The defender has earned 42 international caps so far, and represented the Swiss at the 2018 tournament, when they reached the knockout stages.
A summer signing from Borussia Dortmund, Akanji has caught the eye with a number of impressive displays for Pep Guardiola’s men at both centre-half and right-back.
And he will be joined by four other Premier League players in Murat Yakin’s squad in Qatar, those being Newcastle’s Fabian Schar, Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka, Nottingham Forest’s Remo Freuler and Chelsea loanee Denis Zakaria.
Akanji could line up against his City team-mate, Ederson, when Switzerland face Brazil, with Cameroon and Serbia completing the Group G line-up.
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Goalkeepers
Yann Sommer (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Jonas Omlin (Montpellier)
Gregor Kobel (Dortmund)
Philipp Kohn (Salzburg)
Defenders
Ricardo Rodriguez (Torino)
Fabian Schar (Newcastle United)
Manuel Akanji (Manchester City)
Nico Elvedi (Borussia Monchengladbach)
Silvan Widmer (Mainz 05)
Eray Comert (Valencia)
Midfielders
Xherdan Shaqiri (Chicago Fire)
Granit Xhaka (Arsenal)
Remo Freuler (Nottingham Forest)
Denis Zakaria (Chelsea)
Djibril Sow (Eintracht Frankfurt)
Renato Steffen (Lugano)
Fabian Frei (Basel)
Michel Aebischer (Bologna)
Ardon Jashari (Luzern)
Edimilson Fernandes (Mainz)
Fabian Rieder (Young Boys)
Forwards
Haris Seferovic (Galatasaray)
Breel Embolo (Monaco)
Ruben Vargas (Augsburg)
Noah Okafor (RB Salzburg)
Christian Fassnacht (Young Boys)