France World Cup Squad: FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 squads

France World Cup Squad

Eduardo Camavinga has made France’s squad for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, but Mike Maignan has lost his race against time to make it. The Milan goalkeeper hasn’t played since suffering an injury in late September, though Didier Deschamps did opt to include Presnel Kimpembe and Raphael Varane, both of whom have been on the sidelines.

N’Golo Kante and Paul Pogba, key figures in Les Bleus’ Russia 2018 triumph, had already been ruled out of the 22nd global finals, but the squad has no shortage of star power. Indeed Aurelien Tchouameni, Christopher Nkunku, Ousmane Dembele, Antoine Griezmann, Kylian Mbappe and Karim Benzema will all make the trip to the Arabian Peninsula.

Deschamps could have chosen 26 players, but surprisingly kept his squad at 25. He will be out to become the first coach since Vittorio Pozzo in 1938 to win back-to-back World Cups.

“I have confidence in these 25 players,” he said. “We know three adversaries: Australia, Denmark, Tunisia. We want to go further and reach the knockout phase.

“Triumphing at a very high level is very difficult. Defending [the title] is even more difficult.”

France’s Qatar 2022 squad

Goalkeepers
Alphonse Areola (Fulham)
Hugo Lloris (Tottenham Hotspur)
Steve Mandanda (Rennes)

Defenders
Lucas Hernandez (Bayern Munich)
Theo Hernandez (Milan)
Presnel Kimpembe (Paris Saint-Germain)
Ibrahima Konate (Liverpool)
Jules Kounde (Barcelona)
Benjamin Pavard (Bayern Munich)
William Saliba (Arsenal)
Dayot Upamecano (Bayern Munich)
Raphael Varane (Manchester United)

Midfielders
Eduardo Camavinga (Real Madrid)
Youssouf Fofana (Monaco)
Matteo Guendouzi (Marseille)
Adrien Rabiot (Young Boys)
Aurelien Tchouameni (Real Madrid)
Jordan Veretout (Marseille

Attackers
Karim Benzema (Real Madrid)
Kingsley Coman (Bayern Munich)
Ousmane Dembele (Barcelona)
Olivier Giroud (Milan)
Antoine Griezmann (Atletico Madrid)
Kylian Mbappe (Paris Saint-Germain)
Christopher Nkunku (Leipzig)

Note

France’s Group D games