Fantasy FIFA World Cup 2026 team reveal: Max Captain active!

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Bowen	WHU	7.8m	59.1%	Likely
Senesi	BOU	5.2m	102.8%	Very Likely
Pedro Porro	TOT	5.2m	105.1%	Very Likely
Rayan	BOU	5.4m	109.6%	Very Likely
Flemming	BUR	5.3m	89.5%	Likely
B.Fernandes	MUN	10.4m	105.5%	Very Likely
Virgil	LIV	6.1m	60.0%	Likely
Ngumoha	LIV	4.3m	101.8%	Very Likely
M.Salah	LIV	14.0m	64.9%	Likely
Mavropanos	WHU	4.5m	57.7%	Likely
Calvert-Lewin	LEE	5.8m	92.0%	Likely
Doku	MCI	6.5m	89.7%	Unlikely
Anthony	BUR	5.0m	61.1%	Unlikely
Shaw	MUN	4.5m	87.2%	Unlikely
Mitchell	CRY	5.0m	92.8%	Unlikely
Osula	NEW	5.5m	28.6%	Unlikely
Marmoush	MCI	8.3m	29.4%	Unlikely
Gakpo	LIV	7.3m	73.0%	Unlikely
Bruno G.	NEW	6.9m	63.1%	Unlikely
Gibbs-White	NFO	7.6m	9.3%	Unlikely
M.Fernandes	WHU	5.5m	67.9%	Unlikely
Lewis-Skelly	ARS	5.0m	75.5%	Unlikely
Kroupi.Jr	BOU	4.7m	26.8%	Unlikely
Anderson	NFO	5.7m	30.3%	Unlikely
Hermansen	WHU	4.2m	63.8%	Unlikely
Bijol	LEE	3.9m	68.7%	Unlikely
Lammens	MUN	5.1m	67.6%	Unlikely
Szoboszlai	LIV	7.1m	40.1%	Unlikely
Summerville	WHU	5.4m	43.1%	Unlikely
Cunha	MUN	8.1m	53.4%	Unlikely
Tel	TOT	6.2m	48.0%	Unlikely
Bassey	FUL	4.4m	68.3%	Unlikely
Richarlison	TOT	6.5m	12.7%	Unlikely
Aït-Nouri	MCI	5.7m	63.1%	Unlikely
Robinson	FUL	4.9m	55.5%	Unlikely
Minteh	BHA	5.5m	59.8%	Unlikely
Ødegaard	ARS	7.8m	56.7%	Unlikely
Dowman	ARS	4.2m	50.6%	Unlikely
Enzo	CHE	6.5m	6.8%	Unlikely
Wan-Bissaka	WHU	4.1m	52.0%	Unlikely

Player	Team	Price	Progress	Tonight
Sarr	CRY	6.4m	155.0%	Very Likely
Haaland	MCI	14.7m	64.3%	Likely
Schade	BRE	6.8m	99.4%	Likely
Lacroix	CRY	5.2m	97.4%	Likely
Trossard	ARS	6.6m	13.8%	Likely
Abraham	AVL	5.7m	100.4%	Very Likely
Okafor	LEE	5.5m	52.3%	Likely
Gabriel	ARS	7.3m	34.1%	Likely
Groß	BHA	5.6m	34.9%	Likely
Reijnders	MCI	5.0m	99.3%	Likely
Struijk	LEE	4.2m	51.8%	Maybe
Gyökeres	ARS	9.1m	37.8%	Maybe
Semenyo	MCI	8.0m	19.2%	Maybe
Rice	ARS	7.2m	49.8%	Unlikely
Cullen	BUR	4.9m	94.1%	Unlikely
Piroe	LEE	4.9m	92.4%	Unlikely
Konsa	AVL	4.4m	80.5%	Unlikely
Grealish	EVE	6.3m	92.2%	Unlikely
Thiago	BRE	7.2m	27.8%	Unlikely
Dalot	MUN	4.5m	77.3%	Unlikely
Obi	MUN	4.2m	86.9%	Unlikely
Johnstone	WOL	4.4m	87.9%	Unlikely
Byfield	TOT	4.0m	85.0%	Unlikely
Longstaff	LEE	4.8m	84.2%	Unlikely
Cairns	LEE	3.9m	83.8%	Unlikely
Johnson	CRY	6.5m	79.5%	Unlikely
Garner	EVE	5.2m	56.5%	Unlikely
Chalobah	CHE	5.4m	81.4%	Unlikely
Watkins	AVL	8.7m	63.1%	Unlikely
Muñoz	CRY	5.9m	62.0%	Unlikely
Caicedo	CHE	5.7m	81.0%	Unlikely
Mee	MUN	3.9m	79.5%	Unlikely
Gonzalez	WOL	4.3m	73.2%	Unlikely
Christie	BOU	4.9m	44.4%	Unlikely
Hill	BOU	4.2m	82.3%	Unlikely
King	FUL	4.4m	63.0%	Unlikely
Amissah	FUL	3.8m	74.8%	Unlikely
Rogers	AVL	7.3m	26.4%	Unlikely
Trafford	MCI	4.5m	77.6%	Unlikely
Steele	BHA	4.2m	68.8%	Unlikely

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Hermansen	WHU	C
Up	Sanchez	CHE	C
No Change	Verbruggen	BHA	C
Up	Kinsky	TOT	C, £
Up	Petrovic	BOU	B

	Player	Club	Factors
Up	Porro	TOT	C
Up	Mavropanos	WHU	C
Up	Hill	BOU	A, £
Up	James	CHE	C
No Change	van Hecke	BHA	C
No Change	van Dijk	LIV	B
Up	Botman	NEW	B
Up	Stones	MCI	C

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Bruno Fernandes	MUN	B
Up	Hinshelwood	BHA	A, £
Up	Fernández	CHE	A
Up	Szoboszlai	LIV	A
Up	Rayan	BOU	A, £
Up	Summerville	WHU	C, £
No Change	Dewsbury-Hall	EVE	B, £
No Change	Bruno Guimarães	NEW	B

	Player	Club	Factors
No Change	Haaland	MCI	A
No Change	Bowen	WHU	B
Up	Richarlison	TOT	B
No Change	Welbeck	BHA	C
Down	Thiago	BRE	C
Up	Kroupi	BOU	B, £
No Change	Calvert-Lewin	LEE	A
No Change	João Pedro	CHE	B, Inj
Up	Osula	NEW	A, £

The countdown to the 2026 FIFA World Cup ramps up a notch now with the official Fantasy game going live.

In this article, international fantasy whizz @MeijersDavid – 2nd in Fantasy Bundesliga last season and a top 100 finisher in the last two UCL Fantasy campaigns – will share his current first draft team for FIFA World Cup Fantasy 2026.

He discusses some of the key players catching his eye, the nations he’s targeting early on and the initial strategy he’s considering for the group stage.

Of course, this is only an early draft, and plenty could still change before the deadline with friendlies, injuries and confirmed line-ups all still to come. But for now, this is where his thinking currently stands ahead of the tournament start.

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EARLY THOUGHTS ON BOOSTER/CHIP STRATEGY

Before we dive into the first draft, it’s worth outlining my current chip strategy for the group stage.

For Round 1, I plan to use the Maximum Captain chip rather than saving it for the latter stages of the tournament, where huge hauls tend to become much rarer. It also removes the pressure of sticking with an early captain return when there’s still potential for a much bigger score later in the round.

Then, in Round 2, I’ll activate the 12th Man chip. The current plan is to include two of Lamine Yamal (€10.0m), Vinícius Júnior (€10.0m) and Ousmane Dembélé (€10.0m) in my squad, while using the chip to bring in the third. Having V. Júnior as the 12th Man would also give me triple Brazil attack for that very appealing fixture against Haiti.

For Round 3, I’m planning to use the Wildcard. Rotation could become a major factor by that point, and several of the players currently in my draft will face tougher fixtures. The Wildcard gives me the flexibility to react quickly, reshuffle the squad and target some strong one-week punts heading into the knockout stages.

With that strategy in mind, let’s get into the squad.

WORLD CUP FANTASY DRAFT

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JBG

7 hours, 4 mins ago

Anyone else annoyed/put off by some of the kickoff times??

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SpaceCadet
6 hours, 24 mins ago
Yes
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Holmes
5 hours, 58 mins ago
Not really, it has been same story for last few WCs. Rarely get to watch more than one match per day.
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x.jim.x
5 hours, 36 mins ago
Yes, I don't think we've ever had 13 hours difference between match times before. Got lucky with England's schedule, all things considered, but it doesn't really feel like a World Cup unless you're watching every game.
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Nightcrawler
5 hours, 28 mins ago
I'll hardly watch a game this WC. Close to 12 hour time zone difference. Might give the fantasy game a go to keep some interest in the WC otherwise it might as well be a Copa America for me.
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KDB123

4 hours, 42 mins ago

I finished 2nd behind you in the netherlands league in ucl fantasy I think

Jordan.

4 hours, 28 mins ago

the pricing of players interests me instead of every one priced at .0 or .5 there is the whole point being used ,i wonder if this might be the case for FPL next season,that concludes my interest in fantasy world cup and indeed the w/c itself till early july and the last 32 knockouts theres zero chance i will be watching south korea vs czechia at 3am ,not a patch on spain 82 or italia 90,proper world cups

THE CON MAN
1 hour, 8 mins ago
1990 WAS DREADFUL \WORLD CUP
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1. MVDP
  2 mins ago
  Woah…really ? It was a great World Cup.
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