona
	DF	César Azpilicueta	28 August 1989 (age 33)	41	1	Chelsea
	DF	Dani Carvajal	11 January 1992 (age 30)	30	0	Real Madrid
	DF	Pau Torres	17 January 1997 (age 25)	21	1	Villarreal
	DF	Iñigo Martínez	17 May 1991 (age 31)	19	1	Athletic Bilbao
	DF	José Gayà	25 May 1995 (age 27)	18	3	Valencia
	DF	Eric García	1 September 2001 (age 21)	18	0	Barcelona
	DF	Aymeric Laporte	27 May 1994 (age 28)	15	1	Manchester City
	DF	Diego Llorente	16 August 1993 (age 29)	10	0	Leeds United
	DF	Marcos Alonso	28 December 1990 (age 31)	9	0	Barcelona
	DF	Hugo Guillamón	31 January 2000 (age 22)	3	1	Valencia
	DF	Alejandro Balde	18 October 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Barcelona
	DF	Arnau Martínez	25 April 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Girona
	MF	Sergio Busquets (captain)	16 July 1988 (age 34)	139	2	Barcelona
	MF	Koke	8 January 1992 (age 30)	67	0	Atlético Madrid
	MF	Thiago	11 April 1991 (age 31)	46	2	Liverpool
	MF	Rodri	22 June 1996 (age 26)	34	1	Manchester City
	MF	Marcos Llorente	30 January 1995 (age 27)	17	0	Atlético Madrid
	MF	Pedri	25 November 2002 (age 19)	14	0	Barcelona
	MF	Gavi	5 August 2004 (age 18)	12	1	Barcelona
	MF	Carlos Soler	2 January 1997 (age 25)	11	3	Paris Saint-Germain
	MF	Mikel Merino	22 June 1996 (age 26)	11	0	Real Sociedad
	MF	Sergi Roberto	7 February 1992 (age 30)	11	1	Barcelona
	MF	Sergio Canales	16 January 1991 (age 31)	10	1	Real Betis
	MF	Brais Méndez	7 January 1997 (age 25)	4	1	Real Sociedad
	MF	Oihan Sancet	25 April 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Athletic Bilbao
	FW	Álvaro Morata	23 October 1992 (age 30)	57	27	Atlético Madrid
	FW	Ferran Torres	29 February 2000 (age 22)	30	13	Barcelona
	FW	Marco Asensio	21 January 1996 (age 26)	29	1	Real Madrid
	FW	Rodrigo	6 March 1991 (age 31)	27	8	Leeds United
	FW	Pablo Sarabia	11 May 1992 (age 30)	24	9	Paris Saint-Germain
	FW	Dani Olmo	7 May 1998 (age 24)	24	4	RB Leipzig
	FW	Mikel Oyarzabal	21 April 1997 (age 25)	21	6	Real Sociedad
	FW	Iago Aspas	1 August 1987 (age 35)	18	6	Celta Vigo
	FW	Gerard Moreno	7 February 1992 (age 30)	17	5	Villarreal
	FW	Yeremy Pino	20 October 2002 (age 20)	6	1	Villarreal
	FW	Ansu Fati	31 October 2002 (age 20)	4	1	Barcelona
	FW	Nico Williams	12 July 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Athletic Bilbao
	FW	Borja Iglesias	17 January 1993 (age 29)	1	0	Real Betis

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Keylor Navas	15 December 1986 (age 35)	107	0	Paris Saint-Germain
	GK	Esteban Alvarado	28 April 1989 (age 33)	24	0	Herediano
	GK	Patrick Sequeira	1 March 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Lugo
	DF	Francisco Calvo	8 July 1992 (age 30)	75	8	Konyaspor
	DF	Bryan Oviedo	18 February 1990 (age 32)	74	2	Real Salt Lake
	DF	Óscar Duarte	3 June 1989 (age 33)	70	3	Al-Wehda
	DF	Kendall Waston	1 January 1988 (age 34)	61	7	Saprissa
	DF	Rónald Matarrita	9 July 1994 (age 28)	52	3	FC Cincinnati
	DF	Keysher Fuller	12 July 1994 (age 28)	29	2	Herediano
	DF	Juan Pablo Vargas	6 June 1995 (age 27)	11	1	Millonarios
	DF	Carlos Martínez	30 March 1999 (age 23)	5	0	San Carlos
	MF	Celso Borges	27 May 1988 (age 34)	154	27	Alajuelense
	MF	Bryan Ruiz (captain)	18 August 1985 (age 37)	144	29	Alajuelense
	MF	Yeltsin Tejeda	17 March 1992 (age 30)	73	0	Herediano
	MF	Gerson Torres	28 August 1997 (age 25)	13	1	Herediano
	MF	Jewison Bennette	15 June 2004 (age 18)	7	2	Sunderland
	MF	Daniel Chacón	11 April 2001 (age 21)	7	0	Colorado Rapids 2
	MF	Youstin Salas	17 June 1996 (age 26)	3	0	Saprissa
	MF	Roan Wilson	1 May 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Municipal Grecia
	MF	Brandon Aguilera	28 June 2003 (age 19)	2	0	Nottingham Forest
	MF	Douglas López	21 September 1998 (age 24)	1	0	Herediano
	MF	Anthony Hernández	11 October 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Puntarenas
	MF	Álvaro Zamora	9 March 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Saprissa
	FW	Joel Campbell	26 June 1992 (age 30)	118	25	León
	FW	Johan Venegas	27 November 1988 (age 33)	80	11	Alajuelense
	FW	Anthony Contreras	29 January 2000 (age 22)	8	2	Herediano

Japan World Cup Squad 2022

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Eiji Kawashima	20 March 1983 (age 39)	95	0	Strasbourg
2	DF	Miki Yamane	22 December 1993 (age 28)	14	2	Kawasaki Frontale
3	DF	Shōgo Taniguchi	15 July 1991 (age 31)	13	0	Kawasaki Frontale
4	DF	Kō Itakura	27 January 1997 (age 25)	12	1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
5	DF	Yūto Nagatomo	12 September 1986 (age 36)	137	4	FC Tokyo
6	MF	Wataru Endo	9 February 1993 (age 29)	43	2	VfB Stuttgart
7	MF	Gaku Shibasaki	28 May 1992 (age 30)	59	3	Leganés
8	MF	Ritsu Dōan	16 June 1998 (age 24)	28	3	SC Freiburg
9	MF	Kaoru Mitoma	20 May 1997 (age 25)	9	5	Brighton & Hove Albion
10	MF	Takumi Minamino	16 January 1995 (age 27)	43	17	Monaco
11	MF	Takefusa Kubo	4 June 2001 (age 21)	19	1	Real Sociedad
12	GK	Shūichi Gonda	3 March 1989 (age 33)	33	0	Shimizu S-Pulse
13	MF	Hidemasa Morita	10 May 1995 (age 27)	17	2	Sporting CP
14	MF	Junya Ito	9 March 1993 (age 29)	38	9	Reims
15	MF	Daichi Kamada	5 August 1996 (age 26)	21	6	Eintracht Frankfurt
16	DF	Takehiro Tomiyasu	5 November 1998 (age 24)	29	1	Arsenal
17	MF	Ao Tanaka	10 September 1998 (age 24)	14	2	Fortuna Düsseldorf
18	FW	Takuma Asano	10 November 1994 (age 27)	36	7	VfL Bochum
19	DF	Hiroki Sakai	12 April 1990 (age 32)	71	1	Urawa Red Diamonds
20	FW	Shūto Machino	30 September 1999 (age 23)	4	3	Shonan Bellmare
21	FW	Ayase Ueda	28 August 1998 (age 24)	10	0	Cercle Brugge
22	DF	Maya Yoshida (captain)	24 August 1988 (age 34)	121	12	Schalke 04
23	GK	Daniel Schmidt	3 February 1992 (age 30)	11	0	Sint-Truiden
24	MF	Yūki Sōma	25 February 1997 (age 25)	7	3	Nagoya Grampus
25	FW	Daizen Maeda	20 October 1997 (age 25)	8	1	Celtic
26	DF	Hiroki Itō	12 May 1999 (age 23)	5	0	VfB Stuttgart

World Cup 2022 - Group E Scores and Ranking - AI Based Predictions

1. Japan - 6 pts.

2. Spain - 4 pts.

3. Germany - 4 pts.

4. Costa Rica - 3 pts.

Spain 7-0 Costa Rica[D. Olmo(1), M Ascensio(1), F. Torres(2), Gavi(1), C. Soler(1), Morata(1)]

Germany 1-2 Japan [I. Guldogan(1), R. Doan(1), T. Asano(1)]

Spain 1-1 Germany [A. Morata(1), N. Fulkrug(1)]

Japan 0-1 Costa Rica [K Fuller(1)]

Costa Rica 2-4 Germany [Y. I. Tejo(1), M Neur(OG), Serge Gnabry(1), K. Havertz(1)]

Japan 2-1 Spain [Doan(1), Tanaka(1), Morata(1)]

Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia

The golden generation is looking rather old now, but Belgium still qualified undefeated from their group led by their prolific strikers Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard. The biggest doubts are at the back, where Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld will have a combined age of 69 by the time the World Cup begins. 

Morocco had looked perhaps the best attacking side in the group stage at the Cup of Nations and is led by  Hakim Ziyech who plays for Chelsea FC in the English Premier league.

Croatia benefited from a relatively straightforward qualifying group, but the runners-up of four years ago remain dangerous so long as Luka Modric defies age. Canada’s only previous appearance came in 1986, but this squad is an entirely different level, led by Alphonso Davies of Bayern Munich and Jonathan David of Lille.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Thibaut Courtois	11 May 1992 (aged 30)	96	0	Real Madrid
	GK	Simon Mignolet	6 March 1988 (aged 34)	35	0	Club Brugge
	GK	Koen Casteels	25 June 1992 (aged 30)	4	0	VfL Wolfsburg
	DF	Jan Vertonghen	24 April 1987 (aged 35)	141	9	Anderlecht
	DF	Toby Alderweireld	2 March 1989 (aged 33)	123	5	Antwerp
	DF	Thomas Meunier	12 September 1991 (aged 31)	58	8	Borussia Dortmund
	DF	Timothy Castagne	5 December 1995 (aged 26)	25	2	Leicester City
	DF	Arthur Theate	25 May 2000 (aged 22)	3	0	Rennes
	DF	Zeno Debast	24 October 2003 (aged 19)	2	0	Anderlecht
	DF	Wout Faes	3 April 1998 (aged 24)	1	0	Leicester City
	MF	Axel Witsel	12 January 1989 (aged 33)	126	12	Atlético Madrid
	MF	Kevin De Bruyne	28 June 1991 (aged 31)	93	25	Manchester City
	MF	Yannick Carrasco	4 September 1993 (aged 29)	59	8	Atlético Madrid
	MF	Youri Tielemans	7 May 1997 (aged 25)	54	5	Leicester City
	MF	Leander Dendoncker	15 April 1995 (aged 27)	29	1	Aston Villa
	MF	Hans Vanaken	24 August 1992 (aged 30)	22	5	Club Brugge
	MF	Leandro Trossard	4 December 1994 (aged 27)	21	5	Brighton & Hove Albion
	MF	Charles De Ketelaere	10 March 2001 (aged 21)	10	1	Milan
	MF	Amadou Onana	16 August 2001 (aged 21)	2	0	Everton
	FW	Eden Hazard (captain)	7 January 1991 (aged 31)	122	33	Real Madrid
	FW	Dries Mertens	6 May 1987 (aged 35)	106	21	Galatasaray
	FW	Romelu Lukaku	13 May 1993 (aged 29)	102	68	Internazionale
	FW	Michy Batshuayi	2 October 1993 (aged 29)	47	26	Fenerbahçe
	FW	Thorgan Hazard	29 March 1993 (aged 29)	45	9	Borussia Dortmund
	FW	Jérémy Doku	27 May 2002 (aged 20)	10	2	Rennes
	FW	Loïs Openda	16 February 2000 (aged 22)	4	1	Lens

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Dayne St. Clair	9 May 1997 (aged 25)	2	0	Minnesota United
2	DF	Alistair Johnston	8 October 1998 (aged 24)	29	1	CF Montréal
3	DF	Sam Adekugbe	16 January 1995 (aged 27)	33	1	Hatayspor
4	DF	Kamal Miller	16 May 1997 (aged 25)	28	0	CF Montréal
5	DF	Steven Vitória	11 January 1987 (aged 35)	34	3	Chaves
6	MF	Samuel Piette	12 November 1994 (aged 28)	65	0	CF Montréal
7	MF	Stephen Eustáquio	21 December 1996 (aged 25)	26	3	Porto
8	MF	Liam Fraser	13 February 1998 (aged 24)	15	0	Deinze
9	FW	Lucas Cavallini	28 December 1992 (aged 29)	33	17	Vancouver Whitecaps
10	FW	Junior Hoilett	5 June 1990 (aged 32)	49	14	Reading
11	FW	Tajon Buchanan	8 February 1999 (aged 23)	25	4	Club Brugge
12	FW	Iké Ugbo	21 September 1998 (aged 24)	8	0	Troyes
13	MF	Atiba Hutchinson (captain)	8 February 1983 (aged 39)	97	9	Beşiktaş
14	MF	Mark-Anthony Kaye	4 December 1994 (aged 27)	37	2	Toronto FC
15	MF	Ismaël Koné	6 June 2002 (aged 20)	5	1	CF Montréal
16	GK	James Pantemis	21 February 1997 (aged 25)	0	0	CF Montréal
17	FW	Cyle Larin	17 April 1995 (aged 27)	54	25	Club Brugge
18	GK	Milan Borjan	23 October 1987 (aged 35)	67	0	Red Star Belgrade
19	FW	Alphonso Davies	2 November 2000 (aged 22)	34	12	Bayern Munich
20	FW	Jonathan David	14 January 2000 (aged 22)	34	22	Lille
21	MF	Jonathan Osorio	12 June 1992 (aged 30)	56	7	Toronto FC
22	DF	Richie Laryea	7 January 1995 (aged 27)	33	1	Toronto FC
23	FW	Liam Millar	27 September 1999 (aged 23)	16	0	Basel
24	MF	David Wotherspoon	16 January 1990 (aged 32)	10	1	St Johnstone
25	DF	Derek Cornelius	25 November 1997 (aged 24)	14	0	Panetolikos
26	DF	Joel Waterman	24 January 1996 (aged 26)	1	0	CF Montréal

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Dominik Livaković	9 January 1995 (aged 27)	33	0	Dinamo Zagreb
	GK	Ivica Ivušić	1 February 1995 (aged 27)	5	0	Osijek
	GK	Ivo Grbić	18 January 1996 (aged 26)	2	0	Atlético Madrid
	DF	Domagoj Vida	29 April 1989 (aged 33)	99	4	AEK Athens
	DF	Dejan Lovren	5 July 1989 (aged 33)	71	5	Zenit Saint Petersburg
	DF	Borna Barišić	10 November 1992 (aged 30)	27	1	Rangers
	DF	Josip Juranović	16 August 1995 (aged 27)	21	0	Celtic
	DF	Joško Gvardiol	23 January 2002 (aged 20)	12	1	RB Leipzig
	DF	Borna Sosa	21 January 1998 (aged 24)	8	1	VfB Stuttgart
	DF	Josip Stanišić	2 April 2000 (aged 22)	6	0	Bayern Munich
	DF	Martin Erlić	24 January 1998 (aged 24)	3	0	Sassuolo
	DF	Josip Šutalo	28 February 2000 (aged 22)	3	0	Dinamo Zagreb
	MF	Luka Modrić (captain)	9 September 1985 (aged 37)	154	23	Real Madrid
	MF	Mateo Kovačić	6 May 1994 (aged 28)	83	3	Chelsea
	MF	Marcelo Brozović	16 November 1992 (aged 30)	76	7	Internazionale
	MF	Mario Pašalić	9 February 1995 (aged 27)	42	7	Atalanta
	MF	Nikola Vlašić	4 October 1997 (aged 25)	41	7	Torino
	MF	Lovro Majer	17 January 1998 (aged 24)	10	3	Rennes
	MF	Kristijan Jakić	14 May 1997 (aged 25)	4	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
	MF	Luka Sučić	8 September 2002 (aged 20)	3	0	Red Bull Salzburg
	FW	Ivan Perišić	2 February 1989 (aged 33)	115	32	Tottenham Hotspur
	FW	Andrej Kramarić	19 June 1991 (aged 31)	73	19	1899 Hoffenheim
	FW	Bruno Petković	16 September 1994 (aged 28)	22	6	Dinamo Zagreb
	FW	Mislav Oršić	29 December 1992 (aged 29)	20	1	Dinamo Zagreb
	FW	Ante Budimir	22 July 1991 (aged 31)	15	1	Osasuna
	FW	Marko Livaja	26 August 1993 (aged 29)	14	3	Hajduk Split

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Yassine Bounou	5 April 1991 (aged 31)	45	0	Sevilla
	GK	Munir Mohamedi	10 May 1989 (aged 33)	43	0	Al-Wehda
	GK	Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti	5 April 1996 (aged 26)	3	0	Wydad AC
	DF	Romain Saïss (captain)	26 March 1990 (aged 32)	65	1	Beşiktaş
	DF	Achraf Hakimi	4 November 1998 (aged 24)	53	8	Paris Saint-Germain
	DF	Nayef Aguerd	30 March 1996 (aged 26)	21	1	West Ham United
	DF	Noussair Mazraoui	14 November 1997 (aged 25)	14	2	Bayern Munich
	DF	Jawad El Yamiq	29 February 1992 (aged 30)	11	2	Valladolid
	DF	Achraf Dari	6 May 1999 (aged 23)	4	0	Brest
	DF	Badr Benoun	30 September 1993 (aged 29)	3	0	Qatar SC
	DF	Yahia Attiyat Allah	2 March 1995 (aged 27)	1	0	Wydad AC
	MF	Sofyan Amrabat	21 August 1996 (aged 26)	38	0	Fiorentina
	MF	Selim Amallah	15 November 1996 (aged 26)	23	4	Standard Liège
	MF	Amine Harit	18 June 1997 (aged 25)	16	0	Marseille
	MF	Ilias Chair	30 October 1997 (aged 25)	10	1	Queens Park Rangers
	MF	Azzedine Ounahi	19 April 2000 (aged 22)	9	2	Angers
	MF	Yahya Jabrane	18 June 1991 (aged 31)	4	0	Wydad AC
	MF	Abdelhamid Sabiri	28 November 1996 (aged 25)	2	1	Sampdoria
	MF	Bilal El Khannous	10 May 2004 (aged 18)	0	0	Genk
	FW	Youssef En-Nesyri	1 June 1997 (aged 25)	49	14	Sevilla
	FW	Hakim Ziyech	19 March 1993 (aged 29)	42	17	Chelsea
	FW	Sofiane Boufal	17 September 1993 (aged 29)	31	5	Angers
	FW	Abderrazak Hamdallah	17 December 1990 (aged 31)	17	6	Al-Ittihad
	FW	Zakaria Aboukhlal	18 February 2000 (aged 22)	12	2	Toulouse
	FW	Abde Ezzalzouli	17 December 2001 (aged 20)	2	0	Osasuna
	FW	Walid Cheddira	22 January 1998 (aged 24)	2	0	Bari

World Cup 2022 - Group F Scores and Ranking AI Based Predictions

1. Morocco - 7 pts.

2. Croatia- 5 pts. 

3. Belgium - 4 pts.

4. Canada - 0 pts.

Belgium 1-0 Canada [Batshuayi (1)]

Morocco 0-0 Croatia

Belgium 0-2 Morocco [R Saiss(1), Z Aboukhlal(1)]

Croatia 4-1 Canada [A. Kramaric(2), M. Livaja(1), L. Majer(1), Alphonso Davies(1)]

Canada 1-2 Morocco [H Ziyech(1), Y En-Nesyri(1)]

Croatia 0-0 Belgium

Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon

It is 20 years since Brazil were the last non-European winner of a World Cup and again they are one of perhaps two non-European sides who might realistically be considered capable of success. Passing unbeaten through Conmebol qualifying is a remarkable achievement and Tite is an impressive coach, but the last World Cup and the quarter-final exit against Belgium was a reminder of the dangers of depending too much on Neymar. Brazil attacking options is very exciting with Vinicius Junior, Rodrigo, Neymar  and Gabriel Jesus.

The group is perhaps best described as awkward rather than intimidating. Switzerland, now under Murat Yakin, are solid but over-reliant on Breel Embolo, while Dragan Stojkovic’s Serbia have attacking talent in Dusan Tadic, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Luka Jovic, but kept just one clean sheet in their eight qualifiers.

Cameroon rather scrambled through, thanks to the ancient magic that means they can never lose to Algeria, and Rigobert Song’s side lean heavily on the goals of Vincent Aboubakar and Eric Choupo Moting.

Brazil squad for the World Cup 2022

Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City), Weverton (Palmeiras)

Defenders: Dani Alves (UNAM), Danilo (Juventus), Alex Sandro (Juventus), Alex Telles (Sevilla), Bremer (Juventus), Eder Militao (Real Madrid), Marquinhos (PSG), Thiago Silva (Chelsea)

Midfielders: Casemiro (Manchester United), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fred (Manchester United), Lucas Paqueta (West Ham)

Forwards: Antony (Manchester United), Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Neymar (PSG), Pedro (Flamengo), Raphinha (Barcelona), Rodrygo (Real Madrid), Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid).

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Alisson	2 October 1992 (aged 30)	57	0	Liverpool
2	DF	Danilo	15 July 1991 (aged 31)	46	1	Juventus
3	DF	Thiago Silva (captain)	22 September 1984 (aged 38)	109	7	Chelsea
4	DF	Marquinhos	14 May 1994 (aged 28)	71	5	Paris Saint-Germain
5	MF	Casemiro	23 February 1992 (aged 30)	65	5	Manchester United
6	DF	Alex Sandro	26 January 1991 (aged 31)	37	2	Juventus
7	MF	Lucas Paquetá	27 August 1997 (aged 25)	35	7	West Ham United
8	MF	Fred	5 March 1993 (aged 29)	28	0	Manchester United
9	FW	Richarlison	10 May 1997 (aged 25)	38	17	Tottenham Hotspur
10	FW	Neymar	5 February 1992 (aged 30)	121	75	Paris Saint-Germain
11	FW	Raphinha	14 December 1996 (aged 25)	11	5	Barcelona
12	GK	Weverton	13 December 1987 (aged 34)	8	0	Palmeiras
13	DF	Dani Alves	6 May 1983 (aged 39)	124	8	UNAM
14	DF	Éder Militão	18 January 1998 (aged 24)	23	1	Real Madrid
15	MF	Fabinho	23 October 1993 (aged 29)	28	0	Liverpool
16	DF	Alex Telles	15 December 1992 (aged 29)	8	0	Sevilla
17	MF	Bruno Guimarães	16 November 1997 (aged 25)	8	1	Newcastle United
18	FW	Gabriel Jesus	3 April 1997 (aged 25)	56	19	Arsenal
19	FW	Antony	24 February 2000 (aged 22)	11	2	Manchester United
20	FW	Vinícius Júnior	12 July 2000 (aged 22)	16	1	Real Madrid
21	FW	Rodrygo	9 January 2001 (aged 21)	5	1	Real Madrid
22	MF	Éverton Ribeiro	10 April 1989 (aged 33)	21	3	Flamengo
23	GK	Ederson	17 August 1993 (aged 29)	18	0	Manchester City
24	DF	Bremer	18 March 1997 (aged 25)	1	0	Juventus
25	FW	Pedro	20 June 1997 (aged 25)	2	1	Flamengo
26	FW	Gabriel Martinelli	18 June 2001 (aged 21)	3	0	Arsenal

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	André Onana	2 April 1996 (age 26)	31	0	Inter Milan
	GK	Devis Epassy	2 February 1993 (age 29)	5	0	Abha
	GK	Simon Ngapandouetnbu	12 April 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Marseille
	DF	Nicolas Nkoulou	27 March 1990 (age 32)	76	2	Aris
	DF	Collins Fai	23 November 1992 (age 29)	50	0	Al-Tai
	DF	Nouhou Tolo	23 June 1997 (age 25)	16	0	Seattle Sounders
	DF	Jean-Charles Castelletto	26 January 1995 (age 27)	12	0	Nantes
	DF	Olivier Mbaizo	15 August 1997 (age 25)	11	0	Philadelphia Union
	DF	Enzo Ebosse	11 March 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Udinese
	DF	Christopher Wooh	18 September 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Rennes
	MF	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa	16 November 1995 (age 26)	42	5	Napoli
	MF	Pierre Kunde	26 July 1995 (age 27)	30	1	Olympiacos
	MF	Samuel Gouet	14 December 1997 (age 24)	21	0	Mechelen
	MF	Martin Hongla	16 March 1998 (age 24)	17	0	Hellas Verona
	MF	Gaël Ondoua	4 November 1995 (age 27)	3	0	Hannover 96
	MF	Olivier Ntcham	9 February 1996 (age 26)	2	0	Swansea City
	MF	Jerome Ngom Mbekeli	30 September 1998 (age 24)	0	0	APEJES de Mfou
	FW	Vincent Aboubakar (captain)	22 January 1992 (age 30)	88	33	Al-Nassr
	FW	Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	23 March 1989 (age 33)	68	18	Bayern Munich
	FW	Karl Toko Ekambi	14 September 1992 (age 30)	50	12	Lyon
	FW	Christian Bassogog	18 October 1995 (age 27)	42	7	Shanghai Shenhua
	FW	Jean-Pierre Nsame	1 May 1993 (age 29)	3	0	Young Boys
	FW	Bryan Mbeumo	7 August 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Brentford
	FW	Georges-Kévin Nkoudou	13 February 1995 (age 27)	1	0	Beşiktaş
	FW	Souaibou Marou	3 December 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Coton Sport

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Yann Sommer	17 December 1988 (age 33)	76	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	GK	Jonas Omlin	10 January 1994 (age 28)	4	0	Montpellier
	GK	Gregor Kobel	6 December 1997 (age 24)	3	0	Borussia Dortmund
	GK	Philipp Köhn	2 April 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Red Bull Salzburg
	DF	Ricardo Rodriguez	25 August 1992 (age 30)	100	9	Torino
	DF	Fabian Schär	20 December 1991 (age 30)	72	8	Newcastle United
	DF	Manuel Akanji	19 July 1995 (age 27)	42	1	Manchester City
	DF	Nico Elvedi	30 September 1996 (age 26)	40	1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	DF	Silvan Widmer	5 March 1993 (age 29)	33	2	Mainz 05
	DF	Eray Cömert	4 February 1998 (age 24)	9	0	Valencia
	MF	Xherdan Shaqiri	10 October 1991 (age 31)	108	26	Chicago Fire
	MF	Granit Xhaka (captain)	27 September 1992 (age 30)	106	12	Arsenal
	MF	Remo Freuler	15 April 1992 (age 30)	48	5	Nottingham Forest
	MF	Denis Zakaria	20 November 1996 (age 25)	42	3	Chelsea
	MF	Djibril Sow	6 February 1997 (age 25)	32	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
	MF	Renato Steffen	3 November 1991 (age 31)	27	1	Lugano
	MF	Edimilson Fernandes	15 April 1996 (age 26)	22	2	Mainz 05
	MF	Fabian Frei	8 January 1989 (age 33)	22	3	Basel
	MF	Michel Aebischer	6 January 1997 (age 25)	11	0	Bologna
	MF	Ardon Jashari	30 June 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Luzern
	MF	Fabian Rieder	16 February 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Young Boys
	FW	Haris Seferovic	22 February 1992 (age 30)	88	25	Galatasaray
	FW	Breel Embolo	14 February 1997 (age 25)	58	11	Monaco
	FW	Ruben Vargas	5 August 1998 (age 24)	26	4	FC Augsburg
	FW	Christian Fassnacht	11 November 1993 (age 28)	15	4	Young Boys
	FW	Noah Okafor	24 May 2000 (age 22)	8	2	Red Bull Salzburg

World Cup 2022 - Group G Scores and Ranking AI Based Predictions

1. Brazil - 9 pts.

2. Cameroon - 3 pts.

3. Switzerland - 3 pts.

4. Serbia - 3 pts.

Brazil 2-0 Serbia [Richardlison(2)]

Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon [Embolo(1)]

Brazil 1-0 Switzerland [Casemiro(1)]

Cameroon 3-3 Serbia [Casteletto(1), V Aboubakar(1), e Choupo Moting(1), Mitrovic(1), Pavlovic(1), S Milinkovic-Sa(1)]

Serbia 1-0Switzerland

Cameroon 0-1 Brazil

Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, Korea Republic

 

This is perhaps the hardest group to call. It feels as if there are more questions than answers about Portugal who, despite finishing behind Serbia in the group, qualified comfortably enough, beating Turkey and North Macedonia in the playoffs. But there are doubts over Fernando Santos’s cautious tactics and the best permutation of their array of attacking talent. Uruguay are resurgent, having won all four qualifiers since Diego Alonso replaced Óscar Tabárez, whose 15-year reign as coach eventually ran out of steam last year.

South Korea qualified convincingly under the former Portugal coach Paulo Bento, winning seven and drawing two of 10 third-phase qualifiers. Ghana were desperately poor at the Cup of Nations and topped their qualifying group thanks only to a highly debatable penalty against South Africa before beating Nigeria in their playoff on away goals. But the arrival of Otto Addo, initially as interim coach, brought calmness and resolve even in the cauldron of Abuja.

Portuguese national team players to make the difference at the 2022 World Cup

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Rui Patrício	15 February 1988 (age 34)	104	0	Roma
	GK	Anthony Lopes	1 October 1990 (age 32)	14	0	Lyon
	GK	Diogo Costa	19 September 1999 (age 23)	7	0	Porto
	GK	Rui Silva	7 February 1994 (age 28)	1	0	Real Betis
	GK	José Sá	17 January 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	DF	Pepe	26 February 1983 (age 39)	128	7	Porto
	DF	Danilo Pereira	9 September 1991 (age 31)	63	2	Paris Saint-Germain
	DF	Raphaël Guerreiro	22 December 1993 (age 28)	56	3	Borussia Dortmund
	DF	José Fonte	22 December 1983 (age 38)	50	1	Lille
	DF	Rúben Dias	14 May 1997 (age 25)	39	2	Manchester City
	DF	João Cancelo	27 May 1994 (age 28)	37	7	Manchester City
	DF	Cédric Soares	31 August 1991 (age 31)	34	1	Arsenal
	DF	Nélson Semedo	16 November 1993 (age 28)	24	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	DF	Nuno Mendes	19 June 2002 (age 20)	16	0	Paris Saint-Germain
	DF	Mário Rui	27 May 1991 (age 31)	12	0	Napoli
	DF	Diogo Dalot	18 March 1999 (age 23)	6	2	Manchester United
	DF	Domingos Duarte	10 March 1995 (age 27)	3	0	Getafe
	DF	Fábio Cardoso	19 April 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Porto
	DF	David Carmo	19 July 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Porto
	DF	Thierry Correia	9 March 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Valencia
	DF	Tiago Djaló	9 April 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Lille
	DF	Gonçalo Inácio	25 August 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Sporting CP
	DF	Diogo Leite	23 January 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Union Berlin
	DF	Nuno Santos	13 February 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Sporting CP
	DF	António Silva	30 October 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Benfica
	DF	Nuno Tavares	26 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Marseille
	MF	João Moutinho	8 September 1986 (age 36)	146	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	MF	William Carvalho	7 April 1992 (age 30)	75	5	Real Betis
	MF	Bernardo Silva	10 August 1994 (age 28)	72	8	Manchester City
	MF	João Mário	19 January 1993 (age 29)	52	2	Benfica
	MF	Bruno Fernandes	8 September 1994 (age 28)	48	9	Manchester United
	MF	Renato Sanches	18 August 1997 (age 25)	32	3	Paris Saint-Germain
	MF	Rúben Neves	13 March 1997 (age 25)	32	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	MF	João Palhinha	9 July 1995 (age 27)	15	2	Fulham
	MF	Sérgio Oliveira	2 June 1992 (age 30)	13	0	Galatasaray
	MF	Matheus Nunes	27 August 1998 (age 24)	9	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	MF	Otávio	9 February 1995 (age 27)	7	2	Porto
	MF	Vitinha	13 February 2000 (age 22)	4	0	Paris Saint-Germain
	MF	Fábio Carvalho	30 August 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Liverpool
	MF	Florentino Luís	19 August 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Benfica
	MF	Fábio Vieira	30 May 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Arsenal
	FW	Cristiano Ronaldo (captain)	5 February 1985 (age 37)	191	117	Manchester United
	FW	André Silva	6 November 1995 (age 27)	51	19	RB Leipzig
	FW	Gonçalo Guedes	29 November 1996 (age 25)	32	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	FW	João Félix	10 November 1999 (age 22)	23	3	Atlético Madrid
	FW	Rafael Leão	10 June 1999 (age 23)	11	0	Milan
	FW	Francisco Trincão	29 December 1999 (age 22)	7	0	Sporting CP
	FW	Ricardo Horta	15 September 1994 (age 28)	5	1	Braga
	FW	Paulinho	9 November 1992 (age 30)	3	2	Sporting CP
	FW	Pedro Gonçalves	28 June 1998 (age 24)	2	0	Sporting CP
	FW	Daniel Podence	21 October 1995 (age 27)	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	FW	Beto	31 January 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Udinese
	FW	Jota	30 March 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Celtic
	FW	Gonçalo Ramos	20 June 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Benfica
	FW	Vitinha	15 March 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Braga

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Kim Seung-gyu	30 September 1990 (aged 32)	67	0	Al-Shabab
	GK	Jo Hyeon-woo	25 September 1991 (aged 31)	22	0	Ulsan Hyundai
	GK	Song Bum-keun	15 October 1997 (aged 25)	1	0	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	DF	Kim Young-gwon	27 February 1990 (aged 32)	96	6	Ulsan Hyundai
	DF	Kim Jin-su	13 June 1992 (aged 30)	61	2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	DF	Hong Chul	17 September 1990 (aged 32)	46	1	Daegu FC
	DF	Kim Min-jae	15 November 1996 (aged 26)	44	3	Napoli
	DF	Kwon Kyung-won	31 January 1992 (aged 30)	28	2	Gamba Osaka
	DF	Kim Moon-hwan	1 August 1995 (aged 27)	22	0	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	DF	Kim Tae-hwan	24 July 1989 (aged 33)	19	0	Ulsan Hyundai
	DF	Cho Yu-min	17 November 1996 (aged 26)	4	0	Daejeon Hana Citizen
	DF	Yoon Jong-gyu	20 March 1998 (aged 24)	4	0	FC Seoul
	MF	Son Heung-min (captain)	8 July 1992 (aged 30)	104	35	Tottenham Hotspur
	MF	Jung Woo-young	14 December 1989 (aged 32)	66	3	Al-Sadd
	MF	Lee Jae-sung	10 August 1992 (aged 30)	64	9	Mainz 05
	MF	Hwang Hee-chan	26 January 1996 (aged 26)	49	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	MF	Kwon Chang-hoon	30 June 1994 (aged 28)	42	12	Gimcheon Sangmu
	MF	Hwang In-beom	20 September 1996 (aged 26)	37	4	Olympiacos
	MF	Na Sang-ho	12 August 1996 (aged 26)	24	2	FC Seoul
	MF	Son Jun-ho	12 May 1992 (aged 30)	15	0	Shandong Taishan
	MF	Paik Seung-ho	17 March 1997 (aged 25)	14	2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	MF	Song Min-kyu	12 September 1999 (aged 23)	13	1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	MF	Jeong Woo-yeong	20 September 1999 (aged 23)	9	2	SC Freiburg
	MF	Lee Kang-in	19 February 2001 (aged 21)	6	0	Mallorca
	FW	Hwang Ui-jo	28 August 1992 (aged 30)	49	16	Olympiacos
	FW	Cho Gue-sung	25 January 1998 (aged 24)	16	4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Richard Ofori	1 November 1993 (age 29)	24	0	Orlando Pirates
	GK	Joe Wollacott	8 September 1996 (age 26)	11	0	Charlton Athletic
	GK	Lawrence Ati-Zigi	26 November 1996 (age 25)	10	0	St. Gallen
	GK	Abdul Manaf Nurudeen	8 February 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Eupen
	GK	Ibrahim Danlad	2 December 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Asante Kotoko
	DF	Jonathan Mensah	13 July 1990 (age 32)	69	1	Columbus Crew
	DF	Baba Rahman	2 July 1994 (age 28)	47	1	Reading
	DF	Daniel Amartey	1 December 1994 (age 27)	43	0	Leicester City
	DF	Andy Yiadom	2 December 1991 (age 30)	26	0	Reading
	DF	Alexander Djiku	9 August 1994 (age 28)	18	1	Strasbourg
	DF	Kasim Nuhu	22 June 1995 (age 27)	11	1	Basel
	DF	Joseph Aidoo	29 September 1995 (age 27)	10	0	Celta Vigo
	DF	Gideon Mensah	18 July 1998 (age 24)	10	0	Bordeaux
	DF	Denis Odoi	27 May 1988 (age 34)	4	0	Club Brugge
	DF	Alidu Seidu	25 February 1996 (age 26)	2	0	Clermont
	DF	Mohammed Salisu	17 April 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Southampton
	DF	Tariq Lamptey	30 September 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
	DF	Dennis Nkrumah-Korsah	25 February 1996 (age 26)	0	0	Hearts of Oak
	DF	Patrick Kpozo	15 July 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Sheriff Tiraspol
	DF	Abdul Mumin	6 June 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Rayo Vallecano
	DF	Stephan Ambrosius	18 December 1998 (age 23)	0	0	Karlsruher SC
	DF	Ibrahim Imoro	2 October 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Al-Hilal Omdurman
	MF	André Ayew	17 December 1989 (age 32)	107	23	Al-Sadd
	MF	Mubarak Wakaso	25 July 1990 (age 32)	70	13	Eupen
	MF	Thomas Partey	13 June 1993 (age 29)	40	14	Arsenal
	MF	Jeffrey Schlupp	23 December 1992 (age 29)	20	1	Crystal Palace
	MF	Iddrisu Baba	22 January 1996 (age 26)	18	0	Mallorca
	MF	Mohammed Kudus	2 August 2000 (age 22)	16	4	Ajax
	MF	Daniel-Kofi Kyereh	8 March 1996 (age 26)	12	0	SC Freiburg
	MF	Edmund Addo	17 May 2000 (age 22)	8	0	Sheriff Tiraspol
	MF	Joseph Paintsil	1 February 1998 (age 24)	5	0	Genk
	MF	Majeed Ashimeru	10 October 1997 (age 25)	2	0	Anderlecht
	MF	Elisha Owusu	7 November 1997 (age 25)	2	0	Gent
	MF	Daniel Afriyie	26 June 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Hearts of Oak
	MF	Salifu Mudasiru	1 April 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Sheriff Tiraspol
	MF	Salis Abdul Samed	26 March 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Lens
	FW	Jordan Ayew	11 September 1991 (age 31)	82	20	Crystal Palace
	FW	Richmond Boakye	28 January 1993 (age 29)	19	7	Lamia
	FW	Samuel Owusu	28 March 1996 (age 26)	17	1	Čukarički
	FW	Caleb Ekuban	23 March 1994 (age 28)	13	3	Genoa
	FW	Kamaldeen Sulemana	15 February 2002 (age 20)	11	0	Rennes
	FW	Abdul Fatawu Issahaku	8 March 2004 (age 18)	11	0	Sporting CP
	FW	Joel Fameyeh	14 May 1997 (age 25)	6	2	Rubin Kazan
	FW	Felix Afena-Gyan	19 January 2003 (age 19)	6	1	Cremonese
	FW	Kwasi Okyere Wriedt	10 July 1994 (age 28)	6	0	Holstein Kiel
	FW	Osman Bukari	13 December 1998 (age 23)	5	1	Red Star Belgrade
	FW	Yaw Yeboah	28 March 1997 (age 25)	4	0	Columbus Crew
	FW	Emmanuel Gyasi	11 January 1994 (age 28)	3	0	Spezia
	FW	Christopher Antwi-Adjei	7 February 1994 (age 28)	3	0	VfL Bochum
	FW	Iñaki Williams	15 June 1994 (age 28)	1	0	Athletic Bilbao
	FW	Antoine Semenyo	7 January 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Bristol City
	FW	Mohammed Dauda	20 February 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Tenerife
	FW	Kamal Sowah	9 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Club Brugge
	FW	Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer	13 September 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Hamburger SV
	FW	Ernest Nuamah	1 November 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Nordsjælland

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Fernando Muslera	16 June 1986 (age 36)	133	0	Galatasaray
	GK	Sergio Rochet	23 March 1993 (age 29)	8	0	Nacional
	GK	Sebastián Sosa	19 August 1986 (age 36)	1	0	Independiente
	GK	Guillermo de Amores	19 October 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Lanús
	GK	Santiago Mele	6 September 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Unión
	GK	Gastón Olveira	21 April 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Olimpia
	DF	Diego Godín (captain)	16 February 1986 (age 36)	159	8	Vélez Sarsfield
	DF	Martín Cáceres	7 April 1987 (age 35)	115	4	LA Galaxy
	DF	José Giménez	20 January 1995 (age 27)	78	8	Atlético Madrid
	DF	Sebastián Coates	7 October 1990 (age 32)	47	1	Sporting CP
	DF	Matías Viña	9 November 1997 (age 25)	26	0	Roma
	DF	Giovanni González	20 September 1994 (age 28)	16	0	Mallorca
	DF	Ronald Araújo	7 March 1999 (age 23)	12	0	Barcelona
	DF	Guillermo Varela	24 March 1993 (age 29)	9	0	Flamengo
	DF	Mathías Olivera	31 October 1997 (age 25)	8	0	Napoli
	DF	Joaquín Piquerez	24 August 1998 (age 24)	7	0	Palmeiras
	DF	Damián Suárez	27 April 1988 (age 34)	7	0	Getafe
	DF	Sebastián Cáceres	18 August 1999 (age 23)	2	0	América
	DF	Bruno Méndez	10 September 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Corinthians
	DF	Agustín Rogel	17 October 1997 (age 25)	1	0	Hertha BSC
	DF	Gastón Álvarez	24 March 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Getafe
	DF	Santiago Bueno	9 November 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Girona
	DF	Leandro Cabrera	17 June 1991 (age 31)	0	0	Espanyol
	DF	Alfonso Espino	5 January 1992 (age 30)	0	0	Cádiz
	DF	Lucas Olaza	21 July 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Valladolid
	DF	Federico Pereira	24 February 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Liverpool Montevideo
	DF	José Luis Rodríguez	14 March 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Nacional
	MF	Matías Vecino	24 August 1991 (age 31)	62	4	Lazio
	MF	Rodrigo Bentancur	25 June 1997 (age 25)	51	1	Tottenham Hotspur
	MF	Federico Valverde	22 July 1998 (age 24)	44	4	Real Madrid
	MF	Giorgian de Arrascaeta	1 June 1994 (age 28)	40	8	Flamengo
	MF	Lucas Torreira	11 February 1996 (age 26)	40	0	Galatasaray
	MF	Nicolás de la Cruz	1 June 1997 (age 25)	17	2	River Plate
	MF	Mauro Arambarri	30 September 1995 (age 27)	12	0	Getafe
	MF	Fernando Gorriarán	27 November 1994 (age 27)	7	0	Santos Laguna
	MF	Manuel Ugarte	11 April 2001 (age 21)	6	0	Sporting CP
	MF	César Araújo	2 April 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Orlando City
	MF	Maximiliano Araújo	15 February 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Puebla
	MF	Felipe Carballo	4 October 1996 (age 26)	0	0	Nacional
	MF	Fabricio Díaz	3 February 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Liverpool Montevideo
	FW	Luis Suárez	24 January 1987 (age 35)	134	68	Nacional
	FW	Edinson Cavani	14 February 1987 (age 35)	133	58	Valencia
	FW	Jonathan Rodríguez	6 July 1993 (age 29)	29	3	América
	FW	Maxi Gómez	14 August 1996 (age 26)	27	4	Trabzonspor
	FW	Darwin Núñez	24 June 1999 (age 23)	13	3	Liverpool
	FW	Facundo Torres	13 April 2000 (age 22)	10	0	Orlando City
	FW	Facundo Pellistri	20 December 2001 (age 20)	7	0	Manchester United
	FW	Agustín Álvarez Martínez	19 May 2001 (age 21)	4	1	Sassuolo
	FW	Diego Rossi	5 March 1998 (age 24)	4	1	Fenerbahçe
	FW	Agustín Canobbio	1 October 1998 (age 24)	3	0	Athletico Paranaense
	FW	David Terans	11 June 1994 (age 28)	2	0	Athletico Paranaense
	FW	Brian Ocampo	25 June 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Cádiz
	FW	Martín Satriano	20 February 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Empoli
	FW	Thiago Borbas	7 April 2002 (age 20)	0	0	River Plate Montevideo
	FW	Nicolás López	1 October 1993 (age 29)	0	0	UANL

World Cup 2022 - Group H Scores and Ranking AI Based Predictions

1. Portugal - 7 pts.

2. Ghana - 6 pts,

3. South Korea - 4 pts.

4. Uruguay - 1 pts.

Portugal 3-2 Ghana [C. Ronaldo(1), A Ayew(1), O. Bukari(1)]

Uruguay 0-0 South Korea

Portugal 2-0 Uruguay [B Fernandes(2)]

South Korea 2-3 Ghana [Cho Gue-Sung(2), M Salisu(1), M Kudus(2)]

Ghana 1-0 Uruguay

South Korea 0-1 Portugal

 

Group Stage results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇳🇱 Netherlands	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
🇸🇳 Senegal	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
🇪🇨 Ecuador	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
🇶🇦 Qatar	3	0	0	3	1	7	-6	0

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7
🇺🇸 United States	3	1	2	0	2	1	1	5
🇮🇷 Iran	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇵🇱 Poland	2	1	1	0	0	0	+2	4
🇦🇷 Argentina	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	3
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1	3
🇲🇽 Mexico	2	0	1	0	0	0	-2	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇫🇷 France	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
🇦🇺 Australia	3	2	0	1	3	4	-1	6
🇹🇳 Tunisia	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
🇩🇰 Denmark	3	0	1	2	1	2	-1	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇯🇵 Japan	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	6
🇪🇸 Spain	3	1	1	1	9	3	+6	4
🇩🇪 Germany	3	1	1	1	6	5	-1	4
🇨🇷 Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	3	11	-8	3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇲🇦 Morocco	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
🇭🇷 Croatia	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
🇧🇪 Belgium	3	1	1	1	1	2	-1	4
🇨🇦 Canada	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇧🇷 Brazil	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
🇨🇭 Switzerland	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
🇨🇲 Cameroon	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
🇷🇸 Serbia	3	0	1	2	5	8	-3	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇵🇹 Portugal	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
🇰🇷 South Korea	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
🇺🇾 Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
🇬🇭 Ghana	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2	3

World Cup 2022 2nd round (last 16 - knock off round) scores

Match number	Kickoff	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Match 49	03/12/2022 16:00	🇳🇱 Netherlands	🇺🇸 United States	3-1
Match 50	03/12/2022 20:00	🇦🇷 Argentina	🇦🇺 Australia	2-1
Match 51	04/12/2022 16:00	🇫🇷 France	🇵🇱 Poland	3-1
Match 52	04/12/2022 20:00	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	🇸🇳 Senegal	3-0
Match 53	05/12/2022 16:00	🇯🇵 Japan	🇭🇷 Croatia	1-1 1-3 after penalties
Match 54	05/12/2022 20:00	🇧🇷 Brazil	🇰🇷 South Korea	4-1
Match 55	06/12/2022 16:00	🇲🇦 Morocco	🇪🇸 Spain	0-0 3-1 after penalties
Match 56	06/12/2022 20:00	🇵🇹 Portugal	🇨🇭 Switzerland

Netherland 3- USA 1 [M. Depay(1), D. Dumphries(1), D. Blind(1), H Wright(1)]

Argentina vs Australia [L. Messi(1), J. Alvarez(1), E. Fernandez (o.g 1)]

France 3 1 Poland[K. Mbappe(2),  Giroud(1), Lewandowsky(1)]

England 3-0 Senegal [J. Henderson(1), H. Kane(1), b. Saka(1)] 

Japan 1-1 Croatia  1-3 after penalties [D. Maeda(1), Ivan Perisic(1)]

Brazil 4-1 South Korea [Vini Junior(1), Neymar(1), Richardlison(1), L. Paqueta(1), P. Seung-Ho(1)]

Morocco 0- 0 Spain 3-1 after penalties []

Portugal 6-1 Switzerland [G. Ramos(3), Pepe(1)Guerreiro(1), R. Leao(1), Akanji(1)]

World Cup 2022 bracket after Round of 16

Match number	Kickoff	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Match 57	09/12/2022 16:00	🇭🇷 Croatia	🇧🇷 Brazil	1-1 (Croatian wins 4-2 after penalties)
Match 58	09/12/2022 20:00	🇳🇱 Netherlands	🇦🇷 Argentina	2-2 (Argentina wins after penalties)
Match 59	10/12/2022 16:00	Portugal	Morocco	0-1
Match 60	10/12/2022 20:00	🇫🇷 France	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2-1

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Match number	Kickoff	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Match 61	13/12/2022 20:00	Argentina	Croatia	3-0
Match 62	14/12/2022 20:00	France	Morocco	2-0

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Match number	Kickoff	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Match 63	17/12/2022 16:00	Croatia	Morocco	1-3

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Match number	Kickoff	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Match 64	18/12/2022 16:00	Argentina	France

FIFA World Cup 2022 Unofficial Guide Book - World Cup 2022 Bible and Quran

 

Access it here or via the video below:

How the World Cup Works?

The FIFA World Cup is the biggest tournament in world football. Every four years, 32 teams from across the world travel to a host nation to compete.
These 32 teams are selected through each confederation's qualification round;
- 13 from Europe,
- 5 from Africa,
- 3 or 4* from North, Central America and the Caribbean,
- 4 or 5* from Asia,
- 4 or 5* from South America,
- 0 or 1* from Oceania
- and one spot for the hosts.
*(there is an intercontinental playoff for these spots)

For the tournament, the 32 teams are split into 8 groups made up of 4 teams each.
These 4 teams play each other once. Points are awarded per result;
3 for a win, 1 for a draw and 0 for a loss.
The top 2 teams in terms of points advance to the knockout rounds*.

*(in case of a tie, there are tie breaking statistics, the most common being goal differential which is the number of goals scored minus the number of goals conceded. In a tie the team with the higher GA goes through)

The 16 teams that make it out enter a single elimination knockout round, with extra time then penalty shootouts to decide a winner, if needed.
The round of 16 is followed by Quarter Finals, Semi Finals, a third place match, and then the Final; the winner of which is crowned champion.

Which teams have been drawn into the Group of Death for Qatar 2022?

Group A: Qatar, Ecuador, Senegal, Netherlands

This group is headlined by two traditional powerhouses in Netherlands and Senegal. Senegal  is led by striker Sadio Mane, who is always a threat to score. Netherland, meanwhile, will be looking to rebound after missing the 2018 World Cup. They will be led by striker Memphis Depay, midfielders Denzel Dumphries and Frenkie De Jong, who will be looking to establish themselves on the world stage. Qatar and  Ecuador round out the group and will be fighting for a spot in the knockout stage.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Jasper Cillessen	22 April 1989 (age 33)	63	0	NEC
	GK	Justin Bijlow	22 January 1998 (age 24)	6	0	Feyenoord
	GK	Mark Flekken	13 June 1993 (age 29)	4	0	SC Freiburg
	GK	Remko Pasveer	8 November 1983 (age 39)	2	0	Ajax
	GK	Andries Noppert	7 April 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Heerenveen
	DF	Daley Blind	9 March 1990 (age 32)	94	2	Ajax
	DF	Stefan de Vrij	5 February 1992 (age 30)	59	3	Internazionale
	DF	Virgil van Dijk (captain)	8 July 1991 (age 31)	49	6	Liverpool
	DF	Matthijs de Ligt	12 August 1999 (age 23)	38	2	Bayern Munich
	DF	Denzel Dumfries	18 April 1996 (age 26)	37	5	Internazionale
	DF	Nathan Aké	18 February 1995 (age 27)	29	3	Manchester City
	DF	Jurriën Timber	17 June 2001 (age 21)	10	0	Ajax
	DF	Tyrell Malacia	17 September 1999 (age 23)	6	0	Manchester United
	DF	Devyne Rensch	18 January 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Ajax
	DF	Mitchel Bakker	20 June 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Bayer Leverkusen
	DF	Sven Botman	12 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Newcastle United
	DF	Jeremie Frimpong	10 December 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Bayer Leverkusen
	DF	Pascal Struijk	11 August 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Leeds United
	DF	Micky van de Ven	19 April 2001 (age 21)	0	0	VfL Wolfsburg
	MF	Frenkie de Jong	12 May 1997 (age 25)	45	1	Barcelona
	MF	Steven Berghuis	19 December 1991 (age 30)	39	2	Ajax
	MF	Davy Klaassen	21 February 1993 (age 29)	35	9	Ajax
	MF	Marten de Roon	29 March 1991 (age 31)	30	0	Atalanta
	MF	Jordy Clasie	27 June 1991 (age 31)	17	0	AZ
	MF	Ryan Gravenberch	16 May 2002 (age 20)	11	1	Bayern Munich
	MF	Teun Koopmeiners	28 February 1998 (age 24)	10	1	Atalanta
	MF	Guus Til	22 December 1997 (age 24)	5	1	PSV Eindhoven
	MF	Kenneth Taylor	16 May 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Ajax
	MF	Xavi Simons	21 April 2003 (age 19)	0	0	PSV Eindhoven
	FW	Memphis Depay	13 February 1994 (age 28)	81	42	Barcelona
	FW	Luuk de Jong	27 August 1990 (age 32)	38	8	PSV Eindhoven
	FW	Steven Bergwijn	8 October 1997 (age 25)	24	7	Ajax
	FW	Vincent Janssen	15 June 1994 (age 28)	20	7	Antwerp
	FW	Donyell Malen	19 January 1999 (age 23)	19	4	Borussia Dortmund
	FW	Wout Weghorst	7 August 1992 (age 30)	15	3	Beşiktaş
	FW	Cody Gakpo	7 May 1999 (age 23)	9	3	PSV Eindhoven
	FW	Arnaut Danjuma	31 January 1997 (age 25)	6	2	Villarreal
	FW	Noa Lang	17 June 1999 (age 23)	5	1	Club Brugge
	FW	Brian Brobbey	1 February 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Ajax

 

Coach: Aliou Cissé

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Édouard Mendy	1 March 1992 (aged 30)	25	0	Chelsea
	GK	Alfred Gomis	5 September 1993 (aged 29)	14	0	Rennes
	GK	Seny Dieng	23 November 1994 (aged 27)	3	0	Queens Park Rangers
	DF	Kalidou Koulibaly (captain)	20 June 1991 (aged 31)	63	0	Chelsea
	DF	Youssouf Sabaly	5 March 1993 (aged 29)	24	0	Real Betis
	DF	Abdou Diallo	4 May 1996 (aged 26)	18	2	RB Leipzig
	DF	Fodé Ballo-Touré	3 January 1997 (aged 25)	14	0	Milan
	DF	Pape Abou Cissé	14 September 1995 (aged 27)	12	1	Olympiacos
	DF	Ismail Jakobs	17 August 1999 (aged 23)	1	0	Monaco
	DF	Formose Mendy	2 January 2001 (aged 21)	1	0	Amiens
	MF	Idrissa Gueye	26 September 1989 (aged 33)	95	7	Everton
	MF	Cheikhou Kouyaté	21 December 1989 (aged 32)	82	4	Nottingham Forest
	MF	Krépin Diatta	25 February 1999 (aged 23)	25	2	Monaco
	MF	Nampalys Mendy	23 June 1992 (aged 30)	18	0	Leicester City
	MF	Pape Gueye	24 January 1999 (aged 23)	11	0	Marseille
	MF	Pape Matar Sarr	14 September 2002 (aged 20)	8	0	Tottenham Hotspur
	MF	Moustapha Name	5 May 1995 (aged 27)	6	0	Pafos
	MF	Mamadou Loum	30 December 1996 (aged 25)	3	0	Reading
	MF	Pathé Ciss	16 March 1994 (aged 28)	1	0	Rayo Vallecano
	FW	Sadio Mané	10 April 1992 (aged 30)	92	34	Bayern Munich
	FW	Ismaïla Sarr	25 February 1998 (aged 24)	47	10	Watford
	FW	Famara Diédhiou	15 December 1992 (aged 29)	24	10	Alanyaspor
	FW	Boulaye Dia	16 November 1996 (aged 26)	18	3	Salernitana
	FW	Bamba Dieng	23 March 2000 (aged 22)	12	2	Marseille
	FW	Iliman Ndiaye	6 March 2000 (aged 22)	1	0	Sheffield United
	FW	Nicolas Jackson	20 June 2001 (aged 21)	0	0	Villarreal

Coach:  Gustavo Alfaro

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Hernán Galíndez	30 March 1987 (aged 35)	12	0	Aucas
2	DF	Félix Torres	11 January 1997 (aged 25)	17	2	Santos Laguna
3	DF	Piero Hincapié	9 January 2002 (aged 20)	21	1	Bayer Leverkusen
4	DF	Robert Arboleda	22 October 1991 (aged 31)	33	2	São Paulo
5	MF	José Cifuentes	12 March 1999 (aged 23)	11	0	Los Angeles FC
6	DF	William Pacho	16 October 2001 (aged 21)	0	0	Antwerp
7	DF	Pervis Estupiñán	21 January 1998 (aged 24)	28	3	Brighton & Hove Albion
8	MF	Carlos Gruezo	19 April 1995 (aged 27)	45	1	FC Augsburg
9	MF	Ayrton Preciado	17 July 1994 (aged 28)	25	3	Santos Laguna
10	MF	Romario Ibarra	24 September 1994 (aged 28)	25	3	Pachuca
11	FW	Michael Estrada	7 April 1996 (aged 26)	35	8	Cruz Azul
12	GK	Moisés Ramírez	9 September 2000 (aged 22)	2	0	Independiente del Valle
13	FW	Enner Valencia (captain)	4 November 1989 (aged 33)	74	35	Fenerbahçe
14	DF	Xavier Arreaga	28 September 1994 (aged 28)	18	1	Seattle Sounders FC
15	MF	Ángel Mena	21 January 1988 (aged 34)	46	7	León
16	MF	Jeremy Sarmiento	16 June 2002 (aged 20)	9	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
17	DF	Ángelo Preciado	18 February 1998 (aged 24)	25	0	Genk
18	DF	Diego Palacios	12 July 1999 (aged 23)	12	0	Los Angeles FC
19	MF	Gonzalo Plata	1 November 2000 (aged 22)	30	5	Valladolid
20	MF	Sebas Méndez	26 April 1997 (aged 25)	32	0	Los Angeles FC
21	MF	Alan Franco	21 August 1998 (aged 24)	25	1	Talleres
22	GK	Alexander Domínguez	5 June 1987 (aged 35)	68	0	LDU Quito
23	MF	Moisés Caicedo	2 November 2001 (aged 21)	25	2	Brighton & Hove Albion
24	FW	Djorkaeff Reasco	18 January 1999 (aged 23)	4	0	Newell's Old Boys
25	DF	Jackson Porozo	4 August 2000 (aged 22)	5	0	Troyes
26	FW	Kevin Rodríguez	4 March 2000 (aged 22)	1	0	Imbabura

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Saad Al Sheeb	19 February 1990 (age 32)	75	0	Al-Sadd
	GK	Meshaal Barsham	14 February 1998 (age 24)	13	0	Al-Sadd
	GK	Yousef Hassan	24 May 1996 (age 26)	7	0	Al-Gharafa
	GK	Salah Zakaria	24 April 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Al-Duhail
	DF	Abdelkarim Hassan	28 August 1993 (age 29)	125	15	Al-Sadd
	DF	Boualem Khoukhi	7 September 1990 (age 32)	100	20	Al-Sadd
	DF	Ró-Ró	6 August 1990 (age 32)	79	1	Al-Sadd
	DF	Tarek Salman	5 December 1997 (age 24)	58	0	Al-Sadd
	DF	Bassam Al-Rawi	16 December 1997 (age 24)	53	2	Al-Duhail
	DF	Musab Kheder	26 September 1993 (age 29)	29	0	Al-Sadd
	DF	Homam Ahmed	25 August 1999 (age 23)	27	2	Al-Gharafa
	DF	Mohammed Emad	27 February 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Al-Wakrah
	DF	Jassem Gaber	20 February 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Al-Arabi
	MF	Karim Boudiaf	16 September 1990 (age 32)	111	5	Al-Duhail
	MF	Abdulaziz Hatem	28 October 1990 (age 32)	98	11	Al-Rayyan
	MF	Ali Assadalla	19 January 1993 (age 29)	58	12	Al-Sadd
	MF	Mohammed Waad	18 September 1999 (age 23)	20	0	Al-Sadd
	MF	Abdelrahman Moustafa	5 April 1997 (age 25)	4	0	Al-Duhail
	MF	Osama Al-Tairi	16 June 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Al-Rayyan
	MF	Ahmed Fadhel	7 April 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Al-Wakrah
	MF	Mostafa Tarek	28 March 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Al-Sadd
	FW	Hassan Al-Haydos (captain)	11 December 1990 (age 31)	165	34	Al-Sadd
	FW	Akram Afif	18 November 1996 (age 25)	86	26	Al-Sadd
	FW	Almoez Ali	19 August 1996 (age 26)	76	39	Al-Duhail
	FW	Ismaeel Mohammad	5 April 1990 (age 32)	68	4	Al-Duhail
	FW	Mohammed Muntari	20 December 1993 (age 28)	47	13	Al-Duhail
	FW	Ahmed Alaaeldin	31 January 1993 (age 29)	46	1	Al-Gharafa
	FW	Yusuf Abdurisag	6 August 1999 (age 23)	7	1	Al-Sadd
	FW	Khalid Muneer	24 February 1998 (aged 23)	2	0	Al-Wakrah
	FW	Naif Al-Hadhrami	18 July 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Al-Rayyan

World Cup 2022  -  GROUP A Scores and Ranking Predictions with AI

1. Netherlands - 7 pts.

2. Senegal - 6 pts.

3. Ecuador - 4 pts.

4. Qatar - 0 pt.

Qatar 0-2 Ecuador [Ener Valencia Brace: 2 goals]

Senegal 0-2 Netherlands [Cody Gakpo(1) and Klassen(1)]

Qatar 1-3 Senegal [Muntari(1), B Dia(1), B Dieng(1)]

Netherlands 1-1 Ecuador [Gakpo(1), E. Valencia(1)]

Ecuador 1-2 Senegal [Caidedo(1), Sarr(1), Koulibaly(1)]

Netherlands 2-0 Qatar [Gakpo(1), De Jong(1)]

Group B: England, Iran, USA, Wales

This group features another traditional powerhouse in England. Harry Kane and Raheem Sterling will be looking to lead their country to glory for the first time since 1966. USA and Iran are both strong  sides that will provide stiff competition. Wales rounds out the group and is led by Gareth Bale and will likely be fighting for second place.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Jordan Pickford	7 March 1994 (aged 28)	45	0	Everton
	GK	Nick Pope	19 April 1992 (aged 30)	10	0	Newcastle United
	GK	Aaron Ramsdale	14 May 1998 (aged 24)	3	0	Arsenal
	DF	Kyle Walker	28 May 1990 (aged 32)	70	0	Manchester City
	DF	John Stones	28 May 1994 (aged 28)	59	3	Manchester City
	DF	Harry Maguire	5 March 1993 (aged 29)	48	7	Manchester United
	DF	Eric Dier	15 January 1994 (aged 28)	47	3	Tottenham Hotspur
	DF	Kieran Trippier	19 September 1990 (aged 32)	37	1	Newcastle United
	DF	Luke Shaw	12 July 1995 (aged 27)	23	3	Manchester United
	DF	Trent Alexander-Arnold	7 October 1998 (aged 24)	17	1	Liverpool
	DF	Conor Coady	25 February 1993 (aged 29)	10	1	Everton
	DF	Ben White	8 October 1997 (aged 25)	4	0	Arsenal
	MF	Jordan Henderson	17 June 1990 (aged 32)	70	2	Liverpool
	MF	Declan Rice	14 January 1999 (aged 23)	34	2	West Ham United
	MF	Mason Mount	10 January 1999 (aged 23)	32	5	Chelsea
	MF	Kalvin Phillips	2 December 1995 (aged 26)	23	0	Manchester City
	MF	Phil Foden	28 May 2000 (aged 22)	18	2	Manchester City
	MF	Jude Bellingham	29 June 2003 (aged 19)	17	0	Borussia Dortmund
	MF	Conor Gallagher	6 February 2000 (aged 22)	4	0	Chelsea
	MF	James Maddison	13 November 1996 (aged 26)	1	0	Leicester City
	FW	Raheem Sterling	8 December 1994 (aged 27)	79	19	Chelsea
	FW	Harry Kane (captain)	28 July 1993 (aged 29)	75	51	Tottenham Hotspur
	FW	Marcus Rashford	31 October 1997 (aged 25)	46	12	Manchester United
	FW	Jack Grealish	10 September 1995 (aged 27)	24	1	Manchester City
	FW	Bukayo Saka	5 September 2001 (aged 21)	20	4	Arsenal
	FW	Callum Wilson	27 February 1992 (aged 30)	4	1	Newcastle United

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Matt Turner	24 June 1994 (aged 28)	20	0	Arsenal
	GK	Sean Johnson	31 May 1989 (aged 33)	10	0	New York City FC
	GK	Ethan Horvath	9 June 1995 (aged 27)	8	0	Luton Town
	DF	DeAndre Yedlin	9 July 1993 (aged 29)	75	0	Inter Miami
	DF	Tim Ream	5 October 1987 (aged 35)	46	1	Fulham
	DF	Walker Zimmerman	19 May 1993 (aged 29)	33	3	Nashville SC
	DF	Aaron Long	12 October 1992 (aged 30)	29	3	New York Red Bulls
	DF	Antonee Robinson	8 August 1997 (aged 25)	29	2	Fulham
	DF	Sergiño Dest	3 November 2000 (aged 22)	19	2	Milan
	DF	Shaq Moore	2 November 1996 (aged 26)	15	1	Nashville SC
	DF	Cameron Carter-Vickers	31 December 1997 (aged 24)	11	0	Celtic
	DF	Joe Scally	31 December 2002 (aged 19)	3	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	MF	Kellyn Acosta	24 July 1995 (aged 27)	53	2	Los Angeles FC
	MF	Weston McKennie	28 August 1998 (aged 24)	37	9	Juventus
	MF	Tyler Adams	14 February 1999 (aged 23)	32	1	Leeds United
	MF	Cristian Roldan	3 June 1995 (aged 27)	32	0	Seattle Sounders
	MF	Brenden Aaronson	22 October 2000 (aged 22)	24	6	Leeds United
	MF	Yunus Musah	29 November 2002 (aged 19)	19	0	Valencia
	MF	Luca de la Torre	23 May 1998 (aged 24)	12	0	Celta Vigo
	FW	Christian Pulisic	18 September 1998 (aged 24)	52	21	Chelsea
	FW	Jordan Morris	26 October 1994 (aged 28)	49	11	Seattle Sounders
	FW	Timothy Weah	22 February 2000 (aged 22)	25	3	Lille
	FW	Josh Sargent	20 February 2000 (aged 22)	20	5	Norwich City
	FW	Jesús Ferreira	24 December 2000 (aged 21)	15	7	FC Dallas
	FW	Giovanni Reyna	13 November 2002 (aged 20)	14	4	Borussia Dortmund
	FW	Haji Wright	27 March 1998 (aged 24)	3	1	Antalyaspor

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Alireza Beiranvand	21 September 1992 (age 30)	51	0	Persepolis
	GK	Amir Abedzadeh	26 April 1993 (age 29)	11	0	Ponferradina
	GK	Hossein Hosseini	30 May 1992 (age 30)	5	0	Esteghlal
	GK	Mohammad Reza Akhbari	15 February 1993 (age 29)	1	0	Tractor
	GK	Payam Niazmand	6 April 1995 (age 27)	1	0	Sepahan
	DF	Ehsan Hajsafi (captain)	25 February 1990 (age 32)	121	7	AEK Athens
	DF	Morteza Pouraliganji	19 April 1992 (age 30)	45	3	Persepolis
	DF	Ramin Rezaeian	21 March 1990 (age 32)	45	2	Sepahan
	DF	Milad Mohammadi	29 September 1993 (age 29)	45	1	AEK Athens
	DF	Hossein Kanaanizadegan	23 March 1994 (age 28)	34	2	Al-Ahli
	DF	Shojae Khalilzadeh	31 May 1989 (age 33)	24	1	Al-Ahli
	DF	Sadegh Moharrami	24 March 1996 (age 26)	21	0	Dinamo Zagreb
	DF	Rouzbeh Cheshmi	24 July 1993 (age 29)	18	1	Esteghlal
	DF	Majid Hosseini	20 June 1996 (age 26)	18	0	Kayserispor
	DF	Omid Noorafkan	9 April 1997 (age 25)	13	0	Sepahan
	DF	Abolfazl Jalali	26 June 1998 (age 24)	2	0	Esteghlal
	DF	Saman Fallah	12 May 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Paykan
	MF	Vahid Amiri	2 April 1988 (age 34)	67	2	Persepolis
	MF	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	11 August 1993 (age 29)	64	13	Feyenoord
	MF	Omid Ebrahimi	15 September 1987 (age 35)	54	0	Al-Wakrah
	MF	Saeid Ezatolahi	1 October 1996 (age 26)	47	1	Vejle
	MF	Mehdi Torabi	10 September 1994 (age 28)	35	6	Persepolis
	MF	Saman Ghoddos	6 September 1993 (age 29)	33	2	Brentford
	MF	Ali Gholizadeh	10 March 1996 (age 26)	26	6	Charleroi
	MF	Ahmad Nourollahi	2 January 1993 (age 29)	26	3	Shabab Al-Ahli
	MF	Ali Karimi	11 February 1994 (age 28)	13	0	Kayserispor
	MF	Milad Sarlak	26 March 1995 (age 27)	10	0	Persepolis
	FW	Karim Ansarifard	3 April 1990 (age 32)	94	29	Omonia
	FW	Sardar Azmoun	1 January 1995 (age 27)	65	41	Bayer Leverkusen
	FW	Mehdi Taremi	18 July 1992 (age 30)	60	28	Porto

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Wayne Hennessey	24 January 1987 (aged 35)	106	0	Nottingham Forest
	GK	Danny Ward	22 June 1993 (aged 29)	26	0	Leicester City
	GK	Adam Davies	17 July 1992 (aged 30)	3	0	Sheffield United
	DF	Chris Gunter	21 July 1989 (aged 33)	109	0	Wimbledon
	DF	Ben Davies	24 April 1993 (aged 29)	74	1	Tottenham Hotspur
	DF	Connor Roberts	23 September 1995 (aged 27)	41	3	Burnley
	DF	Ethan Ampadu	14 September 2000 (aged 22)	37	0	Spezia
	DF	Chris Mepham	5 November 1997 (aged 25)	33	0	Bournemouth
	DF	Joe Rodon	22 October 1997 (aged 25)	30	0	Rennes
	DF	Neco Williams	13 April 2001 (aged 21)	23	2	Nottingham Forest
	DF	Tom Lockyer	3 December 1994 (aged 27)	14	0	Luton Town
	DF	Ben Cabango	30 May 2000 (aged 22)	5	0	Swansea City
	MF	Aaron Ramsey (vice captain)	26 December 1990 (aged 31)	75	20	Nice
	MF	Joe Allen	14 March 1990 (aged 32)	72	2	Swansea City
	MF	Harry Wilson	22 March 1997 (aged 25)	39	5	Fulham
	MF	Jonny Williams	9 October 1993 (aged 29)	33	2	Swindon Town
	MF	Joe Morrell	3 January 1997 (aged 25)	30	0	Portsmouth
	MF	Matthew Smith	22 November 1999 (aged 22)	19	0	Milton Keynes Dons
	MF	Dylan Levitt	17 November 2000 (aged 22)	13	0	Dundee United
	MF	Rubin Colwill	27 April 2002 (aged 20)	7	1	Cardiff City
	MF	Sorba Thomas	25 January 1999 (aged 23)	6	0	Huddersfield Town
	FW	Gareth Bale (captain)	16 July 1989 (aged 33)	108	40	Los Angeles FC
	FW	Daniel James	10 November 1997 (aged 25)	38	5	Fulham
	FW	Kieffer Moore	8 August 1992 (aged 30)	28	9	Bournemouth
	FW	Brennan Johnson	23 May 2001 (aged 21)	15	2	Nottingham Forest
	FW	Mark Harris	29 December 1998 (aged 23)	5	0	Cardiff City

World Cup 2022 - GROUP B Scores and Ranking Predictions with AI:

1. England - 7 pts.

2. Usa - 5 pts. 

3. Iran - 3 pts.

4. Wales- 3 pts.

England 6-2 Iran [Saka(2), Bellingham(1), Sterling(1), Grealish(1)]

United States 1-1 Wales [Weah(1), Bale(1)]

England 0-0 United States

Wales 0-2 Iran [Cheschmi(1), Rezaeian(1)]

Iran 2-3 United States [C. Pulisic (1)]

Wales 0-3 England [M Rashford(2), P. Foden(1)]

Group C: Argentina, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Poland

This group features another traditional powerhouse in Argentina. Lionel Messi will be looking to lead his country to glory one last time before he retires from international football. Mexico is always a tough team to beat and will be looking to go far in Qatar. Poland is a solid European side led by prolific striker Robert Lewandowski that could give Argentina a run for their money. Saudi Arabia rounds out the group and will likely finish in last place.

 

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Emiliano Martínez	2 September 1992 (age 30)	18	0	Aston Villa
	GK	Franco Armani	16 October 1986 (age 36)	18	0	River Plate
	GK	Gerónimo Rulli	20 May 1992 (age 30)	4	0	Villarreal
	DF	Nicolás Otamendi	12 February 1988 (age 34)	92	4	Benfica
	DF	Marcos Acuña	28 October 1991 (age 31)	42	0	Sevilla
	DF	Nicolás Tagliafico	31 August 1992 (age 30)	42	0	Lyon
	DF	Germán Pezzella	27 June 1991 (age 31)	31	2	Real Betis
	DF	Nahuel Molina	6 April 1998 (age 24)	19	0	Atlético Madrid
	DF	Gonzalo Montiel	1 January 1997 (age 25)	17	0	Sevilla
	DF	Juan Foyth	12 January 1998 (age 24)	15	0	Villarreal
	DF	Cristian Romero	27 April 1998 (age 24)	12	1	Tottenham Hotspur
	DF	Lisandro Martínez	18 January 1998 (age 24)	9	0	Manchester United
	MF	Ángel Di María	14 February 1988 (age 34)	123	25	Juventus
	MF	Leandro Paredes	29 June 1994 (age 28)	45	4	Juventus
	MF	Rodrigo De Paul	24 May 1994 (age 28)	43	2	Atlético Madrid
	MF	Guido Rodríguez	12 April 1994 (age 28)	25	1	Real Betis
	MF	Nicolás González	6 April 1998 (age 24)	21	3	Fiorentina
	MF	Exequiel Palacios	5 October 1998 (age 24)	20	0	Bayer Leverkusen
	MF	Alejandro Gómez	15 February 1988 (age 34)	15	3	Sevilla
	MF	Alexis Mac Allister	24 December 1998 (age 23)	7	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
	MF	Enzo Fernández	17 January 2001 (age 21)	2	0	Benfica
	FW	Lionel Messi (captain)	24 June 1987 (age 35)	164	90	Paris Saint-Germain
	FW	Lautaro Martínez	22 August 1997 (age 25)	40	21	Internazionale
	FW	Paulo Dybala	15 November 1993 (age 28)	34	3	Roma
	FW	Ángel Correa	9 March 1995 (age 27)	22	3	Atlético Madrid
	FW	Joaquín Correa	13 August 1994 (age 28)	18	3	Internazionale
	FW	Julián Álvarez	31 January 2000 (age 22)	11	2	Manchester City

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Guillermo Ochoa	13 July 1985 (age 37)	130	0	América
	GK	Alfredo Talavera	18 September 1982 (age 40)	39	0	Juárez
	GK	Rodolfo Cota	3 July 1987 (age 35)	8	0	León
	DF	Héctor Moreno	17 January 1988 (age 34)	126	5	Monterrey
	DF	Jesús Gallardo	15 August 1994 (age 28)	76	0	Monterrey
	DF	Néstor Araujo	29 August 1991 (age 31)	61	3	América
	DF	César Montes	24 February 1997 (age 25)	28	1	Monterrey
	DF	Jorge Sánchez	10 December 1997 (age 24)	25	1	Ajax
	DF	Gerardo Arteaga	7 September 1998 (age 24)	17	1	Genk
	DF	Jesús Angulo	30 January 1998 (age 24)	11	0	UANL
	DF	Kevin Álvarez	15 January 1999 (age 23)	7	0	Pachuca
	DF	Johan Vásquez	22 October 1998 (age 24)	6	0	Cremonese
	MF	Andrés Guardado	28 September 1986 (age 36)	177	28	Real Betis
	MF	Héctor Herrera	19 April 1990 (age 32)	100	10	Houston Dynamo
	MF	Jesús Corona	6 January 1993 (age 29)	71	10	Sevilla
	MF	Edson Álvarez	24 October 1997 (age 25)	58	3	Ajax
	MF	Orbelín Pineda	24 March 1996 (age 26)	50	6	AEK Athens
	MF	Uriel Antuna	21 August 1997 (age 25)	34	8	Cruz Azul
	MF	Érick Gutiérrez	15 June 1995 (age 27)	34	1	PSV Eindhoven
	MF	Carlos Rodríguez	3 January 1997 (age 25)	34	0	Cruz Azul
	MF	Roberto Alvarado	7 September 1998 (age 24)	30	4	Guadalajara
	MF	Luis Romo	5 June 1995 (age 27)	25	1	Monterrey
	MF	Diego Lainez	9 June 2000 (age 22)	21	3	Braga
	MF	Alexis Vega	25 November 1997 (age 24)	20	4	Guadalajara
	MF	Érick Sánchez	27 September 1999 (age 23)	7	1	Pachuca
	MF	Luis Chávez	15 January 1996 (age 26)	7	0	Pachuca
	FW	Raúl Jiménez	5 May 1991 (age 31)	94	29	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	FW	Hirving Lozano	30 July 1995 (age 27)	59	16	Napoli
	FW	Henry Martín	18 November 1992 (age 29)	25	6	América
	FW	Rogelio Funes Mori	5 March 1991 (age 31)	15	5	Monterrey
	FW	Santiago Giménez	18 April 2001 (age 21)	9	2	Feyenoord

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Wojciech Szczęsny	18 April 1990 (age 32)	66	0	Juventus
	GK	Łukasz Skorupski	5 May 1991 (age 31)	7	0	Bologna
	GK	Bartłomiej Drągowski	19 August 1997 (age 25)	2	0	Spezia
	GK	Kamil Grabara	8 January 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Copenhagen
	GK	Radosław Majecki	16 November 1999 (age 22)	1	0	Cercle Brugge
	DF	Kamil Glik	3 February 1988 (age 34)	98	6	Benevento
	DF	Bartosz Bereszyński	12 July 1992 (age 30)	45	0	Sampdoria
	DF	Jan Bednarek	12 April 1996 (age 26)	44	1	Aston Villa
	DF	Artur Jędrzejczyk	4 November 1987 (age 35)	40	3	Legia Warsaw
	DF	Tomasz Kędziora	11 June 1994 (age 28)	26	1	Dynamo Kyiv
	DF	Arkadiusz Reca	17 June 1995 (age 27)	15	0	Spezia
	DF	Tymoteusz Puchacz	23 January 1999 (age 23)	12	0	Union Berlin
	DF	Paweł Dawidowicz	20 May 1995 (age 27)	8	0	Hellas Verona
	DF	Matty Cash	7 August 1997 (age 25)	7	1	Aston Villa
	DF	Michał Helik	9 September 1995 (age 27)	7	0	Huddersfield Town
	DF	Nicola Zalewski	23 January 2002 (age 20)	7	0	Roma
	DF	Robert Gumny	4 June 1998 (age 24)	4	0	FC Augsburg
	DF	Jakub Kiwior	15 February 2000 (age 22)	4	0	Spezia
	DF	Michał Karbownik	13 March 2001 (age 21)	3	0	Fortuna Düsseldorf
	DF	Paweł Bochniewicz	30 January 1996 (age 26)	2	0	Heerenveen
	DF	Mateusz Wieteska	11 February 1997 (age 25)	1	0	Clermont
	DF	Patryk Kun	20 April 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Raków Częstochowa
	DF	Maik Nawrocki	7 February 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Legia Warsaw
	MF	Grzegorz Krychowiak	29 January 1990 (age 32)	93	5	Al-Shabab
	MF	Kamil Grosicki	8 June 1988 (age 34)	86	17	Pogoń Szczecin
	MF	Piotr Zieliński	20 May 1994 (age 28)	74	9	Napoli
	MF	Karol Linetty	2 February 1995 (age 27)	42	5	Torino
	MF	Mateusz Klich	13 June 1990 (age 32)	41	2	Leeds United
	MF	Przemysław Frankowski	12 April 1995 (age 27)	25	1	Lens
	MF	Kamil Jóźwiak	22 April 1998 (age 24)	22	3	Charlotte FC
	MF	Jacek Góralski	21 September 1992 (age 30)	21	1	VfL Bochum
	MF	Sebastian Szymański	10 May 1999 (age 23)	17	1	Feyenoord
	MF	Damian Szymański	16 June 1995 (age 27)	8	1	AEK Athens
	MF	Kacper Kozłowski	16 October 2003 (age 19)	6	0	Vitesse
	MF	Szymon Żurkowski	25 September 1997 (age 25)	6	0	Fiorentina
	MF	Krystian Bielik	4 January 1998 (age 24)	5	0	Birmingham City
	MF	Jakub Kamiński	5 June 2002 (age 20)	3	1	VfL Wolfsburg
	MF	Mateusz Łęgowski	29 January 2003 (age 19)	1	0	Pogoń Szczecin
	MF	Michał Skóraś	15 February 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Lech Poznań
	MF	Patryk Dziczek	25 February 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Piast Gliwice
	MF	Jakub Piotrowski	4 October 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Ludogorets Razgrad
	FW	Robert Lewandowski (captain)	21 August 1988 (age 34)	134	76	Barcelona
	FW	Arkadiusz Milik	28 February 1994 (age 28)	63	16	Juventus
	FW	Krzysztof Piątek	1 July 1995 (age 27)	24	10	Salernitana
	FW	Karol Świderski	23 January 1997 (age 25)	17	8	Charlotte FC
	FW	Adam Buksa	12 July 1996 (age 26)	9	5	Lens
	FW	Dawid Kownacki	14 March 1997 (age 25)	7	1	Fortuna Düsseldorf

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Mohammed Al-Owais	10 October 1991 (age 31)	37	0	Al-Hilal
	GK	Fawaz Al-Qarni	2 April 1992 (age 30)	10	0	Al-Shabab
	GK	Mohammed Al Rubaie	14 August 1997 (age 25)	6	0	Al-Ahli
	GK	Nawaf Al-Aqidi	10 May 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Al-Nassr
	DF	Yasser Al-Shahrani	25 May 1992 (age 30)	70	2	Al-Hilal
	DF	Mohammed Al-Breik	15 September 1992 (age 30)	35	1	Al-Hilal
	DF	Ali Al-Bulaihi	21 November 1989 (age 32)	32	0	Al-Hilal
	DF	Sultan Al-Ghanam	6 May 1994 (age 28)	23	0	Al-Nassr
	DF	Saud Abdulhamid	18 July 1999 (age 23)	17	0	Al-Hilal
	DF	Abdulelah Al-Amri	15 January 1997 (age 25)	14	1	Al-Nassr
	DF	Hassan Tambakti	9 February 1999 (age 23)	14	0	Al-Shabab
	DF	Abdullah Madu	15 July 1993 (age 29)	12	0	Al-Nassr
	DF	Ahmed Bamsaud	22 November 1995 (age 26)	1	0	Al-Ittihad
	MF	Fahad Al-Muwallad	14 September 1994 (age 28)	71	17	Al-Shabab
	MF	Salman Al-Faraj	1 August 1989 (age 33)	68	8	Al-Hilal
	MF	Salem Al-Dawsari	19 August 1991 (age 31)	66	17	Al-Hilal
	MF	Nawaf Al-Abed	26 January 1990 (age 32)	50	8	Al-Shabab
	MF	Abdullah Otayf	3 August 1992 (age 30)	44	1	Al-Hilal
	MF	Hattan Bahebri	16 July 1992 (age 30)	37	4	Al-Shabab
	MF	Mohamed Kanno	22 September 1994 (age 28)	33	1	Al-Hilal
	MF	Abdulellah Al-Malki	11 October 1994 (age 28)	21	0	Al-Hilal
	MF	Sami Al-Najei	7 February 1997 (age 25)	15	2	Al-Nassr
	MF	Ali Al-Hassan	4 March 1997 (age 25)	9	1	Al-Nassr
	MF	Nasser Al-Dawsari	19 December 1998 (age 23)	8	0	Al-Hilal
	MF	Ayman Yahya	14 May 2001 (age 21)	6	0	Al-Nassr
	MF	Abdulrahman Al-Aboud	1 June 1995 (age 27)	2	0	Al-Ittihad
	MF	Riyadh Sharahili	28 April 1993 (age 29)	2	0	Abha
	FW	Firas Al-Buraikan	14 May 2000 (age 22)	24	6	Al-Fateh
	FW	Abdullah Al-Hamdan	13 September 1999 (age 23)	20	5	Al-Hilal
	FW	Saleh Al-Shehri	1 November 1993 (age 29)	16	8	Al-Hilal
	FW	Haitham Asiri	25 March 2001 (age 21)	4	0	Al-Ahli
	FW	Abdullah Radif	20 January 2003 (age 19)	3	0	Al-Taawoun

World Cup 2022 - GROUP C Predictions based AI

1. Argentina - 6 pts.

2. Poland - 4 pts. [Goal Difference)

3. Mexico - 4 pts.

4. Saudi Arabia - 3 pt.

Argentina 1-2 Saudi Arabia  [Messi (1), Al Shehri(1), Al Dawsari(1)]

Mexico 0-0 Poland

Argentina 2-0 Mexico [L. Messi(1), E. Fernandez(1)]

Poland 2-0 Saudi Arabia [Lewandowski(1), P. Zielinski(1)]

Saudi Arabia 1-2 Mexico [S. Al Dawsari(1), H. Martin(1), Luis Chavez(1)]

Poland 0-2 Argentina [A. Mac Allister(1), J. Alvarez(1)]

Group D: France, Australia, Denmark, Tunisia

France is always one of the favorites to win the World Cup, and they headline this group. They are led by superstars Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema, the current Ballon d'Or, who will be looking to carry their beloved country national team (Les Bleus) to back to back World Cup glory. Denmark and Tunisia are both solid sides that could give France a challenge. Australia rounds out the group and will likely finish in last place.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Hugo Lloris	26 December 1986 (age 35)	139	0	Tottenham Hotspur
	GK	Steve Mandanda	28 March 1985 (age 37)	34	0	Rennes
	GK	Alphonse Areola	27 February 1993 (age 29)	5	0	West Ham United
	DF	Raphaël Varane	25 April 1993 (age 29)	87	5	Manchester United
	DF	Benjamin Pavard	28 March 1996 (age 26)	46	2	Bayern Munich
	DF	Lucas Hernandez	14 February 1996 (age 26)	32	0	Bayern Munich
	DF	Axel Disasi	11 March 1998 (aged 24)	0	0	Monaco
	DF	Jules Koundé	12 November 1998 (age 23)	12	0	Barcelona
	DF	Theo Hernandez	6 October 1997 (age 25)	7	1	Milan
	DF	William Saliba	24 March 2001 (age 21)	7	0	Arsenal
	DF	Dayot Upamecano	27 October 1998 (age 24)	7	1	Bayern Munich
	DF	Ibrahima Konaté	25 May 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Liverpool
	MF	Adrien Rabiot	3 April 1995 (age 27)	29	2	Juventus
	MF	Aurélien Tchouaméni	27 January 2000 (age 22)	14	1	Real Madrid
	MF	Matteo Guendouzi	14 April 1999 (age 23)	6	1	Marseille
	MF	Jordan Veretout	1 March 1993 (age 29)	5	0	Marseille
	MF	Eduardo Camavinga	10 November 2002 (age 19)	4	1	Real Madrid
	MF	Youssouf Fofana	10 January 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Monaco
26 FW Marcus Thuram 6 August 1997 (aged 25) 4 0  Borussia Mönchengladbach
	FW	Olivier Giroud	30 September 1986 (age 36)	114	49	Milan
	FW	Antoine Griezmann	21 March 1991 (age 31)	110	42	Atlético Madrid
	FW	Karim Benzema	19 December 1987 (age 34)	97	37	Real Madrid
	FW	Kylian Mbappé	20 December 1998 (age 23)	59	28	Paris Saint-Germain
	FW	Kingsley Coman	13 June 1996 (age 26)	40	5	Bayern Munich
	FW	Ousmane Dembélé	15 May 1997 (age 25)	28	4	Barcelona
	FW	Christopher Nkunku	14 November 1997 (age 24)	8	0	RB Leipzig

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Kasper Schmeichel	5 November 1986 (age 36)	86	0	Nice
	GK	Oliver Christensen	22 March 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Hertha BSC
	DF	Simon Kjær (captain)	26 March 1989 (age 33)	121	5	Milan
	DF	Andreas Christensen	10 April 1996 (age 26)	58	2	Barcelona
	DF	Jens Stryger Larsen	21 February 1991 (age 31)	49	3	Trabzonspor
	DF	Daniel Wass	31 May 1989 (age 33)	44	1	Brøndby
	DF	Joakim Mæhle	20 May 1997 (age 25)	31	9	Atalanta
	DF	Joachim Andersen	31 May 1996 (age 26)	19	0	Crystal Palace
	DF	Rasmus Kristensen	11 July 1997 (age 25)	10	0	Leeds United
	DF	Victor Nelsson	14 October 1998 (age 24)	7	0	Galatasaray
	MF	Christian Eriksen	14 February 1992 (age 30)	117	39	Manchester United
	MF	Thomas Delaney	3 September 1991 (age 31)	71	7	Sevilla
	MF	Pierre-Emile Højbjerg	5 August 1995 (age 27)	60	5	Tottenham Hotspur
	MF	Mathias Jensen	1 January 1996 (age 26)	20	1	Brentford
	FW	Martin Braithwaite	5 June 1991 (age 31)	62	10	Espanyol
	FW	Andreas Cornelius	16 March 1993 (age 29)	41	9	FC Copenhagen
	FW	Kasper Dolberg	6 October 1997 (age 25)	37	11	Sevilla
	FW	Andreas Skov Olsen	29 December 1999 (age 22)	23	8	Club Brugge
	FW	Mikkel Damsgaard	3 July 2000 (age 22)	18	4	Brentford
	FW	Jonas Wind	7 February 1999 (age 23)	15	5	VfL Wolfsburg
	FW	Jesper Lindstrøm	29 February 2000 (age 22)	6	1	Eintracht Frankfurt

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Aymen Mathlouthi	14 September 1984 (aged 38)	73	0	Étoile du Sahel
2	DF	Bilel Ifa	9 March 1990 (aged 32)	36	0	Kuwait SC
3	DF	Montassar Talbi	26 May 1998 (aged 24)	22	1	Lorient
4	DF	Yassine Meriah	2 July 1993 (aged 29)	60	3	Espérance de Tunis
5	DF	Nader Ghandri	18 February 1995 (aged 27)	7	0	Club Africain
6	DF	Dylan Bronn	19 June 1995 (aged 27)	36	2	Salernitana
7	FW	Youssef Msakni (captain)	28 October 1990 (aged 32)	87	17	Al-Arabi
8	MF	Hannibal Mejbri	21 January 2003 (aged 19)	18	0	Birmingham City
9	FW	Issam Jebali	25 December 1991 (aged 30)	9	2	OB
10	FW	Wahbi Khazri	8 February 1991 (aged 31)	71	24	Montpellier
11	FW	Taha Yassine Khenissi	6 January 1992 (aged 30)	48	9	Kuwait SC
12	DF	Ali Maâloul	1 January 1990 (aged 32)	82	2	Al Ahly
13	MF	Ferjani Sassi	18 March 1992 (aged 30)	77	6	Al-Duhail
14	MF	Aïssa Laïdouni	13 December 1996 (aged 25)	24	1	Ferencváros
15	MF	Mohamed Ali Ben Romdhane	6 September 1999 (aged 23)	22	1	Espérance de Tunis
16	GK	Aymen Dahmen	28 January 1997 (aged 25)	4	0	CS Sfaxien
17	MF	Ellyes Skhiri	10 May 1995 (aged 27)	48	3	1. FC Köln
18	MF	Ghailene Chaalali	28 February 1994 (aged 28)	30	1	Espérance de Tunis
19	FW	Seifeddine Jaziri	12 February 1993 (aged 29)	29	10	Zamalek
20	DF	Mohamed Dräger	25 June 1996 (aged 26)	33	3	Luzern
21	DF	Wajdi Kechrida	5 November 1995 (aged 27)	18	0	Atromitos
22	GK	Bechir Ben Saïd	29 November 1994 (aged 27)	10	0	US Monastir
23	FW	Naïm Sliti	27 July 1992 (aged 30)	68	13	Al-Ettifaq
24	DF	Ali Abdi	20 December 1993 (aged 28)	9	1	Caen
25	MF	Anis Ben Slimane	16 March 2001 (aged 21)	24	4	Brøndby
26	GK	Mouez Hassen	5 March 1995 (aged 27)	20	0	Club Africain

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Mathew Ryan (captain)	8 April 1992 (age 30)	75	0	Copenhagen
	GK	Danny Vukovic	27 March 1985 (age 37)	4	0	Central Coast Mariners
	GK	Andrew Redmayne	13 January 1989 (age 33)	4	0	Sydney FC
	DF	Aziz Behich	16 October 1990 (age 32)	53	2	Dundee United
	DF	Miloš Degenek	28 April 1994 (age 28)	38	1	Columbus Crew
	DF	Bailey Wright	28 July 1992 (age 30)	27	2	Sunderland
	DF	Fran Karačić	12 May 1996 (age 26)	10	1	Brescia
	DF	Harry Souttar	22 October 1998 (age 24)	10	6	Stoke City
	DF	Nathaniel Atkinson	13 June 1999 (age 23)	5	0	Heart of Midlothian
	DF	Joel King	30 October 2000 (age 22)	4	0	OB
	DF	Kye Rowles	24 June 1998 (age 24)	3	0	Heart of Midlothian
	DF	Thomas Deng	20 March 1997 (age 25)	2	0	Albirex Niigata
	MF	Aaron Mooy	15 September 1990 (age 32)	53	7	Celtic
	MF	Jackson Irvine	7 March 1993 (age 29)	49	7	St. Pauli
	MF	Ajdin Hrustic	5 July 1996 (age 26)	20	3	Hellas Verona
	MF	Riley McGree	2 November 1998 (age 24)	11	1	Middlesbrough
	MF	Keanu Baccus	7 June 1998 (age 24)	1	0	St Mirren
	MF	Cameron Devlin	7 June 1998 (age 24)	1	0	Heart of Midlothian
	FW	Mathew Leckie	4 February 1991 (age 31)	73	13	Melbourne City
	FW	Awer Mabil	15 September 1995 (age 27)	29	8	Cádiz
	FW	Jamie Maclaren	29 July 1993 (age 29)	26	8	Melbourne City
	FW	Mitchell Duke	18 January 1991 (age 31)	21	8	Fagiano Okayama
	FW	Martin Boyle	25 April 1993 (age 29)	19	5	Hibernian
	FW	Craig Goodwin	16 December 1991 (age 30)	10	1	Adelaide United
	FW	Jason Cummings	1 August 1995 (age 27)	1	1	Central Coast Mariners
	FW	Garang Kuol	15 September 2004 (age 18)	1	0	Central Coast Mariners

World Cup 2022 - GROUP D Score and Rankings Predictions with AI:

1. France - 6 pts.

2. Australia - 6 pts.

3. Tunisia - 4 pts.

4. Denmark - 1 pt.

France 4-1 Australia [Giroud(2), Mbappe(1), Rabiot(1)]

Denmark 0-0 Tunisia

France 2-1 Denmark [Mbappe(2)]

Tunisia 0-1 Australia [M Duke(1)]

Australia 1-0 Denmark [M. Leckie(1)]

Tunisia 1-0 France [W. Khazri(1)]

Group E: Spain, Costa Rica, Germany, Japan

There’s no doubting the most immediately attractive tie of the group stage: the clash of the 2010 and 2014 champions as Spain face Germany. After two dismal World Cup performances in a row, there is a sense that Spain are building again under Luis Enrique as he has introduced a more direct style.

For Germany, the last World Cup was a major embarrassment, defeat to South Korea resulting in a first round exit for the first time in 80 years. Germany is led by their word cup winning goalkeeper Manual Neuer and coach Hansi Flick.

Japan, who have a wealth of European experience in their squad, can feel a little unfortunate at yet another tough draw in their seventh successive World Cup appearance.

The group is rounded off by the winner of the Costa Rica v New Zealand playoff.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Manuel Neuer (captain)	27 March 1986 (aged 36)	113	0	Bayern Munich
	GK	Marc-André ter Stegen	30 April 1992 (aged 30)	30	0	Barcelona
	GK	Kevin Trapp	8 July 1990 (aged 32)	6	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
	DF	Antonio Rüdiger	3 March 1993 (aged 29)	54	2	Real Madrid
	DF	Matthias Ginter	19 January 1994 (aged 28)	46	2	SC Freiburg
	DF	Niklas Süle	3 September 1995 (aged 27)	42	1	Borussia Dortmund
	DF	Thilo Kehrer	21 September 1996 (aged 26)	22	0	West Ham United
	DF	Lukas Klostermann	3 June 1996 (aged 26)	18	0	RB Leipzig
	DF	David Raum	22 April 1998 (aged 24)	11	0	RB Leipzig
	DF	Christian Günter	28 February 1993 (aged 29)	6	0	SC Freiburg
	DF	Nico Schlotterbeck	1 December 1999 (aged 22)	5	0	Borussia Dortmund
	DF	Armel Bella-Kotchap	11 December 2001 (aged 20)	1	0	Southampton
	MF	Joshua Kimmich	8 February 1995 (aged 27)	70	5	Bayern Munich
	MF	Mario Götze	3 June 1992 (aged 30)	63	17	Eintracht Frankfurt
	MF	İlkay Gündoğan	24 October 1990 (aged 32)	62	16	Manchester City
	MF	Leon Goretzka	6 February 1995 (aged 27)	44	14	Bayern Munich
	MF	Julian Brandt	2 May 1996 (aged 26)	38	3	Borussia Dortmund
	MF	Kai Havertz	11 June 1999 (aged 23)	30	10	Chelsea
	MF	Jamal Musiala	26 February 2003 (aged 19)	17	1	Bayern Munich
	MF	Jonas Hofmann	14 July 1992 (aged 30)	16	4	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	FW	Thomas Müller	13 September 1989 (aged 33)	118	44	Bayern Munich
	FW	Leroy Sané	11 January 1996 (aged 26)	47	11	Bayern Munich
	FW	Serge Gnabry	14 July 1995 (aged 27)	36	20	Bayern Munich
	FW	Karim Adeyemi	18 January 2002 (aged 20)	4	1	Borussia Dortmund
	FW	Niclas Füllkrug	9 February 1993 (aged 29)	0	0	Werder Bremen
	FW	Youssoufa Moukoko	20 November 2004 (aged 18)	0	0	Borussia Dortmund

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Unai Simón	11 June 1997 (age 25)	27	0	Athletic Bilbao
	GK	Kepa Arrizabalaga	3 October 1994 (age 28)	11	0	Chelsea
	GK	Robert Sánchez	18 November 1997 (age 24)	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
	GK	David Raya	15 September 1995 (age 27)	1	0	Brentford
	GK	David Soria	4 April 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Getafe
	DF	Sergio Ramos	30 March 1986 (age 36)	180	23	Paris Saint-Germain
	DF	Jordi Alba	21 March 1989 (age 33)	86	9	Barcelona
	DF	César Azpilicueta	28 August 1989 (age 33)	41	1	Chelsea
	DF	Dani Carvajal	11 January 1992 (age 30)	30	0	Real Madrid
	DF	Pau Torres	17 January 1997 (age 25)	21	1	Villarreal
	DF	Iñigo Martínez	17 May 1991 (age 31)	19	1	Athletic Bilbao
	DF	José Gayà	25 May 1995 (age 27)	18	3	Valencia
	DF	Eric García	1 September 2001 (age 21)	18	0	Barcelona
	DF	Aymeric Laporte	27 May 1994 (age 28)	15	1	Manchester City
	DF	Diego Llorente	16 August 1993 (age 29)	10	0	Leeds United
	DF	Marcos Alonso	28 December 1990 (age 31)	9	0	Barcelona
	DF	Hugo Guillamón	31 January 2000 (age 22)	3	1	Valencia
	DF	Alejandro Balde	18 October 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Barcelona
	DF	Arnau Martínez	25 April 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Girona
	MF	Sergio Busquets (captain)	16 July 1988 (age 34)	139	2	Barcelona
	MF	Koke	8 January 1992 (age 30)	67	0	Atlético Madrid
	MF	Thiago	11 April 1991 (age 31)	46	2	Liverpool
	MF	Rodri	22 June 1996 (age 26)	34	1	Manchester City
	MF	Marcos Llorente	30 January 1995 (age 27)	17	0	Atlético Madrid
	MF	Pedri	25 November 2002 (age 19)	14	0	Barcelona
	MF	Gavi	5 August 2004 (age 18)	12	1	Barcelona
	MF	Carlos Soler	2 January 1997 (age 25)	11	3	Paris Saint-Germain
	MF	Mikel Merino	22 June 1996 (age 26)	11	0	Real Sociedad
	MF	Sergi Roberto	7 February 1992 (age 30)	11	1	Barcelona
	MF	Sergio Canales	16 January 1991 (age 31)	10	1	Real Betis
	MF	Brais Méndez	7 January 1997 (age 25)	4	1	Real Sociedad
	MF	Oihan Sancet	25 April 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Athletic Bilbao
	FW	Álvaro Morata	23 October 1992 (age 30)	57	27	Atlético Madrid
	FW	Ferran Torres	29 February 2000 (age 22)	30	13	Barcelona
	FW	Marco Asensio	21 January 1996 (age 26)	29	1	Real Madrid
	FW	Rodrigo	6 March 1991 (age 31)	27	8	Leeds United
	FW	Pablo Sarabia	11 May 1992 (age 30)	24	9	Paris Saint-Germain
	FW	Dani Olmo	7 May 1998 (age 24)	24	4	RB Leipzig
	FW	Mikel Oyarzabal	21 April 1997 (age 25)	21	6	Real Sociedad
	FW	Iago Aspas	1 August 1987 (age 35)	18	6	Celta Vigo
	FW	Gerard Moreno	7 February 1992 (age 30)	17	5	Villarreal
	FW	Yeremy Pino	20 October 2002 (age 20)	6	1	Villarreal
	FW	Ansu Fati	31 October 2002 (age 20)	4	1	Barcelona
	FW	Nico Williams	12 July 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Athletic Bilbao
	FW	Borja Iglesias	17 January 1993 (age 29)	1	0	Real Betis

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Keylor Navas	15 December 1986 (age 35)	107	0	Paris Saint-Germain
	GK	Esteban Alvarado	28 April 1989 (age 33)	24	0	Herediano
	GK	Patrick Sequeira	1 March 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Lugo
	DF	Francisco Calvo	8 July 1992 (age 30)	75	8	Konyaspor
	DF	Bryan Oviedo	18 February 1990 (age 32)	74	2	Real Salt Lake
	DF	Óscar Duarte	3 June 1989 (age 33)	70	3	Al-Wehda
	DF	Kendall Waston	1 January 1988 (age 34)	61	7	Saprissa
	DF	Rónald Matarrita	9 July 1994 (age 28)	52	3	FC Cincinnati
	DF	Keysher Fuller	12 July 1994 (age 28)	29	2	Herediano
	DF	Juan Pablo Vargas	6 June 1995 (age 27)	11	1	Millonarios
	DF	Carlos Martínez	30 March 1999 (age 23)	5	0	San Carlos
	MF	Celso Borges	27 May 1988 (age 34)	154	27	Alajuelense
	MF	Bryan Ruiz (captain)	18 August 1985 (age 37)	144	29	Alajuelense
	MF	Yeltsin Tejeda	17 March 1992 (age 30)	73	0	Herediano
	MF	Gerson Torres	28 August 1997 (age 25)	13	1	Herediano
	MF	Jewison Bennette	15 June 2004 (age 18)	7	2	Sunderland
	MF	Daniel Chacón	11 April 2001 (age 21)	7	0	Colorado Rapids 2
	MF	Youstin Salas	17 June 1996 (age 26)	3	0	Saprissa
	MF	Roan Wilson	1 May 2002 (age 20)	2	0	Municipal Grecia
	MF	Brandon Aguilera	28 June 2003 (age 19)	2	0	Nottingham Forest
	MF	Douglas López	21 September 1998 (age 24)	1	0	Herediano
	MF	Anthony Hernández	11 October 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Puntarenas
	MF	Álvaro Zamora	9 March 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Saprissa
	FW	Joel Campbell	26 June 1992 (age 30)	118	25	León
	FW	Johan Venegas	27 November 1988 (age 33)	80	11	Alajuelense
	FW	Anthony Contreras	29 January 2000 (age 22)	8	2	Herediano

Japan World Cup Squad 2022

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Eiji Kawashima	20 March 1983 (age 39)	95	0	Strasbourg
2	DF	Miki Yamane	22 December 1993 (age 28)	14	2	Kawasaki Frontale
3	DF	Shōgo Taniguchi	15 July 1991 (age 31)	13	0	Kawasaki Frontale
4	DF	Kō Itakura	27 January 1997 (age 25)	12	1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
5	DF	Yūto Nagatomo	12 September 1986 (age 36)	137	4	FC Tokyo
6	MF	Wataru Endo	9 February 1993 (age 29)	43	2	VfB Stuttgart
7	MF	Gaku Shibasaki	28 May 1992 (age 30)	59	3	Leganés
8	MF	Ritsu Dōan	16 June 1998 (age 24)	28	3	SC Freiburg
9	MF	Kaoru Mitoma	20 May 1997 (age 25)	9	5	Brighton & Hove Albion
10	MF	Takumi Minamino	16 January 1995 (age 27)	43	17	Monaco
11	MF	Takefusa Kubo	4 June 2001 (age 21)	19	1	Real Sociedad
12	GK	Shūichi Gonda	3 March 1989 (age 33)	33	0	Shimizu S-Pulse
13	MF	Hidemasa Morita	10 May 1995 (age 27)	17	2	Sporting CP
14	MF	Junya Ito	9 March 1993 (age 29)	38	9	Reims
15	MF	Daichi Kamada	5 August 1996 (age 26)	21	6	Eintracht Frankfurt
16	DF	Takehiro Tomiyasu	5 November 1998 (age 24)	29	1	Arsenal
17	MF	Ao Tanaka	10 September 1998 (age 24)	14	2	Fortuna Düsseldorf
18	FW	Takuma Asano	10 November 1994 (age 27)	36	7	VfL Bochum
19	DF	Hiroki Sakai	12 April 1990 (age 32)	71	1	Urawa Red Diamonds
20	FW	Shūto Machino	30 September 1999 (age 23)	4	3	Shonan Bellmare
21	FW	Ayase Ueda	28 August 1998 (age 24)	10	0	Cercle Brugge
22	DF	Maya Yoshida (captain)	24 August 1988 (age 34)	121	12	Schalke 04
23	GK	Daniel Schmidt	3 February 1992 (age 30)	11	0	Sint-Truiden
24	MF	Yūki Sōma	25 February 1997 (age 25)	7	3	Nagoya Grampus
25	FW	Daizen Maeda	20 October 1997 (age 25)	8	1	Celtic
26	DF	Hiroki Itō	12 May 1999 (age 23)	5	0	VfB Stuttgart

World Cup 2022 - Group E Scores and Ranking - AI Based Predictions

1. Japan - 6 pts.

2. Spain - 4 pts.

3. Germany - 4 pts.

4. Costa Rica - 3 pts.

Spain 7-0 Costa Rica[D. Olmo(1), M Ascensio(1), F. Torres(2), Gavi(1), C. Soler(1), Morata(1)]

Germany 1-2 Japan [I. Guldogan(1), R. Doan(1), T. Asano(1)]

Spain 1-1 Germany [A. Morata(1), N. Fulkrug(1)]

Japan 0-1 Costa Rica [K Fuller(1)]

Costa Rica 2-4 Germany [Y. I. Tejo(1), M Neur(OG), Serge Gnabry(1), K. Havertz(1)]

Japan 2-1 Spain [Doan(1), Tanaka(1), Morata(1)]

Group F: Belgium, Canada, Morocco, Croatia

The golden generation is looking rather old now, but Belgium still qualified undefeated from their group led by their prolific strikers Romelu Lukaku and Eden Hazard. The biggest doubts are at the back, where Jan Vertonghen and Toby Alderweireld will have a combined age of 69 by the time the World Cup begins. 

Morocco had looked perhaps the best attacking side in the group stage at the Cup of Nations and is led by  Hakim Ziyech who plays for Chelsea FC in the English Premier league.

Croatia benefited from a relatively straightforward qualifying group, but the runners-up of four years ago remain dangerous so long as Luka Modric defies age. Canada’s only previous appearance came in 1986, but this squad is an entirely different level, led by Alphonso Davies of Bayern Munich and Jonathan David of Lille.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Thibaut Courtois	11 May 1992 (aged 30)	96	0	Real Madrid
	GK	Simon Mignolet	6 March 1988 (aged 34)	35	0	Club Brugge
	GK	Koen Casteels	25 June 1992 (aged 30)	4	0	VfL Wolfsburg
	DF	Jan Vertonghen	24 April 1987 (aged 35)	141	9	Anderlecht
	DF	Toby Alderweireld	2 March 1989 (aged 33)	123	5	Antwerp
	DF	Thomas Meunier	12 September 1991 (aged 31)	58	8	Borussia Dortmund
	DF	Timothy Castagne	5 December 1995 (aged 26)	25	2	Leicester City
	DF	Arthur Theate	25 May 2000 (aged 22)	3	0	Rennes
	DF	Zeno Debast	24 October 2003 (aged 19)	2	0	Anderlecht
	DF	Wout Faes	3 April 1998 (aged 24)	1	0	Leicester City
	MF	Axel Witsel	12 January 1989 (aged 33)	126	12	Atlético Madrid
	MF	Kevin De Bruyne	28 June 1991 (aged 31)	93	25	Manchester City
	MF	Yannick Carrasco	4 September 1993 (aged 29)	59	8	Atlético Madrid
	MF	Youri Tielemans	7 May 1997 (aged 25)	54	5	Leicester City
	MF	Leander Dendoncker	15 April 1995 (aged 27)	29	1	Aston Villa
	MF	Hans Vanaken	24 August 1992 (aged 30)	22	5	Club Brugge
	MF	Leandro Trossard	4 December 1994 (aged 27)	21	5	Brighton & Hove Albion
	MF	Charles De Ketelaere	10 March 2001 (aged 21)	10	1	Milan
	MF	Amadou Onana	16 August 2001 (aged 21)	2	0	Everton
	FW	Eden Hazard (captain)	7 January 1991 (aged 31)	122	33	Real Madrid
	FW	Dries Mertens	6 May 1987 (aged 35)	106	21	Galatasaray
	FW	Romelu Lukaku	13 May 1993 (aged 29)	102	68	Internazionale
	FW	Michy Batshuayi	2 October 1993 (aged 29)	47	26	Fenerbahçe
	FW	Thorgan Hazard	29 March 1993 (aged 29)	45	9	Borussia Dortmund
	FW	Jérémy Doku	27 May 2002 (aged 20)	10	2	Rennes
	FW	Loïs Openda	16 February 2000 (aged 22)	4	1	Lens

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Dayne St. Clair	9 May 1997 (aged 25)	2	0	Minnesota United
2	DF	Alistair Johnston	8 October 1998 (aged 24)	29	1	CF Montréal
3	DF	Sam Adekugbe	16 January 1995 (aged 27)	33	1	Hatayspor
4	DF	Kamal Miller	16 May 1997 (aged 25)	28	0	CF Montréal
5	DF	Steven Vitória	11 January 1987 (aged 35)	34	3	Chaves
6	MF	Samuel Piette	12 November 1994 (aged 28)	65	0	CF Montréal
7	MF	Stephen Eustáquio	21 December 1996 (aged 25)	26	3	Porto
8	MF	Liam Fraser	13 February 1998 (aged 24)	15	0	Deinze
9	FW	Lucas Cavallini	28 December 1992 (aged 29)	33	17	Vancouver Whitecaps
10	FW	Junior Hoilett	5 June 1990 (aged 32)	49	14	Reading
11	FW	Tajon Buchanan	8 February 1999 (aged 23)	25	4	Club Brugge
12	FW	Iké Ugbo	21 September 1998 (aged 24)	8	0	Troyes
13	MF	Atiba Hutchinson (captain)	8 February 1983 (aged 39)	97	9	Beşiktaş
14	MF	Mark-Anthony Kaye	4 December 1994 (aged 27)	37	2	Toronto FC
15	MF	Ismaël Koné	6 June 2002 (aged 20)	5	1	CF Montréal
16	GK	James Pantemis	21 February 1997 (aged 25)	0	0	CF Montréal
17	FW	Cyle Larin	17 April 1995 (aged 27)	54	25	Club Brugge
18	GK	Milan Borjan	23 October 1987 (aged 35)	67	0	Red Star Belgrade
19	FW	Alphonso Davies	2 November 2000 (aged 22)	34	12	Bayern Munich
20	FW	Jonathan David	14 January 2000 (aged 22)	34	22	Lille
21	MF	Jonathan Osorio	12 June 1992 (aged 30)	56	7	Toronto FC
22	DF	Richie Laryea	7 January 1995 (aged 27)	33	1	Toronto FC
23	FW	Liam Millar	27 September 1999 (aged 23)	16	0	Basel
24	MF	David Wotherspoon	16 January 1990 (aged 32)	10	1	St Johnstone
25	DF	Derek Cornelius	25 November 1997 (aged 24)	14	0	Panetolikos
26	DF	Joel Waterman	24 January 1996 (aged 26)	1	0	CF Montréal

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Dominik Livaković	9 January 1995 (aged 27)	33	0	Dinamo Zagreb
	GK	Ivica Ivušić	1 February 1995 (aged 27)	5	0	Osijek
	GK	Ivo Grbić	18 January 1996 (aged 26)	2	0	Atlético Madrid
	DF	Domagoj Vida	29 April 1989 (aged 33)	99	4	AEK Athens
	DF	Dejan Lovren	5 July 1989 (aged 33)	71	5	Zenit Saint Petersburg
	DF	Borna Barišić	10 November 1992 (aged 30)	27	1	Rangers
	DF	Josip Juranović	16 August 1995 (aged 27)	21	0	Celtic
	DF	Joško Gvardiol	23 January 2002 (aged 20)	12	1	RB Leipzig
	DF	Borna Sosa	21 January 1998 (aged 24)	8	1	VfB Stuttgart
	DF	Josip Stanišić	2 April 2000 (aged 22)	6	0	Bayern Munich
	DF	Martin Erlić	24 January 1998 (aged 24)	3	0	Sassuolo
	DF	Josip Šutalo	28 February 2000 (aged 22)	3	0	Dinamo Zagreb
	MF	Luka Modrić (captain)	9 September 1985 (aged 37)	154	23	Real Madrid
	MF	Mateo Kovačić	6 May 1994 (aged 28)	83	3	Chelsea
	MF	Marcelo Brozović	16 November 1992 (aged 30)	76	7	Internazionale
	MF	Mario Pašalić	9 February 1995 (aged 27)	42	7	Atalanta
	MF	Nikola Vlašić	4 October 1997 (aged 25)	41	7	Torino
	MF	Lovro Majer	17 January 1998 (aged 24)	10	3	Rennes
	MF	Kristijan Jakić	14 May 1997 (aged 25)	4	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
	MF	Luka Sučić	8 September 2002 (aged 20)	3	0	Red Bull Salzburg
	FW	Ivan Perišić	2 February 1989 (aged 33)	115	32	Tottenham Hotspur
	FW	Andrej Kramarić	19 June 1991 (aged 31)	73	19	1899 Hoffenheim
	FW	Bruno Petković	16 September 1994 (aged 28)	22	6	Dinamo Zagreb
	FW	Mislav Oršić	29 December 1992 (aged 29)	20	1	Dinamo Zagreb
	FW	Ante Budimir	22 July 1991 (aged 31)	15	1	Osasuna
	FW	Marko Livaja	26 August 1993 (aged 29)	14	3	Hajduk Split

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Yassine Bounou	5 April 1991 (aged 31)	45	0	Sevilla
	GK	Munir Mohamedi	10 May 1989 (aged 33)	43	0	Al-Wehda
	GK	Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti	5 April 1996 (aged 26)	3	0	Wydad AC
	DF	Romain Saïss (captain)	26 March 1990 (aged 32)	65	1	Beşiktaş
	DF	Achraf Hakimi	4 November 1998 (aged 24)	53	8	Paris Saint-Germain
	DF	Nayef Aguerd	30 March 1996 (aged 26)	21	1	West Ham United
	DF	Noussair Mazraoui	14 November 1997 (aged 25)	14	2	Bayern Munich
	DF	Jawad El Yamiq	29 February 1992 (aged 30)	11	2	Valladolid
	DF	Achraf Dari	6 May 1999 (aged 23)	4	0	Brest
	DF	Badr Benoun	30 September 1993 (aged 29)	3	0	Qatar SC
	DF	Yahia Attiyat Allah	2 March 1995 (aged 27)	1	0	Wydad AC
	MF	Sofyan Amrabat	21 August 1996 (aged 26)	38	0	Fiorentina
	MF	Selim Amallah	15 November 1996 (aged 26)	23	4	Standard Liège
	MF	Amine Harit	18 June 1997 (aged 25)	16	0	Marseille
	MF	Ilias Chair	30 October 1997 (aged 25)	10	1	Queens Park Rangers
	MF	Azzedine Ounahi	19 April 2000 (aged 22)	9	2	Angers
	MF	Yahya Jabrane	18 June 1991 (aged 31)	4	0	Wydad AC
	MF	Abdelhamid Sabiri	28 November 1996 (aged 25)	2	1	Sampdoria
	MF	Bilal El Khannous	10 May 2004 (aged 18)	0	0	Genk
	FW	Youssef En-Nesyri	1 June 1997 (aged 25)	49	14	Sevilla
	FW	Hakim Ziyech	19 March 1993 (aged 29)	42	17	Chelsea
	FW	Sofiane Boufal	17 September 1993 (aged 29)	31	5	Angers
	FW	Abderrazak Hamdallah	17 December 1990 (aged 31)	17	6	Al-Ittihad
	FW	Zakaria Aboukhlal	18 February 2000 (aged 22)	12	2	Toulouse
	FW	Abde Ezzalzouli	17 December 2001 (aged 20)	2	0	Osasuna
	FW	Walid Cheddira	22 January 1998 (aged 24)	2	0	Bari

World Cup 2022 - Group F Scores and Ranking AI Based Predictions

1. Morocco - 7 pts.

2. Croatia- 5 pts. 

3. Belgium - 4 pts.

4. Canada - 0 pts.

Belgium 1-0 Canada [Batshuayi (1)]

Morocco 0-0 Croatia

Belgium 0-2 Morocco [R Saiss(1), Z Aboukhlal(1)]

Croatia 4-1 Canada [A. Kramaric(2), M. Livaja(1), L. Majer(1), Alphonso Davies(1)]

Canada 1-2 Morocco [H Ziyech(1), Y En-Nesyri(1)]

Croatia 0-0 Belgium

Group G: Brazil, Serbia, Switzerland, Cameroon

It is 20 years since Brazil were the last non-European winner of a World Cup and again they are one of perhaps two non-European sides who might realistically be considered capable of success. Passing unbeaten through Conmebol qualifying is a remarkable achievement and Tite is an impressive coach, but the last World Cup and the quarter-final exit against Belgium was a reminder of the dangers of depending too much on Neymar. Brazil attacking options is very exciting with Vinicius Junior, Rodrigo, Neymar  and Gabriel Jesus.

The group is perhaps best described as awkward rather than intimidating. Switzerland, now under Murat Yakin, are solid but over-reliant on Breel Embolo, while Dragan Stojkovic’s Serbia have attacking talent in Dusan Tadic, Aleksandar Mitrovic and Luka Jovic, but kept just one clean sheet in their eight qualifiers.

Cameroon rather scrambled through, thanks to the ancient magic that means they can never lose to Algeria, and Rigobert Song’s side lean heavily on the goals of Vincent Aboubakar and Eric Choupo Moting.

Brazil squad for the World Cup 2022

Goalkeepers: Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Manchester City), Weverton (Palmeiras)

Defenders: Dani Alves (UNAM), Danilo (Juventus), Alex Sandro (Juventus), Alex Telles (Sevilla), Bremer (Juventus), Eder Militao (Real Madrid), Marquinhos (PSG), Thiago Silva (Chelsea)

Midfielders: Casemiro (Manchester United), Everton Ribeiro (Flamengo), Bruno Guimaraes (Newcastle), Fabinho (Liverpool), Fred (Manchester United), Lucas Paqueta (West Ham)

Forwards: Antony (Manchester United), Gabriel Jesus (Arsenal), Gabriel Martinelli (Arsenal), Neymar (PSG), Pedro (Flamengo), Raphinha (Barcelona), Rodrygo (Real Madrid), Richarlison (Tottenham Hotspur), Vinicius Jr (Real Madrid).

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	GK	Alisson	2 October 1992 (aged 30)	57	0	Liverpool
2	DF	Danilo	15 July 1991 (aged 31)	46	1	Juventus
3	DF	Thiago Silva (captain)	22 September 1984 (aged 38)	109	7	Chelsea
4	DF	Marquinhos	14 May 1994 (aged 28)	71	5	Paris Saint-Germain
5	MF	Casemiro	23 February 1992 (aged 30)	65	5	Manchester United
6	DF	Alex Sandro	26 January 1991 (aged 31)	37	2	Juventus
7	MF	Lucas Paquetá	27 August 1997 (aged 25)	35	7	West Ham United
8	MF	Fred	5 March 1993 (aged 29)	28	0	Manchester United
9	FW	Richarlison	10 May 1997 (aged 25)	38	17	Tottenham Hotspur
10	FW	Neymar	5 February 1992 (aged 30)	121	75	Paris Saint-Germain
11	FW	Raphinha	14 December 1996 (aged 25)	11	5	Barcelona
12	GK	Weverton	13 December 1987 (aged 34)	8	0	Palmeiras
13	DF	Dani Alves	6 May 1983 (aged 39)	124	8	UNAM
14	DF	Éder Militão	18 January 1998 (aged 24)	23	1	Real Madrid
15	MF	Fabinho	23 October 1993 (aged 29)	28	0	Liverpool
16	DF	Alex Telles	15 December 1992 (aged 29)	8	0	Sevilla
17	MF	Bruno Guimarães	16 November 1997 (aged 25)	8	1	Newcastle United
18	FW	Gabriel Jesus	3 April 1997 (aged 25)	56	19	Arsenal
19	FW	Antony	24 February 2000 (aged 22)	11	2	Manchester United
20	FW	Vinícius Júnior	12 July 2000 (aged 22)	16	1	Real Madrid
21	FW	Rodrygo	9 January 2001 (aged 21)	5	1	Real Madrid
22	MF	Éverton Ribeiro	10 April 1989 (aged 33)	21	3	Flamengo
23	GK	Ederson	17 August 1993 (aged 29)	18	0	Manchester City
24	DF	Bremer	18 March 1997 (aged 25)	1	0	Juventus
25	FW	Pedro	20 June 1997 (aged 25)	2	1	Flamengo
26	FW	Gabriel Martinelli	18 June 2001 (aged 21)	3	0	Arsenal

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	André Onana	2 April 1996 (age 26)	31	0	Inter Milan
	GK	Devis Epassy	2 February 1993 (age 29)	5	0	Abha
	GK	Simon Ngapandouetnbu	12 April 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Marseille
	DF	Nicolas Nkoulou	27 March 1990 (age 32)	76	2	Aris
	DF	Collins Fai	23 November 1992 (age 29)	50	0	Al-Tai
	DF	Nouhou Tolo	23 June 1997 (age 25)	16	0	Seattle Sounders
	DF	Jean-Charles Castelletto	26 January 1995 (age 27)	12	0	Nantes
	DF	Olivier Mbaizo	15 August 1997 (age 25)	11	0	Philadelphia Union
	DF	Enzo Ebosse	11 March 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Udinese
	DF	Christopher Wooh	18 September 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Rennes
	MF	André-Frank Zambo Anguissa	16 November 1995 (age 26)	42	5	Napoli
	MF	Pierre Kunde	26 July 1995 (age 27)	30	1	Olympiacos
	MF	Samuel Gouet	14 December 1997 (age 24)	21	0	Mechelen
	MF	Martin Hongla	16 March 1998 (age 24)	17	0	Hellas Verona
	MF	Gaël Ondoua	4 November 1995 (age 27)	3	0	Hannover 96
	MF	Olivier Ntcham	9 February 1996 (age 26)	2	0	Swansea City
	MF	Jerome Ngom Mbekeli	30 September 1998 (age 24)	0	0	APEJES de Mfou
	FW	Vincent Aboubakar (captain)	22 January 1992 (age 30)	88	33	Al-Nassr
	FW	Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting	23 March 1989 (age 33)	68	18	Bayern Munich
	FW	Karl Toko Ekambi	14 September 1992 (age 30)	50	12	Lyon
	FW	Christian Bassogog	18 October 1995 (age 27)	42	7	Shanghai Shenhua
	FW	Jean-Pierre Nsame	1 May 1993 (age 29)	3	0	Young Boys
	FW	Bryan Mbeumo	7 August 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Brentford
	FW	Georges-Kévin Nkoudou	13 February 1995 (age 27)	1	0	Beşiktaş
	FW	Souaibou Marou	3 December 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Coton Sport

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Yann Sommer	17 December 1988 (age 33)	76	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	GK	Jonas Omlin	10 January 1994 (age 28)	4	0	Montpellier
	GK	Gregor Kobel	6 December 1997 (age 24)	3	0	Borussia Dortmund
	GK	Philipp Köhn	2 April 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Red Bull Salzburg
	DF	Ricardo Rodriguez	25 August 1992 (age 30)	100	9	Torino
	DF	Fabian Schär	20 December 1991 (age 30)	72	8	Newcastle United
	DF	Manuel Akanji	19 July 1995 (age 27)	42	1	Manchester City
	DF	Nico Elvedi	30 September 1996 (age 26)	40	1	Borussia Mönchengladbach
	DF	Silvan Widmer	5 March 1993 (age 29)	33	2	Mainz 05
	DF	Eray Cömert	4 February 1998 (age 24)	9	0	Valencia
	MF	Xherdan Shaqiri	10 October 1991 (age 31)	108	26	Chicago Fire
	MF	Granit Xhaka (captain)	27 September 1992 (age 30)	106	12	Arsenal
	MF	Remo Freuler	15 April 1992 (age 30)	48	5	Nottingham Forest
	MF	Denis Zakaria	20 November 1996 (age 25)	42	3	Chelsea
	MF	Djibril Sow	6 February 1997 (age 25)	32	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
	MF	Renato Steffen	3 November 1991 (age 31)	27	1	Lugano
	MF	Edimilson Fernandes	15 April 1996 (age 26)	22	2	Mainz 05
	MF	Fabian Frei	8 January 1989 (age 33)	22	3	Basel
	MF	Michel Aebischer	6 January 1997 (age 25)	11	0	Bologna
	MF	Ardon Jashari	30 June 2002 (age 20)	1	0	Luzern
	MF	Fabian Rieder	16 February 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Young Boys
	FW	Haris Seferovic	22 February 1992 (age 30)	88	25	Galatasaray
	FW	Breel Embolo	14 February 1997 (age 25)	58	11	Monaco
	FW	Ruben Vargas	5 August 1998 (age 24)	26	4	FC Augsburg
	FW	Christian Fassnacht	11 November 1993 (age 28)	15	4	Young Boys
	FW	Noah Okafor	24 May 2000 (age 22)	8	2	Red Bull Salzburg

World Cup 2022 - Group G Scores and Ranking AI Based Predictions

1. Brazil - 9 pts.

2. Cameroon - 3 pts.

3. Switzerland - 3 pts.

4. Serbia - 3 pts.

Brazil 2-0 Serbia [Richardlison(2)]

Switzerland 1-0 Cameroon [Embolo(1)]

Brazil 1-0 Switzerland [Casemiro(1)]

Cameroon 3-3 Serbia [Casteletto(1), V Aboubakar(1), e Choupo Moting(1), Mitrovic(1), Pavlovic(1), S Milinkovic-Sa(1)]

Serbia 1-0Switzerland

Cameroon 0-1 Brazil

Group H: Portugal, Ghana, Uruguay, Korea Republic

 

This is perhaps the hardest group to call. It feels as if there are more questions than answers about Portugal who, despite finishing behind Serbia in the group, qualified comfortably enough, beating Turkey and North Macedonia in the playoffs. But there are doubts over Fernando Santos’s cautious tactics and the best permutation of their array of attacking talent. Uruguay are resurgent, having won all four qualifiers since Diego Alonso replaced Óscar Tabárez, whose 15-year reign as coach eventually ran out of steam last year.

South Korea qualified convincingly under the former Portugal coach Paulo Bento, winning seven and drawing two of 10 third-phase qualifiers. Ghana were desperately poor at the Cup of Nations and topped their qualifying group thanks only to a highly debatable penalty against South Africa before beating Nigeria in their playoff on away goals. But the arrival of Otto Addo, initially as interim coach, brought calmness and resolve even in the cauldron of Abuja.

Portuguese national team players to make the difference at the 2022 World Cup

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Rui Patrício	15 February 1988 (age 34)	104	0	Roma
	GK	Anthony Lopes	1 October 1990 (age 32)	14	0	Lyon
	GK	Diogo Costa	19 September 1999 (age 23)	7	0	Porto
	GK	Rui Silva	7 February 1994 (age 28)	1	0	Real Betis
	GK	José Sá	17 January 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	DF	Pepe	26 February 1983 (age 39)	128	7	Porto
	DF	Danilo Pereira	9 September 1991 (age 31)	63	2	Paris Saint-Germain
	DF	Raphaël Guerreiro	22 December 1993 (age 28)	56	3	Borussia Dortmund
	DF	José Fonte	22 December 1983 (age 38)	50	1	Lille
	DF	Rúben Dias	14 May 1997 (age 25)	39	2	Manchester City
	DF	João Cancelo	27 May 1994 (age 28)	37	7	Manchester City
	DF	Cédric Soares	31 August 1991 (age 31)	34	1	Arsenal
	DF	Nélson Semedo	16 November 1993 (age 28)	24	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	DF	Nuno Mendes	19 June 2002 (age 20)	16	0	Paris Saint-Germain
	DF	Mário Rui	27 May 1991 (age 31)	12	0	Napoli
	DF	Diogo Dalot	18 March 1999 (age 23)	6	2	Manchester United
	DF	Domingos Duarte	10 March 1995 (age 27)	3	0	Getafe
	DF	Fábio Cardoso	19 April 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Porto
	DF	David Carmo	19 July 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Porto
	DF	Thierry Correia	9 March 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Valencia
	DF	Tiago Djaló	9 April 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Lille
	DF	Gonçalo Inácio	25 August 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Sporting CP
	DF	Diogo Leite	23 January 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Union Berlin
	DF	Nuno Santos	13 February 1995 (age 27)	0	0	Sporting CP
	DF	António Silva	30 October 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Benfica
	DF	Nuno Tavares	26 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Marseille
	MF	João Moutinho	8 September 1986 (age 36)	146	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	MF	William Carvalho	7 April 1992 (age 30)	75	5	Real Betis
	MF	Bernardo Silva	10 August 1994 (age 28)	72	8	Manchester City
	MF	João Mário	19 January 1993 (age 29)	52	2	Benfica
	MF	Bruno Fernandes	8 September 1994 (age 28)	48	9	Manchester United
	MF	Renato Sanches	18 August 1997 (age 25)	32	3	Paris Saint-Germain
	MF	Rúben Neves	13 March 1997 (age 25)	32	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	MF	João Palhinha	9 July 1995 (age 27)	15	2	Fulham
	MF	Sérgio Oliveira	2 June 1992 (age 30)	13	0	Galatasaray
	MF	Matheus Nunes	27 August 1998 (age 24)	9	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	MF	Otávio	9 February 1995 (age 27)	7	2	Porto
	MF	Vitinha	13 February 2000 (age 22)	4	0	Paris Saint-Germain
	MF	Fábio Carvalho	30 August 2002 (age 20)	0	0	Liverpool
	MF	Florentino Luís	19 August 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Benfica
	MF	Fábio Vieira	30 May 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Arsenal
	FW	Cristiano Ronaldo (captain)	5 February 1985 (age 37)	191	117	Manchester United
	FW	André Silva	6 November 1995 (age 27)	51	19	RB Leipzig
	FW	Gonçalo Guedes	29 November 1996 (age 25)	32	7	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	FW	João Félix	10 November 1999 (age 22)	23	3	Atlético Madrid
	FW	Rafael Leão	10 June 1999 (age 23)	11	0	Milan
	FW	Francisco Trincão	29 December 1999 (age 22)	7	0	Sporting CP
	FW	Ricardo Horta	15 September 1994 (age 28)	5	1	Braga
	FW	Paulinho	9 November 1992 (age 30)	3	2	Sporting CP
	FW	Pedro Gonçalves	28 June 1998 (age 24)	2	0	Sporting CP
	FW	Daniel Podence	21 October 1995 (age 27)	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	FW	Beto	31 January 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Udinese
	FW	Jota	30 March 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Celtic
	FW	Gonçalo Ramos	20 June 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Benfica
	FW	Vitinha	15 March 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Braga

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Kim Seung-gyu	30 September 1990 (aged 32)	67	0	Al-Shabab
	GK	Jo Hyeon-woo	25 September 1991 (aged 31)	22	0	Ulsan Hyundai
	GK	Song Bum-keun	15 October 1997 (aged 25)	1	0	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	DF	Kim Young-gwon	27 February 1990 (aged 32)	96	6	Ulsan Hyundai
	DF	Kim Jin-su	13 June 1992 (aged 30)	61	2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	DF	Hong Chul	17 September 1990 (aged 32)	46	1	Daegu FC
	DF	Kim Min-jae	15 November 1996 (aged 26)	44	3	Napoli
	DF	Kwon Kyung-won	31 January 1992 (aged 30)	28	2	Gamba Osaka
	DF	Kim Moon-hwan	1 August 1995 (aged 27)	22	0	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	DF	Kim Tae-hwan	24 July 1989 (aged 33)	19	0	Ulsan Hyundai
	DF	Cho Yu-min	17 November 1996 (aged 26)	4	0	Daejeon Hana Citizen
	DF	Yoon Jong-gyu	20 March 1998 (aged 24)	4	0	FC Seoul
	MF	Son Heung-min (captain)	8 July 1992 (aged 30)	104	35	Tottenham Hotspur
	MF	Jung Woo-young	14 December 1989 (aged 32)	66	3	Al-Sadd
	MF	Lee Jae-sung	10 August 1992 (aged 30)	64	9	Mainz 05
	MF	Hwang Hee-chan	26 January 1996 (aged 26)	49	9	Wolverhampton Wanderers
	MF	Kwon Chang-hoon	30 June 1994 (aged 28)	42	12	Gimcheon Sangmu
	MF	Hwang In-beom	20 September 1996 (aged 26)	37	4	Olympiacos
	MF	Na Sang-ho	12 August 1996 (aged 26)	24	2	FC Seoul
	MF	Son Jun-ho	12 May 1992 (aged 30)	15	0	Shandong Taishan
	MF	Paik Seung-ho	17 March 1997 (aged 25)	14	2	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	MF	Song Min-kyu	12 September 1999 (aged 23)	13	1	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	MF	Jeong Woo-yeong	20 September 1999 (aged 23)	9	2	SC Freiburg
	MF	Lee Kang-in	19 February 2001 (aged 21)	6	0	Mallorca
	FW	Hwang Ui-jo	28 August 1992 (aged 30)	49	16	Olympiacos
	FW	Cho Gue-sung	25 January 1998 (aged 24)	16	4	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Richard Ofori	1 November 1993 (age 29)	24	0	Orlando Pirates
	GK	Joe Wollacott	8 September 1996 (age 26)	11	0	Charlton Athletic
	GK	Lawrence Ati-Zigi	26 November 1996 (age 25)	10	0	St. Gallen
	GK	Abdul Manaf Nurudeen	8 February 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Eupen
	GK	Ibrahim Danlad	2 December 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Asante Kotoko
	DF	Jonathan Mensah	13 July 1990 (age 32)	69	1	Columbus Crew
	DF	Baba Rahman	2 July 1994 (age 28)	47	1	Reading
	DF	Daniel Amartey	1 December 1994 (age 27)	43	0	Leicester City
	DF	Andy Yiadom	2 December 1991 (age 30)	26	0	Reading
	DF	Alexander Djiku	9 August 1994 (age 28)	18	1	Strasbourg
	DF	Kasim Nuhu	22 June 1995 (age 27)	11	1	Basel
	DF	Joseph Aidoo	29 September 1995 (age 27)	10	0	Celta Vigo
	DF	Gideon Mensah	18 July 1998 (age 24)	10	0	Bordeaux
	DF	Denis Odoi	27 May 1988 (age 34)	4	0	Club Brugge
	DF	Alidu Seidu	25 February 1996 (age 26)	2	0	Clermont
	DF	Mohammed Salisu	17 April 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Southampton
	DF	Tariq Lamptey	30 September 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Brighton & Hove Albion
	DF	Dennis Nkrumah-Korsah	25 February 1996 (age 26)	0	0	Hearts of Oak
	DF	Patrick Kpozo	15 July 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Sheriff Tiraspol
	DF	Abdul Mumin	6 June 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Rayo Vallecano
	DF	Stephan Ambrosius	18 December 1998 (age 23)	0	0	Karlsruher SC
	DF	Ibrahim Imoro	2 October 1999 (age 23)	0	0	Al-Hilal Omdurman
	MF	André Ayew	17 December 1989 (age 32)	107	23	Al-Sadd
	MF	Mubarak Wakaso	25 July 1990 (age 32)	70	13	Eupen
	MF	Thomas Partey	13 June 1993 (age 29)	40	14	Arsenal
	MF	Jeffrey Schlupp	23 December 1992 (age 29)	20	1	Crystal Palace
	MF	Iddrisu Baba	22 January 1996 (age 26)	18	0	Mallorca
	MF	Mohammed Kudus	2 August 2000 (age 22)	16	4	Ajax
	MF	Daniel-Kofi Kyereh	8 March 1996 (age 26)	12	0	SC Freiburg
	MF	Edmund Addo	17 May 2000 (age 22)	8	0	Sheriff Tiraspol
	MF	Joseph Paintsil	1 February 1998 (age 24)	5	0	Genk
	MF	Majeed Ashimeru	10 October 1997 (age 25)	2	0	Anderlecht
	MF	Elisha Owusu	7 November 1997 (age 25)	2	0	Gent
	MF	Daniel Afriyie	26 June 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Hearts of Oak
	MF	Salifu Mudasiru	1 April 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Sheriff Tiraspol
	MF	Salis Abdul Samed	26 March 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Lens
	FW	Jordan Ayew	11 September 1991 (age 31)	82	20	Crystal Palace
	FW	Richmond Boakye	28 January 1993 (age 29)	19	7	Lamia
	FW	Samuel Owusu	28 March 1996 (age 26)	17	1	Čukarički
	FW	Caleb Ekuban	23 March 1994 (age 28)	13	3	Genoa
	FW	Kamaldeen Sulemana	15 February 2002 (age 20)	11	0	Rennes
	FW	Abdul Fatawu Issahaku	8 March 2004 (age 18)	11	0	Sporting CP
	FW	Joel Fameyeh	14 May 1997 (age 25)	6	2	Rubin Kazan
	FW	Felix Afena-Gyan	19 January 2003 (age 19)	6	1	Cremonese
	FW	Kwasi Okyere Wriedt	10 July 1994 (age 28)	6	0	Holstein Kiel
	FW	Osman Bukari	13 December 1998 (age 23)	5	1	Red Star Belgrade
	FW	Yaw Yeboah	28 March 1997 (age 25)	4	0	Columbus Crew
	FW	Emmanuel Gyasi	11 January 1994 (age 28)	3	0	Spezia
	FW	Christopher Antwi-Adjei	7 February 1994 (age 28)	3	0	VfL Bochum
	FW	Iñaki Williams	15 June 1994 (age 28)	1	0	Athletic Bilbao
	FW	Antoine Semenyo	7 January 2000 (age 22)	1	0	Bristol City
	FW	Mohammed Dauda	20 February 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Tenerife
	FW	Kamal Sowah	9 January 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Club Brugge
	FW	Ransford-Yeboah Königsdörffer	13 September 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Hamburger SV
	FW	Ernest Nuamah	1 November 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Nordsjælland

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Fernando Muslera	16 June 1986 (age 36)	133	0	Galatasaray
	GK	Sergio Rochet	23 March 1993 (age 29)	8	0	Nacional
	GK	Sebastián Sosa	19 August 1986 (age 36)	1	0	Independiente
	GK	Guillermo de Amores	19 October 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Lanús
	GK	Santiago Mele	6 September 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Unión
	GK	Gastón Olveira	21 April 1993 (age 29)	0	0	Olimpia
	DF	Diego Godín (captain)	16 February 1986 (age 36)	159	8	Vélez Sarsfield
	DF	Martín Cáceres	7 April 1987 (age 35)	115	4	LA Galaxy
	DF	José Giménez	20 January 1995 (age 27)	78	8	Atlético Madrid
	DF	Sebastián Coates	7 October 1990 (age 32)	47	1	Sporting CP
	DF	Matías Viña	9 November 1997 (age 25)	26	0	Roma
	DF	Giovanni González	20 September 1994 (age 28)	16	0	Mallorca
	DF	Ronald Araújo	7 March 1999 (age 23)	12	0	Barcelona
	DF	Guillermo Varela	24 March 1993 (age 29)	9	0	Flamengo
	DF	Mathías Olivera	31 October 1997 (age 25)	8	0	Napoli
	DF	Joaquín Piquerez	24 August 1998 (age 24)	7	0	Palmeiras
	DF	Damián Suárez	27 April 1988 (age 34)	7	0	Getafe
	DF	Sebastián Cáceres	18 August 1999 (age 23)	2	0	América
	DF	Bruno Méndez	10 September 1999 (age 23)	2	0	Corinthians
	DF	Agustín Rogel	17 October 1997 (age 25)	1	0	Hertha BSC
	DF	Gastón Álvarez	24 March 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Getafe
	DF	Santiago Bueno	9 November 1998 (age 24)	0	0	Girona
	DF	Leandro Cabrera	17 June 1991 (age 31)	0	0	Espanyol
	DF	Alfonso Espino	5 January 1992 (age 30)	0	0	Cádiz
	DF	Lucas Olaza	21 July 1994 (age 28)	0	0	Valladolid
	DF	Federico Pereira	24 February 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Liverpool Montevideo
	DF	José Luis Rodríguez	14 March 1997 (age 25)	0	0	Nacional
	MF	Matías Vecino	24 August 1991 (age 31)	62	4	Lazio
	MF	Rodrigo Bentancur	25 June 1997 (age 25)	51	1	Tottenham Hotspur
	MF	Federico Valverde	22 July 1998 (age 24)	44	4	Real Madrid
	MF	Giorgian de Arrascaeta	1 June 1994 (age 28)	40	8	Flamengo
	MF	Lucas Torreira	11 February 1996 (age 26)	40	0	Galatasaray
	MF	Nicolás de la Cruz	1 June 1997 (age 25)	17	2	River Plate
	MF	Mauro Arambarri	30 September 1995 (age 27)	12	0	Getafe
	MF	Fernando Gorriarán	27 November 1994 (age 27)	7	0	Santos Laguna
	MF	Manuel Ugarte	11 April 2001 (age 21)	6	0	Sporting CP
	MF	César Araújo	2 April 2001 (age 21)	0	0	Orlando City
	MF	Maximiliano Araújo	15 February 2000 (age 22)	0	0	Puebla
	MF	Felipe Carballo	4 October 1996 (age 26)	0	0	Nacional
	MF	Fabricio Díaz	3 February 2003 (age 19)	0	0	Liverpool Montevideo
	FW	Luis Suárez	24 January 1987 (age 35)	134	68	Nacional
	FW	Edinson Cavani	14 February 1987 (age 35)	133	58	Valencia
	FW	Jonathan Rodríguez	6 July 1993 (age 29)	29	3	América
	FW	Maxi Gómez	14 August 1996 (age 26)	27	4	Trabzonspor
	FW	Darwin Núñez	24 June 1999 (age 23)	13	3	Liverpool
	FW	Facundo Torres	13 April 2000 (age 22)	10	0	Orlando City
	FW	Facundo Pellistri	20 December 2001 (age 20)	7	0	Manchester United
	FW	Agustín Álvarez Martínez	19 May 2001 (age 21)	4	1	Sassuolo
	FW	Diego Rossi	5 March 1998 (age 24)	4	1	Fenerbahçe
	FW	Agustín Canobbio	1 October 1998 (age 24)	3	0	Athletico Paranaense
	FW	David Terans	11 June 1994 (age 28)	2	0	Athletico Paranaense
	FW	Brian Ocampo	25 June 1999 (age 23)	1	0	Cádiz
	FW	Martín Satriano	20 February 2001 (age 21)	1	0	Empoli
	FW	Thiago Borbas	7 April 2002 (age 20)	0	0	River Plate Montevideo
	FW	Nicolás López	1 October 1993 (age 29)	0	0	UANL

World Cup 2022 - Group H Scores and Ranking AI Based Predictions

1. Portugal - 7 pts.

2. Ghana - 6 pts,

3. South Korea - 4 pts.

4. Uruguay - 1 pts.

Portugal 3-2 Ghana [C. Ronaldo(1), A Ayew(1), O. Bukari(1)]

Uruguay 0-0 South Korea

Portugal 2-0 Uruguay [B Fernandes(2)]

South Korea 2-3 Ghana [Cho Gue-Sung(2), M Salisu(1), M Kudus(2)]

Ghana 1-0 Uruguay

South Korea 0-1 Portugal

 

Group Stage results

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇳🇱 Netherlands	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	7
🇸🇳 Senegal	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	6
🇪🇨 Ecuador	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	4
🇶🇦 Qatar	3	0	0	3	1	7	-6	0

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	3	2	1	0	9	2	+7	7
🇺🇸 United States	3	1	2	0	2	1	1	5
🇮🇷 Iran	3	1	0	2	4	7	-3	3
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Wales	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇵🇱 Poland	2	1	1	0	0	0	+2	4
🇦🇷 Argentina	2	1	0	1	1	2	1	3
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia	2	1	0	1	2	3	-1	3
🇲🇽 Mexico	2	0	1	0	0	0	-2	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇫🇷 France	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	6
🇦🇺 Australia	3	2	0	1	3	4	-1	6
🇹🇳 Tunisia	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
🇩🇰 Denmark	3	0	1	2	1	2	-1	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇯🇵 Japan	3	2	0	1	4	3	1	6
🇪🇸 Spain	3	1	1	1	9	3	+6	4
🇩🇪 Germany	3	1	1	1	6	5	-1	4
🇨🇷 Costa Rica	3	1	0	2	3	11	-8	3

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇲🇦 Morocco	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	7
🇭🇷 Croatia	3	1	2	0	4	1	+3	5
🇧🇪 Belgium	3	1	1	1	1	2	-1	4
🇨🇦 Canada	3	0	0	3	2	7	-5	0

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇧🇷 Brazil	3	2	0	1	3	1	+2	6
🇨🇭 Switzerland	3	2	0	1	4	3	+1	6
🇨🇲 Cameroon	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
🇷🇸 Serbia	3	0	1	2	5	8	-3	1

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
🇵🇹 Portugal	3	2	0	1	6	4	+2	6
🇰🇷 South Korea	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
🇺🇾 Uruguay	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
🇬🇭 Ghana	3	1	0	2	5	7	-2	3

World Cup 2022 2nd round (last 16 - knock off round) scores

Match number	Kickoff	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Match 49	03/12/2022 16:00	🇳🇱 Netherlands	🇺🇸 United States	3-1
Match 50	03/12/2022 20:00	🇦🇷 Argentina	🇦🇺 Australia	2-1
Match 51	04/12/2022 16:00	🇫🇷 France	🇵🇱 Poland	3-1
Match 52	04/12/2022 20:00	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	🇸🇳 Senegal	3-0
Match 53	05/12/2022 16:00	🇯🇵 Japan	🇭🇷 Croatia	1-1 1-3 after penalties
Match 54	05/12/2022 20:00	🇧🇷 Brazil	🇰🇷 South Korea	4-1
Match 55	06/12/2022 16:00	🇲🇦 Morocco	🇪🇸 Spain	0-0 3-1 after penalties
Match 56	06/12/2022 20:00	🇵🇹 Portugal	🇨🇭 Switzerland

Netherland 3- USA 1 [M. Depay(1), D. Dumphries(1), D. Blind(1), H Wright(1)]

Argentina vs Australia [L. Messi(1), J. Alvarez(1), E. Fernandez (o.g 1)]

France 3 1 Poland[K. Mbappe(2),  Giroud(1), Lewandowsky(1)]

England 3-0 Senegal [J. Henderson(1), H. Kane(1), b. Saka(1)] 

Japan 1-1 Croatia  1-3 after penalties [D. Maeda(1), Ivan Perisic(1)]

Brazil 4-1 South Korea [Vini Junior(1), Neymar(1), Richardlison(1), L. Paqueta(1), P. Seung-Ho(1)]

Morocco 0- 0 Spain 3-1 after penalties []

Portugal 6-1 Switzerland [G. Ramos(3), Pepe(1)Guerreiro(1), R. Leao(1), Akanji(1)]

World Cup 2022 bracket after Round of 16

Match number	Kickoff	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Match 57	09/12/2022 16:00	🇭🇷 Croatia	🇧🇷 Brazil	1-1 (Croatian wins 4-2 after penalties)
Match 58	09/12/2022 20:00	🇳🇱 Netherlands	🇦🇷 Argentina	2-2 (Argentina wins after penalties)
Match 59	10/12/2022 16:00	Portugal	Morocco	0-1
Match 60	10/12/2022 20:00	🇫🇷 France	🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England	2-1

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Match number	Kickoff	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Match 61	13/12/2022 20:00	Argentina	Croatia	3-0
Match 62	14/12/2022 20:00	France	Morocco	2-0

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Match number	Kickoff	Team 1	Team 2	Result
Match 63	17/12/2022 16:00	Croatia	Morocco	1-3

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Is Benzema playing the World Cu Final 2022? Probably Not

Where can I watch the world cup final?

Trending World Cup questions, past day, US

1. Is Benzema playing in the World Cup? No

2. Where can I watch the World Cup final? (In USA via Peacock or Telemundo of Fox Sports, In Canada on TSN.ca)

3. Is Morocco out of the World Cup? (Yes, Eliminated by France during the Semi Finals)

4. When is the finals for the World Cup? (Sunday December 18th at 10am ET)

5. Who is favored to win the World Cup? Argentina(55%)- France(45%)

6. World Cup final Referee 2022? Polish referee Szymon Marciniak will take charge of Sunday's World Cup final between France and Argentina
    

    
7. Argentina World Cup Final Appearances? 5

Top searched players, past week, US

1. Lionel Messi

2. Cristiano Ronaldo

3. Neymar

4. Kylian Mbappé

5. Luka Modrić

6. Harry Kane

7. Karim Benzema

8. Olivier Jonathan Giroud

9. Julián Álvarez

10. Achraf Hakimi

World Cup 2022 Key Stats

Age

Outfield players

• Oldest:  Pepe (39 years, 267 days)^[41]
• Youngest:  Youssoufa Moukoko (18 years, 0 days)

Goalkeepers

• Oldest:  Eiji Kawashima (39 years, 245 days)
• Youngest:  Simon Ngapandouetnbu (19 years, 222 days)

Captains

• Oldest:  Thiago Silva (38 years, 59 days)
• Youngest:  Harry Kane (29 years, 115 days)

Player representation by league system

Nations in bold are represented at the tournament. England includes two clubs based in Wales, while France includes one club from Monaco.

Country	Players	Percentage	Outside national squad	Lower tier players
England	143	22.03%	118	25
Spain	77	11.86%	59	2
Germany	68	10.48%	48	3
Italy	66	10.17%	66	3
France	46	7.09%	40	0
Saudi Arabia	34	5.24%	8	2
Qatar	28	4.31%	2	0
United States	20	3.08%	11	1
Costa Rica	15	2.31%	0	0
Netherlands	14	2.16%	2	0
Portugal	14	2.16%	7	0
South Korea	14	2.16%	0	1
Belgium	12	1.85%	7	0
Scotland	12	1.85%	12	0
Turkey	12	1.85%	12	0
Japan	10	1.54%	3	2
Greece	8	1.23%	8	0
Australia	7	1.08%	0	0
Brazil	6	0.92%	3	0
Croatia	6	0.92%	0	0
Switzerland	6	0.92%	1	0
Argentina	4	0.62%	3	0
Austria	4	0.62%	3	0
Poland	4	0.62%	1	0
Morocco	3	0.46%	0	0
Uruguay	3	0.46%	0	0
Cameroon	2	0.31%	0	0
China PR	2	0.31%	2	0
Denmark	2	0.31%	0	0
Mexico	2	0.31%	2	0
Russia	2	0.31%	2	0
Colombia	1	0.15%	1	0
Cyprus	1	0.15%	1	0
Serbia	1	0.15%	0	0
Total	649	100%	422 (65.02%)	39 (6.01%)

Player representation by club

Players	Clubs
16	Manchester City  Bayern Munich
15	Barcelona
14	Al Sadd
13	Manchester United  Real Madrid
12	Chelsea  Paris Saint-Germain  Al Hilal
11	Borussia Dortmund  Juventus  Atlético Madrid
10	Tottenham Hotspur
9	Arsenal

Player representation by club confederation

Confederation	Players	Percentage
UEFA	498	76.73%
AFC	95	14.64%
CONCACAF	37	5.70%
CONMEBOL	14	2.16%
CAF	5	0.77%
OFC	0	0.00%

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represented their own country.

Number	Country	Coaches
3	Argentina	Gustavo Alfaro (Ecuador), Gerardo Martino (Mexico), Lionel Scaloni
	Portugal	Paulo Bento (South Korea), Carlos Queiroz (Iran), Fernando Santos
	Spain	Luis Enrique, Roberto Martínez (Belgium), Félix Sánchez (Qatar)
2	England	John Herdman (Canada), Gareth Southgate
	France	Didier Deschamps, Hervé Renard (Saudi Arabia)
1	Australia	Graham Arnold
	Brazil	Tite
	Cameroon	Rigobert Song
	Croatia	Zlatko Dalić
	Colombia	Luis Fernando Suárez (Costa Rica)
	Denmark	Kasper Hjulmand
	Germany	Hansi Flick
	Ghana	Otto Addo
	Japan	Hajime Moriyasu
	Morocco	Walid Regragui
	Netherlands	Louis van Gaal
	Poland	Czesław Michniewicz
	Senegal	Aliou Cissé
	Serbia	Dragan Stojković
	Switzerland	Murat Yakin
	Tunisia	Jalel Kadri
	United States	Gregg Berhalter
	Uruguay	Diego Alonso
	Wales	Rob Page

Mean World Cup 2022 players name length

 Foreign coaches at the FIFA World Cup 2022

World Cup 2022 Group of Death

The "Group of Death" is a term used to describe a particularly difficult group in a sporting tournament. In the case of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, there are several groups that could be considered the "Group of Death." However, there are four teams in particular that stand out: Brazil, Germany, Argentina, and France. All four of these teams are former World Cup winners, and all four are currently ranked in the top 10 in the world. So, which team will get out of the group of death?
The World Cup is always an exciting event, but the 2022 edition in Qatar promises to be even more so thanks to the presence of some truly world-class teams in the "Group of Death." It should make for some thrilling football as these teams battle it out for a spot in the knockout stage. Who will emerge victorious? Only time will tell.

https://showupandplaysports.com/group_of_death_world_cup_2022_qatar

The group phase will be played from 20 November to 2 December. The knockout phase will begin with the Round of 16 from 3-6 December.

The quarter-finals will be played on 9 and 10 December, with the semi-finals on 13 and 14 December. The play-off for the third place will unfold on 17 December, one day before the final.

You can view the full World Cup match schedule here, and there is also a pdf version of the Qatar 2022 fixture list which you can download and print.

World Cup 2022 Young Stars

From 17 year old Pele in 1958 to Mbappe in 2018, the World Cup has always been a time where some of the best young talent can showcase their skills on the biggest stage. This year is no different as there are a plethora of young men eager to make a name for themselves. Some may play and make a difference for their teams, others might not even start. Who knows? u/Misteuh compiled a list of a few young stars who are worth keeping an eye on come December.

Aurelian Tchouameni,

Jude Bellingham,
Pablo 'Gavi' Gavira,
Phil Foden,
Rafael Leao,
Jamal Musiala,
Takefusa Kubo,
Ryan Gravenberch,
Mohamed Daramy,
Marcelo Flores Giovanni 'Gio' Reyna,
Julian Alvarez,
Bukayo Saka,
Bamba Dieng,
Brenden Aaronson,
Yunus Musah,
Edwardo Camavinga, Youssoufa Mokoko

National teams at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar by average age of players

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298094/average-player-age-national-teams-qatar-world-cup/#professional

 

 

 

 

World Cup 2022 Home and Away Kits

 

 

Watch World Cup 2022 in Qatar Live here:

https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/tournaments/mens/worldcup/qatar2022

Get the World Cup 2022 eBook here for more...

What is the Best way to watch World Cup from US and Canada?

Fox Sports is the streaming for US English. Peacock is Spanish language for Telemundo.

You can't watch Peacock from overseas. Peacock will have the games in Spanish in the US (5$ per month)

World Cup 2022 Streaming sites:

https://streamingsites.com/

https://reddit5.soccerstreams.net/ 

This year, FuboTV is providing fans worldwide access to live coverage of every match of the FIFA World Cup. Here is all you need to know about how to watch the FIFA World Cup on FuboTV. https://streamfifaworldcup.com/

https://kooora4us.net/ (Free with 3 minutes delay)

Peacock for Spanish Live free until Nov. 24th then for $5 a month. Apparently Tubi will have the match replays free in English!

Hulu Live and YouTube TV both have fox sports and fox.

https://corporate.tubitv.com/press/tubi-announces-all-new-fifa-world-cup-channel-in-anticipation-of-fifa-world-cup-qatar-2022/

https://help.fox.com/fox/s/article/Can-I-watch-full-replays-of-the-FIFA-Wold-Cup-games

https://www.cnet.com/google-amp/news/world-cup-2022-how-to-stream-every-game-of-soccers-biggest-tournament/

 

 

World Cup 2022 Match Ball

Just as iconic as the trophy, or your country's kit, the World Cup Match ball plays a big part in the iconography of a tournament. Adidas, the official supplier of World Cup Balls (as they have been for the past 56 years) makes new ones for each world cup. This year is no different with FIFA unveiling...AL Rihla Meaning "The Journey" in Arabic, the triangular seams are influenced by Qatar's s architecture, history (boat sails), and flag.
Made with water-based inks and glues, it is the most sustainable ball ever made, and supposedly the fastest ball in flight. There is also a sensor built in that will help in detecting offsides players in games.

World Cup 2022 Qatar - Guide to 8 Beautiful Stadiums

Lusail Iconic Stadium

Capacity: 80,000

Group-stage fixtures at Lusail Stadium
Argentina vs Saudi Arabia
Brazil vs Serbia
Argentina vs Mexico
Portugal vs Uruguay
Saudi Arabia vs Mexico
Cameroon vs Brazil

Al Bayt Stadium 

Capacity: 60,000

Group-stage fixtures at Al Bayt Stadium
Qatar vs Ecuador
Morocco vs Croatia
England vs USA
Spain vs Germany
Netherlands vs Qatar
Costa Rica vs Germany

Education City Stadium

Capacity: 45,320

Group-stage fixtures at Education City Stadium

Denmark vs Tunisia
Uruguay vs South Korea
Poland vs Saudi Arabia
South Korea v Ghana
Tunisia vs France
South Korea vs Portugal

Stadium 974

Capacity: 40,000

Group-stage fixtures at Stadium 974
Mexico vs Poland
Portugal vs Ghana
France vs Denmark
Brazil vs Switzerland
Poland vs Argentina
Serbia vs Switzerland

Khalifia International Stadium

Capacity: 45,416

Group-stage fixtures at Khalifia International Stadium
England vs Iran
Germany vs Japan
Netherlands vs Ecuador
Croatia vs Canada
Ecuador vs Senegal
Japan vs Spain

Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium

Capacity: 44,740

Group-stage fixtures at Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium
USA vs Wales
Belgium vs Canada
Wales vs Iran
Japan vs Costa Rica
Wales vs England
Croatia vs Belgium

Al Thumama Stadium

Capacity: 40,000

Group-stage fixtures at Al Thumama Stadium
Senegal vs Netherlands
Spain vs Costa Rica
Qatar vs Senegal
Belgium vs Morocco
Iran vs USA
Canada vs Morocco

Al Janoub Stadium

Capacity: 40,000

Group-stage fixtures at Al Janoub Stadium

France vs Australia
Switzerland vs Cameroon
Tunisia vs Australia
Cameroon vs Serbia
Australia vs Denmark
Ghana vs Uruguay

World Cup 2022 Players by Age

World Cup 2022 Squads Age Distribution

World Cup 2022: complete guide to all 831 players

The most valuable XI of players headed to the World Cup 2022 in Qatar

The 2022 football World Cup in Qatar will be the first one without Queen Elisabeth.

She was four years old when the first world tournament was organised in 1930, Uruguay.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup

Most players for a single club at the World Cup 2022:

Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, Ronaldinho, Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland: 25 players with most goals + assists since 2000

Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest goal scorer of all-time. The Portuguese superstar has scored 815 goals for both club and country since making his professional debut in 2003, which is an extraordinary tally. But is he still well clear of the rest when assists are taken into account? Pop Foot have named the top 10 players with the most combined goals and assists in the 21st century.

1. Lionel Messi – 1106 (773 goals, 333 assists)
2. Cristiano Ronaldo – 1045 (815 goals, 230 assists)
3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic – 788 (572 goals, 216 assists)
4. Luis Suarez – 752 (520 goals, 232 assists)
5. Robert Lewandowski – 748 (604 goals, 144 assists)
6. Neymar – 655 (420 goals, 235 assists)
7. Thierry Henry – 647 (411 goals, 236 assists)
8. Karim Benzema – 620 (428 goals, 192 assists)
9. Raul – 583 (432 goals, 151 assists)
10. Samuel Eto’o – 562 (426 goals, 136 assists)
11. Sergio Aguero – 544 (426 goals, 118 assists)
12. Wayne Rooney – 541 (366 goals, 175 assists)
13. Francesco Totti – 537 (316 goals, 221 assists)
14. David Villa – 535 (426 goals, 109 assists)
15. Thomas Muller – 522 (288 goals, 234 assists)
16. Edin Dzeko – 522 (381 goals, 141 assists)
17. Ronaldo – 518 (414 goals, 104 assists)
18. Edinson Cavani – 509 (425 goals, 84 assists)
19. Alessandro Del Piero – 505 (343 goals, 161 assists)
20. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 501 (408 goals, 93 assists)

The Impact of Fans on Home Team Performance: Evidence from European Soccer

When to score the first goal in a soccer match in order to win the game

Green indicates victory, Orange a draw and Red a loss.

The opacity of each bar is proportional to how often the first goal of the match is scored on that minute (more transparent means less often).

Dataset used from Kaggle.

Blogpost with more details on the analysis and results, as well as link to github code.

Done using jupyter notebook and matplotlib.

Average Height and Weight of Soccer Players by Country

Data source: FIFA19 database

Tools: python + matplotlib
Weight and height are obviously highly correlated (not just in soccer players).

Here's an interesting idea: plot the deviation from the average height-weight correlation in relation to some measure of success in soccer. Then we would know if it pays out for your team to be relatively underweight for your height (China) or relatively overweight for your height (Paraguay).

Distribution of Soccer Power Index for the top 10 leagues (according to revenue)

Author
Data is from FiveThirtyEight's SPI

Ranking based on revenue sourced from Wikipedia

Plotted in python with Seaborn violin plots and edited in Inkscape to add the logos sourced from Wikimedia.

Referee Activity in the Big 5 European Soccer Leagues

Author: Here
Data Source: fbref.com
Tool: R

European Soccer Dynasties

This sports themed viz shows the periods of dominance by European soccer clubs over time. I define a "dynasty" as a rolling 7 year window in which a team accumulates 3 "points," with a title being 1 pt and a runner up being 0.5 pt. You can hover over each dynasty for more details, choose a team for you to highlight, or highlight teams based upon the dynasty index (3pts, 3.5pts, 4 pts). Enjoy!

Tool: Tableau

Link:

Data: Wikiepdia sites for each Soccer league ex.

The top goal scorers in 40 years of elite football (soccer)

Top 40 single-year goal scoring performances since 1980

Source: Here
Tool: Tableau

Interactive visualization: Here

Data: Here

This viz aggregates all passes on a grid with 1 meter step. It means, all distances and passes on a square meter of the football pitch represent by a line with average length and direction. So this viz is an 'averaged' picture.
You can compare goals vs age, vs minutes played and more for over 100 players including Messi, both Ronaldos, Zlatan, Totti, plus the legends of yesteryear like Shearer and Baggio, and the next generation like Mbappé.

There are 191 players to compare in total, going right back to 1970 (every player who scored 20 or more league goals in a single season of a top European league).

Football(Soccer)'s home-grown talent by country - how many players were club-trained?

Legend (All numbers from here)

Dark green: Number of players that played for at least three years/seasons for their current club between the ages of 15 and 21

Light green: Number of players that trained at that club but play currently for another top division team.

How soccer lineup formations changed over time

The author is working at a soccer app livescore company (Forza Football) and digged some into the data. So by using some simple SQL in BigQuery, and then visualising it in Mode Analytics (where we build all our dashboards) he got to this one.

This is based on around 12,000 lineups from all kinds of leagues. The majority is from European Leagues, but we cover competitions all over the world.

Economic prosperity and soccer prowess

Football Soccer World Cup Champion's League Quiz Trivia

 

[ays_quiz id='3']

Get the All Subjects Quiz App to play the World Cup Soccer Quiz at: Web - iOS - Android - Windows   

Brazil soccer lexicon of animals: Zebras, cows, jaguars, more

"zebra," it means that an upset will have taken place.

A frango (chicken) is the word used for a glaring goalkeeping error.

The cow dribble (drible da vaca) -- playing the ball one side of him and collecting it by running round the other.

The corner where the owl sleeps (o canto onde dorme a coruja), used especially when a free kick goes into the top corner of the goal and the shot is so perfect that the slumber of the owl suffers a rare interruption.

The penalty area being referred to as the zona do agriao (watercress zone). The idea is this is where everyone needs to tread carefully in such wet conditions.

Old timers will refer to the game as the esporte bretao (British sport), and also talk about the beque (defender, from "back").

Craque derives from "crack" -- as in "crack troops," the finest in the military, though some argue the word was first borrowed in Brazilian Portuguese to describe an excellent racehorse. Whatever, all down the ages the craque is the key figure in Brazilian football, the individual talent capable of tipping the balance on his own.

The craque makes his marker look like a perna de pau (wooden leg -- an insensitive way to refer to a bad player) and exposes him as a player with a cintura dura (an inflexible waist). There are few more damning verdicts on a player than to call him a cintura dura. To have flexibility in the waist is highly prized -- on the dance floor, on the football field and in life more generally. Jogo de cintura (to be able to play with the waist, to have the adaptability to deal with different situations) is seen as a key survival skill.

The most famous, of course, are the endless "GOOOOOOOOOOOL" shouts when the ball hits the back of the net. This is not just a celebration. It was also borne of necessity.

In many Brazilian stadiums, the media cabins are a fair way from the pitch. Identifying the goal scorer is the most important part of the commentator's mission, and, especially in the days before TV monitors, it is not always easy. The prolonged shout, then, not only conveys the motion of the moment -- it also gives the commentary team some breathing space to get this vital detail correct. Like so many things in Brazilian football, the goal celebration lights one candle to passion and another to pragmatism.

Birthplace of all the players who have won the football World Cup

International football results from 1872 to 2022

An up-to-date dataset of over 40,000 international football results

Download it here

This dataset includes 44,060 results of international football matches starting from the very first official match in 1972 up to 2019. The matches range from FIFA World Cup to FIFI Wild Cup to regular friendly matches. The matches are strictly men's full internationals and the data does not include Olympic Games or matches where at least one of the teams was the nation's B-team, U-23 or a league select team.

results.csv includes the following columns:

• date - date of the match
• home_team - the name of the home team
• away_team - the name of the away team
• home_score - full-time home team score including extra time, not including penalty-shootouts
• away_score - full-time away team score including extra time, not including penalty-shootouts
• tournament - the name of the tournament
• city - the name of the city/town/administrative unit where the match was played
• country - the name of the country where the match was played
• neutral - TRUE/FALSE column indicating whether the match was played at a neutral venue

shootouts.csv includes the following columns:

• date - date of the match
• home_team - the name of the home team
• away_team - the name of the away team
• winner - winner of the penalty-shootout

Note on team and country names:
For home and away teams the current name of the team has been used. For example, when in 1882 a team who called themselves Ireland played against England, in this dataset, it is called Northern Ireland because the current team of Northern Ireland is the successor of the 1882 Ireland team. This is done so it is easier to track the history and statistics of teams.

For country names, the name of the country at the time of the match is used. So when Ghana played in Accra, Gold Coast in the 1950s, even though the names of the home team and the country don't match, it was a home match for Ghana. This is indicated by the neutral column, which says FALSE for those matches, meaning it was not at a neutral venue.

Acknowledgements

The data is gathered from several sources including but not limited to Wikipedia, rsssf.com and individual football associations' websites.

Inspiration

Some directions to take when exploring the data:

• Who is the best team of all time
• Which teams dominated different eras of football
• What trends have there been in international football throughout the ages - home advantage, total goals scored, distribution of teams' strength etc
• Can we say anything about geopolitics from football fixtures - how has the number of countries changed, which teams like to play each other
• Which countries host the most matches where they themselves are not participating in
• How much, if at all, does hosting a major tournament help a country's chances in the tournament
• Which teams are the most active in playing friendlies and friendly tournaments - does it help or hurt them

The world's your oyster, my friend.

Team that Qualified for the FIFA World Cup Once and Never Came Back: Where Are They Now?

Before we get started, there are a couple of disclaimers:

1. Qatar will not be on this list, as 2022 will be their debut tournament and 2026 qualifiers have not started.
2. Some countries who technically only qualified for the World Cup once will not feature in this list because they hold the records of prior political entities. For example, the Czech Republic has only qualified for the World Cup once in its current form (2006), but because they carry the records of Czechoslovakia (who qualified 8 times beforehand), they do not count.

Cuba

• Tournament: 1938 World Cup
• Rank at the Tournament: 44th (Elo)
• Finish: Quarter-Finals (7th of 15)
• Current Standing: 132nd (Elo), 167th (FIFA)

Dutch East Indies

• Tournament: 1938 World Cup
• Rank at the Tournament: 50th (Elo)
• Finish: Round of 16 (15th of 15)
• Current Standing: 142nd (Elo), 152nd (FIFA), as Indonesia

India

• Tournament: 1950 World Cup
• Rank at the Tournament: 39th (Elo)
• Finish: Did not participate
• Current Standing: 157th (Elo), 106th (FIFA)

Israel

• Tournament: 1970 World Cup
• Rank at the Tournament: 39th (Elo)
• Finish: Group Stage (12th of 16)
• Current Standing: 55th (Elo), 76th (FIFA)

Zaire

• Tournament: 1974 World Cup
• Rank at the Tournament: 23rd (Elo)
• Finish: 1st Group Stage (16th of 16)
• Current Standing: 88th (Elo), 73rd (FIFA), as Democratic Republic of the Congo

FIFA World Cup : Average goal per match

The First World Cup football used in Final in 1930

Football Soccer Breaking News

World Cup 2022 Key Stats

Age

Outfield players

• Oldest:  Pepe (39 years, 267 days)^[41]
• Youngest:  Youssoufa Moukoko (18 years, 0 days)

Goalkeepers

• Oldest:  Eiji Kawashima (39 years, 245 days)
• Youngest:  Simon Ngapandouetnbu (19 years, 222 days)

Captains

• Oldest:  Thiago Silva (38 years, 59 days)
• Youngest:  Harry Kane (29 years, 115 days)

Player representation by league system

Nations in bold are represented at the tournament. England includes two clubs based in Wales, while France includes one club from Monaco.

Country	Players	Percentage	Outside national squad	Lower tier players
England	143	22.03%	118	25
Spain	77	11.86%	59	2
Germany	68	10.48%	48	3
Italy	66	10.17%	66	3
France	46	7.09%	40	0
Saudi Arabia	34	5.24%	8	2
Qatar	28	4.31%	2	0
United States	20	3.08%	11	1
Costa Rica	15	2.31%	0	0
Netherlands	14	2.16%	2	0
Portugal	14	2.16%	7	0
South Korea	14	2.16%	0	1
Belgium	12	1.85%	7	0
Scotland	12	1.85%	12	0
Turkey	12	1.85%	12	0
Japan	10	1.54%	3	2
Greece	8	1.23%	8	0
Australia	7	1.08%	0	0
Brazil	6	0.92%	3	0
Croatia	6	0.92%	0	0
Switzerland	6	0.92%	1	0
Argentina	4	0.62%	3	0
Austria	4	0.62%	3	0
Poland	4	0.62%	1	0
Morocco	3	0.46%	0	0
Uruguay	3	0.46%	0	0
Cameroon	2	0.31%	0	0
China PR	2	0.31%	2	0
Denmark	2	0.31%	0	0
Mexico	2	0.31%	2	0
Russia	2	0.31%	2	0
Colombia	1	0.15%	1	0
Cyprus	1	0.15%	1	0
Serbia	1	0.15%	0	0
Total	649	100%	422 (65.02%)	39 (6.01%)

Player representation by club

Players	Clubs
16	Manchester City  Bayern Munich
15	Barcelona
14	Al Sadd
13	Manchester United  Real Madrid
12	Chelsea  Paris Saint-Germain  Al Hilal
11	Borussia Dortmund  Juventus  Atlético Madrid
10	Tottenham Hotspur
9	Arsenal

Player representation by club confederation

Confederation	Players	Percentage
UEFA	498	76.73%
AFC	95	14.64%
CONCACAF	37	5.70%
CONMEBOL	14	2.16%
CAF	5	0.77%
OFC	0	0.00%

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represented their own country.

Number	Country	Coaches
3	Argentina	Gustavo Alfaro (Ecuador), Gerardo Martino (Mexico), Lionel Scaloni
	Portugal	Paulo Bento (South Korea), Carlos Queiroz (Iran), Fernando Santos
	Spain	Luis Enrique, Roberto Martínez (Belgium), Félix Sánchez (Qatar)
2	England	John Herdman (Canada), Gareth Southgate
	France	Didier Deschamps, Hervé Renard (Saudi Arabia)
1	Australia	Graham Arnold
	Brazil	Tite
	Cameroon	Rigobert Song
	Croatia	Zlatko Dalić
	Colombia	Luis Fernando Suárez (Costa Rica)
	Denmark	Kasper Hjulmand
	Germany	Hansi Flick
	Ghana	Otto Addo
	Japan	Hajime Moriyasu
	Morocco	Walid Regragui
	Netherlands	Louis van Gaal
	Poland	Czesław Michniewicz
	Senegal	Aliou Cissé
	Serbia	Dragan Stojković
	Switzerland	Murat Yakin
	Tunisia	Jalel Kadri
	United States	Gregg Berhalter
	Uruguay	Diego Alonso
	Wales	Rob Page

Mean World Cup 2022 players name length

 Foreign coaches at the FIFA World Cup 2022

World Cup 2022 Group of Death

The "Group of Death" is a term used to describe a particularly difficult group in a sporting tournament. In the case of the 2022 FIFA World Cup, there are several groups that could be considered the "Group of Death." However, there are four teams in particular that stand out: Brazil, Germany, Argentina, and France. All four of these teams are former World Cup winners, and all four are currently ranked in the top 10 in the world. So, which team will get out of the group of death?
The World Cup is always an exciting event, but the 2022 edition in Qatar promises to be even more so thanks to the presence of some truly world-class teams in the "Group of Death." It should make for some thrilling football as these teams battle it out for a spot in the knockout stage. Who will emerge victorious? Only time will tell.

https://showupandplaysports.com/group_of_death_world_cup_2022_qatar

The group phase will be played from 20 November to 2 December. The knockout phase will begin with the Round of 16 from 3-6 December.

The quarter-finals will be played on 9 and 10 December, with the semi-finals on 13 and 14 December. The play-off for the third place will unfold on 17 December, one day before the final.

You can view the full World Cup match schedule here, and there is also a pdf version of the Qatar 2022 fixture list which you can download and print.

World Cup 2022 Young Stars

From 17 year old Pele in 1958 to Mbappe in 2018, the World Cup has always been a time where some of the best young talent can showcase their skills on the biggest stage. This year is no different as there are a plethora of young men eager to make a name for themselves. Some may play and make a difference for their teams, others might not even start. Who knows? u/Misteuh compiled a list of a few young stars who are worth keeping an eye on come December.

Aurelian Tchouameni,

Jude Bellingham,
Pablo 'Gavi' Gavira,
Phil Foden,
Rafael Leao,
Jamal Musiala,
Takefusa Kubo,
Ryan Gravenberch,
Mohamed Daramy,
Marcelo Flores Giovanni 'Gio' Reyna,
Julian Alvarez,
Bukayo Saka,
Bamba Dieng,
Brenden Aaronson,
Yunus Musah,
Edwardo Camavinga, Youssoufa Mokoko

National teams at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar by average age of players

https://www.statista.com/statistics/1298094/average-player-age-national-teams-qatar-world-cup/#professional

 

 

 

World Cup 2022 Match Ball

Just as iconic as the trophy, or your country's kit, the World Cup Match ball plays a big part in the iconography of a tournament. Adidas, the official supplier of World Cup Balls (as they have been for the past 56 years) makes new ones for each world cup. This year is no different with FIFA unveiling...AL Rihla Meaning "The Journey" in Arabic, the triangular seams are influenced by Qatar's s architecture, history (boat sails), and flag.
Made with water-based inks and glues, it is the most sustainable ball ever made, and supposedly the fastest ball in flight. There is also a sensor built in that will help in detecting offsides players in games.

World Cup 2022 Qatar - Guide to 8 Beautiful Stadiums

Lusail Iconic Stadium

Capacity: 80,000

Group-stage fixtures at Lusail Stadium
Argentina vs Saudi Arabia
Brazil vs Serbia
Argentina vs Mexico
Portugal vs Uruguay
Saudi Arabia vs Mexico
Cameroon vs Brazil

Al Bayt Stadium 

Capacity: 60,000

Group-stage fixtures at Al Bayt Stadium
Qatar vs Ecuador
Morocco vs Croatia
England vs USA
Spain vs Germany
Netherlands vs Qatar
Costa Rica vs Germany

Education City Stadium

Capacity: 45,320

Group-stage fixtures at Education City Stadium

Denmark vs Tunisia
Uruguay vs South Korea
Poland vs Saudi Arabia
South Korea v Ghana
Tunisia vs France
South Korea vs Portugal

Stadium 974

Capacity: 40,000

Group-stage fixtures at Stadium 974
Mexico vs Poland
Portugal vs Ghana
France vs Denmark
Brazil vs Switzerland
Poland vs Argentina
Serbia vs Switzerland

Khalifia International Stadium

Capacity: 45,416

Group-stage fixtures at Khalifia International Stadium
England vs Iran
Germany vs Japan
Netherlands vs Ecuador
Croatia vs Canada
Ecuador vs Senegal
Japan vs Spain

Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium

Capacity: 44,740

Group-stage fixtures at Ahmed Bin Ali Stadium
USA vs Wales
Belgium vs Canada
Wales vs Iran
Japan vs Costa Rica
Wales vs England
Croatia vs Belgium

Al Thumama Stadium

Capacity: 40,000

Group-stage fixtures at Al Thumama Stadium
Senegal vs Netherlands
Spain vs Costa Rica
Qatar vs Senegal
Belgium vs Morocco
Iran vs USA
Canada vs Morocco

Al Janoub Stadium

Capacity: 40,000

Group-stage fixtures at Al Janoub Stadium

France vs Australia
Switzerland vs Cameroon
Tunisia vs Australia
Cameroon vs Serbia
Australia vs Denmark
Ghana vs Uruguay

World Cup 2022 Players by Age

World Cup 2022 Squads Age Distribution

World Cup 2022: complete guide to all 831 players

The most valuable XI of players headed to the World Cup 2022 in Qatar

The 2022 football World Cup in Qatar will be the first one without Queen Elisabeth.

She was four years old when the first world tournament was organised in 1930, Uruguay.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/FIFA_World_Cup

Most players for a single club at the World Cup 2022:

World Cup Finals Top Scorers

 

Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar, Ronaldinho, Kylian Mbappe, Erling Haaland: 25 players with most goals + assists since 2000

Cristiano Ronaldo is the greatest goal scorer of all-time. The Portuguese superstar has scored 815 goals for both club and country since making his professional debut in 2003, which is an extraordinary tally. But is he still well clear of the rest when assists are taken into account? Pop Foot have named the top 10 players with the most combined goals and assists in the 21st century.

1. Lionel Messi – 1106 (773 goals, 333 assists)
2. Cristiano Ronaldo – 1045 (815 goals, 230 assists)
3. Zlatan Ibrahimovic – 788 (572 goals, 216 assists)
4. Luis Suarez – 752 (520 goals, 232 assists)
5. Robert Lewandowski – 748 (604 goals, 144 assists)
6. Neymar – 655 (420 goals, 235 assists)
7. Thierry Henry – 647 (411 goals, 236 assists)
8. Karim Benzema – 620 (428 goals, 192 assists)
9. Raul – 583 (432 goals, 151 assists)
10. Samuel Eto’o – 562 (426 goals, 136 assists)
11. Sergio Aguero – 544 (426 goals, 118 assists)
12. Wayne Rooney – 541 (366 goals, 175 assists)
13. Francesco Totti – 537 (316 goals, 221 assists)
14. David Villa – 535 (426 goals, 109 assists)
15. Thomas Muller – 522 (288 goals, 234 assists)
16. Edin Dzeko – 522 (381 goals, 141 assists)
17. Ronaldo – 518 (414 goals, 104 assists)
18. Edinson Cavani – 509 (425 goals, 84 assists)
19. Alessandro Del Piero – 505 (343 goals, 161 assists)
20. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar – 501 (408 goals, 93 assists)

The Impact of Fans on Home Team Performance: Evidence from European Soccer

When to score the first goal in a soccer match in order to win the game

Green indicates victory, Orange a draw and Red a loss.

The opacity of each bar is proportional to how often the first goal of the match is scored on that minute (more transparent means less often).

Dataset used from Kaggle.

Blogpost with more details on the analysis and results, as well as link to github code.

Done using jupyter notebook and matplotlib.

Average Height and Weight of Soccer Players by Country

Data source: FIFA19 database

Tools: python + matplotlib
Weight and height are obviously highly correlated (not just in soccer players).

Here's an interesting idea: plot the deviation from the average height-weight correlation in relation to some measure of success in soccer. Then we would know if it pays out for your team to be relatively underweight for your height (China) or relatively overweight for your height (Paraguay).

Distribution of Soccer Power Index for the top 10 leagues (according to revenue)

Author
Data is from FiveThirtyEight's SPI

Ranking based on revenue sourced from Wikipedia

Plotted in python with Seaborn violin plots and edited in Inkscape to add the logos sourced from Wikimedia.

Referee Activity in the Big 5 European Soccer Leagues

Author: Here
Data Source: fbref.com
Tool: R

European Soccer Dynasties

This sports themed viz shows the periods of dominance by European soccer clubs over time. I define a "dynasty" as a rolling 7 year window in which a team accumulates 3 "points," with a title being 1 pt and a runner up being 0.5 pt. You can hover over each dynasty for more details, choose a team for you to highlight, or highlight teams based upon the dynasty index (3pts, 3.5pts, 4 pts). Enjoy!

Tool: Tableau

Link:

Data: Wikiepdia sites for each Soccer league ex.

The top goal scorers in 40 years of elite football (soccer)

Top 40 single-year goal scoring performances since 1980

Source: Here
Tool: Tableau

Interactive visualization: Here

Data: Here

This viz aggregates all passes on a grid with 1 meter step. It means, all distances and passes on a square meter of the football pitch represent by a line with average length and direction. So this viz is an 'averaged' picture.
You can compare goals vs age, vs minutes played and more for over 100 players including Messi, both Ronaldos, Zlatan, Totti, plus the legends of yesteryear like Shearer and Baggio, and the next generation like Mbappé.

There are 191 players to compare in total, going right back to 1970 (every player who scored 20 or more league goals in a single season of a top European league).

Football(Soccer)'s home-grown talent by country - how many players were club-trained?

Legend (All numbers from here)

Dark green: Number of players that played for at least three years/seasons for their current club between the ages of 15 and 21

Light green: Number of players that trained at that club but play currently for another top division team.

How soccer lineup formations changed over time

The author is working at a soccer app livescore company (Forza Football) and digged some into the data. So by using some simple SQL in BigQuery, and then visualising it in Mode Analytics (where we build all our dashboards) he got to this one.

This is based on around 12,000 lineups from all kinds of leagues. The majority is from European Leagues, but we cover competitions all over the world.

Economic prosperity and soccer prowess

Football Soccer World Cup Champion's League Quiz Trivia

 

 

Get the All Subjects Quiz App to play the World Cup Soccer Quiz at: Web - iOS - Android - Windows   

Brazil soccer lexicon of animals: Zebras, cows, jaguars, more

"zebra," it means that an upset will have taken place.

A frango (chicken) is the word used for a glaring goalkeeping error.

The cow dribble (drible da vaca) -- playing the ball one side of him and collecting it by running round the other.

The corner where the owl sleeps (o canto onde dorme a coruja), used especially when a free kick goes into the top corner of the goal and the shot is so perfect that the slumber of the owl suffers a rare interruption.

The penalty area being referred to as the zona do agriao (watercress zone). The idea is this is where everyone needs to tread carefully in such wet conditions.

Old timers will refer to the game as the esporte bretao (British sport), and also talk about the beque (defender, from "back").

Craque derives from "crack" -- as in "crack troops," the finest in the military, though some argue the word was first borrowed in Brazilian Portuguese to describe an excellent racehorse. Whatever, all down the ages the craque is the key figure in Brazilian football, the individual talent capable of tipping the balance on his own.

The craque makes his marker look like a perna de pau (wooden leg -- an insensitive way to refer to a bad player) and exposes him as a player with a cintura dura (an inflexible waist). There are few more damning verdicts on a player than to call him a cintura dura. To have flexibility in the waist is highly prized -- on the dance floor, on the football field and in life more generally. Jogo de cintura (to be able to play with the waist, to have the adaptability to deal with different situations) is seen as a key survival skill.

The most famous, of course, are the endless "GOOOOOOOOOOOL" shouts when the ball hits the back of the net. This is not just a celebration. It was also borne of necessity.

In many Brazilian stadiums, the media cabins are a fair way from the pitch. Identifying the goal scorer is the most important part of the commentator's mission, and, especially in the days before TV monitors, it is not always easy. The prolonged shout, then, not only conveys the motion of the moment -- it also gives the commentary team some breathing space to get this vital detail correct. Like so many things in Brazilian football, the goal celebration lights one candle to passion and another to pragmatism.

Birthplace of all the players who have won the football World Cup

International football results from 1872 to 2022

An up-to-date dataset of over 40,000 international football results

Download it here

This dataset includes 44,060 results of international football matches starting from the very first official match in 1972 up to 2019. The matches range from FIFA World Cup to FIFI Wild Cup to regular friendly matches. The matches are strictly men's full internationals and the data does not include Olympic Games or matches where at least one of the teams was the nation's B-team, U-23 or a league select team.

results.csv includes the following columns:

• date - date of the match
• home_team - the name of the home team
• away_team - the name of the away team
• home_score - full-time home team score including extra time, not including penalty-shootouts
• away_score - full-time away team score including extra time, not including penalty-shootouts
• tournament - the name of the tournament
• city - the name of the city/town/administrative unit where the match was played
• country - the name of the country where the match was played
• neutral - TRUE/FALSE column indicating whether the match was played at a neutral venue

shootouts.csv includes the following columns:

• date - date of the match
• home_team - the name of the home team
• away_team - the name of the away team
• winner - winner of the penalty-shootout

Note on team and country names:
For home and away teams the current name of the team has been used. For example, when in 1882 a team who called themselves Ireland played against England, in this dataset, it is called Northern Ireland because the current team of Northern Ireland is the successor of the 1882 Ireland team. This is done so it is easier to track the history and statistics of teams.

For country names, the name of the country at the time of the match is used. So when Ghana played in Accra, Gold Coast in the 1950s, even though the names of the home team and the country don't match, it was a home match for Ghana. This is indicated by the neutral column, which says FALSE for those matches, meaning it was not at a neutral venue.

Acknowledgements

The data is gathered from several sources including but not limited to Wikipedia, rsssf.com and individual football associations' websites.

Inspiration

Some directions to take when exploring the data:

• Who is the best team of all time
• Which teams dominated different eras of football
• What trends have there been in international football throughout the ages - home advantage, total goals scored, distribution of teams' strength etc
• Can we say anything about geopolitics from football fixtures - how has the number of countries changed, which teams like to play each other
• Which countries host the most matches where they themselves are not participating in
• How much, if at all, does hosting a major tournament help a country's chances in the tournament
• Which teams are the most active in playing friendlies and friendly tournaments - does it help or hurt them

The world's your oyster, my friend.

Team that Qualified for the FIFA World Cup Once and Never Came Back: Where Are They Now?

Before we get started, there are a couple of disclaimers:

1. Qatar will not be on this list, as 2022 will be their debut tournament and 2026 qualifiers have not started.
2. Some countries who technically only qualified for the World Cup once will not feature in this list because they hold the records of prior political entities. For example, the Czech Republic has only qualified for the World Cup once in its current form (2006), but because they carry the records of Czechoslovakia (who qualified 8 times beforehand), they do not count.

Cuba

• Tournament: 1938 World Cup
• Rank at the Tournament: 44th (Elo)
• Finish: Quarter-Finals (7th of 15)
• Current Standing: 132nd (Elo), 167th (FIFA)

Dutch East Indies

• Tournament: 1938 World Cup
• Rank at the Tournament: 50th (Elo)
• Finish: Round of 16 (15th of 15)
• Current Standing: 142nd (Elo), 152nd (FIFA), as Indonesia

India

• Tournament: 1950 World Cup
• Rank at the Tournament: 39th (Elo)
• Finish: Did not participate
• Current Standing: 157th (Elo), 106th (FIFA)

Israel

• Tournament: 1970 World Cup
• Rank at the Tournament: 39th (Elo)
• Finish: Group Stage (12th of 16)
• Current Standing: 55th (Elo), 76th (FIFA)

Zaire

• Tournament: 1974 World Cup
• Rank at the Tournament: 23rd (Elo)
• Finish: 1st Group Stage (16th of 16)
• Current Standing: 88th (Elo), 73rd (FIFA), as Democratic Republic of the Congo

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Why hasn’t there been a black player in the Argentina soccer team?

The genocide of the black population of Argentina! Did you know?

Has the all-white, always-white roster of the Argentina soccer team ever tickled your curiosity? Long story short, this team is the only one in South America that has never, but NEVER had a black player! Indeed, behind this pale portrait of the football team, hides an otherwise shocking reality of the country: in 2022, Argentina is the only country on the American continent where there are no black people! While blacks formed almost half of the population of Argentina in 1778, a premeditated and systematically implemented genocide reduced them to 30% of the population at the time of independence in 1816. Several decades of negrophobic politics followed. where they will be gradually exterminated. What exactly happened? The Texts of Camara Laye present to you the story very little known, very little publicized, because carefully buried by Argentina.

Argentina's money laundering policy was instigated and implemented by a succession of political powers with leaders such as Mariano Moreno, Bernardino Rivadavia and Domingo Faustino Sarmiento. First, the black men were the combatants of the multiple wars of independence of Argentina carried out from 1810 to 1818 against colonialist Spain but also against the neighboring countries: Uruguay, Paraguay and Peru. With false promises of better living conditions that politicians had given them, black men will be on the front line on different fronts, serving as human shields. This is how they perished en masse. After 8 years of wars serving as cannon fodder, their widows and children will not benefit from any improvement in the promised living conditions.

Then, the successive yellow fever epidemics in Argentina from 1852 to 1871 will unfortunately decimate the rest of the black Argentines who had survived the wars of independence. The cruel reality is that the Negrophobic political power had refused to provide medical care to predominantly black towns and neighborhoods, leaving them at the mercy of epidemics. At this point, at the end of the 19th century, there was only a very small black population left in Argentina, mostly women (as their men had perished in the wars of independence).

Around 1900, the political powers launched a final operation to whiten Argentina by opening the country to European migrants fleeing the First and Second World Wars; and among these European migrants, many Nazis who fled the justice of the allies. You can guess the racial consequence on the tiny remaining population of black Argentines. A sadistic phenomenon will be born: black women, to prevent their offspring from suffering the segregation and oppression they have known, will seek to have only mixed-race children with any white who was interested. It was necessary to be as clear as possible to suffer less from segregation. The mixed-race children who will be born, in turn, will seek to have children only with white men, etc.... This practice, repeated in two generations, has diluted and made the Afros traits and phenotype disappear, thus completing the long process of genocide of the black population of Argentina.

In 2022, the minute we are, blacks in Argentina represent less than 0.5% of the population. The few blacks that you will see there are either diplomats (ambassadors) posted by African countries, or uninformed tourists who will soon flee the negrophobia which is there of another degree.

The composition of Argentina's football team is only a small visible part of a huge national iceberg.

Sources: Camara Laye

https://afropunk.com/2018/07/argentinas-black-population-has-been-systematically-erased-removed-in-whitewashing-effort/

https://youtu.be/R5L_GsCllHk

Pele, the GOAT, the only man to win 3 World Cups, has died on December 29th, 2022. RIP PELE.

Remembering Pelé

• “rip king” and “pele king of football” 

• “madre de pele” [Google Translate, Spanish: mother of Pelé] 

• “que edad tiene la madre de pele” [Google Translate, Spanish: how old is Pelé’s mother] 

• Pele’s runaround move 

• Why was Pele called Pele: 

Pele is the nickname of Edson Arantes do Nascimento, a Brazilian soccer player who is widely considered one of the greatest players of all time. He was given the nickname "Pele" at a young age by his schoolmates, who decided to call him after the American inventor and businessman Thomas Edison. The nickname was later shortened to "Pele," and he became known by this name throughout his career.

Pele is considered one of the greatest soccer players of all time due to his impressive skills, speed, and goal-scoring ability. He won three World Cup titles with the Brazilian national team and scored a total of 1,281 goals in his career, a record that still stands today. Pele was also known for his sportsmanship and leadership on and off the field, and he has been recognized with numerous awards and accolades throughout his career.

• Pele vertical cemetery

Pelé was a footballer like no other, and his final resting place will be exceptional too: a large replica stadium complete with artificial turf inside the world’s tallest vertical cemetery. Edson Arantes do Nascimento – Pelé’s real name – had spoken openly about his planned resting place, saying in 2003 that he liked the spot because it “doesn’t look like a cemetery” and that it gave him a feeling of “spiritual peace and tranquility.”

The cemetery sits a stone's throw from Santos's Vila Belmiro stadium, where Pele first dazzled the world as a 15-year-old phenom, on his way to scoring a record 1,281 career goals and becoming the only player in history to win three World Cups.

The vertical cemetery was built in 1983, and has more than 14,000 vaults. It has a tropical garden, restaurant and even a classic car museum.

• Pelé 

Most searched questions about Pelé’s career, all time, worldwide

1. How many world cups did Pelé win? 3

2. When did Pelé retire?  October 01st, 1977

3. How many goals did Pelé score? 1281

4. Who did Pelé play for? Santos, New York Cosmos, Brazil

5. How many ballon d'or does Pelé have? The ballon d'OR was introduced long after Pele's playing career

Most searched Pelé goals on Youtube, all time, worldwide

1. Pelé’s 1958 World Cup goal    

2. El último gol de Pelé [ the last goal of Pelé]

3. El último gol de Pelé con Brasil [Pelé’s last goal with Brazil]

4. Pelé’s bicycle kick goal

5. Pelé’s 1000th goal

https://youtu.be/HcitzjlbQZw

L'histoire rocambolesque du 1000e but du Roi Pelé

https://youtu.be/x0pLRjvcE2k

References:

1- https://www.fifa.com/

2- https://reddit.com/u/Misteuh

3- https://www.espn.co.uk/football/blog-the-toe-poke/story/4781681/brazil-soccer-lexicon-of-animals-zebrascowsjaguarsmore

4- https://www.reddit.com/r/dataisbeautiful/

5- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballon_d%27Or

6- https://ShowUpAndPlaySports.com

7- https://Djamga.com

8- https://inrealtimenow.com/soccer_football/

9- https://youtu.be/2ALeYFi_1hg

10- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_FIFA_World_Cup_squads

11- Reddit Soccer Streams

12- https://www.reddit.com/r/worldcup/comments/y5svka/world_cup_2022_unofficial_guide_book_made_by_me/

13- https://qr.ae/prTS9M