2006 FIFA World Cup squads - wikipedia 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. 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 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 South Korea 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 Group A Costa Rica Head coach : Alexandre Guimarães No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Álvaro Mesén ( 1972 - 12 - 24 ) 24 December 1972 ( aged 33 ) 38 Herediano 2DF Jervis Drummond ( 1976 - 09 - 08 ) 8 September 1976 ( aged 29 ) 56 Saprissa 2DF Luis Marín ( c ) ( 1974 - 08 - 10 ) 10 August 1974 ( aged 31 ) 120 Alajuelense 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 3MF Mauricio Solís ( 1972 - 12 - 13 ) 13 December 1972 ( aged 33 ) 107 CSD 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 ) 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 Victor Núñez ( 1980 - 04 - 15 ) 15 April 1980 ( aged 26 ) Cartaginés 22 2DF Michael Rodríguez ( 1981 - 12 - 30 ) 30 December 1981 ( aged 24 ) Alajuelense 23 1GK Wardy Alfaro ( 1977 - 12 - 31 ) 31 December 1977 ( aged 28 ) Alajuelense Ecuador Head coach : Luis Fernando Suárez No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Edwin Villafuerte ( 1979 - 03 - 12 ) 12 March 1979 ( aged 27 ) 15 Deportivo Quito 2DF Jorge Guagua ( 1981 - 09 - 28 ) 28 September 1981 ( aged 24 ) 18 El Nacional 2DF Iván Hurtado ( c ) ( 1974 - 08 - 16 ) 16 August 1974 ( aged 31 ) 130 Al - Arabi 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 ) 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 3MF 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 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 Paul 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 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 Huelva 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 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 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 1GK Jens Lehmann ( 1969 - 11 - 10 ) 10 November 1969 ( aged 36 ) 32 Arsenal 2DF Marcell Jansen ( 1985 - 11 - 04 ) 4 November 1985 ( aged 20 ) 7 Borussia Mönchengladbach 2DF Arne Friedrich ( 1979 - 05 - 29 ) 29 May 1979 ( aged 27 ) 36 Hertha BSC 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 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 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 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 ) Borussia Dortmund 23 1GK Timo Hildebrand ( 1979 - 04 - 05 ) 5 April 1979 ( aged 27 ) VfB Stuttgart Poland Head coach : Paweł Janas No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Artur Boruc ( 1980 - 02 - 20 ) 20 February 1980 ( aged 26 ) 17 Celtic 2DF Mariusz Jop ( 1978 - 08 - 03 ) 3 August 1978 ( aged 27 ) 12 FC Moscow 2DF Seweryn Gancarczyk ( 1981 - 11 - 22 ) 22 November 1981 ( aged 24 ) Metalist Kharkiv 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 6 2DF Jacek Bąk ( c ) ( 1973 - 03 - 24 ) 24 March 1973 ( aged 33 ) 72 Al - Rayyan 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 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 12 1GK Tomasz Kuszczak ( 1982 - 03 - 23 ) 23 March 1982 ( aged 24 ) 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 15 4FW Euzebiusz 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 Vienna 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 20 3MF Piotr Giza ( 1980 - 02 - 28 ) 28 February 1980 ( aged 26 ) 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 ) Legia Warszawa 23 4FW Paweł Brożek ( 1983 - 04 - 21 ) 21 April 1983 ( aged 23 ) Wisła Kraków Group B England Head coach : Sven - Göran Eriksson No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Paul Robinson ( 1979 - 10 - 15 ) 15 October 1979 ( aged 26 ) 21 Tottenham Hotspur 2DF Gary Neville ( 1975 - 02 - 18 ) 18 February 1975 ( aged 31 ) 79 Manchester United 2DF Ashley Cole ( 1980 - 12 - 20 ) 20 December 1980 ( aged 25 ) 46 Arsenal 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 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 ) Tottenham Hotspur 20 3MF Stewart Downing ( 1984 - 07 - 22 ) 22 July 1984 ( aged 21 ) 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 23 4FW Theo Walcott ( 1989 - 03 - 16 ) 16 March 1989 ( aged 17 ) Arsenal Paraguay Head coach : Aníbal Ruiz No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Justo Villar ( 1977 - 06 - 30 ) 30 June 1977 ( aged 28 ) 39 Newell 's Old Boys 2DF Jorge Núñez ( 1978 - 01 - 22 ) 22 January 1978 ( aged 28 ) 15 Estudiantes La Plata 2DF Delio Toledo ( 1976 - 10 - 02 ) 2 October 1976 ( aged 29 ) 30 Real Zaragoza 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 3MF 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 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 14 2DF Paulo da Silva ( 1980 - 02 - 01 ) 1 February 1980 ( aged 26 ) 33 Toluca 15 2DF Julio César Manzur ( 1981 - 06 - 22 ) 22 June 1981 ( aged 24 ) 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 Valdez ( 1983 - 11 - 28 ) 28 November 1983 ( aged 22 ) 11 Werder Bremen 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 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 1GK Andreas Isaksson ( 1981 - 10 - 03 ) 3 October 1981 ( aged 24 ) 39 Rennes 2DF Mikael Nilsson ( 1978 - 06 - 24 ) 24 June 1978 ( aged 27 ) 27 Panathinaikos 2DF Olof Mellberg ( c ) ( 1977 - 09 - 03 ) 3 September 1977 ( aged 28 ) 64 Aston Villa 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 Fredrik 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 12 1GK John Alvbåge ( 1982 - 08 - 10 ) 10 August 1982 ( aged 23 ) 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 ) Bayer Leverkusen 15 2DF Karl Svensson ( 1984 - 03 - 21 ) 21 March 1984 ( aged 22 ) IFK Göteborg 16 3MF Kim Källström ( 1982 - 08 - 24 ) 24 August 1982 ( aged 23 ) 34 Rennes 17 4FW Johan Elmander ( 1981 - 05 - 27 ) 27 May 1981 ( aged 25 ) 18 Brøndby 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 ) Fredrikstad Trinidad and Tobago Head coach : Leo Beenhakker No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Shaka Hislop ( 1969 - 02 - 22 ) 22 February 1969 ( aged 37 ) 24 West Ham United 2DF Ian Cox ( 1971 - 03 - 25 ) 25 March 1971 ( aged 35 ) 16 Gillingham 2DF Avery John ( 1975 - 06 - 18 ) 18 June 1975 ( aged 30 ) 57 New England Revolution 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 7 3MF Chris Birchall ( 1984 - 05 - 05 ) 5 May 1984 ( aged 22 ) 19 Port Vale 8 2DF Cyd Gray ( 1973 - 11 - 21 ) 21 November 1973 ( aged 32 ) 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 3MF 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 ) San Juan Jabloteh Group C Argentina Head coach : José Pekerman No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Roberto Abbondanzieri ( 1972 - 08 - 19 ) 19 August 1972 ( aged 33 ) 22 Boca Juniors 2DF Roberto Ayala ( 1973 - 04 - 14 ) 14 April 1973 ( aged 33 ) 100 Valencia 2DF Juan Pablo Sorín ( c ) ( 1976 - 05 - 05 ) 5 May 1976 ( aged 30 ) 71 Villarreal 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 Internazionale 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 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 ) Atlético Madrid 13 2DF Lionel Scaloni ( 1978 - 05 - 16 ) 16 May 1978 ( aged 28 ) 6 Deportivo La Coruña 14 4FW Rodrigo Palacio ( 1982 - 02 - 05 ) 5 February 1982 ( aged 24 ) Boca Juniors 15 2DF Gabriel Milito ( 1980 - 09 - 07 ) 7 September 1980 ( aged 25 ) 15 Real 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 ) 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 Internazionale 21 2DF Nicolás Burdisso ( 1981 - 04 - 12 ) 12 April 1981 ( aged 25 ) 8 Internazionale 22 3MF Lucho González ( 1981 - 01 - 19 ) 19 January 1981 ( aged 25 ) 27 Porto 23 1GK Óscar 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 1GK Jean - Jacques Tizié ( 1972 - 09 - 07 ) 7 September 1972 ( aged 33 ) 24 Espérance 3MF Kanga Akalé ( 1981 - 03 - 07 ) 7 March 1981 ( aged 25 ) 22 Auxerre 2DF Arthur Boka ( 1983 - 04 - 02 ) 2 April 1983 ( aged 23 ) 23 Strasbourg 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 ( 1974 - 02 - 02 ) 2 February 1974 ( aged 32 ) 36 Troyes 7 3MF Emerse Faé ( 1984 - 01 - 24 ) 24 January 1984 ( aged 22 ) 14 Nantes 8 4FW 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 ( 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 ( c ) ( 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 1GK Edwin van der Sar ( c ) ( 1970 - 10 - 29 ) 29 October 1970 ( aged 35 ) 109 Manchester United 2DF Kew Jaliens ( 1978 - 09 - 15 ) 15 September 1978 ( aged 27 ) AZ 2DF Khalid Boulahrouz ( 1981 - 12 - 28 ) 28 December 1981 ( aged 24 ) 11 Hamburger SV 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 ) 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 ) AZ 23 1GK Maarten Stekelenburg ( 1982 - 09 - 22 ) 22 September 1982 ( aged 23 ) Ajax Serbia and Montenegro Head coach : Ilija Petković No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Dragoslav Jevrić ( 1974 - 07 - 08 ) 8 July 1974 ( aged 31 ) 40 Ankaraspor 3MF Ivan Ergić ( 1981 - 01 - 21 ) 21 January 1981 ( aged 25 ) Basel 2DF Ivica Dragutinović ( 1975 - 11 - 13 ) 13 November 1975 ( aged 30 ) 26 Sevilla 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 Internazionale 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 ) CSKA Sofia 13 2DF Dušan Basta ( 1984 - 08 - 18 ) 18 August 1984 ( aged 21 ) 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 ( 1974 - 06 - 13 ) 13 June 1974 ( aged 31 ) 12 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 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 Paris Saint - Germain 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 Group D Angola Head coach : Luís Oliveira Gonçalves No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK João Ricardo ( 1970 - 01 - 07 ) 7 January 1970 ( aged 36 ) 26 Moreirense 2DF Marco Airosa ( 1984 - 08 - 06 ) 6 August 1984 ( aged 21 ) Barreirense 2DF Jamba ( 1977 - 07 - 10 ) 10 July 1977 ( aged 28 ) 35 Aviação 2DF Lebo Lebo ( 1977 - 05 - 29 ) 29 May 1977 ( aged 29 ) 15 Petro Atletico 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 - Wakra 11 4FW Mateus ( 1984 - 06 - 19 ) 19 June 1984 ( aged 21 ) Gil Vicente 12 1GK Lamá ( 1981 - 02 - 01 ) 1 February 1981 ( aged 25 ) 9 Petro Atletico 13 3MF Édson 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 ) Leeds United 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 Atletico 18 4FW Love ( 1979 - 03 - 14 ) 14 March 1979 ( aged 27 ) 35 Aviação 19 4FW Titi Buengo ( 1980 - 02 - 11 ) 11 February 1980 ( aged 26 ) Clermont Foot 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 Atletico 22 1GK Mário Hipólito ( 1985 - 06 - 01 ) 1 June 1985 ( aged 21 ) InterClube 23 2DF Marco Abreu ( 1974 - 12 - 08 ) 8 December 1974 ( aged 31 ) Portimonense Iran Head coach : Branko Ivanković No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Ebrahim Mirzapour ( 1978 - 09 - 16 ) 16 September 1978 ( aged 27 ) 64 Foolad 3MF Mehdi Mahdavikia ( 1977 - 07 - 24 ) 24 July 1977 ( aged 28 ) 89 Hamburger SV 2DF Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh ( 1972 - 09 - 11 ) 11 September 1972 ( aged 33 ) 31 Saba Battery 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 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 ) 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 ) Esteghlal 20 2DF Mohammad Nosrati ( 1982 - 01 - 11 ) 11 January 1982 ( aged 24 ) 44 Pas 21 3MF Mehrzad Madanchi ( 1985 - 01 - 10 ) 10 January 1985 ( aged 21 ) 6 Persepolis 22 1GK Vahid Talebloo ( 1982 - 05 - 26 ) 26 May 1982 ( aged 24 ) Esteghlal 23 3MF Masoud Shojaei ( 1984 - 06 - 09 ) 9 June 1984 ( aged 22 ) Saipa Mexico Head coach : Ricardo Lavolpe No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Oswaldo Sánchez ( 1973 - 09 - 21 ) 21 September 1973 ( aged 32 ) 70 Guadalajara 2DF Claudio Suárez ( 1968 - 12 - 17 ) 17 December 1968 ( aged 37 ) 178 Chivas USA 2DF Carlos Salcido ( 1980 - 04 - 02 ) 2 April 1980 ( aged 26 ) 32 Guadalajara 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 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 9 4FW Jared Borgetti ( 1973 - 08 - 14 ) 14 August 1973 ( aged 32 ) 75 Bolton Wanderers 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 UAG 13 1GK Guillermo Ochoa ( 1985 - 07 - 13 ) 13 July 1985 ( aged 20 ) 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 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 1GK Ricardo ( 1976 - 02 - 11 ) 11 February 1976 ( aged 30 ) 49 Sporting CP 2DF Paulo Ferreira ( 1979 - 01 - 18 ) 18 January 1979 ( aged 27 ) 30 Chelsea 2DF Marco Caneira ( 1979 - 02 - 09 ) 9 February 1979 ( aged 27 ) 14 Valencia 2DF Ricardo Costa ( 1981 - 05 - 16 ) 16 May 1981 ( aged 25 ) 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 7 3MF Luís Figo ( c ) ( 1972 - 11 - 04 ) 4 November 1972 ( aged 33 ) 120 Internazionale 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 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 ) Braga 23 4FW Hélder Postiga ( 1982 - 08 - 02 ) 2 August 1982 ( aged 23 ) 24 Porto Group E Czech Republic Head coach : Karel Brückner No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Petr Čech ( 1982 - 05 - 20 ) 20 May 1982 ( aged 24 ) 41 Chelsea 2DF Zdeněk Grygera ( 1980 - 05 - 14 ) 14 May 1980 ( aged 26 ) 41 Ajax 2DF Pavel Mareš ( 1976 - 01 - 18 ) 18 January 1976 ( aged 30 ) 10 Zenit Saint Petersburg 3MF Tomáš Galásek ( c ) ( 1973 - 01 - 15 ) 15 January 1973 ( aged 33 ) 49 Ajax 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 Milan 7 3MF Libor Sionko ( 1977 - 02 - 01 ) 1 February 1977 ( aged 29 ) 17 Austria Wien 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 10 3MF Tomáš Rosický ( 1980 - 10 - 04 ) 4 October 1980 ( aged 25 ) 54 Borussia Dortmund 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 ) 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 1GK Sammy Adjei ( 1980 - 09 - 01 ) 1 September 1980 ( aged 25 ) 31 Ashdod 3MF Hans Sarpei ( 1976 - 06 - 28 ) 28 June 1976 ( aged 29 ) 7 VfL Wolfsburg 4FW Asamoah Gyan ( 1985 - 11 - 22 ) 22 November 1985 ( aged 20 ) 13 Udinese 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 ) 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 ) 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 ) 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 Italy Head coach : Marcello Lippi No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Gianluigi Buffon ( 1978 - 01 - 28 ) 28 January 1978 ( aged 28 ) 60 Juventus 2DF Cristian Zaccardo ( 1981 - 12 - 21 ) 21 December 1981 ( aged 24 ) 12 Palermo 2DF Fabio Grosso ( 1977 - 11 - 28 ) 28 November 1977 ( aged 28 ) 17 Palermo 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 ) 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 1GK Tim Howard ( 1979 - 03 - 06 ) 6 March 1979 ( aged 27 ) 16 Manchester United 2DF Chris Albright ( 1979 - 01 - 14 ) 14 January 1979 ( aged 27 ) 20 LA Galaxy 2DF Carlos Bocanegra ( 1979 - 05 - 25 ) 25 May 1979 ( aged 27 ) 40 Fulham 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 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 1GK Mark Schwarzer ( 1972 - 10 - 06 ) 6 October 1972 ( aged 33 ) 37 Middlesbrough 2DF Lucas Neill ( 1978 - 03 - 09 ) 9 March 1978 ( aged 28 ) 25 Blackburn Rovers 2DF Craig Moore ( 1975 - 12 - 12 ) 12 December 1975 ( aged 30 ) 33 Newcastle United 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 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 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 12 1GK Ante Covic ( 1975 - 06 - 13 ) 13 June 1975 ( aged 30 ) 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 ) Central Coast Mariners 17 4FW Archie Thompson ( 1978 - 10 - 23 ) 23 October 1978 ( aged 27 ) 20 Melbourne Victory 18 1GK Zeljko Kalac ( 1972 - 12 - 16 ) 16 December 1972 ( aged 33 ) 52 Milan 19 4FW Joshua Kennedy ( 1982 - 08 - 20 ) 20 August 1982 ( aged 23 ) Dynamo Dresden 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 ) 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 1GK Dida ( 1973 - 10 - 07 ) 7 October 1973 ( aged 32 ) 86 Milan 2DF Cafu ( c ) ( 1970 - 06 - 07 ) 7 June 1970 ( aged 36 ) 138 Milan 2DF Lúcio ( 1978 - 05 - 08 ) 8 May 1978 ( aged 28 ) 50 Bayern Munich 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 Internazionale 8 3MF Kaká ( 1982 - 04 - 22 ) 22 April 1982 ( aged 24 ) 38 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 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 ) São Paulo 19 3MF Juninho ( 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 ) Lyon 22 1GK Júlio César ( 1979 - 09 - 03 ) 3 September 1979 ( aged 26 ) 11 Internazionale 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 1GK Stipe Pletikosa ( 1979 - 01 - 08 ) 8 January 1979 ( aged 27 ) 50 Shakhtar Donetsk 3MF Darijo Srna ( 1982 - 05 - 01 ) 1 May 1982 ( aged 24 ) 36 Shakhtar Donetsk 2DF Josip Šimunić ( 1978 - 02 - 18 ) 18 February 1978 ( aged 28 ) 42 Hertha BSC 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 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 Milan 8 3MF 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 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 ) 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 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 3MF 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 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 1GK Seigo Narazaki ( 1976 - 04 - 15 ) 15 April 1976 ( aged 30 ) 50 Nagoya Grampus Eight 2DF Teruyuki Moniwa ( 1981 - 09 - 08 ) 8 September 1981 ( aged 24 ) 8 FC Tokyo 2DF Yūichi Komano ( 1981 - 07 - 25 ) 25 July 1981 ( aged 24 ) 8 Sanfrecce Hiroshima 3MF Yasuhito Endo ( 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 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 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 ) 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 1GK Mickaël Landreau ( 1979 - 05 - 14 ) 14 May 1979 ( aged 27 ) Nantes 2DF Jean - Alain Boumsong ( 1979 - 12 - 14 ) 14 December 1979 ( aged 26 ) 19 Newcastle United 2DF Éric Abidal ( 1979 - 09 - 11 ) 11 September 1979 ( aged 26 ) 8 Lyon 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 10 3MF Zinedine Zidane ( c ) ( 1972 - 06 - 23 ) 23 June 1972 ( aged 33 ) 102 Real Madrid 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 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 ) Wigan Athletic 22 3MF Franck Ribéry ( 1983 - 04 - 07 ) 7 April 1983 ( aged 23 ) 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 1GK Lee Woon - jae ( c ) ( 1973 - 04 - 26 ) 26 April 1973 ( aged 33 ) 97 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2DF Kim Young - chul ( 1976 - 06 - 30 ) 30 June 1976 ( aged 29 ) 12 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 2DF Kim Dong - jin ( 1982 - 01 - 29 ) 29 January 1982 ( aged 24 ) 34 FC Seoul 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 - 02 - 25 ) 25 February 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 Chunnam 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 1GK Pascal Zuberbühler ( 1971 - 01 - 08 ) 8 January 1971 ( aged 35 ) 40 Basel 2DF Johan Djourou ( 1987 - 01 - 18 ) 18 January 1987 ( aged 19 ) Arsenal 2DF Ludovic Magnin ( 1979 - 04 - 20 ) 20 April 1979 ( aged 27 ) 30 VfB Stuttgart 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 ) Zürich 6 3MF Johann Vogel ( c ) ( 1977 - 03 - 08 ) 8 March 1977 ( aged 29 ) 85 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 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 ) 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 ) Basel 15 3MF Blerim Džemaili ( 1986 - 04 - 12 ) 12 April 1986 ( aged 20 ) 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 ) Grasshopper 22 3MF Hakan Yakin ( 1977 - 02 - 22 ) 22 February 1977 ( aged 29 ) 46 Young Boys 23 2DF Philipp Degen ( 1983 - 02 - 15 ) 15 February 1983 ( aged 23 ) 15 Borussia Dortmund Togo Head coach : Otto Pfister No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Ouro - Nimini Tchagnirou ( 1977 - 12 - 31 ) 31 December 1977 ( aged 28 ) 9 Djoliba 2DF Daré Nibombé ( 1980 - 06 - 16 ) 16 June 1980 ( aged 25 ) 16 Mons 2DF Jean - Paul Abalo ( c ) ( 1975 - 06 - 26 ) 26 June 1975 ( aged 30 ) 65 APOEL 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 ) Beveren 9 3MF Thomas Dossevi ( 1979 - 03 - 06 ) 6 March 1979 ( aged 27 ) 10 Valenciennes 10 3MF Mamam Cherif Touré ( 1981 - 01 - 13 ) 13 January 1981 ( aged 25 ) 39 Metz 11 4FW Robert Malm ( 1973 - 08 - 21 ) 21 August 1973 ( aged 32 ) Brest 12 2DF Éric Akoto ( 1980 - 07 - 20 ) 20 July 1980 ( aged 25 ) 32 Admira Wacker 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 22 1GK Kodjovi Obilale ( 1984 - 10 - 08 ) 8 October 1984 ( aged 21 ) 0 Étoile Filante 23 2DF Assimiou Touré ( 1988 - 01 - 01 ) 1 January 1988 ( aged 18 ) Bayer Leverkusen Group h Saudi Arabia Head coach : Marcos Paquetá No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Mohamed Al - Deayea ( 1972 - 08 - 02 ) 2 August 1972 ( aged 33 ) 175 Al - Hilal 2DF Ahmed Dokhi Al - Dosari ( 1976 - 10 - 25 ) 25 October 1976 ( aged 29 ) 68 Al - Ittihad 2DF Redha Tukar ( 1975 - 11 - 29 ) 29 November 1975 ( aged 30 ) 37 Al - Ittihad 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 3MF 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 - Nasr 12 2DF Abdulaziz Khathran ( 1973 - 07 - 31 ) 31 July 1973 ( aged 32 ) 19 Al - Hilal 13 2DF Hussein Sulaimani ( 1977 - 01 - 21 ) 21 January 1977 ( aged 29 ) 97 Al - Ahli 14 3MF Saud Khariri ( 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 Al - Bishi ( 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 1GK Iker Casillas ( 1981 - 05 - 20 ) 20 May 1981 ( aged 25 ) 58 Real Madrid 2DF Míchel Salgado ( 1975 - 10 - 22 ) 22 October 1975 ( aged 30 ) 50 Real Madrid 2DF Mariano Pernía ( 1977 - 05 - 04 ) 4 May 1977 ( aged 29 ) Getafe 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 ) 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 ) 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 ) 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 ) Liverpool Tunisia Head coach : Roger Lemerre No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Ali Boumnijel ( 1966 - 04 - 13 ) 13 April 1966 ( aged 40 ) 48 Club Africain 2DF Karim Essediri ( 1979 - 07 - 29 ) 29 July 1979 ( aged 26 ) 7 Rosenborg 2DF Karim Haggui ( 1984 - 01 - 21 ) 21 January 1984 ( aged 22 ) 26 Strasbourg 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 8 3MF Mehdi Nafti ( 1978 - 11 - 28 ) 28 November 1978 ( aged 27 ) 29 Birmingham City 9 4FW Yassine Chikhaoui ( 1986 - 09 - 02 ) 2 September 1986 ( aged 19 ) 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 18 2DF David Jemmali ( 1974 - 12 - 13 ) 13 December 1974 ( aged 31 ) 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 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 No. Pos. Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club 1GK Oleksandr Shovkovskiy ( 1975 - 01 - 02 ) 2 January 1975 ( aged 31 ) 68 Dynamo Kyiv 2DF Andriy Nesmachniy ( 1979 - 02 - 28 ) 28 February 1979 ( aged 27 ) 49 Dynamo Kyiv 2DF Oleksandr Yatsenko ( 1985 - 02 - 24 ) 24 February 1985 ( aged 21 ) Kharkiv 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 Milan 8 3MF Oleh Shelayev ( 1976 - 11 - 05 ) 5 November 1976 ( aged 29 ) 19 Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 9 3MF 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 Serhiy Rebrov ( 1974 - 06 - 03 ) 3 June 1974 ( aged 32 ) 70 Dynamo Kyiv 12 1GK Andriy Pyatov ( 1984 - 06 - 28 ) 28 June 1984 ( aged 21 ) Vorskla Poltava 13 2DF Dmytro Chygrynskiy ( 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 Milevskiy ( 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 23 1GK Bohdan Shust ( 1986 - 03 - 04 ) 4 March 1986 ( aged 20 ) Shakhtar Donetsk Serhiy Fedorov ( # 3 ) was injured before the start of the tournament. His replacement, Vyacheslav Shevchuk was also injured shortly after arriving as a replacement. Oleksandr Yatsenko was then called up, and sat on the bench for the last two matches. Player representation by league Country Players Percentage Outside national squad Total 736 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 % Mexico 23 3.125 % 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. Saudi Arabia were the only team with no 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 different countries had players at the 2006 World Cup. Player representation by club As of 19 June 2006. Finalised clubs ' listing as per FIFA, excluding players on standby and loans. Players Clubs 15 Arsenal 14 Chelsea 13 Juventus, 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, Internazionale, PSV Eindhoven, Saprissa 7 Al - Ittihad, LDU Quito 6 Atlético Madrid, Basel, Benfica, Guadalajara, Werder Bremen 5 Alajuelense, AZ, El Nacional, Paris Saint - Germain, Rangers, Red Star Belgrade, Rennes, Roma, VfB Stuttgart, Tottenham Hotspur Footnotes Jump up ^ `` 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany -- Teams ''. FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 May 2006. Jump up ^ Borja joined Olympiacos after the tournament. `` Olympiacos sign Ecuador striker ''. UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 1 May 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2006. Jump up ^ Castillo joined Red Star Belgrade after the tournament. `` Ecuadorian World Cup winger Castillo joins Serbian club Red Star ''. Xinhua. People 's Daily. 29 August 2006. Retrieved 29 October 2014. Jump up ^ Valencia was on loan to Recreativo Huelva prior to the tournament. `` Luis Valencia ''. Official FIFA World Cup website. Archived from the original on 18 June 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2006. Jump up ^ Reasco has agreed to join São Paulo after the tournament. `` Neicer Reasco ''. Official FIFA World Cup website. Archived from the original on 18 June 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2006. Jump up ^ Ballack has agreed to join Chelsea when his contract with Bayern Munich expires on 1 July. `` Ballack cheered by Chelsea challenge ''. UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 15 May 2006. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2006. Jump up ^ 1. FC Köln chairman Wolfgang Overath has confirmed that Podolski will play for Bayern Munich in the upcoming season. `` Podolski ready to join Bayern ''. UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 1 June 2006. Archived from the original on 26 June 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2006. Jump up ^ Kosowski was on loan to Southampton in the run - up to the tournament. He became a free agent after the tournament. `` Kosowski wants last farewell ''. football.co.uk. 25 April 2006. Archived from the original on 12 May 2006. Retrieved 18 June 2006. Jump up ^ Bak became a free agent after the tournament. Jump up ^ Krzynówek joined Wolfsburg after the tournament. `` Leverkusen capture Swiss starlet ''. UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 16 May 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2006. Jump up ^ Rasiak has spent the run - up of the World Cup on loan to Southampton, and joined the club permanently after the tournament `` Poland looking to add extra polish ''. UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 2 May 2006. Archived from the original on 26 May 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2006. Jump up ^ Żewłakow joined Olympiacos after the tournament. `` Iuliano returns to Italy ''. UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 30 January 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2006. Jump up ^ Bosacki was called up after Damian Gorawski sustained an injury and had to withdraw from the squad `` Injuries spell late squad changes ''. Official FIFA World Cup website. 8 June 2006. Archived from the original on 28 June 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2006. Jump up ^ Bridge was on loan to Fulham in the run up to the tournament. `` Nélson fit for Mersey mission ''. UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 2 March 2006. Archived from the original on 25 May 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2006. Jump up ^ Carson has spent the run - up of the tournament on loan to Sheffield Wednesday. `` Scott Carson, Liverpool ''. The Football Association official website. Archived from the original on 9 July 2008. Retrieved 21 June 2006. Jump up ^ Salvador Cabañas joined Club América after the tournament. `` América returns to Houston ''. Houston Chronicle. 8 June 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2006. Jump up ^ Carlos Paredes joined Sporting CP after the tournament. Jump up ^ Nelson Valdez joined Borussia Dortmund after the tournament. `` Valdez delighted with Dortmund move ''. UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 30 May 2006. Archived from the original on 3 July 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2006. Jump up ^ Denis Caniza joined Atlas after the tournament. Jump up ^ Larsson has a pre-contract agreement with Helsingborg, and joined them after the tournament. `` Larsson looks to bow out in style ''. UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 16 May 2006. Archived from the original on 10 July 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2006. Jump up ^ Svensson has agreed to join Rangers after the tournament. `` Rangers move delights Svensson ''. UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 26 May 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2006. Jump up ^ Källström has agreed to join Lyon after the tournament. `` Lyon land Swede Källström ''. UEFA. Union of European Football Associations. 27 May 2006. Retrieved 21 June 2006. Jump up ^ Elmander had a pre-contract agreement with Toulouse, and joined them after the tournament. Jump up ^ Hislop joined Dallas FC after the tournament. Jump up ^ Wrexham are a team from Wales and under the jurisdiction of the Football Association of Wales, but who play in the English football league system. Jump up ^ Saviola was on loan to Sevilla in the run - up to the tournament Jump up ^ Scaloni was on loan to West Ham United in the run - up to the tournament Jump up ^ `` Petković quits in World Cup row ''. UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 6 June 2006. Retrieved 28 April 2011. Dušan Petković has withdrawn from Serbia and Montenegro 's FIFA World Cup squad following accusations he was only called up due to nepotism. The 31 - year - old OFK Beograd defender was drafted in as a replacement for injured striker Mirko Vučinić by coach Ilija Petković, who is also the player 's father. However, he did not fly to Germany with the squad, saying ' The pressure was too much for me, my father and my team - mates. ' Jump up ^ Since Petković quit, Serbia and Montenegro national team is the only 2006 World Cup team to have only 22 players on the squad. Jump up ^ Vukić has spent the run up to the tournament on loan to Partizan Jump up ^ Ljuboja was on loan to VfB Stuttgart prior to the tournament, and joined them permanently afterwards. Jump up ^ Stojković has agreed to join Nantes after the tournament. Jump up ^ João Ricardo became a free agent after the tournament Jump up ^ Akwá became a free agent after the tournament Jump up ^ Marques has spent the run - up of the World Cup on loan to Hull City Jump up ^ Nekounam joined Osasuna after the tournament. Jump up ^ Salcido joined PSV Eindhoven after the tournament. Jump up ^ Osorio joined VfB Stuttgart after the tournament. Jump up ^ Pardo joined VfB Stuttgart after the tournament. Jump up ^ Borgetti joined Al Ittihad after the tournament. Jump up ^ Fonseca joined Benfica after the tournament. Jump up ^ Caneira spent the run - up to the tournament on loan to Sporting CP Jump up ^ Costinha joined Atlético Madrid after the tournament. Jump up ^ Maniche spent the run - up to the tournament on loan to Chelsea Jump up ^ Postiga has spent the run up to the tournament on loan to Saint - Étienne. Jump up ^ Galásek joined 1. FC Nürnberg after the tournament. Jump up ^ Sionko joined Rangers on a Bosman transfer after the tournament. Jump up ^ Koller joined Monaco after the tournament. Jump up ^ Rosický joined Arsenal after the tournament. Jump up ^ Asamoah has spent the run up to the tournament on loan to Modena. Jump up ^ Dramani joined Gençlerbirliği after the tournament. Jump up ^ Grosso joined Internazionale after the tournament. Jump up ^ Howard spent the 2006 -- 07 season on loan to Everton. Jump up ^ Albright was called up after an injury to Frankie Hejduk. Jump up ^ Berhalter, who joined 1860 Munich after the World Cup, was called up after an injury to Cory Gibbs. Jump up ^ Popovic 's Crystal Palace contract expired after the tournament. Jump up ^ Skoko has spent the run - up of the tournament on loan to Stoke City. Jump up ^ Lazaridis joined Perth Glory after the tournament. Jump up ^ Beauchamp has agreed to join 1. FC Nürnberg after the tournament. Jump up ^ Thompson has spent the run - up of the tournament on loan to PSV Eindhoven. Jump up ^ Kennedy has agreed to join 1. FC Nürnberg after the tournament. Jump up ^ Zé Roberto became a free agent after the tournament Jump up ^ Mineiro was called up after an injury to Edmílson Jump up ^ Pletikosa was on loan to Hajduk Split in the run - up to the tournament Jump up ^ Tudor was on loan to Siena in the run - up to the tournament Jump up ^ Niko Kovač joined Red Bull Salzburg after the tournament. Jump up ^ Jerko Leko joined Monaco after the tournament. Jump up ^ Ivan Bošnjak joined Genk after the tournament. Jump up ^ Nakata was on loan to Bolton Wanderers in the run - up to the tournament. Jump up ^ Takahara has agreed to join Eintracht Frankfurt after the World Cup. Jump up ^ Landreau has agreed to join Paris Saint - Germain after the tournament. Jump up ^ Govou was called up as a replacement for the injured Djibril Cissé. Jump up ^ Zidane retired from football after the tournament. Jump up ^ Barthez became a free agent after the tournament. Jump up ^ Frei joined Borussia Dortmund after the tournament. Jump up ^ David Degen joined Borussia Mönchengladbach after the tournament. Jump up ^ Yakin was called up after an injury to Johan Vonlanthen. Jump up ^ `` Confusion over Pfister comeback ''. BBC Sport. British Broadcasting Corporation. 12 June 2006. Archived from the original on 1 January 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2011. Disputes over the Togo players ' pay bonuses caused Pfister to walk out after Togo 's first match, but he returned before their second match. Jump up ^ Akoto have not played for Admira Wacker since the end of 2005 due to a contract dispute, and spent the run up to the tournament training with Austrian club Schwechat. Jump up ^ Franck Atsou replaced Karim Guede Jump up ^ Asier del Horno was originally named in the squad, but sustained an ankle injury in the build - up to the tournament. Pernía joined Atlético Madrid after the tournament. Jump up ^ Mehdi Meriah was originally named in the squad but sustained an injury in the week leading up to the tournament. He was replaced by Guemamdia. Jump up ^ Issam Jomaa was originally named in the squad but sustained an injury prior to the tournament. He was replaced by Ben Saada. Jump up ^ Karim Saidi has spent the run up to the tournament on loan to Lecce Jump up ^ Yatsenko was called up as a replacement for the injured players Serhiy Fedorov and Vyacheslav Shevchuk. Jump up ^ Shevchenko joined Chelsea after the tournament. Jump up ^ Sviderskyi was on loan to Arsenal Kyiv in the run - up to the World Cup. 2006 FIFA World Cup Stages Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Knockout stage Portugal v Netherlands Final General information Qualification Broadcasting Controversies Discipline Mascots Matches Officials Organizing Committee Rankings Seeding Sponsorship Statistics Squads 2006 FIFA World Cup finalists Champions Italy Runners - up France Third place Germany Fourth place Portugal Quarter - finals Argentina Brazil England Ukraine Round of 16 Australia Ecuador Ghana Mexico Netherlands Spain Sweden Switzerland Group stage Angola Costa Rica Ivory Coast Croatia Czech Republic Iran Japan South Korea Paraguay Poland Saudi Arabia Serbia and Montenegro Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia United States 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 FIFA World Cup Tournaments Uruguay 1930 Italy 1934 France 1938 Brazil 1950 Switzerland 1954 Sweden 1958 Chile 1962 England 1966 Mexico 1970 West Germany 1974 Argentina 1978 Spain 1982 Mexico 1986 Italy 1990 United States 1994 France 1998 South Korea / Japan 2002 Germany 2006 South Africa 2010 Brazil 2014 Russia 2018 Qatar 2022 2026 2030 2034 Qualification 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Finals 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Squads 1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Seedings 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Broadcasters 1998 2002 2006 2014 2018 Bids 2014 2018 and 2022 2026 2030 Records and statistics All - time table Goalscorers top goalscorers finals goalscorers hat - tricks own goals Penalty shoot - outs Player appearances Red cards Referees Team appearances Teams with no appearances Miscellaneous Awards Balls Economics Final draw History Hosts Mascots Official films Official songs Organisers Trophy Video games Notes : There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. 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Question: who captained italy in the 2006 world cup
Answer: Fabio Cannavaro