The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition between the senior men's national teams of the members of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament has been held every four years since the inaugural tournament in 1930, with the exception of 1942 and 1946 due to the Second World War. The reigning champions are Argentina, who won their third title at the 2022 tournament.
The Argentina national football team represents Argentina in men's international football and is administered by the Argentine Football Association, the governing body for football in Argentina.
Club Social y Deportivo Municipal, also known as Municipal or Los Rojos, is a Guatemalan professional football club based in Guatemala City.
Alianza Fútbol Club, also known simply as Alianza, is a professional football club based in San Salvador, El Salvador. Founded in 1958, Alianza was almost immediately successful, winning its first championships in the 1966 and 1967 Salvadoran seasons. Even more significantly, Alianza was the first Central American and Salvadoran club to win the CONCACAF Champions' Cup in 1967, and is currently one of only three Salvadoran teams to have done so.
Florencio Horacio Troche Herrera was a Uruguayan professional footballer who played as a defender.
Comunicaciones Fútbol Club S.A., better known as Comunicaciones F.C. or Comunicaciones, is a professional football club based in Guatemala City. They compete in the Liga Nacional, the top tier of Guatemalan football. One of the most popular and successful football clubs in Guatemala, Comunicaciones have won 31 National Championships, including having won six consecutive, the most of any Guatemalan club team. In addition to their 31 league titles, Comunicaciones have won eight league Cups and ten Supercups. In international competition, Comunicaciones have garnered 2 UNCAF Interclub Cups, one CONCACAF Champion's Cup and one CONCACAF League championship.
Benito Armando Archundia Téllez is a Mexican former football referee. He is known in Mexico as Armando Archundia, but appears as Benito Archundia in FIFA records. He has been a professional referee since 1985 and has had his FIFA referee permission since 1993. His first fixture as an international referee was the 1994 match between USA and Greece.
Alberto Horacio Suppici was a Uruguayan footballer and coach who won the first ever FIFA World Cup, leading the Uruguay team in the 1930 tournament on home soil. Suppici is known as el Profesor. His cousin was the professional driver Héctor Suppici Sedes.
Andrés Scotti Ponce de León is a Uruguayan former professional footballer who played as centre-back and rarely as left-back. Between 2006 and 2013, he made 40 appearances and scored one goal for the Uruguay national team.
Felipe Melo de Carvalho, known as Felipe Melo, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for Fluminense.
Néstor Fernando Muslera Micol is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Turkish club Galatasaray, whom he captains, and the Uruguay national team.
Oribe Peralta Morones is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is an Olympic gold medalist.
Gerardo Flores Zúñiga is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a right-back.
Jonathan Matías Urretaviscaya da Luz is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays for Boston River as a right winger.
Tabaré Uruguay Viudez Mora is an Uruguayan footballer currently playing for C.A. Cerro.
Alejandro Damián González Hernández is a Uruguayan footballer who plays as a right back for Universidad San Martín of the Peruvian Primera División. He has spent most of his career with Peñarol in his native Uruguay, as well as teams in Mexico, Peru, and Italy.
Abel Mathías Hernández Platero is a Uruguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Peñarol.
Edison Michael Flores Peralta, is a Peruvian professional footballer who plays as a winger for Liga MX club Atlas and the Peru national team.
Arnold Fabián Peralta Sosa was a Honduran footballer who played as a defensive midfielder.
Arthur Henrique Ramos de Oliveira Melo, known as Arthur Melo or simply Arthur, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Juventus.
