New Zealand head to Group G under coach Darren Bazeley with their official confirmed 26-man squad. The Oceania side leans on Premier League striker Chris Wood of Nottingham Forest and midfielder Sarpreet Singh, with Olympiakos midfielder Marko Stamenic and Portland Timbers defender Finn Surman among the names. Track every player's national-team form here.
New Zealand
Projected 26-man squad
| # | Player | Position | Club | NT minutes (12mo) | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarpreet Singh | Midfielder | Wellington Phoenix | 523 | Locked |
| 2 | Francis de | Defender | Auckland | 485 | Locked |
| 3 | Finn Surman | Defender | Portland Timbers | 474 | Locked |
| 4 | Maxime Crocombe | Goalkeeper | Millwall | 369 | Locked |
| 5 | Marko Seufatu | Midfielder | Swansea | 369 | Locked |
| 6 | Michael Boxall | Defender | Minnesota United FC | 367 | Locked |
| 7 | Elijah Just | Forward | Motherwell | 300 | Locked |
| 8 | Timothy Payne | Defender | Wellington Phoenix | 299 | Locked |
| 9 | Benjamin Old | Forward | Saint Etienne | 289 | Locked |
| 10 | Ryan Thomas | Midfielder | PEC Zwolle | 283 | Locked |
| 11 | Tyler Bindon | Defender | Sheffield Utd | 281 | Locked |
| 12 | Joe Zen | Midfielder | Viking | 277 | Locked |
| 13 | Matthew Garbett | Midfielder | Peterborough | 250 | Locked |
| 14 | Callum McCowatt | Midfielder | Silkeborg | 217 | Locked |
| 15 | Benjamin Waine | Forward | Port Vale | 204 | Locked |
| 16 | Christopher Wood | Forward | Nottingham Forest | 198 | Locked |
| 17 | Alexander Paulsen | Goalkeeper | Lechia Gdansk | 180 | Locked |
| 18 | Konstantinos Barbarouses | Forward | Western Sydney Wanderers | 127 | Locked |
| 19 | Alex Rufer | Midfielder | Wellington Phoenix | 107 | Locked |
| 20 | Jesse Randall | Forward | Auckland | 57 | Locked |
| 21 | Callan Rennie | Defender | Auckland | 50 | Locked |
| 22 | Liberato Cacace | Defender | Wrexham | 0 | Locked |
| 23 | Michael Woud | Goalkeeper | Auckland | 0 | Locked |
| 24 | Nando Zen | Defender | Auckland | 0 | Locked |
| 25 | Thomas Jefferson | Defender | Braintree | 0 | Locked |
| 26 | Lachlan Bayliss | Midfielder | Newcastle Jets | 0 | Locked |
New Zealand
Methodology
Players are ranked by minutes played for the national team over the last 365 days. Ties are broken by appearances. The top 16 are labeled Locked, ranks 17–22 Likely, ranks 23–30 Bubble — a starting frame, not a verdict.
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