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2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament squads
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The 2024 CONMEBOL Pre-Olympic Tournament will be an international football tournament to be held in Venezuela from 20 January to 11 February 2024. The ten national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of a minimum of 19 and a maximum of 23 players, including at least three goalkeepers (Regulations Article 48). Only players in these squads are eligible to take part in the tournament. The tournament exclusively requires players to be born on or after 1 January 2001 to be eligible, that is, they must be a maximum of 23 years old by the end of the calendar year in which the competition is played (Regulations Article 45).[1]
As the tournament will not held during the FIFA International Match Calendar, clubs were not obligated to release the players.
Each national team had to register its list of up to 23 players in the COMET system and then submit it to CONMEBOL by 5 January 2024, 18:00 PYST (UTC−3) (Regulations Articles 49 and 50). Teams are only permitted to make player replacements in cases of serious injuries or illness up to 48 hours before the start of the tournament (Regulations Article 56). Teams are also permitted to replace an injured goalkeeper with another at any time during the tournament (Regulations Article 57). In addition, any player with positive PCR tests for SARS-CoV-2 may be replaced at any moment before and during the tournament (Regulations Article 59). All the substitutions must have the approval of the CONMEBOL Medical Commission.
The age listed for each player is as of 20 January 2024, the first day of the tournament. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team. Players name marked in bold have been capped at full international level.
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Venezuela
Venezuela announced a preliminary roster of 28 players on 5 January 2024.[2] The final 23-man squad was announced on 18 January 2024.[3][4]
Head coach: 
Ricardo Valiño
Brazil
Brazil announced their 23-man squad on 21 December 2023,[5] Defender Luan Cândido (Red Bull Bragantino), midfielder Danilo (Nottingham Forest) and goalkeeper Andrew (Gil Vicente) were ruled out as their clubs decided not to release them and were replaced by Kaiki Bruno, Maurício and Kaique, respectively.[6][7][8][9] On 5 January 2024, the Brazilian Football Confederation announced a final 23-man squad with several more changes: defenders Vinicius Tobias (Real Madrid), Patryck Lanza (São Paulo), Kaiky (Almería) and Robert Renan (Internacional) were replaced by Khellven, Rikelme, Luan Patrick and Bruno Gomes.[10][11] On 11 January 2024, defender Matheus Dias was ruled out due to an injury and four days later was replaced by Lucas Fasson.[12][13]
Head coach: Ramon Menezes
Colombia
Colombia announced their 23-man squad on 5 January 2024.[14][15] On 11 January, forwards Kener Valencia and Edwin Mosquera were ruled out due to injuries and were replaced by Nelson Quiñones and Alejandro García, respectively.[16][17] During the tournament, forwards Óscar Cortés and Andrés Gómez were released from the squad, the former at the request of his club Lens after Colombia missed out on qualification, and the latter due to injury.[18][19]
Head coach: Héctor Cárdenas
Bolivia
Bolivia announced a preliminary roster of 35 players on 1 January 2024.[20] The final 23-man squad was announced on 16 January 2024.[21][22]
Midfielder Miguel Terceros (Santos) and forwards Enzo Monteiro (Santos) and Jaume Cuellar (Barcelona Atlètic) were initially considered but then ruled out because their clubs decided not to release them.[23]
Head coach: 
Antônio Carlos Zago
Ecuador
Ecuador announced their 23-man squad on 28 December 2023.[24][25] On 3 January 2024, Ecuadorian Football Federation announced that Sebastián González, Óscar Zambrano, Daykol Romero (all three from LDU Quito) and Jhoanner Chávez (Bahia) were dropped from the squad because their clubs decided not to release them and were replaced by Ronny Borja, Andrew Draper, Ronald Perlaza and Carlos Sánchez.[26][27]
Forward Nilson Angulo was initially considered but was not part of the team as his club (Anderlecht) decided not to release him.[28]
Head coach: Miguel Bravo
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Argentina
Argentina announced their 23-man squad on 10 January 2024.[29][30] Julián Malatini was ruled out of the squad after he was transferred to Werder Bremen, who revoked the authorization initially given by the player's selling club Defensa y Justicia, so Argentina will only have 22 players for this competition.
Head coach: Javier Mascherano
Uruguay
Uruguay announced their 23-man squad on 5 January 2024.[31][32][33] On 17 January, the Uruguayan Football Association announced that Los Angeles FC decided to revoke the authorization of its striker Cristian Olivera to participate in the tournament, so the Uruguayan team will only have 22 players, as substitutions are only allowed in case of serious injury or illness.[34] On the same day, forward Rodrigo Dudok was replaced by Agustín Albarracín due to an injury.[35]
Defender Alan Matturro (Genoa) and forwards Matías Arezo (Granada) and Agustín Álvarez Martínez (Sassuolo) were initially considered but then ruled out because their clubs decided not to release them.[36][37]
Head coach: Marcelo Bielsa
Chile
Chile announced a preliminary roster of 35 players on 11 December 2023.[38] The preliminary roster was reduced to 28 after seven players were ruled out, including midfielder Luis Rojas who was excluded due to disciplinary issues.[39][40][41][42] The final 23-man squad was announced on 5 January 2024.[43] On 10 January 2024, midfielder Felipe Chamorro was ruled out due to an injury,[44] and was replaced by Leandro Hernández.[45] On 16 January 2024, forward Lautaro Pastrán was ruled out due to an injury, and was replaced by Clemente Montes.[46]
Players such as Darío Osorio (Midtjylland), Nayel Mehssatou (Kortrijk) and Bruno Barticciotto (Talleres) did not make the squad as their clubs decided not to release them.[38]
Head coach: Nicolás Córdova
Paraguay
Paraguay announced their 23-man squad on 5 January 2024.[47]
Players such as Romeo Benítez (Athletico Paranaense), Damián Bobadilla (São Paulo), Matías Segovia (Botafogo), Julio Enciso (Brighton & Hove Albion), Diego González (Lazio), Hugo Cuenca (Milan), Sebastián Olmedo (Puebla), Matías Galarza (Talleres) and Santiago Ocampos (Flamengo) did not make the squad as their clubs decided not to release them.[48]
Head coach: Carlos Jara Saguier
Peru
Peru announced their 23-man squad on 15 January 2024.[49]
Players such as Piero Quispe (UNAM), Alfonso Barco (Defensor Sporting), Jesús Castillo (Gil Vicente), Catriel Cabellos (Alianza Lima), Joao Grimaldo, Jostin Alarcón (both from Sporting Cristal), Matías Lazo and Kenji Cabrera (both from Melgar) did not make the squad as their clubs decided not to release them.[50]
Head coach: José del Solar
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