FIFA World Cup Russia 2018, Calls Groups A, B, C and D

The soccer world cup is one of the most important sporting events, for soccer lovers it is the biggest, that is why today I bring you a compilation of the calls for players for each of the countries that managed to qualify, the same I will segregate by order of the groups and indicating in my opinion the best player of each of the selections.

It is important to point out that in the event that the section does not have the confirmed list of 23 players, I will place the preliminary one that is known to date, plus I will add to which professional team each player belongs.

GROUPS A

RUSSIA

(Preliminary List of 28 Players). Manager: Stanislav Cherchesov ; Best Player: Alan Dzagoev He belongs to the Russian football team CSKA Moscú.

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev (CSKA Moscú) Vladimir Gabulov (Brujas), Andrei Lunyov (Zenit), Soslan Dzhanayev (Rubin Kazan).

Defenses: Fyodor Kudryashov (Rubin Kazan), Vladimir Granat (Rubin Kazan), Ilya Kutepov (Spartak Moscú), Roman Neustädter (Fenerbahçe), Andrei Semyonov (Akhmat), Sergei Ignashevich (CSKA Moscú), Aleksandr Samedov (Spartak Moscú), Igor Smolnikov (Zenit), Mário Fernandes (CSKA Moscú), Yuri Zhirkov (Zenit), Konstantin Rausch (Dinamo Moscú).

Midfielders: Yuri Gazinsky (Krasnodar), Daler Kuzyaev (Zenit), Aleksandr Yerokhin (Zenit), Aleksandr Golovin (CSKA Moscú), Roman Zobnin (Spartak Moscú), Alan Dzagoev (CSKA Moscú), Aleksei Miranchuk (Lokomotiv Moscú), Denis Cheryshev (Villarreal), Anton Mirachuk (Lokomotiv Moscú), Aleksandr Tashayev (Dinamo Moscú).

Strikers: Fyodor Smolov (Krasnodar), Artyom Dzyuba (Arsenal Tula), Fyodor Chalov (CSKA Moscú).

SAUDI ARABIA

(Preliminary List of 28 Players). Manager: Juan Antonio Pizzi ; Best Player: Salem Al-Dawsari He belongs to the spanish football team Villarreal.

Goalkeepers: Assaf Al-Qarny (Al-Ittihad), Mohammed Al-Owais (Al-Ahli), Yasser Al-Musailem (Al-Ahli), Abdullah Al-Mayuf (Al-Hilal).

Defenses: Mansoor Al-Harbi (Al-Ahli), Yasser Al-Shahrani (Al-Hilal), Mohammed Al-Breik (Al-Hilal), Saeed Al-Mowalad (Al-Ahli), Motaz Hawsawi (Al-Ahli), Osama Hawsawi (Al-Hilal), Omar Hawsawi (Al-Nasr), Mohammed Jahfali (Al-Hilal), Ali Al-Bulaihi (Al-Hilal).

Midfielders: Abdullah Al-Khaibari (Al-Shabab), Abdulmalek Al-Khaibri (Al-Hilal), Abdullah Otayf (Al-Hilal), Taiseer Al-Jassim (Al-Ahli), Houssain Al-Mogahwi (Al-Ahli), Salman Al-Faraj (Al-Hilal), Nawaf Al-Abed (Al-Hilal), Mohamed Kanno (Al-Hilal), Hattan Bahebri (Al-Shabab), Mohammed Al-Kwikbi (Al-Ettifaq), Salem Al-Dawsari (Villarreal), Yehya Al-Shehri (Leganés).

Strikers: Fahad Al-Muwallad (Levante), Mohammad Al-Sahlawi (Al-Nasr), Muhannad Assiri (Al-Ahli).

EGYPT

(Preliminary List of 29 Players). Manager: Héctor Cúper ; Best Player: Mohamed Salah It belongs to the English soccer team Liverpool.

Goalkeepers: Essam El Hadary (Al Taawoun), Mohamed El-Shennawy (Al Ahly), Sherif Ekramy (Al Ahly), Mohamed Awad (Ismaily).

Defenses: Ahmed Fathi (Al Ahly), Saad Samir (Al Ahly), Ayman Ashraf (Al Ahly), Mahmoud Hamdy (Zamalek), Mohamed Abdel-Shafy (Al Fateh) Ahmed Hegazi (West Bromwich), Ali Gabr (West Bromwich), Ahmed Elmohamady (Aston Villa), Karim Hafez (Lens), Omar Gaber (Los Angeles FC), Amro Tarek (Orlando City).

Midfielders: Mohamed Elneny (Arsenal), Tarek Hamed (Zamalek), Mahmoud Abdel Aziz (Zamalek), Shikabala (Al Raed), Abdallah Said (KuPS, Finland), Sam Morsy (Wigan), Kahraba (Al Ittihad), Ramadan Sobhi (Stoke City), Trezeguet (Kasimpasa), Amr Warda (Atromitos).

Strikers: Mohamed Salah (Liverpool), Marwan Mohsen (Al Ahly), Ahmed Gomaa (Al Masry), Ahmed Hassan 'Koka' (SC Braga).

URUGUAY

(Preliminary List of 26 Players). Manager: Washington Tabárez ; Best Player: Luis Suárez It belongs to the Spanish soccer team Barcelona.

Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera (Galatasaray), Martín Silva (Vasco da Gama), Martín Campaña (Independiente)

Defenses: Diego Godín (Atlético), Sebastián Coates (Sporting CP), José María Giménez (Atlético), Guillermo Varela (Peñarol), Maxi Pereira (Oporto), Gastón Silva (Independiente), Martín Cáceres (Lazio).

Midfielders: Fede Valverde (Deportivo), Rodrigo Bentancur (Juventus), Carlos Sánchez (Monterrey), Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Cruzeiro), Diego Laxalt (Genoa), Matías Vecino (Inter), Naithan Nández (Boca Juniors), Lucas Torreira (Sampdoria), Cristian Rodríguez (Peñarol), Jonathan Urretaviscaya (Monterrey), Nicolás Lodeiro (Seattle Sounders), Gastón Ramírez (Sampdoria).

Strikers: Christian Stuani (Girona), Edinson Cavani (PSG), Luis Suárez (Barcelona), Maxi Gómez (Celta).

GROUPS B

PORTUGAL

(Final list of 23 players). Manager: Fernando Santos ; Best Player: Cristiano Ronaldo It belongs to the Spanish soccer team Real Madrid.

Goalkeepers: Anthony Lopes (Olympique Lyon), Beto (Goztepe), Rui Patricio (Sporting).

Defenses: Bruno Alves (Glasgow Rangers), Cedric Soares (Southampton), José Fonte (Dalian Yifang), Mario Rui (Nápoles), Pepe (Besiktas), Raphael Guerreiro (Borussia Dortmund), Ricardo Pereira (Oporto), Ruben Dias (Benfica).

Midfielders: Adrien Silva (Leicester City), Bruno Fernandes (Sporting), Joao Mario (West Ham), Joao Moutinho (AS Mónaco), Manuel Fernandes (Lokomotiv Moscú), William Carvalho (Sporting), Bernardo Silva (Manchester City).

Strikers: André Silva (AC Milan), Cristiano Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Gelson Martins (Sporting), Gonçalo Guedes (Valencia), Ricardo Quaresma (Besiktas)

SPAIN

(Final list of 23 players). Manager: Julen Lopetegui ; Best Player: Andrés Iniesta It belongs to the Spanish soccer team Barcelona.

Goalkeepers: David De Gea (Manchester United), Pepe Reina (Nápoles), Kepa Arrizabalaga (Athletic).

Defenses: Gerard Piqué (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), César Azpilicueta (Chelsea), Nacho Fernández (Real Madrid), Álvaro Odriozola (Real Sociedad), Jordi Alba (Barcelona), Dani Carvajal (Real Madrid), Nacho Monreal (Arsenal).

Midfielders: Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), Andrés Iniesta (Barcelona), Saúl Ñíguez (Atlético), Thiago (Bayern), Koke (Atlético), David Silva (Manchester City), Isco Alarcón (Real Madrid), Marco Asensio (Real Madrid).

Strikers: Lucas Vázquez (Real Madrid), Diego Costa (Atlético), Iago Aspas (Celta), Rodrigo Moreno (Valencia).

IRÁN

(Preliminary List of 35 Players). Manager: Carlos Queiroz ; Best Player: Sardar Azmoun He belongs to the Russian football team Rubin Kazan.

Goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand (Persepolis), Mohammad Mazaheri (Zob Ahan), Hossein Hosseini (Esteghlal), Amir Abdezadeh (Marítimo).

Defenses: Jalal Hosseini (Persepolis), Steven Beitashour (Los Ángeles FC), Ramin Rezaeian (Oostende), Vouria Ghafouri (Esteghlal), Mohammad Rez Khanzadeh (Paddieh), Mohammad Ansari (Persepolis), Milad Mohammadi (Akhmat Grozny), Pejman Montazeri (Esteghlal), Saeid Aghaei (Sepahan), Omid Noorafkan (Esteghlal), Morteza Pouraliganji (Al-Sadd), Majid Hosseini (Esteghlal), Rouzbeh Cheshmi (Esteghlal).

Midfielders: Masoud Shojaei (AEK Atenas), Saeid Ezatolahi (Amkar Perm), Saman Ghoddos (Östersunds), Ashkan Dejagah (Nottingham Forest), Ahmad Abdollahzadeh (Foolad), Omid Ebrahimi (Esteghlal), Mehdi Torabi (Saipa), Soroush Rafiei (Al-Khor), Ehsan Hajsafi (Olympiacos), Ali Karimi (Sepahan), Ali Gholizadeh (Saipa), Vahid Amiri (Persepolis).

Strikers: Karim Ansarifard (Olympiacos), Sardar Azmoun (Rubin Kazan), Reza Ghoochannejhad (Heerenveen), Alireza Jahanbakhsh (AZ Alkmaar), Mehdi Taremi (Al-Gharafa), Kaveh Rezaei (Charleroi).

MOROCCO

(Final list of 23 players). Manager: Hervé Renard ; Best Player: Mehdi Benatia Belongs to the Italian soccer team Juventus.

Goalkeepers: Monir El Kajaoui (Numancia), Yassine Bounou (Girona), Ahmed Reda Tagnaouti (IR Tanger).

Defenses: Nabil Dirar (Fenerbahçe), Marouane Da Costa (Istanbul Basaksehir), Hamza Mendyl (Lille), Romain Saiss (Wolverhampton), Sofiane Amrabat (Feyenoord), Mehdi Benatia (Juventus), Achraf Hakimi (Real Madrid), Badr Banoun (Raja Casablanca).

Midfielders: Karim El Ahmadi (Feyenoord), Youssef Ait Bennasser (Caen), M'Bark Boussoufa (Al Jazira), Youns Belhanda (Galatasaray), Fayçal Fajr (Getafe), Amine Harit (Schalke), Noureddine Amrabat (Leganés), Hakim Ziyech (Ajax).

Strikers: Khalid Boutaib (Malatyaspor), Aziz Bouhaddouz (St. Pauli), Mehdi Carcela-Gonzalez (Standard Lieja), Ayoub El Kaabi (RS Berkane).

GROUPS C

FRANCE

(Final list of 23 players). Manager: Didier Deschamps ; Best Player: Antoine Griezmann It belongs to the Spanish soccer team Atletico de Madrid.

Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris (Tottenham), Steve Mandanda (Marsella), Alphonse Areola (PSG).

Defenses: Lucas Hernández (Atlético), Presnel Kimpembe (PSG), Benjamin Mendy (Mánchester City), Benjamin Pavard (Stuttgart), Adil Rami (Marsella), Djibril Sidibé (Mónaco), Samuel Umtiti (Barcelona), Raphaël Varane (Real Madrid).

Midfielders: N'Golo Kanté (Chelsea), Blaise Matuidi (Juventus), Steven N'Zonzi (Sevilla), Paul Pogba (Manchester United), Corentin Tolisso (Bayern Múnich).

Strikers: Ousmane Dembélé (Barcelona), Nabil Fekir (Lyon), Olivier Giroud (Chelsea), Antoine Griezmann (Atlético), Thomas Lemar (Monaco), Kylian Mbappé (PSG), Florian Thauvin (Marsella).

AUSTRALIA

(Preliminary List of 26 Players). Manager: Bert van Marwijk ; Best Player: Mile Jedinak It belongs to the English soccer team Aston Villa.

Goalkeepers: Mathew Ryan (Brighton and Hove Albion), Brad Jones (Feyenoord), Danny Vukovi (Genk).

Defenses: Trent Sainsbury (Grasshoppers), Milo Degenek (Yokohama F. Marinos), Matthew Jurman (Suwon Bluewings), Josh Risdon (Western Sydney Wanderers), Fran Karai (Lokomotiva Zagreb), Aziz Behich (Bursaspor), James Meredith (Millwall).

Midfielders: Mile Jedinak (Aston Villa), Mark Milligan (Al-Ahli Yeda), Massimo Luongo (QPR), Aaron Mooy (Huddersfield Town), Joshua Brillante (Sydney FC), James Troisi (Melbourne Victory), Tom Rogi (Celtic FC), Jackson Irvine (Hull City), Dimitri Petratos (Newcastle Jets), Daniel Arzani (Melbourne Victory), Mathew Leckie (Hertha BSC), Nikita Rukavytsya (Maccabi Haifa), Robbie Kruse (VfL Bochum), Andrew Nabbout (Urawa Red Diamonds).

Strikers: Tim Cahill (Millwall), Tomi Juri (Luzern).

PERÚ

(Preliminary List of 24 Players). Manager: Ricardo Gareca ; Best Player: Jefferson Farfán He belongs to the Russian football team Lokomotiv Moskva.

Goalkeepers: Pedro Gallese (Veracruz), Carlos Cáceda (Veracruz), José Carvallo (Universidad Técnica de Cajamarca).

Defenses: Alberto Rodríguez (Junior), Christian Ramos (Veracruz), Miguel Araujo (Alianza Lima), Luis Abram (Vélez), Anderson Santamaría (Puebla), Luis Advíncula (Lobos BUAP), Aldo Corzo (Universitario), Miguel Trauco (Flamengo), Nilson Loyola (Melgar).

Midfielders: Pedro Aquino (Lobos BUAP), Wilder Cartagena (Veracruz), Yoshimar Yotún (Orlando City), Renato Tapia (Feyenoord), Christian Cueva (São Paulo), Paolo Hurtado (Vitória de Guimarães), Sergio Peña (Granada).

Strikers: Jefferson Farfán (Lokomotiv Moskva), André Carrillo (Watford), Andy Polo (Portland Timbers), Edison Flores (AaB Aalborg), Raúl Ruidíaz (Morelia).

DENMARK

(Preliminary List of 35 Players). Manager: Age Hareide ; Best Player: Christian Eriksen It belongs to the English soccer team Tottenham.

Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel (Leicester), Frederik Ronnow (Brondby), Jonas Lössl (Huddersfield) y Jesper Hansen (Midtjylland).

Defenses: Simon Kjaer (Sevilla), Andreas Bjelland (Brentford), Mathias 'Zanka' Jorgensen (Huddersfield), Andreas Christensen (Chelsea), Jens Stryger Larsen (Udinese), Riza Durmisi (Real Betis), Jannik Vestergaard (B. Mönchengladbach), Henrik Dalsgaard (Brentford), Jonas Knudsen (Ipswich Town), Nico Boilesen (Copenhague) y Peter Ankersen (Copenhague).

Midfielders: Christian Eriksen (Tottenham), Thomas Delaney (W. Bremen), William Kvist (Copenhague), Lasse Schöne (Ajax), Lukas Lerager (Girondins Bordeaux), Mike Jensen (Rosenborg), Pierre-Emile Hojbjerg (Southampton), Michael Krohn-Dehli (Deportivo), Daniel Wass (Celta) y Mathias Jensen (Nordsjaelland).

Strikers: Nicolai Jorgensen (Feyenoord), Andreas Cornelius (Atalanta), Nicklas Bendtner (Rosenborg), Pione Sisto (Celta), Viktor Fischer (Copenhague), Yussuf Yurary Poulsen (RB Leipzig), Martin Braithwaite (Girondins Bordeaux), Robert Skov (Copenhague), Kasper Dolberg (Ajax) y Kenneth Zohore (Cardiff).

GROUPS D

ARGENTINA

(Final list of 23 players). Manager: Jorge Sampaoli ; Best Player: Lionel Messi It belongs to the Spanish soccer team Barcelona.

Goalkeepers: Nahuel Guzmán (Tigres), Wilfredo Caballero (Chelsea) y Franco Armani (River Plate).

Defenses: Gabriel Mercado (Sevilla), Javier Mascherano (Hebei Fortune), Nicolás Otamendi (Manchester City), Federico Fazio (Roma), Marcos Rojo (Manchester United), Nicolás Tagliafico (Ajax), Marcos Acuña (Sporting Lisboa) y Cristian Ansaldi (Torino).

Midfielders: Eduardo Salvio (Benfica), Lucas Biglia (Milan), Éver Banega (Sevilla), Ángel Di María (PSG), Manuel Lanzini (West Ham), Giovani Lo Celso (PSG) y Maximiliano Meza (Independiente).

Strikers: Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Sergio Agüero (Manchester City), Gonzalo Higuaín (Juventus), Paulo Dybala (Juventus) y Cristian Pavón (Boca Juniors).

ICELAND

(Final list of 23 players). Manager: Heimir Hallgrímsson ; Best Player: Gylfi Sigurðsson It belongs to the English soccer team Everton.

Goalkeepers: Hannes Þór Halldórsson (Randers), Rúnar Alex Rúnarsson (Nordsjælland), Frederik Schram (Roskilde).

Defenses: Ragnar Sigurðsson (Rostov), Kári Árnason (Aberdeen), Sverrir Ingi Ingason (Rostov), Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson (Levski Sofia), Birkir Már Sævarsson (Valur), Ari Freyr Skúlason (Lokeren), Hörður Björgvin Magnússon (Bristol City).

Midfielders: Aron Gunnarsson (Cardiff City), Ólafur Ingi Skúlason (Kardemir Karabükspor), Samúel Friðjónsson (Vålerenga IF), Birkir Bjarnason (Aston Villa), Emil Hallfreðsson (Udinese), Jóhann Berg Guðmundsson (Burnley), Rúrik Gíslason (Sandhausen), Gylfi Sigurðsson (Everton), Arnór Ingvi Traustason (Malmö FF).

Strikers: Alfreð Finnbogason (FC Augsburg), Jón Daði Böðvarsson (Reading), Björn Bergmann Sigurðarson (Rostov), Albert Guðmundsson (PSV Eindhoven).

CROATIA

(Preliminary List of 24 Players). Manager: Zlatko Dalic ; Best Player: Luka Modric It belongs to the Spanish soccer team Real Madrid.

Goalkeepers: Daniel Subasic (Mónaco), Lovre Kalinic (Gent), Dominik Livakovic (Dinamo Zagreb).

Defenses: Vedran Corluka (Lokomotiv Moscú), Domagoj Vida (Besiktas), Ivan Strinic (Sampdoria), Dejan Lovren (Liverpool), Sime Vrsaljko (Atlético), Josip Pivaric (Dynamo Kiev), Tin Jedvaj (Bayer Leverkusen), Matej Mitrovic (Club Brujas), Duje Caleta-Car (RB Salzburgo).

Midfielders: Luka Modric (Real Madrid), Ivan Rakitic (Barcelona), Mateo Kovacic (Real Madrid), Milan Badelj (Fiorentina), Marcelo Brozovic (Inter), Filip Bradaric (Rijeka).

Strikers: Mario Mandzukic (Juventus), Ivan Perisic (Inter), Nikola Kalinic (Milan), Andrej Kramaric (Hoffenheim), Marko Pjaca (Schalke), Ante Rebic (Eintracht Frankfurt).

NIGERIA

(Preliminary List of 30 Players). Manager: Gernot Rohr ; Best Player: Victor Moses It belongs to the English soccer team Chelsea.

Goalkeepers: Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Enyimba), Daniel Akpeyi (Chippa United), Francis Uzoho (Deportivo), Dele Ajiboye (Pleateau FC).

Defenses: William Troost-Ekong (Bursaspor), Leon Balogun (Mainz), Olaoluwa Aina (Hull City), Kenneth Omeruo (Kasimpasa), Bryan Idowu (Amkar Perm), Chidozie Awaziem (Nantes), Abdullahi Shehu (Bursaspor), Elderson Echiejile (Círculo Brujas), Tyronne Ebuehi (ADO La Haya), Stephen Eze (Lokomotiv Plovdiv).

Midfielders: John Obi Mikel (Tianjin Teda), Ogenyi Onazi (Trabzonspor), John Ogu (Hapoel Beersheva), Wilfried Ndidi (Leicester), Uche Agbo (Standard Lieja), Oghenekaro Etebo (Las Palmas), Joel Obi (Torino), Mikel Agu (Bursaspor).

Strikers: Odion Ighalo (Changchun Yatai), Ahmed Musa (CSKA Moscú), Victor Moses (Chelsea), Alex Iwobi (Arsenal), Kelechi Iheanacho (Leicester), Moses Simon (Gent), Junior Lokosa (Kano Pillars) y Simeon Nwankwo (Crotone).

In the next post I will bring the other 16 selections, belonging to groups E, F, G and H.