2002 FIFA World Cup squads

At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, each national association was required to name a squad of 23 players, expanded from 22 in previous tournaments.

The players' ages, caps and clubs are as of 31 May 2002, the opening day of the tournament.

Group A

Denmark

Head coach: Morten Olsen

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Thomas Sørensen (1976-06-12)12 June 1976 (aged 25) 14 Sunderland
2 3MF Stig Tøfting (1969-08-14)14 August 1969 (aged 32) 36 Bolton Wanderers
3 2DF René Henriksen (1969-08-27)27 August 1969 (aged 32) 39 Panathinaikos
4 2DF Martin Laursen (1977-07-26)26 July 1977 (aged 24) 15 Milan
5 2DF Jan Heintze (c) (1963-08-17)17 August 1963 (aged 38) 83 PSV
6 2DF Thomas Helveg (1971-06-24)24 June 1971 (aged 30) 67 Milan
7 3MF Thomas Gravesen (1976-03-11)11 March 1976 (aged 26) 22 Everton
8 3MF Jesper Grønkjær (1977-08-12)12 August 1977 (aged 24) 25 Chelsea
9 4FW Jon Dahl Tomasson (1976-08-29)29 August 1976 (aged 25) 38 Feyenoord
10 3MF Martin Jørgensen (1975-10-06)6 October 1975 (aged 26) 32 Udinese
11 4FW Ebbe Sand (1972-07-19)19 July 1972 (aged 29) 44 Schalke 04
12 2DF Niclas Jensen (1974-08-17)17 August 1974 (aged 27) 8 Manchester City
13 2DF Steven Lustü (1971-04-13)13 April 1971 (aged 31) 4 Lyn
14 3MF Claus Jensen (1977-04-29)29 April 1977 (aged 25) 13 Charlton Athletic
15 3MF Jan Michaelsen (1970-11-28)28 November 1970 (aged 31) 11 Panathinaikos
16 1GK Peter Kjær (1965-11-05)5 November 1965 (aged 36) 4 Aberdeen
17 3MF Christian Poulsen (1980-02-28)28 February 1980 (aged 22) 3 Copenhagen
18 4FW Peter Løvenkrands (1980-01-29)29 January 1980 (aged 22) 4 Rangers
19 3MF Dennis Rommedahl (1978-07-22)22 July 1978 (aged 23) 19 PSV
20 2DF Kasper Bøgelund (1980-10-08)8 October 1980 (aged 21) 2 PSV
21 4FW Peter Madsen (1978-04-26)26 April 1978 (aged 24) 4 Brøndby
22 1GK Jesper Christiansen (1978-04-24)24 April 1978 (aged 24) 0 Vejle
23 3MF Brian Steen Nielsen (1968-12-28)28 December 1968 (aged 33) 65 Malmö FF

France

Head coach: Roger Lemerre

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Ulrich Ramé (1972-09-19)19 September 1972 (aged 29) 11 Bordeaux
2 2DF Vincent Candela (1973-10-24)24 October 1973 (aged 28) 36 Roma
3 2DF Bixente Lizarazu (1969-12-09)9 December 1969 (aged 32) 74 Bayern Munich
4 3MF Patrick Vieira (1976-06-23)23 June 1976 (aged 25) 52 Arsenal
5 2DF Philippe Christanval (1978-08-31)31 August 1978 (aged 23) 4 Barcelona
6 3MF Youri Djorkaeff (1968-03-09)9 March 1968 (aged 34) 79 Bolton Wanderers
7 3MF Claude Makélélé (1973-02-18)18 February 1973 (aged 29) 14 Real Madrid
8 2DF Marcel Desailly (c) (1968-09-07)7 September 1968 (aged 33) 93 Chelsea
9 4FW Djibril Cissé (1981-08-12)12 August 1981 (aged 20) 1 Auxerre
10 3MF Zinedine Zidane (1972-06-23)23 June 1972 (aged 29) 73 Real Madrid
11 4FW Sylvain Wiltord (1974-05-10)10 May 1974 (aged 28) 38 Arsenal
12 4FW Thierry Henry (1977-08-17)17 August 1977 (aged 24) 35 Arsenal
13 2DF Mikaël Silvestre (1977-08-09)9 August 1977 (aged 24) 10 Manchester United
14 3MF Alain Boghossian (1970-10-27)27 October 1970 (aged 31) 26 Parma
15 2DF Lilian Thuram (1972-01-01)1 January 1972 (aged 30) 73 Juventus
16 1GK Fabien Barthez (1971-06-28)28 June 1971 (aged 30) 47 Manchester United
17 3MF Emmanuel Petit (1970-09-22)22 September 1970 (aged 31) 57 Chelsea
18 2DF Frank Leboeuf (1968-01-22)22 January 1968 (aged 34) 47 Marseille
19 2DF Willy Sagnol (1977-03-18)18 March 1977 (aged 25) 9 Bayern Munich
20 4FW David Trezeguet (1977-10-15)15 October 1977 (aged 24) 36 Juventus
21 4FW Christophe Dugarry (1972-03-24)24 March 1972 (aged 30) 51 Bordeaux
22 3MF Johan Micoud (1973-07-24)24 July 1973 (aged 28) 14 Parma
23 1GK Grégory Coupet (1972-12-31)31 December 1972 (aged 29) 1 Lyon

Senegal

Head coach: Bruno Metsu

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Tony Sylva (1975-05-17)17 May 1975 (aged 27) 15 Monaco
2 2DF Omar Daf (1977-02-12)12 February 1977 (aged 25) 31 Sochaux
3 3MF Pape Sarr (1977-12-07)7 December 1977 (aged 24) 22 Lens
4 2DF Pape Malick Diop (1974-12-29)29 December 1974 (aged 27) 25 Lorient
5 2DF Alassane N'Dour (1981-12-12)12 December 1981 (aged 20) 7 Saint-Étienne
6 2DF Aliou Cissé (c) (1976-03-24)24 March 1976 (aged 26) 20 Montpellier
7 4FW Henri Camara (1977-05-10)10 May 1977 (aged 25) 34 Sedan
8 4FW Amara Traoré (1965-09-25)25 September 1965 (aged 36) 12 Gueugnon
9 4FW Souleymane Camara (1982-12-22)22 December 1982 (aged 19) 9 Monaco
10 3MF Khalilou Fadiga (1974-12-30)30 December 1974 (aged 27) 25 Auxerre
11 4FW El Hadji Diouf (1981-01-15)15 January 1981 (aged 21) 21 Lens
12 3MF Amdy Faye (1977-03-12)12 March 1977 (aged 25) 6 Auxerre
13 2DF Lamine Diatta (1975-07-02)2 July 1975 (aged 26) 19 Rennes
14 3MF Moussa N'Diaye (1979-02-20)20 February 1979 (aged 23) 38 Sedan
15 3MF Salif Diao (1977-02-10)10 February 1977 (aged 25) 20 Sedan
16 1GK Omar Diallo (1972-09-28)28 September 1972 (aged 29) 42 Olympique Khouribga
17 2DF Ferdinand Coly (1973-09-10)10 September 1973 (aged 28) 16 Lens
18 4FW Pape Thiaw (1981-02-05)5 February 1981 (aged 21) 13 Strasbourg
19 3MF Papa Bouba Diop (1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 24) 12 Lens
20 3MF Sylvain N'Diaye (1976-06-25)25 June 1976 (aged 25) 6 Lille
21 2DF Habib Beye (1977-10-19)19 October 1977 (aged 24) 6 Strasbourg
22 1GK Kalidou Cissokho (1978-08-28)28 August 1978 (aged 23) 0 ASC Jeanne d'Arc
23 3MF Makhtar N'Diaye (1981-12-31)31 December 1981 (aged 20) 11 Rennes

Uruguay

Head coach: Víctor Púa

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Fabián Carini (1979-12-26)26 December 1979 (aged 22) 35 Juventus
2 2DF Gustavo Méndez (1971-02-03)3 February 1971 (aged 31) 45 Nacional
3 2DF Alejandro Lembo (1978-02-15)15 February 1978 (aged 24) 31 Nacional
4 2DF Paolo Montero (c) (1971-09-03)3 September 1971 (aged 30) 45 Juventus
5 3MF Pablo García (1977-05-11)11 May 1977 (aged 25) 36 Venezia
6 2DF Darío Rodríguez (1974-09-17)17 September 1974 (aged 27) 21 Peñarol
7 3MF Gianni Guigou (1975-02-22)22 February 1975 (aged 27) 36 Roma
8 4FW Gustavo Varela (1978-05-14)14 May 1978 (aged 24) 7 Nacional
9 4FW Darío Silva (1972-11-02)2 November 1972 (aged 29) 36 Málaga
10 3MF Fabián O'Neill (1973-10-14)14 October 1973 (aged 28) 19 Perugia
11 4FW Federico Magallanes (1976-08-22)22 August 1976 (aged 25) 24 Venezia
12 1GK Gustavo Munúa (1978-01-27)27 January 1978 (aged 24) 9 Nacional
13 4FW Sebastián Abreu (1976-10-17)17 October 1976 (aged 25) 13 Cruz Azul
14 2DF Gonzalo Sorondo (1979-10-09)9 October 1979 (aged 22) 18 Internazionale
15 4FW Nicolás Olivera (1978-05-30)30 May 1978 (aged 24) 26 Sevilla
16 3MF Marcelo Romero (1976-07-04)4 July 1976 (aged 25) 22 Málaga
17 3MF Mario Regueiro (1978-09-14)14 September 1978 (aged 23) 14 Racing Santander
18 4FW Richard Morales (1975-02-21)21 February 1975 (aged 27) 12 Nacional
19 2DF Joe Bizera (1980-05-17)17 May 1980 (aged 22) 9 Peñarol
20 3MF Álvaro Recoba (1976-03-17)17 March 1976 (aged 26) 43 Internazionale
21 4FW Diego Forlán (1979-05-19)19 May 1979 (aged 23) 4 Manchester United
22 3MF Gonzalo de los Santos (1976-07-19)19 July 1976 (aged 25) 28 Valencia
23 1GK Federico Elduayen (1977-06-25)25 June 1977 (aged 24) 1 Peñarol

Group B

Paraguay

Head coach: Cesare Maldini

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK José Luis Chilavert (c) (1965-07-27)27 July 1965 (aged 36) 69 Strasbourg
2 2DF Francisco Arce (1971-04-02)2 April 1971 (aged 31) 51 Palmeiras
3 2DF Pedro Sarabia (1975-07-05)5 July 1975 (aged 26) 40 River Plate
4 2DF Carlos Gamarra (1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 31) 76 AEK Athens
5 2DF Celso Ayala (1970-08-20)20 August 1970 (aged 31) 76 River Plate
6 3MF Estanislao Struway (1968-06-25)25 June 1968 (aged 33) 69 Libertad
7 4FW Richart Báez (1973-07-31)31 July 1973 (aged 28) 25 Olimpia
8 3MF Guido Alvarenga (1970-08-24)24 August 1970 (aged 31) 18 Léon
9 4FW Roque Santa Cruz (1981-08-16)16 August 1981 (aged 20) 24 Bayern Munich
10 3MF Roberto Acuña (1972-03-25)25 March 1972 (aged 30) 77 Real Zaragoza
11 4FW Jorge Luis Campos (1970-08-11)11 August 1970 (aged 31) 31 Universidad Católica
12 1GK Justo Villar (1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 24) 8 Libertad
13 3MF Carlos Paredes (1976-07-16)16 July 1976 (aged 25) 41 Porto
14 3MF Diego Gavilán (1980-03-01)1 March 1980 (aged 22) 21 Tecos
15 3MF Carlos Bonet (1977-10-02)2 October 1977 (aged 24) 3 Libertad
16 3MF Gustavo Morínigo (1977-01-23)23 January 1977 (aged 25) 11 Libertad
17 2DF Juan Carlos Franco (1973-04-17)17 April 1973 (aged 29) 3 Olimpia
18 2DF Julio César Cáceres (1979-10-05)5 October 1979 (aged 22) 1 Olimpia
19 2DF Daniel Sanabria (1977-02-08)8 February 1977 (aged 25) 6 Libertad
20 4FW José Cardozo (1971-03-19)19 March 1971 (aged 31) 57 Toluca
21 2DF Denis Caniza (1974-08-29)29 August 1974 (aged 27) 49 Santos Laguna
22 1GK Ricardo Tavarelli (1970-08-02)2 August 1970 (aged 31) 20 Olimpia
23 4FW Nelson Cuevas (1980-01-10)10 January 1980 (aged 22) 11 River Plate

Slovenia

Head coach: Srečko Katanec

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Marko Simeunovič (1967-12-06)6 December 1967 (aged 34) 43 Maribor
2 2DF Goran Sankovič (1979-06-18)18 June 1979 (aged 22) 5 Slavia Prague
3 2DF Željko Milinovič (1969-10-12)12 October 1969 (aged 32) 35 JEF United Ichihara
4 2DF Muamer Vugdalić (1977-08-25)25 August 1977 (aged 24) 13 Maribor
5 2DF Marinko Galič (1970-04-22)22 April 1970 (aged 32) 65 Koper
6 2DF Aleksander Knavs (1975-12-05)5 December 1975 (aged 26) 38 1. FC Kaiserslautern
7 3MF Džoni Novak (1969-09-04)4 September 1969 (aged 32) 68 SpVgg Unterhaching
8 3MF Aleš Čeh (c) (1968-04-07)7 April 1968 (aged 34) 71 Grazer AK
9 4FW Milan Osterc (1975-07-04)4 July 1975 (aged 26) 41 Hapoel Tel Aviv
10 3MF Zlatko Zahovič* (1971-02-01)1 February 1971 (aged 31) 64 Benfica
11 3MF Miran Pavlin (1971-10-08)8 October 1971 (aged 30) 45 Porto
12 1GK Mladen Dabanovič (1971-09-13)13 September 1971 (aged 30) 20 Lokeren SNW
13 4FW Mladen Rudonja (1971-07-26)26 July 1971 (aged 30) 58 Portsmouth
14 2DF Saša Gajser (1974-02-11)11 February 1974 (aged 28) 20 Gent
15 3MF Rajko Tavčar (1974-07-21)21 July 1974 (aged 27) 6 1. FC Nürnberg
16 4FW Senad Tiganj (1975-08-28)28 August 1975 (aged 26) 3 Olimpija Ljubljana
17 3MF Zoran Pavlović (1976-06-27)27 June 1976 (aged 25) 21 Austria Wien
18 4FW Milenko Ačimovič (1977-02-15)15 February 1977 (aged 25) 39 Red Star Belgrade
19 2DF Amir Karić (1973-12-31)31 December 1973 (aged 28) 43 Maribor
20 3MF Nastja Čeh (1978-01-26)26 January 1978 (aged 24) 6 Club Brugge
21 4FW Sebastjan Cimirotič (1974-09-14)14 September 1974 (aged 27) 12 Lecce
22 1GK Dejan Nemec (1977-03-01)1 March 1977 (aged 25) 1 Club Brugge
23 2DF Spasoje Bulajič (1975-11-24)24 November 1975 (aged 26) 15 1. FC Köln
*Was expelled from the squad after the first game.

Note: caps for Yugoslavia are not counted.

South Africa

Head coach: Jomo Sono

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Hans Vonk (1970-01-30)30 January 1970 (aged 32) 29 Heerenveen
2 2DF Cyril Nzama (1974-06-26)26 June 1974 (aged 27) 19 Kaizer Chiefs
3 2DF Bradley Carnell (1977-01-21)21 January 1977 (aged 25) 21 VfB Stuttgart
4 2DF Aaron Mokoena (1980-11-25)25 November 1980 (aged 21) 22 Germinal Beerschot
5 2DF Jacob Lekgetho (1974-03-24)24 March 1974 (aged 28) 15 Lokomotiv Moscow
6 3MF MacBeth Sibaya (1977-11-25)25 November 1977 (aged 24) 9 Jomo Cosmos
7 3MF Quinton Fortune (1977-05-21)21 May 1977 (aged 25) 39 Manchester United
8 3MF Thabo Mngomeni (1969-06-24)24 June 1969 (aged 32) 37 Orlando Pirates
9 3MF MacDonald Mukansi (1975-05-26)26 May 1975 (aged 27) 7 Lokomotiv Sofia
10 3MF Bennett Mnguni (1974-03-18)18 March 1974 (aged 28) 9 Lokomotiv Moscow
11 3MF Jabu Pule (1980-07-11)11 July 1980 (aged 21) 9 Kaizer Chiefs
12 3MF Teboho Mokoena (1974-07-10)10 July 1974 (aged 27) 10 St. Gallen
13 2DF Pierre Issa (1975-09-12)12 September 1975 (aged 26) 41 Watford
14 4FW Siyabonga Nomvethe (1977-12-02)2 December 1977 (aged 24) 30 Udinese
15 3MF Sibusiso Zuma (1975-06-23)23 June 1975 (aged 26) 22 Copenhagen
16 1GK Andre Arendse (1967-06-27)27 June 1967 (aged 34) 49 Santos Cape Town
17 4FW Benni McCarthy (1977-11-12)12 November 1977 (aged 24) 43 Porto
18 3MF Delron Buckley (1977-12-07)7 December 1977 (aged 24) 32 VfL Bochum
19 2DF Lucas Radebe (c) (1969-04-12)12 April 1969 (aged 33) 65 Leeds United
20 1GK Calvin Marlin (1976-04-20)20 April 1976 (aged 26) 2 Ajax Cape Town
21 3MF Steven Pienaar (1982-03-17)17 March 1982 (aged 20) 0 Ajax
22 2DF Thabang Molefe (1979-04-11)11 April 1979 (aged 23) 5 Jomo Cosmos
23 4FW George Koumantarakis (1974-03-27)27 March 1974 (aged 28) 6 Basel

Spain

Head coach: José Antonio Camacho

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Iker Casillas (1981-05-20)20 May 1981 (aged 21) 13 Real Madrid
2 2DF Curro Torres (1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 25) 4 Valencia
3 2DF Juanfran (1976-07-15)15 July 1976 (aged 25) 7 Celta Vigo
4 3MF Iván Helguera (1975-03-18)18 March 1975 (aged 27) 22 Real Madrid
5 2DF Carles Puyol (1978-04-13)13 April 1978 (aged 24) 8 Barcelona
6 2DF Fernando Hierro (c) (1968-03-23)23 March 1968 (aged 34) 85 Real Madrid
7 4FW Raúl (1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 24) 51 Real Madrid
8 3MF Rubén Baraja (1975-07-11)11 July 1975 (aged 26) 9 Valencia
9 4FW Fernando Morientes (1976-04-05)5 April 1976 (aged 26) 19 Real Madrid
10 4FW Diego Tristán (1976-01-05)5 January 1976 (aged 26) 7 Deportivo La Coruña
11 3MF Javier de Pedro (1973-08-04)4 August 1973 (aged 28) 5 Real Sociedad
12 4FW Albert Luque (1978-03-11)11 March 1978 (aged 24) 0 Mallorca
13 1GK Ricardo (1971-12-30)30 December 1971 (aged 30) 1 Real Valladolid
14 3MF David Albelda (1977-09-01)1 September 1977 (aged 24) 2 Valencia
15 2DF Enrique Romero (1971-06-23)23 June 1971 (aged 30) 3 Deportivo La Coruña
16 3MF Gaizka Mendieta (1974-03-27)27 March 1974 (aged 28) 32 Lazio
17 3MF Juan Carlos Valerón (1975-06-17)17 June 1975 (aged 26) 20 Deportivo La Coruña
18 3MF Sergio (1976-11-10)10 November 1976 (aged 25) 5 Deportivo La Coruña
19 3MF Xavi (1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 22) 3 Barcelona
20 2DF Miguel Ángel Nadal (1966-07-28)28 July 1966 (aged 35) 59 Mallorca
21 3MF Luis Enrique (1970-05-08)8 May 1970 (aged 32) 57 Barcelona
22 3MF Joaquín (1981-07-21)21 July 1981 (aged 20) 3 Real Betis
23 1GK Pedro Contreras (1972-01-07)7 January 1972 (aged 30) 0 Málaga

Group C

Brazil

Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Marcos (1973-08-04)4 August 1973 (aged 28) 15 Palmeiras
2 2DF Cafu (c) (1970-06-07)7 June 1970 (aged 31) 103 Roma
3 2DF Lúcio (1978-05-08)8 May 1978 (aged 24) 15 Bayer Leverkusen
4 2DF Roque Júnior (1976-08-31)31 August 1976 (aged 25) 17 Milan
5 2DF Edmílson (1976-07-10)10 July 1976 (aged 25) 12 Lyon
6 2DF Roberto Carlos (1973-04-10)10 April 1973 (aged 29) 84 Real Madrid
7 3MF Ricardinho (1976-05-23)23 May 1976 (aged 26) 3 Corinthians
8 3MF Gilberto Silva (1976-10-07)7 October 1976 (aged 25) 6 Atlético Mineiro
9 4FW Ronaldo (1976-09-18)18 September 1976 (aged 25) 56 Inter Milan
10 3MF Rivaldo (1972-04-19)19 April 1972 (aged 30) 58 Barcelona
11 3MF Ronaldinho (1980-03-21)21 March 1980 (aged 22) 24 Paris Saint-Germain
12 1GK Dida (1973-10-07)7 October 1973 (aged 28) 49 Corinthians
13 2DF Juliano Belletti (1976-06-20)20 June 1976 (aged 25) 10 São Paulo
14 2DF Ânderson Polga (1979-02-09)9 February 1979 (aged 23) 5 Grêmio
15 3MF Kléberson (1979-06-19)19 June 1979 (aged 22) 5 Atlético Paranaense
16 2DF Júnior (1973-06-20)20 June 1973 (aged 28) 12 Parma
17 4FW Denílson (1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 24) 53 Real Betis
18 3MF Vampeta (1974-03-13)13 March 1974 (aged 28) 36 Corinthians
19 3MF Juninho Paulista (1973-02-22)22 February 1973 (aged 29) 43 Flamengo
20 4FW Edílson (1971-09-17)17 September 1971 (aged 30) 17 Cruzeiro
21 4FW Luizão (1975-11-14)14 November 1975 (aged 26) 8 Grêmio
22 1GK Rogério Ceni (1973-01-22)22 January 1973 (aged 29) 12 São Paulo
23 3MF Kaká (1982-04-22)22 April 1982 (aged 20) 2 São Paulo

China PR

Head coach: Bora Milutinović

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK An Qi (1981-06-21)21 June 1981 (aged 20) 5 Dalian Shide
2 2DF Zhang Enhua (1973-04-28)28 April 1973 (aged 29) 65 Dalian Shide
3 2DF Yang Pu (1978-03-30)30 March 1978 (aged 24) 14 Beijing Guoan
4 2DF Wu Chengying (1975-04-21)21 April 1975 (aged 27) 53 Shanghai Shenhua
5 2DF Fan Zhiyi (1969-11-06)6 November 1969 (aged 32) 105 Dundee
6 3MF Shao Jiayi (1980-04-10)10 April 1980 (aged 22) 18 Beijing Guoan
7 2DF Sun Jihai (1977-09-30)30 September 1977 (aged 24) 59 Manchester City
8 3MF Li Tie (1977-05-18)18 May 1977 (aged 25) 76 Liaoning
9 3MF Ma Mingyu (c) (1970-02-04)4 February 1970 (aged 32) 91 Sichuan Guancheng
10 4FW Hao Haidong (1970-05-09)9 May 1970 (aged 32) 95 Dalian Shide
11 3MF Yu Genwei (1974-01-07)7 January 1974 (aged 28) 17 Tianjin Teda
12 4FW Su Maozhen (1972-07-30)30 July 1972 (aged 29) 43 Shandong Luneng
13 3MF Gao Yao (1977-07-13)13 July 1977 (aged 24) 4 Shandong Luneng
14 2DF Li Weifeng (1978-12-01)1 December 1978 (aged 23) 55 Shenzhen Pingan
15 3MF Zhao Junzhe (1979-04-18)18 April 1979 (aged 23) 13 Liaoning Whowin
16 4FW Qu Bo (1981-07-15)15 July 1981 (aged 20) 16 Qingdao Hainiu
17 2DF Du Wei (1982-02-09)9 February 1982 (aged 20) 7 Shanghai Shenhua
18 3MF Li Xiaopeng (1975-06-20)20 June 1975 (aged 26) 26 Shandong Luneng
19 3MF Qi Hong (1976-06-03)3 June 1976 (aged 25) 36 Shanghai Zhongyuan
20 4FW Yang Chen (1974-01-17)17 January 1974 (aged 28) 26 Eintracht Frankfurt
21 2DF Xu Yunlong (1979-02-17)17 February 1979 (aged 23) 20 Beijing Guoan
22 1GK Jiang Jin (1968-10-07)7 October 1968 (aged 33) 52 Tianjin Teda
23 1GK Ou Chuliang (1968-08-26)26 August 1968 (aged 33) 74 Yunnan Hongta

Costa Rica

Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Erick Lonnis (c) (1965-09-09)9 September 1965 (aged 36) 74 Saprissa
2 2DF Jervis Drummond (1976-09-08)8 September 1976 (aged 25) 38 Saprissa
3 2DF Luis Marín (1974-08-10)10 August 1974 (aged 27) 74 Alajuelense
4 2DF Mauricio Wright (1970-12-20)20 December 1970 (aged 31) 40 Herediano
5 2DF Gilberto Martínez (1979-10-01)1 October 1979 (aged 22) 27 Saprissa
6 3MF Wílmer López (1971-03-08)8 March 1971 (aged 31) 68 Alajuelense
7 4FW Rolando Fonseca (1974-06-06)6 June 1974 (aged 27) 79 Saprissa
8 3MF Mauricio Solís (1972-12-13)13 December 1972 (aged 29) 84 Alajuelense
9 4FW Paulo Wanchope (1976-07-31)31 July 1976 (aged 25) 48 Manchester City
10 3MF Walter Centeno (1974-10-06)6 October 1974 (aged 27) 49 Saprissa
11 4FW Rónald Gómez (1975-01-24)24 January 1975 (aged 27) 53 OFI Crete
12 4FW Winston Parks (1981-10-12)12 October 1981 (aged 20) 3 Udinese
13 2DF Daniel Vallejos (1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 21) 2 Herediano
14 2DF Juan José Rodríguez (1967-06-23)23 June 1967 (aged 34) 2 San Carlos
15 2DF Harold Wallace (1975-09-07)7 September 1975 (aged 26) 54 Alajuelense
16 4FW Steven Bryce (1977-08-16)16 August 1977 (aged 24) 33 Alajuelense
17 3MF Hernán Medford (1968-05-23)23 May 1968 (aged 34) 87 Saprissa
18 1GK Álvaro Mesén (1972-12-24)24 December 1972 (aged 29) 16 Alajuelense
19 3MF Rodrigo Cordero (1973-12-04)4 December 1973 (aged 28) 25 Herediano
20 4FW William Sunsing (1977-05-12)12 May 1977 (aged 25) 23 Herediano
21 2DF Pablo Chinchilla (1978-12-21)21 December 1978 (aged 23) 12 Alajuelense
22 2DF Carlos Castro (1978-09-10)10 September 1978 (aged 23) 22 Alajuelense
23 1GK Lester Morgan (1976-05-02)2 May 1976 (aged 26) 5 Herediano

Turkey

Head coach: Şenol Güneş

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Rüştü Reçber (1973-05-10)10 May 1973 (aged 29) 64 Fenerbahçe
2 2DF Emre Aşık (1973-12-13)13 December 1973 (aged 28) 16 Galatasaray
3 2DF Bülent Korkmaz (1968-11-24)24 November 1968 (aged 33) 68 Galatasaray
4 2DF Fatih Akyel (1977-12-26)26 December 1977 (aged 24) 36 Fenerbahçe
5 2DF Alpay Özalan (1973-05-29)29 May 1973 (aged 29) 62 Aston Villa
6 4FW Arif Erdem (1972-01-02)2 January 1972 (aged 30) 50 Galatasaray
7 3MF Okan Buruk (1973-10-19)19 October 1973 (aged 28) 26 Internazionale
8 3MF Tugay Kerimoğlu (1970-08-24)24 August 1970 (aged 31) 69 Blackburn Rovers
9 4FW Hakan Şükür (c) (1971-09-01)1 September 1971 (aged 30) 73 Parma
10 3MF Yıldıray Baştürk (1978-12-24)24 December 1978 (aged 23) 13 Bayer Leverkusen
11 4FW Hasan Şaş (1976-08-01)1 August 1976 (aged 25) 14 Galatasaray
12 1GK Ömer Çatkıç (1974-10-15)15 October 1974 (aged 27) 6 Gaziantepspor
13 3MF Muzzy Izzet (1974-10-31)31 October 1974 (aged 27) 7 Leicester City
14 3MF Tayfur Havutçu (1970-04-23)23 April 1970 (aged 32) 39 Beşiktaş
15 4FW Nihat Kahveci (1979-11-23)23 November 1979 (aged 22) 11 Real Sociedad
16 2DF Ümit Özat (1976-10-30)30 October 1976 (aged 25) 14 Fenerbahçe
17 4FW İlhan Mansız (1975-08-10)10 August 1975 (aged 26) 6 Beşiktaş
18 3MF Ergün Penbe (1972-05-17)17 May 1972 (aged 30) 21 Galatasaray
19 3MF Abdullah Ercan (1971-12-08)8 December 1971 (aged 30) 70 Fenerbahçe
20 2DF Hakan Ünsal (1973-05-14)14 May 1973 (aged 29) 25 Blackburn Rovers
21 3MF Emre Belözoğlu (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 21) 11 Internazionale
22 3MF Ümit Davala (1973-07-30)30 July 1973 (aged 28) 24 Milan
23 1GK Zafer Özgültekin (1975-03-10)10 March 1975 (aged 27) 1 Ankaragücü

Group D

Poland

Head coach: Jerzy Engel

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Jerzy Dudek (1973-03-23)23 March 1973 (aged 29) 21 Liverpool
2 2DF Tomasz Kłos (1973-03-07)7 March 1973 (aged 29) 37 1. FC Kaiserslautern
3 2DF Jacek Zieliński (1967-10-10)10 October 1967 (aged 34) 52 Legia Warszawa
4 2DF Michał Żewłakow (1976-04-22)22 April 1976 (aged 26) 25 Mouscron
5 2DF Tomasz Rząsa (1973-03-11)11 March 1973 (aged 29) 9 Feyenoord
6 2DF Tomasz Hajto (1972-10-16)16 October 1972 (aged 29) 44 Schalke 04
7 3MF Piotr Świerczewski (1972-04-08)8 April 1972 (aged 30) 65 Marseille
8 4FW Cezary Kucharski (1972-02-17)17 February 1972 (aged 30) 15 Legia Warszawa
9 4FW Paweł Kryszałowicz (1974-06-23)23 June 1974 (aged 27) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt
10 3MF Radosław Kałużny (1974-02-02)2 February 1974 (aged 28) 30 Energie Cottbus
11 4FW Emmanuel Olisadebe (1978-12-22)22 December 1978 (aged 23) 16 Panathinaikos
12 1GK Radosław Majdan (1972-05-10)10 May 1972 (aged 30) 5 Göztepe
13 2DF Arkadiusz Głowacki (1979-03-13)13 March 1979 (aged 23) 2 Wisła Kraków
14 4FW Marcin Żewłakow (1976-04-22)22 April 1976 (aged 26) 17 Mouscron
15 2DF Tomasz Wałdoch (c) (1971-05-10)10 May 1971 (aged 31) 71 Schalke 04
16 2DF Maciej Murawski (1974-02-20)20 February 1974 (aged 28) 4 Legia Warszawa
17 3MF Arkadiusz Bąk (1974-10-06)6 October 1974 (aged 27) 12 Widzew Łódź
18 3MF Jacek Krzynówek (1976-05-15)15 May 1976 (aged 26) 23 1. FC Nürnberg
19 4FW Maciej Żurawski (1976-09-12)12 September 1976 (aged 25) 9 Wisła Kraków
20 2DF Jacek Bąk (1973-03-24)24 March 1973 (aged 29) 36 Lens
21 3MF Marek Koźmiński (1971-02-07)7 February 1971 (aged 31) 42 Ancona
22 1GK Adam Matysek (1968-07-19)19 July 1968 (aged 33) 34 RKS Radomsko
23 3MF Paweł Sibik (1971-02-15)15 February 1971 (aged 31) 2 Odra Wodzisław

Portugal

Head coach: António Oliveira

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Vítor Baía (1969-10-15)15 October 1969 (aged 32) 75 Porto
2 2DF Jorge Costa (1971-10-14)14 October 1971 (aged 30) 46 Porto
3 2DF Abel Xavier (1972-11-30)30 November 1972 (aged 29) 18 Liverpool
4 2DF Marco Caneira (1979-02-09)9 February 1979 (aged 23) 1 Benfica
5 2DF Fernando Couto (c) (1969-08-02)2 August 1969 (aged 32) 82 Lazio
6 3MF Paulo Sousa (1970-08-30)30 August 1970 (aged 31) 50 Espanyol
7 3MF Luís Figo (1972-11-04)4 November 1972 (aged 29) 81 Real Madrid
8 4FW João Pinto (1971-08-19)19 August 1971 (aged 30) 77 Sporting CP
9 4FW Pauleta (1973-04-28)28 April 1973 (aged 29) 33 Bordeaux
10 3MF Rui Costa (1972-03-29)29 March 1972 (aged 30) 67 Milan
11 3MF Sérgio Conceição (1974-11-15)15 November 1974 (aged 27) 41 Internazionale
12 3MF Hugo Viana (1983-01-15)15 January 1983 (aged 19) 4 Sporting CP
13 2DF Jorge Andrade (1978-04-09)9 April 1978 (aged 24) 5 Porto
14 3MF Pedro Barbosa (1970-08-06)6 August 1970 (aged 31) 21 Sporting CP
15 1GK Nélson Pereira (1975-10-20)20 October 1975 (aged 26) 1 Sporting CP
16 1GK Ricardo (1976-02-11)11 February 1976 (aged 26) 10 Boavista
17 3MF Paulo Bento (1969-06-20)20 June 1969 (aged 32) 31 Sporting CP
18 2DF Nuno Frechaut (1977-09-24)24 September 1977 (aged 24) 9 Boavista
19 3MF Capucho (1972-02-21)21 February 1972 (aged 30) 29 Porto
20 3MF Petit (1976-09-25)25 September 1976 (aged 25) 9 Boavista
21 4FW Nuno Gomes (1976-07-05)5 July 1976 (aged 25) 28 Fiorentina
22 2DF Beto (1976-05-03)3 May 1976 (aged 26) 16 Sporting CP
23 2DF Rui Jorge (1973-03-27)27 March 1973 (aged 29) 20 Sporting CP

South Korea

Head coach: Guus Hiddink

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Lee Woon-jae (1973-04-26)26 April 1973 (aged 29) 31 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2 2DF Hyun Young-min (1979-12-25)25 December 1979 (aged 22) 8 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
3 3MF Choi Sung-yong (1975-12-25)25 December 1975 (aged 26) 60 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
4 2DF Choi Jin-cheul (1971-03-26)26 March 1971 (aged 31) 15 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
5 3MF Kim Nam-il (1977-03-14)14 March 1977 (aged 25) 23 Jeonnam Dragons
6 2DF Yoo Sang-chul (1971-10-18)18 October 1971 (aged 30) 93 Kashiwa Reysol
7 2DF Kim Tae-young (1970-11-08)8 November 1970 (aged 31) 78 Jeonnam Dragons
8 3MF Choi Tae-uk (1981-03-13)13 March 1981 (aged 21) 16 Anyang LG Cheetahs
9 4FW Seol Ki-hyeon (1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 23) 31 Anderlecht
10 3MF Lee Young-pyo (1977-04-23)23 April 1977 (aged 25) 51 Anyang LG Cheetahs
11 4FW Choi Yong-soo (1973-09-10)10 September 1973 (aged 28) 58 JEF United Ichihara
12 1GK Kim Byung-ji (1970-04-08)8 April 1970 (aged 32) 58 Pohang Steelers
13 3MF Lee Eul-yong (1975-09-08)8 September 1975 (aged 26) 19 Bucheon SK
14 4FW Lee Chun-soo (1981-07-09)9 July 1981 (aged 20) 22 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi
15 2DF Lee Min-sung (1973-06-23)23 June 1973 (aged 28) 52 Busan I'Cons
16 4FW Cha Du-ri (1980-07-25)25 July 1980 (aged 21) 12 Korea University
17 3MF Yoon Jong-hwan (1973-02-16)16 February 1973 (aged 29) 36 Cerezo Osaka
18 4FW Hwang Sun-hong (1968-07-14)14 July 1968 (aged 33) 97 Kashiwa Reysol
19 4FW Ahn Jung-hwan (1976-01-27)27 January 1976 (aged 26) 19 Perugia
20 2DF Hong Myung-bo (c) (1969-02-12)12 February 1969 (aged 33) 128 Pohang Steelers
21 3MF Park Ji-sung (1981-02-25)25 February 1981 (aged 21) 33 Kyoto Purple Sanga
22 3MF Song Chong-gug (1979-02-20)20 February 1979 (aged 23) 27 Busan I'Cons
23 1GK Choi Eun-sung (1971-04-05)5 April 1971 (aged 31) 1 Daejeon Citizen

United States

Head coach: Bruce Arena

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Brad Friedel (1971-05-08)8 May 1971 (aged 31) 74 Blackburn Rovers
2 3MF Frankie Hejduk (1974-08-05)5 August 1974 (aged 27) 38 Bayer Leverkusen
3 2DF Gregg Berhalter (1973-08-01)1 August 1973 (aged 28) 25 Crystal Palace
4 2DF Pablo Mastroeni (1976-08-29)29 August 1976 (aged 25) 8 Colorado Rapids
5 3MF John O'Brien (1977-08-29)29 August 1977 (aged 24) 13 Ajax
6 2DF David Regis (1968-12-02)2 December 1968 (aged 33) 28 Metz
7 3MF Eddie Lewis (1974-05-17)17 May 1974 (aged 28) 38 Fulham
8 3MF Earnie Stewart (1969-03-28)28 March 1969 (aged 33) 77 NAC Breda
9 4FW Joe-Max Moore (1971-02-23)23 February 1971 (aged 31) 95 Everton
10 3MF Claudio Reyna (c) (1973-07-20)20 July 1973 (aged 28) 86 Sunderland
11 4FW Clint Mathis (1976-11-25)25 November 1976 (aged 25) 19 MetroStars
12 2DF Jeff Agoos (1968-05-02)2 May 1968 (aged 34) 127 San Jose Earthquakes
13 3MF Cobi Jones (1970-06-16)16 June 1970 (aged 31) 153 LA Galaxy
14 2DF Steve Cherundolo (1979-02-19)19 February 1979 (aged 23) 10 Hannover 96
15 4FW Josh Wolff (1977-02-25)25 February 1977 (aged 25) 16 Chicago Fire
16 2DF Carlos Llamosa (1969-06-30)30 June 1969 (aged 32) 26 New England Revolution
17 3MF DaMarcus Beasley (1982-05-24)24 May 1982 (aged 20) 9 Chicago Fire
18 1GK Kasey Keller (1969-11-29)29 November 1969 (aged 32) 58 Tottenham Hotspur
19 1GK Tony Meola (1969-02-21)21 February 1969 (aged 33) 98 Kansas City Wizards
20 4FW Brian McBride (1972-06-19)19 June 1972 (aged 29) 58 Columbus Crew
21 4FW Landon Donovan (1982-03-04)4 March 1982 (aged 20) 20 San Jose Earthquakes
22 2DF Tony Sanneh (1971-06-01)1 June 1971 (aged 30) 29 1. FC Nürnberg
23 2DF Eddie Pope (1973-12-24)24 December 1973 (aged 28) 48 D.C. United

Group E

Cameroon

Head coach: Winfried Schäfer

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Alioum Boukar (1972-01-03)3 January 1972 (aged 30) 46 Samsunspor
2 3MF Bill Tchato (1975-05-14)14 May 1975 (aged 27) 12 Montpellier
3 2DF Pierre Womé (1979-03-26)26 March 1979 (aged 23) 46 Bologna
4 2DF Rigobert Song (c) (1976-07-01)1 July 1976 (aged 25) 59 1. FC Köln
5 2DF Raymond Kalla (1975-04-22)22 April 1975 (aged 27) 47 Extremadura
6 2DF Pierre Njanka (1975-03-15)15 March 1975 (aged 27) 31 Strasbourg
7 3MF Joseph N'Do (1976-04-28)28 April 1976 (aged 26) 16 Al-Khaleej
8 2DF Geremi (1978-12-20)20 December 1978 (aged 23) 38 Real Madrid
9 4FW Samuel Eto'o (1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 21) 27 Mallorca
10 4FW Patrick M'Boma (1970-11-15)15 November 1970 (aged 31) 42 Sunderland
11 4FW Pius Ndiefi (1975-07-05)5 July 1975 (aged 26) 13 Sedan
12 3MF Lauren (1977-01-19)19 January 1977 (aged 25) 15 Arsenal
13 2DF Lucien Mettomo (1977-04-19)19 April 1977 (aged 25) 17 Manchester City
14 3MF Joël Epalle (1978-02-20)20 February 1978 (aged 24) 22 Panathinaikos
15 3MF Nicolas Alnoudji (1979-12-09)9 December 1979 (aged 22) 15 Rizespor
16 1GK Jacques Songo'o (1964-03-17)17 March 1964 (aged 38) 66 Metz
17 3MF Marc-Vivien Foé (1975-05-01)1 May 1975 (aged 27) 47 Lyon
18 4FW Patrick Suffo (1978-01-17)17 January 1978 (aged 24) 18 Sheffield United
19 3MF Eric Djemba-Djemba (1981-05-04)4 May 1981 (aged 21) 0 Nantes
20 3MF Salomon Olembé (1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 21) 39 Marseille
21 4FW Joseph-Désiré Job (1977-12-01)1 December 1977 (aged 24) 34 Metz
22 1GK Carlos Kameni (1984-02-18)18 February 1984 (aged 18) 1 Le Havre
23 3MF Daniel Kome (1980-05-19)19 May 1980 (aged 22) 4 Numancia

Germany

Head coach: Rudi Völler

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Oliver Kahn (c) (1969-06-15)15 June 1969 (aged 32) 45 Bayern Munich
2 2DF Thomas Linke (1969-12-26)26 December 1969 (aged 32) 34 Bayern Munich
3 2DF Marko Rehmer (1972-04-29)29 April 1972 (aged 30) 27 Hertha BSC
4 2DF Frank Baumann (1975-10-29)29 October 1975 (aged 26) 11 Werder Bremen
5 3MF Carsten Ramelow (1974-03-20)20 March 1974 (aged 28) 25 Bayer Leverkusen
6 2DF Christian Ziege (1972-02-01)1 February 1972 (aged 30) 66 Tottenham Hotspur
7 4FW Oliver Neuville (1973-05-01)1 May 1973 (aged 29) 30 Bayer Leverkusen
8 3MF Dietmar Hamann (1973-08-27)27 August 1973 (aged 28) 40 Liverpool
9 4FW Carsten Jancker (1974-08-28)28 August 1974 (aged 27) 26 Bayern Munich
10 3MF Lars Ricken (1976-07-10)10 July 1976 (aged 25) 16 Borussia Dortmund
11 4FW Miroslav Klose (1978-06-09)9 June 1978 (aged 23) 12 1. FC Kaiserslautern
12 1GK Jens Lehmann (1969-11-10)10 November 1969 (aged 32) 14 Borussia Dortmund
13 3MF Michael Ballack (1976-09-26)26 September 1976 (aged 25) 22 Bayer Leverkusen
14 4FW Gerald Asamoah (1978-10-03)3 October 1978 (aged 23) 11 Schalke 04
15 2DF Sebastian Kehl (1980-02-13)13 February 1980 (aged 22) 8 Borussia Dortmund
16 3MF Jens Jeremies (1974-03-05)5 March 1974 (aged 28) 33 Bayern Munich
17 3MF Marco Bode (1969-07-23)23 July 1969 (aged 32) 34 Werder Bremen
18 3MF Jörg Böhme (1974-01-22)22 January 1974 (aged 28) 6 Schalke 04
19 3MF Bernd Schneider (1973-11-17)17 November 1973 (aged 28) 9 Bayer Leverkusen
20 4FW Oliver Bierhoff (1968-05-01)1 May 1968 (aged 34) 65 Monaco
21 2DF Christoph Metzelder (1980-11-05)5 November 1980 (aged 21) 6 Borussia Dortmund
22 3MF Torsten Frings (1976-11-22)22 November 1976 (aged 25) 8 Werder Bremen
23 1GK Hans-Jörg Butt (1974-05-28)28 May 1974 (aged 28) 2 Bayer Leverkusen

Republic of Ireland

Head coach: Mick McCarthy

  • Roy Keane left the squad before the tournament and was not replaced. See Saipan incident. Keane was technically still part of the named squad, and does appear in FIFA's official squad lists.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Shay Given (1976-04-20)20 April 1976 (aged 26) 39 Newcastle United
2 2DF Steve Finnan (1976-04-24)24 April 1976 (aged 26) 13 Fulham
3 2DF Ian Harte (1977-08-31)31 August 1977 (aged 24) 40 Leeds United
4 2DF Kenny Cunningham (1971-06-28)28 June 1971 (aged 30) 38 Wimbledon
5 2DF Steve Staunton (c) (1969-01-19)19 January 1969 (aged 33) 98 Aston Villa
6 3MF Roy Keane (1971-08-10)10 August 1971 (aged 30) 58 Manchester United
7 3MF Jason McAteer (1971-06-18)18 June 1971 (aged 30) 47 Sunderland
8 3MF Matt Holland (1974-04-11)11 April 1974 (aged 28) 19 Ipswich Town
9 3MF Damien Duff (1979-03-02)2 March 1979 (aged 23) 26 Blackburn Rovers
10 4FW Robbie Keane (1980-07-08)8 July 1980 (aged 21) 33 Leeds United
11 3MF Kevin Kilbane (1977-02-01)1 February 1977 (aged 25) 31 Sunderland
12 3MF Mark Kinsella (1972-08-12)12 August 1972 (aged 29) 28 Charlton Athletic
13 4FW David Connolly (1977-06-06)6 June 1977 (aged 24) 33 Wimbledon
14 2DF Gary Breen (1973-12-12)12 December 1973 (aged 28) 43 Coventry City
15 2DF Richard Dunne (1979-09-21)21 September 1979 (aged 22) 14 Manchester City
16 1GK Dean Kiely (1970-10-10)10 October 1970 (aged 31) 6 Charlton Athletic
17 4FW Niall Quinn (1966-10-06)6 October 1966 (aged 35) 88 Sunderland
18 2DF Gary Kelly (1974-07-09)9 July 1974 (aged 27) 46 Leeds United
19 4FW Clinton Morrison (1979-05-14)14 May 1979 (aged 23) 7 Crystal Palace
20 2DF Andrew O'Brien (1979-06-29)29 June 1979 (aged 22) 5 Newcastle United
21 3MF Steven Reid (1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 21) 5 Millwall
22 3MF Lee Carsley (1974-02-28)28 February 1974 (aged 28) 19 Everton
23 1GK Alan Kelly (1968-08-11)11 August 1968 (aged 33) 34 Blackburn Rovers

Saudi Arabia

Head coach: Nasser Al-Johar

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Mohamed Al-Deayea (1972-08-02)2 August 1972 (aged 29) 168 Al-Hilal
2 2DF Mohammed Al-Jahani (1974-09-28)28 September 1974 (aged 27) 73 Al-Ahli
3 2DF Redha Tukar (1975-11-29)29 November 1975 (aged 26) 5 Al-Shabab
4 2DF Abdullah Zubromawi (1973-11-15)15 November 1973 (aged 28) 115 Al-Ahli
5 2DF Mohsin al-Harthi (1976-07-17)17 July 1976 (aged 25) 20 Al-Nassr
6 2DF Fouzi Al-Shehri (1980-05-15)15 May 1980 (aged 22) 2 Al-Ahli
7 3MF Ibrahim Al-Shahrani (1974-07-21)21 July 1974 (aged 27) 59 Al-Ahli
8 3MF Mohammed Noor (1978-02-26)26 February 1978 (aged 24) 29 Al-Ittihad
9 4FW Sami Al-Jaber (c) (1972-12-11)11 December 1972 (aged 29) 148 Al-Hilal
10 3MF Mohammad Al-Shalhoub (1980-12-08)8 December 1980 (aged 21) 17 Al-Hilal
11 4FW Obeid Al-Dosari (1975-10-02)2 October 1975 (aged 26) 97 Al-Ahli
12 2DF Ahmed Dokhi (1976-10-25)25 October 1976 (aged 25) 47 Al-Hilal
13 2DF Hussein Sulaimani (1977-01-21)21 January 1977 (aged 25) 80 Al-Ahli
14 3MF Abdulaziz Khathran (1973-07-31)31 July 1973 (aged 28) 0 Al-Shabab
15 4FW Abdullah Al-Dosari (1977-11-10)10 November 1977 (aged 24) 20 Al-Hilal
16 3MF Khamis Al-Dosari (1973-09-08)8 September 1973 (aged 28) 76 Al-Ittihad
17 3MF Abdullah Al-Waked (1975-09-29)29 September 1975 (aged 26) 45 Al-Shabab
18 3MF Nawaf Al-Temyat (1976-06-28)28 June 1976 (aged 25) 48 Al-Hilal
19 3MF Omar Al-Ghamdi (1979-04-11)11 April 1979 (aged 23) 28 Al-Hilal
20 4FW Al Hasan Al-Yami (1972-08-21)21 August 1972 (aged 29) 18 Al-Ittihad
21 1GK Mabrouk Zaid (1979-02-11)11 February 1979 (aged 23) 1 Al-Ittihad
22 1GK Mohammed Al-Khojali (1973-01-15)15 January 1973 (aged 29) 12 Al-Nassr
23 2DF Mansour Al-Thagafi (1979-01-14)14 January 1979 (aged 23) 0 Al-Nassr

Group F

Argentina

Head coach: Marcelo Bielsa

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Germán Burgos (1969-04-16)16 April 1969 (aged 33) 35 Atlético Madrid
2 2DF Roberto Ayala (1973-04-14)14 April 1973 (aged 29) 74 Valencia
3 2DF Juan Pablo Sorín (1976-05-05)5 May 1976 (aged 26) 35 Cruzeiro
4 2DF Mauricio Pochettino (1972-03-02)2 March 1972 (aged 30) 16 Paris Saint-Germain
5 3MF Matías Almeyda (1973-12-21)21 December 1973 (aged 28) 33 Parma
6 2DF Walter Samuel (1978-03-23)23 March 1978 (aged 24) 30 Roma
7 4FW Claudio López (1974-07-17)17 July 1974 (aged 27) 49 Lazio
8 2DF Javier Zanetti (1973-08-10)10 August 1973 (aged 28) 66 Internazionale
9 4FW Gabriel Batistuta (c) (1969-02-01)1 February 1969 (aged 33) 75 Roma
10 3MF Ariel Ortega (1974-03-04)4 March 1974 (aged 28) 81 River Plate
11 3MF Juan Sebastián Verón (1975-03-09)9 March 1975 (aged 27) 47 Manchester United
12 1GK Pablo Cavallero (1974-04-13)13 April 1974 (aged 28) 8 Celta Vigo
13 2DF Diego Placente (1977-04-24)24 April 1977 (aged 25) 6 Bayer Leverkusen
14 3MF Diego Simeone (1970-04-28)28 April 1970 (aged 32) 104 Lazio
15 3MF Claudio Husaín (1974-11-20)20 November 1974 (aged 27) 14 River Plate
16 3MF Pablo Aimar (1979-11-03)3 November 1979 (aged 22) 18 Valencia
17 3MF Gustavo López (1973-04-13)13 April 1973 (aged 29) 31 Celta Vigo
18 3MF Kily González (1974-08-04)4 August 1974 (aged 27) 30 Valencia
19 4FW Hernán Crespo (1975-07-05)5 July 1975 (aged 26) 33 Lazio
20 3MF Marcelo Gallardo (1976-01-18)18 January 1976 (aged 26) 42 Monaco
21 4FW Claudio Caniggia (1967-01-09)9 January 1967 (aged 35) 50 Rangers
22 2DF José Chamot (1969-05-17)17 May 1969 (aged 33) 42 Milan
23 1GK Roberto Bonano (1970-01-24)24 January 1970 (aged 32) 13 Barcelona

Originally, the squad was named with Ariel Ortega given shirt number 23 and Roberto Bonano number 24, as the Argentine Football Association had decided to retire the number 10 shirt in honour of Diego Maradona. FIFA, however, insisted that all squads were assigned with numbers ranging only from 1–23, prompting Argentina to amend their squad list.

England

Head coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK David Seaman (1963-09-19)19 September 1963 (aged 38) 68 Arsenal
2 2DF Danny Mills (1977-05-18)18 May 1977 (aged 25) 7 Leeds United
3 2DF Ashley Cole (1980-12-20)20 December 1980 (aged 21) 8 Arsenal
4 3MF Trevor Sinclair (1973-03-02)2 March 1973 (aged 29) 5 West Ham United
5 2DF Rio Ferdinand (1978-11-07)7 November 1978 (aged 23) 21 Leeds United
6 2DF Sol Campbell (1974-09-18)18 September 1974 (aged 27) 45 Arsenal
7 3MF David Beckham (c) (1975-05-02)2 May 1975 (aged 27) 49 Manchester United
8 3MF Paul Scholes (1974-11-16)16 November 1974 (aged 27) 43 Manchester United
9 4FW Robbie Fowler (1975-04-09)9 April 1975 (aged 27) 24 Leeds United
10 4FW Michael Owen (1979-12-14)14 December 1979 (aged 22) 35 Liverpool
11 4FW Emile Heskey (1978-01-11)11 January 1978 (aged 24) 23 Liverpool
12 2DF Wes Brown (1979-10-13)13 October 1979 (aged 22) 6 Manchester United
13 1GK Nigel Martyn (1966-08-11)11 August 1966 (aged 35) 22 Leeds United
14 2DF Wayne Bridge (1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 21) 5 Southampton
15 2DF Martin Keown (1966-07-24)24 July 1966 (aged 35) 42 Arsenal
16 2DF Gareth Southgate (1970-09-03)3 September 1970 (aged 31) 48 Middlesbrough
17 4FW Teddy Sheringham (1966-04-02)2 April 1966 (aged 36) 46 Tottenham Hotspur
18 3MF Owen Hargreaves (1981-01-20)20 January 1981 (aged 21) 6 Bayern Munich
19 3MF Joe Cole (1981-11-08)8 November 1981 (aged 20) 6 West Ham United
20 4FW Darius Vassell (1980-06-13)13 June 1980 (aged 21) 5 Aston Villa
21 3MF Nicky Butt (1975-01-21)21 January 1975 (aged 27) 18 Manchester United
22 1GK David James (1970-08-01)1 August 1970 (aged 31) 9 West Ham United
23 3MF Kieron Dyer (1978-12-29)29 December 1978 (aged 23) 9 Newcastle United

Nigeria

Head coach: Festus Onigbinde

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Ike Shorunmu (1967-10-16)16 October 1967 (aged 34) 34 Lucerne
2 2DF Joseph Yobo (1980-09-06)6 September 1980 (aged 21) 14 Marseille
3 2DF Celestine Babayaro (1978-08-29)29 August 1978 (aged 23) 24 Chelsea
4 4FW Nwankwo Kanu (1976-08-01)1 August 1976 (aged 25) 33 Arsenal
5 2DF Isaac Okoronkwo (1978-05-01)1 May 1978 (aged 24) 12 Shakhtar Donetsk
6 2DF Taribo West (1974-03-26)26 March 1974 (aged 28) 38 1. FC Kaiserslautern
7 3MF Pius Ikedia (1980-07-11)11 July 1980 (aged 21) 9 Ajax
8 3MF Mutiu Adepoju (1970-12-22)22 December 1970 (aged 31) 49 Salamanca
9 4FW Bartholomew Ogbeche (1984-10-01)1 October 1984 (aged 17) 4 Paris Saint-Germain
10 3MF Jay-Jay Okocha (c) (1973-08-14)14 August 1973 (aged 28) 56 Paris Saint-Germain
11 3MF Garba Lawal (1974-05-22)22 May 1974 (aged 28) 34 Roda JC
12 1GK Austin Ejide (1984-04-08)8 April 1984 (aged 18) 3 Gabros International
13 2DF Rabiu Afolabi (1980-04-18)18 April 1980 (aged 22) 5 Standard Liège
14 2DF Ifeanyi Udeze (1980-07-21)21 July 1980 (aged 21) 15 PAOK
15 3MF Justice Christopher (1981-12-24)24 December 1981 (aged 20) 7 Royal Antwerp
16 2DF Efe Sodje (1972-10-05)5 October 1972 (aged 29) 7 Crewe Alexandra
17 4FW Julius Aghahowa (1982-02-12)12 February 1982 (aged 20) 17 Shakhtar Donetsk
18 4FW Benedict Akwuegbu (1974-11-03)3 November 1974 (aged 27) 16 Shenyang Haishi
19 2DF Eric Ejiofor (1979-07-21)21 July 1979 (aged 22) 12 Maccabi Haifa
20 3MF James Obiorah (1978-08-24)24 August 1978 (aged 23) 2 Lokomotiv Moscow
21 3MF John Utaka (1982-01-08)8 January 1982 (aged 20) 4 Al-Sadd
22 1GK Vincent Enyeama (1982-08-29)29 August 1982 (aged 19) 2 Enyimba
23 3MF Femi Opabunmi (1985-03-03)3 March 1985 (aged 17) 2 Ibadan

Sweden

Head coaches: Lars Lagerbäck and Tommy Söderberg

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Magnus Hedman (1973-03-19)19 March 1973 (aged 29) 44 Coventry City
2 2DF Olof Mellberg (1977-09-03)3 September 1977 (aged 24) 21 Aston Villa
3 2DF Patrik Andersson (1971-08-18)18 August 1971 (aged 30) 95 Barcelona
4 2DF Johan Mjällby (c) (1971-02-09)9 February 1971 (aged 31) 35 Celtic
5 2DF Michael Svensson (1975-11-25)25 November 1975 (aged 26) 11 Troyes
6 3MF Tobias Linderoth (1979-04-21)21 April 1979 (aged 23) 19 Everton
7 3MF Niclas Alexandersson (1971-12-29)29 December 1971 (aged 30) 58 Everton
8 3MF Anders Svensson (1976-07-17)17 July 1976 (aged 25) 24 Southampton
9 3MF Freddie Ljungberg (1977-04-16)16 April 1977 (aged 25) 31 Arsenal
10 4FW Marcus Allbäck (1973-07-05)5 July 1973 (aged 28) 18 Heerenveen
11 4FW Henrik Larsson (1971-09-20)20 September 1971 (aged 30) 67 Celtic
12 1GK Magnus Kihlstedt (1972-02-29)29 February 1972 (aged 30) 12 Copenhagen
13 2DF Tomas Antonelius (1973-05-07)7 May 1973 (aged 29) 6 Copenhagen
14 2DF Erik Edman (1978-11-11)11 November 1978 (aged 23) 5 Heerenveen
15 2DF Andreas Jakobsson (1972-10-06)6 October 1972 (aged 29) 12 Hansa Rostock
16 2DF Teddy Lučić (1973-04-15)15 April 1973 (aged 29) 41 AIK
17 3MF Magnus Svensson (1969-03-10)10 March 1969 (aged 33) 24 Brøndby
18 3MF Mattias Jonson (1974-01-16)16 January 1974 (aged 28) 23 Brøndby
19 3MF Pontus Farnerud (1980-06-04)4 June 1980 (aged 21) 2 Monaco
20 3MF Daniel Andersson (1977-08-28)28 August 1977 (aged 24) 38 Venezia
21 4FW Zlatan Ibrahimović (1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 20) 9 Ajax
22 4FW Andreas Andersson (1974-04-10)10 April 1974 (aged 28) 32 AIK
23 1GK Andreas Isaksson (1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 20) 1 Djurgården

Group G

Croatia

Head coach: Mirko Jozić

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Stipe Pletikosa (1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 23) 17 Hajduk Split
2 2DF Anthony Šerić (1979-01-15)15 January 1979 (aged 23) 8 Hellas Verona
3 2DF Josip Šimunić (1978-02-18)18 February 1978 (aged 24) 6 Hertha BSC
4 2DF Stjepan Tomas (1976-03-06)6 March 1976 (aged 26) 17 Vicenza
5 3MF Milan Rapaić (1973-08-16)16 August 1973 (aged 28) 23 Fenerbahçe
6 2DF Boris Živković (1975-11-15)15 November 1975 (aged 26) 15 Bayer Leverkusen
7 4FW Davor Vugrinec (1975-03-24)24 March 1975 (aged 27) 21 Lecce
8 3MF Robert Prosinečki (1969-01-12)12 January 1969 (aged 33) 48 Portsmouth
9 4FW Davor Šuker (c) (1968-01-01)1 January 1968 (aged 34) 68 1860 München
10 3MF Niko Kovač (1971-10-15)15 October 1971 (aged 30) 20 Bayern Munich
11 4FW Alen Bokšić (1970-01-21)21 January 1970 (aged 32) 36 Middlesbrough
12 1GK Tomislav Butina (1974-03-30)30 March 1974 (aged 28) 7 Dinamo Zagreb
13 3MF Mario Stanić (1972-04-10)10 April 1972 (aged 30) 43 Chelsea
14 3MF Zvonimir Soldo (1967-11-02)2 November 1967 (aged 34) 59 VfB Stuttgart
15 2DF Daniel Šarić (1972-08-04)4 August 1972 (aged 29) 25 Panathinaikos
16 3MF Jurica Vranješ (1980-01-31)31 January 1980 (aged 22) 7 Bayer Leverkusen
17 2DF Robert Jarni (1968-10-26)26 October 1968 (aged 33) 78 Panathinaikos
18 4FW Ivica Olić (1979-09-14)14 September 1979 (aged 22) 4 Zagreb
19 4FW Goran Vlaović (1972-08-07)7 August 1972 (aged 29) 50 Panathinaikos
20 2DF Dario Šimić (1975-11-12)12 November 1975 (aged 26) 48 Internazionale
21 2DF Robert Kovač (1974-04-06)6 April 1974 (aged 28) 19 Bayern Munich
22 4FW Boško Balaban (1978-10-15)15 October 1978 (aged 23) 13 Aston Villa
23 1GK Vladimir Vasilj (1975-07-06)6 July 1975 (aged 26) 2 Zagreb

Note: caps for Yugoslavia are not counted.

Ecuador

Head coach: Hernán Darío Gómez

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK José Francisco Cevallos (1971-04-17)17 April 1971 (aged 31) 62 Barcelona
2 2DF Augusto Porozo (1974-04-13)13 April 1974 (aged 28) 26 Emelec
3 2DF Iván Hurtado (1974-08-16)16 August 1974 (aged 27) 90 Barcelona
4 2DF Ulises de la Cruz (1974-02-08)8 February 1974 (aged 28) 52 Hibernian
5 3MF Alfonso Obregón (1972-05-12)12 May 1972 (aged 30) 40 LDU Quito
6 2DF Raúl Guerrón (1976-10-12)12 October 1976 (aged 25) 23 Deportivo Quito
7 4FW Nicolás Asencio (1975-04-26)26 April 1975 (aged 27) 4 Barcelona
8 3MF Luis Gómez (1972-04-20)20 April 1972 (aged 30) 8 Barcelona
9 4FW Iván Kaviedes (1977-10-24)24 October 1977 (aged 24) 26 Barcelona
10 3MF Álex Aguinaga (c) (1968-07-09)9 July 1968 (aged 33) 92 Necaxa
11 4FW Agustín Delgado (1974-12-23)23 December 1974 (aged 27) 46 Southampton
12 1GK Oswaldo Ibarra (1969-09-08)8 September 1969 (aged 32) 21 El Nacional
13 4FW Ángel Fernández (1971-08-02)2 August 1971 (aged 30) 68 El Nacional
14 3MF Juan Carlos Burbano (1969-02-15)15 February 1969 (aged 33) 18 El Nacional
15 2DF Marlon Ayoví (1971-09-27)27 September 1971 (aged 30) 26 Deportivo Quito
16 3MF Cléber Chalá (1971-06-29)29 June 1971 (aged 30) 64 El Nacional
17 2DF Giovanny Espinoza (1977-04-12)12 April 1977 (aged 25) 19 Aucas
18 4FW Carlos Tenorio (1979-05-14)14 May 1979 (aged 23) 9 LDU Quito
19 4FW Édison Méndez (1979-03-16)16 March 1979 (aged 23) 24 Deportivo Quito
20 3MF Edwin Tenorio (1976-06-16)16 June 1976 (aged 25) 33 Barcelona
21 3MF Wellington Sánchez (1974-06-19)19 June 1974 (aged 27) 35 Emelec
22 1GK Daniel Viteri (1981-12-12)12 December 1981 (aged 20) 0 Emelec
23 2DF Walter Ayoví (1979-08-11)11 August 1979 (aged 22) 2 Emelec

Italy

Head coach: Giovanni Trapattoni

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Gianluigi Buffon (1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 24) 26 Juventus
2 2DF Christian Panucci (1973-04-12)12 April 1973 (aged 29) 24 Roma
3 2DF Paolo Maldini (c) (1968-06-26)26 June 1968 (aged 33) 122 Milan
4 2DF Francesco Coco (1977-01-08)8 January 1977 (aged 25) 13 Barcelona
5 2DF Fabio Cannavaro (1973-09-13)13 September 1973 (aged 28) 58 Parma
6 3MF Cristiano Zanetti (1977-04-14)14 April 1977 (aged 25) 4 Internazionale
7 4FW Alessandro Del Piero (1974-11-09)9 November 1974 (aged 27) 49 Juventus
8 3MF Gennaro Gattuso (1978-01-09)9 January 1978 (aged 24) 13 Milan
9 4FW Filippo Inzaghi (1973-08-09)9 August 1973 (aged 28) 38 Milan
10 4FW Francesco Totti (1976-09-27)27 September 1976 (aged 25) 29 Roma
11 3MF Cristiano Doni (1973-04-01)1 April 1973 (aged 29) 3 Atalanta
12 1GK Christian Abbiati (1977-07-08)8 July 1977 (aged 24) 0 Milan
13 2DF Alessandro Nesta (1976-03-19)19 March 1976 (aged 26) 43 Lazio
14 3MF Luigi Di Biagio (1971-06-03)3 June 1971 (aged 30) 28 Internazionale
15 2DF Mark Iuliano (1973-08-12)12 August 1973 (aged 28) 16 Juventus
16 3MF Angelo Di Livio (1966-07-26)26 July 1966 (aged 35) 38 Fiorentina
17 3MF Damiano Tommasi (1974-05-17)17 May 1974 (aged 28) 14 Roma
18 4FW Marco Delvecchio (1973-04-07)7 April 1973 (aged 29) 16 Roma
19 2DF Gianluca Zambrotta (1977-02-19)19 February 1977 (aged 25) 23 Juventus
20 4FW Vincenzo Montella (1974-06-18)18 June 1974 (aged 27) 14 Roma
21 4FW Christian Vieri (1973-07-12)12 July 1973 (aged 28) 24 Internazionale
22 1GK Francesco Toldo (1971-12-02)2 December 1971 (aged 30) 22 Internazionale
23 2DF Marco Materazzi (1973-08-19)19 August 1973 (aged 28) 7 Internazionale

Mexico

Head coach: Javier Aguirre

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Óscar Pérez (1973-02-01)1 February 1973 (aged 29) 37 Cruz Azul
2 2DF Francisco Gabriel de Anda (1971-06-05)5 June 1971 (aged 30) 15 Pachuca
3 3MF Rafael García (1974-08-14)14 August 1974 (aged 27) 21 Toluca
4 3MF Rafael Márquez (c) (1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 23) 36 Monaco
5 2DF Manuel Vidrio (1972-08-23)23 August 1972 (aged 29) 27 Pachuca
6 3MF Gerardo Torrado (1979-04-30)30 April 1979 (aged 23) 28 Sevilla
7 3MF Ramón Morales (1975-10-10)10 October 1975 (aged 26) 17 Guadalajara
8 3MF Alberto García Aspe (1967-05-11)11 May 1967 (aged 35) 108 Puebla
9 4FW Jared Borgetti (1973-08-14)14 August 1973 (aged 28) 29 Santos
10 4FW Cuauhtémoc Blanco (1973-01-17)17 January 1973 (aged 29) 75 Real Valladolid
11 3MF Braulio Luna (1974-09-08)8 September 1974 (aged 27) 15 Necaxa
12 1GK Oswaldo Sánchez (1973-09-21)21 September 1973 (aged 28) 22 Guadalajara
13 3MF Sigifredo Mercado (1968-12-21)21 December 1968 (aged 33) 18 Atlas
14 3MF Germán Villa (1973-04-02)2 April 1973 (aged 29) 46 América
15 4FW Luis Hernández (1968-12-22)22 December 1968 (aged 33) 85 América
16 2DF Salvador Carmona (1975-08-22)22 August 1975 (aged 26) 56 Toluca
17 4FW Francisco Palencia (1973-04-28)28 April 1973 (aged 29) 67 Espanyol
18 3MF Johan Rodríguez (1975-08-15)15 August 1975 (aged 26) 14 Santos
19 3MF Gabriel Caballero (1971-02-05)5 February 1971 (aged 31) 5 Pachuca
20 2DF Melvin Brown (1979-01-28)28 January 1979 (aged 23) 8 Cruz Azul
21 4FW Jesús Arellano (1973-05-08)8 May 1973 (aged 29) 49 Monterrey
22 2DF Alberto Rodríguez (1974-04-01)1 April 1974 (aged 28) 13 Pachuca
23 1GK Jorge Campos (1966-10-15)15 October 1966 (aged 35) 123 UNAM Pumas

Group H

Belgium

Head coach: Robert Waseige

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Geert De Vlieger (1971-10-16)16 October 1971 (aged 30) 25 Willem II
2 2DF Eric Deflandre (1973-08-02)2 August 1973 (aged 28) 41 Lyon
3 2DF Glen De Boeck (1971-08-22)22 August 1971 (aged 30) 33 Anderlecht
4 2DF Eric Van Meir (1968-02-28)28 February 1968 (aged 34) 32 Standard Liège
5 2DF Nico Van Kerckhoven (1970-12-14)14 December 1970 (aged 31) 40 Schalke 04
6 3MF Timmy Simons (1976-12-11)11 December 1976 (aged 25) 12 Club Brugge
7 4FW Marc Wilmots (c) (1969-02-22)22 February 1969 (aged 33) 66 Schalke 04
8 3MF Bart Goor (1973-04-09)9 April 1973 (aged 29) 38 Hertha BSC
9 4FW Wesley Sonck (1978-08-09)9 August 1978 (aged 23) 12 Genk
10 3MF Johan Walem (1972-02-01)1 February 1972 (aged 30) 33 Standard Liège
11 4FW Gert Verheyen (1970-09-20)20 September 1970 (aged 31) 46 Club Brugge
12 2DF Peter Van der Heyden (1976-07-16)16 July 1976 (aged 25) 4 Club Brugge
13 1GK Franky Vandendriessche (1971-04-07)7 April 1971 (aged 31) 0 Mouscron
14 3MF Sven Vermant (1973-04-04)4 April 1973 (aged 29) 12 Schalke 04
15 2DF Jacky Peeters (1969-12-13)13 December 1969 (aged 32) 13 Gent
16 2DF Daniel Van Buyten (1978-02-07)7 February 1978 (aged 24) 7 Marseille
17 3MF Gaëtan Englebert (1976-06-11)11 June 1976 (aged 25) 4 Club Brugge
18 3MF Yves Vanderhaeghe (1970-01-30)30 January 1970 (aged 32) 30 Anderlecht
19 3MF Bernd Thijs (1978-06-28)28 June 1978 (aged 23) 2 Genk
20 4FW Branko Strupar (1970-02-09)9 February 1970 (aged 32) 14 Derby County
21 3MF Danny Boffin (1965-07-10)10 July 1965 (aged 36) 52 St. Truiden
22 4FW Mbo Mpenza (1976-12-04)4 December 1976 (aged 25) 26 Mouscron
23 1GK Frédéric Herpoel (1974-08-16)16 August 1974 (aged 27) 7 Gent

Japan

Head coach: Philippe Troussier

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1975-08-15)15 August 1975 (aged 26) 43 Portsmouth
2 2DF Yutaka Akita (1970-08-06)6 August 1970 (aged 31) 38 Kashima Antlers
3 2DF Naoki Matsuda (1977-03-14)14 March 1977 (aged 25) 24 Yokohama F. Marinos
4 2DF Ryuzo Morioka (1975-10-07)7 October 1975 (aged 26) 32 Shimizu S-Pulse
5 3MF Junichi Inamoto (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 22) 22 Arsenal
6 2DF Toshihiro Hattori (1973-09-23)23 September 1973 (aged 28) 35 Jubilo Iwata
7 3MF Hidetoshi Nakata (1977-01-22)22 January 1977 (aged 25) 39 Parma
8 3MF Hiroaki Morishima (1972-04-30)30 April 1972 (aged 30) 57 Cerezo Osaka
9 4FW Akinori Nishizawa (1976-06-18)18 June 1976 (aged 25) 24 Cerezo Osaka
10 4FW Masashi Nakayama (1967-09-23)23 September 1967 (aged 34) 47 Jubilo Iwata
11 4FW Takayuki Suzuki (1976-06-05)5 June 1976 (aged 25) 10 Kashima Antlers
12 1GK Seigo Narazaki (1976-04-15)15 April 1976 (aged 26) 15 Nagoya Grampus Eight
13 4FW Atsushi Yanagisawa (1977-05-27)27 May 1977 (aged 25) 22 Kashima Antlers
14 3MF Alex (1977-07-20)20 July 1977 (aged 24) 0 Shimizu S-Pulse
15 3MF Takashi Fukunishi (1976-09-01)1 September 1976 (aged 25) 5 Jubilo Iwata
16 2DF Kōji Nakata (1979-07-09)9 July 1979 (aged 22) 20 Kashima Antlers
17 2DF Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c) (1977-02-07)7 February 1977 (aged 25) 5 Gamba Osaka
18 3MF Shinji Ono (1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 22) 21 Feyenoord
19 3MF Mitsuo Ogasawara (1979-04-05)5 April 1979 (aged 23) 0 Kashima Antlers
20 3MF Tomokazu Myojin (1978-01-24)24 January 1978 (aged 24) 16 Kashiwa Reysol
21 3MF Kazuyuki Toda (1977-12-30)30 December 1977 (aged 24) 10 Shimizu S-Pulse
22 3MF Daisuke Ichikawa (1980-05-14)14 May 1980 (aged 22) 1 Shimizu S-Pulse
23 1GK Hitoshi Sogahata (1979-08-02)2 August 1979 (aged 22) 1 Kashima Antlers

Russia

Head coach: Oleg Romantsev

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Ruslan Nigmatullin (1974-10-07)7 October 1974 (aged 27) 20 Hellas Verona
2 2DF Yuri Kovtun (1970-01-05)5 January 1970 (aged 32) 44 Spartak Moscow
3 2DF Yuri Nikiforov (1970-09-16)16 September 1970 (aged 31) 56 PSV
4 3MF Alexey Smertin (1975-05-01)1 May 1975 (aged 27) 25 Bordeaux
5 2DF Andrei Solomatin (1975-09-09)9 September 1975 (aged 26) 5 CSKA Moscow
6 3MF Igor Semshov (1978-04-06)6 April 1978 (aged 24) 2 Torpedo Moscow
7 2DF Viktor Onopko (c) (1969-10-14)14 October 1969 (aged 32) 97 Real Oviedo
8 3MF Valeri Karpin (1969-02-02)2 February 1969 (aged 33) 69 Celta Vigo
9 3MF Yegor Titov (1976-05-29)29 May 1976 (aged 26) 30 Spartak Moscow
10 3MF Aleksandr Mostovoi (1968-08-22)22 August 1968 (aged 33) 59 Celta Vigo
11 4FW Vladimir Beschastnykh (1974-04-01)1 April 1974 (aged 28) 64 Spartak Moscow
12 1GK Stanislav Cherchesov (1963-09-02)2 September 1963 (aged 38) 49 Tirol Innsbruck
13 2DF Vyacheslav Dayev (1972-09-06)6 September 1972 (aged 29) 7 CSKA Moscow
14 2DF Igor Chugainov (1970-04-06)6 April 1970 (aged 32) 30 Uralan Elista
15 3MF Dmitri Alenichev (1972-10-20)20 October 1972 (aged 29) 43 Porto
16 4FW Aleksandr Kerzhakov (1982-11-27)27 November 1982 (aged 19) 3 Zenit Saint Petersburg
17 3MF Sergei Semak (1976-02-27)27 February 1976 (aged 26) 31 CSKA Moscow
18 2DF Dmitri Sennikov (1976-06-24)24 June 1976 (aged 25) 4 Lokomotiv Moscow
19 4FW Ruslan Pimenov (1981-11-25)25 November 1981 (aged 20) 1 Lokomotiv Moscow
20 3MF Marat Izmailov (1982-09-21)21 September 1982 (aged 19) 8 Lokomotiv Moscow
21 3MF Dmitri Khokhlov (1975-12-22)22 December 1975 (aged 26) 39 Real Sociedad
22 4FW Dmitri Sychev (1983-10-26)26 October 1983 (aged 18) 3 Spartak Moscow
23 1GK Aleksandr Filimonov (1973-10-15)15 October 1973 (aged 28) 16 Uralan Elista

Note: caps include those for USSR, CIS, and Russia, while those for other countries, such as Ukraine, are not counted.

Tunisia

Head coach: Ammar Souayah

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Ali Boumnijel (1966-04-13)13 April 1966 (aged 36) 14 Bastia
2 2DF Khaled Badra (c) (1973-04-08)8 April 1973 (aged 29) 72 Espérance
3 3MF Zoubeir Baya (1971-05-15)15 May 1971 (aged 31) 77 Beşiktaş
4 2DF Mohamed Mkacher (1975-05-25)25 May 1975 (aged 27) 15 ES Sahel
5 4FW Ziad Jaziri (1978-07-12)12 July 1978 (aged 23) 26 ES Sahel
6 2DF Hatem Trabelsi (1977-01-25)25 January 1977 (aged 25) 27 Ajax
7 4FW Imed Mhedhebi (1976-03-22)22 March 1976 (aged 26) 30 Genoa
8 3MF Hassen Gabsi (1974-02-23)23 February 1974 (aged 28) 48 Genoa
9 4FW Riadh Jelassi (1971-07-07)7 July 1971 (aged 30) 20 Club Africain
10 3MF Kaies Ghodhbane (1976-01-07)7 January 1976 (aged 26) 62 ES Sahel
11 4FW Adel Sellimi (1972-11-16)16 November 1972 (aged 29) 64 SC Freiburg
12 2DF Raouf Bouzaiene (1970-08-16)16 August 1970 (aged 31) 39 Genoa
13 3MF Riadh Bouazizi (1973-04-08)8 April 1973 (aged 29) 47 Bursaspor
14 2DF Hamdi Marzouki (1977-01-23)23 January 1977 (aged 25) 7 Club Africain
15 2DF Radhi Jaïdi (1975-08-30)30 August 1975 (aged 26) 40 Espérance
16 1GK Hassen Bejaoui (1976-02-14)14 February 1976 (aged 26) 2 Bizertin
17 2DF Tarek Thabet (1971-08-16)16 August 1971 (aged 30) 70 Espérance
18 3MF Selim Benachour (1981-09-08)8 September 1981 (aged 20) 3 Martigues
19 2DF Emir Mkademi (1978-08-20)20 August 1978 (aged 23) 9 ES Sahel
20 4FW Ali Zitouni (1981-01-11)11 January 1981 (aged 21) 23 Espérance
21 3MF Mourad Melki (1975-05-09)9 May 1975 (aged 27) 11 Espérance
22 1GK Ahmed El-Jaouachi (1975-07-13)13 July 1975 (aged 26) 0 Monastir
23 2DF José Clayton (1974-03-21)21 March 1974 (aged 28) 12 Espérance

Player representation by league
CountryPlayersPercentageOutside national squad
Total736
England10313.99%81
Italy7510.19%53
Germany598.02%39
Spain587.88%36
France567.61%51
Mexico253.40%6
Japan253.40%6
Belgium253.40%10
Saudi Arabia243.13%1
China212.85%1
Others26636.14%

The Saudi Arabian squad was the only one made up entirely of players from their country's domestic league and the only one with no players from European clubs. The Cameroon squad were made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs, the Irish squad was made up entirely by players in the English league. Although Netherlands and Greece failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 18 and 10 players respectively. Altogether, there were 43 national leagues who had players in the tournament.

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