Kuala Lampur, May 22 -- OSLO, May 22 - Erling Haaland and Martin Odegaard headline Norway's World Cup squad, which was announced in a video by the country's King Harald V on Thursday.

Manchester City striker Haaland and Arsenal midfielder Odegaard, who will captain, are among the starriest names in a 26-man squad that has reached the global tournament for the first time since 1998.

Other prominent names include RB Leipzig's Antonio Nusa, Atletico Madrid's Alexander Sorloth, Borussia Dortmund's Julian Ryerson, Crystal Palace's Jorgen Strand Larsen and Fulham's Oscar Bobb.

Norway are in Group I along with France, Senegal and Iraq. It has been billed as one of the World Cup's toughest groups.

But Norway reached the tournament in style, w...