# 2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads

The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup was played in Japan from 11 December to 21 December 2008. Each team involved in the competition had to submit a provisional squad of 30 players by 5 November 2008, with the list to be narrowed down to a final squad of 23 players by 27 November.

## Adelaide United

Manager: Aurelio Vidmar
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 2 | DF | AUS | Robert Cornthwaite |
| 3 | DF | BRA | Alemão |
| 4 | DF | AUS | Angelo Costanzo |
| 5 | DF | AUS | Michael Valkanis |
| 6 | DF | BRA | Cássio |
| 8 | MF | AUS | Kristian Sarkies |
| 9 | FW | AUS | Paul Agostino |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Cristiano |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Osama Malik |
| 13 | MF | AUS | Travis Dodd (captain) |
| 14 | DF | AUS | Scott Jamieson |
| 15 | MF | AUS | Jonas Salley |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 16 | DF | AUS | Daniel Mullen |
| 18 | MF | AUS | Fabian Barbiero |
| 19 | DF | AUS | Saša Ognenovski |
| 20 | GK | AUS | Eugene Galeković |
| 21 | MF | AUS | Jason Spagnuolo |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Diego |
| 23 | DF | AUS | Michael Marrone |
| 24 | MF | AUS | Paul Reid |
| 25 | FW | AUS | Robert Younis |
| 30 | GK | AUS | Mark Birighitti |
| 40 | GK | AUS | Lucas Andreucci |

## Al Ahly

Manager: Manuel José
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | EGY | Amir Abdelhamid |
| 2 | GK | PLE | Ramzi Saleh |
| 5 | DF | EGY | Ahmad El-Sayed |
| 6 | MF | EGY | Ahmad Sedik |
| 7 | DF | EGY | Shady Mohamed (captain) |
| 8 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Barakat |
| 10 | FW | EGY | Ahmed Belal |
| 11 | DF | EGY | Sayed Moawad |
| 12 | MF | ANG | Sebastião Gilberto |
| 13 | MF | QAT | Hussain Yasser |
| 15 | FW | EGY | Hany El-Agazy |
| 17 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Hassan |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | FW | EGY | Osama Hosny |
| 19 | MF | EGY | Hussein Ali |
| 21 | DF | EGY | Ramy Adel |
| 22 | MF | EGY | Mohamed Aboutrika |
| 23 | FW | ANG | Flávio Amado |
| 24 | MF | EGY | Ahmed Fathy |
| 25 | MF | EGY | Hossam Ashour |
| 26 | DF | EGY | Wael Gomaa |
| 27 | MF | EGY | Moataz Eno |
| 31 | GK | EGY | Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam |
| 32 | DF | EGY | Mohamed Samir |

## Gamba Osaka

Manager: Akira Nishino
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | JPN | Naoki Matsuyo |
| 2 | DF | JPN | Sota Nakazawa |
| 5 | DF | JPN | Satoshi Yamaguchi (captain) |
| 6 | DF | JPN | Yohei Fukumoto |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Yasuhito Endō |
| 8 | MF | JPN | Shinichi Terada |
| 9 | FW | BRA | Lucas |
| 10 | MF | JPN | Takahiro Futagawa |
| 11 | FW | JPN | Ryūji Bando |
| 13 | MF | JPN | Michihiro Yasuda |
| 14 | FW | JPN | Shoki Hirai |
| 16 | MF | JPN | Hayato Sasaki |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | JPN | Tomokazu Myojin |
| 18 | FW | BRA | Rôni |
| 19 | DF | JPN | Takumi Shimohira |
| 20 | MF | JPN | Shu Kurata |
| 21 | DF | JPN | Akira Kaji |
| 22 | GK | JPN | Yosuke Fujigaya |
| 23 | MF | JPN | Takuya Takei |
| 24 | FW | JPN | Kenta Hoshihara |
| 27 | MF | JPN | Hideo Hashimoto |
| 29 | GK | JPN | Atsushi Kimura |
| 30 | FW | JPN | Masato Yamazaki |

## LDU Quito

Manager: Edgardo Bauza
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ECU | José Francisco Cevallos |
| 2 | DF | ARG | Norberto Araujo |
| 3 | DF | ECU | Renán Calle |
| 4 | MF | ECU | Paúl Ambrosi |
| 5 | MF | ECU | Alfonso Obregón |
| 7 | MF | ECU | Luis Bolaños |
| 8 | FW | ECU | Patricio Urrutia (captain) |
| 9 | FW | ECU | Agustín Delgado |
| 10 | MF | ECU | Edder Vaca |
| 11 | MF | ECU | Danny Vaca |
| 13 | MF | ECU | Néicer Reasco |
| 14 | MF | ECU | Diego Calderón |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | DF | ECU | William Araujo |
| 16 | FW | ARG | Claudio Bieler |
| 17 | FW | ECU | Cristian Suárez |
| 19 | FW | CHI | Reinaldo Navia |
| 20 | MF | ECU | Pedro Larrea |
| 21 | MF | ARG | Damián Manso |
| 22 | GK | ECU | Alexander Domínguez |
| 23 | DF | ECU | Jairo Campos |
| 24 | MF | ECU | Gabriel Espinosa |
| 25 | GK | ECU | Daniel Viteri |
| 28 | MF | ECU | Israel Chango |

## Manchester United

Manager: Alex Ferguson
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NED | Edwin van der Sar |
| 2 | DF | ENG | Gary Neville (captain) |
| 3 | DF | FRA | Patrice Evra |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Rio Ferdinand |
| 7 | MF | POR | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| 8 | MF | BRA | Anderson |
| 9 | FW | BUL | Dimitar Berbatov |
| 10 | FW | ENG | Wayne Rooney |
| 11 | MF | WAL | Ryan Giggs (vice-captain) |
| 13 | MF | KOR | Park Ji-sung |
| 15 | DF | SRB | Nemanja Vidić |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Michael Carrick |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | POR | Nani |
| 18 | MF | ENG | Paul Scholes |
| 19 | FW | ENG | Danny Welbeck |
| 21 | DF | BRA | Rafael |
| 22 | DF | IRL | John O'Shea |
| 23 | DF | NIR | Jonny Evans |
| 24 | MF | SCO | Darren Fletcher |
| 28 | MF | IRL | Darron Gibson |
| 29 | GK | POL | Tomasz Kuszczak |
| 32 | FW | ARG | Carlos Tevez |
| 40 | GK | ENG | Ben Amos |

## Pachuca

Manager: Enrique Meza Enríquez
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | COL | Miguel Calero (captain) |
| 2 | DF | MEX | Leobardo López |
| 3 | DF | PAR | Julio Manzur |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Marco Iván Pérez |
| 6 | MF | MEX | Jaime Correa |
| 7 | MF | ARG | Damián Álvarez |
| 8 | MF | MEX | Gabriel Caballero |
| 9 | FW | ARG | Bruno Marioni |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Christian |
| 11 | FW | MEX | José María Cárdenas |
| 12 | MF | MEX | Juan Carlos Rojas |
| 13 | FW | MEX | Edwin Borboa |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 15 | MF | MEX | Luis Montes |
| 16 | MF | MEX | Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez |
| 18 | MF | USA | José Francisco Torres |
| 19 | MF | ARG | Christian Giménez |
| 21 | DF | MEX | Fausto Pinto |
| 22 | DF | MEX | Paul Aguilar |
| 23 | GK | MEX | Carlos Velázquez |
| 24 | MF | MEX | Raúl Martínez |
| 27 | MF | MEX | Edy Germán Brambila |
| 29 | FW | MEX | Víctor Mañon |
| 30 | GK | MEX | Rodolfo Cota |

## Waitakere United

Manager: Chris Milicich
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | NZL | Richard Gillespie |
| 2 | DF | NZL | Jonathan Perry |
| 3 | DF | NZL | Aaron Scott |
| 5 | DF | NZL | Danny Hay |
| 6 | DF | NZL | Hone Fowler |
| 7 | FW | NZL | Daniel Ellensohn |
| 8 | MF | WAL | Paul Seaman |
| 9 | FW | SOL | Benjamin Totori |
| 10 | FW | NZL | Allan Pearce |
| 11 | MF | ENG | Neil Sykes |
| 12 | FW | FIJ | Roy Krishna |
| 13 | FW | NZL | Daniel Koprivcic |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | NZL | Jeff Campbell |
| 15 | MF | WAL | Christopher Bale |
| 16 | MF | ENG | Neil Emblen |
| 17 | MF | NZL | Jake Butler |
| 19 | MF | NZL | Mikael Munday |
| 20 | DF | NZL | Jason Rowley |
| 21 | FW | NZL | Kayne Vincent |
| 22 | GK | ENG | Dan Robinson |
| 23 | MF | NZL | Corey Hitchen |
| 28 | GK | NZL | Sean Dowling |
| 29 | MF | BRA | Adriano |