Third time in a row. Spanish giant wins World Cup final early

Atletico Madrid achieved a remarkable feat ahead of the start of the 2026 World Cup final between Spain and Argentina after becoming the club with the most players in a World Cup final for the third time in a row.

The network reported.France 24:00“Atlético Madrid, under the leadership of Argentine coach Diego Simeone, will be the club with the most visitors in the final of the World Championship,” reports the French agency.

The Madrid club has a contract with 9 players in the national team: Argentinian hexagon Julian Alvarez, Thiago Almada, Nahuel Molina, Juan Musso, Giuliano Simeone and Nico Gonzalez (his loan from Juventus has ended).

In addition to the Spanish quartet, Alex Baena, Marcos Llorente, Marc Popil and Alejandro Grimaldo (he officially joined the club on June 30 from Bayer Leverkusen during the World Cup).

Due to Nico Gonzalez’s exclusion due to the end of the lease period and inclusion in the list of players of Grimaldo’s team, the number of representatives of “Atletico Madrid” in the final reaches 9.

The club confirmed on their official website that they had become “the club with the most players represented in a World Cup final since Italy in 1934”.