2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup team squads

This article lists the confirmed national futsal squads for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup tournament held in Brazil, between September 30 and October 19, 2008.

Contents 1 Group A 1.1  Brazil 1.2  Cuba 1.3  Japan 1.4  Russia 1.5  Solomon Islands 2 Group B 2.1  Italy 2.2  Paraguay 2.3  Portugal 2.4  Thailand 2.5  United States 3 Group C 3.1  Argentina 3.2  China 3.3  Egypt 3.4  Guatemala 3.5  Ukraine 4 Group D 4.1  Czech Republic 4.2  Iran 4.3  Libya 4.4  Spain 4.5  Uruguay 5 External links

Group A

 Brazil

Head coach: Paulo de Oliveira

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Rogério 20 September 1973 JEC/Krona/DalPonte 2 1GK Tiago 9 March 1981 Malwee Futsal 3 1GK Franklin 18 May 1981 Malwee Futsal 4 3MF Ari 6 March 1982 Malwee Futsal 5 2DF Ciço 16 October 1981 ElPozo Murcia 6 3MF Gabriel 17 November 1980 Inter Movistar 7 3MF Vinícius 31 December 1977 ElPozo Murcia 8 2DF Schumacher 31 August 1975 Inter Movistar 9 4FW Betão 2 September 1978 Inter Movistar 10 4FW Lenísio 23 October 1976 Malwee Futsal 11 3MF Marquinho 7 October 1974 Inter Movistar 12 3MF Falcão 8 June 1977 Malwee Futsal 13 4FW Wilde 14 April 1981 ElPozo Murcia 14 2DF Carlinhos 26 August 1981 Lobelle de Santiago

 Cuba

Head coach: Elddys Valdes

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Wilfredo Carbo 1 December 1969 Ciudad de La Habana 2 4FW Jhonnet Martínez 3 July 1982 Ciudad de La Habana 3 3MF Yoandy Guevara 2 May 1978 Matanzas 4 3MF Yulier Olivera 2 April 1981 Sancti Spíritus 5 2DF Eduardo Morales 5 March 1981 Matanzas 6 1GK Carlos Madrigal 21 October 1981 Sancti Spíritus 7 3MF Yampier Rodríguez 18 May 1977 Pinar del Río 8 4FW Yosniel Mesa 11 May 1981 Cienfuegos 9 2DF Fernando Chapman 16 March 1980 Holguín 10 2DF Isven Román 3 September 1983 Ciudad de La Habana 11 4FW Boris Saname 2 June 1974 Ciudad de La Habana 12 1GK Francis López 4 October 1976 Ciudad de La Habana 13 3MF Luis Enrique Dumas 2 April 1973 Pinar del Río 14 3MF Raudel Rodríguez 21 February 1980 Pinar del Río

 Japan

Head coach: Sergio Sapo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Hisamitsu Kawahara 24 November 1978 Bardral Urayasu 2 2DF Yoshifumi Maeda 25 April 1977 Nagoya Oceans 3 2DF Wataru Kitahara 2 August 1982 Nagoya Oceans 4 2DF Yusuke Komiyama 22 December 1979 Bardral Urayasu 5 3MF Ricardo Higa 4 May 1973 Deução Kobe 6 3MF Nobuya Osodo 28 June 1983 Vasagey Oita 7 3MF Yuki Kanayama 2 September 1977 Pescadola Machida 8 3MF Kenta Fujii 3 August 1976 Bardral Urayasu 9 4FW Daisuke Ono 25 January 1980 Bardral Urayasu 10 4FW Kenichiro Kogure 11 November 1979 Gestesa Guadalajara 11 4FW Kotaro Inaba 22 December 1982 Bardral Urayasu 12 1GK Hisao Sasanaga 17 January 1977 Nagoya Oceans 13 4FW Yusuke Inada 2 August 1977 Bardral Urayasu 14 1GK Keisuke Aoyagi 22 January 1986 Vasagey Oita

 Russia

Head coach: Oleg Ivanov

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Pavel Stepanov 4 October 1974 Dinamo Yamal 2 4FW Vladislav Shayakhmetov 25 August 1981 Dinamo Yamal 3 3MF Nikolay Pereverzev 15 December 1986 MFK Tyumen 4 3MF Dmitry Prudnikov 6 January 1988 Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg 5 2DF Pavel Kobzar 23 March 1980 Dinamo Yamal 6 1GK Leonid Klimovskiy 22 March 1983 TTG-Java Yugorsk 7 3MF Pula 2 December 1980 Dinamo Yamal 8 4FW Marat Azizov 20 December 1985 CSKA Moscow 9 2DF Konstantin Dushkevich 20 July 1981 Spartak Shchyolkovo 10 2DF Konstantin Maevskiy 5 October 1979 Dinamo Yamal 11 4FW Sirilo 20 January 1980 Dinamo Yamal 12 1GK Sergey Zuev 20 February 1980 Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg 13 3MF Konstantin Agapov 18 October 1986 Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg 14 3MF Damir Khamadiev 30 July 1981 Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg

 Solomon Islands

Head coach: Victor Waiia

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Junior Kogua 28 April 1990 Brisocana 2 2DF Philip Houtarau 9 November 1986 Brisocana 3 3MF Elliot Ragomo 28 May 1990 Brisocana 4 3MF Jenan Kapu 22 February 1991 Brisocana 5 3MF Lenson Bisili 19 May 1990 Marist 6 2DF Moffat Sikwaae 30 June 1990 Makuru 7 2DF James Egeta 10 August 1990 Marist 8 3MF Francis Lafai 21 October 1990 Koloale 9 4FW Micah Lea'alafa 1 June 1991 Kossa 10 4FW Samuel Osifelo 15 March 1991 Kossa 11 4FW Ron Ginio 24 February 1990 Kossa 12 3MF Jack Wetney 4 March 1990 Kossa 13 4FW Stanley Puairana 24 August 1990 Brisocana 14 1GK Alick Lioka 2 February 1989 Brisocana

Group B

 Italy

Head coach: Alessandro Nuccorini

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Alexandre Feller 28 September 1971 Arzignano Grifo 2 2DF Grana 26 August 1979 Lazio Colleferro 3 2DF Pellegrini 16 December 1975 Luparense 4 3MF Jocimar Jubanski 7 July 1977 Luparense 5 4FW Clayton Baptistella 7 December 1983 Arzignano Grifo 6 3MF Edgar Bertoni 24 July 1981 Napoli Barrese 7 3MF Marcio Forte 23 April 1977 Città di Montesilvano 8 3MF Saad Assis 26 October 1979 Barcelona Senseit 9 2DF Fabiano 5 January 1980 Fisiomedia Manacor 10 4FW Adriano Foglia 25 April 1981 Città di Montesilvano 11 4FW Morgado 19 June 1981 Città di Montesilvano 12 1GK Farina 28 May 1973 ElPozo Murcia 13 4FW Sandro Zanetti 20 January 1976 Napoli Barrese 14 2DF Patrick Nora 16 May 1979 Luparense

 Paraguay

Head coach: Rubén Subeldía

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Mario Gazolli 26 October 1986 Napoli Barrese 2 3MF Oscar Jara 30 January 1981 UAA 3 4FW Fabio Alcaraz 7 January 1982 Napoli Barrese 4 4FW Rodolfo Román 27 June 1987 Coronel Escurra 5 4FW Carlos Chilavert 5 August 1976 Napoli Barrese 6 4FW José Luis Santander 10 April 1981 UAA 7 3MF Oscar Velázquez 26 May 1984 Ponzio Pescara 8 4FW José Rotella 22 June 1983 Levinsson Roma 9 4FW Robson Fernández 9 February 1973 Palmeiras 10 3MF Walter Villalba 22 October 1977 Atletico Teramo 11 3MF Horacio Osorio 26 January 1984 UAA 12 1GK Carlos Espínola 6 April 1981 UAA 13 1GK Pedro Ortiz 5 March 1983 Coronel Escurra 14 3MF René Villalba 8 July 1981 Luparense

 Portugal

Head coach: Orlando Duarte

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK João Benedito 7 October 1978 Sporting CP 2 3MF Ricardinho 3 September 1985 SL Benfica 3 3MF Marinho 30 March 1985 FJ Antunes 4 3MF Pedro Costa 18 December 1978 SL Benfica 5 2DF Bibi 28 May 1980 Sporting CP 6 3MF Pedro Cary 10 May 1984 CF Belenenses 7 4FW Cardinal 26 June 1985 AR Freixieiro 8 3MF Israel 31 January 1977 Burela Pescados Rubén 9 2DF Gonçalo 1 July 1977 SL Benfica 10 3MF Arnaldo 16 June 1979 SL Benfica 11 4FW Leitão 3 January 1981 Lobelle de Santiago 12 1GK Bébé 19 May 1983 SL Benfica 13 3MF Jardel 9 November 1979 CF Belenenses 14 1GK Cristiano 20 August 1979 Sporting CP

 Thailand

Head coach: Jose María Pazos

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Somkid Chuenta 5 October 1978 Aktobe BTA 2 1GK Parinya Pandee 4 April 1984 TOT 3 2DF Natthapon Suttiroj 27 January 1983 Chonburi Blue Wave 4 2DF Panuwat Janta 14 February 1979 Chonburi Blue Wave 5 4FW Lertchai Issarasuwipakorn 2 November 1982 Chonburi Blue Wave 6 3MF Panomkorn Saisorn 31 December 1981 TOT 7 3MF Anucha Munjarern 19 October 1979 CAT Telecom 8 2DF Tanakorn Santanaprasit 11 June 1979 Royal Thai Navy 9 3MF Prasert Innui 31 July 1978 Chonburi Blue Wave 10 4FW Ekkapong Suratsawang 27 June 1986 Chonburi Blue Wave 11 4FW Ekkapan Suratsawang 27 June 1986 Chonburi Blue Wave 12 1GK Surapong Tompa 25 November 1978 Royal Thai Navy 13 2DF Sermphan Khumthinkaew 1 October 1981 TOT 14 2DF Narongsak Khongkaew 17 January 1979 CAT Telecom

 United States

Head coach: Keith Tozer

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Nick Vorberg 10 February 1975 Milwaukee Wave 2 2DF Joe Hammes 9 May 1979 Milwaukee Wave 3 4FW Mike Apple 22 June 1977 Detroit Ignition 4 4FW Jamar Beasley 11 October 1979 Detroit Ignition 5 3MF Denison Cabral 26 January 1974 Baltimore Blast 6 3MF Andy Rosenband 27 April 1981 Chicago Storm 7 3MF Ptah Myers 25 May 1982 Philadelphia KiXX 8 4FW Carlos Farias 15 May 1976 Chicago Storm 9 4FW Andrew Jacobson 25 September 1985 Philadelphia Union 10 3MF Sandre Naumoski 3 July 1979 Philadelphia KiXX 11 3MF Matthew Stewart 17 September 1976 Chicago Storm 12 1GK Jeff Richey 6 February 1977 Chicago Storm 13 2DF Pat Morris 6 June 1981 Philadelphia KiXX 14 4FW Brett Wiesner 12 May 1983 Milwaukee Wave

Group C

 Argentina

Head coach: Sergio López

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Javier Guisande 15 December 1975 Boca Juniors 2 2DF Leandro Planas 28 November 1975 Città di Montesilvano 3 2DF Sebastián Corazza 3 August 1981 Napoli Vesevo 4 2DF Diego Giustozzi 1 August 1978 Caja Segovia 5 2DF Carlos Sánchez 31 January 1975 Napoli Barrese 6 4FW Fernando Wilhelm 5 April 1982 Arzignano Grifo 7 3MF Maximiliano Rescia 29 October 1987 Pinocho 8 3MF Hernan Garcias 2 June 1978 Città di Montesilvano 9 3MF Matías Lucuix 20 November 1985 Caja Segovia 10 3MF Marcelo Giménez 29 January 1977 Napoli Barrese 11 4FW Esteban González 13 May 1977 Jorge Newberry 12 1GK Santiago Elías 2 February 1983 Pinocho 13 4FW Cristian Borruto 7 May 1987 Independiente 14 4FW Martín Amas 25 October 1984 Ferro Carril Oeste

 China

Head coach: Farinha

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Zheng Tao 15 April 1982 Wuhan Dilong 2 2DF Liang Shuang 8 November 1983 Wuhan Dilong 3 2DF Wang Wei 19 October 1983 Wuhan Dilong 4 2DF Huang He 23 January 1988 UESTC 5 2DF Li Jian 9 February 1982 Shanghai Xufang 6 4FW Zhang Xi 22 January 1983 Wuhan Dilong 7 3MF Zhang Jiong 2 December 1985 Shanghai Xufang 8 3MF Liu Xinyi 27 May 1985 UESTC 9 3MF Zhang Xiao 20 August 1985 Beijing University of Technology 10 3MF Wu Zhuoxi 18 January 1983 Petrojet 11 4FW Chen Fangjing 6 January 1986 Shanghai Xufang 12 1GK Li Xin 9 April 1983 Wuhan Dilong 13 4FW Hu Jie 13 March 1987 Wuhan Dilong 14 4FW Tian Lei 25 March 1986 Beijing University of Technology

 Egypt

Head coach: Moafak El-Sayed

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Hema 28 May 1975 El Shams 2 2DF Ahmed El-Agouz 21 May 1978 El Shams 3 2DF Mohamed Roshdy 30 July 1978 El Shams 4 4FW Adel Fathy 4 February 1976 Egypt Telecom 5 2DF Ibrahim Bougy 18 March 1987 El Shams 6 4FW Wael Abo El-Komsan 17 January 1976 Al-Rayyan 7 2DF Ahmed Abou Serie 30 October 1979 Mit Oqba 8 3MF Mizo 15 October 1985 El Shams 9 4FW Sameh Saleh 19 August 1980 El Maqassa 10 3MF Abdel-Hakim Mohamed 19 April 1978 Police 11 4FW Ramadan Samasry 11 July 1982 El Shams 12 1GK Mohamed Sayed 16 December 1976 Police 13 3MF Amr El-Malah 12 February 1976 El Shams 14 4FW Ahmed Hussein 1 February 1984 Arab Contractors

 Guatemala

Head coach: Carlos Estrada

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Carlos Mérida 27 March 1978 Maya de Oro 2 1GK Rafael Ortiz 1 September 1984 Forza Juvenil 3 4FW Marlon Noj 13 October 1976 Glucosoral 4 2DF José González 10 December 1986 Glucosoral 5 4FW Manuel Aristondo 26 February 1982 Glucosoral 6 4FW Daniel Tejada 22 November 1986 Maya de Oro 7 4FW Jannick Ramírez 16 May 1987 Maya de Oro 8 4FW Reinaldo Rosales 20 June 1977 Glucosoral 9 4FW Carlos Estrada 11 December 1982 Glucosoral 10 3MF Erick Acevedo 20 September 1980 Glucosoral 11 4FW Luis Castro 27 December 1984 Maya de Oro 12 1GK William Ramírez 2 February 1980 Glucosoral 13 2DF Estuardo de León 6 July 1977 Glucosoral 14 2DF Oliver López 2 February 1979 Glucosoral

 Ukraine

Head coach: Gennadiy Lisenchuk

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Vladyslav Lysenko 13 August 1979 Planeta-Most Kyiv 2 2DF Mykhaylo Romanov 21 July 1983 Kontingent Zhytomyr 3 2DF Roman Vakhula 13 July 1985 TVD Lviv 4 4FW Dmytro Ivanov 15 December 1985 Mytischi Moscow 5 2DF Yevgen Rogachov 30 August 1983 TVD Lviv 6 4FW Ildar Makayev 18 August 1982 Taim Lviv 7 4FW Sergiy Cheporniuk 18 April 1982 Taim Lviv 8 2DF Oleksandr Khursov 1 June 1981 Enakievez Enakievo 9 4FW Valeriy Zamyatin 5 January 1979 Enakievez Enakievo 10 4FW Valeriy Legchanov 13 February 1980 Energy Lviv 11 4FW Dmytro Silchenko 7 October 1982 TVD Lviv 12 1GK Yevgen Ivanyak 28 September 1982 Taim Lviv 13 2DF Fedir Pylypiv 8 February 1978 Urahan Ivano-Frankivsk 14 4FW Sergiy Zhurba 14 March 1987 Lugansk

Group D

 Czech Republic

Head coach: Tomáš Neumann

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Tomáš Meller 11 November 1975 Era-Pack Chrudim 2 2DF David Cupák 27 May 1989 Helas Brno 3 2DF Jiří Novotný 12 July 1988 Eco Investment Prague 4 4FW David Filinger 12 January 1978 Benago Prague 5 2DF Tomáš Sluka 19 May 1978 Era-Pack Chrudim 6 4FW Roman Mareš 15 March 1975 Era-Pack Chrudim 7 4FW Martin Dlouhý 3 March 1975 Eco Investment Prague 8 4FW Marek Kopecký 19 February 1977 Era-Pack Chrudim 9 2DF David Frič 17 February 1983 Eco Investment Prague 10 4FW Lukáš Rešetár 21 March 1984 Era-Pack Chrudim 11 2DF Michal Mareš 28 April 1976 Era-Pack Chrudim 12 1GK Libor Gerčák 22 July 1975 Vysoke Myto 13 4FW Zdeněk Sláma 28 December 1982 Eco Investment Prague 14 2DF Jan Janovský 20 June 1985 Jango Katowice

 Iran

Head coach: Hossein Shams

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Asghar Ghahremani 6 March 1972 Shahr Aftab Tehran 2 3MF Morteza Azimaei 11 September 1982 Rah Sari 3 4FW Mohammad Taheri 2 May 1985 Shahid Mansouri Gharchak 4 2DF Mohammad Keshavarz 5 July 1982 Shahid Mansouri Gharchak 5 3MF Mohammad Hashemzadeh 20 January 1977 Foolad Mahan Isfahan 6 4FW Javad Asghari Moghaddam 12 August 1979 Foolad Mahan Isfahan 7 3MF Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh 2 November 1987 Eram Kish Qom 8 3MF Mostafa Tayyebi 9 June 1987 Elmo Adab Mashhad 9 4FW Vahid Shamsaei 21 September 1975 Foolad Mahan Isfahan 10 2DF Majid Latifi 21 March 1981 Eram Kish Qom 11 4FW Ebrahim Masoudi 16 August 1982 Tam Iran Khodro 12 1GK Mostafa Nazari 11 December 1982 Eram Kish Qom 13 4FW Masoud Daneshvar 30 January 1988 Sadra Shiraz 14 1GK Hamid Reza Abrarinia 29 September 1978 Foolad Mahan Isfahan

 Libya

Head coach: Mato Stanković

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Fatah Masoud 24 September 1989 no club affiliation 2 2DF Yousef Mohammed 3 December 1982 no club affiliation 3 4FW Abdul-Wahed Mohammed 30 July 1977 no club affiliation 4 4FW Nagi El-Tomi 23 October 1977 no club affiliation 5 3MF Fathi Al-Khoga 8 May 1984 no club affiliation 6 2DF Rabie El-Hoti 19 June 1985 no club affiliation 7 3MF Hamdi Ismail 17 January 1984 no club affiliation 8 3MF Nabil Omran 31 January 1981 no club affiliation 9 2DF Mohammed Shahout 2 May 1982 no club affiliation 10 4FW Mohammed Rahoma 5 May 1984 no club affiliation 12 1GK Mohammed Al-Sharif 15 March 1985 no club affiliation 13 1GK Akrem El-Twati 23 March 1985 no club affiliation 14 3MF Mohamed Suleiman 27 September 1988 no club affiliation

 Spain

Head coach: Venancio López

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Luis Amado 4 May 1976 Inter Movistar 2 2DF Ortiz 3 October 1983 Inter Movistar 3 2DF Javi Eseverri 28 August 1977 MRA Navarra 4 2DF Torras 24 September 1980 Inter Movistar 5 3MF Fernandao 16 August 1980 Barcelona Senseit 6 4FW Álvaro 29 September 1977 ElPozo Murcia 7 4FW Javi Rodríguez 26 March 1974 Barcelona Senseit 8 2DF Kike 4 May 1978 ElPozo Murcia 9 4FW Andreu 24 February 1975 Caja Segovia 10 4FW Borja 16 November 1984 Inter Movistar 11 3MF Marcelo 11 January 1974 ElPozo Murcia 12 1GK Juanjo 19 August 1985 ElPozo Murcia 13 1GK Cristian 27 August 1982 Barcelona Senseit 14 4FW Daniel 6 July 1976 Inter Movistar

 Uruguay

Head coach: Gustavo Sánchez

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Diego Codina 31 January 1980 Nacional 2 2DF Pablo Lanza 1 August 1986 Nacional 3 4FW Jorge Rodríguez 15 December 1984 Nacional 4 4FW Mauro Ruiz 14 November 1988 Nacional 5 4FW Bernardo Rodríguez 8 August 1981 Old Christians 6 4FW Daniel Laurino 14 April 1989 ElPozo Murcia 7 2DF Jorge Sena 15 December 1980 Nacional 8 3MF Diego Garrido 26 December 1984 Nacional 9 2DF Juan Custódio 15 November 1985 Nacional 10 4FW Mincho 27 December 1983 Rio Branco 11 2DF Richard Catardo 15 December 1988 Peñarol 12 1GK Pablo Ferragut 21 November 1983 Victoria 13 2DF Walter Rodríguez 24 December 1986 Old Christians 14 2DF Sebá 22 November 1978 Peñarol

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