BVB also Germany's No. 2 for World Cup players | OneFootball

108 players who earn their living in German professional football (or even below that level) will represent their home countries at the 2026 World Cup in just a few days. If the clubs are ranked by the total number of players released, a familiar Bundesliga picture emerges. BVB are in 2nd place – with a clear gap to the club leading the way.

kicker sorted all call-ups for the tournament in Mexico, Canada and the USA by the clubs these World Cup participants currently play for.

FC Bayern Munich alone have 19 internationals in their squad who will compete for the World Cup title from June 11 onward. In Germany, they are therefore far ahead, in line with their sporting status. Seven players have already flown to the USA with the Germany squad alone. Add to that another twelve players, including 2018 World Cup Golden Boot winner Harry Kane, as well as Alphonso Davies, who will represent co-hosts Canada.

Behind Bayern come Borussia Dortmund with eleven World Cup participants from their current squad. Four of them will, or will not, be used by Germany coach Julian Nagelsmann. BVB also have no shortage of players from other countries that qualified for the World Cup, including a duo with Austria. Overall, Borussia Dortmund’s list looks like this:

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Carney Chuwkuemaka of BVB has only recently become Austrian

Eintracht Frankfurt, TSG Hoffenheim and VfB Stuttgart share third place, as they are each sending eight players to the World Cup. Otherwise, the list mainly consists of the other Bundesliga clubs, supplemented by the occasional World Cup call-up from the squad of a second-division side. Examples include Edin Dzeko and Nikola Katic from newly promoted FC Schalke 04.

No one from Germany’s 3. Liga or the regional leagues will take part in the 2026 World Cup. The exception in this respect is Josué Duverger, who has been named in Haiti’s squad. At club level, he plays for FC Cosmos Koblenz, who currently compete in the Oberliga Rheinland-Pfalz/Saar, where they finished 10th this season. Duverger has quite literally hit the jackpot, as Haiti will face record world champions Brazil in the group stage, alongside Morocco and Scotland. However, Duverger has not recently been Haiti’s first-choice goalkeeper, with the nation qualifying for the finals for only the second time after 1974.

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