2001 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Below are the rosters for the 2001 FIFA World Youth Championship tournament in Argentina.

Group A

Argentina

Head coach: José Pékerman

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Germán Lux (1982-06-07)7 June 1982 (aged 19) River Plate 2 2DF Nicolás Burdisso (1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 20) Boca Juniors 3 2DF Julio Arca (1981-01-31)31 January 1981 (aged 20) Sunderland 4 2DF Mauro Cetto (1982-04-14)14 April 1982 (aged 19) Rosario Central 5 3MF Nicolás Medina (1982-02-17)17 February 1982 (aged 19) Argentinos Juniors 6 2DF Fabricio Coloccini (1982-01-22)22 January 1982 (aged 19) San Lorenzo 7 4FW Javier Saviola (1981-12-11)11 December 1981 (aged 19) River Plate 8 3MF Oscar Ahumada (1982-08-31)31 August 1982 (aged 18) River Plate 9 4FW Estebán José Herrera (1981-03-09)9 March 1981 (aged 20) Boca Juniors 10 3MF Leandro Romagnoli (1981-03-17)17 March 1981 (aged 20) San Lorenzo 11 3MF Maxi Rodríguez (1981-01-02)2 January 1981 (aged 20) Newell's Old Boys 12 2DF Ariel Seltzer (1981-01-03)3 January 1981 (aged 20) Argentinos Juniors 13 2DF Diego Colotto (1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 20) Estudiantes 14 3MF Leonardo Ponzio (1982-01-29)29 January 1982 (aged 19) Newell's Old Boys 15 3MF Andrés D'Alessandro (1981-04-15)15 April 1981 (aged 20) River Plate 16 4FW Mauro Rosales (1981-02-24)24 February 1981 (aged 20) Newell's Old Boys 17 4FW Alejandro Domínguez (1981-06-10)10 June 1981 (aged 20) Quilmes 18 1GK Willy Caballero (1981-09-28)28 September 1981 (aged 19) Boca Juniors 19 4FW Sebastián Bueno (1981-10-24)24 October 1981 (aged 19) Sarmiento de Junín

Egypt

Head coach: Shawky Gharieb

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Mohamed Sobhy (1981-08-30)30 August 1981 (aged 19) Ismaily 2 2DF Ahmed Samir (1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 19) Baladeyet El-Mahalla 3 3MF Abou El-Magd (1981-01-01)1 January 1981 (aged 20) Al-Ahly 4 2DF Hussein Amin (1981-04-26)26 April 1981 (aged 20) Al-Ahly 5 2DF Mahmoud Mahmoud (1981-06-30)30 June 1981 (aged 19) Zamalek SC 6 2DF Mohamed El-Atrawy (1981-08-19)19 August 1981 (aged 19) Al-Mehalla 7 3MF Mohamed Shawky (1981-10-05)5 October 1981 (aged 19) Al-Masry 8 3MF Wael Riad (1982-08-02)2 August 1982 (aged 18) Al-Ahly 9 3MF Reda Shehata (1981-01-24)24 January 1981 (aged 20) Al-Ahly 10 4FW Mohamed Mohsen Abou Greisha (1981-08-04)4 August 1981 (aged 19) Ismaily 11 4FW Mohamed El Yamani (1982-01-01)1 January 1982 (aged 19) Standard Liège 12 3MF Mohamed Abdel Wahed (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 (aged 20) Al-Tersana 13 2DF Amir Azmy (1983-02-14)14 February 1983 (aged 18) Zamalek SC 14 3MF Hossam Ghaly (1981-12-15)15 December 1981 (aged 19) Al-Ahly 15 3MF Ahmed Abou Moslem (1981-07-25)25 July 1981 (aged 19) Al-Ahly 16 4FW Gamal Hamza (1981-12-05)5 December 1981 (aged 19) Zamalek SC 17 3MF Gamal Hawash (1981-05-14)14 May 1981 (aged 20) Dina Farms 18 1GK Wael Zenga (1981-11-25)25 November 1981 (aged 19) Zamalek SC 19 1GK Sherif Ekramy (1983-07-01)1 July 1983 (aged 17) Al-Ahly

Finland

Head coach: Kari Ukkonen

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Otto Fredrikson (1981-11-30)30 November 1981 (aged 19) Tervarit 2 2DF Harri Haapaniemi (1981-04-01)1 April 1981 (aged 20) Atlantis 3 2DF Ossi Martikainen (1982-11-25)25 November 1982 (aged 18) HJK Helsinki 4 2DF Tuomas Aho (1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 20) MyPa 5 2DF Marco Parnela (1981-01-05)5 January 1981 (aged 20) Thun 6 3MF Mika Niskala (1981-03-28)28 March 1981 (aged 20) Norrköping 7 3MF Hannu Haarala (1981-08-15)15 August 1981 (aged 19) HJK Helsinki 8 3MF Antti Okkonen (1982-06-06)6 June 1982 (aged 19) MyPa 9 4FW Mika Väyrynen (1981-12-28)28 December 1981 (aged 19) FC Jokerit 10 4FW Mikael Forssell (1981-03-15)15 March 1981 (aged 20) Chelsea 11 4FW Daniel Sjölund (1983-04-22)22 April 1983 (aged 18) Liverpool 12 3MF Jussi Peteri (1982-04-04)4 April 1982 (aged 19) HJK Helsinki 13 2DF Juha Luoma (1981-01-10)10 January 1981 (aged 20) Jazz 14 2DF Jukka Sauso (1982-06-20)20 June 1982 (aged 18) Vaasan Palloseura 15 3MF Teemu Lampinen (1981-01-23)23 January 1981 (aged 20) Lahti 16 3MF Kristian Kunnas (1981-01-11)11 January 1981 (aged 20) HJK Helsinki 17 4FW Matti Santahuhta (1981-08-13)13 August 1981 (aged 19) Jazz 18 1GK Tatu Niskanen (1981-01-16)16 January 1981 (aged 20) KuPS

Jamaica

Head coach: Wendell Downswell

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Allien Whittaker (1983-06-19)19 June 1983 (aged 17) Hazard 2 2DF Sheldon Battiste (1983-07-27)27 July 1983 (aged 17) Hazard 3 2DF Shavar Thomas (1981-01-29)29 January 1981 (aged 20) Hazard 4 3MF Fabian Blake (1982-01-16)16 January 1982 (aged 19) Reno 5 2DF Shane Stevens (1982-03-10)10 March 1982 (aged 19) Arnett Gardens 6 2DF Alex Thomas (1983-01-12)12 January 1983 (aged 18) Loomis Chaffee 7 3MF Sean Fraser (1983-02-15)15 February 1983 (aged 18) Harbour View 8 3MF Keith Kelly (1983-03-05)5 March 1983 (aged 18) Paris Saint-Germain 9 3MF Omar Daley (1981-04-25)25 April 1981 (aged 20) Hazard 10 3MF Fabian Dawkins (1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 20) Village United 11 4FW Christopher Nicholas (1981-01-16)16 January 1981 (aged 20) Tivoli Gardens 12 4FW Craig Gordon (1983-02-12)12 February 1983 (aged 18) Reno 13 4FW Adam Wallace (1981-09-22)22 September 1981 (aged 19) free agent 14 2DF Kevon Harris (1981-06-01)1 June 1981 (aged 20) Santos 15 2DF Wolry Wolfe (1981-08-12)12 August 1981 (aged 19) Hazard 16 3MF Khari Stephenson (1981-01-18)18 January 1981 (aged 20) Williams College 17 3MF Damion Williams (1981-04-23)23 April 1981 (aged 20) Waterhouse 18 1GK Allan Reid (1981-01-22)22 January 1981 (aged 20) Boys Town

Group B

Brazil

Head coach: Carlos César

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Rubinho (1982-08-04)4 August 1982 (aged 18) Corinthians 2 2DF Maicon (1981-07-26)26 July 1981 (aged 19) Cruzeiro 3 3MF Edu Dracena (1981-05-18)18 May 1981 (aged 20) Guarani 4 2DF Marquinhos (1982-10-21)21 October 1982 (aged 18) Corinthians 5 3MF Eduardo Costa (1982-09-23)23 September 1982 (aged 18) Grêmio 6 2DF Anderson (1983-01-10)10 January 1983 (aged 18) Flamengo 7 4FW Pinga (1981-04-27)27 April 1981 (aged 20) Torino 8 3MF Fernando (1981-05-03)3 May 1981 (aged 20) Juventude 9 4FW Adriano (1982-02-17)17 February 1982 (aged 19) Flamengo 10 3MF Júlio Baptista (1981-10-01)1 October 1981 (aged 19) São Paulo 11 4FW Robert (1981-02-07)7 February 1981 (aged 20) Botafogo 12 3MF Léo Lima (1982-01-14)14 January 1982 (aged 19) Vasco da Gama 13 2DF Ângelo (1981-06-12)12 June 1981 (aged 20) Corinthians 14 2DF Luisão (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 20) Cruzeiro 15 2DF Júlio Santos (1981-12-12)12 December 1981 (aged 19) São Paulo 16 4FW Oliveira (1981-05-26)26 May 1981 (aged 20) São Paulo 17 3MF Kaká (1982-04-22)22 April 1982 (aged 19) São Paulo 18 1GK Márcio (1981-12-20)20 December 1981 (aged 19) São Paulo

Canada

Head coach: Paul James

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Pieter Meuleman (1981-02-04)4 February 1981 (aged 20) 5 0 Wilfred Laurier University 2 2DF Bernard Ouassa (1982-04-06)6 April 1982 (aged 19) 4 0 St. John's University 3 3MF Terry Dunfield (1982-02-20)20 February 1982 (aged 19) 2 0 Manchester City 4 2DF Victor Oppong (1981-04-09)9 April 1981 (aged 20) 13 0 University of Mobile 5 3MF Miles O'Connor (1982-04-20)20 April 1982 (aged 19) 9 0 Unattached 6 3MF Mike Klukowski (1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 20) 5 0 Lille 7 3MF Tam Nsaliwa (1982-01-28)28 January 1982 (aged 19) 7 0 1. FC Nürnberg 8 3MF Maycoll Canizalez (1982-12-28)28 December 1982 (aged 18) 13 0 Werder Bremen 9 4FW Wyn Belotte (1984-05-06)6 May 1984 (aged 17) 0 0 Nantes 10 4FW Julian de Guzman (1981-03-25)25 March 1981 (aged 20) 7 5 1. FC Saarbrücken 11 3MF Gaspare Borsellino (1981-06-05)5 June 1981 (aged 20) 9 1 University of Mobile 12 4FW Justin Thompson (1981-01-09)9 January 1981 (aged 20) 9 0 Fairfield University 13 2DF Chris Pozniak (1981-01-10)10 January 1981 (aged 20) 13 0 Toronto Lynx 14 3MF Chris Williams (1981-06-01)1 June 1981 (aged 20) 10 0 University of Mobile 15 3MF Atiba Hutchinson (1983-02-08)8 February 1983 (aged 18) 5 0 Woodbridge College 16 4FW Rob Friend (1981-01-23)23 January 1981 (aged 20) 6 0 Western Michigan University 17 3MF Iain Hume (1983-10-30)30 October 1983 (aged 17) 10 3 Tranmere Rovers 18 1GK Wojtek Zarzycki (1982-06-21)21 June 1982 (aged 18) 4 0 Dartmouth College

• Stand-by players

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 2DF Josh Simpson (1983-05-15)15 May 1983 (aged 18) 0 0 4FW Ali Ngon 6 0

Germany

Head coach: Uli Stielike

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Tom Starke (1981-03-18)18 March 1981 (aged 20) Bayer Leverkusen 2 2DF Christoph Preuss (1981-07-04)4 July 1981 (aged 19) Eintracht Frankfurt 3 2DF Christian Fickert (1981-02-10)10 February 1981 (aged 20) Waldhof Mannheim 4 2DF Denis Lapaczinski (1981-09-26)26 September 1981 (aged 19) Hertha BSC 5 2DF Michael Zepek (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 (aged 20) Bayer Leverkusen 6 3MF Giuseppe Gemiti (1981-05-03)3 May 1981 (aged 20) Eintracht Frankfurt 7 4FW Huzeyfe Dogan (1981-01-01)1 January 1981 (aged 20) Bayer Leverkusen 8 3MF Hanno Balitsch (1981-01-02)2 January 1981 (aged 20) 1. FC Köln 9 4FW Benjamin Auer (1981-01-11)11 January 1981 (aged 20) Borussia Mönchengladbach 10 3MF Selim Teber (1981-03-07)7 March 1981 (aged 20) Waldhof Mannheim 11 4FW Thorsten Burkhardt (1981-05-21)21 May 1981 (aged 20) Bayer Leverkusen 12 3MF Christian Mikolajczak (1981-05-15)15 May 1981 (aged 20) Schalke 04 13 4FW Jermaine Jones (1981-11-03)3 November 1981 (aged 19) Eintracht Frankfurt 14 4FW Christian Tiffert (1982-02-18)18 February 1982 (aged 19) VfB Stuttgart 15 2DF Stephan Kling (1981-03-22)22 March 1981 (aged 20) Bayern Munich 16 2DF Andreas Hinkel (1982-03-26)26 March 1982 (aged 19) VfB Stuttgart 17 4FW Lars Jungnickel (1981-08-31)31 August 1981 (aged 19) Energie Cottbus 18 1GK Jan Schlösser (1982-09-27)27 September 1982 (aged 18) Bayern Munich

Iraq

Head coach: Adnan Hamad

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Ahmed Ali (1982-08-02)2 August 1982 (aged 18) Al Zawraa 2 2DF Jassim Ghulam (1981-03-11)11 March 1981 (aged 20) Al-Jaish 3 2DF Bassim Abbas (1981-08-17)17 August 1981 (aged 19) Al-Talaba 4 2DF Haidar Abdul-Amir (1982-11-02)2 November 1982 (aged 18) Al Zawraa 5 2DF Ibrahim Munaim (1981-10-02)2 October 1981 (aged 19) Al-Shorta 6 3MF Sameeh Amir (1981-07-20)20 July 1981 (aged 19) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 7 4FW Emad Mohammed (1982-07-24)24 July 1982 (aged 18) Al Zawraa 8 3MF Nashat Akram (1984-09-12)12 September 1984 (aged 16) Al-Shorta 9 4FW Ahmad Mnajed (1981-12-13)13 December 1981 (aged 19) Al-Shorta 10 4FW Ammar Ahmad (1981-07-02)2 July 1981 (aged 19) Al Zawraa 11 3MF Hawar Mulla Mohammed (1981-06-01)1 June 1981 (aged 20) Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya 12 2DF Haidar Abdul-Razzaq (1982-10-23)23 October 1982 (aged 18) Al Zawraa 13 4FW Alaa Jabbar (1983-01-01)1 January 1983 (aged 18) Al Zawraa 14 2DF Emad Aoda (1981-11-15)15 November 1981 (aged 19) Al Minaa 15 3MF Hassan Turki (1981-07-01)1 July 1981 (aged 19) Al Zawraa 16 3MF Mohannad Nassir (1983-04-04)4 April 1983 (aged 18) Al Zawraa 17 2DF Salah Al-Deen Siamand (1981-07-03)3 July 1981 (aged 19) Arbil 18 1GK Noor Sabri (1984-06-18)18 June 1984 (aged 16) Al Zawraa 19 3MF Arkan Najeeb (1982-07-02)2 July 1982 (aged 18) Al Zawraa

Group C

Chile

Head coach: Héctor Pinto

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Johnny Herrera (1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 20) Universidad de Chile 2 2DF Sergio Fernández (1981-06-14)14 June 1981 (aged 20) Colo-Colo 3 2DF Daniel Campos (1981-07-17)17 July 1981 (aged 19) Universidad de Concepción 4 2DF Hugo Droguett (1982-09-02)2 September 1982 (aged 18) Universidad Católica 5 2DF Luis Oyarzún (1982-04-24)24 April 1982 (aged 19) Palestino 6 2DF Nelson Pinto (1981-02-01)1 February 1981 (aged 20) Universidad de Chile 7 3MF Gonzalo Villagra (1981-09-17)17 September 1981 (aged 19) Universidad Católica 8 3MF Sebastián Pardo (1982-01-01)1 January 1982 (aged 19) Universidad de Chile 9 4FW Mario Cáceres (1981-03-17)17 March 1981 (aged 20) Sporting CP 10 3MF Jaime Valdés (1981-01-11)11 January 1981 (aged 20) Bari 11 4FW Mario Salgado (1981-06-03)3 June 1981 (aged 20) Huachipato 12 2DF Gino Reyes (1981-02-23)23 February 1981 (aged 20) Colo-Colo 13 4FW Joel Soto (1982-04-09)9 April 1982 (aged 19) Santiago Wanderers 14 2DF Adán Vergara (1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 20) Cobreloa 15 2DF Mario Berrios (1981-08-20)20 August 1981 (aged 19) Palestino 16 3MF Roberto Ordenes (1981-01-05)5 January 1981 (aged 20) Unión Española 17 3MF Rodrigo Millar (1981-11-03)3 November 1981 (aged 19) Huachipato 18 1GK Eduardo Lobos (1981-07-30)30 July 1981 (aged 19) Colo-Colo

China PR

Head coach: Shen Xiangfu (沈祥福)

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK An Qi 安琦 (1981-06-21)21 June 1981 (aged 19) Dalian Shide 2 3MF Ma Yi (1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 19) Shenyang Haishi 3 2DF Du Wei 杜威 (1982-02-09)9 February 1982 (aged 19) Shanghai Shenhua 4 3MF Zhou Lin (1981-02-04)4 February 1981 (aged 20) Chongqing Lifan 5 2DF Wang Sheng (1981-05-01)1 May 1981 (aged 20) Dalian Shide 6 3MF Hu Zhaojun (1981-03-01)1 March 1981 (aged 20) Dalian Shide 7 3MF Sun Ji 孫吉 (1982-01-15)15 January 1982 (aged 19) 9 February 1982 8 4FW Gao Ming (1982-02-19)19 February 1982 (aged 19) Qingdao Hainiu 9 4FW Sui Yong (1981-01-27)27 January 1981 (aged 20) Qingdao Hainiu 10 3MF Yan Song (1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 20) Dalian Shide 11 2DF Sun Xiang 孫祥 (1982-01-15)15 January 1982 (aged 19) 9 February 1982 12 3MF Lu Feng (1981-11-12)12 November 1981 (aged 19) Henan Jianye 13 3MF Wang Xinxin (1981-04-27)27 April 1981 (aged 20) Liaoning 14 2DF Xu Liang (1981-08-12)12 August 1981 (aged 19) Liaoning 15 2DF Zhang Yaokun (1981-04-07)7 April 1981 (aged 20) Dalian Shide 16 4FW Qu Bo 曲波 (1981-07-15)15 July 1981 (aged 19) Qingdao Hainiu 17 4FW Yu Tao (1981-10-15)15 October 1981 (aged 19) Shanghai Shenhua 18 1GK Yang Jun (1981-06-10)10 June 1981 (aged 20) Qingdao Hainiu

United States

Head coach: Wolfgang Suhnholz

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK D. J. Countess (1982-01-09)9 January 1982 (aged 19) UCLA 2 2DF Philip Salyer (1981-10-30)30 October 1981 (aged 19) University of Maryland 3 2DF Oguchi Onyewu (1982-05-13)13 May 1982 (aged 19) Clemson University 4 2DF Nelson Akwari (1982-02-04)4 February 1982 (aged 19) UCLA 5 2DF Alex Yi (1982-02-27)27 February 1982 (aged 19) UCLA 6 2DF Kelly Gray (1981-04-07)7 April 1981 (aged 20) University of Portland 7 3MF DaMarcus Beasley (1982-05-24)24 May 1982 (aged 19) Chicago Fire 8 4FW Alecko Eskandarian (1982-07-09)9 July 1982 (aged 18) University of Virginia 9 4FW Brad Davis (1981-11-08)8 November 1981 (aged 19) St. Louis University 10 4FW Landon Donovan (1982-03-04)4 March 1982 (aged 19) San Jose Earthquakes 11 3MF Bobby Convey (1983-05-27)27 May 1983 (aged 18) D.C. United 12 2DF Ricky Lewis (1982-05-29)29 May 1982 (aged 19) Clemson University 13 3MF Kyle Martino (1981-02-19)19 February 1981 (aged 20) University of Virginia 14 2DF Kenny Arena (1981-02-06)6 February 1981 (aged 20) University of Virginia 15 3MF Brian Carroll (1981-07-20)20 July 1981 (aged 19) Wake Forest University 16 4FW Conor Casey (1981-07-25)25 July 1981 (aged 19) Borussia Dortmund 17 4FW Edson Buddle (1981-05-21)21 May 1981 (aged 20) Columbus Crew 18 1GK Doug Warren (1981-03-18)18 March 1981 (aged 20) Clemson University

Ukraine

Head coach: Anatoli Kroschenko

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Artem Kusliy (1981-07-07)7 July 1981 (aged 19) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 2 2DF Roman Pasichnychenko (1981-06-17)17 June 1981 (aged 20) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 3 2DF Bohdan Shershun (1981-05-14)14 May 1981 (aged 20) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 4 3MF Serhiy Symonenko (1981-06-12)12 June 1981 (aged 20) Torpedo Moscow 5 2DF Vitaliy Komarnytskyi (1981-08-02)2 August 1981 (aged 19) Ironi Rishon leZion 6 3MF Denys Stoyan (1981-08-24)24 August 1981 (aged 19) Borysfen Boryspil 7 3MF Volodymyr Bondarenko (1981-07-06)6 July 1981 (aged 19) CSCA Kyiv 8 4FW Oleksiy Byelik (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 20) Shakhtar Donetsk 9 3MF Andriy Smalko (1981-01-22)22 January 1981 (aged 20) Borysfen Boryspil 10 4FW Ruslan Valeyev (1981-10-31)31 October 1981 (aged 19) De Graafschap 11 4FW Andriy Herasymenko (1981-01-08)8 January 1981 (aged 20) Dynamo Kyiv 12 4FW Taras Kabanov (1981-01-23)23 January 1981 (aged 20) Karpaty Lviv 13 2DF Fedir Prokhorov (1981-04-24)24 April 1981 (aged 20) Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk 14 2DF Sergiy Khistyev (1981-06-30)30 June 1981 (aged 19) Stal Alchevsk 15 3MF Serhiy Danylovskyi (1981-08-20)20 August 1981 (aged 19) Karpaty Lviv 16 3MF Mykola Nakonechnyi (1981-09-10)10 September 1981 (aged 19) Borysfen Boryspil 17 3MF Oleksiy Gai (1982-11-06)6 November 1982 (aged 18) Shakhtar Donetsk 18 1GK Vitaliy Rudenko (1981-10-26)26 October 1981 (aged 19) Chornomorets Odesa

Group D

Angola

Head coach: Oliveira Gonçalves

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Lamá (1981-02-01)1 February 1981 (aged 20) Petro de Luanda 2 2DF Manuel (1982-12-16)16 December 1982 (aged 18) Cabinda 3 3MF Nelsinho (1981-12-10)10 December 1981 (aged 19) Interclube 4 2DF Kikas (1981-03-14)14 March 1981 (aged 20) Interclube 5 2DF Lutucuta (1982-05-17)17 May 1982 (aged 19) Bravos do Maquis 6 2DF Dedas (1982-02-13)13 February 1982 (aged 19) Primeiro de Agosto 7 3MF Chinho (1982-02-04)4 February 1982 (aged 19) Petro de Luanda 8 4FW Riquinho (1981-08-10)10 August 1981 (aged 19) Petro de Luanda 9 4FW Rasca (1982-07-10)10 July 1982 (aged 18) Académica de Coimbra 10 4FW Mantorras (1982-03-18)18 March 1982 (aged 19) Alverca 11 4FW Gilberto (1982-09-21)21 September 1982 (aged 18) Petro de Luanda 12 3MF Castigo (1983-02-24)24 February 1983 (aged 18) Boavista 13 2DF Vemba (1982-12-06)6 December 1982 (aged 18) Primeiro de Agosto 14 4FW António Mendonça (1982-10-09)9 October 1982 (aged 18) Varzim 15 4FW Loló (1981-12-13)13 December 1981 (aged 19) Primeiro de Agosto 16 3MF Mateus (1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 20) Sporting CP 17 4FW Fofaná (1982-05-05)5 May 1982 (aged 19) Benfica de Luanda 18 1GK Capoco (1982-04-03)3 April 1982 (aged 19) Petro do Huambo

Australia

Head coach: Ange Postecoglou

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Michael Turnbull (1981-03-24)24 March 1981 (aged 20) Marconi Stallions 2 2DF Mark Byrnes (1982-02-08)8 February 1982 (aged 19) Parramatta Power 3 2DF Adrian Madaschi (1982-07-11)11 July 1982 (aged 18) Atalanta 4 2DF Ljubo Milicevic (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 20) Perth Glory 5 2DF Patrick Kisnorbo (1981-03-24)24 March 1981 (aged 20) South Melbourne 6 3MF Wayne Srhoj (1982-03-23)23 March 1982 (aged 19) Brisbane Strikers 7 3MF Ahmad Elrich (1981-05-30)30 May 1981 (aged 20) Parramatta Power 8 4FW Greg Owens (1981-01-27)27 January 1981 (aged 20) Sydney Olympic 9 4FW Joshua Kennedy (1982-08-20)20 August 1982 (aged 18) VfL Wolfsburg 10 4FW Nick Carle (1981-11-23)23 November 1981 (aged 19) Sydney Olympic 11 4FW Scott McDonald (1983-08-21)21 August 1983 (aged 17) Southampton 12 3MF Lucas Pantelis (1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 19) Adelaide City Force 13 2DF Gareth Edds (1981-02-03)3 February 1981 (aged 20) Nottingham Forest 14 3MF Louis Brain (1982-05-09)9 May 1982 (aged 19) Adelaide City Force 15 3MF Luke Wilkshire (1981-10-02)2 October 1981 (aged 19) Middlesbrough 16 3MF Daniel Vasilevski (1981-09-04)4 September 1981 (aged 19) Melbourne Knights 17 4FW Kevork Gulesserian (1981-09-21)21 September 1981 (aged 19) Marconi Stallions 18 1GK Jess Kedwell-Vanstrattan (1982-07-19)19 July 1982 (aged 18) Hellas Verona 20 2DF Jon McKain (1982-09-21)21 September 1982 (aged 18) Brisbane Strikers

Czech Republic

Head coach: Dušan Fitzel

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Patrik Kolář (1981-10-30)30 October 1981 (aged 19) Sparta Prague 2 2DF Tomáš Hübschman (1981-09-04)4 September 1981 (aged 19) Sparta Prague 3 2DF Patrik Křap (1981-03-13)13 March 1981 (aged 20) Brno 4 4FW Tomáš Pešír (1981-05-30)30 May 1981 (aged 20) Slavia Prague 5 3MF Petr Silný (1981-04-07)7 April 1981 (aged 20) Slovan Liberec 6 2DF Martin Leština (1981-04-25)25 April 1981 (aged 20) Dynamo Budějovice 7 2DF Vlastimil Vidlička (1981-07-02)2 July 1981 (aged 19) Slovan Liberec 8 3MF Radek Šírl (1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 20) Bohemians Prague 9 3MF Michal Macek (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 (aged 20) Marila Příbram 10 4FW Jaroslav Šedivec (1981-02-16)16 February 1981 (aged 20) Viktoria Plzeň 11 2DF Tomáš Glos (1981-06-19)19 June 1981 (aged 19) Sigma Olomouc 12 3MF David Lafata (1981-09-18)18 September 1981 (aged 19) Dynamo Budějovice 13 3MF Martin Živný (1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 20) Brno 14 3MF Jan Polák (1981-03-14)14 March 1981 (aged 20) Brno 15 4FW Petr Musil (1981-09-23)23 September 1981 (aged 19) Brno 16 4FW Tomáš Jun (1983-01-17)17 January 1983 (aged 18) Sparta Prague 17 2DF Pavel Besta (1982-09-02)2 September 1982 (aged 18) Baník Ostrava 18 1GK Petr Čech (1982-05-20)20 May 1982 (aged 19) Sparta Prague

Japan

Head coach: Akihiro Nishimura

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Yosuke Fujigaya (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 20) Consadole Sapporo 2 2DF Shohei Ikeda (1981-04-27)27 April 1981 (aged 20) Shimizu S-Pulse 3 2DF Sota Nakazawa (1982-10-26)26 October 1982 (aged 18) Kashiwa Reysol 4 2DF Teruyuki Moniwa (1981-09-08)8 September 1981 (aged 19) Shonan Bellmare 5 2DF Kenji Haneda (1981-12-01)1 December 1981 (aged 19) Kashima Antlers 6 2DF Yūichi Komano (1981-07-25)25 July 1981 (aged 19) Sanfrecce Hiroshima 7 3MF Takeshi Aoki (1982-09-28)28 September 1982 (aged 18) Kashima Antlers 8 3MF Kazuyuki Morisaki (1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 20) Sanfrecce Hiroshima 9 4FW Yutaka Tahara (1982-04-27)27 April 1982 (aged 19) Yokohama F. Marinos 10 3MF Naohiro Ishikawa (1981-05-12)12 May 1981 (aged 20) Yokohama F. Marinos 11 4FW Hisato Sato (1982-03-12)12 March 1982 (aged 19) JEF United Ichihara 12 3MF Shunta Nagai (1982-07-12)12 July 1982 (aged 18) Kashiwa Reysol 13 3MF Koji Yamase (1981-09-22)22 September 1981 (aged 19) Consadole Sapporo 14 4FW Ryoichi Maeda (1981-10-09)9 October 1981 (aged 19) Júbilo Iwata 15 4FW Kazuki Hiramoto (1981-08-18)18 August 1981 (aged 19) Tokyo Verdy 1969 16 3MF Koji Morisaki (1981-05-09)9 May 1981 (aged 20) Sanfrecce Hiroshima 17 4FW Kazunori Iio (1982-02-23)23 February 1982 (aged 19) Tokyo Verdy 1969 18 1GK Takaya Kurokawa (1981-04-07)7 April 1981 (aged 20) Shimizu S-Pulse 19 2DF Daisuke Nasu (1981-10-10)10 October 1981 (aged 19) Yokohama F. Marinos

Group E

Costa Rica

Head coach: Carlos Watson

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Neighel Drummond (1982-02-02)2 February 1982 (aged 19) Alajuelense 2 2DF Michael Rodríguez (1981-12-30)30 December 1981 (aged 19) Alajuelense 3 2DF Pablo Salazar (1982-11-21)21 November 1982 (aged 18) Alajuelense 4 3MF Christian Montero (1982-06-24)24 June 1982 (aged 18) Alajuelense 5 2DF Roy Myrie (1982-08-21)21 August 1982 (aged 18) Alajuelense 6 2DF Johel Fajardo (1981-01-25)25 January 1981 (aged 20) Guanacaste 7 4FW Eric Scott (1981-05-29)29 May 1981 (aged 20) Alajuelense 8 3MF José Luis López (1981-03-31)31 March 1981 (aged 20) Heredia 9 4FW Derman Moss (1983-04-09)9 April 1983 (aged 18) Limonense 10 4FW Warren Granados (1981-12-06)6 December 1981 (aged 19) Ramonense 11 4FW Winston Parks (1981-10-12)12 October 1981 (aged 19) Limonense 12 2DF Harold Apu (1981-01-30)30 January 1981 (aged 20) Liberia 13 3MF Jonathan Orozco (1981-03-12)12 March 1981 (aged 20) Saprissa 14 3MF Daniel Vallejos (1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 20) Heredia 15 2DF Alonso Alfaro (1981-03-16)16 March 1981 (aged 20) Heredia 16 3MF Carlos Hernández (1982-04-09)9 April 1982 (aged 19) Alajuelense 17 2DF Michael Robinson (1981-07-31)31 July 1981 (aged 19) Alajuelense 18 1GK Daniel Rodríguez (1982-04-03)3 April 1982 (aged 19) Heredia 20 3MF Randy Araya (1981-05-04)4 May 1981 (aged 20) Cartagines

Ecuador

Head coach: Fabián Burbano

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Omar Estrada (1982-03-29)29 March 1982 (aged 19) LDU Quito 2 2DF William Cuero (1981-06-01)1 June 1981 (aged 20) Barcelona 3 2DF Jorge Guagua (1981-09-28)28 September 1981 (aged 19) El Nacional 4 2DF Pool Gavilanez (1981-08-03)3 August 1981 (aged 19) Santa Rita 5 3MF Cristhian Quiñónez (1981-09-12)12 September 1981 (aged 19) Barcelona 6 2DF Jorge Vargas (1981-01-30)30 January 1981 (aged 20) LDU Quito 7 3MF Pedro Esterilla (1984-10-28)28 October 1984 (aged 16) ESPOLI 8 3MF Líder Mejía (1981-01-26)26 January 1981 (aged 20) LDU Quito 9 4FW Estuardo Quiñónez (1981-04-14)14 April 1981 (aged 20) Universidad Católica 10 3MF Javier Intriago (1981-01-09)9 January 1981 (aged 20) Santa Rita 11 4FW Franklin Salas (1981-08-30)30 August 1981 (aged 19) LDU Quito 12 4FW Walter Iza (1981-08-02)2 August 1981 (aged 19) Aucas 13 2DF Edwin Pineda (1982-08-28)28 August 1982 (aged 18) LDU Quito 14 3MF Segundo Castillo (1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 19) ESPOLI 15 4FW Roberto Mina (1984-11-07)7 November 1984 (aged 16) Salesiano 16 2DF Franklin Corozo (1981-02-15)15 February 1981 (aged 20) Emelec 17 4FW Félix Borja (1983-04-02)2 April 1983 (aged 18) El Nacional 18 1GK Daniel Viteri (1981-12-12)12 December 1981 (aged 19) Emelec

Ethiopia

Head coach: Diego Garzitto

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Adugna Deyes (1983-07-13)13 July 1983 (aged 17) EEPCO 2 3MF Belay Fekadu (1983-09-10)10 September 1983 (aged 17) Saint-George SA 3 2DF Molla Ermias (1983-05-30)30 May 1983 (aged 18) BSPP 4 2DF Bekele Zewdu (1982-05-27)27 May 1982 (aged 19) Awassa City 5 2DF Gebremichael Yonas (1982-08-07)7 August 1982 (aged 18) EEPCO 6 2DF Tesfaye Kefyalew (1983-08-07)7 August 1983 (aged 17) Saint-George SA 7 3MF Teshome Getu (1983-02-07)7 February 1983 (aged 18) Banks SC 8 3MF Girma Ashenafi (1982-07-28)28 July 1982 (aged 18) Ethiopian Coffee 9 4FW Yordanos Abay (1984-03-28)28 March 1984 (aged 17) EEPCO 10 4FW Mengistu Getahun (1983-09-19)19 September 1983 (aged 17) Insurance Addis 11 4FW Seman Hussen (1983-07-18)18 July 1983 (aged 17) Ethiopian Coffee 12 3MF Abubakar Ismael (1983-04-09)9 April 1983 (aged 18) Saint-George SA 13 3MF Muleta Berihanu (1982-10-28)28 October 1982 (aged 18) Tsehay Gebat 14 3MF Admassu Hailu (1985-08-10)10 August 1985 (aged 15) EEPCO 15 2DF Elihu Bekele (1982-10-24)24 October 1982 (aged 18) Nyala 16 3MF Dawit Mebratu (1984-06-13)13 June 1984 (aged 17) Airlines 17 2DF Solomon Andargachew (1981-10-28)28 October 1981 (aged 19) Ethiopian Coffee 18 1GK Getachew Solomon (1984-01-15)15 January 1984 (aged 17) Insurance Addis

Netherlands

Head coach: Louis van Gaal

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Maarten Stekelenburg (1982-09-22)22 September 1982 (aged 18) Ajax 2 2DF Jürgen Colin (1981-01-20)20 January 1981 (aged 20) PSV 3 3MF René van Dieren (1981-03-12)12 March 1981 (aged 20) Feyenoord 4 3MF John Heitinga (1983-11-15)15 November 1983 (aged 17) Ajax 5 2DF Jeffrey Leiwakabessy (1981-02-23)23 February 1981 (aged 20) NEC 6 3MF David Mendes da Silva (1982-08-04)4 August 1982 (aged 18) Sparta Rotterdam 7 4FW Riga Mustapha (1981-10-10)10 October 1981 (aged 19) Vitesse 8 4FW Rafael van der Vaart (1983-02-11)11 February 1983 (aged 18) Ajax 9 4FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (1983-08-12)12 August 1983 (aged 17) PSV 10 3MF Youssouf Hersi (1982-08-20)20 August 1982 (aged 18) Ajax 11 4FW Arjen Robben (1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 17) Groningen 12 2DF Civard Sprockel (1983-05-10)10 May 1983 (aged 18) Feyenoord 13 3MF Saïd Boutahar (1982-08-12)12 August 1982 (aged 18) Feyenoord 14 3MF Theo Janssen (1981-07-27)27 July 1981 (aged 19) Vitesse 15 4FW Thijs Houwing (1981-04-22)22 April 1981 (aged 20) Twente 16 3MF Gregoor van Dijk (1981-11-16)16 November 1981 (aged 19) Groningen 17 3MF Santi Kolk (1981-10-02)2 October 1981 (aged 19) Heerenveen 18 1GK Gino Coutinho (1982-08-05)5 August 1982 (aged 18) PSV 19 2DF Glenn Loovens (1983-09-22)22 September 1983 (aged 17) Feyenoord 20 2DF Alje Schut (1981-02-18)18 February 1981 (aged 20) Utrecht

Group F

France

Head coach: Raymond Domenech

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Nicolas Penneteau (1981-02-28)28 February 1981 (aged 20) Bastia 2 2DF Matthieu Delpierre (1981-04-26)26 April 1981 (aged 20) Lille 3 2DF Grégory Vignal (1981-07-19)19 July 1981 (aged 19) Liverpool 4 2DF Gaël Givet (1981-10-09)9 October 1981 (aged 19) Monaco 5 2DF Philippe Mexès (1982-03-30)30 March 1982 (aged 19) Auxerre 6 3MF Pascal Berenguer (1981-05-20)20 May 1981 (aged 20) Bastia 7 3MF Benoît Cheyrou (1981-05-03)3 May 1981 (aged 20) Lille 8 3MF Nicolas Fabiano (1981-02-08)8 February 1981 (aged 20) Swansea City 9 3MF Alou Diarra (1981-07-15)15 July 1981 (aged 19) Bayern Munich 10 4FW Mathieu Maton (1981-01-19)19 January 1981 (aged 20) Lille 11 4FW Hassan Ahamada (1981-04-13)13 April 1981 (aged 20) Nantes 12 4FW Djibril Cissé (1981-08-12)12 August 1981 (aged 19) Auxerre 13 3MF Gaël Danic (1981-11-19)19 November 1981 (aged 19) Rennes 14 2DF Jonathan Joseph-Augustin (1981-05-13)13 May 1981 (aged 20) Guingamp 15 2DF Bernard Mendy (1981-08-20)20 August 1981 (aged 19) Paris Saint-Germain 16 3MF Sébastien Roudet (1981-06-16)16 June 1981 (aged 20) Châteauroux 17 4FW Hervé Bugnet (1981-08-24)24 August 1981 (aged 19) Bordeaux 18 1GK Nicolas Puydebois (1981-02-28)28 February 1981 (aged 20) Lyon 19 2DF Jean Felix Dorothee (1981-10-02)2 October 1981 (aged 19) Rennes

Ghana

Head coach: Emmanuel Afranie

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Maxwell Banahene (1982-09-07)7 September 1982 (aged 18) Sekondi Hasaacas 2 3MF Sulley Muntari (1984-08-27)27 August 1984 (aged 16) Liberty Professionals 3 2DF Abass Inusah (1982-08-07)7 August 1982 (aged 18) Real Sportive 4 3MF Michael Essien (1982-12-03)3 December 1982 (aged 18) Bastia 5 2DF Patrick Villars (1984-05-21)21 May 1984 (aged 17) Ebusua Dwarfs 6 2DF Emmanuel Pappoe (1981-03-03)3 March 1981 (aged 20) Liberty Professionals 7 4FW Samuel Thompson (1982-01-17)17 January 1982 (aged 19) Top Allies 8 2DF Ibrahim Abdul Razak (1983-04-18)18 April 1983 (aged 18) Empoli 9 4FW Razak Pimpong (1982-12-30)30 December 1982 (aged 18) Midtjylland 10 4FW Derek Boateng (1983-05-02)2 May 1983 (aged 18) Panathinaikos 11 4FW Frank Osei (1982-12-02)2 December 1982 (aged 18) King Faisal 12 2DF Yussif Issah (1982-05-17)17 May 1982 (aged 19) Sekondi Hasaacas 13 3MF Anthony Obodai (1982-08-06)6 August 1982 (aged 18) Ajax 14 2DF John Mensah (1982-11-26)26 November 1982 (aged 18) Bellinzona 15 2DF John Paintsil (1981-06-15)15 June 1981 (aged 20) Berekum Arsenal 16 3MF Kwaku Duah (1983-02-28)28 February 1983 (aged 18) Asante Kotoko 17 3MF James Owusu-Ansah (1981-12-02)2 December 1981 (aged 19) Cruz Azul 18 1GK George Owu (1982-06-07)7 June 1982 (aged 19) Sekondi Hasaacas

Iran

Head coach: Mehdi Monajati

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Ershad Yousefi (1981-09-19)19 September 1981 (aged 19) Aboomoslem 2 2DF Amir Falahi (1983-01-01)1 January 1983 (aged 18) Paykan Tehran 3 2DF Mahmoudreza Ashouri (1982-03-06)6 March 1982 (aged 19) Esteghlal Rasht 4 2DF Saeed Lotfi (1981-02-25)25 February 1981 (aged 20) Paykan Tehran 5 2DF Mostafa Salehinejad (1981-03-21)21 March 1981 (aged 20) Zob Ahan 6 2DF Alireza Monajati (1981-06-22)22 June 1981 (aged 19) Shahin 7 4FW Alireza Daghaghleh (1981-01-20)20 January 1981 (aged 20) Foolad 8 4FW Bahram Esmaeili (1981-03-17)17 March 1981 (aged 20) Fajr Sepasi 9 3MF Eman Mobali (1982-11-03)3 November 1982 (aged 18) Foolad 10 4FW Mansour Jamalyan (1981-05-03)3 May 1981 (aged 20) Paykan Tehran 11 4FW Reza Hadadi (1983-03-03)3 March 1983 (aged 18) Teraktor Sazi 12 3MF Mohammad Ostovari (1986-10-07)7 October 1986 (aged 14) Fajr Sepasi 13 2DF Samad Zare (1981-09-16)16 September 1981 (aged 19) Zob Ahan 14 3MF Morteza Kashi (1981-05-04)4 May 1981 (aged 20) Paykan Tehran 15 3MF Mehrzad Madanchi (1985-01-09)9 January 1985 (aged 16) Homa Shiraz 16 3MF Mostafa Haghipour (1982-05-21)21 May 1982 (aged 19) Pas 17 3MF Javad Kazemian (1981-04-23)23 April 1981 (aged 20) Saipa 18 1GK Abbas Ghasemi (1982-10-23)23 October 1982 (aged 18) Saipa

Paraguay

Head coach: Cristóbal Wilfrido Maldonado

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Diego Barreto (1981-07-16)16 July 1981 (aged 19) Cerro Porteño 2 2DF David Villalba (1982-04-13)13 April 1982 (aged 19) Olimpia 3 2DF José Devaca (1982-09-18)18 September 1982 (aged 18) Udinese 4 2DF Emilio Martínez (1981-04-10)10 April 1981 (aged 20) Cerro Porteño 5 2DF Pedro Benítez (1981-03-23)23 March 1981 (aged 20) Sportivo Luqueño 6 3MF Walter Fretes (1982-05-18)18 May 1982 (aged 19) Cerro Porteño 7 4FW Alejandro Da Silva (1982-05-18)18 May 1982 (aged 19) Udinese 8 3MF Jorge Brítez (1981-02-08)8 February 1981 (aged 20) Braga 9 4FW Julio González (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 19) Guaraní 10 4FW Tomás Guzmán (1982-03-07)7 March 1982 (aged 19) Juventus 11 4FW Santiago Salcedo (1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 19) Cerro Porteño 12 2DF Celso Esquivel (1981-03-20)20 March 1981 (aged 20) San Lorenzo de Almagro 13 2DF Gabriel Estigarribia (1981-02-20)20 February 1981 (aged 20) Atlético Colegiales 14 3MF Felipe Giménez (1981-05-26)26 May 1981 (aged 20) Olimpia 15 3MF Osvaldo Díaz (1981-12-22)22 December 1981 (aged 19) Guaraní 16 4FW Fredy Bareiro (1982-03-27)27 March 1982 (aged 19) 12 de Octubre 17 4FW Cristian Fatecha (1982-03-15)15 March 1982 (aged 19) Sportivo Luqueño 18 1GK Eduardo Cáceres (1981-08-12)12 August 1981 (aged 19) Sportivo Luqueño 19 3MF Diego Del Puerto (1981-08-04)4 August 1981 (aged 19) San Lorenzo 20 4FW Pedro Sosa (1981-04-06)6 April 1981 (aged 20) Sol de América

External links

• FIFA.com
• squad list in text file