2006 FIFA World Cup squads

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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.

Contents 1 Group A 1.1 Costa Rica 1.2 Ecuador 1.3 Germany 1.4 Poland 2 Group B 2.1 England 2.2 Paraguay 2.3 Sweden 2.4 Trinidad and Tobago 3 Group C 3.1 Argentina 3.2 Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) 3.3 Netherlands 3.4 Serbia and Montenegro 4 Group D 4.1 Angola 4.2 Iran 4.3 Mexico 4.4 Portugal 5 Group E 5.1 Czech Republic 5.2 Ghana 5.3 Italy 5.4 United States 6 Group F 6.1 Australia 6.2 Brazil 6.3 Croatia 6.4 Japan 7 Group G 7.1 France 7.2 Korea Republic 7.3 Switzerland 7.4 Togo 8 Group H 8.1 Saudi Arabia 8.2 Spain 8.3 Tunisia 8.4 Ukraine 9 Player representation by league 10 Player representation by club 11 Footnotes 12 References

[edit] Group A

[edit] Costa Rica

Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Álvaro Mesén 24 December 1972 (aged 33) 38 Herediano 2 DF Jervis Drummond 8 September 1976 (aged 29) 56 Deportivo Saprissa 3 DF Luis Marín (c) 10 August 1974 (aged 31) 120 Alajuelense 4 DF Michael Umaña 16 July 1982 (aged 23) 18 Brujas 5 DF Gilberto Martínez 1 October 1979 (aged 26) 57 Brescia 6 MF Danny Fonseca 7 November 1979 (aged 26) 22 Cartaginés 7 MF Christian Bolaños 17 May 1984 (aged 22) 16 Deportivo Saprissa 8 MF Mauricio Solís 13 December 1972 (aged 33) 107 CSD Comunicaciones 9 FW Paulo Wanchope 31 July 1976 (aged 29) 69 Herediano 10 MF Walter Centeno 6 October 1974 (aged 31) 93 Deportivo Saprissa 11 FW Rónald Gómez 21 January 1975 (aged 31) 80 Deportivo Saprissa 12 DF Leonardo González 21 November 1980 (aged 25) 36 Herediano 13 FW Kurt Bernard 8 August 1977 (aged 28) 3 Puntarenas 14 MF Randall Azofeifa 30 December 1984 (aged 21) 5 Deportivo Saprissa 15 DF Harold Wallace 7 September 1975 (aged 30) 78 Alajuelense 16 MF Carlos Hernández 9 April 1982 (aged 24) 17 Alajuelense 17 DF Gabriel Badilla 30 June 1984 (aged 21) 7 Deportivo Saprissa 18 GK José Porras 8 November 1970 (aged 35) 16 Deportivo Saprissa 19 FW Álvaro Saborío 25 March 1982 (aged 24) 23 Deportivo Saprissa 20 MF Douglas Sequeira 23 August 1977 (aged 28) 29 Real Salt Lake 21 FW Victor Núñez 15 April 1980 (aged 26) 3 Cartaginés 22 DF Michael Rodríguez 30 December 1981 (aged 24) 3 Alajuelense 23 GK Wardy Alfaro 31 December 1977 (aged 28) 2 Alajuelense

[edit] Ecuador

Head coach: Luis Fernando Suárez

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Edwin Villafuerte 12 March 1979 (aged 27) 15 Deportivo Quito 2 DF Jorge Guagua 28 September 1981 (aged 24) 18 El Nacional 3 DF Iván Hurtado (c) 16 August 1974 (aged 31) 130 Al-Arabi 4 DF Ulises de la Cruz 8 February 1974 (aged 32) 84 Aston Villa 5 DF José Luis Perlaza 6 October 1981 (aged 24) 3 Olmedo 6 MF Patricio Urrutia 15 October 1977 (aged 28) 6 LDU Quito 7 MF Christian Lara 27 April 1980 (aged 26) 19 El Nacional 8 MF Edison Méndez 16 March 1979 (aged 27) 64 LDU Quito 9 FW Félix Borja 2 April 1983 (aged 23) 6 El Nacional [2] 10 FW Iván Kaviedes 24 October 1977 (aged 28) 44 Argentinos Juniors 11 FW Agustín Delgado 23 December 1974 (aged 31) 68 LDU Quito 12 GK Cristian Mora 26 August 1979 (aged 26) 8 LDU Quito 13 DF Paul Ambrosi 14 October 1980 (aged 25) 24 LDU Quito 14 MF Segundo Castillo 15 May 1982 (aged 24) 11 El Nacional 15 MF Marlon Ayoví 27 August 1971 (aged 34) 74 Deportivo Quito 16 MF Antonio Valencia 4 August 1985 (aged 20) 17 Villarreal [3] 17 DF Giovanny Espinoza 12 April 1977 (aged 29) 56 LDU Quito 18 DF Néicer Reasco 23 July 1977 (aged 28) 31 LDU Quito [4] 19 MF Luis Saritama 20 October 1983 (aged 22) 15 Deportivo Quito 20 MF Edwin Tenorio 16 June 1976 (aged 29) 68 Barcelona 21 FW Carlos Tenorio 14 May 1979 (aged 27) 29 Al-Sadd 22 GK Damián Lanza 10 April 1982 (aged 24) 5 Aucas 23 FW Cristian Benítez 1 May 1986 (aged 20) 5 El Nacional

[edit] Germany

Head coach: Jürgen Klinsmann

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Jens Lehmann 10 November 1969 (aged 36) 32 Arsenal 2 DF Marcell Jansen 4 November 1985 (aged 20) 7 Borussia Mönchengladbach 3 DF Arne Friedrich 29 May 1979 (aged 27) 36 Hertha Berlin 4 DF Robert Huth 18 August 1984 (aged 21) 16 Chelsea 5 MF Sebastian Kehl 13 February 1980 (aged 26) 27 Borussia Dortmund 6 DF Jens Nowotny 11 January 1974 (aged 32) 46 Bayer Leverkusen 7 MF Bastian Schweinsteiger 1 August 1984 (aged 21) 28 Bayern Munich 8 MF Torsten Frings 22 November 1976 (aged 29) 52 Werder Bremen 9 FW Mike Hanke 5 November 1983 (aged 22) 6 Wolfsburg 10 FW Oliver Neuville 1 May 1973 (aged 33) 55 Borussia Mönchengladbach 11 FW Miroslav Klose 9 June 1978 (aged 28) 55 Werder Bremen 12 GK Oliver Kahn 15 June 1969 (aged 36) 85 Bayern Munich 13 MF Michael Ballack (c) 26 September 1976 (aged 29) 65 Bayern Munich [5] 14 FW Gerald Asamoah 3 October 1978 (aged 27) 40 Schalke 04 15 MF Thomas Hitzlsperger 5 April 1982 (aged 24) 15 Stuttgart 16 DF Philipp Lahm 11 November 1983 (aged 22) 18 Bayern Munich 17 DF Per Mertesacker 29 September 1984 (aged 21) 23 Hannover 96 18 MF Tim Borowski 2 May 1980 (aged 26) 20 Werder Bremen 19 MF Bernd Schneider 17 November 1973 (aged 32) 64 Bayer Leverkusen 20 FW Lukas Podolski 4 June 1985 (aged 21) 25 Köln [6] 21 DF Christoph Metzelder 5 November 1980 (aged 25) 22 Borussia Dortmund 22 MF David Odonkor 21 February 1984 (aged 22) 1 Borussia Dortmund 23 GK Timo Hildebrand 5 April 1979 (aged 27) 3 Stuttgart

[edit] Poland

Head coach: Paweł Janas

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Artur Boruc 20 February 1980 (aged 26) 17 Celtic 2 DF Mariusz Jop 3 August 1978 (aged 27) 12 FC Moscow 3 DF Seweryn Gancarczyk 22 November 1981 (aged 24) 2 Metalist Kharkiv 4 DF Marcin Baszczyński 7 June 1977 (aged 29) 32 Wisła Kraków 5 MF Kamil Kosowski 30 August 1977 (aged 28) 45 Kaiserslautern [7] 6 DF Jacek Bąk (c) 24 March 1973 (aged 33) 72 Al-Rayyan [8] 7 MF Radosław Sobolewski 13 December 1976 (aged 29) 19 Wisła Kraków 8 MF Jacek Krzynówek 15 May 1976 (aged 30) 58 Bayer Leverkusen [9] 9 FW Maciej Żurawski 12 September 1976 (aged 29) 50 Celtic 10 MF Mirosław Szymkowiak 12 November 1976 (aged 29) 29 Trabzonspor 11 FW Grzegorz Rasiak 12 January 1979 (aged 27) 30 Tottenham Hotspur [10] 12 GK Tomasz Kuszczak 23 March 1982 (aged 24) 4 West Bromwich Albion 13 MF Sebastian Mila 10 July 1982 (aged 23) 27 Austria Wien 14 DF Michał Żewłakow 22 April 1976 (aged 30) 56 Anderlecht [11] 15 MF Euzebiusz Smolarek 9 January 1981 (aged 25) 13 Borussia Dortmund 16 MF Arkadiusz Radomski 27 June 1977 (aged 28) 20 Austria Vienna 17 DF Dariusz Dudka 9 December 1983 (aged 22) 7 Wisła Kraków 18 DF Mariusz Lewandowski 18 May 1979 (aged 27) 25 Shakhtar Donetsk 19 DF Bartosz Bosacki 20 December 1975 (aged 30) 11 Lech Poznań [12] 20 MF Piotr Giza 28 February 1980 (aged 26) 4 Cracovia Kraków 21 FW Ireneusz Jeleń 9 April 1981 (aged 25) 9 Wisła Płock 22 GK Łukasz Fabiański 18 April 1985 (aged 21) 2 Legia Warszawa 23 FW Paweł Brożek 21 April 1983 (aged 23) 4 Wisła Kraków

[edit] Group B

[edit] England

Head coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Paul Robinson 15 October 1979 (aged 26) 21 Tottenham Hotspur 2 DF Gary Neville 18 February 1975 (aged 31) 79 Manchester United 3 DF Ashley Cole 20 December 1980 (aged 25) 46 Arsenal 4 MF Steven Gerrard 30 May 1980 (aged 26) 42 Liverpool 5 DF Rio Ferdinand 7 November 1978 (aged 27) 47 Manchester United 6 DF John Terry 7 December 1980 (aged 25) 24 Chelsea 7 MF David Beckham (c) 2 May 1975 (aged 31) 89 Real Madrid 8 MF Frank Lampard 20 June 1978 (aged 27) 40 Chelsea 9 FW Wayne Rooney 24 October 1985 (aged 20) 29 Manchester United 10 FW Michael Owen 14 December 1979 (aged 26) 77 Newcastle United 11 MF Joe Cole 8 November 1981 (aged 24) 32 Chelsea 12 DF Sol Campbell 18 September 1974 (aged 31) 68 Arsenal 13 GK David James 1 August 1970 (aged 35) 34 Manchester City 14 DF Wayne Bridge 5 August 1980 (aged 25) 23 Chelsea [13] 15 DF Jamie Carragher 28 January 1978 (aged 28) 25 Liverpool 16 MF Owen Hargreaves 20 January 1981 (aged 25) 30 Bayern Munich 17 MF Jermaine Jenas 18 February 1983 (aged 23) 15 Tottenham Hotspur 18 MF Michael Carrick 28 July 1981 (aged 24) 6 Tottenham Hotspur 19 MF Aaron Lennon 16 April 1987 (aged 19) 1 Tottenham Hotspur 20 MF Stewart Downing 22 July 1984 (aged 21) 2 Middlesbrough 21 FW Peter Crouch 30 January 1981 (aged 25) 7 Liverpool 22 GK Scott Carson 3 September 1985 (aged 20) 0 Liverpool [14] 23 FW Theo Walcott 16 March 1989 (aged 17) 1 Arsenal

[edit] Paraguay

Head coach: Aníbal Ruiz

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Justo Villar 30 June 1977 (aged 28) 39 Newell's Old Boys 2 DF Jorge Núñez 22 January 1978 (aged 28) 15 Estudiantes La Plata 3 DF Delio Toledo 10 February 1974 (aged 32) 30 Real Zaragoza 4 DF Carlos Gamarra (c) 17 February 1971 (aged 35) 106 Palmeiras 5 DF Julio César Cáceres 5 October 1979 (aged 26) 32 River Plate 6 MF Carlos Bonet 2 October 1977 (aged 28) 29 Libertad 7 FW Salvador Cabañas 5 August 1980 (aged 25) 15 Jaguares[15] 8 MF Edgar Barreto 15 July 1984 (aged 21) 15 NEC 9 FW Roque Santa Cruz 16 August 1981 (aged 24) 42 Bayern Munich 10 MF Roberto Acuña 25 March 1972 (aged 34) 93 Deportivo La Coruña 11 MF Diego Gavilán 1 March 1980 (aged 26) 39 Newell's Old Boys 12 GK Derlis Gómez 12 November 1972 (aged 33) 5 Sportivo Luqueño 13 MF Carlos Paredes 16 July 1976 (aged 29) 68 Reggina [16] 14 DF Paulo da Silva 1 February 1980 (aged 26) 33 Toluca 15 DF Julio César Manzur 22 June 1981 (aged 24) 13 Santos 16 MF Cristian Riveros 16 October 1982 (aged 23) 9 Libertad 17 MF José Montiel 19 March 1988 (aged 18) 6 Olimpia Asunción 18 FW Nelson Haedo Valdez 28 November 1983 (aged 22) 11 Werder Bremen[17] 19 MF Julio dos Santos 5 May 1983 (aged 23) 17 Bayern Munich 20 FW Dante López 16 August 1983 (aged 22) 7 Genoa 21 DF Denis Caniza 29 August 1974 (aged 31) 74 Cruz Azul [18] 22 GK Aldo Bobadilla 20 April 1976 (aged 30) 5 Libertad 23 FW Nelson Cuevas 10 January 1980 (aged 26) 35 Pachuca

[edit] Sweden

Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Andreas Isaksson 3 October 1981 (aged 24) 39 Rennes 2 DF Mikael Nilsson 24 June 1978 (aged 27) 27 Panathinaikos 3 DF Olof Mellberg (c) 3 September 1977 (aged 28) 64 Aston Villa 4 DF Teddy Lucic 15 April 1973 (aged 33) 81 Häcken 5 DF Erik Edman 11 November 1978 (aged 27) 37 Rennes 6 MF Tobias Linderoth 21 April 1979 (aged 27) 58 Copenhagen 7 MF Niclas Alexandersson 29 December 1971 (aged 34) 87 Göteborg 8 MF Anders Svensson 17 July 1976 (aged 29) 66 Elfsborg 9 MF Fredrik Ljungberg 16 April 1977 (aged 29) 57 Arsenal 10 FW Zlatan Ibrahimović 3 October 1981 (aged 24) 38 Juventus 11 FW Henrik Larsson 20 September 1971 (aged 34) 89 Barcelona[19] 12 GK John Alvbåge 10 August 1982 (aged 23) 2 Viborg 13 DF Petter Hansson 14 December 1976 (aged 29) 13 Heerenveen 14 DF Fredrik Stenman 2 June 1983 (aged 23) 1 Bayer Leverkusen 15 DF Karl Svensson 21 March 1984 (aged 22) 1 Göteborg[20] 16 MF Kim Källström 24 August 1982 (aged 23) 34 Rennes[21] 17 FW Johan Elmander 27 May 1981 (aged 25) 18 Brøndby 18 MF Mattias Jonson 16 January 1974 (aged 32) 53 Djurgården 19 MF Daniel Andersson 28 August 1977 (aged 28) 47 Malmö 20 FW Marcus Allbäck 5 July 1973 (aged 32) 56 Copenhagen 21 MF Christian Wilhelmsson 8 December 1979 (aged 26) 29 Anderlecht 22 FW Markus Rosenberg 27 September 1982 (aged 23) 8 Ajax 23 GK Rami Shaaban 30 June 1975 (aged 30) 1 Fredrikstad

[edit] Trinidad and Tobago

Head coach: Leo Beenhakker

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Shaka Hislop 22 February 1969 (aged 37) 24 West Ham United [22] 2 DF Ian Cox 25 March 1971 (aged 35) 16 Gillingham 3 DF Avery John 18 June 1975 (aged 30) 57 New England Revolution 4 DF Marvin Andrews 22 December 1975 (aged 30) 98 Rangers 5 DF Brent Sancho 13 March 1977 (aged 29) 40 Gillingham 6 DF Dennis Lawrence 1 August 1974 (aged 31) 63 Wrexham [23] 7 MF Christopher Birchall 5 May 1984 (aged 22) 19 Port Vale 8 DF Cyd Gray 21 November 1973 (aged 32) 39 San Juan Jabloteh 9 MF Aurtis Whitley 1 May 1977 (aged 29) 24 San Juan Jabloteh 10 MF Russell Latapy 8 August 1968 (aged 37) 66 Falkirk 11 MF Carlos Edwards 24 October 1978 (aged 27) 51 Luton Town 12 FW Collin Samuel 27 August 1981 (aged 24) 18 Dundee United 13 FW Cornell Glen 21 October 1980 (aged 25) 35 LA Galaxy 14 FW Stern John 30 October 1976 (aged 29) 95 Coventry City 15 FW Kenwyne Jones 5 October 1984 (aged 21) 29 Southampton 16 MF Evans Wise 23 November 1973 (aged 32) 16 Waldhof Mannheim 17 DF David Atiba Charles 29 August 1977 (aged 28) 19 W Connection 18 MF Densill Theobald 27 June 1982 (aged 23) 38 Falkirk 19 FW Dwight Yorke (c) 3 November 1971 (aged 34) 54 Sydney FC 20 FW Jason Scotland 18 February 1979 (aged 27) 25 St. Johnstone 21 GK Kelvin Jack 29 April 1976 (aged 30) 32 Dundee 22 GK Clayton Ince 12 July 1972 (aged 33) 63 Coventry City 23 MF Anthony Wolfe 23 December 1983 (aged 22) 4 San Juan Jabloteh

[edit] Group C

[edit] Argentina

Head coach: José Pekerman

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Roberto Abbondanzieri 19 August 1972 (aged 33) 22 Boca Juniors 2 DF Roberto Ayala 14 April 1973 (aged 33) 100 Valencia 3 DF Juan Pablo Sorín (c) 5 May 1976 (aged 30) 71 Villarreal 4 DF Fabricio Coloccini 22 January 1982 (aged 24) 23 Deportivo La Coruña 5 MF Esteban Cambiasso 18 August 1980 (aged 25) 22 Internazionale 6 DF Gabriel Heinze 19 April 1978 (aged 28) 29 Manchester United 7 FW Javier Saviola 11 December 1981 (aged 24) 31 Barcelona [24] 8 MF Javier Mascherano 8 June 1984 (aged 22) 15 Corinthians 9 FW Hernán Crespo 5 July 1975 (aged 30) 55 Chelsea 10 MF Juan Román Riquelme 24 June 1978 (aged 27) 31 Villarreal 11 FW Carlos Tévez 5 February 1984 (aged 22) 21 Corinthians 12 GK Leo Franco 29 May 1977 (aged 29) 3 Atlético Madrid 13 MF Lionel Scaloni 16 May 1978 (aged 28) 6 Deportivo La Coruña [25] 14 FW Rodrigo Palacio 5 February 1982 (aged 24) 2 Boca Juniors 15 DF Gabriel Milito 7 September 1980 (aged 25) 15 Real Zaragoza 16 MF Pablo Aimar 3 November 1979 (aged 26) 40 Valencia 17 DF Leandro Cufré 9 May 1978 (aged 28) 2 Roma 18 MF Maxi Rodríguez 2 January 1981 (aged 25) 13 Atlético Madrid 19 FW Lionel Messi 24 June 1987 (aged 18) 7 Barcelona 20 FW Julio Cruz 10 October 1974 (aged 31) 15 Internazionale 21 DF Nicolás Burdisso 12 April 1981 (aged 25) 8 Internazionale 22 MF Lucho González 19 January 1981 (aged 25) 27 Porto 23 GK Oscar Ustari 3 July 1986 (aged 19) 0 Independiente

[edit] Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)

Head coach: Henri Michel

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Jean-Jacques Tizié 7 September 1972 (aged 33) 24 Espérance 2 MF Kanga Akalé 7 March 1981 (aged 25) 22 Auxerre 3 DF Arthur Boka 2 April 1983 (aged 23) 23 Strasbourg 4 DF Kolo Touré 19 March 1981 (aged 25) 42 Arsenal 5 MF Didier Zokora 14 December 1980 (aged 25) 38 Saint-Étienne 6 DF Blaise Kouassi 2 February 1974 (aged 32) 36 Troyes 7 MF Emerse Faé 24 January 1984 (aged 22) 14 Nantes 8 MF Bonaventure Kalou 12 January 1978 (aged 28) 49 Paris Saint-Germain 9 FW Arouna Koné 11 November 1983 (aged 22) 17 PSV 10 MF Gilles Yapi Yapo 13 January 1982 (aged 24) 26 Young Boys 11 FW Didier Drogba (c) 11 March 1978 (aged 28) 32 Chelsea 12 DF Abdoulaye Méïté 6 October 1980 (aged 25) 18 Marseille 13 DF Marco Zoro 27 December 1983 (aged 22) 13 Messina 14 FW Bakari Koné 17 September 1981 (aged 24) 16 Nice 15 FW Aruna Dindane 26 November 1980 (aged 25) 34 Lens 16 GK Gérard Gnanhouan 12 December 1979 (aged 26) 6 Montpellier 17 DF Cyril Domoraud 22 July 1971 (aged 34) 50 Créteil 18 MF Abdul Kader Keïta 6 August 1981 (aged 24) 26 Lille 19 MF Yaya Touré 13 March 1983 (aged 23) 14 Olympiacos 20 MF Guy Demel 13 June 1981 (aged 24) 7 Hamburg 21 DF Emmanuel Eboué 4 June 1983 (aged 23) 11 Arsenal 22 MF Koffi Ndri Romaric 4 June 1983 (aged 23) 8 Le Mans 23 GK Boubacar Barry 20 December 1979 (aged 26) 6 Beveren

[edit] Netherlands

Head coach: Marco van Basten

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Edwin van der Sar (c) 29 October 1970 (aged 35) 109 Manchester United 2 DF Kew Jaliens 15 September 1978 (aged 27) 1 AZ 3 DF Khalid Boulahrouz 28 December 1981 (aged 24) 11 Hamburg 4 DF Joris Mathijsen 5 April 1980 (aged 26) 8 AZ 5 DF Giovanni van Bronckhorst 5 February 1975 (aged 31) 57 Barcelona 6 MF Denny Landzaat 6 May 1976 (aged 30) 23 AZ 7 FW Dirk Kuyt 22 July 1980 (aged 25) 19 Feyenoord 8 MF Phillip Cocu 29 October 1970 (aged 35) 97 PSV 9 FW Ruud van Nistelrooy 1 July 1976 (aged 29) 51 Manchester United 10 MF Rafael van der Vaart 11 February 1983 (aged 23) 35 Hamburg 11 MF Arjen Robben 23 January 1984 (aged 22) 20 Chelsea 12 DF Jan Kromkamp 17 August 1980 (aged 25) 11 Liverpool 13 DF André Ooijer 11 July 1974 (aged 31) 19 PSV 14 DF John Heitinga 15 November 1983 (aged 22) 18 Ajax 15 DF Tim de Cler 8 November 1978 (aged 27) 3 AZ 16 MF Hedwiges Maduro 13 February 1985 (aged 21) 11 Ajax 17 FW Robin van Persie 6 August 1983 (aged 22) 10 Arsenal 18 MF Mark van Bommel 22 April 1977 (aged 29) 37 Barcelona 19 FW Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink 7 November 1978 (aged 27) 7 PSV 20 MF Wesley Sneijder 9 June 1984 (aged 22) 23 Ajax 21 FW Ryan Babel 19 December 1986 (aged 19) 6 Ajax 22 GK Henk Timmer 3 December 1971 (aged 34) 2 AZ 23 GK Maarten Stekelenburg 22 September 1982 (aged 23) 2 Ajax

[edit] Serbia and Montenegro

Head coach: Ilija Petković

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Dragoslav Jevrić 8 July 1974 (aged 31) 40 Ankaraspor 2 MF Ivan Ergić 21 January 1981 (aged 25) 1 Basel 3 DF Ivica Dragutinović 13 November 1975 (aged 30) 26 Sevilla 4 MF Igor Duljaj 29 October 1979 (aged 26) 37 Shakhtar Donetsk 5 DF Nemanja Vidić 21 October 1981 (aged 24) 20 Manchester United 6 DF Goran Gavrančić 2 August 1978 (aged 27) 25 Dynamo Kyiv 7 MF Ognjen Koroman 19 September 1978 (aged 27) 25 Portsmouth 8 FW Mateja Kežman 12 April 1979 (aged 27) 47 Atlético Madrid 9 FW Savo Milošević (c) 2 September 1973 (aged 32) 98 Osasuna 10 MF Dejan Stanković 11 September 1978 (aged 27) 58 Internazionale 11 MF Predrag Đorđević 4 August 1972 (aged 33) 34 Olympiacos 12 GK Oliver Kovačević 29 December 1974 (aged 31) 3 CSKA Sofia 13 DF Dušan Basta 18 August 1984 (aged 21) 2 Red Star Belgrade 14 DF Nenad Đorđević 7 August 1979 (aged 26) 15 Partizan 15 DF Milan Dudić 1 November 1979 (aged 26) 11 Red Star Belgrade 16 DF Dušan Petković[26][27] 13 June 1974 (aged 31) 12 OFK Beograd 17 MF Albert Nađ 29 October 1974 (aged 31) 42 Partizan 18 MF Zvonimir Vukić 19 July 1979 (aged 26) 25 Shakhtar Donetsk [28] 19 FW Nikola Žigić 25 September 1980 (aged 25) 11 Red Star Belgrade 20 DF Mladen Krstajić 4 March 1974 (aged 32) 45 Schalke 04 21 FW Danijel Ljuboja 4 September 1978 (aged 27) 15 Paris Saint-Germain [29] 22 MF Saša Ilić 30 December 1977 (aged 28) 32 Galatasaray 23 GK Vladimir Stojković 28 July 1983 (aged 22) 0 Red Star Belgrade[30]

[edit] Group D

[edit] Angola

Head coach: Luís Oliveira Gonçalves

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK João Ricardo 7 January 1970 (aged 36) 26 Moreirense [31] 2 DF Marco Airosa 6 August 1984 (aged 21) 2 Barreirense 3 DF Jamba 10 July 1977 (aged 28) 35 Aviação 4 DF Lebo Lebo 29 May 1977 (aged 29) 15 Petro Atletico 5 DF Kali 11 October 1978 (aged 27) 21 Berreirense 6 MF Miloy 27 May 1981 (aged 25) 11 InterClube 7 MF Figueiredo 28 November 1972 (aged 33) 22 Varzim 8 MF André 14 May 1978 (aged 28) 33 Al-Salmiya 9 FW Mantorras 18 March 1982 (aged 24) 11 Benfica 10 FW Akwá (c) 30 May 1977 (aged 29) 77 Al-Wakra [32] 11 FW Mateus 19 June 1984 (aged 21) 4 Gil Vicente 12 GK Lamá 1 February 1981 (aged 25) 9 Petro Atletico 13 MF Édson 3 February 1980 (aged 26) 7 Paços de Ferreira 14 MF Mendonça 9 October 1982 (aged 23) 34 Varzim 15 DF Rui Marques 3 September 1977 (aged 28) 1 Leeds United [33] 16 FW Flávio 20 December 1979 (aged 26) 46 Al-Ahly 17 MF Zé Kalanga 12 October 1983 (aged 22) 23 Petro Atletico 18 FW Love 14 March 1979 (aged 27) 35 Aviação 19 FW Titi Buengo 11 February 1980 (aged 26) 2 Clermont Foot 20 DF Locó 25 December 1984 (aged 21) 11 Primeiro Agosto 21 DF Delgado 1 November 1972 (aged 33) 17 Petro Atletico 22 GK Mário 1 June 1985 (aged 21) 1 InterClube 23 DF Marco Abreu 8 December 1974 (aged 31) 3 Portimonense

[edit] Iran

Head coach: Branko Ivanković

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Ebrahim Mirzapour 16 September 1978 (aged 27) 64 Foolad 2 MF Mehdi Mahdavikia 24 July 1977 (aged 28) 89 Hamburg 3 DF Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh 11 September 1972 (aged 33) 31 Saba Battery 4 DF Yahya Golmohammadi 16 March 1971 (aged 35) 69 Saba Battery 5 DF Rahman Rezaei 20 February 1975 (aged 31) 43 Messina 6 MF Javad Nekounam 7 September 1980 (aged 25) 71 Al-Sharjah [34] 7 MF Ferydoon Zandi 26 April 1979 (aged 27) 10 Kaiserslautern 8 MF Ali Karimi 8 November 1978 (aged 27) 90 Bayern Munich 9 FW Vahid Hashemian 21 July 1976 (aged 29) 28 Hannover 96 10 FW Ali Daei (c) 21 March 1969 (aged 37) 147 Saba Battery 11 FW Rasoul Khatibi 22 September 1978 (aged 27) 12 Sepahan 12 GK Hassan Roudbarian 6 July 1978 (aged 27) 3 Pas 13 DF Hossein Kaebi 23 September 1985 (aged 20) 44 Foolad 14 MF Andranik Teymourian 6 March 1983 (aged 23) 7 Abu Moslem 15 FW Arash Borhani 14 September 1983 (aged 22) 20 Pas 16 FW Reza Enayati 23 September 1976 (aged 29) 15 Esteghlal 17 FW Javad Kazemian 23 April 1981 (aged 25) 25 Persepolis 18 MF Moharram Navidkia 1 November 1982 (aged 23) 24 Bochum 19 DF Amir Hossein Sadeghi 6 September 1981 (aged 24) 1 Esteghlal 20 DF Mohammad Nosrati 10 January 1982 (aged 24) 44 Pas 21 MF Mehrzad Madanchi 10 January 1985 (aged 21) 6 Persepolis 22 GK Vahid Talebloo 26 May 1982 (aged 24) 1 Esteghlal 23 MF Masoud Shojaei 9 June 1984 (aged 22) 3 Saipa

[edit] Mexico

Head coach: Ricardo Lavolpe

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Oswaldo Sánchez 21 September 1973 (aged 32) 70 Guadalajara 2 DF Claudio Suárez 17 December 1968 (aged 37) 178 Chivas USA 3 DF Carlos Salcido 2 April 1980 (aged 26) 32 Guadalajara [35] 4 DF Rafael Márquez (c) 13 February 1979 (aged 27) 65 Barcelona 5 DF Ricardo Osorio 30 March 1980 (aged 26) 39 Cruz Azul [36] 6 MF Gerardo Torrado 30 April 1979 (aged 27) 56 Cruz Azul 7 MF Sinha 23 May 1976 (aged 30) 32 Toluca 8 MF Pável Pardo 26 July 1976 (aged 29) 125 América [37] 9 FW Jared Borgetti 14 August 1973 (aged 32) 75 Bolton Wanderers [38] 10 FW Guillermo Franco 3 November 1976 (aged 29) 7 Villarreal 11 MF Ramón Morales 10 October 1975 (aged 30) 46 Guadalajara 12 GK José de Jesús Corona 26 January 1981 (aged 25) 6 U.A.G. 13 GK Guillermo Ochoa 13 July 1985 (aged 20) 1 América 14 DF Gonzalo Pineda 19 October 1982 (aged 23) 30 Guadalajara 15 DF José Antonio Castro 11 August 1980 (aged 25) 12 América 16 DF Mario Méndez 1 June 1979 (aged 27) 32 Monterrey 17 FW Francisco Fonseca 2 October 1979 (aged 26) 29 Cruz Azul [39] 18 MF Andrés Guardado 28 September 1986 (aged 19) 7 Atlas 19 FW Omar Bravo 4 March 1980 (aged 26) 33 Guadalajara 20 MF Rafael García 14 August 1974 (aged 31) 52 Atlas 21 MF Jesús Arellano 8 May 1973 (aged 33) 69 Monterrey 22 DF Francisco Javier Rodríguez 20 October 1981 (aged 24) 32 Guadalajara 23 MF Luis Ernesto Pérez 12 January 1981 (aged 25) 52 Monterrey

[edit] Portugal

Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Ricardo 11 February 1976 (aged 30) 49 Sporting CP 2 DF Paulo Ferreira 18 January 1979 (aged 27) 30 Chelsea 3 DF Marco Caneira 9 February 1979 (aged 27) 14 Valencia [40] 4 DF Ricardo Costa 16 May 1981 (aged 25) 3 Porto 5 DF Fernando Meira 5 June 1978 (aged 28) 30 Stuttgart 6 MF Costinha 1 December 1974 (aged 31) 44 Dynamo Moscow [41] 7 MF Luís Figo (c) 4 November 1972 (aged 33) 120 Internazionale 8 MF Petit 25 September 1976 (aged 29) 36 Benfica 9 FW Pauleta 28 April 1973 (aged 33) 82 Paris Saint-Germain 10 MF Hugo Viana 15 January 1983 (aged 23) 21 Valencia 11 MF Simão 31 October 1979 (aged 26) 43 Benfica 12 GK Quim 13 November 1975 (aged 30) 24 Benfica 13 DF Miguel 4 January 1980 (aged 26) 28 Valencia 14 DF Nuno Valente 12 September 1974 (aged 31) 23 Everton 15 FW Luís Boa Morte 4 August 1977 (aged 28) 24 Fulham 16 DF Ricardo Carvalho 18 May 1978 (aged 28) 24 Chelsea 17 MF Cristiano Ronaldo 5 February 1985 (aged 21) 32 Manchester United 18 MF Maniche 11 November 1977 (aged 28) 31 Dynamo Moscow [42] 19 MF Tiago 3 May 1981 (aged 25) 22 Lyon 20 MF Deco 27 August 1977 (aged 28) 35 Barcelona 21 FW Nuno Gomes 5 July 1976 (aged 29) 53 Benfica 22 GK Paulo Santos 11 December 1972 (aged 33) 1 Braga 23 FW Hélder Postiga 2 August 1982 (aged 23) 24 Porto [43]

[edit] Group E

[edit] Czech Republic

Head coach: Karel Brückner

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Petr Čech 20 May 1982 (aged 24) 41 Chelsea 2 DF Zdeněk Grygera 14 May 1980 (aged 26) 41 Ajax 3 DF Pavel Mareš 18 January 1976 (aged 30) 10 Zenit St. Petersburg 4 MF Tomáš Galásek(c) 15 January 1973 (aged 33) 49 Ajax [44] 5 DF Radoslav Kováč 11 November 1979 (aged 26) 6 Spartak Moscow 6 DF Marek Jankulovski 9 May 1977 (aged 29) 48 Milan 7 MF Libor Sionko 1 February 1977 (aged 29) 17 Austria Wien [45] 8 MF Karel Poborský 30 March 1972 (aged 34) 115 Dynamo České Budějovice 9 FW Jan Koller 30 March 1973 (aged 33) 68 Borussia Dortmund [46] 10 MF Tomáš Rosický 4 October 1980 (aged 25) 54 Borussia Dortmund [47] 11 MF Pavel Nedvěd 30 August 1972 (aged 33) 87 Juventus 12 FW Vratislav Lokvenc 27 September 1973 (aged 32) 72 Red Bull Salzburg 13 DF Martin Jiránek 25 May 1979 (aged 27) 24 Spartak Moscow 14 MF David Jarolím 17 May 1979 (aged 27) 3 Hamburg 15 FW Milan Baroš 28 October 1981 (aged 24) 49 Aston Villa 16 GK Jaromír Blažek 29 December 1972 (aged 33) 11 Sparta Prague 17 FW Jiří Štajner 27 May 1976 (aged 30) 21 Hannover 96 18 FW Marek Heinz 4 August 1977 (aged 28) 28 Galatasaray 19 MF Jan Polák 14 March 1981 (aged 25) 18 Nuremberg 20 MF Jaroslav Plašil 5 January 1982 (aged 24) 14 Monaco 21 DF Tomáš Ujfaluši 24 March 1978 (aged 28) 48 Fiorentina 22 DF David Rozehnal 5 July 1980 (aged 25) 22 Paris Saint-Germain 23 GK Antonín Kinský 31 May 1975 (aged 31) 5 Saturn Ramenskoye

[edit] Ghana

Head coach: Ratomir Dujković

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Sammy Adjei 1 September 1980 (aged 25) 31 Ashdod 2 DF Hans Sarpei 28 June 1976 (aged 29) 7 Wolfsburg 3 FW Asamoah Gyan 22 November 1985 (aged 20) 13 Udinese [48] 4 DF Samuel Kuffour 3 September 1976 (aged 29) 58 Roma 5 DF John Mensah (vc) 29 November 1982 (aged 23) 33 Rennes 6 DF Emmanuel Pappoe 3 March 1981 (aged 25) 27 Hapoel Kfar Saba 7 DF Illiasu Shilla 26 October 1982 (aged 23) 2 Asante Kotoko 8 MF Michael Essien 3 December 1982 (aged 23) 17 Chelsea 9 MF Derek Boateng 2 May 1983 (aged 23) 11 AIK 10 MF Stephen Appiah (c) 24 December 1980 (aged 25) 42 Fenerbahçe 11 MF Sulley Muntari 27 August 1984 (aged 21) 16 Udinese 12 FW Alex Tachie-Mensah 15 February 1977 (aged 29) 5 St. Gallen 13 DF Habib Mohamed 10 December 1983 (aged 22) 1 King Faisal Babes 14 FW Matthew Amoah 24 October 1980 (aged 25) 16 Borussia Dortmund 15 DF John Paintsil 15 June 1981 (aged 24) 21 Hapoel Tel Aviv 16 GK George Owu 17 June 1982 (aged 23) 6 Ashanti Gold 17 DF Daniel Quaye 25 December 1980 (aged 25) 7 Hearts of Oak 18 MF Eric Addo 12 November 1978 (aged 27) 6 PSV 19 FW Razak Pimpong 30 December 1982 (aged 23) 4 Copenhagen 20 MF Otto Addo 9 June 1975 (aged 31) 13 Mainz 05 21 DF Issah Ahmed 24 May 1982 (aged 24) 10 Randers 22 GK Richard Kingson 13 July 1975 (aged 30) 33 Ankaraspor 23 MF Haminu Dramani 1 April 1986 (aged 20) 7 Red Star Belgrade [49]

[edit] Italy

Head coach: Marcello Lippi

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Gianluigi Buffon 28 January 1978 (aged 28) 60 Juventus 2 DF Cristian Zaccardo 21 December 1981 (aged 24) 12 Palermo 3 DF Fabio Grosso 28 November 1977 (aged 28) 17 Palermo [50] 4 MF Daniele De Rossi 24 July 1983 (aged 22) 17 Roma 5 DF Fabio Cannavaro (c) 13 September 1973 (aged 32) 93 Juventus 6 DF Andrea Barzagli 8 May 1981 (aged 25) 8 Palermo 7 FW Alessandro Del Piero 9 November 1974 (aged 31) 74 Juventus 8 MF Gennaro Gattuso 9 January 1978 (aged 28) 43 Milan 9 FW Luca Toni 26 May 1977 (aged 29) 18 Fiorentina 10 FW Francesco Totti 27 September 1976 (aged 29) 51 Roma 11 FW Alberto Gilardino 5 July 1982 (aged 23) 15 Milan 12 GK Angelo Peruzzi 16 February 1970 (aged 36) 31 Lazio 13 DF Alessandro Nesta 19 March 1976 (aged 30) 74 Milan 14 GK Marco Amelia 2 April 1982 (aged 24) 1 Livorno 15 FW Vincenzo Iaquinta 29 November 1979 (aged 26) 12 Udinese 16 MF Mauro Camoranesi 4 October 1976 (aged 29) 21 Juventus 17 MF Simone Barone 30 April 1978 (aged 28) 13 Palermo 18 FW Filippo Inzaghi 9 August 1973 (aged 32) 49 Milan 19 DF Gianluca Zambrotta 19 February 1977 (aged 29) 52 Juventus 20 MF Simone Perrotta 17 September 1977 (aged 28) 24 Roma 21 MF Andrea Pirlo 19 May 1979 (aged 27) 24 Milan 22 DF Massimo Oddo 14 June 1976 (aged 29) 20 Lazio 23 DF Marco Materazzi 19 August 1973 (aged 32) 28 Internazionale

[edit] United States

Head coach: Bruce Arena

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Tim Howard 6 March 1979(1979-03-06) (age 27) 16 Manchester United [51] 2 DF Chris Albright 14 January 1979(1979-01-14) (age 27) 20 LA Galaxy [52] 3 DF Carlos Bocanegra 25 May 1979(1979-05-25) (age 27) 40 Fulham 4 MF Pablo Mastroeni 26 August 1976(1976-08-26) (age 29) 48 Colorado Rapids 5 MF John O'Brien 29 August 1977(1977-08-29) (age 28) 31 Chivas USA 6 DF Steve Cherundolo 19 February 1979(1979-02-19) (age 27) 35 Hannover 96 7 MF Eddie Lewis 17 May 1974(1974-05-17) (age 32) 69 Leeds United 8 MF Clint Dempsey 9 March 1983(1983-03-09) (age 23) 21 New England Revolution 9 FW Eddie Johnson 31 March 1984(1984-03-31) (age 22) 18 Kansas City Wizards 10 MF Claudio Reyna (c) 20 July 1973(1973-07-20) (age 32) 109 Manchester City 11 FW Brian Ching 24 May 1978(1978-05-24) (age 28) 20 Houston Dynamo 12 DF Gregg Berhalter 1 August 1973(1973-08-01) (age 32) 44 Energie Cottbus [53] 13 DF Jimmy Conrad 12 February 1977(1977-02-12) (age 29) 15 Kansas City Wizards 14 MF Ben Olsen 3 May 1977(1977-05-03) (age 29) 34 D.C. United 15 MF Bobby Convey 27 May 1983(1983-05-27) (age 23) 39 Reading 16 FW Josh Wolff 25 February 1977(1977-02-25) (age 29) 47 Kansas City Wizards 17 MF DaMarcus Beasley 24 May 1982(1982-05-24) (age 24) 58 PSV 18 GK Kasey Keller 29 November 1969(1969-11-29) (age 36) 93 Borussia Mönchengladbach 19 GK Marcus Hahnemann 15 June 1972(1972-06-15) (age 33) 6 Reading 20 FW Brian McBride 19 June 1972(1972-06-19) (age 33) 92 Fulham 21 FW Landon Donovan 4 March 1982(1982-03-04) (age 24) 81 LA Galaxy 22 DF Oguchi Onyewu 13 May 1982(1982-05-13) (age 24) 14 Standard Liège 23 DF Eddie Pope 24 December 1973(1973-12-24) (age 32) 80 Real Salt Lake

[edit] Group F

[edit] Australia

Head coach: Guus Hiddink

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Mark Schwarzer 6 October 1972 (aged 33) 37 Middlesbrough 2 DF Lucas Neill 9 March 1978 (aged 28) 25 Blackburn Rovers 3 DF Craig Moore 12 December 1975 (aged 30) 33 Newcastle United 4 MF Tim Cahill 6 December 1979 (aged 26) 16 Everton 5 MF Jason Čulina 5 August 1980 (aged 25) 13 PSV 6 DF Tony Popovic 4 July 1973 (aged 32) 56 Crystal Palace [54] 7 MF Brett Emerton 22 February 1979 (aged 27) 48 Blackburn Rovers 8 MF Josip Skoko 10 December 1975 (aged 30) 46 Wigan Athletic [55] 9 FW Mark Viduka (c) 9 October 1975 (aged 30) 33 Middlesbrough 10 FW Harry Kewell 22 September 1978 (aged 27) 20 Liverpool 11 MF Stan Lazaridis 16 August 1972 (aged 33) 59 Birmingham [56] 12 GK Ante Čović 13 June 1975 (aged 30) 1 Hammarby 13 MF Vincenzo Grella 5 October 1979 (aged 26) 17 Parma 14 MF Scott Chipperfield 30 December 1975 (aged 30) 46 Basel 15 FW John Aloisi 5 February 1976 (aged 30) 41 Alavés 16 DF Michael Beauchamp 8 March 1981 (aged 25) 2 Central Coast Mariners [57] 17 FW Archie Thompson 23 October 1978 (aged 27) 20 Melbourne Victory [58] 18 GK Željko Kalac 16 December 1972 (aged 33) 52 Milan 19 FW Joshua Kennedy 20 August 1982 (aged 23) 1 Dynamo Dresden [59] 20 MF Luke Wilkshire 2 October 1981 (aged 24) 8 Bristol City 21 MF Mile Sterjovski 27 May 1979 (aged 27) 22 Basel 22 DF Mark Milligan 4 August 1985 (aged 20) 1 Sydney FC 23 MF Mark Bresciano 11 February 1980 (aged 26) 24 Parma

[edit] Brazil

Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Dida 7 October 1973 (aged 32) 86 Milan 2 DF Cafu (c) 7 June 1970 (aged 36) 138 Milan 3 DF Lúcio 8 May 1978 (aged 28) 50 Bayern Munich 4 DF Juan 1 February 1979 (aged 27) 38 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 5 MF Emerson 4 April 1976 (aged 30) 70 Juventus 6 DF Roberto Carlos 10 April 1973 (aged 33) 121 Real Madrid 7 FW Adriano 17 February 1982 (aged 24) 32 Internazionale 8 MF Kaká 22 April 1982 (aged 24) 38 Milan 9 FW Ronaldo 22 September 1976 (aged 29) 92 Real Madrid 10 MF Ronaldinho 21 March 1980 (aged 26) 63 Barcelona 11 MF Zé Roberto 6 July 1974 (aged 31) 79 Bayern Munich [60] 12 GK Rogério Ceni 22 January 1973 (aged 33) 15 São Paulo 13 DF Cicinho 24 June 1980 (aged 25) 10 Real Madrid 14 DF Luisão 13 February 1981 (aged 25) 19 Benfica 15 DF Cris 3 June 1977 (aged 29) 16 Lyon 16 DF Gilberto 25 April 1976 (aged 30) 9 Hertha Berlin 17 MF Gilberto Silva 7 October 1976 (aged 29) 36 Arsenal 18 MF Mineiro 2 August 1975 (aged 30) 2 São Paulo [61] 19 MF Juninho 30 January 1975 (aged 31) 37 Lyon 20 MF Ricardinho 23 May 1976 (aged 30) 19 Corinthians 21 FW Fred 3 October 1983 (aged 22) 3 Lyon 22 GK Júlio César 3 September 1979 (aged 26) 11 Internazionale 23 FW Robinho 25 January 1984 (aged 22) 23 Real Madrid

[edit] Croatia

Head coach: Zlatko Kranjčar

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Stipe Pletikosa 8 January 1979 (aged 27) 50 Shakhtar Donetsk [62] 2 MF Darijo Srna 1 May 1982 (aged 24) 36 Shakhtar Donetsk 3 DF Josip Šimunić 18 February 1978 (aged 28) 42 Hertha Berlin 4 DF Robert Kovač 6 April 1974 (aged 32) 56 Juventus 5 DF Igor Tudor 16 April 1978 (aged 28) 52 Juventus [63] 6 MF Jurica Vranješ 30 January 1980 (aged 26) 24 Werder Bremen 7 DF Dario Šimić 12 November 1975 (aged 30) 80 Milan 8 MF Marko Babić 28 January 1981 (aged 25) 33 Bayer Leverkusen 9 FW Dado Pršo 5 November 1974 (aged 31) 29 Rangers 10 MF Niko Kovač (c) 15 October 1971 (aged 34) 58 Hertha Berlin[64] 11 DF Mario Tokić 23 June 1975 (aged 30) 28 Austria Wien 12 GK Joey Didulica 14 October 1977 (aged 28) 4 Austria Wien 13 DF Stjepan Tomas 6 March 1976 (aged 30) 48 Galatasaray 14 MF Luka Modrić 9 September 1985 (aged 20) 5 Dinamo Zagreb 15 MF Ivan Leko 7 February 1978 (aged 28) 13 Club Brugge 16 MF Jerko Leko 9 April 1980 (aged 26) 36 Dynamo Kyiv[65] 17 FW Ivan Klasnić 29 January 1980 (aged 26) 20 Werder Bremen 18 FW Ivica Olić 14 September 1979 (aged 26) 36 CSKA Moscow 19 MF Niko Kranjčar 13 August 1984 (aged 21) 21 Hajduk Split 20 MF Anthony Šerić 15 January 1979 (aged 27) 14 Panathinaikos 21 FW Boško Balaban 15 October 1978 (aged 27) 27 Club Brugge 22 FW Ivan Bošnjak 6 February 1979 (aged 27) 13 Dinamo Zagreb[66] 23 GK Tomislav Butina 30 March 1974 (aged 32) 28 Club Brugge

[edit] Japan

Head coach: Zico

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Seigo Narazaki 15 April 1976 (aged 30) 50 Nagoya Grampus Eight 2 DF Teruyuki Moniwa 8 September 1981 (aged 24) 8 FC Tokyo 3 DF Yūichi Komano 25 July 1981 (aged 24) 8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 4 MF Yasuhito Endo 28 January 1980 (aged 26) 40 Gamba Osaka 5 DF Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 7 February 1977 (aged 29) 69 Gamba Osaka 6 DF Kōji Nakata 9 July 1979 (aged 26) 55 Basel 7 MF Hidetoshi Nakata (c) 22 January 1977 (aged 29) 74 Fiorentina [67] 8 MF Mitsuo Ogasawara 5 April 1979 (aged 27) 51 Kashima Antlers 9 FW Naohiro Takahara 4 June 1979 (aged 27) 41 Hamburg [68] 10 MF Shunsuke Nakamura 24 June 1978 (aged 27) 60 Celtic 11 FW Seiichiro Maki 7 August 1980 (aged 25) 10 JEF United Ichihara Chiba 12 GK Yoichi Doi 25 July 1973 (aged 32) 4 FC Tokyo 13 FW Atsushi Yanagisawa 27 May 1977 (aged 29) 56 Kashima Antlers 14 DF Alessandro dos Santos 20 July 1977 (aged 28) 72 Urawa Red Diamonds 15 MF Takashi Fukunishi 1 September 1976 (aged 29) 62 Júbilo Iwata 16 FW Masashi Oguro 4 May 1980 (aged 26) 18 Grenoble Foot 17 MF Junichi Inamoto 18 September 1979 (aged 26) 63 West Bromwich Albion 18 MF Shinji Ono 27 September 1979 (aged 26) 54 Urawa Red Diamonds 19 DF Keisuke Tsuboi 16 September 1979 (aged 26) 33 Urawa Red Diamonds 20 FW Keiji Tamada 11 April 1980 (aged 26) 39 Nagoya Grampus Eight 21 DF Akira Kaji 13 January 1980 (aged 26) 43 Gamba Osaka 22 DF Yuji Nakazawa 25 February 1978 (aged 28) 50 Yokohama F. Marinos 23 GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 15 August 1975 (aged 30) 89 Júbilo Iwata

[edit] Group G

[edit] France

Head coach: Raymond Domenech

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Mickaël Landreau 14 May 1979 (aged 27) 3 Nantes [69] 2 DF Jean-Alain Boumsong 14 December 1979 (aged 26) 19 Newcastle United 3 DF Éric Abidal 11 July 1979 (aged 26) 8 Lyon 4 MF Patrick Vieira 23 June 1976 (aged 29) 87 Juventus 5 DF William Gallas 17 August 1977 (aged 28) 40 Chelsea 6 MF Claude Makélélé 18 February 1973 (aged 33) 43 Chelsea 7 MF Florent Malouda 13 June 1980 (aged 25) 13 Lyon 8 MF Vikash Dhorasoo 10 October 1973 (aged 32) 16 Paris Saint-Germain 9 FW Sidney Govou 27 July 1979 (aged 26) 19 Lyon[70] 10 MF Zinédine Zidane (c) 23 June 1972 (aged 33) 102 Real Madrid[71] 11 FW Sylvain Wiltord 10 May 1974 (aged 32) 80 Lyon 12 FW Thierry Henry 17 August 1977 (aged 28) 78 Arsenal 13 DF Mikaël Silvestre 9 August 1977 (aged 28) 39 Manchester United 14 FW Louis Saha 8 August 1978 (aged 27) 9 Manchester United 15 DF Lilian Thuram 1 January 1972 (aged 34) 114 Juventus 16 GK Fabien Barthez 28 June 1971 (aged 34) 80 Marseille [72] 17 DF Gaël Givet 9 October 1981 (aged 24) 11 Monaco 18 MF Alou Diarra 15 July 1981 (aged 24) 9 Lens 19 DF Willy Sagnol 18 March 1977 (aged 29) 38 Bayern Munich 20 FW David Trezeguet 15 October 1977 (aged 28) 63 Juventus 21 DF Pascal Chimbonda 21 February 1979 (aged 27) 1 Wigan Athletic 22 MF Franck Ribéry 1 April 1983 (aged 23) 3 Marseille 23 GK Grégory Coupet 31 December 1972 (aged 33) 18 Lyon

[edit] Korea Republic

Head coach: Dick Advocaat

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Lee Woon-Jae (c) 26 April 1973 (aged 33) 97 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2 DF Kim Young-Chul 30 June 1976 (aged 29) 12 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3 DF Kim Dong-Jin 29 January 1982 (aged 24) 34 FC Seoul 4 DF Choi Jin-Cheul 26 March 1971 (aged 35) 62 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 5 MF Kim Nam-Il 14 March 1977 (aged 29) 66 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 6 DF Kim Jin-Kyu 16 February 1985 (aged 21) 23 Júbilo Iwata 7 MF Park Ji-Sung 25 February 1981 (aged 25) 60 Manchester United 8 MF Kim Do-Heon 14 July 1982 (aged 23) 32 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 9 FW Ahn Jung-Hwan 27 January 1976 (aged 30) 61 MSV Duisburg 10 FW Park Chu-Young 10 July 1985 (aged 20) 18 FC Seoul 11 FW Seol Ki-Hyeon 8 January 1979 (aged 27) 67 Wolverhampton Wanderers 12 DF Lee Young-Pyo 23 April 1977 (aged 29) 85 Tottenham Hotspur 13 MF Lee Eul-Yong 23 April 1977 (aged 29) 47 Trabzonspor 14 FW Lee Chun-Soo 9 July 1981 (aged 24) 62 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 15 MF Baek Ji-Hoon 28 February 1985 (aged 21) 12 FC Seoul 16 FW Chung Kyung-Ho 22 May 1980 (aged 26) 40 Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix 17 MF Lee Ho 22 December 1984 (aged 21) 11 Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i 18 MF Kim Sang-Sik 17 December 1976 (aged 29) 42 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 19 FW Cho Jae-Jin 9 July 1981 (aged 24) 21 Shimizu S-Pulse 20 GK Kim Yong-Dae 11 October 1979 (aged 26) 15 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 21 GK Kim Young-Kwang 28 June 1983 (aged 22) 6 Chunnam Dragons 22 DF Song Chong-Gug 20 February 1979 (aged 27) 51 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 23 DF Cho Won-Hee 17 April 1983 (aged 23) 13 Suwon Samsung Bluewings

[edit] Switzerland

Head coach: Köbi Kuhn

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Pascal Zuberbühler 8 January 1971 (aged 35) 40 Basel 2 DF Johan Djourou 18 January 1987 (aged 19) 2 Arsenal 3 DF Ludovic Magnin 20 April 1979 (aged 27) 30 Stuttgart 4 DF Philippe Senderos 14 February 1985 (aged 21) 12 Arsenal 5 MF Xavier Margairaz 17 January 1984 (aged 22) 3 Zürich 6 MF Johann Vogel (c) 8 March 1977 (aged 29) 85 Milan 7 MF Ricardo Cabanas 17 January 1979 (aged 27) 37 Köln 8 MF Raphaël Wicky 26 April 1977 (aged 29) 67 Hamburg 9 FW Alexander Frei 15 July 1979 (aged 26) 45 Rennes [73] 10 MF Daniel Gygax 28 August 1981 (aged 24) 22 Lille 11 FW Marco Streller 18 June 1981 (aged 24) 10 Köln 12 GK Diego Benaglio 8 July 1983 (aged 22) 1 Nacional 13 DF Stéphane Grichting 30 March 1979 (aged 27) 6 Auxerre 14 MF David Degen 15 February 1983 (aged 23) 3 Basel [74] 15 MF Blerim Džemaili 12 April 1986 (aged 20) 3 Zürich 16 MF Tranquillo Barnetta 22 May 1985 (aged 21) 13 Bayer Leverkusen 17 DF Christoph Spycher 30 March 1978 (aged 28) 21 Eintracht Frankfurt 18 FW Mauro Lustrinelli 26 February 1976 (aged 30) 5 Sparta Prague 19 MF Valon Behrami 19 April 1985 (aged 21) 6 Lazio 20 DF Patrick Müller 17 December 1976 (aged 29) 64 Lyon 21 GK Fabio Coltorti 3 December 1980 (aged 25) 2 Grasshopper 22 MF Hakan Yakın 22 February 1977 (aged 29) 46 Young Boys [75] 23 DF Philipp Degen 15 February 1983 (aged 23) 15 Borussia Dortmund

[edit] Togo

Head coach: Otto Pfister^[76]

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Ouro-Nimini Tchagnirou 31 December 1977 (aged 28) 9 Djoliba 2 DF Daré Nibombé 16 June 1980 (aged 25) 16 Mons 3 DF Jean-Paul Abalo (c) 26 June 1975 (aged 30) 65 APOEL 4 FW Emmanuel Adebayor 16 February 1984 (aged 22) 29 Arsenal 5 DF Massamasso Tchangai 8 August 1978 (aged 27) 34 Benevento 6 MF Yao Aziawonou 30 November 1979 (aged 26) 32 Young Boys 7 FW Moustapha Salifou 1 June 1983 (aged 23) 34 Brest 8 MF Kuami Agboh 28 December 1977 (aged 28) 4 Beveren 9 MF Thomas Dossevi 6 March 1979 (aged 27) 10 Valenciennes 10 MF Mamam Cherif Touré 13 January 1981 (aged 25) 39 Metz 11 FW Robert Malm 21 August 1973 (aged 32) 1 Brest 12 DF Éric Akoto 20 July 1980 (aged 25) 32 Admira Wacker[77] 13 FW Richmond Forson 23 May 1980 (aged 26) 8 Poiré 14 MF Adékambi Olufadé 7 January 1980 (aged 26) 24 Al-Siliyah 15 MF Alaixys Romao 18 January 1984 (aged 22) 11 Louhans-Cuiseaux 16 GK Kossi Agassa 2 July 1978 (aged 27) 49 Metz 17 FW Mohamed Kader 8 April 1979 (aged 27) 46 Guingamp 18 MF Yao Junior Sènaya 19 April 1984 (aged 22) 16 YF Juventus 19 DF Ludovic Assemoassa 18 September 1980 (aged 25) 5 Ciudad de Murcia 20 DF Affo Erassa 19 February 1983 (aged 23) 6 Moulins 21 MF Franck Atsou 1 August 1978 (aged 27) 13 Al-Hilal [78] 22 GK Kodjovi Obilale 8 October 1984 (aged 21) 0 Etoile Filante 23 DF Assimiou Touré 1 January 1988 (aged 18) 1 Bayer Leverkusen

[edit] Group H

[edit] Saudi Arabia

Head coach: Marcos Paquetá

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Mohamed Al-Deayea 2 August 1972 (aged 33) 181 Al-Hilal 2 DF Ahmed Dokhi Al-Dosari 25 October 1976 (aged 29) 68 Al-Ittihad 3 DF Redha Tukar 29 November 1975 (aged 30) 37 Al-Ittihad 4 DF Hamad Al-Montashari 22 June 1982 (aged 23) 32 Al-Ittihad 5 DF Naif Al-Qadi 3 April 1979 (aged 27) 28 Al-Ahli 6 MF Omar Al-Ghamdi 11 April 1979 (aged 27) 38 Al-Hilal 7 MF Mohammed Ameen 29 April 1980 (aged 26) 16 Al-Ittihad 8 MF Mohammed Noor 26 February 1978 (aged 28) 63 Al-Ittihad 9 FW Sami Al-Jaber (c) 11 December 1972 (aged 33) 160 Al-Hilal 10 MF Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 8 December 1980 (aged 25) 48 Al-Hilal 11 FW Saad Al-Harthi 3 February 1984 (aged 22) 15 Al-Nasr 12 DF Abdulaziz Khathran 31 July 1973 (aged 32) 19 Al-Hilal 13 DF Hussein Sulaimani 21 January 1977 (aged 29) 97 Al-Ahli 14 MF Saud Khariri 8 July 1980 (aged 25) 34 Al-Ittihad 15 DF Ahmed Al-Bahri 18 September 1980 (aged 25) 11 Al-Ittifaq 16 MF Khaled Aziz 14 July 1981 (aged 24) 14 Al-Hilal 17 DF Mohammad Al-Bishi 3 May 1987 (aged 19) 0 Al-Ahli 18 MF Nawaf Al-Temyat 28 June 1976 (aged 29) 56 Al-Hilal 19 DF Mohammad Massad 17 February 1983 (aged 23) 5 Al-Ahli 20 FW Yasser Al-Qahtani 10 October 1982 (aged 23) 45 Al-Hilal 21 GK Mabrouk Zaid 11 February 1979 (aged 27) 33 Al-Ittihad 22 GK Mohammad Khouja 15 March 1982 (aged 24) 8 Al-Shabab 23 FW Malek Mouath 10 August 1981 (aged 24) 5 Al-Ahli

[edit] Spain

Head coach: Luis Aragonés

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Iker Casillas 20 May 1981 (aged 25) 58 Real Madrid 2 DF Míchel Salgado 22 October 1975 (aged 30) 50 Real Madrid 3 DF Mariano Pernía 4 May 1977 (aged 29) 1 Getafe [79] 4 DF Carlos Marchena 31 July 1979 (aged 26) 27 Valencia 5 DF Carles Puyol 13 April 1978 (aged 28) 47 Barcelona 6 MF David Albelda 1 September 1977 (aged 28) 33 Valencia 7 FW Raúl (c) 27 June 1977 (aged 28) 95 Real Madrid 8 MF Xavi 25 January 1980 (aged 26) 36