{"id":100407,"date":"2026-05-18T07:39:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:39:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tv.guardian.ng\/?p=100407"},"modified":"2026-05-18T07:39:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T07:39:08","slug":"france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"France squad: Didier Deschamps unveils his selection for the 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k26esYJ5PUsal3G2DiC\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><p>\nDidier Deschamps has announced his 26-man France squad for the 2026 World Cup. For his final tournament in charge of Les Bleus, the France coach has selected 25 capped internationals and one newcomer, Robin Risser. France will travel with three goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and nine forwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Didier Deschamps has announced his 26-man France squad for the 2026 World Cup. For his final tournament in charge of Les Bleus, the France coach has selected 25 capped internationals and one newcomer, Robin Risser. France will travel with three goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and nine forwards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":100408,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1140],"tags":[11443,8141,41048],"class_list":["post-100407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-2026-world-cup","tag-didier-deschamps","tag-france-squad"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>France squad: Didier Deschamps unveils his selection for the 2026 World Cup - GuardianTV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Didier Deschamps has announced his 26-man France squad for the 2026 World Cup. For his final tournament in charge of Les Bleus, the France coach has selected 25 capped internationals and one newcomer, Robin Risser. France will travel with three goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and nine forwards.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"France squad: Didier Deschamps unveils his selection for the 2026 World Cup - GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Didier Deschamps has announced his 26-man France squad for the 2026 World Cup. For his final tournament in charge of Les Bleus, the France coach has selected 25 capped internationals and one newcomer, Robin Risser. France will travel with three goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and nine forwards.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-05-18T07:39:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2026\/05\/qq-4.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\"},\"headline\":\"France squad: Didier Deschamps unveils his selection for the 2026 World Cup\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-18T07:39:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":65,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/qq-4.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"2026 World Cup\",\"Didier Deschamps\",\"France squad\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Sports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\\\/\",\"name\":\"France squad: Didier Deschamps unveils his selection for the 2026 World Cup - GuardianTV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/qq-4.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-05-18T07:39:08+00:00\",\"description\":\"Didier Deschamps has announced his 26-man France squad for the 2026 World Cup. For his final tournament in charge of Les Bleus, the France coach has selected 25 capped internationals and one newcomer, Robin Risser. France will travel with three goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and nine forwards.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/qq-4.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/05\\\/qq-4.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576,\"caption\":\"France squad: Didier Deschamps unveils his selection for the 2026 World Cup\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"France squad: Didier Deschamps unveils his selection for the 2026 World Cup\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GuardianTV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\",\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/author\\\/abiodun\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"France squad: Didier Deschamps unveils his selection for the 2026 World Cup - GuardianTV","description":"Didier Deschamps has announced his 26-man France squad for the 2026 World Cup. For his final tournament in charge of Les Bleus, the France coach has selected 25 capped internationals and one newcomer, Robin Risser. France will travel with three goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and nine forwards.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"France squad: Didier Deschamps unveils his selection for the 2026 World Cup - GuardianTV","og_description":"Didier Deschamps has announced his 26-man France squad for the 2026 World Cup. For his final tournament in charge of Les Bleus, the France coach has selected 25 capped internationals and one newcomer, Robin Risser. France will travel with three goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and nine forwards.","og_url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/","og_site_name":"GuardianTV","article_published_time":"2026-05-18T07:39:08+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2026\/05\/qq-4.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abiodun Ogundairo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abiodun Ogundairo","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/"},"author":{"name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1"},"headline":"France squad: Didier Deschamps unveils his selection for the 2026 World Cup","datePublished":"2026-05-18T07:39:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/"},"wordCount":65,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/05\/qq-4.jpg","keywords":["2026 World Cup","Didier Deschamps","France squad"],"articleSection":["Sports"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/","name":"France squad: Didier Deschamps unveils his selection for the 2026 World Cup - GuardianTV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/05\/qq-4.jpg","datePublished":"2026-05-18T07:39:08+00:00","description":"Didier Deschamps has announced his 26-man France squad for the 2026 World Cup. For his final tournament in charge of Les Bleus, the France coach has selected 25 capped internationals and one newcomer, Robin Risser. France will travel with three goalkeepers, nine defenders, five midfielders and nine forwards.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/05\/qq-4.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/05\/qq-4.jpg","width":1024,"height":576,"caption":"France squad: Didier Deschamps unveils his selection for the 2026 World Cup"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/france-squad-didier-deschamps-unveils-his-selection-for-the-2026-world-cup\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"France squad: Didier Deschamps unveils his selection for the 2026 World Cup"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","name":"GuardianTV","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization","name":"GuardianTV","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","width":600,"height":96,"caption":"GuardianTV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1","name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/author\/abiodun\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100407"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100407\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100409,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100407\/revisions\/100409"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}