2002 FIFA World Cup squads

Below are the squads for the 2002 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in South Korea and Japan. There were 23 players in each squad, 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 DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Thomas Sørensen 12 June 1976 (aged 25) 14 Sunderland 2 MF Stig Tøfting 14 August 1969 (aged 32) 36 Bolton Wanderers 3 DF René Henriksen 27 August 1969 (aged 32) 39 Panathinaikos 4 DF Martin Laursen 26 July 1977 (aged 24) 15 Milan 5 DF Jan Heintze (c) 17 August 1963 (aged 38) 83 PSV 6 DF Thomas Helveg 24 June 1971 (aged 30) 67 Milan 7 MF Thomas Gravesen 11 March 1976 (aged 26) 22 Everton 8 MF Jesper Grønkjær 12 August 1977 (aged 24) 25 Chelsea 9 FW Jon Dahl Tomasson 29 August 1976 (aged 25) 38 Feyenoord 10 MF Martin Jørgensen 6 October 1975 (aged 26) 32 Udinese 11 FW Ebbe Sand 19 July 1972 (aged 29) 44 Schalke 04 12 DF Niclas Jensen 17 August 1974 (aged 27) 8 Manchester City 13 DF Steven Lustü 13 April 1971 (aged 31) 4 Lyn 14 MF Claus Jensen 29 April 1977 (aged 25) 13 Charlton Athletic 15 MF Jan Michaelsen 28 November 1970 (aged 31) 11 Panathinaikos 16 GK Peter Kjær 5 November 1965 (aged 36) 4 Aberdeen 17 MF Christian Poulsen 28 February 1980 (aged 22) 3 Copenhagen 18 FW Peter Løvenkrands 29 January 1980 (aged 22) 4 Rangers 19 MF Dennis Rommedahl 22 July 1978 (aged 23) 19 PSV 20 DF Kasper Bøgelund 8 October 1980 (aged 21) 2 PSV 21 FW Peter Madsen 26 April 1978 (aged 24) 4 Brøndby 22 GK Jesper Christiansen 24 April 1978 (aged 24) 0 Vejle 23 MF Brian Steen Nielsen 28 December 1968 (aged 33) 65 Malmö FF France Head coach: Roger Lemerre No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Ulrich Ramé 19 September 1972 (aged 29) 11 Bordeaux 2 DF Vincent Candela 24 October 1973 (aged 28) 36 Roma 3 DF Bixente Lizarazu 9 December 1969 (aged 32) 74 Bayern Munich 4 MF Patrick Vieira 23 June 1976 (aged 25) 52 Arsenal 5 DF Philippe Christanval 31 August 1978 (aged 23) 4 Barcelona 6 MF Youri Djorkaeff 9 March 1968 (aged 34) 79 Bolton Wanderers 7 MF Claude Makélélé 18 February 1973 (aged 29) 14 Real Madrid 8 DF Marcel Desailly (c) 7 September 1968 (aged 33) 93 Chelsea 9 FW Djibril Cissé 12 August 1981 (aged 20) 1 Auxerre 10 MF Zinedine Zidane 23 June 1972 (aged 29) 73 Real Madrid 11 FW Sylvain Wiltord 10 May 1974 (aged 28) 38 Arsenal 12 FW Thierry Henry 17 August 1977 (aged 24) 35 Arsenal 13 DF Mikaël Silvestre 9 August 1977 (aged 24) 10 Manchester United 14 MF Alain Boghossian 27 October 1970 (aged 31) 26 Parma 15 DF Lilian Thuram 1 January 1972 (aged 30) 73 Juventus 16 GK Fabien Barthez 28 June 1971 (aged 30) 47 Manchester United 17 MF Emmanuel Petit 22 September 1970 (aged 31) 57 Chelsea 18 DF Frank Leboeuf 22 January 1968 (aged 34) 47 Marseille 19 DF Willy Sagnol 18 March 1977 (aged 25) 9 Bayern Munich 20 FW David Trezeguet 15 October 1977 (aged 24) 36 Juventus 21 FW Christophe Dugarry 24 March 1972 (aged 30) 51 Bordeaux 22 MF Johan Micoud 24 July 1973 (aged 28) 14 Parma 23 GK Grégory Coupet 31 December 1972 (aged 29) 1 Lyon Senegal Head coach: Bruno Metsu No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Tony Sylva 17 May 1975 (aged 27) 15 Monaco 2 DF Omar Daf 12 February 1977 (aged 25) 31 Sochaux 3 MF Pape Sarr 7 December 1977 (aged 24) 22 Lens 4 DF Papa Malick Diop 29 December 1974 (aged 27) 25 Lorient 5 DF Alassane N'Dour 12 December 1981 (aged 20) 7 Saint-Étienne 6 DF Aliou Cissé (c) 24 March 1976 (aged 26) 20 Montpellier 7 FW Henri Camara 10 May 1977 (aged 25) 34 Sedan 8 FW Amara Traoré 25 September 1965 (aged 36) 12 Gueugnon 9 FW Souleymane Camara 22 December 1982 (aged 19) 9 Monaco 10 MF Khalilou Fadiga 30 December 1974 (aged 27) 25 Auxerre 11 FW El Hadji Diouf 15 January 1981 (aged 21) 21 Lens 12 MF Amdy Faye 12 March 1977 (aged 25) 6 Auxerre 13 DF Lamine Diatta 2 July 1975 (aged 26) 19 Rennes 14 MF Moussa N'Diaye 20 February 1979 (aged 23) 38 Sedan 15 MF Salif Diao 10 February 1977 (aged 25) 20 Sedan 16 GK Omar Diallo 28 September 1972 (aged 29) 42 Olympique Khouribga 17 DF Ferdinand Coly 10 September 1973 (aged 28) 16 Lens 18 FW Pape Thiaw 5 February 1981 (aged 21) 13 Strasbourg 19 MF Papa Bouba Diop 28 January 1978 (aged 24) 12 Lens 20 MF Sylvain N'Diaye 25 June 1976 (aged 25) 6 Lille 21 DF Habib Beye 19 October 1977 (aged 24) 6 Strasbourg 22 GK Kalidou Cissokho 14 December 1972 (aged 29) 0 ASC Jeanne d'Arc 23 MF Makhtar N'Diaye 31 December 1981 (aged 20) 11 Rennes Uruguay Head coach: Víctor Púa No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Fabián Carini 26 December 1979 (aged 22) 35 Juventus 2 DF Gustavo Méndez 3 February 1971 (aged 31) 45 Nacional 3 DF Alejandro Lembo 15 February 1978 (aged 24) 31 Nacional 4 DF Paolo Montero (c) 3 September 1971 (aged 30) 45 Juventus 5 MF Pablo García 11 May 1977 (aged 25) 36 Venezia 6 DF Darío Rodríguez 17 September 1974 (aged 27) 21 Peñarol 7 MF Gianni Guigou 22 February 1975 (aged 27) 36 Roma 8 FW Gustavo Varela 14 May 1978 (aged 24) 7 Nacional 9 FW Darío Silva 2 November 1972 (aged 29) 36 Málaga 10 MF Fabián O'Neill 14 October 1973 (aged 28) 19 Perugia 11 FW Federico Magallanes 22 August 1976 (aged 25) 24 Venezia 12 GK Gustavo Munúa 27 January 1978 (aged 24) 9 Nacional 13 FW Sebastián Abreu 17 October 1976 (aged 25) 13 Cruz Azul 14 DF Gonzalo Sorondo 9 October 1979 (aged 22) 18 Inter Milan 15 FW Nicolás Olivera 30 May 1978 (aged 24) 26 Sevilla 16 MF Marcelo Romero 4 July 1976 (aged 25) 22 Málaga 17 MF Mario Regueiro 14 September 1978 (aged 23) 14 Racing de Santander 18 FW Richard Morales 21 February 1975 (aged 27) 12 Nacional 19 DF Joe Bizera 17 May 1980 (aged 22) 9 Peñarol 20 MF Álvaro Recoba 17 March 1976 (aged 26) 43 Inter Milan 21 FW Diego Forlán 19 May 1979 (aged 23) 4 Manchester United 22 MF Gonzalo de los Santos 19 July 1976 (aged 25) 28 Valencia 23 GK Federico Elduayen 25 June 1977 (aged 24) 1 Peñarol Group B Paraguay Head coach: Cesare Maldini No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK José Luis Chilavert (c) 27 July 1965 (aged 36) 69 Strasbourg 2 DF Francisco Arce 2 April 1971 (aged 31) 51 Palmeiras 3 DF Pedro Sarabia 5 July 1975 (aged 26) 40 River Plate 4 DF Carlos Gamarra 17 February 1971 (aged 31) 76 AEK Athens 5 DF Celso Ayala 20 August 1970 (aged 31) 76 River Plate 6 MF Estanislao Struway 25 June 1968 (aged 33) 69 Libertad 7 FW Richard Báez 31 July 1973 (aged 28) 25 Olimpia 8 MF Guido Alvarenga 24 August 1970 (aged 31) 18 Léon 9 FW Roque Santa Cruz 16 August 1981 (aged 20) 24 Bayern Munich 10 MF Roberto Acuña 25 March 1972 (aged 30) 77 Real Zaragoza 11 FW Jorge Campos 11 August 1970 (aged 31) 31 Universidad Católica 12 GK Justo Villar 30 June 1977 (aged 24) 8 Libertad 13 MF Carlos Paredes 16 July 1976 (aged 25) 41 Porto 14 MF Diego Gavilán 1 March 1980 (aged 22) 21 Tecos 15 MF Carlos Bonet 2 October 1977 (aged 24) 3 Libertad 16 MF Gustavo Morínigo 23 January 1977 (aged 25) 11 Libertad 17 DF Juan Carlos Franco 17 April 1973 (aged 29) 3 Olimpia 18 DF Julio César Cáceres 5 October 1979 (aged 22) 1 Olimpia 19 DF Daniel Sanabria 8 February 1977 (aged 25) 6 Libertad 20 FW José Cardozo 19 March 1971 (aged 31) 57 Toluca 21 DF Denis Caniza 29 August 1974 (aged 27) 49 Santos Laguna 22 GK Ricardo Tavarelli 2 August 1970 (aged 31) 20 Olimpia 23 FW Nelson Cuevas 10 January 1980 (aged 22) 11 River Plate Slovenia Head coach: Srečko Katanec No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Marko Simeunovič 6 December 1967 (aged 34) 43 Maribor 2 DF Goran Sankovič 18 June 1979 (aged 22) 5 Slavia Prague 3 DF Željko Milinovič 12 October 1969 (aged 32) 35 JEF United Ichihara 4 DF Muamer Vugdalič 25 August 1977 (aged 24) 13 Maribor 5 DF Marinko Galič 22 April 1970 (aged 32) 65 Koper 6 DF Aleksander Knavs 5 December 1975 (aged 26) 38 1. FC Kaiserslautern 7 MF Džoni Novak 4 September 1969 (aged 32) 68 SpVgg Unterhaching 8 MF Aleš Čeh (c) 7 April 1968 (aged 34) 71 Grazer AK 9 FW Milan Osterc 4 July 1975 (aged 26) 41 Hapoel Tel Aviv 10 MF Zlatko Zahovič* 1 February 1971 (aged 31) 64 Benfica 11 MF Miran Pavlin 8 October 1971 (aged 30) 45 Porto 12 GK Mladen Dabanovič 13 September 1971 (aged 30) 20 Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen 13 FW Mladen Rudonja 26 July 1971 (aged 30) 58 Portsmouth 14 DF Saša Gajser 11 February 1974 (aged 28) 20 Gent 15 MF Rajko Tavčar 21 July 1974 (aged 27) 6 1. FC Nürnberg 16 FW Senad Tiganj 28 August 1975 (aged 26) 3 Olimpija Ljubljana 17 MF Zoran Pavlović 27 June 1976 (aged 25) 21 Austria Wien 18 FW Milenko Ačimovič 15 February 1977 (aged 25) 39 Red Star Belgrade 19 DF Amir Karić 31 December 1973 (aged 28) 43 Maribor 20 MF Nastja Čeh 26 January 1978 (aged 24) 6 Club Brugge 21 FW Sebastjan Cimirotič 14 September 1974 (aged 27) 12 Lecce 22 GK Dejan Nemec 1 March 1977 (aged 25) 1 Club Brugge 23 DF Spasoje Bulajič 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 DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Hans Vonk 30 January 1970 (aged 32) 29 Heerenveen 2 DF Cyril Nzama 26 June 1974 (aged 27) 19 Kaizer Chiefs 3 DF Bradley Carnell 21 January 1977 (aged 25) 21 VfB Stuttgart 4 DF Aaron Mokoena 25 November 1980 (aged 21) 22 Germinal Beerschot 5 DF Jacob Lekgetho 24 March 1974 (aged 28) 15 Lokomotiv Moscow 6 MF MacBeth Sibaya 25 November 1977 (aged 24) 9 Jomo Cosmos 7 MF Quinton Fortune 21 May 1977 (aged 25) 39 Manchester United 8 MF Thabo Mngomeni 24 June 1969 (aged 32) 37 Orlando Pirates 9 MF MacDonald Mukansi 26 May 1975 (aged 27) 7 Lokomotiv Sofia 10 MF Bennett Mnguni 18 March 1974 (aged 28) 9 Lokomotiv Moscow 11 MF Jabu Pule 11 July 1980 (aged 21) 9 Kaizer Chiefs 12 MF Teboho Mokoena 10 July 1974 (aged 27) 10 St. Gallen 13 DF Pierre Issa 12 September 1975 (aged 26) 41 Watford 14 FW Siyabonga Nomvethe 2 December 1977 (aged 24) 30 Udinese 15 MF Sibusiso Zuma 23 June 1975 (aged 26) 22 Copenhagen 16 GK André Arendse 27 June 1967 (aged 34) 49 Santos Cape Town 17 FW Benni McCarthy 12 November 1977 (aged 24) 43 Porto 18 MF Delron Buckley 7 December 1977 (aged 24) 32 VfL Bochum 19 DF Lucas Radebe (c) 12 April 1969 (aged 33) 65 Leeds United 20 GK Calvin Marlin 20 April 1976 (aged 26) 2 Ajax Cape Town 21 MF Steven Pienaar 17 March 1982 (aged 20) 0 Ajax 22 DF Thabang Molefe 11 April 1979 (aged 23) 5 Jomo Cosmos 23 FW George Koumantarakis 27 March 1974 (aged 28) 6 Basel Spain Head coach: José Antonio Camacho No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Iker Casillas 20 May 1981 (aged 21) 13 Real Madrid 2 DF Curro Torres 27 December 1976 (aged 25) 4 Valencia 3 DF Juanfran 15 July 1976 (aged 25) 7 Celta Vigo 4 MF Iván Helguera 18 March 1975 (aged 27) 22 Real Madrid 5 DF Carles Puyol 13 April 1978 (aged 24) 8 Barcelona 6 DF Fernando Hierro (c) 23 March 1968 (aged 34) 85 Real Madrid 7 FW Raúl 27 June 1977 (aged 24) 51 Real Madrid 8 MF Rubén Baraja 11 July 1975 (aged 26) 9 Valencia 9 FW Fernando Morientes 5 April 1976 (aged 26) 19 Real Madrid 10 FW Diego Tristán 5 January 1976 (aged 26) 7 Deportivo La Coruña 11 FW Javier de Pedro 4 August 1973 (aged 28) 5 Real Sociedad 12 FW Albert Luque 11 March 1978 (aged 24) 0 Mallorca 13 GK Ricardo 30 December 1971 (aged 30) 1 Real Valladolid 14 MF David Albelda 1 September 1977 (aged 24) 2 Valencia 15 DF Enrique Romero 23 June 1971 (aged 30) 3 Deportivo La Coruña 16 MF Gaizka Mendieta 27 March 1974 (aged 28) 32 Lazio 17 MF Juan Carlos Valerón 17 June 1975 (aged 26) 20 Deportivo La Coruña 18 MF Sergio 10 November 1976 (aged 25) 5 Deportivo La Coruña 19 MF Xavi 25 January 1980 (aged 22) 3 Barcelona 20 DF Miguel Ángel Nadal 28 July 1966 (aged 35) 59 Mallorca 21 MF Luis Enrique 8 May 1970 (aged 32) 57 Barcelona 22 MF Joaquín 21 July 1981 (aged 20) 3 Real Betis 23 GK Pedro Contreras 7 January 1972 (aged 30) 0 Málaga Group C Brazil Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Marcos 4 August 1973 (aged 28) 15 Palmeiras 2 DF Cafu (c) 7 June 1970 (aged 31) 103 Roma 3 DF Lúcio 8 May 1978 (aged 24) 15 Bayer Leverkusen 4 DF Roque Júnior 31 August 1976 (aged 25) 17 Milan 5 DF Edmílson 10 July 1976 (aged 25) 12 Lyon 6 DF Roberto Carlos 10 April 1973 (aged 29) 84 Real Madrid 7 MF Ricardinho 23 May 1976 (aged 26) 3 Corinthians 8 MF Gilberto Silva 7 October 1976 (aged 25) 6 Atlético Mineiro 9 FW Ronaldo 18 September 1976 (aged 25) 56 Inter Milan 10 MF Rivaldo 19 April 1972 (aged 30) 58 Barcelona 11 MF Ronaldinho 21 March 1980 (aged 22) 24 Paris Saint-Germain 12 GK Dida 7 October 1973 (aged 28) 49 Corinthians 13 DF Juliano Belletti 20 June 1976 (aged 25) 10 São Paulo 14 DF Ânderson Polga 9 February 1979 (aged 23) 5 Grêmio 15 MF Kléberson 19 June 1979 (aged 22) 5 Atlético Paranaense 16 DF Júnior 20 June 1973 (aged 28) 12 Parma 17 FW Denílson 24 August 1977 (aged 24) 53 Real Betis 18 MF Vampeta 13 March 1974 (aged 28) 36 Corinthians 19 MF Juninho 22 February 1973 (aged 29) 43 Flamengo 20 FW Edílson 17 September 1971 (aged 30) 17 Cruzeiro 21 FW Luizão 14 November 1975 (aged 26) 8 Grêmio 22 GK Rogério Ceni 22 January 1973 (aged 29) 12 São Paulo 23 MF Kaká 22 April 1982 (aged 20) 2 São Paulo China PR Head coach: Bora Milutinović No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK An Qi 21 June 1981 (aged 20) 5 Dalian Shide 2 DF Zhang Enhua 11 May 1974 (aged 28) 65 Dalian Shide 3 DF Yang Pu 30 March 1978 (aged 24) 14 Beijing Guoan 4 DF Wu Chengying 21 April 1975 (aged 27) 53 Shanghai Shenhua 5 DF Fan Zhiyi 22 January 1970 (aged 32) 105 Dundee 6 MF Shao Jiayi 10 April 1980 (aged 22) 18 Beijing Guoan 7 DF Sun Jihai 30 September 1977 (aged 24) 59 Manchester City 8 MF Li Tie 18 September 1977 (aged 24) 76 Liaoning 9 MF Ma Mingyu (c) 10 August 1972 (aged 29) 91 Sichuan Guancheng 10 FW Hao Haidong 25 August 1970 (aged 31) 95 Dalian Shide 11 MF Yu Genwei 19 August 1976 (aged 25) 17 Tianjin Teda FC 12 FW Su Maozhen 30 July 1972 (aged 29) 43 Shandong Luneng 13 MF Gao Yao 13 July 1977 (aged 24) 4 Shandong Luneng 14 DF Li Weifeng 26 January 1978 (aged 24) 55 Shenzhen Pingan 15 MF Zhao Junzhe 18 April 1979 (aged 23) 13 Liaoning 16 FW Qu Bo 15 July 1981 (aged 20) 16 Qingdao Hainiu 17 DF Du Wei 9 February 1982 (aged 20) 7 Shanghai Shenhua 18 MF Li Xiaopeng 5 November 1976 (aged 25) 26 Shandong Luneng 19 MF Qi Hong 3 June 1976 (aged 25) 36 Shanghai Zhongyuan 20 FW Yang Chen 17 January 1974 (aged 28) 26 Eintracht Frankfurt 21 DF Xu Yunlong 17 February 1979 (aged 23) 20 Beijing Guoan 22 GK Jiang Jin 7 October 1969 (aged 32) 52 Tianjin Teda FC 23 GK Ou Chuliang 26 August 1968 (aged 33) 74 Yunnan Hongta Costa Rica Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Erick Lonnis 9 September 1965 (aged 36) 74 Saprissa 2 DF Jervis Drummond 8 September 1976 (aged 25) 38 Saprissa 3 DF Luis Marín 10 August 1974 (aged 27) 74 Alajuelense 4 DF Mauricio Wright 20 December 1970 (aged 31) 40 Herediano 5 DF Gilberto Martínez 1 October 1979 (aged 22) 27 Saprissa 6 MF Wilmer López 8 March 1971 (aged 31) 68 Alajuelense 7 FW Rolando Fonseca 6 June 1974 (aged 27) 79 Saprissa 8 MF Mauricio Solís 13 December 1972 (aged 29) 84 Alajuelense 9 FW Paulo Wanchope 31 July 1976 (aged 25) 48 Manchester City 10 MF Walter Centeno 6 October 1974 (aged 27) 49 Saprissa 11 FW Rónald Gómez 24 January 1975 (aged 27) 53 OFI Crete 12 FW Winston Parks 12 October 1981 (aged 20) 3 Udinese 13 FW Daniel Vallejos 27 May 1981 (aged 21) 2 Herediano 14 DF Juan José Rodríguez 23 June 1967 (aged 34) 2 San Carlos 15 DF Harold Wallace 7 September 1975 (aged 26) 54 Alajuelense 16 FW Steven Bryce 16 August 1977 (aged 24) 33 Alajuelense 17 MF Hernán Medford (c) 23 May 1968 (aged 34) 87 Saprissa 18 GK Álvaro Mesén 24 December 1972 (aged 29) 16 Alajuelense 19 MF Rodrigo Cordero 4 December 1973 (aged 28) 25 Herediano 20 FW William Sunsing 12 May 1977 (aged 25) 23 Herediano 21 DF Pablo Chinchilla 21 December 1978 (aged 23) 12 Alajuelense 22 DF Carlos Castro 10 September 1978 (aged 23) 22 Alajuelense 23 GK Lester Morgan 2 May 1976 (aged 26) 5 Herediano Turkey Head coach: Şenol Güneş No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Rüştü Reçber 10 May 1973 (aged 29) 64 Fenerbahçe 2 DF Emre Aşık 13 December 1973 (aged 28) 16 Galatasaray 3 DF Bülent Korkmaz 24 November 1968 (aged 33) 68 Galatasaray 4 DF Fatih Akyel 26 December 1977 (aged 24) 36 Fenerbahçe 5 DF Alpay Özalan 29 May 1973 (aged 29) 62 Aston Villa 6 FW Arif Erdem 2 January 1972 (aged 30) 50 Galatasaray 7 MF Okan Buruk 19 October 1973 (aged 28) 26 Inter Milan 8 MF Tugay Kerimoğlu 24 August 1970 (aged 31) 69 Blackburn Rovers 9 FW Hakan Şükür (c) 1 September 1971 (aged 30) 73 Parma 10 MF Yıldıray Baştürk 24 December 1978 (aged 23) 13 Bayer Leverkusen 11 FW Hasan Şaş 1 August 1976 (aged 25) 14 Galatasaray 12 GK Ömer Çatkıç 15 October 1974 (aged 27) 6 Gaziantepspor 13 MF Muzzy Izzet 31 October 1974 (aged 27) 7 Leicester City 14 MF Tayfur Havutçu 23 April 1970 (aged 32) 39 Beşiktaş 15 FW Nihat Kahveci 23 November 1979 (aged 22) 11 Real Sociedad 16 DF Ümit Özat 30 October 1976 (aged 25) 14 Fenerbahçe 17 FW İlhan Mansız 10 August 1975 (aged 26) 6 Beşiktaş 18 MF Ergün Penbe 17 May 1972 (aged 30) 21 Galatasaray 19 MF Abdullah Ercan 8 December 1971 (aged 30) 70 Fenerbahçe 20 DF Hakan Ünsal 14 May 1973 (aged 29) 25 Blackburn Rovers 21 MF Emre Belözoğlu 7 September 1980 (aged 21) 11 Inter Milan 22 MF Ümit Davala 30 July 1973 (aged 28) 24 Milan 23 GK Zafer Özgültekin 10 March 1975 (aged 27) 1 Ankaragücü Group D Poland Head coach: Jerzy Engel No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Jerzy Dudek 23 March 1973 (aged 29) 21 Liverpool 2 DF Tomasz Kłos 7 March 1973 (aged 29) 37 1. FC Kaiserslautern 3 DF Jacek Zieliński 10 October 1967 (aged 34) 52 Legia Warszawa 4 MF Michał Żewłakow 22 April 1976 (aged 26) 25 Mouscron 5 MF Tomasz Rząsa 11 March 1973 (aged 29) 9 Feyenoord 6 DF Tomasz Hajto 16 October 1972 (aged 29) 44 Schalke 04 7 MF Piotr Świerczewski 8 April 1972 (aged 30) 65 Marseille 8 FW Cezary Kucharski 17 February 1972 (aged 30) 15 Legia Warszawa 9 FW Paweł Kryszałowicz 23 June 1974 (aged 27) 23 Eintracht Frankfurt 10 MF Radosław Kałużny 2 February 1974 (aged 28) 30 Energie Cottbus 11 FW Emmanuel Olisadebe 22 December 1978 (aged 23) 16 Panathinaikos 12 GK Radosław Majdan 10 May 1972 (aged 30) 5 Göztepe 13 DF Arkadiusz Głowacki 13 March 1979 (aged 23) 2 Wisła Kraków 14 FW Marcin Żewłakow 22 April 1976 (aged 26) 17 Mouscron 15 DF Tomasz Wałdoch (c) 10 May 1971 (aged 31) 71 Schalke 04 16 DF Maciej Murawski 20 February 1974 (aged 28) 4 Legia Warszawa 17 MF Arkadiusz Bąk 6 October 1974 (aged 27) 12 Widzew Łódź 18 MF Jacek Krzynówek 15 May 1976 (aged 26) 23 1. FC Nürnberg 19 FW Maciej Żurawski 12 September 1976 (aged 25) 9 Wisła Kraków 20 DF Jacek Bąk 24 March 1973 (aged 29) 36 Lens 21 MF Marek Koźmiński 7 February 1971 (aged 31) 42 Ancona 22 GK Adam Matysek 19 July 1968 (aged 33) 34 RKS Radomsko 23 MF Paweł Sibik 15 February 1971 (aged 31) 2 Odra Wodzisław Portugal Head coach: António Oliveira No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Vítor Baía 15 October 1969 (aged 32) 75 Porto 2 DF Jorge Costa 14 October 1971 (aged 30) 46 Porto 3 DF Abel Xavier 30 November 1972 (aged 29) 18 Liverpool 4 DF Marco Caneira 9 February 1979 (aged 23) 1 Benfica 5 DF Fernando Couto (c) 2 August 1969 (aged 32) 82 Lazio 6 MF Paulo Sousa 30 August 1970 (aged 31) 50 Espanyol 7 MF Luís Figo 4 November 1972 (aged 29) 81 Real Madrid 8 FW João Pinto 19 August 1971 (aged 30) 77 Sporting CP 9 FW Pauleta 28 April 1973 (aged 29) 33 Bordeaux 10 MF Rui Costa 29 March 1972 (aged 30) 67 Milan 11 MF Sérgio Conceição 15 November 1974 (aged 27) 41 Inter Milan 12 MF Hugo Viana 15 January 1983 (aged 19) 4 Sporting CP 13 DF Jorge Andrade 9 April 1978 (aged 24) 5 Porto 14 MF Pedro Barbosa 6 August 1970 (aged 31) 21 Sporting CP 15 GK Nélson 20 October 1975 (aged 26) 1 Sporting CP 16 GK Ricardo 11 February 1976 (aged 26) 10 Boavista 17 MF Paulo Bento 20 June 1969 (aged 32) 31 Sporting CP 18 DF Nuno Frechaut 24 September 1977 (aged 24) 9 Boavista 19 MF Capucho 21 February 1972 (aged 30) 29 Porto 20 MF Petit 25 September 1976 (aged 25) 9 Boavista 21 FW Nuno Gomes 5 July 1976 (aged 25) 28 Fiorentina 22 DF Beto 3 May 1976 (aged 26) 16 Sporting CP 23 DF Rui Jorge 27 March 1973 (aged 29) 20 Sporting CP South Korea Head coach: Guus Hiddink No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Lee Woon-jae 26 April 1973 (aged 29) 32 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 2 DF Hyun Young-min 25 December 1979 (aged 22) 8 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 3 MF Choi Sung-yong 25 December 1975 (aged 26) 60 Suwon Samsung Bluewings 4 DF Choi Jin-cheul 26 March 1971 (aged 31) 15 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 5 MF Kim Nam-il 14 March 1977 (aged 25) 21 Jeonnam Dragons 6 DF Yoo Sang-chul 18 October 1971 (aged 30) 92 Kashiwa Reysol 7 DF Kim Tae-young 8 November 1970 (aged 31) 74 Jeonnam Dragons 8 MF Choi Tae-uk 13 March 1981 (aged 21) 16 Anyang LG Cheetahs 9 FW Seol Ki-hyeon 8 January 1979 (aged 23) 31 Anderlecht 10 DF Lee Young-pyo 23 April 1977 (aged 25) 48 Anyang LG Cheetahs 11 FW Choi Yong-soo 10 September 1973 (aged 28) 58 JEF United Ichihara 12 GK Kim Byung-ji 8 April 1970 (aged 32) 58 Pohang Steelers 13 MF Lee Eul-yong 8 September 1975 (aged 26) 19 Bucheon SK 14 FW Lee Chun-soo 9 July 1981 (aged 20) 22 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 15 DF Lee Min-sung 23 June 1973 (aged 28) 52 Busan I'Cons 16 FW Cha Du-ri 25 July 1980 (aged 21) 12 Korea University 17 MF Yoon Jung-hwan 16 February 1973 (aged 29) 36 Cerezo Osaka 18 FW Hwang Sun-hong 14 July 1968 (aged 33) 95 Kashiwa Reysol 19 MF Ahn Jung-hwan 27 January 1976 (aged 26) 19 Perugia 20 DF Hong Myung-bo (c) 12 February 1969 (aged 33) 124 Pohang Steelers 21 MF Park Ji-sung 25 February 1981 (aged 21) 30 Kyoto Purple Sanga 22 MF Song Chong-gug 20 February 1979 (aged 23) 27 Busan I'Cons 23 GK Choi Eun-sung 5 April 1971 (aged 31) 1 Daejeon Citizen United States Head coach: Bruce Arena No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Brad Friedel 8 May 1971 (aged 31) 74 Blackburn Rovers 2 MF Frankie Hejduk 5 August 1974 (aged 27) 38 Bayer Leverkusen 3 DF Gregg Berhalter 1 August 1973 (aged 28) 25 Crystal Palace 4 DF Pablo Mastroeni 29 August 1976 (aged 25) 8 Miami Fusion 5 MF John O'Brien 29 August 1977 (aged 24) 13 Ajax 6 DF David Regis 2 December 1968 (aged 33) 28 Metz 7 MF Eddie Lewis 17 May 1974 (aged 28) 38 Fulham 8 MF Earnie Stewart 28 March 1969 (aged 33) 77 NAC Breda 9 FW Joe-Max Moore 23 February 1971 (aged 31) 95 Everton 10 MF Claudio Reyna (c) 20 July 1973 (aged 28) 86 Sunderland 11 FW Clint Mathis 25 November 1976 (aged 25) 19 MetroStars 12 DF Jeff Agoos 2 May 1968 (aged 34) 127 San Jose Earthquakes 13 MF Cobi Jones 16 June 1970 (aged 31) 153 LA Galaxy 14 DF Steve Cherundolo 19 February 1979 (aged 23) 10 Hannover 96 15 FW Josh Wolff 25 February 1977 (aged 25) 16 Chicago Fire 16 DF Carlos Llamosa 30 June 1969 (aged 32) 26 New England Revolution 17 MF DaMarcus Beasley 24 May 1982 (aged 20) 9 Chicago Fire 18 GK Kasey Keller 29 November 1969 (aged 32) 58 Tottenham Hotspur 19 GK Tony Meola 21 February 1969 (aged 33) 98 Kansas City Wizards 20 FW Brian McBride 19 June 1972 (aged 29) 58 Columbus Crew 21 FW Landon Donovan 4 March 1982 (aged 20) 20 San Jose Earthquakes 22 DF Tony Sanneh 1 June 1971 (aged 30) 29 1. FC Nürnberg 23 DF Eddie Pope 24 December 1973 (aged 28) 48 D.C. United Group E Cameroon Head coach: Winfried Schäfer No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Alioum Boukar 3 January 1972 (aged 30) 46 Samsunspor 2 MF Bill Tchato 14 May 1975 (aged 27) 12 Montpellier 3 DF Pierre Womé 26 March 1979 (aged 23) 46 Bologna 4 DF Rigobert Song (c) 1 July 1976 (aged 25) 59 1. FC Köln 5 DF Raymond Kalla 22 April 1975 (aged 27) 47 Extremadura 6 DF Pierre Njanka 15 March 1975 (aged 27) 31 Strasbourg 7 MF Joseph N'Do 28 April 1976 (aged 26) 16 Al-Khaleej 8 DF Geremi Njitap 20 December 1978 (aged 23) 38 Real Madrid 9 FW Samuel Eto'o 10 March 1981 (aged 21) 27 Mallorca 10 FW Patrick M'Boma 15 November 1970 (aged 31) 42 Sunderland 11 FW Pius N'Diefi 5 July 1975 (aged 26) 13 Sedan 12 MF Lauren Etame Mayer 19 January 1977 (aged 25) 15 Arsenal 13 DF Lucien Mettomo 19 April 1977 (aged 25) 17 Manchester City 14 MF Joël Epalle 20 February 1978 (aged 24) 22 Panathinaikos 15 MF Nicolas Alnoudji 9 December 1979 (aged 22) 15 Rizespor 16 GK Jacques Songo'o 17 March 1964 (aged 38) 66 Metz 17 MF Marc-Vivien Foé 1 May 1975 (aged 27) 47 Lyon 18 FW Patrick Suffo 17 January 1978 (aged 24) 18 Sheffield United 19 MF Eric Djemba-Djemba 4 May 1981 (aged 21) 0 Nantes 20 MF Salomon Olembé 8 December 1980 (aged 21) 39 Marseille 21 FW Joseph-Désiré Job 1 December 1977 (aged 24) 34 Metz 22 GK Carlos Kameni 18 February 1984 (aged 18) 1 Le Havre 23 MF Daniel N'Gom Kome 19 May 1980 (aged 22) 4 Numancia Germany Head coach: Rudi Völler No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Oliver Kahn (c) 15 June 1969 (aged 32) 45 Bayern Munich 2 DF Thomas Linke 26 December 1969 (aged 32) 34 Bayern Munich 3 DF Marko Rehmer 29 April 1972 (aged 30) 27 Hertha BSC 4 DF Frank Baumann 29 October 1975 (aged 26) 11 Werder Bremen 5 MF Carsten Ramelow 20 March 1974 (aged 28) 25 Bayer Leverkusen 6 DF Christian Ziege 1 February 1972 (aged 30) 66 Tottenham Hotspur 7 FW Oliver Neuville 1 May 1973 (aged 29) 30 Bayer Leverkusen 8 MF Dietmar Hamann 27 August 1973 (aged 28) 40 Liverpool 9 FW Carsten Jancker 28 August 1974 (aged 27) 26 Bayern Munich 10 MF Lars Ricken 10 July 1976 (aged 25) 16 Borussia Dortmund 11 FW Miroslav Klose 9 June 1978 (aged 23) 12 1. FC Kaiserslautern 12 GK Jens Lehmann 10 November 1969 (aged 32) 14 Borussia Dortmund 13 MF Michael Ballack 26 September 1976 (aged 25) 22 Bayer Leverkusen 14 FW Gerald Asamoah 3 October 1978 (aged 23) 11 Schalke 04 15 DF Sebastian Kehl 13 February 1980 (aged 22) 8 Borussia Dortmund 16 MF Jens Jeremies 5 March 1974 (aged 28) 33 Bayern Munich 17 MF Marco Bode 23 July 1969 (aged 32) 34 Werder Bremen 18 MF Jörg Böhme 22 January 1974 (aged 28) 6 Schalke 04 19 MF Bernd Schneider 17 November 1973 (aged 28) 9 Bayer Leverkusen 20 FW Oliver Bierhoff 1 May 1968 (aged 34) 65 Monaco 21 DF Christoph Metzelder 5 November 1980 (aged 21) 6 Borussia Dortmund 22 MF Torsten Frings 22 November 1976 (aged 25) 8 Werder Bremen 23 GK Hans-Jörg Butt 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. No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Shay Given 20 April 1976 (aged 26) 39 Newcastle United 2 DF Steve Finnan 24 April 1976 (aged 26) 13 Fulham 3 DF Ian Harte 31 August 1977 (aged 24) 40 Leeds United 4 DF Kenny Cunningham 28 June 1971 (aged 30) 38 Wimbledon 5 DF Steve Staunton (c) 19 January 1969 (aged 33) 98 Aston Villa 6 MF Roy Keane 10 August 1971 (aged 30) 58 Manchester United 7 MF Jason McAteer 18 June 1971 (aged 30) 47 Sunderland 8 MF Matt Holland 11 April 1974 (aged 28) 19 Ipswich Town 9 MF Damien Duff 2 March 1979 (aged 23) 26 Blackburn Rovers 10 FW Robbie Keane 8 July 1980 (aged 21) 33 Leeds United 11 MF Kevin Kilbane 1 February 1977 (aged 25) 31 Sunderland 12 MF Mark Kinsella 12 August 1972 (aged 29) 28 Charlton Athletic 13 FW David Connolly 6 June 1977 (aged 24) 33 Wimbledon 14 DF Gary Breen 12 December 1973 (aged 28) 43 Coventry City 15 DF Richard Dunne 21 September 1979 (aged 22) 14 Manchester City 16 GK Dean Kiely 10 October 1970 (aged 31) 6 Charlton Athletic 17 FW Niall Quinn 6 October 1966 (aged 35) 88 Sunderland 18 DF Gary Kelly 9 July 1974 (aged 27) 46 Leeds United 19 FW Clinton Morrison 14 May 1979 (aged 23) 7 Crystal Palace 20 DF Andrew O'Brien 29 June 1979 (aged 22) 5 Newcastle United 21 MF Steven Reid 10 March 1981 (aged 21) 5 Millwall 22 MF Lee Carsley 28 February 1974 (aged 28) 19 Everton 23 GK Alan Kelly 11 August 1968 (aged 33) 34 Blackburn Rovers Saudi Arabia Head coach: Nasser Al-Johar No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Mohamed Al-Deayea 2 August 1972 (aged 29) 168 Al-Hilal 2 DF Mohammed Al-Jahani 28 September 1974 (aged 27) 73 Al-Ahli 3 DF Redha Tukar 29 November 1975 (aged 26) 5 Al-Shabab 4 DF Abdullah Zubromawi 15 November 1973 (aged 28) 115 Al-Ahli 5 DF Mohsin Al-Harthi 17 July 1976 (aged 25) 20 Al-Nassr 6 DF Fouzi Al-Shehri 15 May 1980 (aged 22) 2 Al-Ahli 7 MF Ibrahim Al-Shahrani 21 July 1974 (aged 27) 59 Al-Ahli 8 MF Mohammed Noor 26 February 1978 (aged 24) 29 Al-Ittihad 9 FW Sami Al-Jaber (c) 11 December 1972 (aged 29) 148 Al-Hilal 10 MF Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 8 December 1980 (aged 21) 17 Al-Hilal 11 FW Obeid Al-Dosari 2 October 1975 (aged 26) 97 Al-Ahli 12 DF Ahmed Dokhi 25 October 1976 (aged 25) 47 Al-Hilal 13 DF Hussein Sulaimani 21 January 1977 (aged 25) 80 Al-Ahli 14 MF Abdulaziz Khathran 31 July 1973 (aged 28) 0 Al-Shabab 15 FW Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari 10 November 1977 (aged 24) 20 Al-Hilal 16 MF Khamis Al-Owairan 8 September 1973 (aged 28) 76 Al-Ittihad 17 MF Abdullah Al-Waked 29 September 1975 (aged 26) 45 Al-Shabab 18 MF Nawaf Al-Temyat 28 June 1976 (aged 25) 48 Al-Hilal 19 MF Omar Al-Ghamdi 11 April 1979 (aged 23) 28 Al-Hilal 20 FW Al Hasan Al-Yami 21 August 1972 (aged 29) 18 Al-Ittihad 21 GK Mabrouk Zaid 11 February 1979 (aged 23) 1 Al-Ittihad 22 GK Mohammed Al-Khojali 15 January 1973 (aged 29) 12 Al-Nassr 23 DF Mansour Al-Thagafi 14 January 1979 (aged 23) 0 Al-Nassr Group F Argentina Head coach: Marcelo Bielsa No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Germán Burgos 16 April 1969 (aged 33) 35 Atlético Madrid 2 DF Roberto Ayala (c) 14 April 1973 (aged 29) 74 Valencia 3 DF Juan Pablo Sorín 5 May 1976 (aged 26) 35 Cruzeiro 4 DF Mauricio Pochettino 2 March 1972 (aged 30) 16 Paris Saint-Germain 5 MF Matías Almeyda 21 December 1973 (aged 28) 33 Parma 6 DF Walter Samuel 23 March 1978 (aged 24) 30 Roma 7 FW Claudio López 17 July 1974 (aged 27) 49 Lazio 8 DF Javier Zanetti 10 August 1973 (aged 28) 66 Inter Milan 9 FW Gabriel Batistuta 1 February 1969 (aged 33) 75 Roma 10 MF Ariel Ortega 4 March 1974 (aged 28) 81 River Plate 11 MF Juan Sebastián Verón 9 March 1975 (aged 27) 47 Manchester United 12 GK Pablo Cavallero 13 April 1974 (aged 28) 8 Celta Vigo 13 DF Diego Placente 24 April 1977 (aged 25) 6 Bayer Leverkusen 14 MF Diego Simeone 28 April 1970 (aged 32) 104 Lazio 15 MF Claudio Husaín 20 November 1974 (aged 27) 14 River Plate 16 MF Pablo Aimar 3 November 1979 (aged 22) 18 Valencia 17 MF Gustavo López 13 April 1973 (aged 29) 31 Celta Vigo 18 MF Kily González 4 August 1974 (aged 27) 30 Valencia 19 FW Hernán Crespo 5 July 1975 (aged 26) 33 Lazio 20 MF Marcelo Gallardo 18 January 1976 (aged 26) 42 Monaco 21 FW Claudio Caniggia 9 January 1967 (aged 35) 50 Rangers 22 DF José Chamot 17 May 1969 (aged 33) 42 Milan 23 GK Roberto Bonano 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 DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK David Seaman 19 September 1963 (aged 38) 68 Arsenal 2 DF Danny Mills 18 May 1977 (aged 25) 7 Leeds United 3 DF Ashley Cole 20 December 1980 (aged 21) 8 Arsenal 4 MF Trevor Sinclair 2 March 1973 (aged 29) 5 West Ham United 5 DF Rio Ferdinand 7 November 1978 (aged 23) 21 Leeds United 6 DF Sol Campbell 18 September 1974 (aged 27) 45 Arsenal 7 MF David Beckham (c) 2 May 1975 (aged 27) 49 Manchester United 8 MF Paul Scholes 16 November 1974 (aged 27) 43 Manchester United 9 FW Robbie Fowler 9 April 1975 (aged 27) 24 Leeds United 10 FW Michael Owen 14 December 1979 (aged 22) 35 Liverpool 11 FW Emile Heskey 11 January 1978 (aged 24) 23 Liverpool 12 DF Wes Brown 13 October 1979 (aged 22) 6 Manchester United 13 GK Nigel Martyn 11 August 1966 (aged 35) 22 Leeds United 14 DF Wayne Bridge 5 August 1980 (aged 21) 5 Southampton 15 DF Martin Keown 24 July 1966 (aged 35) 42 Arsenal 16 DF Gareth Southgate 3 September 1970 (aged 31) 48 Middlesbrough 17 FW Teddy Sheringham 2 April 1966 (aged 36) 46 Tottenham Hotspur 18 MF Owen Hargreaves 20 January 1981 (aged 21) 6 Bayern Munich 19 MF Joe Cole 8 November 1981 (aged 20) 6 West Ham United 20 FW Darius Vassell 13 June 1980 (aged 21) 5 Aston Villa 21 MF Nicky Butt 21 January 1975 (aged 27) 18 Manchester United 22 GK David James 1 August 1970 (aged 31) 9 West Ham United 23 MF Kieron Dyer 29 December 1978 (aged 23) 9 Newcastle United Nigeria Head coach: Festus Onigbinde No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Ike Shorunmu 16 October 1967 (aged 34) 34 Lucerne 2 DF Joseph Yobo 6 September 1980 (aged 21) 14 Marseille 3 DF Celestine Babayaro 29 August 1978 (aged 23) 24 Chelsea 4 FW Nwankwo Kanu 1 August 1976 (aged 25) 33 Arsenal 5 DF Isaac Okoronkwo 1 May 1978 (aged 24) 12 Shakhtar Donetsk 6 DF Taribo West 26 March 1974 (aged 28) 38 1. FC Kaiserslautern 7 MF Pius Ikedia 11 July 1980 (aged 21) 9 Ajax 8 MF Mutiu Adepoju 22 December 1970 (aged 31) 49 Salamanca 9 FW Bartholomew Ogbeche 1 October 1984 (aged 17) 4 Paris Saint-Germain 10 MF Jay-Jay Okocha (c) 14 August 1973 (aged 28) 56 Paris Saint-Germain 11 MF Garba Lawal 22 May 1974 (aged 28) 34 Roda JC 12 GK Austin Ejide 8 April 1984 (aged 18) 3 Gabros International 13 DF Rabiu Afolabi 18 April 1980 (aged 22) 5 Standard Liège 14 DF Ifeanyi Udeze 21 July 1980 (aged 21) 15 PAOK 15 MF Justice Christopher 24 December 1981 (aged 20) 7 Royal Antwerp 16 DF Efe Sodje 5 October 1972 (aged 29) 7 Crewe Alexandra 17 FW Julius Aghahowa 12 February 1982 (aged 20) 17 Shakhtar Donetsk 18 FW Benedict Akwuegbu 3 November 1974 (aged 27) 16 Shenyang Haishi 19 DF Eric Ejiofor 21 July 1979 (aged 22) 12 Maccabi Haifa 20 MF James Obiorah 24 August 1978 (aged 23) 2 Lokomotiv Moscow 21 MF John Utaka 8 January 1982 (aged 20) 4 Al-Sadd 22 GK Vincent Enyeama 29 August 1982 (aged 19) 2 Enyimba 23 MF Femi Opabunmi 3 March 1985 (aged 17) 2 Ibadan Sweden Head coaches: Lars Lagerbäck and Tommy Söderberg No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Magnus Hedman 19 March 1973 (aged 29) 44 Coventry City 2 DF Olof Mellberg 3 September 1977 (aged 24) 21 Aston Villa 3 DF Patrik Andersson 18 August 1971 (aged 30) 95 Barcelona 4 DF Johan Mjällby (c) 9 February 1971 (aged 31) 35 Celtic 5 DF Michael Svensson 25 November 1975 (aged 26) 11 Troyes 6 MF Tobias Linderoth 21 April 1979 (aged 23) 19 Everton 7 MF Niclas Alexandersson 29 December 1971 (aged 30) 58 Everton 8 MF Anders Svensson 17 July 1976 (aged 25) 24 Southampton 9 MF Fredrik Ljungberg 16 April 1977 (aged 25) 31 Arsenal 10 FW Marcus Allbäck 5 July 1973 (aged 28) 18 Heerenveen 11 FW Henrik Larsson 20 September 1971 (aged 30) 67 Celtic 12 GK Magnus Kihlstedt 29 February 1972 (aged 30) 12 Copenhagen 13 DF Tomas Antonelius 7 May 1973 (aged 29) 6 Copenhagen 14 DF Erik Edman 11 November 1978 (aged 23) 5 Heerenveen 15 DF Andreas Jakobsson 6 October 1972 (aged 29) 12 Hansa Rostock 16 DF Teddy Lucic 15 April 1973 (aged 29) 41 AIK 17 MF Magnus Svensson 10 March 1969 (aged 33) 24 Brøndby 18 MF Mattias Jonson 16 January 1974 (aged 28) 23 Brøndby 19 MF Pontus Farnerud 4 June 1980 (aged 21) 2 Monaco 20 MF Daniel Andersson 28 August 1977 (aged 24) 38 Venezia 21 FW Zlatan Ibrahimović 3 October 1981 (aged 20) 9 Ajax 22 FW Andreas Andersson 10 April 1974 (aged 28) 32 AIK 23 GK Andreas Isaksson 3 October 1981 (aged 20) 1 Djurgården Group G Croatia Head coach: Mirko Jozić No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Stipe Pletikosa 8 January 1979 (aged 23) 17 Hajduk Split 2 DF Anthony Šerić 15 January 1979 (aged 23) 8 Hellas Verona 3 DF Josip Šimunić 18 February 1978 (aged 24) 6 Hertha BSC 4 DF Stjepan Tomas 6 March 1976 (aged 26) 17 Vicenza 5 MF Milan Rapaić 16 August 1973 (aged 28) 23 Fenerbahçe 6 DF Boris Živković 15 November 1975 (aged 26) 15 Bayer Leverkusen 7 FW Davor Vugrinec 24 March 1975 (aged 27) 21 Lecce 8 MF Robert Prosinečki 12 January 1969 (aged 33) 48 Portsmouth 9 FW Davor Šuker (c) 1 January 1968 (aged 34) 68 1860 München 10 MF Niko Kovač 15 October 1971 (aged 30) 20 Bayern Munich 11 FW Alen Bokšić 21 January 1970 (aged 32) 36 Middlesbrough 12 GK Tomislav Butina 30 March 1974 (aged 28) 7 Dinamo Zagreb 13 MF Mario Stanić 10 April 1972 (aged 30) 43 Chelsea 14 MF Zvonimir Soldo 2 November 1967 (aged 34) 59 VfB Stuttgart 15 DF Daniel Šarić 4 August 1972 (aged 29) 25 Panathinaikos 16 MF Jurica Vranješ 31 January 1980 (aged 22) 7 Bayer Leverkusen 17 DF Robert Jarni 26 October 1968 (aged 33) 78 Panathinaikos 18 FW Ivica Olić 14 September 1979 (aged 22) 4 Zagreb 19 FW Goran Vlaović 7 August 1972 (aged 29) 50 Panathinaikos 20 DF Dario Šimić 12 November 1975 (aged 26) 48 Inter Milan 21 DF Robert Kovač 6 April 1974 (aged 28) 19 Bayern Munich 22 FW Boško Balaban 15 October 1978 (aged 23) 13 Aston Villa 23 GK Vladimir Vasilj 6 July 1975 (aged 26) 2 Zagreb Note: caps for Yugoslavia are not counted. Ecuador Head coach: Hernán Darío Gómez No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK José Francisco Cevallos 17 April 1971 (aged 31) 62 Barcelona 2 DF Augusto Porozo 13 April 1974 (aged 28) 26 Emelec 3 DF Iván Hurtado 16 August 1974 (aged 27) 90 Barcelona 4 DF Ulises de la Cruz 8 February 1974 (aged 28) 52 Hibernian 5 MF Alfonso Obregón 12 May 1972 (aged 30) 40 L.D.U. Quito 6 DF Raúl Guerrón 12 October 1976 (aged 25) 23 Deportivo Quito 7 FW Nicolás Asencio 26 April 1975 (aged 27) 4 Barcelona 8 MF Luis Gómez 20 April 1972 (aged 30) 8 Barcelona 9 FW Iván Kaviedes 24 October 1977 (aged 24) 26 Barcelona 10 MF Álex Aguinaga (c) 9 July 1968 (aged 33) 92 Necaxa 11 FW Agustín Delgado 23 December 1974 (aged 27) 46 Southampton 12 GK Oswaldo Ibarra 8 September 1969 (aged 32) 21 El Nacional 13 FW Ángel Fernández 2 August 1971 (aged 30) 68 El Nacional 14 MF Juan Carlos Burbano 15 February 1969 (aged 33) 18 El Nacional 15 DF Marlon Ayoví 27 September 1971 (aged 30) 26 Deportivo Quito 16 MF Cléber Chalá 29 June 1971 (aged 30) 64 El Nacional 17 DF Giovanny Espinoza 12 April 1977 (aged 25) 19 Aucas 18 FW Carlos Tenorio 14 May 1979 (aged 23) 9 L.D.U. Quito 19 FW Edison Méndez 16 March 1979 (aged 23) 24 Deportivo Quito 20 MF Edwin Tenorio 16 June 1976 (aged 25) 33 Barcelona 21 MF Wellington Sánchez 19 June 1974 (aged 27) 35 Emelec 22 GK Daniel Viteri 12 December 1981 (aged 20) 0 Emelec 23 DF Walter Ayoví 11 August 1979 (aged 22) 2 Emelec Italy Head coach: Giovanni Trapattoni No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Gianluigi Buffon 28 January 1978 (aged 24) 26 Juventus 2 DF Christian Panucci 12 April 1973 (aged 29) 24 Roma 3 DF Paolo Maldini (c) 26 June 1968 (aged 33) 122 Milan 4 DF Francesco Coco 8 January 1977 (aged 25) 13 Barcelona 5 DF Fabio Cannavaro 13 September 1973 (aged 28) 58 Parma 6 MF Cristiano Zanetti 14 April 1977 (aged 25) 4 Inter Milan 7 FW Alessandro Del Piero 9 November 1974 (aged 27) 49 Juventus 8 MF Gennaro Gattuso 9 January 1978 (aged 24) 13 Milan 9 FW Filippo Inzaghi 9 August 1973 (aged 28) 38 Milan 10 FW Francesco Totti 27 September 1976 (aged 25) 29 Roma 11 MF Cristiano Doni 1 April 1973 (aged 29) 3 Atalanta 12 GK Christian Abbiati 8 July 1977 (aged 24) 0 Milan 13 DF Alessandro Nesta 19 March 1976 (aged 26) 43 Lazio 14 MF Luigi Di Biagio 3 June 1971 (aged 30) 28 Inter Milan 15 DF Mark Iuliano 12 August 1973 (aged 28) 16 Juventus 16 MF Angelo Di Livio 26 July 1966 (aged 35) 38 Fiorentina 17 MF Damiano Tommasi 17 May 1974 (aged 28) 14 Roma 18 FW Marco Delvecchio 7 April 1973 (aged 29) 16 Roma 19 DF Gianluca Zambrotta 19 February 1977 (aged 25) 23 Juventus 20 FW Vincenzo Montella 18 June 1974 (aged 27) 14 Roma 21 FW Christian Vieri 12 July 1973 (aged 28) 24 Inter Milan 22 GK Francesco Toldo 2 December 1971 (aged 30) 22 Inter Milan 23 DF Marco Materazzi 19 August 1973 (aged 28) 7 Inter Milan Mexico Head coach: Javier Aguirre No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Óscar Pérez 1 February 1973 (aged 29) 37 Cruz Azul 2 DF Francisco Gabriel de Anda 5 June 1971 (aged 30) 15 Pachuca 3 MF Rafael García 14 August 1974 (aged 27) 21 Toluca 4 MF Rafael Márquez (c) 13 February 1979 (aged 23) 36 Monaco 5 DF Manuel Vidrio 23 August 1972 (aged 29) 27 Pachuca 6 MF Gerardo Torrado 30 April 1979 (aged 23) 28 Sevilla 7 MF Ramón Morales 10 October 1975 (aged 26) 17 Guadalajara 8 MF Alberto García Aspe 11 May 1967 (aged 35) 108 Puebla 9 FW Jared Borgetti 14 August 1973 (aged 28) 29 Santos 10 FW Cuauhtémoc Blanco 17 January 1973 (aged 29) 75 Real Valladolid 11 MF Braulio Luna 8 September 1974 (aged 27) 15 Necaxa 12 GK Oswaldo Sánchez 21 September 1973 (aged 28) 22 Guadalajara 13 MF Sigifredo Mercado 21 December 1968 (aged 33) 18 Atlas 14 MF Germán Villa 2 April 1973 (aged 29) 46 América 15 FW Luis Hernández 22 December 1968 (aged 33) 85 América 16 DF Salvador Carmona 22 August 1975 (aged 26) 56 Toluca 17 FW Francisco Palencia 28 April 1973 (aged 29) 67 Espanyol 18 MF Johan Rodríguez 15 August 1975 (aged 26) 14 Santos 19 MF Gabriel Caballero 5 February 1971 (aged 31) 5 Pachuca 20 DF Melvin Brown 28 January 1979 (aged 23) 8 Cruz Azul 21 FW Jesús Arellano 8 May 1973 (aged 29) 49 Monterrey 22 DF Alberto Rodríguez 1 April 1974 (aged 28) 13 Pachuca 23 GK Jorge Campos 15 October 1966 (aged 35) 123 U.N.A.M. Group H Belgium Head coach: Robert Waseige No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Geert De Vlieger 16 October 1971 (aged 30) 25 Willem II 2 DF Eric Deflandre 2 August 1973 (aged 28) 41 Lyon 3 DF Glen De Boeck 22 August 1971 (aged 30) 33 Anderlecht 4 DF Eric Van Meir 28 February 1968 (aged 34) 32 Standard Liège 5 DF Nico Van Kerckhoven 14 December 1970 (aged 31) 40 Schalke 04 6 MF Timmy Simons 11 December 1976 (aged 25) 12 Club Brugge 7 FW Marc Wilmots (c) 22 February 1969 (aged 33) 66 Schalke 04 8 MF Bart Goor 9 April 1973 (aged 29) 38 Hertha BSC 9 FW Wesley Sonck 9 August 1978 (aged 23) 12 Racing Genk 10 MF Johan Walem 1 February 1972 (aged 30) 33 Standard Liège 11 MF Gert Verheyen 20 September 1970 (aged 31) 46 Club Brugge 12 DF Peter Van Der Heyden 16 July 1976 (aged 25) 4 Club Brugge 13 GK Franky Vandendriessche 7 April 1971 (aged 31) 0 Mouscron 14 MF Sven Vermant 4 April 1973 (aged 29) 12 Schalke 04 15 DF Jacky Peeters 13 December 1969 (aged 32) 13 Gent 16 DF Daniel Van Buyten 7 February 1978 (aged 24) 7 Marseille 17 MF Gaëtan Englebert 11 June 1976 (aged 25) 4 Club Brugge 18 MF Yves Vanderhaeghe 30 January 1970 (aged 32) 30 Anderlecht 19 MF Bernd Thijs 28 June 1978 (aged 23) 2 Racing Genk 20 FW Branko Strupar 9 February 1970 (aged 32) 14 Derby County 21 MF Danny Boffin 10 July 1965 (aged 36) 52 St. Truiden 22 FW Mbo Mpenza 4 December 1976 (aged 25) 26 Mouscron 23 GK Frédéric Herpoel 16 August 1974 (aged 27) 7 Gent Japan Head coach: Philippe Troussier No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 15 August 1975 (aged 26) 43 Portsmouth 2 DF Yutaka Akita 6 August 1970 (aged 31) 38 Kashima Antlers 3 DF Naoki Matsuda 14 March 1977 (aged 25) 24 Yokohama F. Marinos 4 DF Ryuzo Morioka 7 October 1975 (aged 26) 32 Shimizu S-Pulse 5 MF Junichi Inamoto 18 September 1979 (aged 22) 22 Arsenal 6 DF Toshihiro Hattori 23 September 1973 (aged 28) 35 Jubilo Iwata 7 MF Hidetoshi Nakata 22 January 1977 (aged 25) 39 Parma 8 MF Hiroaki Morishima 30 April 1972 (aged 30) 57 Cerezo Osaka 9 FW Akinori Nishizawa 18 June 1976 (aged 25) 24 Cerezo Osaka 10 FW Masashi Nakayama (c) 23 September 1967 (aged 34) 47 Jubilo Iwata 11 FW Takayuki Suzuki 5 June 1976 (aged 25) 10 Kashima Antlers 12 GK Seigo Narazaki 15 April 1976 (aged 26) 15 Nagoya Grampus Eight 13 FW Atsushi Yanagisawa 27 May 1977 (aged 25) 22 Kashima Antlers 14 MF Alessandro dos Santos 20 July 1977 (aged 24) 0 Shimizu S-Pulse 15 MF Takashi Fukunishi 1 September 1976 (aged 25) 5 Jubilo Iwata 16 DF Kōji Nakata 9 July 1979 (aged 22) 20 Kashima Antlers 17 DF Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 7 February 1977 (aged 25) 5 Gamba Osaka 18 MF Shinji Ono 27 September 1979 (aged 22) 21 Feyenoord 19 MF Mitsuo Ogasawara 5 April 1979 (aged 23) 0 Kashima Antlers 20 MF Tomokazu Myojin 24 January 1978 (aged 24) 16 Kashiwa Reysol 21 MF Kazuyuki Toda 30 December 1977 (aged 24) 10 Shimizu S-Pulse 22 MF Daisuke Ichikawa 14 May 1980 (aged 22) 1 Shimizu S-Pulse 23 GK Hitoshi Sogahata 2 August 1979 (aged 22) 1 Kashima Antlers Russia Head coach: Oleg Romantsev No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Ruslan Nigmatullin 7 October 1974 (aged 27) 20 Hellas Verona 2 DF Yuri Kovtun 5 January 1970 (aged 32) 44 Spartak Moscow 3 DF Yuri Nikiforov 16 September 1970 (aged 31) 56 PSV 4 MF Alexey Smertin 1 May 1975 (aged 27) 25 Bordeaux 5 DF Andrei Solomatin 9 September 1975 (aged 26) 5 CSKA Moscow 6 MF Igor Semshov 6 April 1978 (aged 24) 2 Torpedo Moscow 7 DF Viktor Onopko (c) 14 October 1969 (aged 32) 97 Real Oviedo 8 MF Valery Karpin 2 February 1969 (aged 33) 69 Celta Vigo 9 MF Yegor Titov 29 May 1976 (aged 26) 30 Spartak Moscow 10 MF Aleksandr Mostovoi 22 August 1968 (aged 33) 59 Celta Vigo 11 FW Vladimir Beschastnykh 1 April 1974 (aged 28) 64 Spartak Moscow 12 GK Stanislav Cherchesov 2 September 1963 (aged 38) 49 Tirol Innsbruck 13 DF Vyacheslav Dayev 6 September 1972 (aged 29) 7 CSKA Moscow 14 DF Igor Chugainov 6 April 1970 (aged 32) 30 Uralan Elista 15 MF Dmitri Alenichev 20 October 1972 (aged 29) 43 Porto 16 FW Aleksandr Kerzhakov 27 November 1982 (aged 19) 3 Zenit Saint Petersburg 17 MF Sergei Semak 27 February 1976 (aged 26) 31 CSKA Moscow 18 DF Dmitri Sennikov 24 June 1976 (aged 25) 4 Lokomotiv Moscow 19 FW Ruslan Pimenov 25 November 1981 (aged 20) 1 Lokomotiv Moscow 20 MF Marat Izmailov 21 September 1982 (aged 19) 8 Lokomotiv Moscow 21 MF Dmitri Khokhlov 22 December 1975 (aged 26) 39 Real Sociedad 22 FW Dmitri Sychev 26 October 1983 (aged 18) 3 Spartak Moscow 23 GK Aleksandr Filimonov 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 DoB (Age) Caps Club 1 GK Ali Boumnijel 13 April 1966 (aged 36) 14 Bastia 2 DF Khaled Badra (c) 8 April 1973 (aged 29) 72 Espérance 3 MF Zoubeir Baya 15 May 1971 (aged 31) 77 Beşiktaş 4 DF Mohamed Mkacher 25 May 1975 (aged 27) 15 ES Sahel 5 FW Ziad Jaziri 12 July 1978 (aged 23) 26 ES Sahel 6 DF Hatem Trabelsi 25 January 1977 (aged 25) 27 Ajax 7 MF Imed Mhedhebi 22 March 1976 (aged 26) 30 Genoa 8 MF Hassen Gabsi 23 February 1974 (aged 28) 48 Genoa 9 FW Riadh Jelassi 7 July 1971 (aged 30) 20 Club Africain 10 MF Kaies Ghodhbane 7 January 1976 (aged 26) 62 ES Sahel 11 FW Adel Sellimi 16 November 1972 (aged 29) 64 SC Freiburg 12 DF Raouf Bouzaiene 16 August 1970 (aged 31) 39 Genoa 13 MF Riadh Bouazizi 8 April 1973 (aged 29) 47 Bursaspor 14 DF Hamdi Marzouki 23 January 1977 (aged 25) 7 Club Africain 15 DF Radhi Jaïdi 30 August 1975 (aged 26) 40 Espérance 16 GK Hassen Bejaoui 14 February 1976 (aged 26) 2 Bizertin 17 DF Tarek Thabet 16 August 1971 (aged 30) 70 Espérance 18 MF Selim Ben Achour 8 September 1981 (aged 20) 3 Martigues 19 DF Emir Mkademi 20 August 1978 (aged 23) 9 ES Sahel 20 FW Ali Zitouni 11 January 1981 (aged 21) 23 Espérance 21 MF Mourad Melki 9 May 1975 (aged 27) 11 Espérance 22 GK Ahmed Jaouachi 13 July 1975 (aged 26) 0 Monastir 23 DF José Clayton 21 March 1974 (aged 28) 12 Espérance Player representation by league Country Players Percentage Outside national squad Total 736 England 103 13.99% 81 Italy 75 10.19% 53 Germany 59 8.02% 39 Spain 58 7.88% 36 France 56 7.61% 51 Mexico 25 3.40% 6 Japan 25 3.40% 6 Belgium 25 3.40% 10 Saudi Arabia 24 3.13% 1 China 21 2.85% 1 Others 266 36.14% 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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