World Cup: FIFA unveils Technical Study Group (TSG) for Mundial

World’s football governing body, FIFA has unveiled the Technical Study Group (TSG) for the FIFA World Cup 2026™, which will provide cutting-edge analysis of all matches at the competition while increasing and developing the understanding of the game across the world.

The Group will be under the tutelage of legendary coach Arsene Wenger who is FIFA’s Chief of Global Football development and it will be led by former Switzerland goalkeeper Pascal Zuberbühler as well as FIFA’s Lead of Football Performance Insights (FPI) Tom Gardner.

The Technical Study Group will feature ten former players including an African; Ghana’s Otto Addo who qualified Ghana for this FIFA World Cup but has been replaced by Portuguese Carlos Quieroz for the Black Stars.

The TSG also comprises of German football legend Jürgen Klinsmann, who led the Germans to the 2006 World Cup, Danish former striker Jon Dahl Tomasson, former Argentina star Pablo Zabaleta and 2002 World Cup winner Gilberto Silva of Brazil.

Other members of the TSG include former Manchester City and Costa Rica forward Paulo Cesar Wanchope, former Netherlands star Aron Winter, as well as Tobin Heath (USA), Michael O’Neill (Northern Ireland) and Jayne Ludlow (Wales).

The team of experts are expected to share deeper insights into all 104 FIFA World Cup 2026™ matches and will be supported by a team of football analysts, data engineers, data scientists and performance analysts based on-site in Miami and Dallas and off-site in Manchester (United Kingdom).

“The Technical Study Group helps to identify trends in the game, prepare future generations for football’s development and contribute to making the sport more exciting by highlighting the qualities players will need in the future,” said former Arsenal manager, Wenger.

During the tournament, FIFA will share the most modern metrics and performance data in FIFA World Cup™ history with the worldwide TV and online audience, as well as with the participating teams and their players.

The TSG will analyse all 104 matches at this year’s FIFA World Cup from a unique tactical position at the stadium or their dedicated performance suite in Miami. Either way, they will have access to six video angles and thousands of data points live during each match. The players crowned in the tournament awards will also be selected by the TSG members.

The home of the TSG is the FIFA Training Centre, an innovative platform that is available to players and coaches across the world. In a first for the FIFA World Cup, fans will also be able to get real-time insights from the TSG through the FIFA Training Centre social media accounts and YouTube channel.