2006 FIFA World Cup squads

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 prior to the tournament are indicated by footnotes.

Group A

Costa Rica

Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Álvaro Mesén	(1972-12-24)24 December 1972 (aged 33)	38	Herediano
2	2DF	Jervis Drummond	(1976-09-08)8 September 1976 (aged 29)	56	Saprissa
3	2DF	Luis Marín (c)	(1974-08-10)10 August 1974 (aged 31)	120	Alajuelense
4	2DF	Michael Umaña	(1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 23)	18	Brujas
5	2DF	Gilberto Martínez	(1979-10-01)1 October 1979 (aged 26)	57	Brescia
6	3MF	Danny Fonseca	(1979-11-07)7 November 1979 (aged 26)	22	Cartaginés
7	3MF	Christian Bolaños	(1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 22)	16	Saprissa
8	2DF	Mauricio Solís	(1972-12-13)13 December 1972 (aged 33)	107	Comunicaciones
9	4FW	Paulo Wanchope	(1976-07-31)31 July 1976 (aged 29)	69	Herediano
10	3MF	Walter Centeno	(1974-10-06)6 October 1974 (aged 31)	93	Saprissa
11	4FW	Rónald Gómez	(1975-01-24)24 January 1975 (aged 31)	80	Saprissa
12	2DF	Leonardo González	(1980-11-21)21 November 1980 (aged 25)	36	Herediano
13	4FW	Kurt Bernard	(1977-08-08)8 August 1977 (aged 28)	3	Puntarenas
14	3MF	Randall Azofeifa	(1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 21)	5	Saprissa
15	2DF	Harold Wallace	(1975-09-07)7 September 1975 (aged 30)	78	Alajuelense
16	3MF	Carlos Hernández	(1982-04-09)9 April 1982 (aged 24)	17	Alajuelense
17	2DF	Gabriel Badilla	(1984-06-30)30 June 1984 (aged 21)	7	Saprissa
18	1GK	José Francisco Porras	(1970-11-08)8 November 1970 (aged 35)	16	Saprissa
19	4FW	Álvaro Saborío	(1982-03-25)25 March 1982 (aged 24)	23	Saprissa
20	3MF	Douglas Sequeira	(1977-08-23)23 August 1977 (aged 28)	29	Real Salt Lake
21	4FW	Víctor Núñez	(1980-04-15)15 April 1980 (aged 26)	3	Cartaginés
22	2DF	Michael Rodríguez	(1981-12-30)30 December 1981 (aged 24)	3	Alajuelense
23	1GK	Wardy Alfaro	(1977-12-31)31 December 1977 (aged 28)	2	Alajuelense

Ecuador

Head coach: Luis Fernando Suárez

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Edwin Villafuerte	(1979-03-12)12 March 1979 (aged 27)	15	Deportivo Quito
2	2DF	Jorge Guagua	(1981-09-28)28 September 1981 (aged 24)	18	El Nacional
3	2DF	Iván Hurtado (c)	(1974-08-16)16 August 1974 (aged 31)	130	Al-Arabi
4	2DF	Ulises de la Cruz	(1974-02-08)8 February 1974 (aged 32)	84	Aston Villa
5	2DF	José Luis Perlaza	(1981-10-06)6 October 1981 (aged 24)	3	Olmedo
6	3MF	Patricio Urrutia	(1978-10-15)15 October 1978 (aged 27)	6	LDU Quito
7	3MF	Christian Lara	(1980-04-27)27 April 1980 (aged 26)	19	El Nacional
8	4FW	Edison Méndez	(1979-03-16)16 March 1979 (aged 27)	64	LDU Quito
9	4FW	Félix Borja	(1983-04-02)2 April 1983 (aged 23)	6	El Nacional[2]
10	4FW	Iván Kaviedes	(1977-10-24)24 October 1977 (aged 28)	44	Argentinos Juniors
11	4FW	Agustín Delgado	(1974-12-23)23 December 1974 (aged 31)	68	LDU Quito
12	1GK	Cristian Mora	(1979-08-26)26 August 1979 (aged 26)	8	LDU Quito
13	2DF	Paúl Ambrosi	(1980-10-14)14 October 1980 (aged 25)	24	LDU Quito
14	3MF	Segundo Castillo	(1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 24)	11	El Nacional[3]
15	3MF	Marlon Ayoví	(1971-09-27)27 September 1971 (aged 34)	74	Deportivo Quito
16	3MF	Antonio Valencia	(1985-08-04)4 August 1985 (aged 20)	17	Recreativo[4]
17	2DF	Giovanny Espinoza	(1977-04-12)12 April 1977 (aged 29)	56	LDU Quito
18	2DF	Néicer Reasco	(1977-07-23)23 July 1977 (aged 28)	31	LDU Quito[5]
19	3MF	Luis Saritama	(1983-10-20)20 October 1983 (aged 22)	15	Deportivo Quito
20	3MF	Edwin Tenorio	(1976-06-16)16 June 1976 (aged 29)	68	Barcelona SC
21	4FW	Carlos Tenorio	(1979-05-14)14 May 1979 (aged 27)	29	Al Sadd
22	1GK	Damián Lanza	(1982-04-10)10 April 1982 (aged 24)	5	Aucas
23	4FW	Christian Benítez	(1986-05-01)1 May 1986 (aged 20)	5	El Nacional

Germany

Head coach: Jürgen Klinsmann

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Jens Lehmann	(1969-11-10)10 November 1969 (aged 36)	32	Arsenal
2	2DF	Marcell Jansen	(1985-11-04)4 November 1985 (aged 20)	7	Borussia Mönchengladbach
3	2DF	Arne Friedrich	(1979-05-29)29 May 1979 (aged 27)	36	Hertha BSC
4	2DF	Robert Huth	(1984-08-18)18 August 1984 (aged 21)	16	Chelsea
5	3MF	Sebastian Kehl	(1980-02-13)13 February 1980 (aged 26)	27	Borussia Dortmund
6	2DF	Jens Nowotny	(1974-01-11)11 January 1974 (aged 32)	46	Bayer Leverkusen
7	3MF	Bastian Schweinsteiger	(1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 21)	28	Bayern Munich
8	3MF	Torsten Frings	(1976-11-22)22 November 1976 (aged 29)	52	Werder Bremen
9	4FW	Mike Hanke	(1983-11-05)5 November 1983 (aged 22)	6	VfL Wolfsburg
10	4FW	Oliver Neuville	(1973-05-01)1 May 1973 (aged 33)	55	Borussia Mönchengladbach
11	4FW	Miroslav Klose	(1978-06-09)9 June 1978 (aged 28)	55	Werder Bremen
12	1GK	Oliver Kahn	(1969-06-15)15 June 1969 (aged 36)	85	Bayern Munich
13	3MF	Michael Ballack (c)	(1976-09-26)26 September 1976 (aged 29)	65	Bayern Munich[6]
14	4FW	Gerald Asamoah	(1978-10-03)3 October 1978 (aged 27)	40	Schalke 04
15	3MF	Thomas Hitzlsperger	(1982-04-05)5 April 1982 (aged 24)	15	VfB Stuttgart
16	2DF	Philipp Lahm	(1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 22)	18	Bayern Munich
17	2DF	Per Mertesacker	(1984-09-29)29 September 1984 (aged 21)	23	Hannover 96
18	3MF	Tim Borowski	(1980-05-02)2 May 1980 (aged 26)	20	Werder Bremen
19	3MF	Bernd Schneider	(1973-11-17)17 November 1973 (aged 32)	64	Bayer Leverkusen
20	4FW	Lukas Podolski	(1985-06-04)4 June 1985 (aged 21)	25	1. FC Köln[7]
21	2DF	Christoph Metzelder	(1980-11-05)5 November 1980 (aged 25)	22	Borussia Dortmund
22	3MF	David Odonkor	(1984-02-21)21 February 1984 (aged 22)	1	Borussia Dortmund
23	1GK	Timo Hildebrand	(1979-04-05)5 April 1979 (aged 27)	3	VfB Stuttgart

Poland

Head coach: Paweł Janas

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Artur Boruc	(1980-02-20)20 February 1980 (aged 26)	17	Celtic
2	2DF	Mariusz Jop	(1978-08-03)3 August 1978 (aged 27)	12	FC Moscow
3	2DF	Seweryn Gancarczyk	(1981-11-22)22 November 1981 (aged 24)	2	Metalist Kharkiv
4	2DF	Marcin Baszczyński	(1977-06-07)7 June 1977 (aged 29)	32	Wisła Kraków
5	3MF	Kamil Kosowski	(1977-08-30)30 August 1977 (aged 28)	45	1. FC Kaiserslautern[8]
6	2DF	Jacek Bąk (c)	(1973-03-24)24 March 1973 (aged 33)	72	Al-Rayyan[9]
7	3MF	Radosław Sobolewski	(1976-12-13)13 December 1976 (aged 29)	19	Wisła Kraków
8	3MF	Jacek Krzynówek	(1976-05-15)15 May 1976 (aged 30)	58	Bayer Leverkusen[10]
9	4FW	Maciej Żurawski	(1976-09-12)12 September 1976 (aged 29)	50	Celtic
10	3MF	Mirosław Szymkowiak	(1976-11-12)12 November 1976 (aged 29)	29	Trabzonspor
11	4FW	Grzegorz Rasiak	(1979-01-12)12 January 1979 (aged 27)	30	Tottenham Hotspur[11]
12	1GK	Tomasz Kuszczak	(1982-03-23)23 March 1982 (aged 24)	4	West Bromwich Albion
13	3MF	Sebastian Mila	(1982-07-10)10 July 1982 (aged 23)	27	Austria Wien
14	2DF	Michał Żewłakow	(1976-04-22)22 April 1976 (aged 30)	56	Anderlecht[12]
15	4FW	Ebi Smolarek	(1981-01-09)9 January 1981 (aged 25)	13	Borussia Dortmund
16	3MF	Arkadiusz Radomski	(1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 28)	20	Austria Wien
17	3MF	Dariusz Dudka	(1983-12-09)9 December 1983 (aged 22)	7	Wisła Kraków
18	2DF	Mariusz Lewandowski	(1979-05-18)18 May 1979 (aged 27)	25	Shakhtar Donetsk
19	2DF	Bartosz Bosacki	(1975-12-20)20 December 1975 (aged 30)	11	Lech Poznań[13]
20	3MF	Piotr Giza	(1980-02-28)28 February 1980 (aged 26)	4	Cracovia
21	4FW	Ireneusz Jeleń	(1981-04-09)9 April 1981 (aged 25)	9	Wisła Płock
22	1GK	Łukasz Fabiański	(1985-04-18)18 April 1985 (aged 21)	2	Legia Warsaw
23	4FW	Paweł Brożek	(1983-04-21)21 April 1983 (aged 23)	4	Wisła Kraków

Group B

England

Head coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Paul Robinson	(1979-10-15)15 October 1979 (aged 26)	21	Tottenham Hotspur
2	2DF	Gary Neville	(1975-02-18)18 February 1975 (aged 31)	79	Manchester United
3	2DF	Ashley Cole	(1980-12-20)20 December 1980 (aged 25)	46	Arsenal
4	3MF	Steven Gerrard	(1980-05-30)30 May 1980 (aged 26)	42	Liverpool
5	2DF	Rio Ferdinand	(1978-11-07)7 November 1978 (aged 27)	47	Manchester United
6	2DF	John Terry	(1980-12-07)7 December 1980 (aged 25)	24	Chelsea
7	3MF	David Beckham (c)	(1975-05-02)2 May 1975 (aged 31)	89	Real Madrid
8	3MF	Frank Lampard	(1978-06-20)20 June 1978 (aged 27)	40	Chelsea
9	4FW	Wayne Rooney	(1985-10-24)24 October 1985 (aged 20)	29	Manchester United
10	4FW	Michael Owen	(1979-12-14)14 December 1979 (aged 26)	77	Newcastle United
11	3MF	Joe Cole	(1981-11-08)8 November 1981 (aged 24)	32	Chelsea
12	2DF	Sol Campbell	(1974-09-18)18 September 1974 (aged 31)	68	Arsenal
13	1GK	David James	(1970-08-01)1 August 1970 (aged 35)	34	Manchester City
14	2DF	Wayne Bridge	(1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 25)	23	Chelsea[14]
15	2DF	Jamie Carragher	(1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 28)	25	Liverpool
16	3MF	Owen Hargreaves	(1981-01-20)20 January 1981 (aged 25)	30	Bayern Munich
17	3MF	Jermaine Jenas	(1983-02-18)18 February 1983 (aged 23)	15	Tottenham Hotspur
18	3MF	Michael Carrick	(1981-07-28)28 July 1981 (aged 24)	6	Tottenham Hotspur
19	3MF	Aaron Lennon	(1987-04-16)16 April 1987 (aged 19)	1	Tottenham Hotspur
20	3MF	Stewart Downing	(1984-07-22)22 July 1984 (aged 21)	2	Middlesbrough
21	4FW	Peter Crouch	(1981-01-30)30 January 1981 (aged 25)	7	Liverpool
22	1GK	Scott Carson	(1985-09-03)3 September 1985 (aged 20)	0	Liverpool[15]
23	4FW	Theo Walcott	(1989-03-16)16 March 1989 (aged 17)	1	Arsenal

Paraguay

Head coach: Aníbal Ruiz

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Justo Villar	(1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 28)	39	Newell's Old Boys
2	2DF	Jorge Núñez	(1978-01-22)22 January 1978 (aged 28)	15	Estudiantes
3	2DF	Delio Toledo	(1976-10-02)2 October 1976 (aged 29)	30	Zaragoza
4	2DF	Carlos Gamarra (c)	(1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 35)	106	Palmeiras
5	2DF	Julio César Cáceres	(1979-10-05)5 October 1979 (aged 26)	32	River Plate
6	2DF	Carlos Bonet	(1977-10-02)2 October 1977 (aged 28)	29	Libertad
7	4FW	Salvador Cabañas	(1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 25)	15	Jaguares[16]
8	3MF	Édgar Barreto	(1984-07-15)15 July 1984 (aged 21)	15	NEC
9	4FW	Roque Santa Cruz	(1981-08-16)16 August 1981 (aged 24)	42	Bayern Munich
10	3MF	Roberto Acuña	(1972-03-25)25 March 1972 (aged 34)	93	Deportivo La Coruña
11	3MF	Diego Gavilán	(1980-03-01)1 March 1980 (aged 26)	39	Newell's Old Boys
12	1GK	Derlis Gómez	(1972-11-02)2 November 1972 (aged 33)	5	Sportivo Luqueño
13	3MF	Carlos Paredes	(1976-07-16)16 July 1976 (aged 29)	68	Reggina[17]
14	2DF	Paulo da Silva	(1980-02-01)1 February 1980 (aged 26)	33	Toluca
15	2DF	Julio César Manzur	(1981-01-22)22 January 1981 (aged 25)	13	Santos
16	3MF	Cristian Riveros	(1982-10-16)16 October 1982 (aged 23)	9	Libertad
17	3MF	José Montiel	(1988-03-19)19 March 1988 (aged 18)	6	Olimpia
18	4FW	Nelson Haedo Valdez	(1983-11-28)28 November 1983 (aged 22)	11	Werder Bremen[18]
19	3MF	Julio dos Santos	(1983-05-07)7 May 1983 (aged 23)	17	Bayern Munich
20	4FW	Dante López	(1983-08-16)16 August 1983 (aged 22)	7	Genoa
21	2DF	Denis Caniza	(1974-08-29)29 August 1974 (aged 31)	74	Cruz Azul[19]
22	1GK	Aldo Bobadilla	(1976-04-20)20 April 1976 (aged 30)	5	Libertad
23	4FW	Nelson Cuevas	(1980-01-10)10 January 1980 (aged 26)	35	Pachuca

Sweden

Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Andreas Isaksson	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 24)	39	Rennes
2	2DF	Mikael Nilsson	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 27)	27	Panathinaikos
3	2DF	Olof Mellberg (c)	(1977-09-03)3 September 1977 (aged 28)	64	Aston Villa
4	2DF	Teddy Lučić	(1973-04-15)15 April 1973 (aged 33)	81	Häcken
5	2DF	Erik Edman	(1978-11-11)11 November 1978 (aged 27)	37	Rennes
6	3MF	Tobias Linderoth	(1979-04-21)21 April 1979 (aged 27)	58	Copenhagen
7	3MF	Niclas Alexandersson	(1971-12-29)29 December 1971 (aged 34)	87	IFK Göteborg
8	3MF	Anders Svensson	(1976-07-17)17 July 1976 (aged 29)	66	Elfsborg
9	3MF	Freddie Ljungberg	(1977-04-16)16 April 1977 (aged 29)	57	Arsenal
10	4FW	Zlatan Ibrahimović	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 24)	38	Juventus
11	4FW	Henrik Larsson	(1971-09-20)20 September 1971 (aged 34)	89	Barcelona[20]
12	1GK	John Alvbåge	(1982-08-10)10 August 1982 (aged 23)	2	Viborg
13	2DF	Petter Hansson	(1976-12-14)14 December 1976 (aged 29)	13	Heerenveen
14	2DF	Fredrik Stenman	(1983-06-02)2 June 1983 (aged 23)	1	Bayer Leverkusen
15	2DF	Karl Svensson	(1984-03-21)21 March 1984 (aged 22)	1	IFK Göteborg[21]
16	3MF	Kim Källström	(1982-08-24)24 August 1982 (aged 23)	34	Rennes[22]
17	4FW	Johan Elmander	(1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 25)	18	Brøndby[23]
18	3MF	Mattias Jonson	(1974-01-16)16 January 1974 (aged 32)	53	Djurgården
19	3MF	Daniel Andersson	(1977-08-28)28 August 1977 (aged 28)	47	Malmö FF
20	4FW	Marcus Allbäck	(1973-07-05)5 July 1973 (aged 32)	56	Copenhagen
21	3MF	Christian Wilhelmsson	(1979-12-08)8 December 1979 (aged 26)	29	Anderlecht
22	4FW	Markus Rosenberg	(1982-09-27)27 September 1982 (aged 23)	8	Ajax
23	1GK	Rami Shaaban	(1975-06-30)30 June 1975 (aged 30)	1	Fredrikstad

Trinidad and Tobago

Head coach: Leo Beenhakker

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Shaka Hislop	(1969-02-22)22 February 1969 (aged 37)	24	West Ham United[24]
2	2DF	Ian Cox	(1971-03-25)25 March 1971 (aged 35)	16	Gillingham
3	2DF	Avery John	(1975-06-18)18 June 1975 (aged 30)	57	New England Revolution
4	2DF	Marvin Andrews	(1975-12-22)22 December 1975 (aged 30)	98	Rangers
5	2DF	Brent Sancho	(1977-03-13)13 March 1977 (aged 29)	40	Gillingham
6	2DF	Dennis Lawrence	(1974-08-01)1 August 1974 (aged 31)	63	Wrexham[25]
7	3MF	Chris Birchall	(1984-05-05)5 May 1984 (aged 22)	19	Port Vale
8	2DF	Cyd Gray	(1976-11-21)21 November 1976 (aged 29)	39	San Juan Jabloteh
9	3MF	Aurtis Whitley	(1977-05-01)1 May 1977 (aged 29)	24	San Juan Jabloteh
10	3MF	Russell Latapy	(1968-08-02)2 August 1968 (aged 37)	66	Falkirk
11	2DF	Carlos Edwards	(1978-10-24)24 October 1978 (aged 27)	51	Luton Town
12	4FW	Collin Samuel	(1981-08-27)27 August 1981 (aged 24)	18	Dundee United
13	4FW	Cornell Glen	(1980-10-21)21 October 1980 (aged 25)	35	LA Galaxy
14	4FW	Stern John	(1976-10-30)30 October 1976 (aged 29)	95	Coventry City
15	4FW	Kenwyne Jones	(1984-10-05)5 October 1984 (aged 21)	29	Southampton
16	3MF	Evans Wise	(1973-11-23)23 November 1973 (aged 32)	16	Waldhof Mannheim
17	2DF	David Atiba Charles	(1977-08-29)29 August 1977 (aged 28)	19	W Connection
18	3MF	Densill Theobald	(1982-06-27)27 June 1982 (aged 23)	38	Falkirk
19	4FW	Dwight Yorke (c)	(1971-11-03)3 November 1971 (aged 34)	54	Sydney FC
20	4FW	Jason Scotland	(1979-02-18)18 February 1979 (aged 27)	25	St. Johnstone
21	1GK	Kelvin Jack	(1976-04-29)29 April 1976 (aged 30)	32	Dundee
22	1GK	Clayton Ince	(1972-07-12)12 July 1972 (aged 33)	63	Coventry City
23	3MF	Anthony Wolfe	(1983-12-23)23 December 1983 (aged 22)	4	San Juan Jabloteh

Group C

Argentina

Head coach: José Pekerman

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Roberto Abbondanzieri	(1972-08-19)19 August 1972 (aged 33)	22	Boca Juniors[26]
2	2DF	Roberto Ayala	(1973-04-14)14 April 1973 (aged 33)	100	Valencia
3	2DF	Juan Pablo Sorín (c)	(1976-05-05)5 May 1976 (aged 30)	71	Villarreal
4	2DF	Fabricio Coloccini	(1982-01-22)22 January 1982 (aged 24)	23	Deportivo La Coruña
5	3MF	Esteban Cambiasso	(1980-08-18)18 August 1980 (aged 25)	22	Inter Milan
6	2DF	Gabriel Heinze	(1978-04-19)19 April 1978 (aged 28)	29	Manchester United
7	4FW	Javier Saviola	(1981-12-11)11 December 1981 (aged 24)	31	Barcelona[27]
8	3MF	Javier Mascherano	(1984-06-08)8 June 1984 (aged 22)	15	Corinthians
9	4FW	Hernán Crespo	(1975-07-05)5 July 1975 (aged 30)	55	Chelsea
10	3MF	Juan Román Riquelme	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 27)	31	Villarreal
11	4FW	Carlos Tevez	(1984-02-05)5 February 1984 (aged 22)	21	Corinthians
12	1GK	Leo Franco	(1977-05-29)29 May 1977 (aged 29)	3	Atlético Madrid
13	2DF	Lionel Scaloni	(1978-05-16)16 May 1978 (aged 28)	6	Deportivo La Coruña[28]
14	4FW	Rodrigo Palacio	(1982-02-05)5 February 1982 (aged 24)	2	Boca Juniors
15	2DF	Gabriel Milito	(1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 25)	15	Zaragoza
16	3MF	Pablo Aimar	(1979-11-03)3 November 1979 (aged 26)	40	Valencia
17	2DF	Leandro Cufré	(1978-05-09)9 May 1978 (aged 28)	2	Roma
18	3MF	Maxi Rodríguez	(1981-01-02)2 January 1981 (aged 25)	13	Atlético Madrid
19	4FW	Lionel Messi	(1987-06-24)24 June 1987 (aged 18)	7	Barcelona
20	4FW	Julio Cruz	(1974-10-10)10 October 1974 (aged 31)	15	Inter Milan
21	2DF	Nicolás Burdisso	(1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 25)	8	Inter Milan
22	3MF	Lucho González	(1981-01-19)19 January 1981 (aged 25)	27	Porto
23	1GK	Oscar Ustari	(1986-07-03)3 July 1986 (aged 19)	0	Independiente

Ivory Coast

Head coach: Henri Michel

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Jean-Jacques Tizié	(1972-09-07)7 September 1972 (aged 33)	24	Espérance de Tunis
2	3MF	Kanga Akalé	(1981-03-07)7 March 1981 (aged 25)	22	Auxerre
3	2DF	Arthur Boka	(1983-04-02)2 April 1983 (aged 23)	23	Strasbourg
4	2DF	Kolo Touré	(1981-03-19)19 March 1981 (aged 25)	42	Arsenal
5	3MF	Didier Zokora	(1980-12-14)14 December 1980 (aged 25)	38	Saint-Étienne
6	2DF	Blaise Kouassi	(1975-02-02)2 February 1975 (aged 31)	36	Troyes
7	3MF	Emerse Faé	(1984-01-24)24 January 1984 (aged 22)	14	Nantes
8	3MF	Bonaventure Kalou	(1978-01-12)12 January 1978 (aged 28)	49	Paris Saint-Germain
9	4FW	Arouna Koné	(1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 22)	17	PSV Eindhoven
10	3MF	Gilles Yapi Yapo	(1982-01-13)13 January 1982 (aged 24)	26	Young Boys
11	4FW	Didier Drogba (c)	(1978-03-11)11 March 1978 (aged 28)	32	Chelsea
12	2DF	Abdoulaye Méïté	(1980-10-06)6 October 1980 (aged 25)	18	Marseille
13	2DF	Marco Zoro	(1983-12-27)27 December 1983 (aged 22)	13	Messina
14	4FW	Bakari Koné	(1981-09-17)17 September 1981 (aged 24)	16	Nice
15	4FW	Aruna Dindane	(1980-11-26)26 November 1980 (aged 25)	34	Lens
16	1GK	Gérard Gnanhouan	(1979-02-12)12 February 1979 (aged 27)	6	Montpellier
17	2DF	Cyril Domoraud	(1971-07-22)22 July 1971 (aged 34)	50	Créteil
18	3MF	Abdul Kader Keïta	(1981-08-06)6 August 1981 (aged 24)	26	Lille
19	3MF	Yaya Touré	(1983-03-13)13 March 1983 (aged 23)	14	Olympiacos
20	2DF	Guy Demel	(1981-06-13)13 June 1981 (aged 24)	7	Hamburger SV
21	2DF	Emmanuel Eboué	(1983-06-04)4 June 1983 (aged 23)	11	Arsenal
22	3MF	Romaric	(1983-06-04)4 June 1983 (aged 23)	8	Le Mans
23	1GK	Boubacar Barry	(1979-12-30)30 December 1979 (aged 26)	6	Beveren

Netherlands

Head coach: Marco van Basten

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Edwin van der Sar (c)	(1970-10-29)29 October 1970 (aged 35)	109	Manchester United
2	2DF	Kew Jaliens	(1978-09-15)15 September 1978 (aged 27)	1	AZ
3	2DF	Khalid Boulahrouz	(1981-12-28)28 December 1981 (aged 24)	11	Hamburger SV
4	2DF	Joris Mathijsen	(1980-04-05)5 April 1980 (aged 26)	8	AZ
5	2DF	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	(1975-02-05)5 February 1975 (aged 31)	57	Barcelona
6	3MF	Denny Landzaat	(1976-05-06)6 May 1976 (aged 30)	23	AZ
7	4FW	Dirk Kuyt	(1980-07-22)22 July 1980 (aged 25)	19	Feyenoord
8	3MF	Phillip Cocu	(1970-10-29)29 October 1970 (aged 35)	97	PSV Eindhoven
9	4FW	Ruud van Nistelrooy	(1976-07-01)1 July 1976 (aged 29)	51	Manchester United
10	3MF	Rafael van der Vaart	(1983-02-11)11 February 1983 (aged 23)	35	Hamburger SV
11	3MF	Arjen Robben	(1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 22)	20	Chelsea
12	2DF	Jan Kromkamp	(1980-08-17)17 August 1980 (aged 25)	11	Liverpool
13	2DF	André Ooijer	(1974-07-11)11 July 1974 (aged 31)	19	PSV Eindhoven
14	2DF	John Heitinga	(1983-11-15)15 November 1983 (aged 22)	18	Ajax
15	2DF	Tim de Cler	(1978-11-08)8 November 1978 (aged 27)	3	AZ
16	3MF	Hedwiges Maduro	(1985-02-13)13 February 1985 (aged 21)	11	Ajax
17	4FW	Robin van Persie	(1983-08-06)6 August 1983 (aged 22)	10	Arsenal
18	3MF	Mark van Bommel	(1977-04-22)22 April 1977 (aged 29)	37	Barcelona
19	4FW	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	(1978-11-07)7 November 1978 (aged 27)	7	PSV Eindhoven
20	3MF	Wesley Sneijder	(1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 22)	23	Ajax
21	4FW	Ryan Babel	(1986-12-19)19 December 1986 (aged 19)	6	Ajax
22	1GK	Henk Timmer	(1971-12-03)3 December 1971 (aged 34)	2	AZ
23	1GK	Maarten Stekelenburg	(1982-09-22)22 September 1982 (aged 23)	2	Ajax

Serbia and Montenegro

Head coach: Ilija Petković

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Dragoslav Jevrić	(1974-07-08)8 July 1974 (aged 31)	40	Ankaraspor
2	3MF	Ivan Ergić	(1981-01-21)21 January 1981 (aged 25)	1	Basel
3	2DF	Ivica Dragutinović	(1975-11-13)13 November 1975 (aged 30)	26	Sevilla
4	3MF	Igor Duljaj	(1979-10-29)29 October 1979 (aged 26)	37	Shakhtar Donetsk
5	2DF	Nemanja Vidić	(1981-10-21)21 October 1981 (aged 24)	20	Manchester United
6	2DF	Goran Gavrančić	(1978-08-02)2 August 1978 (aged 27)	25	Dynamo Kyiv
7	3MF	Ognjen Koroman	(1978-09-19)19 September 1978 (aged 27)	25	Portsmouth
8	4FW	Mateja Kežman	(1979-04-12)12 April 1979 (aged 27)	47	Atlético Madrid
9	4FW	Savo Milošević (c)	(1973-09-02)2 September 1973 (aged 32)	98	Osasuna
10	3MF	Dejan Stanković	(1978-09-11)11 September 1978 (aged 27)	58	Inter Milan
11	3MF	Predrag Đorđević	(1972-08-04)4 August 1972 (aged 33)	34	Olympiacos
12	1GK	Oliver Kovačević	(1974-12-29)29 December 1974 (aged 31)	3	CSKA Sofia
13	2DF	Dušan Basta	(1984-08-18)18 August 1984 (aged 21)	2	Red Star Belgrade
14	2DF	Nenad Đorđević	(1979-08-07)7 August 1979 (aged 26)	15	Partizan
15	2DF	Milan Dudić	(1979-11-01)1 November 1979 (aged 26)	11	Red Star Belgrade
16	2DF	Dušan Petković[29]	(1974-06-13)13 June 1974 (aged 31)	7	OFK Beograd
17	3MF	Albert Nađ	(1974-10-29)29 October 1974 (aged 31)	42	Partizan
18	3MF	Zvonimir Vukić	(1979-07-19)19 July 1979 (aged 26)	25	Shakhtar Donetsk[30]
19	4FW	Nikola Žigić	(1980-09-25)25 September 1980 (aged 25)	11	Red Star Belgrade
20	2DF	Mladen Krstajić	(1974-03-04)4 March 1974 (aged 32)	45	Schalke 04
21	4FW	Danijel Ljuboja	(1978-09-04)4 September 1978 (aged 27)	15	VfB Stuttgart[31]
22	3MF	Saša Ilić	(1977-12-30)30 December 1977 (aged 28)	32	Galatasaray
23	1GK	Vladimir Stojković	(1983-07-28)28 July 1983 (aged 22)	0	Red Star Belgrade[32]

Group D

Angola

Head coach: Luis Oliveira Gonçalves

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	João Ricardo	(1970-01-07)7 January 1970 (aged 36)	26	Moreirense[33]
2	2DF	Marco Airosa	(1984-08-06)6 August 1984 (aged 21)	2	Barreirense
3	2DF	Jamba	(1977-07-10)10 July 1977 (aged 28)	35	ASA
4	2DF	Lebo Lebo	(1977-05-29)29 May 1977 (aged 29)	15	Petro Atlético
5	2DF	Kali	(1978-10-11)11 October 1978 (aged 27)	21	Barreirense
6	3MF	Miloy	(1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 25)	11	Interclube
7	3MF	Paulo Figueiredo	(1972-11-28)28 November 1972 (aged 33)	22	Varzim
8	3MF	André Macanga	(1978-05-14)14 May 1978 (aged 28)	33	Al-Salmiya
9	4FW	Mantorras	(1982-03-18)18 March 1982 (aged 24)	11	Benfica
10	4FW	Akwá (c)	(1977-05-30)30 May 1977 (aged 29)	77	Al-Wakrah[34]
11	4FW	Mateus	(1984-06-19)19 June 1984 (aged 21)	4	Gil Vicente
12	1GK	Lamá	(1981-02-01)1 February 1981 (aged 25)	9	Petro Atlético
13	3MF	Edson Nobre	(1980-02-03)3 February 1980 (aged 26)	7	Paços de Ferreira
14	3MF	Mendonça	(1982-10-09)9 October 1982 (aged 23)	34	Varzim
15	2DF	Rui Marques	(1977-09-03)3 September 1977 (aged 28)	1	Leeds United[35]
16	4FW	Flávio	(1979-12-20)20 December 1979 (aged 26)	46	Al Ahly
17	3MF	Zé Kalanga	(1983-10-12)12 October 1983 (aged 22)	23	Petro Atlético
18	4FW	Love	(1979-03-14)14 March 1979 (aged 27)	35	ASA
19	4FW	Titi Buengo	(1980-02-11)11 February 1980 (aged 26)	2	Clermont
20	2DF	Locó	(1984-12-25)25 December 1984 (aged 21)	11	Primeiro Agosto
21	2DF	Delgado	(1979-11-01)1 November 1979 (aged 26)	17	Petro Atlético
22	1GK	Mário Hipólito	(1985-06-01)1 June 1985 (aged 21)	1	Interclube
23	2DF	Marco Abreu	(1974-12-08)8 December 1974 (aged 31)	3	Portimonense

Iran

Head coach: Branko Ivanković

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Ebrahim Mirzapour	(1978-09-16)16 September 1978 (aged 27)	64	Foolad
2	3MF	Mehdi Mahdavikia	(1977-07-24)24 July 1977 (aged 28)	89	Hamburger SV
3	2DF	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	(1973-09-11)11 September 1973 (aged 32)	31	Saba Battery
4	2DF	Yahya Golmohammadi	(1971-03-19)19 March 1971 (aged 35)	69	Saba Battery
5	2DF	Rahman Rezaei	(1975-02-20)20 February 1975 (aged 31)	43	Messina
6	3MF	Javad Nekounam	(1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 25)	71	Al-Sharjah[36]
7	3MF	Ferydoon Zandi	(1979-04-26)26 April 1979 (aged 27)	10	1. FC Kaiserslautern
8	3MF	Ali Karimi	(1978-11-08)8 November 1978 (aged 27)	90	Bayern Munich
9	4FW	Vahid Hashemian	(1976-07-21)21 July 1976 (aged 29)	28	Hannover 96
10	4FW	Ali Daei (c)	(1969-03-21)21 March 1969 (aged 37)	147	Saba Battery
11	4FW	Rasoul Khatibi	(1978-09-22)22 September 1978 (aged 27)	12	Sepahan
12	1GK	Hassan Roudbarian	(1978-07-06)6 July 1978 (aged 27)	3	Pas
13	2DF	Hossein Kaebi	(1985-09-23)23 September 1985 (aged 20)	44	Foolad
14	3MF	Andranik Teymourian	(1983-03-06)6 March 1983 (aged 23)	7	Abu Moslem
15	4FW	Arash Borhani	(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 22)	20	Pas
16	4FW	Reza Enayati	(1976-09-23)23 September 1976 (aged 29)	15	Esteghlal
17	4FW	Javad Kazemian	(1981-04-23)23 April 1981 (aged 25)	25	Persepolis
18	3MF	Moharram Navidkia	(1982-11-01)1 November 1982 (aged 23)	24	VfL Bochum
19	2DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	(1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 24)	1	Esteghlal
20	2DF	Mohammad Nosrati	(1982-01-11)11 January 1982 (aged 24)	44	Pas
21	3MF	Mehrzad Madanchi	(1982-10-12)12 October 1982 (aged 23)	6	Persepolis
22	1GK	Vahid Talebloo	(1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 24)	1	Esteghlal
23	3MF	Masoud Shojaei	(1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 22)	3	Saipa

Mexico

Head coach: Ricardo La Volpe

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Oswaldo Sánchez	(1973-09-21)21 September 1973 (aged 32)	70	Guadalajara
2	2DF	Claudio Suárez	(1968-12-17)17 December 1968 (aged 37)	178	Chivas USA
3	2DF	Carlos Salcido	(1980-04-02)2 April 1980 (aged 26)	32	Guadalajara[37]
4	2DF	Rafael Márquez (c)	(1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 27)	65	Barcelona
5	2DF	Ricardo Osorio	(1980-03-30)30 March 1980 (aged 26)	39	Cruz Azul[38]
6	3MF	Gerardo Torrado	(1979-04-30)30 April 1979 (aged 27)	56	Cruz Azul
7	3MF	Sinha	(1976-05-23)23 May 1976 (aged 30)	32	Toluca
8	3MF	Pável Pardo	(1976-07-26)26 July 1976 (aged 29)	125	América[39]
9	4FW	Jared Borgetti	(1973-08-14)14 August 1973 (aged 32)	75	Bolton Wanderers[40]
10	4FW	Guillermo Franco	(1976-11-03)3 November 1976 (aged 29)	7	Villarreal
11	3MF	Ramón Morales	(1975-10-10)10 October 1975 (aged 30)	46	Guadalajara
12	1GK	José de Jesús Corona	(1981-01-26)26 January 1981 (aged 25)	6	Tecos
13	1GK	Guillermo Ochoa	(1985-07-13)13 July 1985 (aged 20)	1	América
14	2DF	Gonzalo Pineda	(1982-10-19)19 October 1982 (aged 23)	30	Guadalajara
15	2DF	José Antonio Castro	(1980-08-11)11 August 1980 (aged 25)	12	América
16	2DF	Mario Méndez	(1979-06-01)1 June 1979 (aged 27)	32	Monterrey
17	4FW	Francisco Fonseca	(1979-10-02)2 October 1979 (aged 26)	29	Cruz Azul[41]
18	3MF	Andrés Guardado	(1986-09-28)28 September 1986 (aged 19)	7	Atlas
19	4FW	Omar Bravo	(1980-03-04)4 March 1980 (aged 26)	33	Guadalajara
20	3MF	Rafael García	(1974-08-14)14 August 1974 (aged 31)	52	Atlas
21	3MF	Jesús Arellano	(1973-05-08)8 May 1973 (aged 33)	69	Monterrey
22	2DF	Francisco Javier Rodríguez	(1981-10-20)20 October 1981 (aged 24)	32	Guadalajara
23	3MF	Luis Ernesto Pérez	(1981-01-12)12 January 1981 (aged 25)	52	Monterrey

Portugal

Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Ricardo	(1976-02-11)11 February 1976 (aged 30)	49	Sporting CP
2	2DF	Paulo Ferreira	(1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 27)	30	Chelsea
3	2DF	Marco Caneira	(1979-02-09)9 February 1979 (aged 27)	14	Valencia[42]
4	2DF	Ricardo Costa	(1981-05-16)16 May 1981 (aged 25)	3	Porto
5	2DF	Fernando Meira	(1978-06-05)5 June 1978 (aged 28)	30	VfB Stuttgart
6	3MF	Costinha	(1974-12-01)1 December 1974 (aged 31)	44	Dynamo Moscow[43]
7	3MF	Luís Figo (c)	(1972-11-04)4 November 1972 (aged 33)	120	Inter Milan
8	3MF	Petit	(1976-09-25)25 September 1976 (aged 29)	36	Benfica
9	4FW	Pauleta	(1973-04-28)28 April 1973 (aged 33)	82	Paris Saint-Germain
10	3MF	Hugo Viana	(1983-01-15)15 January 1983 (aged 23)	21	Valencia
11	4FW	Simão	(1979-10-31)31 October 1979 (aged 26)	43	Benfica
12	1GK	Quim	(1975-11-13)13 November 1975 (aged 30)	24	Benfica
13	2DF	Miguel	(1980-01-04)4 January 1980 (aged 26)	28	Valencia
14	2DF	Nuno Valente	(1974-09-12)12 September 1974 (aged 31)	23	Everton
15	4FW	Luís Boa Morte	(1977-08-04)4 August 1977 (aged 28)	24	Fulham
16	2DF	Ricardo Carvalho	(1978-05-18)18 May 1978 (aged 28)	24	Chelsea
17	4FW	Cristiano Ronaldo	(1985-02-05)5 February 1985 (aged 21)	32	Manchester United
18	3MF	Maniche	(1977-11-11)11 November 1977 (aged 28)	31	Dynamo Moscow[44]
19	3MF	Tiago	(1981-05-02)2 May 1981 (aged 25)	22	Lyon
20	3MF	Deco	(1977-08-27)27 August 1977 (aged 28)	35	Barcelona
21	4FW	Nuno Gomes	(1976-07-05)5 July 1976 (aged 29)	53	Benfica
22	1GK	Paulo Santos	(1972-12-11)11 December 1972 (aged 33)	1	Braga
23	4FW	Hélder Postiga	(1982-08-02)2 August 1982 (aged 23)	24	Porto[45]

Group E

Czech Republic

Head coach: Karel Brückner

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Petr Čech	(1982-05-20)20 May 1982 (aged 24)	41	Chelsea
2	2DF	Zdeněk Grygera	(1980-05-14)14 May 1980 (aged 26)	41	Ajax
3	2DF	Pavel Mareš	(1976-01-18)18 January 1976 (aged 30)	10	Zenit Saint Petersburg
4	3MF	Tomáš Galásek (c)	(1973-01-15)15 January 1973 (aged 33)	49	Ajax[46]
5	2DF	Radoslav Kováč	(1979-11-11)11 November 1979 (aged 26)	6	Spartak Moscow
6	2DF	Marek Jankulovski	(1977-05-09)9 May 1977 (aged 29)	48	AC Milan
7	3MF	Libor Sionko	(1977-02-01)1 February 1977 (aged 29)	17	Austria Wien[47]
8	3MF	Karel Poborský	(1972-03-30)30 March 1972 (aged 34)	115	Dynamo České Budějovice
9	4FW	Jan Koller	(1973-03-30)30 March 1973 (aged 33)	68	Borussia Dortmund[48]
10	3MF	Tomáš Rosický	(1980-10-04)4 October 1980 (aged 25)	54	Borussia Dortmund[49]
11	3MF	Pavel Nedvěd	(1972-08-30)30 August 1972 (aged 33)	87	Juventus
12	4FW	Vratislav Lokvenc	(1973-09-27)27 September 1973 (aged 32)	72	Red Bull Salzburg
13	2DF	Martin Jiránek	(1979-05-25)25 May 1979 (aged 27)	24	Spartak Moscow
14	3MF	David Jarolím	(1979-05-17)17 May 1979 (aged 27)	3	Hamburger SV
15	4FW	Milan Baroš	(1981-10-28)28 October 1981 (aged 24)	49	Aston Villa
16	1GK	Jaromír Blažek	(1972-12-29)29 December 1972 (aged 33)	11	Sparta Prague
17	4FW	Jiří Štajner	(1976-05-27)27 May 1976 (aged 30)	21	Hannover 96
18	4FW	Marek Heinz	(1977-08-04)4 August 1977 (aged 28)	28	Galatasaray
19	3MF	Jan Polák	(1981-03-14)14 March 1981 (aged 25)	18	1. FC Nürnberg
20	3MF	Jaroslav Plašil	(1982-01-05)5 January 1982 (aged 24)	14	Monaco
21	2DF	Tomáš Ujfaluši	(1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 28)	48	Fiorentina
22	2DF	David Rozehnal	(1980-07-05)5 July 1980 (aged 25)	22	Paris Saint-Germain
23	1GK	Antonín Kinský	(1975-05-31)31 May 1975 (aged 31)	5	Saturn Ramenskoye

Ghana

Head coach: Ratomir Dujković

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Sammy Adjei	(1980-09-01)1 September 1980 (aged 25)	31	Ashdod
2	3MF	Hans Sarpei	(1976-06-28)28 June 1976 (aged 29)	7	VfL Wolfsburg
3	4FW	Asamoah Gyan	(1985-11-22)22 November 1985 (aged 20)	13	Udinese[50]
4	2DF	Samuel Kuffour	(1976-09-03)3 September 1976 (aged 29)	58	Roma
5	2DF	John Mensah	(1982-11-29)29 November 1982 (aged 23)	33	Rennes
6	2DF	Emmanuel Pappoe	(1981-03-03)3 March 1981 (aged 25)	27	Hapoel Kfar Saba
7	2DF	Illiasu Shilla	(1982-10-26)26 October 1982 (aged 23)	2	Asante Kotoko
8	3MF	Michael Essien	(1982-12-03)3 December 1982 (aged 23)	17	Chelsea
9	3MF	Derek Boateng	(1983-05-02)2 May 1983 (aged 23)	11	AIK
10	3MF	Stephen Appiah (c)	(1980-12-24)24 December 1980 (aged 25)	42	Fenerbahçe
11	3MF	Sulley Muntari	(1984-08-27)27 August 1984 (aged 21)	16	Udinese
12	4FW	Alex Tachie-Mensah	(1977-02-15)15 February 1977 (aged 29)	5	St. Gallen
13	2DF	Habib Mohamed	(1983-12-10)10 December 1983 (aged 22)	1	King Faisal Babes
14	4FW	Matthew Amoah	(1980-10-24)24 October 1980 (aged 25)	16	Borussia Dortmund
15	3MF	John Paintsil	(1981-06-15)15 June 1981 (aged 24)	21	Hapoel Tel Aviv
16	1GK	George Owu	(1982-06-17)17 June 1982 (aged 23)	6	Ashanti Gold
17	2DF	Daniel Quaye	(1980-12-25)25 December 1980 (aged 25)	7	Hearts of Oak
18	2DF	Eric Addo	(1978-11-12)12 November 1978 (aged 27)	6	PSV Eindhoven
19	4FW	Razak Pimpong	(1982-12-30)30 December 1982 (aged 23)	4	Copenhagen
20	4FW	Otto Addo	(1975-06-09)9 June 1975 (aged 31)	13	Mainz 05
21	2DF	Issah Ahmed	(1982-05-24)24 May 1982 (aged 24)	10	Randers
22	1GK	Richard Kingson	(1978-06-13)13 June 1978 (aged 27)	33	Ankaraspor
23	3MF	Haminu Draman	(1986-04-01)1 April 1986 (aged 20)	7	Red Star Belgrade[51]

Italy

Head coach: Marcello Lippi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Gianluigi Buffon	(1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 28)	60	Juventus
2	2DF	Cristian Zaccardo	(1981-12-21)21 December 1981 (aged 24)	12	Palermo
3	2DF	Fabio Grosso	(1977-11-28)28 November 1977 (aged 28)	17	Palermo[52]
4	3MF	Daniele De Rossi	(1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 22)	17	Roma
5	2DF	Fabio Cannavaro (c)	(1973-09-13)13 September 1973 (aged 32)	93	Juventus
6	2DF	Andrea Barzagli	(1981-05-08)8 May 1981 (aged 25)	8	Palermo
7	4FW	Alessandro Del Piero	(1974-11-09)9 November 1974 (aged 31)	74	Juventus
8	3MF	Gennaro Gattuso	(1978-01-09)9 January 1978 (aged 28)	43	Milan
9	4FW	Luca Toni	(1977-05-26)26 May 1977 (aged 29)	18	Fiorentina
10	4FW	Francesco Totti	(1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 29)	51	Roma
11	4FW	Alberto Gilardino	(1982-07-05)5 July 1982 (aged 23)	15	Milan
12	1GK	Angelo Peruzzi	(1970-02-16)16 February 1970 (aged 36)	31	Lazio
13	2DF	Alessandro Nesta	(1976-03-19)19 March 1976 (aged 30)	74	Milan
14	1GK	Marco Amelia	(1982-04-02)2 April 1982 (aged 24)	1	Livorno
15	4FW	Vincenzo Iaquinta	(1979-11-21)21 November 1979 (aged 26)	12	Udinese
16	3MF	Mauro Camoranesi	(1976-10-04)4 October 1976 (aged 29)	21	Juventus
17	3MF	Simone Barone	(1978-04-30)30 April 1978 (aged 28)	13	Palermo
18	4FW	Filippo Inzaghi	(1973-08-09)9 August 1973 (aged 32)	49	Milan
19	2DF	Gianluca Zambrotta	(1977-02-19)19 February 1977 (aged 29)	52	Juventus
20	3MF	Simone Perrotta	(1977-09-17)17 September 1977 (aged 28)	24	Roma
21	3MF	Andrea Pirlo	(1979-05-19)19 May 1979 (aged 27)	24	Milan
22	2DF	Massimo Oddo	(1976-06-14)14 June 1976 (aged 29)	20	Lazio
23	2DF	Marco Materazzi	(1973-08-19)19 August 1973 (aged 32)	28	Internazionale

United States

Head coach: Bruce Arena

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Tim Howard	(1979-03-06)6 March 1979 (aged 27)	16	Manchester United[53]
2	2DF	Chris Albright	(1979-01-14)14 January 1979 (aged 27)	20	LA Galaxy[54]
3	2DF	Carlos Bocanegra	(1979-05-25)25 May 1979 (aged 27)	40	Fulham
4	3MF	Pablo Mastroeni	(1976-08-26)26 August 1976 (aged 29)	48	Colorado Rapids
5	3MF	John O'Brien	(1977-08-29)29 August 1977 (aged 28)	31	Chivas USA
6	2DF	Steve Cherundolo	(1979-02-19)19 February 1979 (aged 27)	35	Hannover 96
7	3MF	Eddie Lewis	(1974-05-17)17 May 1974 (aged 32)	69	Leeds United
8	3MF	Clint Dempsey	(1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 23)	21	New England Revolution
9	4FW	Eddie Johnson	(1984-03-31)31 March 1984 (aged 22)	18	Kansas City Wizards
10	3MF	Claudio Reyna (c)	(1973-07-20)20 July 1973 (aged 32)	109	Manchester City
11	4FW	Brian Ching	(1978-05-24)24 May 1978 (aged 28)	20	Houston Dynamo
12	2DF	Gregg Berhalter	(1973-08-01)1 August 1973 (aged 32)	44	Energie Cottbus[55]
13	2DF	Jimmy Conrad	(1977-02-12)12 February 1977 (aged 29)	15	Kansas City Wizards
14	3MF	Ben Olsen	(1977-05-03)3 May 1977 (aged 29)	34	D.C. United
15	3MF	Bobby Convey	(1983-05-27)27 May 1983 (aged 23)	39	Reading
16	4FW	Josh Wolff	(1977-02-25)25 February 1977 (aged 29)	47	Kansas City Wizards
17	3MF	DaMarcus Beasley	(1982-05-24)24 May 1982 (aged 24)	58	PSV Eindhoven
18	1GK	Kasey Keller	(1969-11-29)29 November 1969 (aged 36)	93	Borussia Mönchengladbach
19	1GK	Marcus Hahnemann	(1972-06-15)15 June 1972 (aged 33)	6	Reading
20	4FW	Brian McBride	(1972-06-19)19 June 1972 (aged 33)	92	Fulham
21	4FW	Landon Donovan	(1982-03-04)4 March 1982 (aged 24)	81	LA Galaxy
22	2DF	Oguchi Onyewu	(1982-05-13)13 May 1982 (aged 24)	14	Standard Liège
23	2DF	Eddie Pope	(1973-12-24)24 December 1973 (aged 32)	80	Real Salt Lake

Group F

Australia

Head coach: Guus Hiddink

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Mark Schwarzer	(1972-10-06)6 October 1972 (aged 33)	37	Middlesbrough
2	2DF	Lucas Neill	(1978-03-09)9 March 1978 (aged 28)	25	Blackburn Rovers
3	2DF	Craig Moore	(1975-12-12)12 December 1975 (aged 30)	33	Newcastle United
4	3MF	Tim Cahill	(1979-12-06)6 December 1979 (aged 26)	16	Everton
5	3MF	Jason Culina	(1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 25)	13	PSV Eindhoven
6	2DF	Tony Popovic	(1973-07-04)4 July 1973 (aged 32)	56	Crystal Palace[56]
7	2DF	Brett Emerton	(1979-02-22)22 February 1979 (aged 27)	48	Blackburn Rovers
8	3MF	Josip Skoko	(1975-12-10)10 December 1975 (aged 30)	46	Wigan Athletic[57]
9	4FW	Mark Viduka (c)	(1975-10-09)9 October 1975 (aged 30)	33	Middlesbrough
10	4FW	Harry Kewell	(1978-09-22)22 September 1978 (aged 27)	20	Liverpool
11	2DF	Stan Lazaridis	(1972-08-16)16 August 1972 (aged 33)	59	Birmingham City[58]
12	1GK	Ante Covic	(1975-06-13)13 June 1975 (aged 30)	1	Hammarby
13	3MF	Vince Grella	(1979-10-05)5 October 1979 (aged 26)	17	Parma
14	3MF	Scott Chipperfield	(1975-12-30)30 December 1975 (aged 30)	46	Basel
15	4FW	John Aloisi	(1976-02-05)5 February 1976 (aged 30)	41	Alavés
16	2DF	Michael Beauchamp	(1981-03-08)8 March 1981 (aged 25)	2	Central Coast Mariners[59]
17	4FW	Archie Thompson	(1978-10-23)23 October 1978 (aged 27)	20	Melbourne Victory[60]
18	1GK	Zeljko Kalac	(1972-12-16)16 December 1972 (aged 33)	52	AC Milan
19	4FW	Joshua Kennedy	(1982-08-20)20 August 1982 (aged 23)	1	Dynamo Dresden[61]
20	2DF	Luke Wilkshire	(1981-10-02)2 October 1981 (aged 24)	8	Bristol City
21	3MF	Mile Sterjovski	(1979-05-27)27 May 1979 (aged 27)	22	Basel
22	2DF	Mark Milligan	(1985-08-04)4 August 1985 (aged 20)	1	Sydney FC
23	3MF	Mark Bresciano	(1980-02-11)11 February 1980 (aged 26)	24	Parma

Brazil

Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Dida	(1973-10-07)7 October 1973 (aged 32)	86	AC Milan
2	2DF	Cafu (c)	(1970-06-07)7 June 1970 (aged 36)	138	AC Milan
3	2DF	Lúcio	(1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 28)	50	Bayern Munich
4	2DF	Juan	(1979-02-01)1 February 1979 (aged 27)	38	Bayer Leverkusen
5	3MF	Emerson	(1976-04-04)4 April 1976 (aged 30)	70	Juventus
6	2DF	Roberto Carlos	(1973-04-10)10 April 1973 (aged 33)	121	Real Madrid
7	4FW	Adriano	(1982-02-17)17 February 1982 (aged 24)	32	Inter Milan
8	3MF	Kaká	(1982-04-22)22 April 1982 (aged 24)	38	AC Milan
9	4FW	Ronaldo	(1976-09-22)22 September 1976 (aged 29)	92	Real Madrid
10	3MF	Ronaldinho	(1980-03-21)21 March 1980 (aged 26)	63	Barcelona
11	3MF	Zé Roberto	(1974-07-06)6 July 1974 (aged 31)	79	Bayern Munich[62]
12	1GK	Rogério Ceni	(1973-01-22)22 January 1973 (aged 33)	15	São Paulo
13	2DF	Cicinho	(1980-06-24)24 June 1980 (aged 25)	10	Real Madrid
14	2DF	Luisão	(1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 25)	19	Benfica
15	2DF	Cris	(1977-06-03)3 June 1977 (aged 29)	16	Lyon
16	2DF	Gilberto	(1976-04-25)25 April 1976 (aged 30)	9	Hertha BSC
17	3MF	Gilberto Silva	(1976-10-07)7 October 1976 (aged 29)	36	Arsenal
18	3MF	Mineiro	(1975-08-02)2 August 1975 (aged 30)	2	São Paulo[63]
19	3MF	Juninho Pernambucano	(1975-01-30)30 January 1975 (aged 31)	37	Lyon
20	3MF	Ricardinho	(1976-05-23)23 May 1976 (aged 30)	19	Corinthians
21	4FW	Fred	(1983-10-03)3 October 1983 (aged 22)	3	Lyon
22	1GK	Júlio César	(1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 26)	11	Inter Milan
23	4FW	Robinho	(1984-01-25)25 January 1984 (aged 22)	23	Real Madrid

Croatia

Head coach: Zlatko Kranjčar

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Stipe Pletikosa	(1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 27)	50	Shakhtar Donetsk[64]
2	3MF	Darijo Srna	(1982-05-01)1 May 1982 (aged 24)	36	Shakhtar Donetsk
3	2DF	Josip Šimunić	(1978-02-18)18 February 1978 (aged 28)	42	Hertha BSC
4	2DF	Robert Kovač	(1974-04-06)6 April 1974 (aged 32)	56	Juventus
5	2DF	Igor Tudor	(1978-04-16)16 April 1978 (aged 28)	52	Juventus[65]
6	3MF	Jurica Vranješ	(1980-01-31)31 January 1980 (aged 26)	24	Werder Bremen
7	2DF	Dario Šimić	(1975-11-12)12 November 1975 (aged 30)	80	AC Milan
8	2DF	Marko Babić	(1981-01-28)28 January 1981 (aged 25)	33	Bayer Leverkusen
9	4FW	Dado Pršo	(1974-11-05)5 November 1974 (aged 31)	29	Rangers
10	3MF	Niko Kovač (c)	(1971-10-15)15 October 1971 (aged 34)	58	Hertha BSC[66]
11	2DF	Mario Tokić	(1975-06-23)23 June 1975 (aged 30)	28	Austria Wien
12	1GK	Joey Didulica	(1977-10-14)14 October 1977 (aged 28)	4	Austria Wien
13	2DF	Stjepan Tomas	(1976-03-06)6 March 1976 (aged 30)	48	Galatasaray
14	3MF	Luka Modrić	(1985-09-09)9 September 1985 (aged 20)	5	Dinamo Zagreb
15	3MF	Ivan Leko	(1978-02-07)7 February 1978 (aged 28)	13	Club Brugge
16	3MF	Jerko Leko	(1980-04-09)9 April 1980 (aged 26)	36	Dynamo Kyiv[67]
17	4FW	Ivan Klasnić	(1980-01-29)29 January 1980 (aged 26)	20	Werder Bremen
18	4FW	Ivica Olić	(1979-09-14)14 September 1979 (aged 26)	36	CSKA Moscow
19	3MF	Niko Kranjčar	(1984-08-13)13 August 1984 (aged 21)	21	Hajduk Split
20	2DF	Anthony Šerić	(1979-01-15)15 January 1979 (aged 27)	14	Panathinaikos
21	4FW	Boško Balaban	(1978-10-15)15 October 1978 (aged 27)	27	Club Brugge
22	4FW	Ivan Bošnjak	(1979-02-06)6 February 1979 (aged 27)	13	Dinamo Zagreb[68]
23	1GK	Tomislav Butina	(1974-03-30)30 March 1974 (aged 32)	28	Club Brugge

Japan

Head coach: Zico

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Seigo Narazaki	(1976-04-15)15 April 1976 (aged 30)	50	Nagoya Grampus Eight
2	2DF	Teruyuki Moniwa	(1981-09-08)8 September 1981 (aged 24)	8	FC Tokyo
3	2DF	Yūichi Komano	(1981-07-25)25 July 1981 (aged 24)	8	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
4	3MF	Yasuhito Endō	(1980-01-28)28 January 1980 (aged 26)	40	Gamba Osaka
5	2DF	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)	(1977-02-07)7 February 1977 (aged 29)	69	Gamba Osaka
6	2DF	Kōji Nakata	(1979-07-09)9 July 1979 (aged 26)	55	Basel
7	3MF	Hidetoshi Nakata	(1977-01-22)22 January 1977 (aged 29)	74	Fiorentina[69]
8	3MF	Mitsuo Ogasawara	(1979-04-05)5 April 1979 (aged 27)	51	Kashima Antlers
9	4FW	Naohiro Takahara	(1979-06-04)4 June 1979 (aged 27)	41	Hamburger SV[70]
10	3MF	Shunsuke Nakamura	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 27)	60	Celtic
11	4FW	Seiichiro Maki	(1980-08-07)7 August 1980 (aged 25)	10	JEF United
12	1GK	Yoichi Doi	(1973-07-25)25 July 1973 (aged 32)	4	FC Tokyo
13	4FW	Atsushi Yanagisawa	(1977-05-27)27 May 1977 (aged 29)	56	Kashima Antlers
14	2DF	Alex	(1977-07-20)20 July 1977 (aged 28)	72	Urawa Red Diamonds
15	3MF	Takashi Fukunishi	(1976-09-01)1 September 1976 (aged 29)	62	Júbilo Iwata
16	4FW	Masashi Oguro	(1980-05-04)4 May 1980 (aged 26)	18	Grenoble
17	3MF	Junichi Inamoto	(1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 26)	63	West Bromwich Albion
18	3MF	Shinji Ono	(1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 26)	54	Urawa Red Diamonds
19	2DF	Keisuke Tsuboi	(1979-09-16)16 September 1979 (aged 26)	33	Urawa Red Diamonds
20	4FW	Keiji Tamada	(1980-04-11)11 April 1980 (aged 26)	39	Nagoya Grampus Eight
21	2DF	Akira Kaji	(1980-01-13)13 January 1980 (aged 26)	43	Gamba Osaka
22	2DF	Yuji Nakazawa	(1978-02-25)25 February 1978 (aged 28)	50	Yokohama F. Marinos
23	1GK	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi	(1975-08-15)15 August 1975 (aged 30)	89	Júbilo Iwata

Group G

France

Head coach: Raymond Domenech

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Mickaël Landreau	(1979-05-14)14 May 1979 (aged 27)	3	Nantes[71]
2	2DF	Jean-Alain Boumsong	(1979-12-14)14 December 1979 (aged 26)	19	Newcastle United
3	2DF	Eric Abidal	(1979-09-11)11 September 1979 (aged 26)	8	Lyon
4	3MF	Patrick Vieira	(1976-06-23)23 June 1976 (aged 29)	87	Juventus
5	2DF	William Gallas	(1977-08-17)17 August 1977 (aged 28)	40	Chelsea
6	3MF	Claude Makélélé	(1973-02-18)18 February 1973 (aged 33)	43	Chelsea
7	3MF	Florent Malouda	(1980-06-13)13 June 1980 (aged 25)	13	Lyon
8	3MF	Vikash Dhorasoo	(1973-10-10)10 October 1973 (aged 32)	16	Paris Saint-Germain
9	4FW	Sidney Govou	(1979-07-27)27 July 1979 (aged 26)	19	Lyon[72]
10	3MF	Zinedine Zidane (c)	(1972-06-23)23 June 1972 (aged 33)	102	Real Madrid[73]
11	4FW	Sylvain Wiltord	(1974-05-10)10 May 1974 (aged 32)	80	Lyon
12	4FW	Thierry Henry	(1977-08-17)17 August 1977 (aged 28)	78	Arsenal
13	2DF	Mikaël Silvestre	(1977-08-09)9 August 1977 (aged 28)	39	Manchester United
14	4FW	Louis Saha	(1978-08-08)8 August 1978 (aged 27)	9	Manchester United
15	2DF	Lilian Thuram	(1972-01-01)1 January 1972 (aged 34)	114	Juventus
16	1GK	Fabien Barthez	(1971-06-28)28 June 1971 (aged 34)	80	Marseille[74]
17	2DF	Gaël Givet	(1981-10-09)9 October 1981 (aged 24)	11	Monaco
18	3MF	Alou Diarra	(1981-07-15)15 July 1981 (aged 24)	9	Lens
19	2DF	Willy Sagnol	(1977-03-18)18 March 1977 (aged 29)	38	Bayern Munich
20	4FW	David Trezeguet	(1977-10-15)15 October 1977 (aged 28)	63	Juventus
21	2DF	Pascal Chimbonda	(1979-02-21)21 February 1979 (aged 27)	1	Wigan Athletic
22	3MF	Franck Ribéry	(1983-04-07)7 April 1983 (aged 23)	3	Marseille
23	1GK	Grégory Coupet	(1972-12-31)31 December 1972 (aged 33)	18	Lyon

South Korea

Head coach: Dick Advocaat

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Lee Woon-jae (c)	(1973-04-26)26 April 1973 (aged 33)	97	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2	2DF	Kim Young-chul	(1976-06-30)30 June 1976 (aged 29)	12	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
3	2DF	Kim Dong-jin	(1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 24)	34	FC Seoul
4	2DF	Choi Jin-cheul	(1971-03-26)26 March 1971 (aged 35)	62	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
5	3MF	Kim Nam-il	(1977-03-14)14 March 1977 (aged 29)	66	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
6	2DF	Kim Jin-kyu	(1985-02-16)16 February 1985 (aged 21)	23	Júbilo Iwata
7	3MF	Park Ji-sung	(1981-03-30)30 March 1981 (aged 25)	60	Manchester United
8	3MF	Kim Do-heon	(1982-07-14)14 July 1982 (aged 23)	75	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
9	4FW	Ahn Jung-hwan	(1976-01-27)27 January 1976 (aged 30)	61	MSV Duisburg
10	4FW	Park Chu-young	(1985-07-10)10 July 1985 (aged 20)	18	FC Seoul
11	4FW	Seol Ki-hyeon	(1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 27)	67	Wolverhampton Wanderers
12	2DF	Lee Young-pyo	(1977-04-23)23 April 1977 (aged 29)	85	Tottenham Hotspur
13	3MF	Lee Eul-yong	(1975-09-08)8 September 1975 (aged 30)	47	Trabzonspor
14	4FW	Lee Chun-soo	(1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 24)	62	Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
15	3MF	Baek Ji-hoon	(1985-02-28)28 February 1985 (aged 21)	12	FC Seoul
16	4FW	Chung Kyung-ho	(1980-05-22)22 May 1980 (aged 26)	40	Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix
17	3MF	Lee Ho	(1984-10-22)22 October 1984 (aged 21)	11	Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
18	2DF	Kim Sang-sik	(1976-12-17)17 December 1976 (aged 29)	42	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
19	4FW	Cho Jae-jin	(1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 24)	21	Shimizu S-Pulse
20	1GK	Kim Yong-dae	(1979-10-11)11 October 1979 (aged 26)	15	Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
21	1GK	Kim Young-kwang	(1983-06-28)28 June 1983 (aged 22)	6	Jeonnam Dragons
22	2DF	Song Chong-gug	(1979-02-20)20 February 1979 (aged 27)	51	Suwon Samsung Bluewings
23	2DF	Cho Won-hee	(1983-04-17)17 April 1983 (aged 23)	13	Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Switzerland

Head coach: Köbi Kuhn

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Pascal Zuberbühler	(1971-01-08)8 January 1971 (aged 35)	40	Basel
2	2DF	Johan Djourou	(1987-01-18)18 January 1987 (aged 19)	2	Arsenal
3	2DF	Ludovic Magnin	(1979-04-20)20 April 1979 (aged 27)	30	VfB Stuttgart
4	2DF	Philippe Senderos	(1985-02-14)14 February 1985 (aged 21)	12	Arsenal
5	3MF	Xavier Margairaz	(1984-01-17)17 January 1984 (aged 22)	3	Zürich
6	3MF	Johann Vogel (c)	(1977-03-08)8 March 1977 (aged 29)	85	AC Milan
7	3MF	Ricardo Cabanas	(1979-01-17)17 January 1979 (aged 27)	37	1. FC Köln
8	2DF	Raphaël Wicky	(1977-04-26)26 April 1977 (aged 29)	67	Hamburger SV
9	4FW	Alexander Frei	(1979-07-15)15 July 1979 (aged 26)	45	Rennes[75]
10	4FW	Daniel Gygax	(1981-08-28)28 August 1981 (aged 24)	22	Lille
11	4FW	Marco Streller	(1981-06-18)18 June 1981 (aged 24)	10	1. FC Köln
12	1GK	Diego Benaglio	(1983-09-08)8 September 1983 (aged 22)	1	Nacional
13	2DF	Stéphane Grichting	(1979-03-30)30 March 1979 (aged 27)	6	Auxerre
14	3MF	David Degen	(1983-02-15)15 February 1983 (aged 23)	3	Basel[76]
15	3MF	Blerim Džemaili	(1986-04-12)12 April 1986 (aged 20)	3	Zürich
16	3MF	Tranquillo Barnetta	(1985-05-22)22 May 1985 (aged 21)	13	Bayer Leverkusen
17	2DF	Christoph Spycher	(1978-03-30)30 March 1978 (aged 28)	21	Eintracht Frankfurt
18	4FW	Mauro Lustrinelli	(1976-02-26)26 February 1976 (aged 30)	5	Sparta Prague
19	3MF	Valon Behrami	(1985-04-19)19 April 1985 (aged 21)	6	Lazio
20	2DF	Patrick Müller	(1976-12-17)17 December 1976 (aged 29)	64	Lyon
21	1GK	Fabio Coltorti	(1980-12-03)3 December 1980 (aged 25)	2	Grasshopper
22	3MF	Hakan Yakin	(1977-02-22)22 February 1977 (aged 29)	46	Young Boys[77]
23	2DF	Philipp Degen	(1983-02-15)15 February 1983 (aged 23)	15	Borussia Dortmund

Togo

Head coach: Otto Pfister^[78]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Ouro-Nimini Tchagnirou	(1977-12-31)31 December 1977 (aged 28)	9	Djoliba
2	2DF	Daré Nibombé	(1980-06-16)16 June 1980 (aged 25)	16	Mons
3	2DF	Jean-Paul Abalo (c)	(1975-06-26)26 June 1975 (aged 30)	65	APOEL
4	4FW	Emmanuel Adebayor	(1984-02-26)26 February 1984 (aged 22)	29	Arsenal
5	2DF	Massamasso Tchangai	(1978-08-08)8 August 1978 (aged 27)	34	Benevento
6	3MF	Yao Aziawonou	(1979-11-30)30 November 1979 (aged 26)	32	Young Boys
7	4FW	Moustapha Salifou	(1983-06-01)1 June 1983 (aged 23)	34	Brest
8	3MF	Kuami Agboh	(1977-12-28)28 December 1977 (aged 28)	4	Beveren
9	3MF	Thomas Dossevi	(1979-03-06)6 March 1979 (aged 27)	10	Valenciennes
10	3MF	Chérif Touré Mamam	(1978-01-13)13 January 1978 (aged 28)	39	Metz
11	4FW	Robert Malm	(1973-08-21)21 August 1973 (aged 32)	1	Brest
12	2DF	Eric Akoto	(1980-07-20)20 July 1980 (aged 25)	32	Admira Wacker[79]
13	2DF	Richmond Forson	(1980-05-23)23 May 1980 (aged 26)	8	Poiré
14	3MF	Adékambi Olufadé	(1980-01-07)7 January 1980 (aged 26)	24	Al-Siliyah
15	3MF	Alaixys Romao	(1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 22)	11	Louhans-Cuiseaux
16	1GK	Kossi Agassa	(1978-07-02)2 July 1978 (aged 27)	49	Metz
17	4FW	Mohamed Kader	(1979-04-08)8 April 1979 (aged 27)	46	Guingamp
18	3MF	Yao Junior Sènaya	(1984-04-19)19 April 1984 (aged 22)	16	YF Juventus
19	2DF	Ludovic Assemoassa	(1980-09-18)18 September 1980 (aged 25)	5	Ciudad de Murcia
20	4FW	Affo Erassa	(1983-02-19)19 February 1983 (aged 23)	6	Moulins
21	3MF	Franck Atsou	(1978-08-01)1 August 1978 (aged 27)	13	Al Hilal[80]
22	1GK	Kodjovi Obilalé	(1984-10-08)8 October 1984 (aged 21)	0	Étoile Filante
23	2DF	Assimiou Touré	(1988-01-01)1 January 1988 (aged 18)	1	Bayer Leverkusen

Group H

Saudi Arabia

Head coach: Marcos Paquetá

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Mohamed Al-Deayea	(1972-08-02)2 August 1972 (aged 33)	175	Al Hilal
2	2DF	Ahmed Al-Dokhi	(1976-10-25)25 October 1976 (aged 29)	68	Al-Ittihad
3	2DF	Redha Tukar	(1975-11-29)29 November 1975 (aged 30)	37	Al-Ittihad
4	2DF	Hamad Al-Montashari	(1982-06-22)22 June 1982 (aged 23)	32	Al-Ittihad
5	2DF	Naif Al-Qadi	(1979-04-03)3 April 1979 (aged 27)	28	Al-Ahli
6	3MF	Omar Al-Ghamdi	(1979-04-11)11 April 1979 (aged 27)	38	Al Hilal
7	3MF	Mohammed Ameen	(1980-04-29)29 April 1980 (aged 26)	16	Al-Ittihad
8	4FW	Mohammed Noor	(1978-02-26)26 February 1978 (aged 28)	63	Al-Ittihad
9	4FW	Sami Al-Jaber (c)	(1972-12-11)11 December 1972 (aged 33)	160	Al Hilal
10	3MF	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub	(1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 25)	48	Al Hilal
11	4FW	Saad Al-Harthi	(1984-02-03)3 February 1984 (aged 22)	15	Al Nassr
12	2DF	Abdulaziz Al-Khathran	(1973-07-31)31 July 1973 (aged 32)	19	Al Hilal
13	2DF	Hussein Abdulghani	(1977-01-21)21 January 1977 (aged 29)	97	Al-Ahli
14	3MF	Saud Kariri	(1980-07-08)8 July 1980 (aged 25)	34	Al-Ittihad
15	2DF	Ahmed Al-Bahri	(1980-09-18)18 September 1980 (aged 25)	11	Al Ettifaq
16	3MF	Khaled Aziz	(1981-07-14)14 July 1981 (aged 24)	14	Al Hilal
17	2DF	Mohamed Eid	(1987-05-03)3 May 1987 (aged 19)	0	Al-Ahli
18	3MF	Nawaf Al-Temyat	(1976-06-28)28 June 1976 (aged 29)	56	Al Hilal
19	2DF	Mohammad Massad	(1983-02-17)17 February 1983 (aged 23)	5	Al-Ahli
20	4FW	Yasser Al-Qahtani	(1982-10-10)10 October 1982 (aged 23)	45	Al Hilal
21	1GK	Mabrouk Zaid	(1979-02-11)11 February 1979 (aged 27)	33	Al-Ittihad
22	1GK	Mohammad Khouja	(1982-03-15)15 March 1982 (aged 24)	8	Al Shabab
23	4FW	Malek Mouath	(1981-08-10)10 August 1981 (aged 24)	5	Al-Ahli

Spain

Head coach: Luis Aragonés

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Iker Casillas	(1981-05-20)20 May 1981 (aged 25)	58	Real Madrid
2	2DF	Míchel Salgado	(1975-10-22)22 October 1975 (aged 30)	50	Real Madrid
3	2DF	Mariano Pernía	(1977-05-04)4 May 1977 (aged 29)	1	Getafe[81]
4	2DF	Carlos Marchena	(1979-07-31)31 July 1979 (aged 26)	27	Valencia
5	2DF	Carles Puyol	(1978-04-13)13 April 1978 (aged 28)	47	Barcelona
6	3MF	David Albelda	(1977-09-01)1 September 1977 (aged 28)	33	Valencia
7	4FW	Raúl (c)	(1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 28)	95	Real Madrid
8	3MF	Xavi	(1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 26)	36	Barcelona
9	4FW	Fernando Torres	(1984-03-20)20 March 1984 (aged 22)	30	Atlético Madrid
10	3MF	José Antonio Reyes	(1983-09-01)1 September 1983 (aged 22)	19	Arsenal
11	3MF	Luis García	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 27)	10	Liverpool
12	2DF	Antonio López	(1981-09-13)13 September 1981 (aged 24)	8	Atlético Madrid
13	3MF	Andrés Iniesta	(1984-05-11)11 May 1984 (aged 22)	3	Barcelona
14	3MF	Xabi Alonso	(1981-11-25)25 November 1981 (aged 24)	26	Liverpool
15	2DF	Sergio Ramos	(1986-03-30)30 March 1986 (aged 20)	11	Real Madrid
16	3MF	Marcos Senna	(1976-07-17)17 July 1976 (aged 29)	3	Villarreal
17	3MF	Joaquín	(1981-07-21)21 July 1981 (aged 24)	38	Real Betis
18	3MF	Cesc Fàbregas	(1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 19)	4	Arsenal
19	1GK	Santiago Cañizares	(1969-12-18)18 December 1969 (aged 36)	45	Valencia
20	2DF	Juanito	(1976-07-23)23 July 1976 (aged 29)	15	Real Betis
21	4FW	David Villa	(1981-12-03)3 December 1981 (aged 24)	8	Valencia
22	2DF	Pablo Ibáñez	(1981-08-03)3 August 1981 (aged 24)	11	Atlético Madrid
23	1GK	Pepe Reina	(1982-08-31)31 August 1982 (aged 23)	3	Liverpool

Tunisia

Head coach: Roger Lemerre

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Ali Boumnijel	(1966-04-13)13 April 1966 (aged 40)	48	Club Africain
2	3MF	Karim Essediri	(1979-07-29)29 July 1979 (aged 26)	7	Rosenborg
3	2DF	Karim Haggui	(1984-01-21)21 January 1984 (aged 22)	26	Strasbourg
4	2DF	Alaeddine Yahia	(1981-09-26)26 September 1981 (aged 24)	13	Saint-Étienne
5	4FW	Ziad Jaziri	(1978-07-12)12 July 1978 (aged 27)	61	Troyes
6	2DF	Hatem Trabelsi	(1977-01-25)25 January 1977 (aged 29)	56	Ajax
7	4FW	Haykel Guemamdia	(1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 24)	13	Strasbourg[82]
8	2DF	Mehdi Nafti	(1978-11-28)28 November 1978 (aged 27)	29	Birmingham City
9	3MF	Yassine Chikhaoui	(1986-09-02)2 September 1986 (aged 19)	1	Étoile du Sahel
10	3MF	Kaies Ghodhbane	(1976-01-07)7 January 1976 (aged 30)	89	Konyaspor
11	4FW	Francileudo Santos	(1979-03-20)20 March 1979 (aged 27)	28	Toulouse
12	3MF	Jawhar Mnari	(1976-11-08)8 November 1976 (aged 29)	37	1. FC Nürnberg
13	3MF	Riadh Bouazizi (c)	(1973-04-08)8 April 1973 (aged 33)	85	Kayseri Erciyesspor
14	3MF	Adel Chedli	(1976-09-16)16 September 1976 (aged 29)	38	1. FC Nürnberg
15	2DF	Radhi Jaïdi	(1975-08-30)30 August 1975 (aged 30)	89	Bolton Wanderers
16	1GK	Adel Nefzi	(1974-03-16)16 March 1974 (aged 32)	0	Monastir
17	4FW	Chaouki Ben Saada	(1984-07-01)1 July 1984 (aged 21)	11	Bastia[83]
18	2DF	David Jemmali	(1974-12-13)13 December 1974 (aged 31)	2	Bordeaux
19	2DF	Anis Ayari	(1982-02-16)16 February 1982 (aged 24)	24	Samsunspor
20	3MF	Hamed Namouchi	(1984-01-12)12 January 1984 (aged 22)	14	Rangers
21	2DF	Karim Saidi	(1983-03-24)24 March 1983 (aged 23)	15	Feyenoord[84]
22	1GK	Hamdi Kasraoui	(1983-01-18)18 January 1983 (aged 23)	6	Espérance de Tunis
23	3MF	Sofiane Melliti	(1978-08-18)18 August 1978 (aged 27)	14	Gaziantepspor

Ukraine

Head coach: Oleg Blokhin

Serhiy Fedorov was injured prior to the start of the tournament. His replacement, Vyacheslav Shevchuk, was also injured shortly after filling in. Oleksandr Yatsenko was then called up, and sat on the bench for the last two matches.^{[citation needed]}

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi	(1975-01-02)2 January 1975 (aged 31)	68	Dynamo Kyiv
2	2DF	Andriy Nesmachniy	(1979-02-28)28 February 1979 (aged 27)	49	Dynamo Kyiv
3	2DF	Oleksandr Yatsenko	(1985-02-24)24 February 1985 (aged 21)	1	Kharkiv[85]
4	3MF	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk	(1979-03-30)30 March 1979 (aged 27)	55	Shakhtar Donetsk
5	2DF	Volodymyr Yezerskiy	(1976-11-15)15 November 1976 (aged 29)	24	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
6	2DF	Andriy Rusol	(1983-01-16)16 January 1983 (aged 23)	23	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
7	4FW	Andriy Shevchenko (c)	(1976-09-29)29 September 1976 (aged 29)	64	AC Milan[86]
8	2DF	Oleh Shelayev	(1976-11-05)5 November 1976 (aged 29)	19	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
9	2DF	Oleh Husyev	(1983-04-25)25 April 1983 (aged 23)	25	Dynamo Kyiv
10	4FW	Andriy Voronin	(1979-07-21)21 July 1979 (aged 26)	32	Bayer Leverkusen
11	4FW	Serhii Rebrov	(1974-06-03)3 June 1974 (aged 32)	70	Dynamo Kyiv
12	1GK	Andriy Pyatov	(1984-06-28)28 June 1984 (aged 21)	1	Vorskla Poltava
13	2DF	Dmytro Chyhrynskyi	(1986-11-07)7 November 1986 (aged 19)	0	Shakhtar Donetsk
14	3MF	Andriy Husin	(1972-12-11)11 December 1972 (aged 33)	64	Krylya Sovetov Samara
15	4FW	Artem Milevskyi	(1985-01-12)12 January 1985 (aged 21)	0	Dynamo Kyiv
16	4FW	Andriy Vorobey	(1978-11-29)29 November 1978 (aged 27)	53	Shakhtar Donetsk
17	2DF	Vladyslav Vashchuk	(1975-01-02)2 January 1975 (aged 31)	58	Dynamo Kyiv
18	3MF	Serhiy Nazarenko	(1980-02-16)16 February 1980 (aged 26)	15	Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk
19	3MF	Maksym Kalynychenko	(1979-01-26)26 January 1979 (aged 27)	21	Spartak Moscow
20	4FW	Oleksiy Byelik	(1981-02-15)15 February 1981 (aged 25)	15	Shakhtar Donetsk
21	3MF	Ruslan Rotan	(1981-10-29)29 October 1981 (aged 24)	19	Dynamo Kyiv
22	2DF	Vyacheslav Sviderskyi	(1979-01-01)1 January 1979 (aged 27)	6	Shakhtar Donetsk[87]
23	1GK	Bohdan Shust	(1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 20)	2	Shakhtar Donetsk

Player representation by league

Country	Players	Percent	Outside national squad
Total	736	100.00%
England	102	13.86%	81
Germany	74	10.05%	54
Italy	60	8.15%	37
France	58	7.89%	45
Spain	52	7.07%	35
Ukraine	25	3.40%	8
Netherlands	25	3.40%	11
Saudi Arabia	24	3.26%	1
Mexico	23	3.125%	4
Portugal	20	2.72%	12
Costa Rica	20	2.72%	0
Others	253	34.38%

The squads for Italy and Saudi Arabia were made up entirely of players from their respective domestic leagues, with the latter being the only team without players from European clubs. The Ivory Coast squad was made up entirely of players employed by foreign clubs, and 22 out of the 23 players were registered in Europe. Although Turkey, Scotland, and Russia failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 12, 11, and 10 players respectively. In total, domestic leagues from 48 countries had players at the 2006 World Cup.

Player representation by club

Finalised clubs' listing as per FIFA, excluding players on standby and loans.

Players	Clubs
15	Arsenal
14	Chelsea
13	Juventus, AC Milan
12	Manchester United
11	Barcelona, Bayern Munich, Shakhtar Donetsk
10	Lyon, Real Madrid
9	Al Hilal, Ajax, Bayer Leverkusen, Dynamo Kyiv, Liverpool, Valencia
8	Borussia Dortmund, Hamburger SV, Inter Milan, PSV Eindhoven, Saprissa
7	Al-Ittihad, LDU Quito
6	Atlético Madrid, Basel, Benfica, Guadalajara, Werder Bremen
5	Alajuelense, AZ, El Nacional, Paris Saint-Germain, Red Star Belgrade, Rennes, Roma, VfB Stuttgart, Tottenham Hotspur

Coaches representation by country

Nº	Country	Coaches
4	Brazil	Marcos Paquetá (Saudi Arabia), Carlos Alberto Parreira, Luiz Felipe Scolari (Portugal), Zico (Japan)
	Netherlands	Dick Advocaat (South Korea), Marco van Basten, Leo Beenhakker (Trinidad and Tobago), Guus Hiddink (Australia)
3	France	Raymond Domenech, Roger Lemerre (Tunisia), Henri Michel (Ivory Coast)
2	Argentina	José Pekerman, Ricardo La Volpe (Mexico)
	Croatia	Branko Ivanković (Iran), Zlatko Kranjčar
	Germany	Jürgen Klinsmann, Otto Pfister (Togo)
	Sweden	Sven-Göran Eriksson (England), Lars Lagerbäck
1	Angola	Oliveira Gonçalves
	Colombia	Luis Fernando Suárez (Ecuador)
	Costa Rica	Alexandre Guimarães
	Czech Republic	Karel Brückner
	Italy	Marcello Lippi
	Poland	Paweł Janas
	Serbia	Ratomir Dujković (Ghana)
	Serbia and Montenegro	Ilija Petković
	Spain	Luis Aragonés
	Switzerland	Köbi Kuhn
	Ukraine	Oleg Blokhin
	United States	Bruce Arena
	Uruguay	Aníbal Ruiz (Paraguay)