The Spanish team has made public the numbers with which its 26 players will face the World Cup. Tradition in the selection dictates that they are chosen in order of internationality. The first was Rodriwith his 16; the last one, the one that has not debuted, Marc Pubill, who fell on 12.
In a team built over years, the numbers held little intrigue. Dani Olmo will be number 10the number that belonged to Asensio in Qatar. 9 will once again be Gavi’s, his number since his debut. Unai is linked to 23, like Cucurella to 24…
And on the 19th Lamine Yamal. With the 10 that he wears in Barcelona untouchable, the team’s most media star has made the 19 his shirt in the national team. With it he debuted in Georgia in September 2023, with the 19th he went to the Euro and won it. In his first World Cup it will be his trademark.
That number 19 unites Lamine Yamal with a reference coach in your career: Xavi Hernandez. Because Xavi appeared with that number in the first of the four World Cups he played in. He played the last three with his emblematic number 8. But in 2002, in South Korea and Japan, He arrived with only three international caps and was left with 19. He played three matches, including the scandal against the hosts. He took Spain’s third penalty, the one before Joaquín’s error, and scored it.
The first time that Spain wore numbers in a World Cup was in 1962. The mystique of now did not exist anymore Di Stéfano got the 6th. Throughout the Spanish team’s World Cup journey, the number 19 is linked to the name of Julio Salinas. The Basque forward played three World Cups with the number 19 on his back. In fact, there is no striker on the national team who has played more minutes in the World Cup than Salinas: 937, by 910 of Villa. The two were in three World Cups with the national team
Spain numbers for the 2026 World Cup
- David Raya
- Marc Pubill
- Grimaldo
- Eric Garcia
- Marcos Llorente
- Mikel Merino
- Ferran
- Fabian Ruiz
- Gavi
- Dani Olmo
- Yeremy Pino
- Pedro Porro
- Joan Garcia
- Laporte
- Baena
- Rodri
- Nico Williams
- Zubimendi
- Lamine Yamal
- Pedri
- Oyarzabal
- Cubarsi
- Unai Simon
- Cucurella
- Victor Muñoz
- Borja Iglesias
