2002 FIFA World Cup squads

Below are the squads for the 2002 FIFA World Cup tournament in South Korea and Japan. There were 23 players in each squad, expanded from 22 in previous tournaments.

Group A

Denmark

Head coach: Morten Olsen

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Thomas Sørensen 12 June 1976 (aged 25) 14 Sunderland 2 3MF Stig Tøfting 14 August 1969 (aged 32) 36 Bolton Wanderers 3 2DF René Henriksen 27 August 1969 (aged 32) 39 Panathinaikos 4 2DF Martin Laursen 26 July 1977 (aged 24) 15 Milan 5 2DF Jan Heintze (c) 17 August 1963 (aged 38) 83 PSV 6 2DF Thomas Helveg 24 June 1971 (aged 30) 67 Milan 7 3MF Thomas Gravesen 11 March 1976 (aged 26) 22 Everton 8 4FW Jesper Grønkjær 12 August 1977 (aged 24) 25 Chelsea 9 4FW Jon Dahl Tomasson 29 August 1976 (aged 25) 38 Feyenoord 10 4FW Martin Jørgensen 6 October 1975 (aged 26) 32 Udinese 11 4FW Ebbe Sand 19 July 1972 (aged 29) 44 Schalke 04 12 2DF Niclas Jensen 17 August 1974 (aged 27) 8 Manchester City 13 2DF Steven Lustü 13 April 1971 (aged 31) 4 Lyn 14 3MF Claus Jensen 29 April 1977 (aged 25) 13 Charlton Athletic 15 4FW Jan Michaelsen 28 November 1970 (aged 31) 11 Panathinaikos 16 1GK Peter Kjær 5 November 1965 (aged 36) 4 Aberdeen 17 3MF Christian Poulsen 28 February 1980 (aged 22) 3 Copenhagen 18 4FW Peter Løvenkrands 29 January 1980 (aged 22) 4 Rangers 19 4FW Dennis Rommedahl 22 July 1978 (aged 23) 19 PSV 20 2DF Kasper Bøgelund 8 October 1980 (aged 21) 2 PSV 21 4FW Peter Madsen 26 April 1978 (aged 24) 4 Brøndby 22 1GK Jesper Christiansen 24 April 1978 (aged 24) 0 Vejle 23 3MF Brian Steen Nielsen 28 December 1968 (aged 33) 65 Malmö

France

Head coach: Roger Lemerre

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Ulrich Ramé 19 September 1972 (aged 29) 11 Bordeaux 2 2DF Vincent Candela 24 October 1973 (aged 28) 36 Roma 3 2DF Bixente Lizarazu 9 December 1969 (aged 32) 74 Bayern Munich 4 3MF Patrick Vieira 23 June 1976 (aged 25) 52 Arsenal 5 2DF Philippe Christanval 31 August 1978 (aged 23) 4 Barcelona 6 3MF Youri Djorkaeff 9 March 1968 (aged 34) 79 Bolton Wanderers 7 3MF Claude Makélélé 18 February 1973 (aged 29) 14 Real Madrid 8 2DF Marcel Desailly (c) 7 September 1968 (aged 33) 93 Chelsea 9 4FW Djibril Cissé 12 August 1981 (aged 20) 1 Auxerre 10 3MF Zinedine Zidane 23 June 1972 (aged 29) 73 Real Madrid 11 4FW Sylvain Wiltord 10 May 1974 (aged 28) 38 Arsenal 12 4FW Thierry Henry 17 August 1977 (aged 24) 35 Arsenal 13 2DF Mikaël Silvestre 9 August 1977 (aged 24) 10 Manchester United 14 3MF Alain Boghossian 27 October 1970 (aged 31) 26 Parma 15 2DF Lilian Thuram 1 January 1972 (aged 30) 73 Juventus 16 1GK Fabien Barthez 28 June 1971 (aged 30) 47 Manchester United 17 3MF Emmanuel Petit 22 September 1970 (aged 31) 57 Chelsea 18 2DF Frank Leboeuf 22 January 1968 (aged 34) 47 Marseille 19 2DF Willy Sagnol 18 March 1977 (aged 25) 9 Bayern Munich 20 4FW David Trezeguet 15 October 1977 (aged 24) 36 Juventus 21 4FW Christophe Dugarry 24 March 1972 (aged 30) 51 Bordeaux 22 3MF Johan Micoud 24 July 1973 (aged 28) 14 Parma 23 1GK Grégory Coupet 31 December 1972 (aged 29) 1 Lyon

Senegal

Head coach: Bruno Metsu

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Tony Sylva 17 May 1975 (aged 27) 15 Monaco 2 2DF Omar Daf 12 February 1977 (aged 25) 31 Sochaux 3 3MF Pape Sarr 7 December 1977 (aged 24) 22 Lens 4 2DF Papa Malick Diop 29 December 1974 (aged 27) 25 Lorient 5 2DF Alassane N'Dour 12 December 1981 (aged 20) 7 Saint-Étienne 6 2DF Aliou Cissé (c) 24 March 1976 (aged 26) 20 Montpellier 7 4FW Henri Camara 10 May 1977 (aged 25) 34 Sedan 8 4FW Amara Traoré 25 September 1965 (aged 36) 12 Gueugnon 9 4FW Souleymane Camara 22 December 1982 (aged 19) 9 Monaco 10 3MF Khalilou Fadiga 30 December 1974 (aged 27) 25 Auxerre 11 4FW El Hadji Diouf 15 January 1981 (aged 21) 21 Lens 12 3MF Amdy Faye 12 March 1977 (aged 25) 6 Auxerre 13 2DF Lamine Diatta 2 July 1975 (aged 26) 19 Rennes 14 3MF Moussa N'Diaye 20 February 1979 (aged 23) 38 Sedan 15 3MF Salif Diao 10 February 1977 (aged 25) 20 Sedan 16 1GK Omar Diallo 28 September 1972 (aged 29) 42 Olympique Khouribga 17 2DF Ferdinand Coly 10 September 1973 (aged 28) 16 Lens 18 4FW Pape Thiaw 5 February 1981 (aged 21) 13 Strasbourg 19 3MF Papa Bouba Diop 28 January 1978 (aged 24) 12 Lens 20 3MF Sylvain N'Diaye 25 June 1976 (aged 25) 6 Lille 21 2DF Habib Beye 19 October 1977 (aged 24) 6 Strasbourg 22 1GK Kalidou Cissokho 14 December 1972 (aged 29) 0 ASC Jeanne d'Arc 23 3MF Makhtar N'Diaye 31 December 1981 (aged 20) 11 Rennes

Uruguay

Head coach: Víctor Púa

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Fabián Carini 26 December 1979 (aged 22) 35 Juventus 2 2DF Gustavo Méndez 3 February 1971 (aged 31) 45 Nacional 3 2DF Alejandro Lembo 15 February 1978 (aged 24) 31 Nacional 4 2DF Paolo Montero (c) 3 September 1971 (aged 30) 45 Juventus 5 3MF Pablo García 11 May 1977 (aged 25) 36 Venezia 6 2DF Darío Rodríguez 17 September 1974 (aged 27) 21 Peñarol 7 3MF Gianni Guigou 22 February 1975 (aged 27) 36 Roma 8 3MF Gustavo Varela 14 May 1978 (aged 24) 7 Nacional 9 4FW Darío Silva 2 November 1972 (aged 29) 36 Málaga 10 3MF Fabián O'Neill 14 October 1973 (aged 28) 19 Perugia 11 4FW Federico Magallanes 22 August 1976 (aged 25) 24 Venezia 12 1GK Gustavo Munúa 27 January 1978 (aged 24) 9 Nacional 13 4FW Sebastián Abreu 17 October 1976 (aged 25) 13 Cruz Azul 14 2DF Gonzalo Sorondo 9 October 1979 (aged 22) 18 Internazionale 15 3MF Nicolás Olivera 30 May 1978 (aged 24) 26 Sevilla 16 3MF Marcelo Romero 4 July 1976 (aged 25) 22 Málaga 17 3MF Mario Regueiro 14 September 1978 (aged 23) 14 Racing de Santander 18 4FW Richard Morales 21 February 1975 (aged 27) 12 Nacional 19 2DF Joe Bizera 17 May 1980 (aged 22) 9 Peñarol 20 4FW Álvaro Recoba 17 March 1976 (aged 26) 43 Internazionale 21 4FW Diego Forlán 19 May 1979 (aged 23) 4 Manchester United 22 3MF Gonzalo de los Santos 19 July 1976 (aged 25) 28 Valencia 23 1GK Federico Elduayen 25 June 1977 (aged 24) 1 Peñarol

Group B

Paraguay

Head coach: Cesare Maldini

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK José Luis Chilavert (c) 27 July 1965 (aged 36) 69 Strasbourg 2 2DF Francisco Arce 2 April 1971 (aged 31) 51 Palmeiras 3 2DF Pedro Sarabia 5 July 1975 (aged 26) 40 River Plate 4 2DF Carlos Gamarra 17 February 1971 (aged 31) 76 AEK Athens 5 2DF Celso Ayala 20 August 1970 (aged 31) 76 River Plate 6 3MF Estanislao Struway 25 June 1968 (aged 33) 69 Libertad 7 4FW Richard Báez 31 July 1973 (aged 28) 25 Olimpia 8 3MF Guido Alvarenga 24 August 1970 (aged 31) 18 Léon 9 4FW Roque Santa Cruz 16 August 1981 (aged 20) 24 Bayern Munich 10 3MF Roberto Acuña 25 March 1972 (aged 30) 77 Real Zaragoza 11 4FW Jorge Campos 11 August 1970 (aged 31) 31 Universidad Católica 12 1GK Justo Villar 30 June 1977 (aged 24) 8 Libertad 13 3MF Carlos Paredes 16 July 1976 (aged 25) 41 Porto 14 3MF Diego Gavilán 1 March 1980 (aged 22) 21 Tecos 15 3MF Carlos Bonet 2 October 1977 (aged 24) 3 Libertad 16 3MF Gustavo Morínigo 23 January 1977 (aged 25) 11 Libertad 17 2DF Juan Carlos Franco 17 April 1973 (aged 29) 3 Olimpia 18 2DF Julio César Cáceres 5 October 1979 (aged 22) 1 Olimpia 19 2DF Daniel Sanabria 8 February 1977 (aged 25) 6 Libertad 20 4FW José Cardozo 19 March 1971 (aged 31) 57 Toluca 21 2DF Denis Caniza 29 August 1974 (aged 27) 49 Santos Laguna 22 1GK Ricardo Tavarelli 2 August 1970 (aged 31) 20 Olimpia 23 4FW Nelson Cuevas 10 January 1980 (aged 22) 11 River Plate

Slovenia

Head coach: Srečko Katanec

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Marko Simeunovič 6 December 1967 (aged 34) 43 Maribor 2 2DF Goran Sankovič 18 June 1979 (aged 22) 5 Slavia Prague 3 2DF Željko Milinovič 12 October 1969 (aged 32) 35 JEF United Ichihara 4 2DF Muamer Vugdalič 25 August 1977 (aged 24) 13 Maribor 5 2DF Marinko Galič 22 April 1970 (aged 32) 65 Koper 6 2DF Aleksander Knavs 5 December 1975 (aged 26) 38 Kaiserslautern 7 3MF Džoni Novak 4 September 1969 (aged 32) 68 Unterhaching 8 3MF Aleš Čeh (c) 7 April 1968 (aged 34) 71 Grazer 9 4FW Milan Osterc 4 July 1975 (aged 26) 41 Hapoel Tel Aviv 10 3MF Zlatko Zahovič* 1 February 1971 (aged 31) 64 Benfica 11 3MF Miran Pavlin 8 October 1971 (aged 30) 45 Porto 12 1GK Mladen Dabanovič 13 September 1971 (aged 30) 20 Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen 13 4FW Mladen Rudonja 26 July 1971 (aged 30) 58 Portsmouth 14 3MF Saša Gajser 11 February 1974 (aged 28) 20 Gent 15 3MF Rajko Tavčar 21 July 1974 (aged 27) 6 Nuremberg 16 4FW Senad Tiganj 28 August 1975 (aged 26) 3 Olimpija Ljubljana 17 3MF Zoran Pavlović 27 June 1976 (aged 25) 21 Austria Wien 18 3MF Milenko Ačimovič 15 February 1977 (aged 25) 39 Tottenham Hotspur 19 3MF Amir Karić 31 December 1973 (aged 28) 43 Maribor 20 3MF Nastja Čeh 26 January 1978 (aged 24) 6 Club Brugge 21 4FW Sebastjan Cimirotič 14 September 1974 (aged 27) 12 Lecce 22 1GK Dejan Nemec 1 March 1977 (aged 25) 1 Club Brugge 23 2DF Spasoje Bulajič 24 November 1975 (aged 26) 15 Köln

*Was expelled from the squad after the first game.

Note: caps for Yugoslavia are not counted.

South Africa

Head coach: Jomo Sono

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Hans Vonk 30 January 1970 (aged 32) 29 Heerenveen 2 2DF Cyril Nzama 26 June 1974 (aged 27) 19 Kaizer Chiefs 3 2DF Bradley Carnell 21 January 1977 (aged 25) 21 Stuttgart 4 2DF Aaron Mokoena 25 November 1980 (aged 21) 22 Germinal Beerschot 5 2DF Jacob Lekgetho 24 March 1974 (aged 28) 15 Lokomotiv Moscow 6 3MF MacBeth Sibaya 25 November 1977 (aged 24) 9 Jomo Cosmos 7 3MF Quinton Fortune 21 May 1977 (aged 25) 39 Manchester United 8 3MF Thabo Mngomeni 24 June 1969 (aged 32) 37 Orlando Pirates 9 3MF MacDonald Mukansi 26 May 1975 (aged 27) 7 Lokomotiv Sofia 10 3MF Bennett Mnguni 18 March 1974 (aged 28) 9 Lokomotiv Moscow 11 3MF Jabu Pule 11 July 1980 (aged 21) 9 Kaizer Chiefs 12 3MF Teboho Mokoena 10 July 1974 (aged 27) 10 St. Gallen 13 2DF Pierre Issa 12 September 1975 (aged 26) 41 Watford 14 4FW Siyabonga Nomvethe 2 December 1977 (aged 24) 30 Udinese 15 3MF Sibusiso Zuma 23 June 1975 (aged 26) 22 Copenhagen 16 1GK André Arendse 27 June 1967 (aged 34) 49 Santos Cape Town 17 4FW Benni McCarthy 12 November 1977 (aged 24) 43 Porto 18 3MF Delron Buckley 7 December 1977 (aged 24) 32 Bochum 19 2DF Lucas Radebe (c) 12 April 1969 (aged 33) 65 Leeds United 20 1GK Calvin Marlin 20 April 1976 (aged 26) 2 Ajax Cape Town 21 3MF Steven Pienaar 17 March 1982 (aged 20) 0 Ajax 22 2DF Thabang Molefe 11 April 1979 (aged 23) 5 Jomo Cosmos 23 4FW George Koumantarakis 27 March 1974 (aged 28) 6 Basel

Spain

Head coach: José Antonio Camacho

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Iker Casillas 20 May 1981 (aged 21) 13 Real Madrid 2 2DF Curro Torres 27 December 1976 (aged 25) 4 Valencia 3 2DF Juanfran 15 July 1976 (aged 25) 7 Celta Vigo 4 3MF Iván Helguera 18 March 1975 (aged 27) 22 Real Madrid 5 2DF Carles Puyol 13 April 1978 (aged 24) 8 Barcelona 6 2DF Fernando Hierro (c) 23 March 1968 (aged 34) 85 Real Madrid 7 4FW Raúl 27 June 1977 (aged 24) 51 Real Madrid 8 3MF Rubén Baraja 11 July 1975 (aged 26) 9 Valencia 9 4FW Fernando Morientes 5 April 1976 (aged 26) 19 Real Madrid 10 4FW Diego Tristán 5 January 1976 (aged 26) 7 Deportivo La Coruña 11 4FW Javier de Pedro 4 August 1973 (aged 28) 5 Real Sociedad 12 4FW Albert Luque 11 March 1978 (aged 24) 0 Mallorca 13 1GK Ricardo 30 December 1971 (aged 30) 1 Real Valladolid 14 3MF David Albelda 1 September 1977 (aged 24) 2 Valencia 15 2DF Enrique Romero 23 June 1971 (aged 30) 3 Deportivo La Coruña 16 3MF Gaizka Mendieta 27 March 1974 (aged 28) 32 Lazio 17 3MF Juan Carlos Valerón 17 June 1975 (aged 26) 20 Deportivo La Coruña 18 3MF Sergio 10 November 1976 (aged 25) 5 Deportivo La Coruña 19 3MF Xavi 25 January 1980 (aged 22) 3 Barcelona 20 2DF Miguel Ángel Nadal 28 July 1966 (aged 35) 59 Mallorca 21 3MF Luis Enrique 8 May 1970 (aged 32) 57 Barcelona 22 3MF Joaquín 21 July 1981 (aged 20) 3 Real Betis 23 1GK Pedro Contreras 7 January 1972 (aged 30) 0 Málaga

Group C

Brazil

Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Marcos 4 August 1973 (aged 28) 15 Palmeiras 2 2DF Cafu (c) 7 June 1970 (aged 31) 103 Roma 3 2DF Lúcio 8 May 1978 (aged 24) 15 Bayer Leverkusen 4 2DF Roque Júnior 31 August 1976 (aged 25) 17 Milan 5 2DF Edmílson 10 July 1976 (aged 25) 12 Lyon 6 2DF Roberto Carlos 10 April 1973 (aged 29) 84 Real Madrid 7 3MF Ricardinho 23 May 1976 (aged 26) 3 Corinthians 8 3MF Gilberto Silva 7 October 1976 (aged 25) 6 Atlético Mineiro 9 4FW Ronaldo 22 September 1976 (aged 25) 56 Internazionale 10 3MF Rivaldo 19 April 1972 (aged 30) 58 Barcelona 11 3MF Ronaldinho 21 March 1980 (aged 22) 24 Paris Saint-Germain 12 1GK Dida 7 October 1973 (aged 28) 49 Corinthians 13 2DF Juliano Belletti 20 June 1976 (aged 25) 10 São Paulo 14 2DF Ânderson Polga 9 February 1979 (aged 23) 5 Grêmio 15 3MF Kléberson 19 June 1979 (aged 22) 5 Atlético Paranaense 16 2DF Júnior 20 June 1973 (aged 28) 12 Parma 17 4FW Denílson 24 August 1977 (aged 24) 53 Real Betis 18 3MF Vampeta 13 March 1974 (aged 28) 36 Corinthians 19 3MF Juninho 22 February 1973 (aged 29) 43 Flamengo 20 4FW Edílson 17 September 1971 (aged 30) 17 Cruzeiro 21 4FW Luizão 14 November 1975 (aged 26) 8 Grêmio 22 1GK Rogério Ceni 22 January 1973 (aged 29) 12 São Paulo 23 3MF Kaká 22 April 1982 (aged 20) 2 São Paulo

China

Head coach: Bora Milutinović

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK An Qi 21 June 1981 (aged 20) 5 Dalian Shide 2 2DF Zhang Enhua 11 May 1974 (aged 28) 65 Dalian Shide 3 2DF Yang Pu 30 March 1978 (aged 24) 14 Beijing Guoan 4 2DF Wu Chengying 21 April 1975 (aged 27) 53 Shanghai Shenhua 5 2DF Fan Zhiyi 22 January 1970 (aged 32) 105 Dundee 6 3MF Shao Jiayi 10 April 1980 (aged 22) 18 Beijing Guoan 7 2DF Sun Jihai 30 September 1977 (aged 24) 59 Manchester City 8 3MF Li Tie 18 September 1977 (aged 24) 76 Liaoning 9 3MF Ma Mingyu (c) 10 August 1972 (aged 29) 91 Sichuan Guancheng 10 4FW Hao Haidong 25 August 1970 (aged 31) 95 Dalian Shide 11 3MF Yu Genwei 19 August 1976 (aged 25) 17 Tianjin Teda FC 12 4FW Su Maozhen 30 July 1972 (aged 29) 43 Shandong Luneng 13 3MF Gao Yao 13 July 1977 (aged 24) 4 Shandong Luneng 14 2DF Li Weifeng 26 January 1978 (aged 24) 55 Shenzhen Pingan 15 3MF Zhao Junzhe 18 April 1979 (aged 23) 13 Liaoning 16 4FW Qu Bo 15 July 1981 (aged 20) 16 Qingdao Hainiu 17 2DF Du Wei 9 February 1982 (aged 20) 7 Shanghai Shenhua 18 3MF Li Xiaopeng 5 November 1976 (aged 25) 26 Shandong Luneng 19 3MF Qi Hong 3 June 1976 (aged 25) 36 Shanghai Zhongyuan 20 4FW Yang Chen 17 January 1974 (aged 28) 26 Eintracht Frankfurt 21 2DF Xu Yunlong 17 February 1979 (aged 23) 20 Beijing Guoan 22 1GK Jiang Jin 7 October 1969 (aged 32) 52 Tianjin Teda FC 23 1GK Ou Chuliang 26 August 1968 (aged 33) 74 Yunnan Hongta

Costa Rica

Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Erick Lonnis 9 September 1965 (aged 36) 74 Deportivo Saprissa 2 2DF Jervis Drummond 8 September 1976 (aged 25) 38 Deportivo Saprissa 3 2DF Luis Marín 10 August 1974 (aged 27) 74 Alajuelense 4 2DF Mauricio Wright 20 December 1970 (aged 31) 40 Herdiano 5 2DF Gilberto Martínez 1 October 1979 (aged 22) 27 Deportivo Saprissa 6 3MF Wilmer López 8 March 1971 (aged 31) 68 Alajuelense 7 4FW Rolando Fonseca 6 June 1974 (aged 27) 79 Deportivo Saprissa 8 3MF Mauricio Solís 13 December 1972 (aged 29) 84 Alajuelense 9 4FW Paulo Wanchope 31 July 1976 (aged 25) 48 Manchester City 10 3MF Walter Centeno 6 October 1974 (aged 27) 49 Deportivo Saprissa 11 4FW Rónald Gómez 24 January 1975 (aged 27) 53 OFI Crete 12 4FW Winston Parks 12 October 1981 (aged 20) 3 Udinese 13 4FW Daniel Vallejos 27 May 1981 (aged 21) 2 Herdiano 14 2DF Juan José Rodríguez 23 June 1967 (aged 34) 2 San Carlos 15 2DF Harold Wallace 7 September 1975 (aged 26) 54 Alajuelense 16 4FW Steven Bryce 16 August 1977 (aged 24) 33 Alajuelense 17 3MF Hernán Medford (c) 23 May 1968 (aged 34) 87 Deportivo Saprissa 18 1GK Álvaro Mesén 24 December 1972 (aged 29) 16 Alajuelense 19 3MF Rodrigo Cordero 4 December 1973 (aged 28) 25 Herdiano 20 4FW William Sunsing 12 May 1977 (aged 25) 23 Herdiano 21 2DF Pablo Chinchilla 21 December 1978 (aged 23) 12 Alajuelense 22 2DF Carlos Castro 10 September 1978 (aged 23) 22 Alajuelense 23 1GK Lester Morgan 2 May 1976 (aged 26) 5 Herdiano

Turkey

Head coach: Şenol Güneş

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Rüştü Reçber 10 May 1973 (aged 29) 64 Fenerbahçe 2 2DF Emre Aşık 13 December 1973 (aged 28) 16 Galatasaray 3 2DF Bülent Korkmaz 24 November 1968 (aged 33) 68 Galatasaray 4 2DF Fatih Akyel 26 December 1977 (aged 24) 36 Fenerbahçe 5 2DF Alpay Özalan 29 May 1973 (aged 29) 62 Aston Villa 6 4FW Arif Erdem 2 January 1972 (aged 30) 50 Galatasaray 7 3MF Okan Buruk 19 October 1973 (aged 28) 26 Inter 8 3MF Tugay Kerimoğlu 24 August 1970 (aged 31) 69 Blackburn Rovers 9 4FW Hakan Şükür (c) 1 September 1971 (aged 30) 73 Parma 10 3MF Yıldıray Baştürk 24 December 1978 (aged 23) 13 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 11 4FW Hasan Şaş 1 August 1976 (aged 25) 14 Galatasaray 12 1GK Ömer Çatkıç 15 October 1974 (aged 27) 6 Gaziantepspor 13 3MF Mustafa İzzet 31 October 1974 (aged 27) 7 Leicester City 14 3MF Tayfur Havutçu 23 April 1970 (aged 32) 39 Beşiktaş 15 4FW Nihat Kahveci 23 November 1979 (aged 22) 11 Real Sociedad 16 2DF Ümit Özat 30 October 1976 (aged 25) 14 Fenerbahçe 17 4FW İlhan Mansız 10 August 1975 (aged 26) 6 Beşiktaş 18 3MF Ergün Penbe 17 May 1972 (aged 30) 21 Galatasaray 19 3MF Abdullah Ercan 8 December 1971 (aged 30) 70 Fenerbahçe 20 2DF Hakan Ünsal 14 May 1973 (aged 29) 25 Galatasaray 21 3MF Emre Belözoğlu 7 September 1980 (aged 21) 11 Inter 22 3MF Ümit Davala 30 July 1973 (aged 28) 24 A.C. Milan 23 1GK Zafer Özgültekın 10 March 1975 (aged 27) 1 Ankaragücü

Group D

Poland

Head coach: Jerzy Engel

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Jerzy Dudek 23 March 1973 (aged 29) 21 Liverpool 2 2DF Tomasz Kłos 7 March 1973 (aged 29) 37 Kaiserslautern 3 2DF Jacek Zieliński 10 October 1967 (aged 34) 52 Legia Warszawa 4 2DF Michał Żewłakow 22 April 1976 (aged 26) 25 Mouscron 5 3MF Tomasz Rząsa 11 March 1973 (aged 29) 9 Feyenoord 6 2DF Tomasz Hajto 16 October 1972 (aged 29) 44 Schalke 04 7 3MF Piotr Świerczewski 8 April 1972 (aged 30) 65 Marseille 8 4FW Cezary Kucharski 17 February 1972 (aged 30) 15 Legia Warszawa 9 4FW Paweł Kryszałowicz 23 June 1974 (aged 27) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 3MF Radosław Kałużny 2 February 1974 (aged 28) 30 Energie Cottbus 11 4FW Emmanuel Olisadebe 22 December 1978 (aged 23) 16 Panathinaikos 12 1GK Radosław Majdan 10 May 1972 (aged 30) 5 Göztepe 13 2DF Arkadiusz Głowacki 13 March 1979 (aged 23) 2 Wisła Kraków 14 4FW Marcin Żewłakow 22 April 1976 (aged 26) 17 Mouscron 15 2DF Tomasz Wałdoch (c) 10 May 1971 (aged 31) 71 Schalke 04 16 3MF Maciej Murawski 20 February 1974 (aged 28) 4 Legia Warszawa 17 3MF Arkadiusz Bąk 6 October 1974 (aged 27) 12 Widzew Łódź 18 3MF Jacek Krzynówek 15 May 1976 (aged 26) 23 Nuremberg 19 4FW Maciej Żurawski 12 September 1976 (aged 25) 9 Wisła Kraków 20 2DF Jacek Bąk 24 March 1973 (aged 29) 36 Lens 21 2DF Marek Koźmiński 7 February 1971 (aged 31) 42 Ancona 22 1GK Adam Matysek 19 July 1968 (aged 33) 34 RKS Radomsko 23 3MF Paweł Sibik 15 February 1971 (aged 31) 2 Odra Wodzisław

Portugal

Head coach: António Oliveira

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Vítor Baía 15 October 1969 (aged 32) 75 Porto 2 2DF Jorge Costa 14 October 1971 (aged 30) 46 Porto 3 2DF Abel Xavier 30 November 1972 (aged 29) 18 Liverpool 4 2DF Marco Caneira 9 February 1979 (aged 23) 1 Benfica 5 2DF Fernando Couto (c) 2 August 1969 (aged 32) 82 Lazio 6 3MF Paulo Sousa 30 August 1970 (aged 31) 50 Espanyol 7 3MF Luís Figo 4 November 1972 (aged 29) 81 Real Madrid 8 4FW João Pinto 19 August 1971 (aged 30) 77 Sporting CP 9 4FW Pauleta 28 April 1973 (aged 29) 33 Bordeaux 10 3MF Rui Costa 29 March 1972 (aged 30) 67 Milan 11 3MF Sérgio Conceição 15 November 1974 (aged 27) 41 Internazionale 12 3MF Hugo Viana 15 January 1983 (aged 19) 4 Sporting CP 13 2DF Jorge Andrade 9 April 1979 (aged 23) 5 Porto 14 3MF Pedro Barbosa 6 August 1970 (aged 31) 21 Sporting CP 15 1GK Nélson 20 October 1975 (aged 26) 1 Sporting CP 16 1GK Ricardo 11 February 1976 (aged 26) 10 Boavista 17 3MF Paulo Bento 20 June 1969 (aged 32) 31 Sporting CP 18 2DF Nuno Frechaut 24 September 1977 (aged 24) 9 Boavista 19 3MF Capucho 21 February 1972 (aged 30) 29 Porto 20 3MF Petit 25 September 1976 (aged 25) 9 Boavista 21 4FW Nuno Gomes 5 July 1976 (aged 25) 28 Fiorentina 22 2DF Beto 3 May 1976 (aged 26) 16 Sporting CP 23 2DF Rui Jorge 27 March 1973 (aged 29) 20 Sporting CP

Korea Republic

Head coach: Guus Hiddink

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Lee Woon-Jae 26 April 1973 (aged 29) 32 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2 3MF Hyun Young-Min 25 December 1979 (aged 22) 8 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 3 3MF Choi Sung-Yong 25 December 1975 (aged 26) 60 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4 2DF Choi Jin-Cheul 26 March 1971 (aged 31) 15 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 5 3MF Kim Nam-Il 14 March 1977 (aged 25) 21 Chunnam Dragons 6 3MF Yoo Sang-Chul 18 October 1971 (aged 30) 92 Kashiwa Reysol 7 2DF Kim Tae-Young 8 November 1970 (aged 31) 74 Chunnam Dragons 8 3MF Choi Tae-Uk 13 March 1981 (aged 21) 16 Anyang LG Cheetahs 9 4FW Seol Ki-Hyeon 8 January 1979 (aged 23) 31 Anderlecht 10 3MF Lee Young-Pyo 23 April 1977 (aged 25) 48 Anyang LG Cheetahs 11 4FW Choi Yong-Soo 10 September 1973 (aged 28) 58 JEF United Ichihara 12 1GK Kim Byung-Ji 8 April 1970 (aged 32) 58 Pohang Steelers 13 3MF Lee Eul-Yong 8 September 1975 (aged 26) 19 Bucheon SK 14 4FW Lee Chun-Soo 9 July 1981 (aged 20) 22 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 15 2DF Lee Min-Sung 23 June 1973 (aged 28) 52 Busan I'Cons 16 4FW Cha Du-Ri 25 July 1980 (aged 21) 12 Korea University 17 3MF Yoon Jung-Hwan 16 February 1973 (aged 29) 36 Cerezo Osaka 18 4FW Hwang Sun-Hong 14 July 1968 (aged 33) 95 Kashiwa Reysol 19 3MF Ahn Jung-Hwan 27 January 1976 (aged 26) 19 Perugia 20 2DF Hong Myung-Bo (c) 12 February 1969 (aged 33) 124 Pohang Steelers 21 3MF Park Ji-Sung 25 February 1981 (aged 21) 30 Kyoto Purple Sanga 22 3MF Song Chong-Gug 20 February 1979 (aged 23) 27 Busan I'Cons 23 1GK Choi Eun-Sung 5 April 1971 (aged 31) 1 Daejeon Citizen

United States

Head coach: Bruce Arena

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Brad Friedel 8 May 1971 (aged 31) 74 Blackburn Rovers 2 3MF Frankie Hejduk 5 August 1974 (aged 27) 38 Bayer Leverkusen 3 2DF Gregg Berhalter 1 August 1973 (aged 28) 25 Crystal Palace 4 2DF Pablo Mastroeni 29 August 1976 (aged 25) 8 Colorado Rapids 5 3MF John O'Brien 29 August 1977 (aged 24) 13 Ajax 6 2DF David Regis 2 December 1968 (aged 33) 28 Metz 7 3MF Eddie Lewis 17 May 1974 (aged 28) 38 Fulham 8 3MF Earnie Stewart 28 March 1969 (aged 33) 77 NAC Breda 9 4FW Joe-Max Moore 23 February 1971 (aged 31) 95 Everton 10 3MF Claudio Reyna (c) 20 July 1973 (aged 28) 86 Sunderland 11 4FW Clint Mathis 25 November 1976 (aged 25) 19 MetroStars 12 2DF Jeff Agoos 5 February 1968 (aged 34) 127 San Jose Earthquakes 13 3MF Cobi Jones 16 June 1970 (aged 31) 153 LA Galaxy 14 2DF Steve Cherundolo 19 February 1979 (aged 23) 10 Hannover 96 15 4FW Josh Wolff 25 February 1977 (aged 25) 16 Chicago Fire 16 2DF Carlos Llamosa 30 June 1969 (aged 32) 26 New England Revolution 17 3MF DaMarcus Beasley 24 May 1982 (aged 20) 9 Chicago Fire 18 1GK Kasey Keller 29 November 1969 (aged 32) 58 Tottenham Hotspur 19 1GK Tony Meola 21 February 1969 (aged 33) 98 Kansas City Wizards 20 4FW Brian McBride 19 June 1972 (aged 29) 58 Columbus Crew 21 4FW Landon Donovan 4 March 1982 (aged 20) 20 San Jose Earthquakes 22 2DF Tony Sanneh 1 June 1971 (aged 30) 29 Nuremberg 23 2DF Eddie Pope 24 December 1973 (aged 28) 48 D.C. United

Group E

Cameroon

Head coach: Winfried Schäfer

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Alioum Boukar 3 January 1972 (aged 30) 46 Samsunspor 2 3MF Bill Tchato 14 May 1975 (aged 27) 12 Montpellier 3 2DF Pierre Womé 26 March 1979 (aged 23) 46 Bologna 4 2DF Rigobert Song (c) 1 July 1976 (aged 25) 59 Köln 5 2DF Raymond Kalla 22 April 1975 (aged 27) 47 Extremadura 6 2DF Pierre Njanka 15 March 1975 (aged 27) 31 Strasbourg 7 3MF Joseph Ndo 28 April 1976 (aged 26) 16 Al-Khaleej 8 2DF Geremi 20 December 1978 (aged 23) 38 Real Madrid 9 4FW Samuel Eto'o 10 March 1981 (aged 21) 27 Mallorca 10 4FW Patrick Mboma 15 November 1970 (aged 31) 42 Sunderland 11 4FW Pius Ndiefi 5 July 1975 (aged 26) 13 Sedan 12 3MF Lauren 19 January 1977 (aged 25) 15 Arsenal 13 2DF Lucien Mettomo 19 April 1977 (aged 25) 17 Manchester City 14 3MF Joël Epalle 20 February 1978 (aged 24) 22 Panathinaikos 15 3MF Nicolas Alnoudji 9 December 1979 (aged 22) 15 Rizespor 16 1GK Jacques Songo'o 17 March 1964 (aged 38) 66 Metz 17 3MF Marc-Vivien Foé 1 May 1975 (aged 27) 47 Lyon 18 4FW Patrick Suffo 17 January 1978 (aged 24) 18 Sheffield United 19 3MF Eric Djemba-Djemba 4 May 1981 (aged 21) 0 Nantes 20 3MF Salomon Olembé 8 December 1980 (aged 21) 39 Marseille 21 4FW Joseph-Désiré Job 1 December 1977 (aged 24) 34 Metz 22 1GK Idriss Carlos Kameni 18 February 1984 (aged 18) 1 Le Havre 23 3MF Daniel Ngom Kome 19 May 1980 (aged 22) 4 Numancia

Germany

Head coach: Rudi Völler

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Oliver Kahn (c) 15 June 1969 (aged 32) 45 Bayern Munich 2 2DF Thomas Linke 26 December 1969 (aged 32) 34 Bayern Munich 3 2DF Marko Rehmer 29 April 1972 (aged 30) 27 Hertha Berlin 4 2DF Frank Baumann 29 October 1975 (aged 26) 11 Werder Bremen 5 3MF Carsten Ramelow 20 March 1974 (aged 28) 25 Bayer Leverkusen 6 2DF Christian Ziege 1 February 1972 (aged 30) 66 Tottenham Hotspur 7 4FW Oliver Neuville 1 May 1973 (aged 29) 30 Bayer Leverkusen 8 3MF Dietmar Hamann 27 August 1973 (aged 28) 40 Liverpool 9 4FW Carsten Jancker 28 August 1974 (aged 27) 26 Bayern Munich 10 3MF Lars Ricken 10 July 1976 (aged 25) 16 Borussia Dortmund 11 4FW Miroslav Klose 9 June 1978 (aged 23) 12 Kaiserslautern 12 1GK Jens Lehmann 10 November 1969 (aged 32) 14 Borussia Dortmund 13 3MF Michael Ballack 26 September 1976 (aged 25) 22 Bayer Leverkusen 14 4FW Gerald Asamoah 3 October 1978 (aged 23) 11 Schalke 04 15 2DF Sebastian Kehl 13 February 1980 (aged 22) 8 Borussia Dortmund 16 3MF Jens Jeremies 5 March 1974 (aged 28) 33 Bayern Munich 17 3MF Marco Bode 23 July 1969 (aged 32) 34 Werder Bremen 18 3MF Jörg Böhme 22 January 1974 (aged 28) 6 Schalke 04 19 3MF Bernd Schneider 17 November 1973 (aged 28) 9 Bayer Leverkusen 20 4FW Oliver Bierhoff 1 May 1968 (aged 34) 65 Monaco 21 2DF Christoph Metzelder 5 November 1980 (aged 21) 6 Borussia Dortmund 22 3MF Torsten Frings 22 November 1976 (aged 25) 8 Werder Bremen 23 1GK Hans-Jörg Butt 28 May 1974 (aged 28) 2 Bayer Leverkusen

Republic of Ireland

Head coach: Mick McCarthy

• Roy Keane left the tournament and wasn't replaced. See 2002 Roy Keane Saipan incident

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Shay Given 20 April 1976 (aged 26) 39 Newcastle United 2 2DF Steve Finnan 24 April 1976 (aged 26) 13 Fulham 3 2DF Ian Harte 31 August 1977 (aged 24) 40 Leeds United 4 2DF Kenny Cunningham 28 June 1971 (aged 30) 38 Wimbledon 5 2DF Steve Staunton (c) 19 January 1969 (aged 33) 98 Aston Villa 6 3MF Roy Keane 10 August 1971 (aged 30) 58 Manchester United 7 3MF Jason McAteer 18 June 1971 (aged 30) 47 Sunderland 8 3MF Matt Holland 11 April 1974 (aged 28) 19 Ipswich Town 9 3MF Damien Duff 2 March 1979 (aged 23) 26 Blackburn Rovers 10 4FW Robbie Keane 8 July 1980 (aged 21) 33 Leeds United 11 3MF Kevin Kilbane 1 February 1977 (aged 25) 31 Sunderland 12 3MF Mark Kinsella 12 August 1972 (aged 29) 28 Charlton Athletic 13 4FW David Connolly 6 June 1977 (aged 24) 33 Wimbledon 14 2DF Gary Breen 12 December 1973 (aged 28) 43 Coventry City 15 2DF Richard Dunne 21 September 1979 (aged 22) 14 Manchester City 16 1GK Dean Kiely 10 October 1970 (aged 31) 6 Charlton Athletic 17 4FW Niall Quinn 6 October 1966 (aged 35) 88 Sunderland 18 2DF Gary Kelly 9 July 1974 (aged 27) 46 Leeds United 19 4FW Clinton Morrison 14 May 1979 (aged 23) 7 Crystal Palace 20 2DF Andrew O'Brien 29 June 1979 (aged 22) 5 Newcastle United 21 3MF Steven Reid 10 March 1981 (aged 21) 5 Millwall 22 3MF Lee Carsley 28 February 1974 (aged 28) 19 Everton 23 1GK Alan Kelly 11 August 1968 (aged 33) 34 Blackburn Rovers

Saudi Arabia

Head coach: Nasser Al-Johar

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Mohamed Al-Deayea 2 August 1972 (aged 29) 168 Al-Hilal 2 2DF Mohammed Al-Jahani 28 September 1974 (aged 27) 73 Al-Ahli 3 2DF Redha Tukar 29 November 1975 (aged 26) 5 Al-Shabab 4 2DF Abdullah Zubromawi 15 November 1973 (aged 28) 115 Al-Ahli 5 2DF Mohsin Al-Harthi 17 July 1976 (aged 25) 20 Al-Nassr 6 2DF Fouzi Al-Shehri 15 May 1980 (aged 22) 2 Al-Ahli 7 3MF Ibrahim Al-Shahrani 21 July 1974 (aged 27) 59 Al-Ahli 8 3MF Mohammed Noor 26 February 1978 (aged 24) 29 Al-Ittihad 9 4FW Sami Al-Jaber (c) 11 December 1972 (aged 29) 148 Al-Hilal 10 3MF Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 8 December 1980 (aged 21) 17 Al-Hilal 11 4FW Obeid Al-Dosari 2 October 1975 (aged 26) 97 Al-Ahli 12 2DF Ahmed Dokhi 25 October 1976 (aged 25) 47 Al-Hilal 13 2DF Hussein Sulaimani 21 January 1977 (aged 25) 80 Al-Ahli 14 3MF Abdulaziz Khathran 31 July 1973 (aged 28) 0 Al-Shabab 15 4FW Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari 10 November 1977 (aged 24) 20 Al-Hilal 16 3MF Khamis Al-Owairan 8 September 1973 (aged 28) 76 Al-Ittihad 17 3MF Abdullah Al-Waked 29 September 1975 (aged 26) 45 Al-Shabab 18 3MF Nawaf Al-Temyat 28 June 1976 (aged 25) 48 Al-Hilal 19 3MF Omar Al-Ghamdi 11 April 1979 (aged 23) 28 Al-Hilal 20 4FW Al Hasan Al-Yami 21 August 1972 (aged 29) 18 Al-Ittihad 21 1GK Mabrouk Zaid 11 February 1979 (aged 23) 1 Al-Ittihad 22 1GK Mohammed Al-Khojali 15 January 1973 (aged 29) 12 Al-Nassr 23 2DF Mansour Al-Thagafi 14 January 1979 (aged 23) 0 Al-Nassr

Group F

Argentina

Head coach: Marcelo Bielsa

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Germán Burgos 16 April 1969 (aged 33) 35 Atlético Madrid 2 2DF Roberto Ayala 14 April 1973 (aged 29) 74 Valencia 3 2DF Juan Pablo Sorín 5 May 1976 (aged 26) 35 Cruzeiro 4 2DF Mauricio Pochettino 2 March 1972 (aged 30) 16 Paris Saint-Germain 5 3MF Matías Almeyda 21 December 1973 (aged 28) 33 Parma 6 2DF Walter Samuel 23 March 1978 (aged 24) 30 Roma 7 4FW Claudio López 17 July 1974 (aged 27) 49 Lazio 8 2DF Javier Zanetti 10 August 1973 (aged 28) 66 Internazionale 9 4FW Gabriel Batistuta 1 February 1969 (aged 33) 75 Roma 10 3MF Ariel Ortega 4 March 1974 (aged 28) 81 River Plate 11 3MF Juan Sebastián Verón (c) 9 March 1975 (aged 27) 47 Manchester United 12 1GK Pablo Cavallero 13 April 1974 (aged 28) 8 Celta Vigo 13 2DF Diego Placente 24 April 1977 (aged 25) 6 Bayer Leverkusen 14 3MF Diego Simeone 28 April 1970 (aged 32) 104 Lazio 15 3MF Claudio Husaín 20 November 1974 (aged 27) 14 River Plate 16 3MF Pablo Aimar 3 November 1979 (aged 22) 18 Valencia 17 3MF Gustavo López 13 April 1973 (aged 29) 31 Celta Vigo 18 3MF Kily González 4 August 1974 (aged 27) 30 Valencia 19 4FW Hernán Crespo 5 July 1975 (aged 26) 33 Lazio 20 3MF Marcelo Gallardo 18 January 1976 (aged 26) 42 Monaco 21 4FW Claudio Caniggia 9 January 1967 (aged 35) 50 Rangers 22 2DF José Chamot 17 May 1969 (aged 33) 42 Milan 23 1GK Roberto Bonano 24 January 1970 (aged 32) 13 Barcelona

Originally the squad was named with Ariel Ortega given #23 and Roberto Bonano #24 as the AFA had decided to retire the #10 shirt in honour of Diego Maradona. FIFA insisted that all squads were assigned with numbers 1-23 so Argentina had to amend their squad list.

England

Head coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK David Seaman 19 September 1963 (aged 38) 68 Arsenal 2 2DF Danny Mills 18 May 1977 (aged 25) 7 Leeds United 3 2DF Ashley Cole 20 December 1980 (aged 21) 8 Arsenal 4 3MF Trevor Sinclair 2 March 1973 (aged 29) 5 West Ham United 5 2DF Rio Ferdinand 7 November 1978 (aged 23) 21 Leeds United 6 2DF Sol Campbell 18 September 1974 (aged 27) 45 Arsenal 7 3MF David Beckham (c) 2 May 1975 (aged 27) 49 Manchester United 8 3MF Paul Scholes 16 November 1974 (aged 27) 43 Manchester United 9 4FW Robbie Fowler 9 April 1975 (aged 27) 24 Leeds United 10 4FW Michael Owen 14 December 1979 (aged 22) 35 Liverpool 11 4FW Emile Heskey 11 January 1978 (aged 24) 23 Liverpool 12 2DF Wes Brown 13 October 1979 (aged 22) 6 Manchester United 13 1GK Nigel Martyn 11 August 1966 (aged 35) 22 Leeds United 14 2DF Wayne Bridge 5 August 1980 (aged 21) 5 Southampton 15 2DF Martin Keown 24 July 1966 (aged 35) 42 Arsenal 16 2DF Gareth Southgate 3 September 1970 (aged 31) 48 Middlesbrough 17 4FW Teddy Sheringham 2 April 1966 (aged 36) 46 Tottenham Hotspur 18 3MF Owen Hargreaves 20 January 1981 (aged 21) 6 Bayern Munich 19 3MF Joe Cole 8 November 1981 (aged 20) 6 West Ham United 20 4FW Darius Vassell 13 June 1980 (aged 21) 5 Aston Villa 21 3MF Nicky Butt 21 January 1975 (aged 27) 18 Manchester United 22 1GK David James 1 August 1970 (aged 31) 9 West Ham United 23 3MF Kieron Dyer 29 December 1978 (aged 23) 9 Newcastle United

Nigeria

Head coach: Festus Onigbinde

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Ike Shorunmu 16 October 1967 (aged 34) 34 Lucerne 2 2DF Joseph Yobo 6 September 1980 (aged 21) 14 Marseille 3 2DF Celestine Babayaro 29 August 1978 (aged 23) 24 Chelsea 4 4FW Nwankwo Kanu 1 August 1976 (aged 25) 33 Arsenal 5 2DF Isaac Okoronkwo 1 May 1978 (aged 24) 12 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 2DF Taribo West 26 March 1974 (aged 28) 38 Kaiserslautern 7 3MF Pius Ikedia 11 July 1980 (aged 21) 9 Ajax 8 3MF Mutiu Adepoju 22 December 1970 (aged 31) 49 Salamanca 9 4FW Bartholomew Ogbeche 1 October 1984 (aged 17) 4 Paris Saint-Germain 10 3MF Jay-Jay Okocha (c) 14 August 1973 (aged 28) 56 Paris Saint-Germain 11 3MF Garba Lawal 22 May 1974 (aged 28) 34 Roda JC 12 1GK Austin Ejide 8 April 1984 (aged 18) 3 Gabros International 13 2DF Rabiu Afolabi 18 April 1980 (aged 22) 5 Standard Liège 14 2DF Ifeanyi Udeze 21 July 1980 (aged 21) 15 PAOK 15 3MF Justice Christopher 24 December 1981 (aged 20) 7 Royal Antwerp 16 2DF Efe Sodje 5 October 1972 (aged 29) 7 Crewe Alexandra 17 4FW Julius Aghahowa 12 February 1982 (aged 20) 17 Shakhtar Donetsk 18 4FW Benedict Akwuegbu 3 November 1974 (aged 27) 16 Shenyang Haishi 19 2DF Eric Ejiofor 21 July 1979 (aged 22) 12 Maccabi Haifa 20 3MF James Obiorah 24 August 1978 (aged 23) 2 Lokomotiv Moscow 21 4FW John Utaka 8 January 1982 (aged 20) 4 Al-Sadd 22 1GK Vincent Enyeama 29 August 1982 (aged 19) 2 Enyimba 23 4FW Femi Opabunmi 3 March 1985 (aged 17) 2 Ibadan

Sweden

Head coaches: Lars Lagerbäck and Tommy Söderberg

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Magnus Hedman 19 March 1973 (aged 29) 44 Coventry City 2 2DF Olof Mellberg 3 September 1977 (aged 24) 21 Aston Villa 3 2DF Patrik Andersson (c) 18 August 1971 (aged 30) 95 Barcelona 4 2DF Johan Mjällby 9 February 1971 (aged 31) 35 Celtic 5 2DF Michael Svensson 25 November 1975 (aged 26) 11 Troyes 6 3MF Tobias Linderoth 21 April 1979 (aged 23) 19 Everton 7 3MF Niclas Alexandersson 29 December 1971 (aged 30) 58 Everton 8 3MF Anders Svensson 17 July 1976 (aged 25) 24 Southampton 9 3MF Fredrik Ljungberg 16 April 1977 (aged 25) 31 Arsenal 10 4FW Marcus Allbäck 5 July 1973 (aged 28) 18 Heerenveen 11 4FW Henrik Larsson 20 September 1971 (aged 30) 67 Celtic 12 1GK Magnus Kihlstedt 29 February 1972 (aged 30) 12 Copenhagen 13 2DF Tomas Antonelius 7 May 1973 (aged 29) 6 Copenhagen 14 2DF Erik Edman 11 November 1978 (aged 23) 5 Heerenveen 15 2DF Andreas Jakobsson 6 October 1972 (aged 29) 12 Hansa Rostock 16 2DF Teddy Lucic 15 April 1973 (aged 29) 41 AIK 17 3MF Magnus Svensson 10 March 1969 (aged 33) 24 Brøndby 18 3MF Mattias Jonson 16 January 1974 (aged 28) 23 Brøndby 19 3MF Pontus Farnerud 4 June 1980 (aged 21) 2 Monaco 20 3MF Daniel Andersson 28 August 1977 (aged 24) 38 Venezia 21 4FW Zlatan Ibrahimović 3 October 1981 (aged 20) 9 Ajax 22 4FW Andreas Andersson 10 April 1974 (aged 28) 32 AIK 23 1GK Andreas Isaksson 3 October 1981 (aged 20) 1 Djurgården

Group G

Croatia

Head coach: Mirko Jozić

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Stipe Pletikosa 8 January 1979 (aged 23) 17 Hajduk Split 2 2DF Anthony Šerić 15 January 1979 (aged 23) 8 Hellas Verona 3 2DF Josip Šimunić 18 February 1978 (aged 24) 6 Hertha Berlin 4 3MF Stjepan Tomas 6 March 1976 (aged 26) 17 Vicenza 5 3MF Milan Rapaić 16 August 1973 (aged 28) 23 Fenerbahçe 6 2DF Boris Živković 15 November 1975 (aged 26) 15 Bayer Leverkusen 7 3MF Davor Vugrinec 24 March 1975 (aged 27) 21 Lecce 8 3MF Robert Prosinečki 12 January 1969 (aged 33) 48 Portsmouth 9 4FW Davor Šuker (c) 1 January 1968 (aged 34) 68 1860 Munich 10 3MF Niko Kovač 15 October 1971 (aged 30) 20 Bayern Munich 11 4FW Alen Bokšić 21 January 1970 (aged 32) 36 Middlesbrough 12 1GK Tomislav Butina 30 March 1974 (aged 28) 7 Dinamo Zagreb 13 3MF Mario Stanić 10 April 1972 (aged 30) 43 Chelsea 14 3MF Zvonimir Soldo 2 November 1967 (aged 34) 59 Stuttgart 15 2DF Daniel Šarić 4 August 1972 (aged 29) 25 Panathinaikos 16 3MF Jurica Vranješ 31 January 1980 (aged 22) 7 Bayer Leverkusen 17 2DF Robert Jarni 26 October 1968 (aged 33) 78 Panathinaikos 18 4FW Ivica Olić 14 September 1979 (aged 22) 4 Zagreb 19 4FW Goran Vlaović 7 August 1972 (aged 29) 50 Panathinaikos 20 2DF Dario Šimić 12 November 1975 (aged 26) 48 Internazionale 21 2DF Robert Kovač 6 April 1974 (aged 28) 19 Bayern Munich 22 4FW Boško Balaban 15 October 1978 (aged 23) 13 Aston Villa 23 1GK Vladimir Vasilj 6 July 1975 (aged 26) 2 Zagreb

Note: caps for Yugoslavia are not counted.

Ecuador

Head coach: Hernán Darío Gómez

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK José Francisco Cevallos 17 April 1971 (aged 31) 62 Barcelona 2 2DF Augusto Porozo 13 April 1974 (aged 28) 26 Emelec 3 2DF Iván Hurtado 16 August 1974 (aged 27) 90 Barcelona 4 2DF Ulises de la Cruz 8 February 1974 (aged 28) 52 Hibernian 5 3MF Alfonso Obregón 12 May 1972 (aged 30) 40 LDU Quito 6 2DF Raúl Guerrón 12 October 1976 (aged 25) 23 Deportivo Quito 7 3MF Nicolás Asencio 26 April 1975 (aged 27) 4 Barcelona 8 2DF Luis Gómez 20 April 1972 (aged 30) 8 Barcelona 9 4FW Iván Kaviedes 24 October 1977 (aged 24) 26 Barcelona 10 3MF Álex Aguinaga (c) 9 July 1968 (aged 33) 92 Necaxa 11 4FW Agustín Delgado 23 December 1974 (aged 27) 46 Southampton 12 1GK Oswaldo Ibarra 8 September 1969 (aged 32) 21 El Nacional 13 4FW Ángel Fernández 2 August 1971 (aged 30) 68 El Nacional 14 3MF Juan Carlos Burbano 15 February 1969 (aged 33) 18 El Nacional 15 2DF Marlon Ayoví 27 September 1971 (aged 30) 26 Deportivo Quito 16 3MF Cléber Chalá 29 June 1971 (aged 30) 64 El Nacional 17 2DF Giovanny Espinoza 12 April 1977 (aged 25) 19 Aucas 18 3MF Carlos Tenorio 14 May 1979 (aged 23) 9 LDU Quito 19 3MF Edison Méndez 16 March 1979 (aged 23) 24 Deportivo Quito 20 3MF Edwin Tenorio 16 June 1976 (aged 25) 33 Barcelona 21 3MF Wellington Sánchez 19 June 1974 (aged 27) 35 Emelec 22 1GK Daniel Viteri 12 December 1981 (aged 20) 0 Emelec 23 3MF Walter Ayoví 11 August 1979 (aged 22) 2 Emelec

Italy

Head coach: Giovanni Trapattoni

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Gianluigi Buffon 28 January 1978 (aged 24) 26 Juventus 2 2DF Christian Panucci 12 April 1973 (aged 29) 24 Roma 3 2DF Paolo Maldini (c) 26 June 1968 (aged 33) 122 Milan 4 2DF Francesco Coco 8 January 1977 (aged 25) 13 Barcelona 5 2DF Fabio Cannavaro 13 September 1973 (aged 28) 58 Parma 6 3MF Cristiano Zanetti 14 April 1977 (aged 25) 4 Internazionale 7 4FW Alessandro Del Piero 9 November 1974 (aged 27) 49 Juventus 8 3MF Gennaro Gattuso 9 January 1978 (aged 24) 13 Milan 9 4FW Filippo Inzaghi 9 August 1973 (aged 28) 38 Milan 10 4FW Francesco Totti 27 September 1976 (aged 25) 29 Roma 11 3MF Cristiano Doni 1 April 1973 (aged 29) 3 Atalanta 12 1GK Christian Abbiati 8 July 1977 (aged 24) 0 Milan 13 2DF Alessandro Nesta 19 March 1976 (aged 26) 43 Lazio 14 3MF Luigi Di Biagio 3 June 1971 (aged 30) 28 Internazionale 15 2DF Mark Iuliano 12 August 1973 (aged 28) 16 Juventus 16 3MF Angelo Di Livio 26 July 1966 (aged 35) 38 Fiorentina 17 3MF Damiano Tommasi 17 May 1974 (aged 28) 14 Roma 18 4FW Marco Delvecchio 7 April 1973 (aged 29) 16 Roma 19 3MF Gianluca Zambrotta 19 February 1977 (aged 25) 23 Juventus 20 4FW Vincenzo Montella 18 June 1974 (aged 27) 14 Roma 21 4FW Christian Vieri 12 July 1973 (aged 28) 24 Internazionale 22 1GK Francesco Toldo 2 December 1971 (aged 30) 22 Internazionale 23 2DF Marco Materazzi 19 August 1973 (aged 28) 7 Internazionale

Mexico

Head coach: Javier Aguirre

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Óscar Pérez 1 February 1973 (aged 29) 37 Cruz Azul 2 2DF Francisco Gabriel de Anda 5 June 1971 (aged 30) 15 Pachuca 3 3MF Rafael García 14 August 1974 (aged 27) 21 Toluca 4 3MF Rafael Márquez (c) 13 February 1979 (aged 23) 36 Monaco 5 2DF Manuel Vidrio 23 August 1972 (aged 29) 27 Pachuca 6 3MF Gerardo Torrado 30 April 1979 (aged 23) 28 Poli Ejido 7 3MF Ramón Morales 10 October 1975 (aged 26) 17 Guadalajara 8 3MF Alberto García Aspe 11 May 1967 (aged 35) 108 Puebla 9 4FW Jared Borgetti 14 August 1973 (aged 28) 29 Santos 10 4FW Cuauhtémoc Blanco 17 January 1973 (aged 29) 75 Real Valladolid 11 3MF Braulio Luna 8 September 1974 (aged 27) 15 Necaxa 12 1GK Oswaldo Sánchez 21 September 1973 (aged 28) 22 Guadalajara 13 3MF Sigifredo Mercado 21 December 1968 (aged 33) 18 Atlas 14 3MF Germán Villa 2 April 1973 (aged 29) 46 América 15 4FW Luis Hernández 22 December 1968 (aged 33) 85 América 16 2DF Salvador Carmona 22 August 1975 (aged 26) 56 Toluca 17 4FW Francisco Palencia 28 April 1973 (aged 29) 67 Espanyol 18 3MF Johan Rodríguez 15 August 1975 (aged 26) 14 Santos 19 3MF Gabriel Caballero 5 February 1971 (aged 31) 5 Pachuca 20 2DF Melvin Brown 28 January 1979 (aged 23) 8 Cruz Azul 21 4FW Jesús Arellano 8 May 1973 (aged 29) 49 Monterrey 22 2DF Alberto Rodríguez 1 April 1974 (aged 28) 13 Pachuca 23 1GK Jorge Campos 15 October 1966 (aged 35) 123 U.N.A.M.

Group H

Belgium

Head coach: Robert Waseige

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Geert De Vlieger 16 October 1971 (aged 30) 25 Willem II 2 2DF Eric Deflandre 2 August 1973 (aged 28) 41 Lyon 3 2DF Glen De Boeck 22 August 1971 (aged 30) 33 Anderlecht 4 2DF Eric Van Meir 28 February 1968 (aged 34) 32 Standard Liège 5 2DF Nico Van Kerckhoven 14 December 1970 (aged 31) 40 Schalke 04 6 3MF Timmy Simons 11 December 1976 (aged 25) 12 Club Brugge 7 4FW Marc Wilmots (c) 22 February 1969 (aged 33) 66 Schalke 04 8 3MF Bart Goor 9 April 1973 (aged 29) 38 Hertha Berlin 9 4FW Wesley Sonck 9 August 1978 (aged 23) 12 Racing Genk 10 3MF Johan Walem 1 February 1972 (aged 30) 33 Standard Liège 11 3MF Gert Verheyen 20 September 1970 (aged 31) 46 Club Brugge 12 2DF Peter Van Der Heyden 16 July 1976 (aged 25) 4 Club Brugge 13 1GK Franky Vandendriessche 7 April 1971 (aged 31) 0 Mouscron 14 3MF Sven Vermant 4 April 1973 (aged 29) 12 Schalke 04 15 2DF Jacky Peeters 13 December 1969 (aged 32) 13 Gent 16 2DF Daniel Van Buyten 7 February 1978 (aged 24) 7 Marseille 17 3MF Gaëtan Englebert 11 June 1976 (aged 25) 4 Club Brugge 18 3MF Yves Vanderhaeghe 30 January 1970 (aged 32) 30 Anderlecht 19 3MF Bernd Thijs 28 June 1978 (aged 23) 2 Racing Genk 20 4FW Branko Strupar 9 February 1970 (aged 32) 14 Derby County 21 3MF Danny Boffin 10 July 1965 (aged 36) 52 St. Truiden 22 4FW Mbo Mpenza 4 December 1976 (aged 25) 26 Mouscron 23 1GK Frédéric Herpoel 16 August 1974 (aged 27) 7 Gent

Japan

Head coach: Philippe Troussier

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 15 August 1975 (aged 26) 43 Portsmouth 2 2DF Yutaka Akita 6 August 1970 (aged 31) 38 Kashima Antlers 3 2DF Naoki Matsuda 14 March 1977 (aged 25) 24 Yokohama F. Marinos 4 2DF Ryuzo Morioka 7 October 1975 (aged 26) 32 Shimizu S-Pulse 5 3MF Junichi Inamoto 18 September 1979 (aged 22) 22 Arsenal 6 2DF Toshihiro Hattori 23 September 1973 (aged 28) 35 Jubilo Iwata 7 3MF Hidetoshi Nakata 22 January 1977 (aged 25) 39 Parma 8 3MF Hiroaki Morishima 30 April 1972 (aged 30) 57 Cerezo Osaka 9 4FW Akinori Nishizawa 18 June 1976 (aged 25) 24 Cerezo Osaka 10 4FW Masashi Nakayama (c) 23 September 1967 (aged 34) 47 Jubilo Iwata 11 4FW Takayuki Suzuki 5 June 1976 (aged 25) 10 Kashima Antlers 12 1GK Seigo Narazaki 15 April 1976 (aged 26) 15 Nagoya Grampus Eight 13 4FW Atsushi Yanagisawa 27 May 1977 (aged 25) 22 Kashima Antlers 14 3MF Alessandro dos Santos 20 July 1977 (aged 24) 0 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 3MF Takashi Fukunishi 1 September 1976 (aged 25) 5 Jubilo Iwata 16 2DF Kōji Nakata 9 July 1979 (aged 22) 20 Kashima Antlers 17 2DF Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 7 February 1977 (aged 25) 5 Gamba Osaka 18 3MF Shinji Ono 27 September 1979 (aged 22) 21 Feyenoord 19 3MF Mitsuo Ogasawara 5 April 1979 (aged 23) 0 Kashima Antlers 20 3MF Tomokazu Myojin 24 January 1978 (aged 24) 16 Kashiwa Reysol 21 3MF Kazuyuki Toda 30 December 1977 (aged 24) 10 Shimizu S-Pulse 22 3MF Daisuke Ichikawa 14 May 1980 (aged 22) 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 23 1GK Hitoshi Sogahata 2 August 1979 (aged 22) 1 Kashima Antlers

Russia

Head coach: Oleg Romantsev

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Ruslan Nigmatullin 7 October 1974 (aged 27) 20 Hellas Verona 2 2DF Yuri Kovtun 5 January 1970 (aged 32) 44 Spartak Moscow 3 2DF Yuri Nikiforov 16 September 1970 (aged 31) 56 PSV 4 3MF Alexey Smertin 1 May 1975 (aged 27) 25 Bordeaux 5 2DF Andrei Solomatin 9 September 1975 (aged 26) 5 CSKA Moscow 6 3MF Igor Semshov 6 April 1978 (aged 24) 2 Torpedo Moscow 7 2DF Viktor Onopko (c) 14 October 1969 (aged 32) 97 Real Oviedo 8 3MF Valery Karpin 2 February 1969 (aged 33) 69 Celta Vigo 9 3MF Yegor Titov 29 May 1976 (aged 26) 33 Spartak Moscow 10 3MF Aleksandr Mostovoi 22 August 1968 (aged 33) 59 Celta Vigo 11 4FW Vladimir Beschastnykh 1 April 1974 (aged 28) 64 Spartak Moscow 12 1GK Stanislav Cherchesov 2 September 1963 (aged 38) 49 Tirol Innsbruck 13 2DF Vyacheslav Dayev 6 September 1972 (aged 29) 7 CSKA Moscow 14 2DF Igor Chugainov 6 April 1970 (aged 32) 30 Uralan Elista 15 3MF Dmitri Alenichev 20 October 1972 (aged 29) 43 Porto 16 4FW Aleksandr Kerzhakov 27 November 1982 (aged 19) 3 Zenit St. Petersburg 17 3MF Sergei Semak 27 February 1976 (aged 26) 30 CSKA Moscow 18 2DF Dmitri Sennikov 24 June 1976 (aged 25) 4 Lokomotiv Moscow 19 4FW Ruslan Pimenov 25 November 1981 (aged 20) 1 Lokomotiv Moscow 20 3MF Marat Izmailov 21 September 1982 (aged 19) 8 Lokomotiv Moscow 21 3MF Dmitri Khokhlov 22 December 1975 (aged 26) 38 Real Sociedad 22 4FW Dmitri Sychev 26 October 1983 (aged 18) 3 Spartak Moscow 23 1GK Aleksandr Filimonov 15 October 1973 (aged 28) 16 Uralan Elista

Note: caps include those for USSR, CIS, and Russia.

Tunisia

Head coach: Ammar Souayah

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Ali Boumnijel 13 April 1966 (aged 36) 14 Bastia 2 2DF Khaled Badra (c) 8 April 1973 (aged 29) 72 Espérance 3 3MF Zoubeir Baya 15 May 1971 (aged 31) 77 Beşiktaş 4 2DF Mohamed Mkacher 25 May 1975 (aged 27) 15 ES Sahel 5 4FW Ziad Jaziri 12 July 1978 (aged 23) 26 ES Sahel 6 2DF Hatem Trabelsi 25 January 1977 (aged 25) 27 Ajax 7 3MF Imed Mhedhebi 22 March 1976 (aged 26) 30 Genoa 8 3MF Hassen Gabsi 23 February 1974 (aged 28) 48 Genoa 9 4FW Riadh Jelassi 7 July 1971 (aged 30) 20 Club Africain 10 3MF Kaies Ghodhbane 7 January 1976 (aged 26) 62 ES Sahel 11 4FW Adel Sellimi 16 November 1972 (aged 29) 64 Freiburg 12 2DF Raouf Bouzaiene 16 August 1970 (aged 31) 39 Genoa 13 3MF Riadh Bouazizi 8 April 1973 (aged 29) 47 Bursaspor 14 2DF Hamdi Marzouki 23 January 1977 (aged 25) 7 Club Africain 15 2DF Radhi Jaïdi 30 August 1975 (aged 26) 40 Espérance 16 1GK Hassen Bejaoui 14 February 1976 (aged 26) 2 Bizertin 17 2DF Tarek Thabet 16 August 1971 (aged 30) 70 Espérance 18 3MF Selim Ben Achour 8 September 1981 (aged 20) 3 Martigues 19 2DF Emir Mkademi 20 August 1978 (aged 23) 9 ES Sahel 20 4FW Ali Zitouni 11 January 1981 (aged 21) 23 Espérance 21 3MF Mourad Melki 9 May 1975 (aged 27) 11 Espérance 22 1GK Ahmed Jaouachi 13 July 1975 (aged 26) 0 Monastir 23 2DF José Clayton 21 March 1974 (aged 28) 12 Espérance

Player representation by league

Country	Players	Percentage	Outside national squad
Total	736
England	103	13.99%	81
Italy	75	10.19%	53
Germany	59	8.02%	39
Spain	58	7.88%	36
France	56	7.61%	51
Mexico	25	3.40%	6
Japan	25	3.40%	6
Belgium	25	3.40%	10
Saudi Arabia	23	3.13%	0
China	21	2.85%	1
Others	266	36.14%

The Saudi Arabian squad was made up entirely of players from its country's domestic league. The Cameroon and Irish squads were made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs. Although Netherlands and Greece failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 18 and 10 players respectively: altogether, there were 43 national leagues who had players in the tournament.

References

• (English) Planet World Cup website
• (English) Sortable list of players at ScoreShelf.com website