document_title: 2006 FIFA World Cup squads

question_text: who captained italy in the 2006 world cup

text: 2006 FIFA World Cup squads

text: Group A[edit]

text: Costa Rica[edit]

text: Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Álvaro Mesén
(1972-12-24)24 December 1972 (aged 33)
38
 Herediano

2
2DF
Jervis Drummond
(1976-09-08)8 September 1976 (aged 29)
56
 Saprissa

3
2DF
Luis Marín (c)
(1974-08-10)10 August 1974 (aged 31)
120
 Alajuelense

4
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)
3
 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)
3
 Cartaginés

22
2DF
Michael Rodríguez
(1981-12-30)30 December 1981 (aged 24)
3
 Alajuelense

23
1GK
Wardy Alfaro
(1977-12-31)31 December 1977 (aged 28)
2
 Alajuelense

text: Ecuador[edit]

text: Head coach:  Luis Fernando Suárez

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Edwin Villafuerte
(1979-03-12)12 March 1979 (aged 27)
15
 Deportivo Quito

2
2DF
Jorge Guagua
(1981-09-28)28 September 1981 (aged 24)
18
 El Nacional

3
2DF
Iván Hurtado (c)
(1974-08-16)16 August 1974 (aged 31)
130
 Al-Arabi

4
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)
3
 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[2]

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[3]

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[4]

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[5]

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

text: Germany[edit]

text: Head coach: Jürgen Klinsmann

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Jens Lehmann
(1969-11-10)10 November 1969 (aged 36)
32
 Arsenal

2
2DF
Marcell Jansen
(1985-11-04)4 November 1985 (aged 20)
7
 Borussia Mönchengladbach

3
2DF
Arne Friedrich
(1979-05-29)29 May 1979 (aged 27)
36
 Hertha BSC

4
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[6]

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[7]

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)
1
 Borussia Dortmund

23
1GK
Timo Hildebrand
(1979-04-05)5 April 1979 (aged 27)
3
 VfB Stuttgart

text: Poland[edit]

text: Head coach: Paweł Janas

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Artur Boruc
(1980-02-20)20 February 1980 (aged 26)
17
 Celtic

2
2DF
Mariusz Jop
(1978-08-03)3 August 1978 (aged 27)
12
 FC Moscow

3
2DF
Seweryn Gancarczyk
(1981-11-22)22 November 1981 (aged 24)
2
 Metalist Kharkiv

4
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[8]

6
2DF
Jacek Bąk (c)
(1973-03-24)24 March 1973 (aged 33)
72
 Al-Rayyan[9]

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[10]

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[11]

12
1GK
Tomasz Kuszczak
(1982-03-23)23 March 1982 (aged 24)
4
 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[12]

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[13]

20
3MF
Piotr Giza
(1980-02-28)28 February 1980 (aged 26)
4
 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)
2
 Legia Warszawa

23
4FW
Paweł Brożek
(1983-04-21)21 April 1983 (aged 23)
4
 Wisła Kraków

text: Group B[edit]

text: England[edit]

text: Head coach:  Sven-Göran Eriksson

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Paul Robinson
(1979-10-15)15 October 1979 (aged 26)
21
 Tottenham Hotspur

2
2DF
Gary Neville
(1975-02-18)18 February 1975 (aged 31)
79
 Manchester United

3
2DF
Ashley Cole
(1980-12-20)20 December 1980 (aged 25)
46
 Arsenal

4
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[14]

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)
1
 Tottenham Hotspur

20
3MF
Stewart Downing
(1984-07-22)22 July 1984 (aged 21)
2
 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[15]

23
4FW
Theo Walcott
(1989-03-16)16 March 1989 (aged 17)
1
 Arsenal

text: Paraguay[edit]

text: Head coach:  Aníbal Ruiz

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Justo Villar
(1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 28)
39
 Newell's Old Boys

2
2DF
Jorge Núñez
(1978-01-22)22 January 1978 (aged 28)
15
 Estudiantes La Plata

3
2DF
Delio Toledo
(1976-10-02)2 October 1976 (aged 29)
30
 Real Zaragoza

4
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[16]

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[17]

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[18]

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[19]

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

text: Sweden[edit]

text: Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Andreas Isaksson
(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 24)
39
 Rennes

2
2DF
Mikael Nilsson
(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 27)
27
 Panathinaikos

3
2DF
Olof Mellberg (c)
(1977-09-03)3 September 1977 (aged 28)
64
 Aston Villa

4
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[20]

12
1GK
John Alvbåge
(1982-08-10)10 August 1982 (aged 23)
2
 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)
1
 Bayer Leverkusen

15
2DF
Karl Svensson
(1984-03-21)21 March 1984 (aged 22)
1
 IFK Göteborg[21]

16
3MF
Kim Källström
(1982-08-24)24 August 1982 (aged 23)
34
 Rennes[22]

17
4FW
Johan Elmander
(1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 25)
18
 Brøndby[23]

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)
1
 Fredrikstad

text: Trinidad and Tobago[edit]

text: Head coach:  Leo Beenhakker

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Shaka Hislop
(1969-02-22)22 February 1969 (aged 37)
24
 West Ham United[24]

2
2DF
Ian Cox
(1971-03-25)25 March 1971 (aged 35)
16
 Gillingham

3
2DF
Avery John
(1975-06-18)18 June 1975 (aged 30)
57
 New England Revolution

4
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[25]

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)
4
 San Juan Jabloteh

text: Group C[edit]

text: Argentina[edit]

text: Head coach: José Pekerman

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Roberto Abbondanzieri
(1972-08-19)19 August 1972 (aged 33)
22
 Boca Juniors

2
2DF
Roberto Ayala
(1973-04-14)14 April 1973 (aged 33)
100
 Valencia

3
2DF
Juan Pablo Sorín (c)
(1976-05-05)5 May 1976 (aged 30)
71
 Villarreal

4
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[26]

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)
3
 Atlético Madrid

13
2DF
Lionel Scaloni
(1978-05-16)16 May 1978 (aged 28)
6
 Deportivo La Coruña[27]

14
4FW
Rodrigo Palacio
(1982-02-05)5 February 1982 (aged 24)
2
 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)
2
 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

text: Ivory Coast[edit]

text: Head coach:  Henri Michel

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Jean-Jacques Tizié
(1972-09-07)7 September 1972 (aged 33)
24
 Espérance

2
3MF
Kanga Akalé
(1981-03-07)7 March 1981 (aged 25)
22
 Auxerre

3
2DF
Arthur Boka
(1983-04-02)2 April 1983 (aged 23)
23
 Strasbourg

4
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

text: Netherlands[edit]

text: Head coach: Marco van Basten

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Edwin van der Sar (c)
(1970-10-29)29 October 1970 (aged 35)
109
 Manchester United

2
2DF
Kew Jaliens
(1978-09-15)15 September 1978 (aged 27)
1
 AZ

3
2DF
Khalid Boulahrouz
(1981-12-28)28 December 1981 (aged 24)
11
 Hamburger SV

4
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)
3
 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)
2
 AZ

23
1GK
Maarten Stekelenburg
(1982-09-22)22 September 1982 (aged 23)
2
 Ajax

text: Serbia and Montenegro[edit]

text: Head coach: Ilija Petković

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Dragoslav Jevrić
(1974-07-08)8 July 1974 (aged 31)
40
 Ankaraspor

2
3MF
Ivan Ergić
(1981-01-21)21 January 1981 (aged 25)
1
 Basel

3
2DF
Ivica Dragutinović
(1975-11-13)13 November 1975 (aged 30)
26
 Sevilla

4
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)
3
 CSKA Sofia

13
2DF
Dušan Basta
(1984-08-18)18 August 1984 (aged 21)
2
 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[28][29]
(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[30]

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[31]

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[32]

text: Group D[edit]

text: Angola[edit]

text: Head coach: Luís Oliveira Gonçalves

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
João Ricardo
(1970-01-07)7 January 1970 (aged 36)
26
 Moreirense[33]

2
2DF
Marco Airosa
(1984-08-06)6 August 1984 (aged 21)
2
 Barreirense

3
2DF
Jamba
(1977-07-10)10 July 1977 (aged 28)
35
 Aviação

4
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[34]

11
4FW
Mateus
(1984-06-19)19 June 1984 (aged 21)
4
 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)
1
 Leeds United[35]

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)
2
 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)
1
 InterClube

23
2DF
Marco Abreu
(1974-12-08)8 December 1974 (aged 31)
3
 Portimonense

text: Iran[edit]

text: Head coach:  Branko Ivanković

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Ebrahim Mirzapour
(1978-09-16)16 September 1978 (aged 27)
64
 Foolad

2
3MF
Mehdi Mahdavikia
(1977-07-24)24 July 1977 (aged 28)
89
 Hamburger SV

3
2DF
Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh
(1972-09-11)11 September 1972 (aged 33)
31
 Saba Battery

4
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[36]

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)
3
 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)
1
 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)
1
 Esteghlal

23
3MF
Masoud Shojaei
(1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 22)
3
 Saipa

text: Mexico[edit]

text: Head coach:  Ricardo Lavolpe

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Oswaldo Sánchez
(1973-09-21)21 September 1973 (aged 32)
70
 Guadalajara

2
2DF
Claudio Suárez
(1968-12-17)17 December 1968 (aged 37)
178
 Chivas USA

3
2DF
Carlos Salcido
(1980-04-02)2 April 1980 (aged 26)
32
 Guadalajara[37]

4
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[38]

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[39]

9
4FW
Jared Borgetti
(1973-08-14)14 August 1973 (aged 32)
75
 Bolton Wanderers[40]

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)
1
 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[41]

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

text: Portugal[edit]

text: Head coach:  Luiz Felipe Scolari

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Ricardo
(1976-02-11)11 February 1976 (aged 30)
49
 Sporting CP

2
2DF
Paulo Ferreira
(1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 27)
30
 Chelsea

3
2DF
Marco Caneira
(1979-02-09)9 February 1979 (aged 27)
14
 Valencia[42]

4
2DF
Ricardo Costa
(1981-05-16)16 May 1981 (aged 25)
3
 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[43]

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[44]

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)
1
 Braga

23
4FW
Hélder Postiga
(1982-08-02)2 August 1982 (aged 23)
24
 Porto[45]

text: Group E[edit]

text: Czech Republic[edit]

text: Head coach: Karel Brückner

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Petr Čech
(1982-05-20)20 May 1982 (aged 24)
41
 Chelsea

2
2DF
Zdeněk Grygera
(1980-05-14)14 May 1980 (aged 26)
41
 Ajax

3
2DF
Pavel Mareš
(1976-01-18)18 January 1976 (aged 30)
10
 Zenit Saint Petersburg

4
3MF
Tomáš Galásek (c)
(1973-01-15)15 January 1973 (aged 33)
49
 Ajax[46]

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[47]

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[48]

10
3MF
Tomáš Rosický
(1980-10-04)4 October 1980 (aged 25)
54
 Borussia Dortmund[49]

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)
3
 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

text: Ghana[edit]

text: Head coach:  Ratomir Dujković

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Sammy Adjei
(1980-09-01)1 September 1980 (aged 25)
31
 Ashdod

2
3MF
Hans Sarpei
(1976-06-28)28 June 1976 (aged 29)
7
 VfL Wolfsburg

3
4FW
Asamoah Gyan
(1985-11-22)22 November 1985 (aged 20)
13
 Udinese[50]

4
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)
2
 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)
1
 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)
4
 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[51]

text: Italy[edit]

text: Head coach: Marcello Lippi

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Gianluigi Buffon
(1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 28)
60
 Juventus

2
2DF
Cristian Zaccardo
(1981-12-21)21 December 1981 (aged 24)
12
 Palermo

3
2DF
Fabio Grosso
(1977-11-28)28 November 1977 (aged 28)
17
 Palermo[52]

4
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)
1
 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

text: United States[edit]

text: Head coach: Bruce Arena

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Tim Howard
(1979-03-06)6 March 1979 (aged 27)
16
 Manchester United[53]

2
2DF
Chris Albright
(1979-01-14)14 January 1979 (aged 27)
20
 LA Galaxy[54]

3
2DF
Carlos Bocanegra
(1979-05-25)25 May 1979 (aged 27)
40
 Fulham

4
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[55]

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

text: Group F[edit]

text: Australia[edit]

text: Head coach:  Guus Hiddink

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Mark Schwarzer
(1972-10-06)6 October 1972 (aged 33)
37
 Middlesbrough

2
2DF
Lucas Neill
(1978-03-09)9 March 1978 (aged 28)
25
 Blackburn Rovers

3
2DF
Craig Moore
(1975-12-12)12 December 1975 (aged 30)
33
 Newcastle United

4
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[56]

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[57]

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[58]

12
1GK
Ante Covic
(1975-06-13)13 June 1975 (aged 30)
1
 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)
2
 Central Coast Mariners[59]

17
4FW
Archie Thompson
(1978-10-23)23 October 1978 (aged 27)
20
 Melbourne Victory[60]

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)
1
 Dynamo Dresden[61]

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)
1
 Sydney FC

23
3MF
Mark Bresciano
(1980-02-11)11 February 1980 (aged 26)
24
 Parma

text: Brazil[edit]

text: Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Dida
(1973-10-07)7 October 1973 (aged 32)
86
 Milan

2
2DF
Cafu (c)
(1970-06-07)7 June 1970 (aged 36)
138
 Milan

3
2DF
Lúcio
(1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 28)
50
 Bayern Munich

4
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[62]

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)
2
 São Paulo[63]

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)
3
 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

text: Croatia[edit]

text: Head coach: Zlatko Kranjčar

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Stipe Pletikosa
(1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 27)
50
 Shakhtar Donetsk[64]

2
3MF
Darijo Srna
(1982-05-01)1 May 1982 (aged 24)
36
 Shakhtar Donetsk

3
2DF
Josip Šimunić
(1978-02-18)18 February 1978 (aged 28)
42
 Hertha BSC

4
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[65]

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[66]

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)
4
 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[67]

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[68]

23
1GK
Tomislav Butina
(1974-03-30)30 March 1974 (aged 32)
28
 Club Brugge

text: Japan[edit]

text: Head coach:  Zico

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Seigo Narazaki
(1976-04-15)15 April 1976 (aged 30)
50
 Nagoya Grampus Eight

2
2DF
Teruyuki Moniwa
(1981-09-08)8 September 1981 (aged 24)
8
 FC Tokyo

3
2DF
Yūichi Komano
(1981-07-25)25 July 1981 (aged 24)
8
 Sanfrecce Hiroshima

4
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[69]

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[70]

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)
4
 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

text: Group G[edit]

text: France[edit]

text: Head coach: Raymond Domenech

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Mickaël Landreau
(1979-05-14)14 May 1979 (aged 27)
3
 Nantes[71]

2
2DF
Jean-Alain Boumsong
(1979-12-14)14 December 1979 (aged 26)
19
 Newcastle United

3
2DF
Éric Abidal
(1979-09-11)11 September 1979 (aged 26)
8
 Lyon

4
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[72]

10
3MF
Zinedine Zidane (c)
(1972-06-23)23 June 1972 (aged 33)
102
 Real Madrid[73]

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[74]

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)
1
 Wigan Athletic

22
3MF
Franck Ribéry
(1983-04-07)7 April 1983 (aged 23)
3
 Marseille

23
1GK
Grégory Coupet
(1972-12-31)31 December 1972 (aged 33)
18
 Lyon

text: South Korea[edit]

text: Head coach:  Dick Advocaat

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Lee Woon-jae (c)
(1973-04-26)26 April 1973 (aged 33)
97
 Suwon Samsung Bluewings

2
2DF
Kim Young-chul
(1976-06-30)30 June 1976 (aged 29)
12
 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma

3
2DF
Kim Dong-jin
(1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 24)
34
 FC Seoul

4
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

text: Switzerland[edit]

text: Head coach: Köbi Kuhn

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Pascal Zuberbühler
(1971-01-08)8 January 1971 (aged 35)
40
 Basel

2
2DF
Johan Djourou
(1987-01-18)18 January 1987 (aged 19)
2
 Arsenal

3
2DF
Ludovic Magnin
(1979-04-20)20 April 1979 (aged 27)
30
 VfB Stuttgart

4
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)
3
 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[75]

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)
1
 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)
3
 Basel[76]

15
3MF
Blerim Džemaili
(1986-04-12)12 April 1986 (aged 20)
3
 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)
2
 Grasshopper

22
3MF
Hakan Yakin
(1977-02-22)22 February 1977 (aged 29)
46
 Young Boys[77]

23
2DF
Philipp Degen
(1983-02-15)15 February 1983 (aged 23)
15
 Borussia Dortmund

text: Togo[edit]

text: Head coach:  Otto Pfister[78]

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Ouro-Nimini Tchagnirou
(1977-12-31)31 December 1977 (aged 28)
9
 Djoliba

2
2DF
Daré Nibombé
(1980-06-16)16 June 1980 (aged 25)
16
 Mons

3
2DF
Jean-Paul Abalo (c)
(1975-06-26)26 June 1975 (aged 30)
65
 APOEL

4
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)
4
 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)
1
 Brest

12
2DF
Éric Akoto
(1980-07-20)20 July 1980 (aged 25)
32
 Admira Wacker[79]

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[80]

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)
1
 Bayer Leverkusen

text: Group H[edit]

text: Saudi Arabia[edit]

text: Head coach:  Marcos Paquetá

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Mohamed Al-Deayea
(1972-08-02)2 August 1972 (aged 33)
175
 Al-Hilal

2
2DF
Ahmed Dokhi Al-Dosari
(1976-10-25)25 October 1976 (aged 29)
68
 Al-Ittihad

3
2DF
Redha Tukar
(1975-11-29)29 November 1975 (aged 30)
37
 Al-Ittihad

4
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

text: Spain[edit]

text: Head coach: Luis Aragonés

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Iker Casillas
(1981-05-20)20 May 1981 (aged 25)
58
 Real Madrid

2
2DF
Míchel Salgado
(1975-10-22)22 October 1975 (aged 30)
50
 Real Madrid

3
2DF
Mariano Pernía
(1977-05-04)4 May 1977 (aged 29)
1
 Getafe[81]

4
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)
3
 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)
3
 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)
4
 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)
3
 Liverpool

text: Tunisia[edit]

text: Head coach:  Roger Lemerre

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Ali Boumnijel
(1966-04-13)13 April 1966 (aged 40)
48
 Club Africain

2
2DF
Karim Essediri
(1979-07-29)29 July 1979 (aged 26)
7
 Rosenborg

3
2DF
Karim Haggui
(1984-01-21)21 January 1984 (aged 22)
26
 Strasbourg

4
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[82]

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)
1
 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[83]

18
2DF
David Jemmali
(1974-12-13)13 December 1974 (aged 31)
2
 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[84]

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

text: Ukraine[edit]

text: Head coach: Oleg Blokhin

text:
No.
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Club

1
1GK
Oleksandr Shovkovskiy
(1975-01-02)2 January 1975 (aged 31)
68
 Dynamo Kyiv

2
2DF
Andriy Nesmachniy
(1979-02-28)28 February 1979 (aged 27)
49
 Dynamo Kyiv

3
2DF
Oleksandr Yatsenko
(1985-02-24)24 February 1985 (aged 21)
1
 Kharkiv[85]

4
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[86]

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)
1
 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[87]

23
1GK
Bohdan Shust
(1986-03-04)4 March 1986 (aged 20)
2
 Shakhtar Donetsk

text: 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.[citation needed]

text: Player representation by league[edit]

text:
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%
1

Mexico
23
3.125%
4

Portugal
20
2.72%
12

Costa Rica
20
2.72%
0

Others
253
34.38%

text: 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.

text: Player representation by club[edit]

text: Finalised clubs' listing as per FIFA, excluding players on standby and loans.

text:
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

text: Footnotes[edit]

text:
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.' [permanent dead link]
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.

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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

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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

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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

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1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
1994
1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
2018

Finals

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1982
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1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
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Squads

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1938
1950
1954
1958
1962
1966
1970
1974
1978
1982
1986
1990
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1998
2002
2006
2010
2014
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Seedings

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2002
2006
2010
2014
2018

Broadcasters

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2002
2006
2010
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. In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage.

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text: Pass Plus

text: Introduction and purpose[edit]

text: Pass plus is an optional course introduced by DSA and is considered the best way to give additional driving experience to a qualified learner by an ADI (Approved Driving Instructor) that has been Pass Plus registered.[2]

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text: The main aim of this course is to impart valuable knowledge to drivers who have recently passed the practical driving test, and who want to learn new skills and techniques, improve their anticipation and alertness and learn how to reduce accidents.

text: Content[edit]

text: Pass Plus comprises six modules,[3] each covering a different aspect of driving. These modules are:

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Town driving
All-weather driving
Driving out of town
Night driving
Driving on dual carriageways
Driving on motorways

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text: Some of the aspects may be covered in theory only, such as weather and night driving which require conditions that may be hard to replicate especially in the summer, or motorway driving if there is no motorway nearby. However, this is only done when a practical training session is not possible.

text: The scheme takes a minimum of six hours to complete. The practical assessment is more lenient than that used in the standard driving test, and adherence to many rules that would otherwise constitute a major mistake in the main practical exam (such as parking at an angle) does not apply. It is only required that one is able to drive safely and legally.

text: There is no examination at the end of the Pass Plus course; rather, a certificate is awarded once the instructor is satisfied with the candidate's competence.

text: Each module must be completed to an achieved or exceeded standard, in order to pass:

text: Achieved: successfully reached the driving standard required for each of the competencies.

text: Exceeded: exceeded the driving standard required for each of the competencies.

text: Participating insurers[edit]

text: A number of insurance companies offer cheaper car insurance to drivers who have completed the Pass Plus scheme.[3] These include:

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AA Insurance
Adrian Flux Insurance Services
Aviva UK
BSM Insurance
Churchill Insurance
Co-operative Insurance Society
Direct Line
Endsleigh Insurance
NFU Mutual
Norwich Union
Insure The Box Limited
Privilege
Provident Insurance plc
Quinn Group
Royal SunAlliance
Tesco Personal Finance
Swinton Colonnade
Zurich Financial Services