Corinthians among Brazil's clubs with fewest 2026 World Cup call-ups: list

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·4 June 2026

Corinthians among Brazil's clubs with fewest 2026 World Cup call-ups: list

By Lucas Barreiros/Central do Timão Newsroom

Corinthians will be represented at the 2026 World Cup only by Memphis Depay, who will play in the tournament for the Dutch national team. Alongside seven other clubs, Timão is among the Brazilian teams with the fewest players called up for the competition.

According to a survey carried out by Meu Timão, in addition to Alvinegro, Botafogo, Santos, São Paulo, Fluminense, Vasco, Athletico and Red Bull Bragantino also have just one player called up for the World Cup. Meanwhile, Flamengo tops the list with nine players selected.

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See below the list of called-up players who play in Brazilian football:

Flamengo (9): Alex Sandro (Brazil), Danilo (Brazil), Léo Pereira (Brazil), Lucas Paquetá (Brazil), Guillermo Varela (Uruguay), Nicolás De la Cruz (Uruguay), Giorgian De Arrascaeta (Uruguay), Gonzalo Plata (Ecuador) and Jorge Carrascal (Colombia)
Palmeiras (7): Gustavo Gómez (Paraguay), Maurício (Paraguay), Ramón Sosa (Paraguay), Joaquín Piquerez (Uruguay), Emiliano Martínez (Uruguay), Jhon Arias (Colombia) and Flaco López (Argentina)
Atlético-MG (4): Junior Alonso (Paraguay), Ángelo Preciado (Ecuador), Alan Franco (Ecuador) and Alan Minda (Ecuador)
Grêmio (2): Weverton (Brazil) and Fabián Balbuena (Paraguay)
Internacional (2): Sergio Rochet (Uruguay) and Félix Torres (Ecuador)
Corinthians (1): Memphis Depay (Netherlands)
Botafogo (1): Danilo Santos (Brazil)
Santos (1): Neymar (Brazil)
São Paulo (1): Damián Bobadilla (Paraguay)
Red Bull Bragantino (1): Isidro Pitta (Paraguay)
Fluminense (1): Agustín Canobbio (Uruguay)
Vasco (1): Andrés Gómez (Colombia)
Athletico-PR (1): Juan Camilo Portilla (Colombia)

So close

Photo: Rodrigo Coca/Agencia Corinthians

Corinthians also came close to having goalkeeper Hugo Souza in the 2026 World Cup. Despite being a regular presence in Carlo Ancelotti’s most recent call-ups before the tournament, Timão’s goalkeeper was ultimately left out of the final squad.

The Brazilian national team will have goalkeepers Alisson (Liverpool), Ederson (Fenerbahçe) and Weverton (Grêmio). Curiously, this is the first time the national team has repeated the same trio of goalkeepers for the tournament.

This article was translated into English by Artificial Intelligence. You can read the original version in 🇧🇷 here.