Qatar's 2026 World Cup squad is officially confirmed, named by head coach Lopetegui on June 2, 2026. The 26-player roster brings together three goalkeepers, eight defenders, seven midfielders and eight forwards. Qatar is drawn into Group B, where it faces Canada, Bosnia & Herzegovina and Switzerland. The most-played player in the last 12 months of national-team football is Pedro Carvalho, with 720 minutes across 8 caps, the squad's most in-form option heading into the tournament. Close behind is Mahmud Ibrahim on 675 minutes, another of the side's most-used players over the same period. Over the past twelve months the team has posted 1 wins, 5 draws and 8 losses, scoring 9 goals and conceding 26. Our ranking orders the squad purely by national-team minutes, not club minutes, and every name links to a player profile with the full minutes and recent-form breakdown.
Matches & results
Group standings
Group B
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Switzerland |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 3 | +4 | 7 |
| 2 |  Canada |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 4 |
| 3 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 4 |
| 4 |  Qatar |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -8 | 1 |
26-man squad
| # | Player | Position | Club | NT minutes (12mo) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pedro Carvalho | Defender | Al Sadd | 720 |
| 2 | Mahmud Ibrahim | Goalkeeper | Al-Rayyan SC | 675 |
| 3 | Boualem Khoukhi | Defender | Al Sadd | 635 |
| 4 | Akram Afif | Forward | Al Sadd | 633 |
| 5 | Edmilson Junior | Forward | Al-Duhail SC | 598 |
| 6 | Assim Madibo | Midfielder | Al Wakrah | 513 |
| 7 | Homam Ahmed | Defender | Cultural Leonesa | 444 |
| 8 | Gueye Laye | Midfielder | Al-Arabi SC | 427 |
| 9 | Karim Boudiaf | Midfielder | Qatar | 406 |
| 10 | Jassem Abdulsallam | Midfielder | Al-Rayyan SC | 350 |
| 11 | Mohamed Al Manai | Midfielder | Al Shamal | 269 |
| 12 | Y. Abdurisag | Forward | Al Wakrah | 247 |
| 13 | Meshaal Barsham | Goalkeeper | Al Sadd | 135 |
| 14 | Almoez Abdulla | Forward | Al-Duhail SC | 132 |
| 15 | Lucas Mendes | Defender | Al Wakrah | 124 |
| 16 | Abdulaziz Mohammed | Midfielder | Al-Rayyan SC | 90 |
| 17 | Mohammed Muntari | Forward | Al-Gharafa | 84 |
| 18 | Tahsin Jamshid | Forward | Al-Duhail SC | 69 |
| 19 | Ahmed Alaaeldin | Forward | 0 | |
| 20 | Hassan Al-Haydos | Forward | 0 | |
| 21 | Ayoub Al-Oui | Defender | 0 | |
| 22 | Ahmed Al-Ganehi | Midfielder | 0 | |
| 23 | Sultan Al-Brake | Defender | 0 | |
| 24 | Ahmed Fathy | Defender | Masr | 0 |
| 25 | Salah Mousa | Goalkeeper | Al-Duhail SC | 0 |
| 26 | Al-Hashmi Al-Hussain | Defender | 0 |
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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