2010 FIFA World Cup squads

2010 FIFA World Cup squads
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament held in South Africa from 11 June until 11 July 2010. The 32 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.
Before announcing their final squad for the tournament, teams were required to name a preliminary squad of 30 players by 11 May 2010, 30 days before the start of the tournament. With the exception of those involved in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final, the players listed in the preliminary squad were then subjected to a mandatory rest period from 17 to 23 May 2010. The preliminary squad would then have to be cut to a final 23 by 1 June 2010 (midnight CET). Replacement of seriously injured players is permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first World Cup game, though replacement players do not have to be drawn from the preliminary squad.
Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps, players' club teams and players' age as of 11 June 2010, the tournament's opening day.
For the first time in World Cup history, all teams had at least one player from a European club (North Korea being the only team with just one, Hong Yong-jo). Three national squads were made up entirely of players from domestic clubs: England, Italy and Germany. Nigeria was the only team with no players from domestic clubs.
Group A
France
Coach: Raymond Domenech
Mexico
Coach: Javier Aguirre
South Africa
Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira
Uruguay
Coach: Óscar Tabárez
Group B
Argentina
Coach: Diego Maradona
Greece
Coach:
Otto Rehhagel
Nigeria
Coach: Lars Lagerbäck
South Korea
Coach: Huh Jung-moo
Group C
Algeria
Coach: Rabah Saâdane
England
Coach: Fabio Capello
Slovenia
Coach: Matjaž Kek
United States
Coach: Bob Bradley
Group D
Australia
Coach: Pim Verbeek
Germany
Coach: Joachim Löw
Ghana
Coach: Milovan Rajevac
Serbia
Coach: Radomir Antić
Group E
Cameroon
Coach: Paul Le Guen
Denmark
Coach: Morten Olsen
Japan
Coach: Takeshi Okada
Netherlands
Coach: Bert van Marwijk
Group F
Italy
Coach: Marcello Lippi
New Zealand
Coach: Ricki Herbert
Paraguay
Coach: Gerardo Martino
Slovakia
Coach: Vladimír Weiss
Group G
Brazil
Coach: Dunga
Ivory Coast
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson
North Korea
Coach: Kim Jong-hun
Portugal
Coach: Carlos Queiroz
Group H
Chile
Coach: Marcelo Bielsa
Honduras
Coach: Reinaldo Rueda
Spain
Coach: Vicente del Bosque
Switzerland
Coach: Ottmar Hitzfeld
Player statistics
Player representation by age
Players
Oldest: David James
Youngest: Christian Eriksen
Goalkeepers
Oldest: David James
Youngest: Daniel Agyei
Captains
Oldest: Fabio Cannavaro
Youngest: Marek Hamšík
Player representation by club
Player representation by league
The English, German, and Italian squads were made up entirely of players from the respective countries' domestic leagues. The Nigerian squad was made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs.
Although Russia, Turkey, and Scotland failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 14, 14, and 10 players respectively. Altogether, there were 52 national leagues that had players in the tournament.
Average age of squads
Coaches representation by country
References
Notes
External links
Official Players List
Preliminary Squads List
Squads
FIFA World Cup squads