World Cup 2018 draw: Spain, Portugal in Group B; Germany in tough group

 | Updated: Dec 02, 2017, 03:34 AM IST
Opening Match: Hosts Russia vs Saudi Arabia. World Cup holders Germany face Mexico in their opening match. Neighbours Portugal and Spain play each other in Group B's opener

Group A

1. Russia
2. Saudi Arabia
3. Egypt
4. Uruguay

Russia:

Coach: Stanislav Cherchesov

Goalkeepers: Igor Akinfeev, Yuri Lodygin,

Defenders: Yuri Zhirkov, Sergei Ignashevich, Viktor Vasin

Mid-fielder: Aleksandr Kokorin, Fyodor Smolov, Alan Dzagoev, Denis Glushakov, Aleksandr Golovin, Roman Shirokov, Yuri Zhirkov, Aleksei Miranchuk, Pavel Mamayev

Forwards: Fyodor Smolov, Aleksandr Kerzhakov, Pavel Pogrebnyak, Denis Cheryshev, Maksim Kanunnikov, Dmitry Poloz, Igor Portnyagin, Denis Davydov

Saudi Arabia

Coach: Juan Antonio Pizzi

Goalkeepers: Yasser Al Mosailem, Fawaz Al-Qarni, Abdullah Al-Mayouf, Waleed Abdullah

Defenders: Osama Hawsawi, Omar Hawsawi, Yasser Al-Shahrani, Hussein Abdulghani, Motaz Hawsawi, Ahmed Dokhi

Mid-fielders: Fahad Al-Muwallad, Yahya Al-Shehri, Taisir Al-Jassim, Salem Al-Dawsari, Nawaf Al Abed, Ibrahim Ghaleb, Mohammad Al-Shalhoub, Salman Al-Faraj, Housain Al-Moqahwi, Abdullah Otayf

Forwards: Fahad Al-Muwallad, Mohammad Al-Sahlawi, Naif Hazazi, Nasser Al-Shamrani, Mukhtar Fallatah, Salman Al-Moasher, Yousef Al-Salem

Egypt

Coach: Héctor Cúper

Goalkeepers: Essam El-Hadary, Ahmed El-Shenawy, Sherif Ekramy,

Defenders: Ahmed Hegazi, Ahmed Fathy, Ahmed Elmohamady, Ali Gabr, Mohamed Abdel-Shafy, Saad Samir, Ramy Rabia, Ahmed Dowidar

Mid-fielders: Mohamed Elneny, Mahmoud Hassan, Tarek Hamed, Omar Gaber, Moamen Zakaria, Walid Soliman

Forwards: Mohamed Salah, Abdallah Said, Emad Moteab, Basem Morsi, Marwan Mohsen, Amr Gamal, Ahmed Mahgoub, Mohamed Nagy, Amr Marey, Khaled Kamar

Uruguay

Coach: Óscar Tabárez

Goalkeepers: Fernando Muslera, Martín Campaña, Martín Silva,

Defenders: Martín Cáceres, Diego Godín, Diego Lugano, José Giménez,
Maxi Pereira, Sebastián Coates, Gastón Silva, Jorge Fucile

Mid-fielders: Álvaro Pereira, Cristian Rodríguez, Carlos Andrés Sánchez, Giorgian De Arrascaeta, Egidio Arévalo, Nicolás Lodeiro

Forwards: Luis Suarez, Edinson Cavani, Cristhian Stuani, Maxi Gomez

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Group B

1. Portugal
2. Spain
3. Morocco
4. Iran

Portugal
Coach: Fernando Santos

Goalkeepers: Rui Patrício, Beto, Anthony Lopes, Eduardo Carvalho

Defenders: Pepe, Bruno Alves, Raphaël Guerreiro, Fábio Coentrão, Rolando, Cédric Soares, Ricardo Carvalho, José Fonte, Luís Neto, João Pereira

Mid-fielders: Nani, Ricardo Quaresma, Renato Sanches, Bernardo Silva, André Gomes, João Moutinho, João Mário, William Carvalho, Adrien Silva

Forwards: Cristiano Ronaldo, Eder, Bruma, Hélder Postiga, Hugo Almeida, Vieirinha, Rafa Silva, Daniel Miguel Alves Gomes, Luís Miguel Afonso Fernandes, Silvestre Varela

Spain
Coach: Julen Lopetegui

Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas, David de Gea, Pepe Reina, Sergio Rico

Defenders: Sergio Ramos, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Dani Carvajal, Marc Bartra, Javi Martínez, César Azpilicueta, Juan Francisco Torres BelénJosé Ignacio Fernández Iglesias

Mid-fielders: Andrés Iniesta, Francisco Román Alarcón Suárez, Marco Asensio, David Silva, Cesc Fàbregas, Thiago Alcântara, Sergio Busquets, Koke

Forwards: David Villa, Diego Costa, Álvaro Morata, Rodrigo, Pedro Solberg, Nolito, Vitolo, Álvaro Negredo, Paco Alcácer, José Callejón

Morocco
Coach: Hervé Renard

Goalkeepers: Munir Mohand Mohamedi, Yassine Bounou, Karim Fegrouche

Defenders: Medhi Benatia, Manuel da Costa, Achraf Lazaar, Fouad Chafik, Zouhair Feddal, Abdelhamid El Kaoutari, Issam El Adoua, Mohamed Oulhaj, Abderrahim Achchakir

Mid-fielders: Hakim Ziyech, Sofiane Boufal, Younès Belhanda, Nabil Dirar, Nordin Amrabat, Mbark Boussoufa, Hachim Mastour

Forwards: Marouane Chamakh, Youssef El-Arabi, Rachid Alioui, Zakaria Labyad, Yacine Bammou, Oussama Assaidi, Mounir El Hamdaoui

Iran
Coach: Carlos Queiroz

Goalkeepers: Alireza Beiranvand, Alireza Haghighi, Sosha Makani

Defenders: Ramin Rezaeian, Morteza Pouraliganji, Jalal Hosseini, Milad Mohammadi, Milad Mohammadi,

Mid-fielders: Voria Ghafouri, Alireza Jahanbakhsh, Ashkan Dejagah, Saeid Ezatolahi, Masoud Shojaei, Andranik Teymourian

Forwards: Sardar Azmoun, Mehdi Taremi, Karim Ansarifard, Reza Ghoochannejhad, Mohsen Mosalman
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Group C

1. France
2. Australia
3. Peru
4. Denmark

France
Coach: Didier Deschamps

Goalkeepers: Hugo Lloris, Steve Mandanda, Benoît Costil

Defenders: Raphaël Varane, Samuel Umtiti, Patrice Evra, Laurent Koscielny, Bacary Sagna, Benjamin Pavard, Adil Rami, Lucas Digne

Mid-fielders: Antoine Griezmann, Paul Pogba, Dimitri Payet, N'Golo Kanté, Blaise Matuidi, Mathieu Valbuena, Nabil Fekir

Forwards: Olivier Giroud, Kylian Mbappé, Alexandre Lacazette, Alexandre LacazetteBafétimbi Gomis

Australia
Coach: Bert van Marwijk

Goalkeepers: Bert van Marwijk, Mitchell Langerak, Brad Jones

Defenders: Trent Sainsbury, Matthew Spiranovic, Bailey Wright, Brad Smith, Ivan Franjic, Ryan McGowan, Aziz Behich

Mid-fielders: Mile Jedinak, Aaron Mooy, Mathew Leckie, Tom Rogic, Massimo Luongo, Mark Milligan, James Troisi

Forwards: Tim Cahill, Robbie Kruse, Tomi Juric, Tommy Oar, Archie Thompson, Nikita Rukavytsya, Matt Simon

Peru
Coach: Ricardo Gareca

Goalkeepers: Pedro Gallese, Leao Butrón, Diego Penny

Defenders: Miguel Trauco, Luis Advíncula, Yoshimar Yotún, Alberto Junior Rodríguez, Carlos Zambrano, Aldo Corzo, Christian Ramos

Mid-fielders: Christian Cueva, Cristian Benavente, Edison Flores, Renato Tapia, Carlos Lobatón, Joel Sánchez

Forwards: Paolo Guerrero, Jefferson Farfán, André Carrillo, Raúl Ruidíaz, Yordy Reyna, Irven Ávila, Jean Deza

Denmark
Coach: Åge Hareide

Goalkeepers: Kasper Schmeichel, Stephan Andersen, Anders Lindegaard

Defenders: Andreas Christensen, Simon Kjær, Daniel Wass, Riza Durmisi, Mathias Jørgensen, Peter Ankersen, Jannik Vestergaard

Mid-fielders: Christian Eriksen, William Kvist, Thomas Delaney, Michael Krohn-Dehli, Lasse Schöne, Pierre-Emile Højbjerg

Forwards: Nicklas Bendtner, Nicolai Jørgensen, Andreas Cornelius, Viktor Fischer, Martin Braithwaite, Morten Rasmussen
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Group D

1. Argentina
2. Iceland
3. Croatia
4. Nigeria

Argentina
Coach: Jorge Sampaoli

Goalkeepers: Willy Caballero, Nahuel Guzman, Sergio Romero

Defenders: Fabricio Bustos, Federico Fazio, Ramiro Funes Mori, Gabriel Mercado, Nicolás Otamendi, Marcos Rojo, Nicolás Tagliafico,

Mid-fielders: Marcos Acuña, Éver Banega, Lucas Biglia, Giovani Lo, Celso, Javier Mascherano, Maximiliano Meza, Leandro Paredes, Diego Perotti, Pablo Pérez, Eduardo Salvio

Forwards: Gonzalo Higuaín, Lautaro Martínez, Lionel Messi, Cristian Pavón

Iceland
Coach: Heimir Hallgrímsson

Goalkeeper: Hannes Thór, Ingvar Jonsson, Ögmundur Kristinsson, Rúnar Rúnarsson, Frederik August Schram

Defenders: Kári Árnason, Hólmar Orn Eyjólfsson, Jón Gudni Fjóluson, Hjörtur Hermannsson, Sverrir Ingason, Hördur Magnusson, Birkir Saevarsson, Ragnar Sigurdsson, Ari Skulason

Mid-fielders: Birkir Bjarnason, Elmar Bjarnason, Samúel Fridjónsson, Johann Gudmundsson, Albert Gudmundsson, Aron Gunnarsson, Rúrik Gíslason, Emil Hallfredsson, Olafur Skulason, Arnor Ingvi Traustason

Forwards: Jon Dadi Bödvarsson, Kjartan Finnbogason, Vidar Örn Kjartansson, Bjorn Sigurdarson

Croatia
Coach: Zlatko Dalić

Goalkeeper: Lovre Kalinic, Dominik Livakovic, Danijel Subasic

Defenders: Vedran Corluka, Tin Jedvaj, Zoran Nizic, Josip Pivaric, Ivan Strinic, Domagoj Vida, Sime Vrsaljko

Mid-fielders: Milan Badelj, Filip Bradaric, Marcelo Brozovic, Mateo Kovacic, Mario Pasalic, Ivan Perisic, Ivan Rakitic, Marko Rog

Forwards: Duje Cop, Andrej Kramaric, Mario Mandzukic, Marko Pjaca, Ante Rebic

Nigeria
Coach: Gernot Rohr

Goalkeeper: Ikechukwu Ezenwa, Francis Uzoho, Daniel Akpeyi;

Defenders: Leon Balogun, William Troost-Ekong, Shehu Abdullahi, Kenneth Omeruo, Uche Agbo, Elderson Echiejile, Tyronne Ebuehi, Ola Aina

Mid-fielders: Mikel Obi, Wilfred Ndidi, Ogenyi Onazi, Oghenekaro Etebo, John Ogu, Mikel Agu

Forwards: Odion Ighalo, Kelechi Iheanacho, Victor Moses, Ahmed Musa, Moses Simon, Alex Iwobi


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Group E

1. Brazil
2. Switzerland
3. Costa Rica
4. Serbia

Brazil
Coach: Tite

Goalkeeper: Neto, Alisson, Ederson

Defenders: Dani Alves, Fagner, Geromel, Ismaily, Marquinhos, Miranda, Rodrigo Caio, Thiago Silva, Marcelo

Mid-fielders: Taison, Casemiro, Philippe Coutinho, Willian, Douglas Costa, Fred, Paulinho, Fernandinho, Renato Augusto, Anderson Talisca

Forwards: Roberto Firmino, Gabriel Jesus, Neymar Jr

Switzerland
Coach: Vladimir Petković

Goalkeeper: Roman Bürki, Marwin Hitz, Yann Sommer

Defenders: Manuel Akanji, Johan Djourou, Nico Elvedi, Michael Lang, Stephan Lichtsteiner, Francois Moubandje, Ricardo Rodríguez, Fabian Schär

Mid-fielders: Valon Behrami, Blerim Dzemaili, Gelson Fernandes, Fabian Frei, Remo Freuler, Granit Xhaka, Steven Zuber

Forwards: Josip Drmic, Breel Embolo, Dimitri Oberlin, Haris Seferovic

Costa Rica
Coach: Óscar Ramírez

Goalkeeper: Kevin Briceño, Leonel Moreira, Keylor Navas

Defenders: Johnny Acosta, Francisco Calvo, Óscar Duarte, Cristian Gamboa, Giancarlo González, Kenner Gutiérrez, Rónald Matarrita, Bryan Oviedo, Ian Smith, Kendall Waston

Mid fielders: Wilmer Azofeifa, Celso Borges, Daniel Colindres, David Guzmán, Bryan Ruiz, Ulises Segura, Yeltsin Tejeda, Rodney Wallace

Forwards: Josue Mitchell, Yendrick Ruiz

Serbia
Coach: Mladen Krstajić

Goalkeeper: Marko Dmitrovic, Predrag Rajkovic, Vladimir Stojkovic

Defenders: Dusan Basta, Branislav Ivanovic, Aleksandar Kolarov, Nikola Maksimovic, Matija Nastasic, Ivan Obradovic, Antonio Rukavina, Vujadin Savic, Dusko Tosic, Milos Veljkovic

Mid-fielders: Mijat Gacinovic, Marko Grujic, Filip Kostic, Adem Ljajic, Nemanja Maksimovic, Nemanja Matic, Luka Milivojevic, Dusan Tadic, Andrija Zivkovic

Forwards: Aleksandar Prijovic


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Group F

1. Germany
2. Mexico
3. Sweden
4. Korea Republic

Germany
Coach: Joachim Löw

Goalkeeper: Bernd Leno, Kevin Trapp, Marc-André ter Stegen

Defenders: Jérôme Boateng, Matthias Ginter, Jonas Hector, Mats Hummels, Joshua Kimmich, Marvin Plattenhardt, Antonio Rüdiger, Niklas Süle

Mid-fielders: Julian Brandt, Julian Draxler, Leon Goretzka, Ilkay Gündogan, Sami Khedira, Toni Kroos, Sebastian Rudy, Leroy Sané

Forwards: Mario Gomez, Lars Stindl, Timo Werner

Mexico
Coach: Juan Carlos Osorio

Goalkeeper: José Corona, Guillermo Ochoa, Alfredo Talavera

Defenders: Oswaldo Alanís, Néstor Araujo, Hugo Ayala, Héctor Moreno, Diego Reyes, Carlos Salcedo

Mid fielders: Jesús Corona, Marco Fabián, Jesús Gallardo, Jonathan Gonzalez, Omar Govea, Andrés Guardado, Jorge Hernández, Héctor Herrera, Miguel Layún, Hirving Lozano, Jesús Molina, Edson Álvarez

Forwards: Javier Hernández, Raúl Jiménez, Oribe Peralta, Rodolfo Pizarro

Sweden
Coach: Janne Andersson

Goalkeeper: Karl Johan Johnsson, Kristoffer Nordfeldt, Jacob Rinne

Defenders: Ludwig Augustinsson, Andreas Granqvist, Filip Helander, Pontus Jansson, Emil Krafth, Johan Larsson, Victor Lindelöf, Mikael Lustig, Martin Olsson

Mid-fielders: Viktor Claesson, Jimmy Durmaz, Emil Forsberg, Alexander Fransson, Oscar Hiljemark, Niklas Hult, Sebastian Larsson, Christoffer Nyman, Ken Sema, Gustav Svensson

Forwards: Marcus Berg, John Guidetti, Isaac Thelin

South Korea
Coach: Shin Tae-yong

Goalkeeper: Hyun-Woo Cho, Jin-Hyeon Kim, Kim Seung-Gyu

Defenders: Chul-Soon Choi, Hyun-Soo Jang, Hong Jeong-Ho, Park Joo-Ho, Min-Woo Kim, Jin-Su Kim, Kim Minjae, Lee Yong, Young-Sun Yun

Mid-fielders: Kwon Changhoon, Woo-Young Jung, Ja-Cheol Koo, Jae-Sung Lee, Chang-Min Lee, Ki Sung-Yueng, Ki-Hun Yeom

Forwards: Son Heung-Min, Hee-Chan Hwang, Keun-Ho Lee

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Group G

1. Belgium
2. Panama
3. Tunisia
4. England

Belgium
Coach: Roberto Martínez

Goalkeepers: Koen Casteels, Simon Mignolet, Matz Sels

Defenders: Toby Alderweireld, Dedryck Boyata, Laurent Ciman, Vincent Kompany, Thomas Meunier, Thomas Vermaelen, Jan Vertonghen

Mid-fielders: Yannick Carrasco, Kevin De Bruyne, Mousa Dembélé, Leander Dendoncker, Marouane Fellaini, Eden Hazard, Thorgan Hazard, Anthony Limbombe, Dries Mertens, Radja Nainggolan, Youri Tielemans, Axel Witsel

Forwards: Romelu Lukaku, Kevin, Divock Origi

Panama
Coach: Hernán Darío Gómez

Goalkeepers: José Calderón, Alex Rodríguez

Defenders: Chin Hormechea, Sergio Ortega, Francisco Palacios, Richard Peralta

Mid-fielders: Rolando Botello, Omar Browne, Adalberto Carrasquilla, Leslie Heraldez, Josiel Núñez, Valentin Pimentel, Óscar Villarreal

Forwards: Ronaldo Dinolis, José Fajardo, Alexis Palacios, Carlos Small

Tunisia
Coach: Nabil Maâloul

Goalkeepers: Moez Ben Cherifia, Farouk Ben Mustapha, Mouez Hassen, Aymen Mathlouthi

Defenders: Rami Bedoui, Syam Ben Youssef, Yohan Benalouane, Dylan Bronn, Khelil Chammam, Oussama Haddadi, Ali Maâloul, Yassine Meriah, Hamdi Naguez

Mid-fielders: Karim Aouadhi, Ghazi Ayadi, Mohamed Amine Ben Amor, Ahmed Khalil, Saif-Eddine Khaoui, Wahbi Khazri, Alaeddine Marzouki, Ferjani Sassi, Ellyes Skhiri, Naïm Sliti, Bassem Srarfi

Forwards: Anice Badri, Fakhreddine Ben Youssef, Youssef M'Sakni

England

Coach: Gareth Southgate

Goalkeepers: Jack Butland, Joe Hart, Jordan Pickford, Nick Pope

Defenders: Harry Maguire, Alfie Mawson, Danny Rose, John Stones, James Tarkowski, Kieran Trippier, Kyle Walker, Ashley Young

Mid-fielders: Dele Alli, Lewis Cook, Eric Dier, Jordan Henderson, Adam Lallana, Jesse Lingard, Jake Livermore, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain

Forwards: Marcus Rashford, Jamie Vardy, Danny Welbeck

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Group H

1. Poland
2. Senegal
3. Colombia
4. Japan

Poland
Coach: Adam Nawałka

Goalkeepers: Bartosz Bialkowski, Lukasz Fabianski, Lukasz Skorupski, Wojciech Szczesny

Defenders: Thiago Cionek, Kamil Glik, Pawel Jaroszynski, Artur Jedrzejczyk, Marcin Kaminski, Tomasz Kedziora, Michal Pazdan, Lukasz Piszczek, Maciej Rybus

Mid-fielders: Przemyslaw Frankowski, Jacek Goralski, Kamil Grosicki, Damian Kadzior, Grzegorz Krychowiak, Rafal Kurzawa, Krzysztof Maczynski, Slawomir Peszko, Taras Romanczuk, Piotr Zielinski

Forwards: Dawid Kownacki, Robert Lewandowski, Arkadiusz Milik, Lukasz Teodorczyk

Senegal
Coach: Aliou Cissé

Goalkeepers: Abdoulaye Diallo, Alfred Gomis, Khadim N'Diaye, Pape Seydou N'Diaye

Defenders: Fallou Diagne, Papy Djilobodji, Lamine Gassama, Idrissa Gueye, Kalidou Koulibaly, Youssouf Sabaly, Pape Souaré, Armand Traore, Moussa Wagué

Mid-fielders: Assane Dioussé, Cheikhou Kouyaté, Alfred N'Diaye, Cheikh N'Doye, Badou Ndiaye, Henri Saivet, Salif Sané, Ismaïla Sarr

Forwards: Keita Baldé, Mame Diouf, Moussa Konaté, Sadio Mané, Santy Ngom, Oumar Niasse, Diafra Sakho, Moussa Sow

Colombia
Coach: José Pékerman

Goalkeepers: David Ospina, Camilo Vargas

Defenders: Santiago Arias, Bernardo, Frank Fabra, Yerry Mina, Johan Mojica, Óscar Murillo, Davinson Sánchez, Cristián Zapata

Mid-fielders: Abel Aguilar, Wilmar Barrios, Victor Cantillo, José Izquierdo, Jefferson Lerma, Giovanni Moreno, Juan Quintero, James Rodríguez, Carlos Sánchez, Mateus Uribe

Forwards: Miguel Borja, Yimmi Chará, Radamel Falcao, Luis Muriel, Duván Zapata

Japan
Coach: Akira Nishino

Goalkeepers: Masaaki Higashiguchi, Eiji Kawashima, Kosuke Nakamura

Defenders: Shintaro Kurumaya, Tomoaki Makino, Masato Morishige, Yuto Nagatomo, Gotoku Sakai, Gen Shoji, Naomichi Ueda, Tomoya Ugajin

Mid-fielders: Wataru Endo, Makoto Hasebe, Kento Misao, Ryota Morioka, Ryota Ohshima, Gaku Shibasaki, Takashi Usami, Hotaru Yamaguchi

Forwards: Genki Haraguchi, Keisuke Honda, Yu Kobayashi, Yuya Kubo, Shoya Nakajima, Kenyu Sugimoto


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