Barcelona heads the list of clubs with the most players in the 2026 FIFA World Cup semi-finals, with 10 representatives spread across the four remaining national teams: Argentina, France, Spain and England.
Eight of those 10 are wearing Spain’s colours: Lamine Yamal, Pedri, Gavi, Dani Olmo, Ferran Torres, Eric Garcia, Pau Cubarsí and Juanjo García. The other two are France’s Jules Koundé and England’s Anthony Gordon.
Atletico Madrid sit second with 8 players. Five represent Argentina, including Julián Álvarez, Nahuel Molina, Gonzalez, Thiago Almada and Giuliano Simeone. The remaining three, Marcos Llorente, Alex Baena and Marc Pubill, are with Spain.
Arsenal match Atletico’s tally. Declan Rice, Bukayo Saka, Myles Lewis-Skelly and Noni Madueke are with England; David Raya, Martín Zubimendi and Mikel Merino with Spain; and William Saliba with France.
Paris Saint-Germain come fourth with 6 players, all but one French. Ousmane Dembélé, Bradley Barcola, Désiré Doué, Warren Zaïre-Emery and Lucas Hernández carry the Ligue 1 champion’s colours into the France camp, while Fabián Ruiz links up with Spain.
Manchester City round out the top five with 5 players: Marc Guehi, O’Reilly and James Trafford with England, Rodri with Spain, and Rayan Cherki with France.
