Carlos Baleba snubbed, Mbeumo to lead Cameroon at FIFA Series

Cameroon national team head coach David Pagou has unveiled a squad of 26-members ahead of the upcoming FIFA Series 2026, set to take place in Kigali, Rwanda.

The 2026 FIFA Series will be the second edition of the FIFA Series, an invitational Association football tournament promoted by FIFA that features friendly matches between national teams from different continental confederations.

 

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The men’s section of the 2026 edition will feature nine different four-team series taking place across eight host countries during the FIFA window of March 25 to 31.

Carlos Baleba omitted from Cameroon squad

Carlos Baleba, who turns out for Brighton in the Premier League has been omitted from the squad that will face Australia on March 27 in Sydney and China on March 31 in Melbourne.

The 2026 FIFA Series will bring together national teams with a wide range of competitive profiles, reinforcing the development-driven design of the initiative.

The purpose of the FIFA Series is to facilitate meaningful international friendly matches between national teams from different confederations that would not normally compete against one another, thereby supporting football development both on and off the pitch.

The 2026 edition of this initiative will feature 48 national teams – representing almost a quarter of FIFA’s 211 Member Associations – competing in 12 groups of four teams each.

Eleven FIFA Member Associations will host the series, with Rwanda staging two groups. Nine groups will feature men’s national teams and three will involve women’s national teams, with all six confederations represented.

FIFA Series: Australia;

• Australia (AFC)
• Cameroon (CAF)
• China PR (AFC)
• Curaçao (Concacaf)

Below is the squad for FIFA Series:

Goalkeepers: Devis Epasse, Blondy Noukeu, Simon Ngapandouetnbu, Housseini Ousmanou.

Defenders: Samuel Junior Kotto, Che Malone, Jackson Tchatchoua, Olivier Kamdem, Emmanuel Moungam, Kevin Kebenda, Arlin Yongwan, Agida Aboubakar, Eloundou Ndzomo, Stephane Keller.

Midfielders: Saidou A. Moubarak, Brice Ambinaryan, Fossod An, Daniel Namaso, Arnold Mael Kamdem, Arthur Avom, Mael Fernandez, Konrad Nfanseu.

Forwards: Bryan Mbeumo, Christian Kofane, Karl Etta-Eyong, Angel Yondjo.