2013 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

The following is a list of squads for each nation who competed at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil from 15 to 30 June 2013, as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Each squad consisted of 23 players, three of which had to be goalkeepers. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national team.^[1]

Group A

Brazil

Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Scolari named his 23-man squad on 14 May 2013.^[2]

On 7 June, Leandro Damião withdrew from the squad with a thigh injury and was replaced by Jô.^[3]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Jefferson	(1983-01-02)2 January 1983 (aged 30)	7	0	Botafogo
2	2DF	Dani Alves	(1983-05-06)6 May 1983 (aged 30)	64	5	Barcelona
3	2DF	Thiago Silva (c)	(1984-09-22)22 September 1984 (aged 28)	34	1	Paris Saint-Germain
4	2DF	David Luiz	(1987-04-22)22 April 1987 (aged 26)	23	0	Chelsea
5	3MF	Fernando	(1992-03-03)3 March 1992 (aged 21)	6	0	Grêmio[a]
6	2DF	Marcelo	(1988-05-12)12 May 1988 (aged 25)	20	4	Real Madrid
7	3MF	Lucas Moura	(1992-08-13)13 August 1992 (aged 20)	25	4	Paris Saint-Germain
8	3MF	Hernanes	(1985-05-29)29 May 1985 (aged 28)	12	2	Lazio
9	4FW	Fred	(1983-10-03)3 October 1983 (aged 29)	24	11	Fluminense
10	4FW	Neymar	(1992-02-05)5 February 1992 (aged 21)	34	20	Santos[b]
11	3MF	Oscar	(1991-09-09)9 September 1991 (aged 21)	17	6	Chelsea
12	1GK	Júlio César	(1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 33)	69	0	Queens Park Rangers
13	2DF	Dante	(1983-10-18)18 October 1983 (aged 29)	3	0	Bayern Munich
14	2DF	Filipe Luís	(1985-08-09)9 August 1985 (aged 27)	4	0	Atlético Madrid
15	3MF	Jean	(1986-06-24)24 June 1986 (aged 26)	5	0	Fluminense
16	2DF	Réver	(1985-01-04)4 January 1985 (aged 28)	8	1	Atlético Mineiro
17	3MF	Luiz Gustavo	(1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 25)	5	0	Bayern Munich
18	3MF	Paulinho	(1988-07-25)25 July 1988 (aged 24)	13	3	Corinthians
19	4FW	Hulk	(1986-07-25)25 July 1986 (aged 26)	22	7	Zenit Saint Petersburg
20	3MF	Bernard	(1992-09-08)8 September 1992 (aged 20)	3	0	Atlético Mineiro
21	4FW	Jô	(1987-03-20)20 March 1987 (aged 26)	4	0	Atlético Mineiro
22	1GK	Diego Cavalieri	(1982-12-01)1 December 1982 (aged 30)	2	0	Fluminense
23	3MF	Jádson	(1983-10-05)5 October 1983 (aged 29)	7	1	São Paulo

Japan

Head coach: Alberto Zaccheroni

Zaccheroni announced his 23-man squad on 5 June 2013.^[4]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Eiji Kawashima	(1983-03-20)20 March 1983 (aged 30)	45	0	Standard Liège
2	2DF	Masahiko Inoha	(1985-08-28)28 August 1985 (aged 27)	19	1	Júbilo Iwata
3	2DF	Gōtoku Sakai	(1991-03-14)14 March 1991 (aged 22)	5	0	VfB Stuttgart
4	3MF	Keisuke Honda	(1986-06-13)13 June 1986 (aged 27)	42	14	CSKA Moscow
5	2DF	Yuto Nagatomo	(1986-09-12)12 September 1986 (aged 26)	58	3	Internazionale
6	2DF	Atsuto Uchida	(1988-03-27)27 March 1988 (aged 25)	57	1	Schalke 04
7	3MF	Yasuhito Endō	(1980-01-28)28 January 1980 (aged 33)	130	10	Gamba Osaka
8	4FW	Hiroshi Kiyotake	(1989-11-12)12 November 1989 (aged 23)	17	1	1. FC Nürnberg
9	4FW	Shinji Okazaki	(1986-04-16)16 April 1986 (aged 27)	63	33	VfB Stuttgart
10	4FW	Shinji Kagawa	(1989-03-17)17 March 1989 (aged 24)	43	13	Manchester United
11	4FW	Mike Havenaar	(1987-05-20)20 May 1987 (aged 26)	14	4	Vitesse
12	1GK	Shusaku Nishikawa	(1986-06-18)18 June 1986 (aged 26)	8	0	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
13	3MF	Hajime Hosogai	(1986-06-10)10 June 1986 (aged 27)	21	1	Bayer Leverkusen
14	3MF	Kengo Nakamura	(1980-10-31)31 October 1980 (aged 32)	66	6	Kawasaki Frontale
15	2DF	Yasuyuki Konno	(1983-01-25)25 January 1983 (aged 30)	68	1	Gamba Osaka
16	2DF	Yuzo Kurihara	(1983-09-18)18 September 1983 (aged 29)	16	2	Yokohama F. Marinos
17	3MF	Makoto Hasebe (c)	(1984-01-18)18 January 1984 (aged 29)	68	2	VfL Wolfsburg
18	4FW	Ryoichi Maeda	(1981-10-09)9 October 1981 (aged 31)	30	10	Júbilo Iwata
19	4FW	Takashi Inui	(1988-06-02)2 June 1988 (aged 25)	10	0	Eintracht Frankfurt
20	3MF	Hideto Takahashi	(1987-10-17)17 October 1987 (aged 25)	5	0	FC Tokyo
21	2DF	Hiroki Sakai	(1990-04-12)12 April 1990 (aged 23)	10	0	Hannover 96
22	2DF	Maya Yoshida	(1988-08-24)24 August 1988 (aged 24)	27	2	Southampton
23	1GK	Shūichi Gonda	(1989-03-03)3 March 1989 (aged 24)	1	0	FC Tokyo

Mexico

Head coach: José Manuel de la Torre

De la Torre named his 23-man squad on 20 May 2013.^[5]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Guillermo Ochoa	(1985-07-13)13 July 1985 (aged 27)	52	0	Ajaccio
2	2DF	Francisco Rodríguez (c)	(1981-10-20)20 October 1981 (aged 31)	80	1	América
3	2DF	Carlos Salcido	(1980-04-02)2 April 1980 (aged 33)	113	10	UANL
4	2DF	Diego Reyes	(1992-09-19)19 September 1992 (aged 20)	5	0	América[c]
5	3MF	Jesús Molina	(1988-03-29)29 March 1988 (aged 25)	7	0	América
6	3MF	Gerardo Torrado	(1979-04-30)30 April 1979 (aged 34)	139	6	Cruz Azul
7	3MF	Pablo Barrera	(1987-06-21)21 June 1987 (aged 25)	53	6	Cruz Azul
8	3MF	Ángel Reyna	(1984-09-19)19 September 1984 (aged 28)	21	1	Pachuca
9	4FW	Aldo de Nigris	(1983-07-22)22 July 1983 (aged 29)	22	9	Monterrey[d]
10	4FW	Giovani dos Santos	(1989-05-11)11 May 1989 (aged 24)	62	14	Mallorca
11	3MF	Javier Aquino	(1990-02-11)11 February 1990 (aged 23)	15	0	Villarreal
12	1GK	Jesús Corona	(1981-01-26)26 January 1981 (aged 32)	23	0	Cruz Azul
13	2DF	Severo Meza	(1986-07-09)9 July 1986 (aged 26)	12	0	Monterrey
14	4FW	Javier Hernández	(1988-06-01)1 June 1988 (aged 25)	47	32	Manchester United
15	2DF	Héctor Moreno	(1988-01-17)17 January 1988 (aged 25)	41	1	Espanyol
16	3MF	Héctor Herrera	(1990-04-19)19 April 1990 (aged 23)	6	0	Pachuca
17	3MF	Jesús Zavala	(1987-07-21)21 July 1987 (aged 25)	19	2	Monterrey
18	3MF	Andrés Guardado	(1986-09-28)28 September 1986 (aged 26)	91	14	Valencia
19	4FW	Raúl Jiménez	(1991-05-05)5 May 1991 (aged 22)	5	0	América
20	2DF	Jorge Torres Nilo	(1988-01-16)16 January 1988 (aged 25)	32	1	UANL
21	2DF	Hiram Mier	(1989-08-25)25 August 1989 (aged 23)	5	0	Monterrey
22	2DF	Gerardo Flores	(1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 27)	5	0	Cruz Azul
23	1GK	Alfredo Talavera	(1982-09-18)18 September 1982 (aged 30)	11	0	Toluca

Italy

Head coach: Cesare Prandelli

Prandelli named his 23-man squad on 3 June 2013.^[6]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Gianluigi Buffon (c)	(1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 35)	128	0	Juventus
2	2DF	Christian Maggio	(1982-02-11)11 February 1982 (aged 31)	24	0	Napoli
3	2DF	Giorgio Chiellini	(1984-08-14)14 August 1984 (aged 28)	57	2	Juventus
4	2DF	Davide Astori	(1987-01-07)7 January 1987 (aged 26)	3	0	Cagliari
5	2DF	Mattia De Sciglio	(1992-10-20)20 October 1992 (aged 20)	3	0	Milan
6	3MF	Antonio Candreva	(1987-02-28)28 February 1987 (aged 26)	7	0	Lazio
7	3MF	Alberto Aquilani	(1984-07-07)7 July 1984 (aged 28)	23	4	Fiorentina
8	3MF	Claudio Marchisio	(1986-01-19)19 January 1986 (aged 27)	32	1	Juventus
9	4FW	Mario Balotelli	(1990-08-12)12 August 1990 (aged 22)	20	8	Milan
10	4FW	Sebastian Giovinco	(1987-01-26)26 January 1987 (aged 26)	14	0	Juventus
11	4FW	Alberto Gilardino	(1982-07-05)5 July 1982 (aged 30)	51	18	Bologna
12	1GK	Salvatore Sirigu	(1987-01-12)12 January 1987 (aged 26)	5	0	Paris Saint-Germain
13	1GK	Federico Marchetti	(1983-02-07)7 February 1983 (aged 30)	8	0	Lazio
14	4FW	Stephan El Shaarawy	(1992-10-27)27 October 1992 (aged 20)	6	1	Milan
15	2DF	Andrea Barzagli	(1981-05-08)8 May 1981 (aged 32)	41	0	Juventus
16	3MF	Daniele De Rossi	(1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 29)	84	14	Roma
17	4FW	Alessio Cerci	(1987-07-23)23 July 1987 (aged 25)	3	0	Torino
18	3MF	Riccardo Montolivo	(1985-01-18)18 January 1985 (aged 28)	43	2	Milan
19	2DF	Leonardo Bonucci	(1987-05-01)1 May 1987 (aged 26)	26	2	Juventus
20	2DF	Ignazio Abate	(1986-11-12)12 November 1986 (aged 26)	10	0	Milan
21	3MF	Andrea Pirlo	(1979-05-19)19 May 1979 (aged 34)	98	12	Juventus
22	3MF	Emanuele Giaccherini	(1985-05-05)5 May 1985 (aged 28)	8	0	Juventus
23	3MF	Alessandro Diamanti	(1983-05-02)2 May 1983 (aged 30)	11	0	Bologna

Group B

Spain

Head coach: Vicente del Bosque

Del Bosque named his 23-man squad on 2 June 2013.^[7]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Iker Casillas (c)	(1981-05-20)20 May 1981 (aged 32)	145	0	Real Madrid
2	2DF	Raúl Albiol	(1985-09-04)4 September 1985 (aged 27)	39	0	Real Madrid
3	2DF	Gerard Piqué	(1987-02-02)2 February 1987 (aged 26)	51	4	Barcelona
4	3MF	Javi Martínez	(1988-09-02)2 September 1988 (aged 24)	9	0	Bayern Munich
5	2DF	César Azpilicueta	(1989-08-28)28 August 1989 (aged 23)	2	0	Chelsea
6	3MF	Andrés Iniesta	(1984-05-11)11 May 1984 (aged 29)	80	11	Barcelona
7	4FW	David Villa	(1981-12-03)3 December 1981 (aged 31)	88	53	Barcelona
8	3MF	Xavi	(1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 33)	120	12	Barcelona
9	4FW	Fernando Torres	(1984-03-20)20 March 1984 (aged 29)	101	31	Chelsea
10	3MF	Cesc Fàbregas	(1987-05-04)4 May 1987 (aged 26)	79	13	Barcelona
11	4FW	Pedro	(1987-07-28)28 July 1987 (aged 25)	26	12	Barcelona
12	1GK	Víctor Valdés	(1982-01-14)14 January 1982 (aged 31)	13	0	Barcelona
13	3MF	Juan Mata	(1988-04-28)28 April 1988 (aged 25)	25	7	Chelsea
14	4FW	Roberto Soldado	(1985-05-27)27 May 1985 (aged 28)	8	4	Valencia
15	2DF	Sergio Ramos	(1986-03-30)30 March 1986 (aged 27)	102	9	Real Madrid
16	3MF	Sergio Busquets	(1988-07-16)16 July 1988 (aged 24)	54	0	Barcelona
17	2DF	Álvaro Arbeloa	(1983-01-17)17 January 1983 (aged 30)	47	0	Real Madrid
18	2DF	Jordi Alba	(1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 24)	17	2	Barcelona
19	2DF	Nacho Monreal	(1986-02-26)26 February 1986 (aged 27)	12	0	Arsenal
20	3MF	Santi Cazorla	(1984-12-13)13 December 1984 (aged 28)	53	9	Arsenal
21	3MF	David Silva	(1986-01-08)8 January 1986 (aged 27)	70	18	Manchester City
22	3MF	Jesús Navas	(1985-11-21)21 November 1985 (aged 27)	23	2	Sevilla[e]
23	1GK	Pepe Reina	(1982-08-31)31 August 1982 (aged 30)	26	0	Liverpool

Uruguay

Head coach: Óscar Tabárez

Tabárez named his 23-man squad on 4 June 2013.^[8]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Fernando Muslera	(1986-06-16)16 June 1986 (aged 26)	44	0	Galatasaray
2	2DF	Diego Lugano (c)	(1980-11-02)2 November 1980 (aged 32)	79	8	Málaga
3	2DF	Diego Godín	(1986-02-16)16 February 1986 (aged 27)	64	3	Atlético Madrid
4	2DF	Sebastián Coates	(1990-10-07)7 October 1990 (aged 22)	9	1	Liverpool
5	3MF	Walter Gargano	(1984-07-27)27 July 1984 (aged 28)	50	1	Internazionale
6	3MF	Álvaro Pereira	(1985-11-28)28 November 1985 (aged 27)	47	5	Internazionale
7	3MF	Cristian Rodríguez	(1985-09-30)30 September 1985 (aged 27)	57	6	Atlético Madrid
8	3MF	Sebastián Eguren	(1981-01-08)8 January 1981 (aged 32)	50	7	Libertad
9	4FW	Luis Suárez	(1987-01-24)24 January 1987 (aged 26)	63	31	Liverpool
10	4FW	Diego Forlán	(1979-05-19)19 May 1979 (aged 34)	96	33	Internacional
11	4FW	Abel Hernández	(1990-08-08)8 August 1990 (aged 22)	8	3	Palermo
12	1GK	Juan Castillo	(1978-04-17)17 April 1978 (aged 35)	13	0	Danubio
13	2DF	Matías Aguirregaray	(1989-04-01)1 April 1989 (aged 24)	3	0	Peñarol
14	3MF	Nicolás Lodeiro	(1989-03-21)21 March 1989 (aged 24)	17	1	Botafogo
15	3MF	Diego Pérez	(1980-05-18)18 May 1980 (aged 33)	82	1	Bologna
16	2DF	Maxi Pereira	(1984-06-08)8 June 1984 (aged 29)	74	2	Benfica
17	3MF	Egidio Arévalo Ríos	(1982-09-27)27 September 1982 (aged 30)	42	0	Palermo
18	4FW	Gastón Ramírez	(1990-12-02)2 December 1990 (aged 22)	16	0	Southampton
19	2DF	Andrés Scotti	(1975-12-14)14 December 1975 (aged 37)	37	1	Nacional
20	3MF	Álvaro González	(1984-10-29)29 October 1984 (aged 28)	33	1	Lazio
21	4FW	Edinson Cavani	(1987-02-14)14 February 1987 (aged 26)	48	13	Napoli
22	2DF	Martín Cáceres	(1987-04-07)7 April 1987 (aged 26)	45	1	Juventus
23	1GK	Martín Silva	(1983-03-25)25 March 1983 (aged 30)	1	0	Olimpia

Tahiti

Head coach: Eddy Etaeta

Etaeta named his 23-man squad on 24 May 2013.^[9]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mikaël Roche	(1982-12-24)24 December 1982 (aged 30)	6	0	AS Dragon
2	4FW	Alvin Tehau	(1989-04-10)10 April 1989 (aged 24)	16	6	AS Tefana
3	4FW	Marama Vahirua	(1980-05-12)12 May 1980 (aged 33)	0	0	Nancy[f]
4	2DF	Teheivarii Ludivion	(1989-07-01)1 July 1989 (aged 23)	15	1	AS Tefana
5	2DF	Tamatoa Wagemann	(1980-03-18)18 March 1980 (aged 33)	6	0	AS Dragon
6	3MF	Henri Caroine	(1981-09-07)7 September 1981 (aged 31)	6	0	AS Dragon
7	3MF	Heimano Bourebare	(1989-05-15)15 May 1989 (aged 24)	12	1	AS Tefana
8	2DF	Stephane Faatiarau	(1990-03-13)13 March 1990 (aged 23)	11	1	AS Tefana
9	4FW	Teaonui Tehau	(1992-09-01)1 September 1992 (aged 20)	16	8	AS Dragon
10	2DF	Nicolas Vallar (c)	(1983-10-22)22 October 1983 (aged 29)	12	3	AS Dragon
11	4FW	Stanley Atani	(1990-01-27)27 January 1990 (aged 23)	15	5	AS Tefana
12	2DF	Edson Lemaire	(1990-10-31)31 October 1990 (aged 22)	3	0	AS Dragon
13	4FW	Steevy Chong Hue	(1990-01-26)26 January 1990 (aged 23)	19	7	AS Dragon
14	3MF	Rainui Aroita	(1994-01-25)25 January 1994 (aged 19)	1	0	AS Tamarii Faa'a
15	3MF	Lorenzo Tehau	(1989-04-10)10 April 1989 (aged 24)	18	7	AS Tefana
16	4FW	Ricky Aitamai	(1991-12-22)22 December 1991 (aged 21)	1	0	AS Vénus
17	3MF	Jonathan Tehau	(1988-01-09)9 January 1988 (aged 25)	22	4	AS Tamarii Faa'a
18	3MF	Yohann Tihoni	(1994-07-20)20 July 1994 (aged 18)	1	0	AS Roniu
19	2DF	Vincent Simon	(1983-09-28)28 September 1983 (aged 29)	21	1	AS Dragon
20	2DF	Yannick Vero	(1990-02-28)28 February 1990 (aged 23)	5	0	AS Dragon
21	4FW	Samuel Hnanyine	(1984-03-01)1 March 1984 (aged 29)	1	1	AS Dragon
22	1GK	Gilbert Meriel	(1986-11-11)11 November 1986 (aged 26)	3	0	AS Tefana
23	1GK	Xavier Samin	(1978-01-01)1 January 1978 (aged 35)	28	0	AS Dragon

Nigeria

Head coach: Stephen Keshi

Keshi named his 23-man squad on 7 June 2013.^[10]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Vincent Enyeama (c)	(1982-08-29)29 August 1982 (aged 30)	78	0	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2	2DF	Godfrey Oboabona	(1990-08-16)16 August 1990 (aged 22)	19	0	Sunshine Stars
3	2DF	Elderson Echiéjilé	(1988-01-20)20 January 1988 (aged 25)	27	1	Braga
4	3MF	John Ogu	(1988-04-20)20 April 1988 (aged 25)	2	0	Académica de Coimbra
5	2DF	Efe Ambrose	(1988-10-18)18 October 1988 (aged 24)	22	1	Celtic
6	2DF	Azubuike Egwuekwe	(1988-11-28)28 November 1988 (aged 24)	12	0	Warri Wolves
7	4FW	Ahmed Musa	(1992-10-14)14 October 1992 (aged 20)	26	4	CSKA Moscow
8	4FW	Brown Ideye	(1988-10-10)10 October 1988 (aged 24)	14	2	Dynamo Kyiv
9	4FW	Joseph Akpala	(1986-08-24)24 August 1986 (aged 26)	5	1	Werder Bremen
10	3MF	Mikel John Obi	(1987-04-22)22 April 1987 (aged 26)	46	3	Chelsea
11	4FW	Mohammed Gambo	(1988-03-10)10 March 1988 (aged 25)	0	0	Kano Pillars
12	2DF	Solomon Kwambe	(1993-09-30)30 September 1993 (aged 19)	3	0	Sunshine Stars
13	3MF	Fegor Ogude	(1987-07-29)29 July 1987 (aged 25)	11	0	Vålerenga
14	4FW	Anthony Ujah	(1990-10-14)14 October 1990 (aged 22)	1	0	1. FC Köln
15	3MF	Michael Babatunde	(1992-12-24)24 December 1992 (aged 20)	1	0	Kryvbas
16	1GK	Austin Ejide	(1984-04-08)8 April 1984 (aged 29)	24	0	Hapoel Be'er Sheva
17	3MF	Ogenyi Onazi	(1992-12-25)25 December 1992 (aged 20)	9	1	Lazio
18	3MF	Emeka Eze	(1992-12-22)22 December 1992 (aged 20)	1	0	Enugu Rangers
19	3MF	Sunday Mba	(1988-11-28)28 November 1988 (aged 24)	11	5	Enugu Rangers
20	4FW	Nnamdi Oduamadi	(1990-10-17)17 October 1990 (aged 22)	3	1	Varese
21	2DF	Francis Benjamin	(1993-06-20)20 June 1993 (aged 19)	1	0	Heartland
22	2DF	Kenneth Omeruo	(1993-10-17)17 October 1993 (aged 19)	8	0	ADO Den Haag
23	1GK	Chigozie Agbim	(1984-11-28)28 November 1984 (aged 28)	5	0	Enugu Rangers

Player representation

By club nationality

Players	Countries
35	Italy
25	Spain
22	Tahiti
19	England
17	Mexico
13	Germany
12	Brazil
9	Japan
8	Nigeria
5	France
3	Portugal, Russia, Uruguay
2	Israel, Netherlands, Paraguay, Ukraine
1	Belgium, Norway, Turkey, Scotland

Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals.

By representatives of domestic league

National Squad	No.
Brazil	10
Italy	22
Japan	9
Mexico	17
Nigeria	8
Spain	15
Tahiti	22
Uruguay	3

Notes

1. Fernando joined Shakhtar Donetsk after the tournament.
2. Neymar joined Barcelona after the tournament.
3. Diego Reyes joined Porto after the tournament.
4. Aldo de Nigris joined Guadalajara after the tournament.
5. Jesús Navas joined Manchester City after the tournament.
6. Marama Vahirua was on loan at Panthrakikos.