16 of those players currently play for Manchester City, with a further five players from the worldwide network set to travel to Qatar.
Matthew Leckie and James Maclaren, who play for A-League champions Melbourne City, will represent Australia.
2022 World Cup | City players and their fixtures
Troyes team-mates Ike Ugbo and Jackson Porozo will play for Canada and Ecuador respectively while New York City goalkeeper Sean Johnson is in the United States squad.
Johnson’s USA will play England in the group stages, who can call upon Manchester City players Phil Foden, Jack Grealish, Kalvin Phillips, John Stones and Kyle Walker.
Ugbo’s Canada start their tournament against Kevin De Bruyne’s Belgium and Porozo’s Ecuador will face Nathan Ake’s Netherlands.
Other squads boasting strong Manchester City contingents are Portugal with Ruben Dias, Joao Cancelo and Bernardo Silva and Spain with Aymeric Laporte and Rodrigo.
Manuel Akanji (Switzerland), Julian Alvarez (Argentina), Ederson (Brazil), Ilkay Gundogan (Germany) complete City’s participants in this winter’s tournament, which begins on Sunday 20 November.
Manchester City have more players at the tournament than any other side in the Premier League, with only Bayern Munich surpassing our total across Europe.
In addition to our 21 current players, 13 former CFG players will be in action in Qatar including seven former Manchester City men, two from New York City and one each who played for Girona and Melbourne City as well as two players who were considered emerging talents.
CFG currently comprises of 12 clubs across five continents, including four reigning national champions: Manchester City in England, Melbourne City in Australia, Club Bolivar in Bolivia and Yokohama F. Marinos in Japan.
You can follow Manchester City’s players at the World Cup right here on mancity.com and our official app.
To keep across Ugbo’s time in Qatar, follow Troyes on Twitter. Follow New York City to hear about how Johnson is doing while you can keep across Leckie and Maclaren with Melbourne City’s own channel.
The full list of CFG players at the 2022 World Cup:
Group A:
Nathan Ake, Manchester City, Netherlands
Jackson Porozo, Troyes, Ecuador
Group B:
Kyle Walker, Manchester City, England
John Stones, Manchester City, England
Kalvin Phillips, Manchester City, England
Phil Foden, Manchester City, England
Jack Grealish, Manchester City, England
Sean Johnson, New York City, USA
Group C:
Julian Alvarez, Manchester City, Argentina
Group D:
Matthew Leckie, Melbourne City, Australia
James Maclaren, Melbourne City, Australia
Group E:
Aymeric Laporte, Manchester City, Spain
Rodrigo, Manchester City, Spain
Ilkay Gundogan, Manchester City, Germany
Group F:
Kevin De Bruyne, Manchester City, Belgium
Ike Ugbo, Troyes, Canada
Group G:
Ederson, Manchester City, Brazil
Manuel Akanji, Manchester City, Switzerland
Group H:
Joao Cancelo, Manchester City, Portugal
Ruben Dias, Manchester City, Portugal
Bernardo Silva, Manchester City, Portugal
