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This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Germany, between 9 June and 9 July 2006. Before announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 33 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted by 15 May 2006. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's first world cup game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the World Cup, including all pre-tournament friendlies. Club information is that used by FIFA.[1] Players for whom this information changed during or in the run up to the tournament are indicated by footnotes.
[edit] Group A
Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães
Head coach:
Luis Fernando Suárez
Head coach: Jürgen Klinsmann
Head coach: Paweł Janas
[edit] Group B
Head coach:
Sven-Göran Eriksson
Head coach:
Aníbal Ruiz
Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck
Head coach:
Leo Beenhakker
[edit] Group C
Head coach: José Pekerman
Head coach:
Henri Michel
Head coach: Marco van Basten
Head coach: Ilija Petković
[edit] Group D
Head coach: Luís Oliveira Gonçalves
Head coach:
Branko Ivanković
Head coach:
Ricardo Lavolpe
Head coach:
Luiz Felipe Scolari
[edit] Group E
Head coach: Karel Brückner
Head coach:
Ratomir Dujković
Head coach: Marcello Lippi
Head coach: Bruce Arena
[edit] Group F
Head coach:
Guus Hiddink
Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira
Head coach: Zlatko Kranjčar
Head coach:
Zico
[edit] Group G
Head coach: Raymond Domenech
Head coach:
Dick Advocaat
Head coach: Köbi Kuhn
Head coach:
Otto Pfister[76]
[edit] Group H
Head coach:
Marcos Paquetá
Head coach: Luis Aragonés