SPAIN

Manager: Vicente del Bosque

Key player: Xavi

Best: Fourth (1950)

World ranking: 1

SWITZERLAND

Manager: Ottmar Hitzfeld

Key player: Tranquillo Barnetta

Best: Quarter-final (‘34, ‘38, ‘54)

World ranking: 18

HONDURAS

Manager: Reinaldo Rueda

Key player: Wilson Palacios

Best: Round one (1982)

World ranking: 38

CHILE

Manager: Marcelo Biesla

Key player: Alexis Sanchez

Best: Third place (1962)

World ranking: 17

Group H

BRAZIL

Manager: Dunga

Key player: Kaka

Best: Winners (‘58, ‘62, ‘70, ‘94, ‘02)

World ranking: 2

NORTH KOREA

Manager: Kim-Jong Hun

Key player: Hong Yong-Jo

Best: Quarter-final (1966)

World ranking: 84

IVORY COAST

Manager: Vahid Halilhodic

Key player: Didier Drogba

Best: Round one (2006)

World ranking: 16

PORTUGAL

Manager: Carlos Queiroz

Key player: Cristiano Ronaldo

Best: Fourth place (2006)

World ranking: 5

Group G

ITALY

Manager: Marcelo Lippi

Key player: Andrea Pirlo

Best: Winners (‘34, ‘38, ‘82, ‘06)

World ranking: 4

PARAGUAY

Manager: Gerardo Martino

Key player: Oscar Cardozo

Best: Round two (‘86, ‘98, ‘02)

World ranking: 30

NEW ZEALAND

Manager: Ricki Herbert

Key player: Ryan Nelsen

Best: Round one (1982)

World ranking: 77

SLOVAKIA

Manager: Vladimir Weiss

Key player: Marek Hamsik

Best: No previous appearances

World ranking: 34

Group F

NETHERLANDS

Manager: Bert van Marwijk

Key player: Mark van Bommel

Best: Runners-up (1974, 1978)

World ranking: 3

DENMARK

Manager: Morten Olsen

Key player: Christian Poulsen

Best: Quarter-finals (1998)

World ranking: 26

JAPAN

Manager: Takeshi Okada

Key player: Shunsuke Nakamura

Best: Round two (2002)

World ranking: 43

CAMEROON

Manager: Paul Le Guen

Key player: Samuel Eto'o

Best: Quarter-finals (1990)

World ranking: 11

Group E

GERMANY

Manager: Joachim Loew

Key player: Michael Ballack

Best: Winners (1954, 1974, 1990)

World ranking: 6

AUSTRALIA

Manager: Pim Verbeek

Key player: Tim Cahill

Best: Round two (2006)

World ranking: 21

SERBIA

Manager: Radomir Antic

Key player: Nemanja Vidic

Best: Fourth place (1930, 1962)

World ranking: 20

GHANA

Manager: Milovan Rajevac

Key player: Michael Essien

Best: Quarter Final (2006)

World ranking: 37

Group D

ENGLAND

Manager: Fabio Capello

Key player: Wayne Rooney

Best: Winners (1966)

World ranking: 9

UNITED STATES

Manager: Bob Bradley

Key player: Landon Donovan

Best: Third (1930)

World ranking: 14

ALGERIA

Manager: Rabah Saadane

Key player: Karim Ziani

Best: Round one (1986, 1982)

World ranking: 26

SLOVENIA

Manager: Matjaz Kek

Key player: Milivoje Novakovic

Best: Round one (2002)

World ranking: 33

Group C

SOUTH AFRICA

Manager: Carlos Alberto Parreira

Key player: Kagisho Dikgacoi

Best: Round one (1998, 2002)

World ranking: 86

MEXICO

Manager: Javier Aguirre

Key player: Rafael Marquez

Best: Quarter-final (1970, 1986)

World ranking: 15

URUGUAY

Manager: Oscar Tabarez

Key player: Diego Forlan

Best: Winners (1930, 1950)

World ranking: 19

FRANCE

Manager: Raymond Domenech

Key player: Franck Ribery

Best: Winners (1998)

World ranking: 7

Group A

Group B

GREECE

Manager: Otto Rehhagel

Key player: Giorgos Karagounis

Best: Round one (1994)

World ranking: 12

ARGENTINA

Manager: Diego Maradona

Key player: Lionel Messi

Best: Winners (1978, 1986)

World ranking: 8

NIGERIA

Manager: Shaibu Amodu

Key player: Yakubu Aiyegbeni

Best: Round two (1994, 1998) World ranking: 22

SOUTH KOREA

Manager: Huh Jung-Moo

Key player: Park Ji-Sung

Best: Fourth (2002)

World ranking: 52

The Groups

As with previous international tournaments, the best games - played with the most open, attacking football - are likely to happen in the group stages. Because of this, the group stages are where you’ll score the most Fantasy Football points.

To help through through this key phase of the tournament, we’ve provided a helpful guide to the group stages including world rankings and key players for each team to help you get best out of your World Cup Fantasy Football Team.

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