๐งต First Senior International Callups: June 2024 Window
It's back! We've have spent our summer combing through all 211 FIFA members (and a few others) to discover who received their first senior callup in the June window!
If a nation is not shown, there were no new faces. We
A new FIFA Series - a set of mini tournaments bringing together nations from around the world - is set to debut in the March window.
Saudi Arabia
๐ง๐ณ ๐ป๐บ ๐จ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ณ
Algeria
๐ฟ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฟ
Sri Lanka
๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ต๐ฌ ๐ง๐น
Azerbaijan
๐ฆ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐น๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฌ
Excited! ๐
March 2024 International Window
๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ป๐ถ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐น๐๐ฝ๐: A Thread ๐งต
At least 402 players received a first callup to their national team in this window! We surely missed some, but this is a good starting point.
We begin with
@CONMEBOL
/ South America.
A new FIFA Series - a set of mini tournaments bringing together nations from around the world - is set to debut in the March window.
Saudi Arabia
๐ง๐ณ ๐ป๐บ ๐จ๐ผ ๐ฌ๐ณ
Algeria
๐ฟ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ด ๐ฉ๐ฟ
Sri Lanka
๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ต๐ฌ ๐ง๐น
Azerbaijan
๐ฆ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐น๐ฟ ๐ง๐ฌ
Excited! ๐
๐จ๐ฆ While Canada is on everyoneโs mind, keep your eyes on Promise David.
23-year old who just moved to Union SG ๐ง๐ช from Kalju ๐ช๐ช. 14 goals in 16 league matches. Huge, built striker. Eligible for Canada and Nigeria.
UPDATED: at least 96 players scored their first goal for their country in the September international window.
Thanks for the feedback everyone! Check this out!
FIFA has finally, officially, announced the FIFA Series, to be played in March.
Algeria: ๐ฉ๐ฟ ๐ง๐ด ๐ฆ๐ฉ ๐ฟ๐ฆ
Azerbaijan: ๐ฆ๐ฟ ๐ฒ๐ณ ๐ง๐ฌ ๐น๐ฟ
Saudi Arabia A: ๐จ๐ป ๐ฌ๐ถ ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ฌ๐พ
Saudi Arabia B: ๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ณ ๐ง๐ณ ๐ป๐บ
Sri Lanka: ๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ง๐น
Which are you most excited for?
(๐ธ๐ฆ A ๐๐)
To expand on an earlier post from today, the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup looks like they are trying to get nations from each confederation:
UEFA: ๐ช๐ธ๐ซ๐ท
CAF: ๐ช๐ฌ๐ธ๐ณ
AFC: ๐ฏ๐ต๐ฐ๐ท
CONMEBOL: ๐บ๐พ๐จ๐ด
No OFC. 16 teams from CONCACAF + 8 others = 24 teams total. Six groups of four.
Instant favorite for Kit of the Year. ๐ฅ
Special edition all-black Panama ๐ต๐ฆ shirt in honor of Luis Tejada, who tragically passed away this year.
Thatโs a patch of his bike against Mexico at the bottom right (left on kit), certainly in the running for his greatest goal ever.
Our Team of the Window for October!
You can hear us talk about nearly all these players - or certainly their country - in our latest pod, which dropped today!
The following nations are hunting for a new manager:
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๐ฏ๐ฒ
๐ฎ๐ณ
๐ฒ๐ต
๐ธ๐พ
๐ณ๐ฌ
๐น๐ฟ
๐น๐ณ
๐ธ๐จ
๐ฟ๐ผ
๐ป๐จ
๐ช๐จ
๐ธ๐ง
Are we missing anybody?
So... Tajikistan ๐น๐ฏ just won the Merdeka Tournament yesterday against Malaysia. This was surprising to us, so we did some digging...
โข Average age of the squad: 22 (!)
โข Goals in the final came from 21 and 22-year olds respectively
โข Four Euro-based players
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This โFIFA Seriesโ has immense potential.
If FIFA is helping these teams get there and providing the setup to alleviate costs for these smaller nations, what an opportunity for them to get games against good, similar competition!
Bridging the administrative difficulties!
Hereโs the goal from Suphanat Mueanta ๐น๐ญ against Korea Republic, a player weโve been high on for a while now.
Excellent run in-between defenders. Kim Min-jae and Kim Jin-su were caught ball watching.
Hazbavi said no to becoming naturalized so he could play for Qatar ๐ถ๐ฆ. They didnโt like it. He is now a free agent.
Politics at its finest.
Heโs a baller. Heโll land on his feet. Future of the Iranian NT ๐ฎ๐ท.
Hereโs a list of nations that are hunting for a new manager. England and Malaysia added after todayโs updates:
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๐ฒ๐พ
๐บ๐ธ
๐ต๐พ
๐ฏ๐ฒ
๐ฎ๐ณ
๐ฒ๐ต
๐ธ๐พ
๐ณ๐ฌ
๐น๐ฟ
๐น๐ณ
๐ธ๐จ
๐ฟ๐ผ
๐ป๐จ
๐ช๐จ
๐ธ๐ง
๐ญ๐ฐ
๐ฒ๐ฑ
๐ธ๐ด
๐ฐ๐ผ
๐ง๐ณ
๐ฆ๐ธ
Hereโs the North Korea ๐ฐ๐ต squad to face Japan in
#WCQ
โs.
๐ Ri Jo-guk (Ryomyong)
๐ Mun In-ju (Gifu)
๐ Kim Hyon (Amnokgang)
๐ Kye Tam (Ryomyong)
๐ Kim Sung-hye (Sonbong)
๐ Octoberโs Debut Senior Callups!
Hope you know your flags. ๐
We have spent the last week scouring the rosters to find those players around the world who got their first call to the national team! ๐ซถ
A comprehensive list, but still likely missing players. Enjoy! (1/2)
Things are starting to ramp up for this window (and this summer), so here's a look at what's coming up in the June international break / summer tournaments!
Note that friendlies are a given, so they weren't included.
Busy, busy. And it's going to be great!
Looking ahead ๐ to Septemberโs window:
UEFA: Nations League
AFC: WCQ
CONCACAF: Nations League
CAF: AFCON Qualifying
CONMEBOL: WCQ
OFC nations will be in friendly mode. New Zealand already lined up USA and Mexico.
๐ discovery!
Just came across Kona Koindredi, a 22-year old New Caledonia ๐ณ๐จ international who was on the bench today for Sporting Lisbon.
Came through Valencia B + Real Oviedo.
Geeking out here. Has to be one of the few OFC talents playing in a major European league, right?
He plays for Hobro in Denmark, he's 21, and he could be big for the Philippines ๐ต๐ญ. That's his fifth goal in six matches.
World Cup Qualifying kicks off in the November window for the Philippines, who are in Group F with Iraq, Vietnam, and the winner of Indonesia-Brunei.
The fact that Afghanistan ๐ฆ๐ซ has called up a goalkeeper from PSG B (yes, that one ๐ซ๐ท) is absolutely why we love this game and why we do what we do.
Sensational.
Incredible scenes in the
#AFCON2025
qualifier between Chad ๐น๐ฉ and Mauritius ๐ฒ๐บ!
Chad ๐น๐ฉ scores in the 90+3โ and the fans rush the pitch - thatโs what it means!
Chad has not won a match in their last 16 tries! They win the first leg 1-0!
Qatar beat:
Palestine ๐ต๐ธ
Uzbekistan ๐บ๐ฟ
Iran ๐ฎ๐ท
โฆto reach the Final. Not easy, but they avoided Japan ๐ฏ๐ต, Australia ๐ฆ๐บ, and South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท.
To face a Jordan ๐ฏ๐ด team in the Final who had never been on a stage like this before.
If thatโs not a little fortunate, then what is.
COMOROS ๐ฐ๐ฒ HAVE BEATEN GHANA ๐ฌ๐ญ! THE TEAM STORMS THE PITCH AT THE FINAL WHISTLE!
BIG time upset! Myziane Maolida (Hertha) with the only goal, but what a goal it was in only his second cap! Yacine Bourhane (Esbjerg) probably MotM - he completely bossed the middle.
#WeAre26
The OFC Nations Cup will take place this summer. With Samoa ๐ผ๐ธ confirmed, the groups look like this:
A: ๐ป๐บ๐ธ๐ง๐ณ๐จ๐ณ๐ฟ
B: ๐ต๐ฌ๐ซ๐ฏ๐ต๐ซ๐ผ๐ธ
Itโs a busy March ๐ซถ:
๐ FIFA Series
AFCON 2025 Prelim Round
EURO 2024 Playoffs
CONCACAF Nations League
Copa Amรฉrica Qualifying
Four Nations Tournament
AFC World Cup 2026 Qualifying (R3-4)
UEFA Nations League Play-out
W Cup
And a whole host of friendlies.
Here are the current continental champions:
๐: ๐ฆ๐ท
AFC (2023 Asian Cup): ๐ถ๐ฆ
CAF (2023 AFCON): ๐จ๐ฎ
CONCACAF (2023 Gold Cup): ๐ฒ๐ฝ
CONMEBOL (2024 Copa Amรฉrica): ๐ฆ๐ท
OFC (2024 Nations Cup): ๐ณ๐ฟ
UEFA (2024 Euros): ๐ช๐ธ
Think this will be the most competitive World Cup Qualifying for CONCACAF, ever.
None of the top three dogs are there ๐บ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐จ๐ฆ. Everyone now has an extra chance they don't usually have because of it.
World Cup Qualifying in Oceania gets underway in the September window, and incredibly, we have our first roster for it from Tonga ๐น๐ด!
There are stories here.
Unless he has a son by the same name, it includes 41-year old Lafaele Moala, who is coming out of retirement for this.
๐ธ๐พ Syria have released their roster for
#WCQ
โs this month against Myanmar andโฆ
DAHOUD AND IRANDUST ARE ON THE ROSTER!
Dahoud will miss the first match for family reasons but will be in Dammam for the second! ๐ฅ
Thatโs a solid appointment for Philippines ๐ต๐ญ. Saintfiet knows how to work with:
1) A small/non-existent budget.
2) Dual-nationals and convincing them to play for a country.
He did it with The Gambia regularly. And, heโs a good coach.
Massive day in Asia ahead. It's the final matchday of the second round. Deciding games everywhere:
Group A
๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ณ (๐บ FIFA+)
๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฆ๐ซ (๐บ FIFA+)
Group B
๐ฏ๐ต๐ธ๐พ
๐ฐ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฒ
Group C
๐ฐ๐ท๐จ๐ณ
๐น๐ญ๐ธ๐ฌ (๐บ FIFA+)
Group D
๐ฒ๐พ๐น๐ผ (๐บ FIFA+)
๐ด๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฌ (๐บ FIFA+)
Group F
๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ต๐ญ (๐บ FIFA+)
๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ณ (๐บ FIFA+)
#WeAre26
WOW. Suriname ๐ธ๐ท to play two friendlies overseas against European competition.
Prep for WCQ fully underway. Canโt even remember the last time they played European competition, nevermind the last time they played outside CONCACAF.
North Korea ๐ฐ๐ต with a late, stoppage time goal to get three massive points against Syria ๐ธ๐พ.
Syria now face Japan while North Korea plays Myanmar. North Korea might be throughโฆ
#WeAre26
Here's the squad list for Papua New Guinea ๐ต๐ฌ in this edition of the
#FIFASeries
.
We took the list and gave it some creative license, since there wasn't an official graphic anywhere.
Decided to map out every goal scored at
#AFCON2023
. We will update this after the Final.
Really interesting to look at what the key moments of the matches have been so far.
NEW
We decided to start a ๐ง๐ฒ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ช๐ถ๐ป๐ฑ๐ผ๐ during each international break, which will be announced during our review pod.
Here's the first one!
WOW! Big Angola ๐ฆ๐ด news!
Clinton Mata (Lyon ๐ซ๐ท) is BACK (2016)!
๐ Benson Manuel (Burnley ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)(his dad is a former Angola player)
๐ Sandro Cruz (Chaves ๐ต๐น)
๐ Randy Nteka (Rayo Vallecano ๐ช๐ธ)
Exciting!
๐จ Voici la liste des 28 PALANCAS NEGRAS pour les confrontations face ร lโEswatini et au Cameroun ! ๐
๐ Randy NTEKA, Sandro CRUZ, Manuel BENSON.
๐ Clinton MATA, Lucas JOรO.
โ Kinito, To Carneiro, Bruno Paz, Zini, Jรฉrรฉmie Bela, Chico Banza.
#For
รงaAngola |
#For
รงaPalancas ๐ฆ๐ด
Did you know that
@We_Global
has created his own national team rankings?
Here they are for April, and just for kicks and giggles we compared them with FIFA's. Discuss.
The N. Korea ๐ฐ๐ต x Japan ๐ฏ๐ต qualifier set for Tuesday has been cancelled over some sort of heath issue or outbreak.
There was an attempt to postpone it, which was denied by the AFC, who has now sent it to FIFA. Likely it will be a 3-0 forfeit to ๐ฏ๐ต and ๐ฐ๐ต may be disqualified.
It's the Copa America 2024 draw tonight! Here's what the pots look like.
The two unknown teams from CONCACAF in Pot 4 will be rounded out in the March window with the playoffs.
โญ๏ธ: ๐จ๐ฆ or ๐น๐น
โญ๏ธ: ๐จ๐ท or ๐ญ๐ณ
A strong provisional squad for Suriname ๐ธ๐ท has been named as they start World Cup Qualifying in June!
๐ Etienne Vaessen (RKC Waalwijk ๐ณ๐ฑ)
๐ Gyrano Kerk (Antwerp ๐ง๐ช)
Two huge additions. Starting Eredivisie keeper and Kerk scored yesterday. ๐
Incredible scenes in the
#AFCON2025
qualifier between Chad ๐น๐ฉ and Mauritius ๐ฒ๐บ!
Chad ๐น๐ฉ scores in the 90+3โ and the fans rush the pitch - thatโs what it means!
Chad has not won a match in their last 16 tries! They win the first leg 1-0!
BREAKING: According to this tweet from this reporter with BeIN Media, Mahmoud Dahoud has chosen to represent Syria ๐ธ๐พ!
That is massive. Seems like heโll be with the squad this month.
[
@futbolemigranci
]
UPDATED: Thanks for the feedback!
Hereโs the new list of nations that are hunting for a new manager (Tunisia coming off soon it seems):
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๐ฏ๐ฒ
๐ฎ๐ณ
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๐ธ๐พ
๐ณ๐ฌ
๐น๐ฟ
๐น๐ณ
๐ธ๐จ
๐ฟ๐ผ
๐ป๐จ
๐ช๐จ
๐ธ๐ง
๐ญ๐ฐ
๐ฒ๐ฑ
๐ธ๐ด
๐ฐ๐ผ
๐ง๐ณ
๐ฆ๐ธ
The World Cup Qualifying draw for
@OFCfootball
takes place in a few hours time at FIFA HQ (9a CEST). Two groups of four.
Pot 1
๐ณ๐ฟ๐ธ๐ง
Pot 2
๐ซ๐ฏ๐ต๐ซ๐ณ๐จ๐ป๐บ
Pot 3
๐ต๐ฌ
๐ผ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ธ๐จ๐ฐ๐น๐ด will participate in the First Round in the Sept window. Winner will be placed in the Second Round.
#WeAre26
El Director de la comisiรณn de selecciones nacionales de Bangladรฉs, Kazi Nabil Ahmed confirmรณ que la BFF sigue en conversaciones con el jugador de Leicester City, Hamza Choudhury y ambas partes concuerdan que son altas las probabilidades quรฉ sea convocable a selecciรณn de Bangladรฉs
DR Congo ๐จ๐ฉ has announced the squad for June
#WCQ
's.
๐ Axel Tuanzebe (Ipswich Town ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ)
๐ Noah Sadiki (Union SG ๐ง๐ช)
๐ Samuel Essende (Vizela ๐ต๐น)
After a bit of digging, it seems that Timothy Fayulu (FC Sion ๐จ๐ญ) has in fact been called in before three times but didn't play.
[ รliminatoires CdM2026 : ๐๐๐จ๐ฉ๐ ๐๐๐จ ๐๐ฬ๐ค๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐จ๐]
๐ธ Voici les 25 lรฉopards sรฉlectionnรฉs pour les confrontations contre le Sรฉnรฉgal ร Dakar et le Togo ร Kinshasa dans le cadre des 3รจme et 4รจme journรฉes des รฉliminatoires de la Coupe du Monde 2026.
#รlimCdM2026
Initial thoughts:
- The travel for South Korea ๐ฐ๐ท could make things interesting
- ๐ฆ๐บ ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ธ๐ฆโฆ againโฆ but only top two spots this round so someone will go to Rd. 4
- Tough for ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐ง๐ญ ๐จ๐ณ
- ๐ฎ๐ท ๐บ๐ฟ in Group A
- One of ๐ฎ๐ถ ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ด๐ฒ ๐ต๐ธ ๐ฐ๐ผ is going to the WC
Anguilla ๐ฆ๐ฎ make history today by playing in their first ever second round match in World Cup Qualification.
Exciting times! Here's a matchday poster for the occasion created by
@twelfthyank
!
#WeAre26
Section 3 of the Citizenship of Saint Lucia Act, (Acquisition of citizenship on the appointed date) will be amended so that a person "may acquire citizenship through his or her grandfather or grandmother."
Hereโs the final Syria ๐ธ๐พ squad for the Asian Cup. A very intriguing team!
Aiham Ousou (BK Hรคcken), Mahmoud Al Aswad (Al-Karamah), Jalil Elรญas (Johor), Pablo Sabbag (Alianza Lima), and Antonio Yakoub (Gefle) all debut. Maksim Sarraf (CSKA Moscow) a 4th GK.
๐ฑ๐ฐ ๐
Now 2-0 over Bhutan. Goals from Dillon De Silva (Wealdstone ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ) and Oliver Kelaart (Njardvรญk ๐ฎ๐ธ).
How brilliant is that!?! The global game at its finest.
#FIFASeries
Hereโs an updated list of nations that are hunting for a new manager. Kuwait removed (Pizzi) and Bolivia added after todayโs updates:
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๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ
๐ฒ๐พ
๐บ๐ธ
๐ต๐พ
๐ฏ๐ฒ
๐ฎ๐ณ
๐ฒ๐ต
๐ธ๐พ
๐ณ๐ฌ
๐น๐ฟ
๐น๐ณ
๐ธ๐จ
๐ฟ๐ผ
๐ป๐จ
๐ช๐จ
๐ธ๐ง
๐ญ๐ฐ
๐ฒ๐ฑ
๐ธ๐ด
๐ง๐ณ
๐ฆ๐ธ
Haiti ๐ญ๐น facing Saint Lucia ๐ฑ๐จ with players playing in ๐ซ๐ท ๐บ๐ธ ๐ณ๐ฑ ๐น๐ท ๐ฎ๐ฑ ๐ช๐จ ๐จ๐ฆ, along with ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐น ๐ฆ๐ฑ on the bench.
The global game.
The FIFA Series will be streamed on FIFA+. Matches include:
๐จ๐ป Cape Verde v Guyana ๐ฌ๐พ
๐ฌ๐ณ Guinea v Vanuatu ๐ป๐บ
๐ง๐ฌ Bulgaria v Tanzania ๐น๐ฟ
๐จ๐ซ CAR v Bhutan ๐ง๐น
๐ฑ๐ฐ Sri Lanka v PNG ๐ต๐ฌ
๐ฌ๐ถ Equatorial Guinea v Cambodia ๐ฐ๐ญ
๐ง๐ฒ Bermuda v Brunei ๐ง๐ณ
๐ฉ๐ฟ Algeria v Bolivia ๐ง๐ด
What an event!
Immensely interesting squad for Samoa ๐ผ๐ธ for the Nations Cup. A player based in Argentina included! Lots of new faces.
๐
Paul Taupau
Niko Steinmetz
Harry Chote
Alex Malauulu ๐ฆ๐ท
Jesse Vine
Kyah Cahill (son of Tim Cahill)
Caleb Hilbron
Greg Siamoa
Darcy Knight
Juan Gobbi
๐ผ๐ธ ยกSAMOA OFICIALIZร SU LISTA PARA LA COPA DE OCEANรA!
Con la presencia del hijo de Tim Cahill y un juvenil jugando en Argentina (!), los samoanos intentarรกn hacer historia.
๐งต Y en este hilo te cuento todo lo que tenรฉs que saber del paรญs, su fรบtbol y sus jugadores.
OFFICIAL: The Curaรงao ๐จ๐ผ federation announces on Instagram (
@thebluewaveffk
) that Joshua Brenet (FC Twente ๐ณ๐ฑ) has become eligible to play for the country.
The final squad for their opening World Cup Qualifiers in June will be announced on May 20.
@podcacaf
@Curacaofootbal1
Starting to switch to tournament mode, which means games all day (US ET), at least for a bit, peaking on 6.22:
9a: Euro
12p: Euro
3p: Euro
6p: Copa Amรฉrica
9p: Copa Amรฉrica, OFC Nations Cup
Midnight: OFC Nations Cup
๐ซก๐ซก
First competitive match of this window? Hello,
@OFCfootball
.
OFC Nations Cup Qualifier: ๐น๐ด x ๐ผ๐ธ. Tuesday night at 9pm ET (for us). Free to watch on FIFA+.
๐ฉ๐ด Looks like the European trip was successful for the Dominican Republic. Strong rumors that Mariano Dรญaz (Sevilla), Peter Gonzรกlez (Valencia), Edgar Pujol (Real Madrid B) and Oscar Ureรฑa (Leganes) will be called up in June. Huge.
Here is the final squad for Curaรงao ๐จ๐ผ to kick off World Cup Qualifiers in June.
Nicky Souren, named to the provisional squad, is not included.
๐ Joshua Brenet (FC Twente ๐ณ๐ฑ)
We have scoured the September matches across the globe to put together a list of all players who scored their first goal for their country during the window!
We may have missed a few on accident, so if we did let us know!
Might be a few names that surprise you here... โบ๏ธ