2010 FIFA World Cup squads

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament held in South Africa from 11 June until 11 July 2010. The 32 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Before announcing their final squad for the tournament, teams were required to name a preliminary squad of 30 players by 11 May 2010, 30 days before the start of the tournament. With the exception of those involved in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final, the players listed in the preliminary squad were then subjected to a mandatory rest period from 17 May to 23 May 2010. The preliminary squad would then have to be cut to a final 23 by 1 June 2010 (midnight CET).[1] Replacement of seriously injured players is permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first World Cup game, though replacement players do not have to be drawn from the preliminary squad.[2]

Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps, players' club teams and players' age as of 11 June 2010 – the tournament's opening day.

There are only three national squads made up entirely of players from home-based clubs. These are England, Italy and Germany. Nigeria is the only team with no players from home-based clubs.

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Group A

South Africa

Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Moeneeb Josephs 19 May 1980 (aged 30) 17 Orlando Pirates
2 2DF Siboniso Gaxa 6 April 1984 (aged 26) 37 Mamelodi Sundowns
3 2DF Tsepo Masilela 5 May 1985 (aged 25) 31 Maccabi Haifa
4 2DF Aaron Mokoena (c) 25 November 1980 (aged 29) 101 Portsmouth
5 2DF Anele Ngcongca 20 October 1987 (aged 22) 5 Racing Genk
6 3MF MacBeth Sibaya 25 November 1977 (aged 32) 58 Rubin Kazan
7 3MF Lance Davids 11 April 1985 (aged 25) 22 Ajax Cape Town
8 3MF Siphiwe Tshabalala 25 September 1984 (aged 25) 48 Kaizer Chiefs
9 4FW Katlego Mphela 29 November 1984 (aged 25) 31 Mamelodi Sundowns
10 3MF Steven Pienaar 17 March 1982 (aged 28) 50 Everton
11 3MF Teko Modise 22 December 1982 (aged 27) 52 Orlando Pirates
12 3MF Reneilwe Letsholonyane 9 June 1982 (aged 28) 13 Kaizer Chiefs
13 3MF Kagisho Dikgacoi 24 November 1984 (aged 25) 37 Fulham
14 2DF Matthew Booth 14 March 1977 (aged 33) 27 Mamelodi Sundowns
15 2DF Lucas Thwala 19 October 1981 (aged 28) 24 Orlando Pirates
16 1GK Itumeleng Khune 20 June 1987 (aged 22) 27 Kaizer Chiefs
17 4FW Bernard Parker 16 March 1986 (aged 24) 28 Twente
18 4FW Siyabonga Nomvethe 2 December 1977 (aged 32) 76 Moroka Swallows
19 3MF Surprise Moriri 20 March 1980 (aged 30) 34 Mamelodi Sundowns
20 2DF Bongani Khumalo 6 January 1987 (aged 23) 14 Supersport United
21 2DF Siyabonga Sangweni 29 September 1981 (aged 28) 8 Golden Arrows
22 1GK Shu-Aib Walters 26 December 1981 (aged 28) 0 Maritzburg United
23 3MF Thanduyise Khuboni 23 May 1986 (aged 24) 9 Golden Arrows

Mexico

Coach: Javier Aguirre

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Óscar Pérez 1 February 1973 (aged 37) 52 Jaguares
2 2DF Francisco Rodríguez 20 October 1981 (aged 28) 48 PSV Eindhoven
3 2DF Carlos Salcido 2 April 1980 (aged 30) 73 PSV Eindhoven
4 2DF Rafael Márquez (c) 13 February 1979 (aged 31) 91 Barcelona
5 2DF Ricardo Osorio 30 March 1980 (aged 30) 76 VfB Stuttgart
6 3MF Gerardo Torrado 30 April 1979 (aged 31) 114 Cruz Azul
7 3MF Pablo Barrera 21 June 1987 (aged 22) 21 UNAM
8 3MF Israel Castro 29 December 1980 (aged 29) 31 UNAM
9 4FW Guillermo Franco 3 November 1976 (aged 33) 21 West Ham United
10 4FW Cuauhtémoc Blanco 17 January 1973 (aged 37) 115 Veracruz
11 4FW Carlos Vela 1 March 1989 (aged 21) 28 Arsenal
12 2DF Paul Aguilar 6 March 1986 (aged 24) 10 Pachuca
13 1GK Guillermo Ochoa 13 July 1985 (aged 24) 37 América
14 4FW Javier Hernández 1 June 1988 (aged 22) 12 Guadalajara
15 2DF Héctor Moreno 17 January 1988 (aged 22) 10 AZ
16 2DF Efraín Juárez 22 February 1988 (aged 22) 19 UNAM
17 4FW Giovani dos Santos 11 May 1989 (aged 21) 26 Galatasaray
18 3MF Andrés Guardado 28 September 1986 (aged 23) 56 Deportivo La Coruña
19 2DF Jonny Magallón 21 November 1981 (aged 28) 52 Guadalajara
20 2DF Jorge Torres Nilo 16 January 1988 (aged 22) 8 Atlas
21 4FW Adolfo Bautista 15 May 1979 (aged 31) 37 Guadalajara
22 3MF Alberto Medina 29 May 1983 (aged 27) 56 Guadalajara
23 1GK Luis Ernesto Michel 21 July 1979 (aged 30) 4 Guadalajara

Uruguay

Coach: Oscar Tabárez

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Fernando Muslera 16 June 1986 (aged 23) 6 Lazio
2 2DF Diego Lugano (c) 2 November 1980 (aged 29) 42 Fenerbahçe
3 2DF Diego Godín 16 February 1986 (aged 24) 38 Villarreal
4 2DF Jorge Fucile 19 November 1984 (aged 25) 24 Porto
5 3MF Walter Gargano 23 July 1984 (aged 25) 28 Napoli
6 2DF Mauricio Victorino 11 October 1982 (aged 27) 4 Universidad de Chile
7 4FW Edinson Cavani 14 February 1987 (aged 23) 14 Palermo
8 3MF Sebastián Eguren 8 January 1981 (aged 29) 27 AIK
9 4FW Luis Suárez 24 January 1987 (aged 23) 30 Ajax
10 4FW Diego Forlán 19 May 1979 (aged 31) 62 Atlético Madrid
11 3MF Álvaro Pereira 28 November 1985 (aged 24) 15 Porto
12 1GK Juan Castillo 17 April 1978 (aged 32) 11 Deportivo Cali
13 4FW Sebastián Abreu 17 October 1976 (aged 33) 56 Botafogo
14 3MF Nicolás Lodeiro 21 March 1989 (aged 21) 4 Ajax
15 3MF Diego Pérez 18 May 1980 (aged 30) 50 AS Monaco
16 2DF Maxi Pereira 8 June 1984 (aged 26) 37 Benfica
17 3MF Egidio Arévalo Ríos 1 January 1982 (aged 28) 6 Peñarol
18 3MF Ignacio González 14 May 1982 (aged 28) 17 Valencia
19 2DF Andrés Scotti 14 December 1974 (aged 35) 26 Colo-Colo
20 3MF Álvaro Fernández 11 October 1985 (aged 24) 7 Universidad de Chile
21 4FW Sebastián Fernández 23 May 1985 (aged 25) 6 Banfield
22 2DF Martín Cáceres 7 April 1987 (aged 23) 19 Juventus
23 1GK Martín Silva 25 March 1983 (aged 27) 1 Defensor Sporting

France

Coach: Raymond Domenech

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Hugo Lloris 26 December 1986 (aged 23) 11 Lyon
2 2DF Bacary Sagna 14 February 1983 (aged 27) 20 Arsenal
3 2DF Éric Abidal 11 September 1979 (aged 30) 54 Barcelona
4 2DF Anthony Réveillère 10 November 1979 (aged 30) 6 Lyon
5 2DF William Gallas 17 August 1977 (aged 32) 81 Arsenal
6 2DF Marc Planus 3 July 1982 (aged 27) 1 Bordeaux
7 3MF Franck Ribéry 7 April 1983 (aged 27) 45 Bayern Munich
8 3MF Yoann Gourcuff 11 July 1986 (aged 23) 20 Bordeaux
9 4FW Djibril Cissé 12 August 1981 (aged 28) 39 Panathinaikos
10 4FW Sidney Govou 27 July 1979 (aged 30) 46 Lyon
11 4FW André-Pierre Gignac 5 December 1985 (aged 24) 13 Toulouse
12 4FW Thierry Henry 17 August 1977 (aged 32) 121 Barcelona
13 2DF Patrice Evra (c) 15 May 1981 (aged 29) 30 Manchester United
14 3MF Jérémy Toulalan 10 September 1983 (aged 26) 34 Lyon
15 3MF Florent Malouda 13 June 1980 (aged 29) 54 Chelsea
16 1GK Steve Mandanda 28 March 1985 (aged 25) 13 Marseille
17 2DF Sébastien Squillaci 11 August 1980 (aged 29) 20 Sevilla
18 3MF Alou Diarra 15 July 1981 (aged 28) 25 Bordeaux
19 3MF Abou Diaby 11 May 1986 (aged 24) 5 Arsenal
20 3MF Mathieu Valbuena 28 September 1984 (aged 25) 2 Marseille
21 4FW Nicolas Anelka 14 March 1979 (aged 31) 67 Chelsea
22 2DF Gaël Clichy 26 July 1985 (aged 24) 4 Arsenal
23 1GK Cédric Carrasso 30 December 1981 (aged 28) 0 Bordeaux

Group B

Argentina

Coach: Diego Maradona

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Diego Pozo 16 February 1978 (aged 32) 3 Colón
2 2DF Martín Demichelis 20 December 1980 (aged 29) 25 Bayern Munich
3 2DF Clemente Rodríguez 31 July 1981 (aged 28) 11 Estudiantes
4 2DF Nicolás Burdisso 12 April 1981 (aged 29) 28 Roma
5 3MF Mario Bolatti 17 February 1985 (aged 25) 4 Fiorentina
6 2DF Gabriel Heinze 19 April 1978 (aged 32) 63 Marseille
7 3MF Ángel di María 14 February 1988 (aged 22) 7 Benfica
8 3MF Juan Sebastián Verón 9 March 1975 (aged 35) 69 Estudiantes
9 4FW Gonzalo Higuaín 10 December 1987 (aged 22) 4 Real Madrid
10 4FW Lionel Messi 24 June 1987 (aged 22) 44 Barcelona
11 4FW Carlos Tévez 5 February 1984 (aged 26) 51 Manchester City
12 2DF Ariel Garcé 14 July 1979 (aged 30) 3 Colón
13 2DF Walter Samuel 23 March 1978 (aged 32) 54 Internazionale
14 3MF Javier Mascherano (c) 8 June 1984 (aged 26) 56 Liverpool
15 2DF Nicolás Otamendi 12 February 1988 (aged 22) 6 Vélez Sársfield
16 4FW Sergio Agüero 2 June 1988 (aged 22) 20 Atlético Madrid
17 3MF Jonás Gutiérrez 5 July 1983 (aged 26) 15 Newcastle United
18 4FW Martín Palermo 7 November 1973 (aged 36) 13 Boca Juniors
19 4FW Diego Milito 12 June 1979 (aged 30) 20 Internazionale
20 3MF Maxi Rodríguez 2 January 1981 (aged 29) 35 Liverpool
21 1GK Mariano Andújar 30 July 1983 (aged 26) 4 Catania
22 1GK Sergio Romero 22 February 1987 (aged 23) 5 AZ
23 3MF Javier Pastore 20 June 1989 (aged 20) 0 Palermo

Nigeria

Coach: Lars Lagerbäck

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Vincent Enyeama 29 August 1982 (aged 27) 51 Hapoel Tel Aviv
2 2DF Joseph Yobo (c) 6 September 1980 (aged 29) 64 Everton
3 2DF Taye Taiwo 16 April 1985 (aged 25) 35 Marseille
4 4FW Nwankwo Kanu 1 August 1976 (aged 33) 72 Portsmouth
5 2DF Rabiu Afolabi 18 April 1980 (aged 30) 12 Red Bull Salzburg
6 2DF Danny Shittu 2 September 1980 (aged 29) 23 Bolton Wanderers
7 4FW John Utaka 8 January 1982 (aged 28) 41 Portsmouth
8 4FW Yakubu Aiyegbeni 22 November 1982 (aged 27) 47 Everton
9 4FW Obafemi Martins 28 October 1984 (aged 25) 27 VfL Wolfsburg
10 4FW Ideye Brown[3] 10 October 1988 (aged 21) 0 Sochaux
11 4FW Peter Odemwingie 15 July 1981 (aged 28) 43 Lokomotiv Moscow
12 4FW Kalu Uche 15 November 1982 (aged 27) 18 Almería
13 3MF Ayila Yussuf 4 November 1984 (aged 25) 24 Dynamo Kyiv
14 3MF Sani Kaita 2 May 1986 (aged 24) 16 Alania Vladikavkaz
15 3MF Lukman Haruna 12 April 1990 (aged 20) 5 AS Monaco
16 1GK Austin Ejide 8 April 1984 (aged 26) 16 Hapoel Petah Tikva
17 2DF Chidi Odiah 17 December 1983 (aged 26) 21 CSKA Moscow
18 4FW Victor Obinna 25 March 1987 (aged 23) 30 Málaga
19 4FW Chinedu Obasi 1 June 1986 (aged 24) 17 1899 Hoffenheim
20 3MF Dickson Etuhu 8 June 1982 (aged 28) 11 Fulham
21 2DF Uwa Echiéjilé 20 January 1988 (aged 22) 9 Rennes
22 2DF Dele Adeleye 25 December 1988 (aged 21) 5 Sparta Rotterdam
23 1GK Dele Aiyenugba 20 November 1983 (aged 26) 9 Bnei Yehuda

Korea Republic

Coach: Huh Jung-Moo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Lee Woon-Jae 26 April 1973 (aged 37) 130 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
2 2DF Oh Beom-Seok 29 July 1984 (aged 25) 37 Ulsan Hyundai
3 2DF Kim Hyung-Il 27 April 1984 (aged 26) 2 Pohang Steelers
4 2DF Cho Yong-Hyung 3 November 1983 (aged 26) 31 Jeju United
5 3MF Kim Nam-Il 14 March 1977 (aged 33) 92 Tom Tomsk
6 3MF Kim Bo-Kyung 6 October 1989 (aged 20) 6 Oita Trinita
7 3MF Park Ji-Sung (c) 25 February 1981 (aged 29) 88 Manchester United
8 3MF Kim Jung-Woo 9 May 1982 (aged 28) 54 Gwangju Sangmu
9 4FW Ahn Jung-Hwan 27 January 1976 (aged 34) 70 Dalian Shide
10 4FW Park Chu-Young 10 July 1985 (aged 24) 40 AS Monaco
11 4FW Lee Seung-Yeoul 6 March 1989 (aged 21) 8 FC Seoul
12 2DF Lee Young-Pyo 23 April 1977 (aged 33) 112 Al-Hilal
13 3MF Kim Jae-Sung 3 October 1983 (aged 26) 7 Pohang Steelers
14 2DF Lee Jung-Soo 8 January 1980 (aged 30) 24 Kashima Antlers
15 2DF Kim Dong-Jin 29 January 1982 (aged 28) 61 Ulsan Hyundai
16 3MF Ki Sung-Yong 24 January 1989 (aged 21) 21 Celtic
17 3MF Lee Chung-Yong 2 July 1988 (aged 21) 23 Bolton Wanderers
18 1GK Jung Sung-Ryong 4 January 1985 (aged 25) 15 Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma
19 4FW Yeom Ki-Hun 30 March 1983 (aged 27) 33 Suwon Samsung Bluewings
20 4FW Lee Dong-Gook 29 April 1979 (aged 31) 83 Jeonbuk Motors
21 1GK Kim Young-Kwang 28 June 1983 (aged 26) 14 Ulsan Hyundai
22 2DF Cha Du-Ri 25 July 1980 (aged 29) 46 SC Freiburg
23 2DF Kang Min-Soo 14 February 1986 (aged 24) 31 Suwon Samsung Bluewings

Greece

Coach: Otto Rehhagel

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Kostas Chalkias 30 May 1974 (aged 36) 27 PAOK
2 2DF Giourkas Seitaridis 4 June 1981 (aged 29) 67 Panathinaikos
3 2DF Christos Patsatzoglou 19 March 1979 (aged 31) 41 Omonia
4 2DF Nikos Spiropoulos 10 October 1983 (aged 26) 17 Panathinaikos
5 2DF Vangelis Moras 18 August 1981 (aged 28) 10 Bologna
6 3MF Alexandros Tziolis 13 February 1985 (aged 25) 17 Siena
7 4FW Georgios Samaras 21 February 1985 (aged 25) 32 Celtic
8 2DF Avraam Papadopoulos 3 January 1984 (aged 26) 12 Olympiakos
9 4FW Angelos Charisteas 9 February 1980 (aged 30) 82 1. FC Nuremberg
10 3MF Giorgos Karagounis (c) 6 March 1977 (aged 33) 91 Panathinaikos
11 2DF Loukas Vyntra 5 February 1981 (aged 29) 27 Panathinaikos
12 1GK Alexandros Tzorvas 12 August 1982 (aged 27) 6 Panathinaikos
13 1GK Michalis Sifakis 9 September 1984 (aged 25) 1 Aris
14 4FW Dimitris Salpigidis 18 August 1981 (aged 28) 34 Panathinaikos
15 2DF Vasilis Torosidis 10 June 1985 (aged 25) 25 Olympiakos
16 2DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos 23 July 1979 (aged 30) 56 Liverpool
17 4FW Theofanis Gekas 23 May 1980 (aged 30) 46 Hertha BSC
18 3MF Sotiris Ninis 3 April 1990 (aged 20) 3 Panathinaikos
19 2DF Sokratis Papastathopoulos 9 June 1988 (aged 22) 10 Genoa
20 4FW Pantelis Kapetanos 8 June 1983 (aged 27) 3 Steaua Bucureşti
21 3MF Kostas Katsouranis 21 June 1979 (aged 30) 67 Panathinaikos
22 2DF Stelios Malezas 11 March 1985 (aged 25) 0 PAOK
23 3MF Sakis Prittas 9 January 1979 (aged 31) 0 Aris

Group C

England

Coach: Fabio Capello

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK David James 1 August 1970 (aged 39) 50 Portsmouth
2 2DF Glen Johnson 23 August 1984 (aged 25) 22 Liverpool
3 2DF Ashley Cole 20 December 1980 (aged 29) 78 Chelsea
4 3MF Steven Gerrard (c) 30 May 1980 (aged 30) 80 Liverpool
5 2DF Michael Dawson[4] 18 November 1983 (aged 26) 0 Tottenham Hotspur
6 2DF John Terry 7 December 1980 (aged 29) 60 Chelsea
7 3MF Aaron Lennon 16 April 1987 (aged 23) 17 Tottenham Hotspur
8 3MF Frank Lampard 20 June 1978 (aged 31) 78 Chelsea
9 4FW Peter Crouch 30 January 1981 (aged 29) 38 Tottenham Hotspur
10 4FW Wayne Rooney 24 October 1985 (aged 24) 60 Manchester United
11 3MF Joe Cole 8 November 1981 (aged 28) 54 Chelsea
12 1GK Robert Green 18 January 1980 (aged 30) 10 West Ham United
13 2DF Stephen Warnock 12 December 1981 (aged 28) 1 Aston Villa
14 3MF Gareth Barry 23 February 1981 (aged 29) 36 Manchester City
15 2DF Matthew Upson 18 April 1979 (aged 31) 19 West Ham United
16 3MF James Milner 4 January 1986 (aged 24) 8 Aston Villa
17 3MF Shaun Wright-Phillips 25 October 1981 (aged 28) 31 Manchester City
18 2DF Jamie Carragher 28 January 1978 (aged 32) 36 Liverpool
19 4FW Jermain Defoe 7 October 1982 (aged 27) 39 Tottenham Hotspur
20 2DF Ledley King 12 October 1980 (aged 29) 20 Tottenham Hotspur
21 4FW Emile Heskey 11 January 1978 (aged 32) 58 Aston Villa
22 3MF Michael Carrick 28 July 1981 (aged 28) 22 Manchester United
23 1GK Joe Hart 19 April 1987 (aged 23) 3 Birmingham City

United States

Coach: Bob Bradley

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Tim Howard 6 March 1979 (aged 31) 51 Everton
2 2DF Jonathan Spector 1 March 1986 (aged 24) 25 West Ham United
3 2DF Carlos Bocanegra (c) 25 May 1979 (aged 31) 79 Rennes
4 3MF Michael Bradley 31 July 1987 (aged 22) 43 Borussia Mönchengladbach
5 2DF Oguchi Onyewu 13 May 1982 (aged 28) 54 Milan
6 2DF Steve Cherundolo 19 February 1979 (aged 31) 60 Hannover 96
7 3MF DaMarcus Beasley 24 May 1982 (aged 28) 92 Rangers
8 3MF Clint Dempsey 9 March 1983 (aged 27) 62 Fulham
9 4FW Herculez Gomez 6 April 1982 (aged 28) 4 Puebla
10 3MF Landon Donovan 4 March 1982 (aged 28) 123 Los Angeles Galaxy
11 3MF Stuart Holden 1 August 1985 (aged 24) 14 Bolton Wanderers
12 2DF Jonathan Bornstein 7 November 1984 (aged 25) 32 Chivas USA
13 3MF Ricardo Clark 10 March 1983 (aged 27) 29 Eintracht Frankfurt
14 4FW Edson Buddle 21 May 1981 (aged 29) 3 Los Angeles Galaxy
15 2DF Jay DeMerit 4 December 1979 (aged 30) 19 Watford
16 3MF José Francisco Torres 29 October 1987 (aged 22) 10 Pachuca
17 4FW Jozy Altidore 6 November 1989 (aged 20) 25 Hull City
18 1GK Brad Guzan 9 September 1984 (aged 25) 16 Aston Villa
19 3MF Maurice Edu 18 April 1986 (aged 24) 13 Rangers
20 4FW Robbie Findley 4 August 1985 (aged 24) 6 Real Salt Lake
21 2DF Clarence Goodson 17 May 1982 (aged 28) 14 Start
22 3MF Benny Feilhaber 19 January 1985 (aged 25) 32 AGF
23 1GK Marcus Hahnemann 15 June 1972 (aged 37) 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Algeria

Coach: Rabah Saâdane

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Lounès Gaouaoui 28 September 1977 (aged 32) 48 ASO Chlef
2 2DF Madjid Bougherra 7 October 1982 (aged 27) 40 Rangers
3 2DF Nadir Belhadj 18 June 1982 (aged 27) 44 Portsmouth
4 2DF Antar Yahia (c) 21 March 1982 (aged 28) 43 VfL Bochum
5 2DF Rafik Halliche 2 September 1986 (aged 23) 15 Nacional
6 3MF Yazid Mansouri 25 February 1978 (aged 32) 66 Lorient
7 3MF Ryad Boudebouz 19 February 1990 (aged 20) 1 Sochaux
8 3MF Medhi Lacen 5 March 1984 (aged 25) 2 Racing Santander
9 4FW Abdelkader Ghezzal 5 December 1984 (aged 25) 18 Siena
10 4FW Rafik Saïfi 7 February 1975 (aged 35) 59 Istres
11 4FW Rafik Djebbour 8 March 1984 (aged 26) 15 AEK
12 2DF Habib Bellaïd 28 March 1986 (aged 24) 1 Eintracht Frankfurt
13 4FW Karim Matmour 25 June 1984 (aged 25) 21 Borussia Mönchengladbach
14 2DF Abdelkader Laïfaoui 29 July 1981 (aged 28) 6 ES Sétif
15 3MF Karim Ziani 17 August 1982 (aged 27) 54 VfL Wolfsburg
16 1GK Faouzi Chaouchi 5 December 1984 (aged 25) 9 ES Sétif
17 3MF Adlène Guedioura 12 November 1985 (aged 24) 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers
18 2DF Carl Medjani 15 May 1985 (aged 25) 0 Ajaccio
19 3MF Hassan Yebda 14 April 1984 (aged 26) 9 Portsmouth
20 2DF Djamel Mesbah 9 October 1984 (aged 25) 1 Lecce
21 3MF Foued Kadir 5 December 1983 (aged 26) 1 Valenciennes
22 3MF Djamel Abdoun 14 February 1986 (aged 24) 6 Nantes
23 1GK Raïs M'Bohli 25 April 1986 (aged 24) 1 Slavia Sofia

Slovenia

Coach: Matjaž Kek

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Samir Handanović 14 July 1984 (aged 25) 38 Udinese
2 2DF Mišo Brečko 1 May 1984 (aged 26) 30 1. FC Köln
3 2DF Elvedin Džinić 25 August 1985 (aged 24) 0 Maribor
4 2DF Marko Šuler 9 March 1983 (aged 27) 16 Gent
5 2DF Boštjan Cesar 9 July 1982 (aged 27) 41 Grenoble
6 2DF Branko Ilič 6 February 1983 (aged 27) 36 Lokomotiv Moscow
7 4FW Nejc Pečnik 3 January 1986 (aged 24) 7 Nacional
8 3MF Robert Koren (c) 20 September 1980 (aged 29) 45 West Bromwich Albion
9 4FW Zlatan Ljubijankič 15 December 1983 (aged 26) 16 Gent
10 4FW Valter Birsa 7 August 1986 (aged 23) 33 Auxerre
11 4FW Milivoje Novakovič 18 May 1979 (aged 31) 37 1. FC Köln
12 1GK Jasmin Handanovič 28 January 1978 (aged 32) 3 Mantova
13 2DF Bojan Jokić 17 May 1986 (aged 24) 33 Chievo
14 4FW Zlatko Dedič 10 May 1984 (aged 26) 23 VfL Bochum
15 3MF Rene Krhin 21 May 1990 (aged 20) 3 Internazionale
16 1GK Aleksander Šeliga 1 February 1980 (aged 30) 1 Sparta Rotterdam
17 3MF Andraž Kirm 6 September 1984 (aged 25) 25 Wisła Kraków
18 3MF Aleksandar Radosavljevič 25 April 1979 (aged 31) 14 Larissa
19 2DF Suad Filekovič 16 September 1978 (aged 31) 14 Maribor
20 3MF Andrej Komac 4 December 1979 (aged 30) 40 Maccabi Tel Aviv
21 3MF Dalibor Stevanovič 27 September 1984 (aged 25) 15 Vitesse
22 2DF Matej Mavrič 29 January 1979 (aged 31) 32 TuS Koblenz
23 4FW Tim Matavž 13 January 1989 (aged 21) 0 Groningen

Group D

Germany

Coach: Joachim Löw

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Manuel Neuer 27 March 1986 (aged 24) 5 Schalke 04
2 2DF Marcell Jansen 4 November 1985 (aged 24) 31 Hamburger SV
3 2DF Arne Friedrich 29 May 1979 (aged 31) 72 Hertha BSC
4 2DF Dennis Aogo 14 January 1987 (aged 23) 2 Hamburger SV
5 2DF Serdar Tasci 24 April 1987 (aged 23) 12 VfB Stuttgart
6 3MF Sami Khedira 4 April 1987 (aged 23) 5 VfB Stuttgart
7 3MF Bastian Schweinsteiger 1 August 1984 (aged 25) 74 Bayern Munich
8 3MF Mesut Özil 15 October 1988 (aged 21) 10 Werder Bremen
9 4FW Stefan Kießling 25 January 1984 (aged 26) 4 Bayer Leverkusen
10 4FW Lukas Podolski 4 June 1985 (aged 25) 73 1. FC Köln
11 4FW Miroslav Klose 9 June 1978 (aged 32) 96 Bayern Munich
12 1GK Tim Wiese 17 December 1981 (aged 28) 2 Werder Bremen
13 4FW Thomas Müller 13 September 1989 (aged 20) 2 Bayern Munich
14 2DF Holger Badstuber 13 March 1989 (aged 21) 2 Bayern Munich
15 3MF Piotr Trochowski 22 March 1984 (aged 26) 31 Hamburger SV
16 2DF Philipp Lahm (c) 11 November 1983 (aged 26) 65 Bayern Munich
17 2DF Per Mertesacker 29 September 1984 (aged 25) 62 Werder Bremen
18 3MF Toni Kroos 4 January 1990 (aged 20) 4 Bayer Leverkusen
19 4FW Cacau 27 March 1981 (aged 29) 8 VfB Stuttgart
20 2DF Jérôme Boateng 3 September 1988 (aged 21) 5 Hamburger SV
21 3MF Marko Marin 13 March 1989 (aged 21) 9 Werder Bremen
22 1GK Hans-Jörg Butt 28 May 1974 (aged 36) 3 Bayern Munich
23 4FW Mario Gómez 10 July 1985 (aged 24) 34 Bayern Munich

Australia

Coach: Pim Verbeek

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Mark Schwarzer 6 October 1972 (aged 37) 75 Fulham
2 2DF Lucas Neill (c) 9 March 1978 (aged 32) 56 Galatasaray
3 2DF Craig Moore 12 December 1975 (aged 34) 50 Unattached
4 3MF Tim Cahill 6 December 1979 (aged 30) 40 Everton
5 3MF Jason Culina 5 August 1980 (aged 29) 49 Gold Coast United
6 2DF Michael Beauchamp 8 March 1981 (aged 29) 21 Al-Jazira
7 3MF Brett Emerton 22 February 1979 (aged 31) 72 Blackburn Rovers
8 2DF Luke Wilkshire 1 October 1981 (aged 28) 42 Dynamo Moscow
9 4FW Joshua Kennedy 20 August 1982 (aged 27) 19 Nagoya Grampus
10 4FW Harry Kewell 22 September 1978 (aged 31) 45 Galatasaray
11 2DF Scott Chipperfield 30 December 1975 (aged 34) 65 Basel
12 1GK Adam Federici 31 January 1985 (aged 25) 1 Reading
13 3MF Vince Grella 5 October 1979 (aged 30) 45 Blackburn Rovers
14 4FW Brett Holman 27 March 1984 (aged 26) 31 AZ
15 3MF Mile Jedinak 3 August 1984 (aged 25) 11 Antalyaspor
16 3MF Carl Valeri 14 August 1984 (aged 25) 22 Sassuolo
17 4FW Nikita Rukavytsya 22 June 1987 (aged 22) 3 Roeselare
18 1GK Eugene Galeković[5] 12 June 1981 (aged 28) 4 Adelaide United
19 3MF Richard Garcia 4 September 1981 (aged 28) 7 Hull City
20 2DF Mark Milligan 4 September 1985 (aged 24) 10 JEF United
21 2DF David Carney 3 November 1983 (aged 26) 25 Twente
22 3MF Dario Vidošić 12 April 1987 (aged 23) 7 MSV Duisburg
23 3MF Mark Bresciano 11 February 1980 (aged 30) 55 Palermo

Serbia

Coach: Radomir Antić

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Vladimir Stojković 29 July 1983 (aged 26) 33 Wigan Athletic
2 2DF Antonio Rukavina 26 January 1984 (aged 26) 20 1860 Munich
3 2DF Aleksandar Kolarov 10 November 1985 (aged 24) 13 Lazio
4 3MF Gojko Kačar 26 January 1987 (aged 23) 17 Hertha BSC
5 2DF Nemanja Vidić 21 October 1981 (aged 28) 45 Manchester United
6 2DF Branislav Ivanović 22 February 1984 (aged 26) 31 Chelsea
7 3MF Zoran Tošić 28 April 1987 (aged 23) 21 1. FC Köln
8 4FW Danko Lazović 17 May 1983 (aged 27) 37 Zenit Saint Petersburg
9 4FW Marko Pantelić 15 September 1978 (aged 31) 32 Ajax
10 3MF Dejan Stanković (c) 11 September 1978 (aged 31) 88 Internazionale
11 3MF Nenad Milijaš 30 April 1983 (aged 27) 17 Wolverhampton Wanderers
12 1GK Bojan Isailović 25 March 1980 (aged 30) 4 Zagłębie Lubin
13 2DF Aleksandar Luković 23 October 1982 (aged 27) 21 Udinese
14 3MF Milan Jovanović 18 April 1981 (aged 29) 26 Standard Liège
15 4FW Nikola Žigić 25 September 1980 (aged 29) 45 Valencia
16 2DF Ivan Obradović 25 July 1988 (aged 21) 12 Real Zaragoza
17 3MF Miloš Krasić 1 November 1984 (aged 25) 31 CSKA Moscow
18 3MF Miloš Ninković 25 December 1984 (aged 25) 9 Dynamo Kyiv
19 3MF Radosav Petrović 8 March 1989 (aged 21) 9 Partizan
20 2DF Neven Subotić 10 December 1988 (aged 21) 13 Borussia Dortmund
21 4FW Dragan Mrđa 23 January 1984 (aged 26) 6 Vojvodina
22 3MF Zdravko Kuzmanović 22 September 1987 (aged 22) 27 VfB Stuttgart
23 1GK Anđelko Đuričić 21 November 1980 (aged 29) 1 União Leiria

Ghana

Coach: Milovan Rajevac

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Daniel Adjei 10 November 1989 (aged 20) 2 Liberty Professionals
2 2DF Hans Sarpei 28 June 1976 (aged 33) 23 Bayer Leverkusen
3 4FW Asamoah Gyan 22 November 1985 (aged 24) 32 Rennes
4 2DF John Paintsil 15 June 1981 (aged 28) 65 Fulham
5 2DF John Mensah (c) 29 November 1982 (aged 27) 58 Sunderland
6 3MF Anthony Annan 21 July 1986 (aged 23) 38 Rosenborg
7 2DF Samuel Inkoom 22 August 1989 (aged 20) 15 Basel
8 2DF Jonathan Mensah 13 July 1990 (aged 19) 3 Granada
9 3MF Derek Boateng 2 April 1983 (aged 27) 19 Getafe
10 3MF Stephen Appiah 24 December 1980 (aged 29) 56 Bologna
11 3MF Sulley Muntari 27 August 1984 (aged 25) 52 Internazionale
12 4FW Prince Tagoe 9 November 1986 (aged 23) 17 1899 Hoffenheim
13 3MF André Ayew 17 December 1989 (aged 20) 15 Arles-Avignon
14 4FW Matthew Amoah 24 October 1980 (aged 29) 31 NAC
15 2DF Isaac Vorsah 21 June 1988 (aged 21) 6 1899 Hoffenheim
16 1GK Stephen Ahorlu 10 May 1989 (aged 21) 0 Heart of Lions
17 2DF Abdul Rahim Ayew 16 April 1988 (aged 22) 6 Zamalek
18 4FW Dominic Adiyiah 29 November 1989 (aged 20) 4 Milan
19 2DF Lee Addy 26 September 1985 (aged 24) 3 Bechem Chelsea
20 3MF Quincy Owusu-Abeyie 15 April 1986 (aged 24) 12 Al-Sadd
21 3MF Kwadwo Asamoah 9 September 1988 (aged 22) 29 Udinese
22 1GK Richard Kingson 13 June 1978 (aged 31) 58 Wigan Athletic
23 3MF Kevin-Prince Boateng 6 March 1987 (aged 23) 0 Portsmouth

Group E

Netherlands

Coach: Bert van Marwijk

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Maarten Stekelenburg 22 September 1982 (aged 27) 25 Ajax
2 2DF Gregory van der Wiel 3 February 1988 (aged 22) 8 Ajax
3 2DF John Heitinga 15 November 1983 (aged 26) 51 Everton
4 2DF Joris Mathijsen 5 April 1980 (aged 30) 53 Hamburger SV
5 2DF Giovanni van Bronckhorst (c) 5 February 1975 (aged 35) 97 Feyenoord
6 3MF Mark van Bommel 22 April 1977 (aged 33) 54 Bayern Munich
7 4FW Dirk Kuyt 22 July 1980 (aged 29) 60 Liverpool
8 3MF Nigel de Jong 30 November 1984 (aged 25) 40 Manchester City
9 4FW Robin van Persie 6 August 1983 (aged 26) 41 Arsenal
10 3MF Wesley Sneijder 9 June 1984 (aged 26) 59 Internazionale
11 4FW Arjen Robben 23 January 1984 (aged 26) 46 Bayern Munich
12 2DF Khalid Boulahrouz 28 December 1981 (aged 28) 28 VfB Stuttgart
13 2DF André Ooijer 11 July 1974 (aged 35) 53 PSV Eindhoven
14 3MF Demy de Zeeuw 26 May 1983 (aged 27) 23 Ajax
15 2DF Edson Braafheid 8 April 1983 (aged 27) 5 Celtic
16 1GK Michel Vorm 20 October 1983 (aged 26) 3 Utrecht
17 4FW Eljero Elia 13 February 1987 (aged 23) 5 Hamburger SV
18 3MF Stijn Schaars 11 January 1984 (aged 26) 11 AZ
19 4FW Ryan Babel 19 December 1986 (aged 23) 38 Liverpool
20 3MF Ibrahim Afellay 2 April 1986 (aged 24) 20 PSV Eindhoven
21 4FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 12 August 1983 (aged 26) 30 Milan
22 1GK Sander Boschker 20 October 1970 (aged 39) 1[6] Twente
23 3MF Rafael van der Vaart 11 February 1983 (aged 27) 75 Real Madrid

Denmark

Coach: Morten Olsen

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Thomas Sørensen 12 June 1976 (aged 33) 86 Stoke City
2 3MF Christian Poulsen 28 February 1980 (aged 30) 72 Juventus
3 2DF Simon Kjær 26 March 1989 (aged 21) 9 Palermo
4 2DF Daniel Agger 12 December 1984 (aged 25) 30 Liverpool
5 2DF William Kvist 24 February 1985 (aged 25) 13 København
6 2DF Lars Jacobsen 20 September 1979 (aged 30) 29 Blackburn Rovers
7 3MF Daniel Jensen 25 June 1979 (aged 30) 47 Werder Bremen
8 3MF Jesper Grønkjær 12 August 1977 (aged 32) 76 København
9 4FW Jon Dahl Tomasson (c) 29 August 1976 (aged 33) 108 Feyenoord
10 3MF Martin Jørgensen 6 October 1975 (aged 34) 94 AGF
11 4FW Nicklas Bendtner 16 January 1988 (aged 22) 32 Arsenal
12 3MF Thomas Kahlenberg 20 March 1983 (aged 27) 30 VfL Wolfsburg
13 2DF Per Krøldrup 31 July 1979 (aged 30) 28 Fiorentina
14 3MF Jakob Poulsen 7 July 1983 (aged 26) 11 AGF
15 2DF Simon Poulsen 7 October 1984 (aged 25) 4 AZ
16 1GK Stephan Andersen 26 November 1981 (aged 28) 5 Brøndby
17 3MF Mikkel Beckmann 24 October 1983 (aged 26) 3 Randers
18 4FW Søren Larsen 6 September 1981 (aged 28) 17 MSV Duisburg
19 3MF Dennis Rommedahl 22 July 1978 (aged 31) 94 Ajax
20 3MF Thomas Enevoldsen 27 July 1987 (aged 22) 4 Groningen
21 3MF Christian Eriksen 14 February 1992 (aged 18) 2 Ajax
22 1GK Jesper Christiansen 24 April 1978 (aged 32) 11 København
23 2DF Patrick Mtiliga 28 January 1981 (aged 29) 2 Málaga

Japan

Coach: Takeshi Okada

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Seigo Narazaki 15 April 1976 (aged 34) 76 Nagoya Grampus
2 3MF Yuki Abe 6 September 1981 (aged 28) 45 Urawa Red Diamonds
3 2DF Yūichi Komano 25 July 1981 (aged 28) 53 Júbilo Iwata
4 2DF Marcus Tulio Tanaka 24 April 1981 (aged 29) 39 Nagoya Grampus
5 2DF Yuto Nagatomo 12 September 1986 (aged 23) 26 FC Tokyo
6 2DF Atsuto Uchida 27 March 1988 (aged 22) 31 Kashima Antlers
7 3MF Yasuhito Endō 28 January 1980 (aged 30) 94 Gamba Osaka
8 3MF Daisuke Matsui 11 May 1981 (aged 29) 23 Grenoble
9 4FW Shinji Okazaki 16 April 1986 (aged 24) 28 Shimizu S-Pulse
10 3MF Shunsuke Nakamura 24 June 1978 (aged 31) 97 Yokohama F. Marinos
11 4FW Keiji Tamada 11 April 1980 (aged 30) 70 Nagoya Grampus
12 4FW Kisho Yano 5 April 1984 (aged 26) 18 Albirex Niigata
13 2DF Daiki Iwamasa 30 January 1982 (aged 28) 2 Kashima Antlers
14 3MF Kengo Nakamura 31 October 1980 (aged 29) 47 Kawasaki Frontale
15 2DF Yasuyuki Konno 25 January 1983 (aged 27) 37 FC Tokyo
16 4FW Yoshito Ōkubo 9 June 1982 (aged 28) 49 Vissel Kobe
17 3MF Makoto Hasebe (c) 18 January 1984 (aged 26) 31 VfL Wolfsburg
18 3MF Keisuke Honda 13 June 1986 (aged 23) 15 CSKA Moscow
19 4FW Takayuki Morimoto 7 May 1988 (aged 22) 6 Catania
20 3MF Junichi Inamoto 18 September 1979 (aged 30) 80 Kawasaki Frontale
21 1GK Eiji Kawashima 20 March 1983 (aged 27) 10 Kawasaki Frontale
22 2DF Yuji Nakazawa 15 February 1978 (aged 32) 105 Yokohama F. Marinos
23 1GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 15 August 1975 (aged 34) 116 Júbilo Iwata

Cameroon

Coach: Paul Le Guen

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Carlos Kameni 18 February 1984 (aged 26) 58 Espanyol
2 2DF Benoît Assou-Ekotto 24 March 1984 (aged 26) 4 Tottenham Hotspur
3 2DF Nicolas N'Koulou 27 March 1990 (aged 20) 6 AS Monaco
4 2DF Rigobert Song 1 July 1976 (aged 33) 133 Trabzonspor
5 2DF Sébastien Bassong 9 July 1986 (aged 23) 3 Tottenham Hotspur
6 3MF Alex Song 9 September 1987 (aged 22) 20 Arsenal
7 3MF Landry N'Guémo 28 November 1985 (aged 24) 17 Celtic
8 2DF Geremi 20 December 1978 (aged 31) 109 Ankaragücü
9 4FW Samuel Eto'o (c) 10 March 1981 (aged 29) 92 Internazionale
10 3MF Achille Emana 5 June 1982 (aged 28) 32 Real Betis
11 3MF Jean Makoun 29 May 1983 (aged 27) 46 Lyon
12 2DF Gaëtan Bong 25 April 1988 (aged 22) 0 Valenciennes
13 4FW Eric Choupo-Moting 23 March 1989 (aged 21) 0 1. FC Nuremberg
14 2DF Aurélien Chedjou 20 June 1985 (aged 24) 8 Lille
15 4FW Pierre Webó 20 January 1982 (aged 28) 39 Mallorca
16 1GK Souleymanou Hamidou 22 November 1973 (aged 36) 40 Kayserispor
17 4FW Mohammadou Idrissou 8 March 1980 (aged 30) 28 SC Freiburg
18 3MF Eyong Enoh 23 March 1986 (aged 24) 12 Ajax
19 2DF Stéphane Mbia 20 May 1986 (aged 24) 29 Marseille
20 3MF Georges Mandjeck 9 December 1988 (aged 21) 4 1. FC Kaiserslautern
21 3MF Joël Matip 8 August 1991 (aged 18) 1 Schalke 04
22 1GK Guy N'dy Assembé 28 February 1986 (aged 24) 0 Valenciennes
23 4FW Vincent Aboubakar 22 January 1992 (aged 18) 0 Cotonsport Garoua

Group F

Italy

Coach: Marcello Lippi

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Gianluigi Buffon 28 January 1978 (aged 32) 101 Juventus
2 2DF Christian Maggio 11 February 1982 (aged 28) 5 Napoli
3 2DF Domenico Criscito 30 December 1986 (aged 23) 7 Genoa
4 2DF Giorgio Chiellini 14 August 1984 (aged 25) 29 Juventus
5 2DF Fabio Cannavaro (c) 13 September 1973 (aged 36) 133 Juventus
6 3MF Daniele De Rossi 24 July 1983 (aged 26) 54 Roma
7 3MF Simone Pepe 30 August 1983 (aged 26) 15 Udinese
8 3MF Gennaro Gattuso 9 January 1978 (aged 32) 72 Milan
9 4FW Vincenzo Iaquinta 21 November 1979 (aged 30) 37 Juventus
10 4FW Antonio Di Natale 13 October 1977 (aged 32) 33 Udinese
11 4FW Alberto Gilardino 5 July 1982 (aged 27) 41 Fiorentina
12 1GK Federico Marchetti 7 February 1983 (aged 27) 5 Cagliari
13 2DF Salvatore Bocchetti 30 November 1986 (aged 23) 5 Genoa
14 1GK Morgan De Sanctis 27 March 1977 (aged 33) 3 Napoli
15 3MF Claudio Marchisio 19 January 1986 (aged 24) 4 Juventus
16 3MF Mauro Camoranesi 4 October 1976 (aged 33) 53 Juventus
17 3MF Angelo Palombo 25 September 1981 (aged 28) 17 Sampdoria
18 4FW Fabio Quagliarella 31 January 1983 (aged 27) 20 Napoli
19 2DF Gianluca Zambrotta 19 February 1977 (aged 33) 94 Milan
20 4FW Giampaolo Pazzini 2 August 1984 (aged 25) 8 Sampdoria
21 3MF Andrea Pirlo 19 May 1979 (aged 31) 66 Milan
22 3MF Riccardo Montolivo 18 January 1985 (aged 25) 13 Fiorentina
23 2DF Leonardo Bonucci 1 May 1987 (aged 23) 2 Bari

Paraguay

Coach: Gerardo Martino

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Justo Villar (c) 30 June 1977 (aged 32) 71 Real Valladolid
2 2DF Darío Verón 26 June 1979 (aged 30) 27 UNAM
3 2DF Claudio Morel 2 February 1978 (aged 32) 25 Boca Juniors
4 2DF Denis Caniza 29 August 1974 (aged 35) 95 León
5 2DF Julio César Cáceres 5 October 1979 (aged 30) 59 Atlético Mineiro
6 2DF Carlos Bonet 2 October 1977 (aged 32) 60 Olimpia
7 4FW Óscar Cardozo 20 May 1983 (aged 27) 29 Benfica
8 3MF Édgar Barreto 15 July 1984 (aged 25) 47 Atalanta
9 4FW Roque Santa Cruz 16 August 1981 (aged 28) 66 Manchester City
10 4FW Édgar Benítez 8 November 1987 (aged 22) 12 Pachuca
11 3MF Jonathan Santana 19 October 1981 (aged 28) 21 VfL Wolfsburg
12 1GK Diego Barreto 16 July 1981 (aged 28) 2 Cerro Porteño
13 3MF Enrique Vera 10 March 1979 (aged 31) 25 LDU Quito
14 2DF Paulo da Silva 1 February 1980 (aged 30) 67 Sunderland
15 3MF Víctor Cáceres 25 March 1985 (aged 25) 25 Libertad
16 3MF Cristian Riveros 16 October 1982 (aged 27) 45 Cruz Azul
17 2DF Aureliano Torres 16 June 1982 (aged 27) 25 San Lorenzo
18 4FW Nelson Valdez 28 November 1983 (aged 26) 38 Borussia Dortmund
19 4FW Lucas Barrios 13 November 1984 (aged 25) 3 Borussia Dortmund
20 3MF Néstor Ortigoza 7 October 1984 (aged 25) 3 Argentinos Juniors
21 2DF Antolín Alcaraz 30 July 1982 (aged 27) 5 Club Brugge
22 1GK Aldo Bobadilla 20 April 1976 (aged 34) 18 Independiente Medellín
23 4FW Rodolfo Gamarra 10 December 1988 (aged 21) 2 Libertad

New Zealand

Coach: Ricki Herbert

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Mark Paston 13 December 1976 (aged 33) 23 Wellington Phoenix
2 2DF Ben Sigmund 3 February 1981 (aged 29) 14 Wellington Phoenix
3 2DF Tony Lochhead 12 January 1982 (aged 28) 30 Wellington Phoenix
4 2DF Winston Reid 3 July 1988 (aged 21) 3 Midtjylland
5 2DF Ivan Vicelich 3 September 1976 (aged 33) 66 Auckland City
6 2DF Ryan Nelsen (c) 18 October 1977 (aged 32) 41 Blackburn Rovers
7 3MF Simon Elliott 10 June 1974 (aged 36) 63 Unattached
8 3MF Tim Brown 6 March 1981 (aged 29) 25 Wellington Phoenix
9 4FW Shane Smeltz 29 September 1981 (aged 28) 30 Gold Coast United
10 4FW Chris Killen 8 October 1981 (aged 28) 31 Middlesbrough
11 3MF Leo Bertos 20 December 1981 (aged 28) 34 Wellington Phoenix
12 1GK Glen Moss 19 January 1983 (aged 27) 15 Melbourne Victory
13 3MF Andy Barron 24 December 1980 (aged 29) 11 Team Wellington
14 4FW Rory Fallon 20 March 1982 (aged 28) 7 Plymouth Argyle
15 3MF Michael McGlinchey 7 January 1987 (aged 23) 5 Motherwell
16 3MF Aaron Clapham 1 January 1987 (aged 23) 0 Canterbury United
17 3MF David Mulligan 24 March 1982 (aged 28) 25 Unattached
18 2DF Andrew Boyens 18 September 1983 (aged 26) 15 New York Red Bulls
19 2DF Tommy Smith 31 March 1990 (aged 20) 4 Ipswich Town
20 4FW Chris Wood 7 December 1991 (aged 18) 9 West Bromwich Albion
21 3MF Jeremy Christie 22 May 1983 (aged 27) 22 Tampa Bay
22 3MF Jeremy Brockie 7 October 1987 (aged 22) 18 Newcastle Jets
23 1GK James Bannatyne 30 June 1975 (aged 34) 3 Team Wellington

Slovakia

Coach: Vladimír Weiss

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Ján Mucha 5 December 1982 (aged 27) 14 Legia Warszawa
2 2DF Peter Pekarík 30 October 1986 (aged 23) 21 VfL Wolfsburg
3 2DF Martin Škrtel 15 December 1984 (aged 25) 37 Liverpool
4 2DF Marek Čech 26 January 1983 (aged 27) 38 West Bromwich Albion
5 2DF Radoslav Zabavník 16 September 1980 (aged 29) 42 Mainz 05
6 3MF Zdeno Štrba 9 June 1976 (aged 34) 20 Skoda Xanthi
7 3MF Vladimír Weiss 30 November 1989 (aged 20) 7 Bolton Wanderers
8 3MF Ján Kozák 22 April 1980 (aged 30) 22 Timişoara
9 3MF Stanislav Šesták 16 December 1982 (aged 27) 29 VfL Bochum
10 3MF Marek Sapara 31 July 1982 (aged 27) 24 Ankaragücü
11 4FW Róbert Vittek 1 April 1982 (aged 28) 69 Ankaragücü
12 1GK Dušan Perniš 28 November 1984 (aged 25) 1 Dundee United
13 4FW Filip Hološko 17 January 1984 (aged 26) 37 Beşiktaş
14 4FW Martin Jakubko 26 February 1980 (aged 30) 21 Saturn Moscow Oblast
15 3MF Miroslav Stoch 19 October 1989 (aged 20) 10 Twente
16 2DF Ján Ďurica 10 December 1981 (aged 28) 35 Hannover 96
17 3MF Marek Hamšík (c) 27 July 1987 (aged 22) 30 Napoli
18 4FW Erik Jendrišek 26 October 1986 (aged 23) 13 1. FC Kaiserslautern
19 3MF Juraj Kucka 26 February 1987 (aged 23) 5 Sparta Prague
20 3MF Kamil Kopúnek 18 May 1984 (aged 26) 7 Spartak Trnava
21 2DF Kornel Saláta 4 January 1985 (aged 25) 3 Slovan Bratislava
22 2DF Martin Petráš 2 November 1979 (aged 30) 38 Cesena
23 1GK Dušan Kuciak 21 May 1985 (aged 25) 2 FC Vaslui

Group G

Brazil

Coach: Dunga

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Júlio César 3 September 1979 (aged 30) 47 Internazionale
2 2DF Maicon 26 July 1981 (aged 28) 56 Internazionale
3 2DF Lúcio (c) 8 May 1978 (aged 32) 89 Internazionale
4 2DF Juan 1 February 1979 (aged 31) 73 Roma
5 3MF Felipe Melo 26 August 1983 (aged 26) 16 Juventus
6 2DF Michel Bastos 2 August 1983 (aged 26) 3 Lyon
7 3MF Elano 14 June 1981 (aged 28) 41 Galatasaray
8 3MF Gilberto Silva 7 October 1976 (aged 33) 86 Panathinaikos
9 4FW Luís Fabiano 8 November 1980 (aged 29) 36 Sevilla
10 3MF Kaká 22 April 1982 (aged 28) 76 Real Madrid
11 4FW Robinho 25 January 1984 (aged 26) 73 Santos
12 1GK Gomes 15 February 1981 (aged 29) 9 Tottenham Hotspur
13 2DF Daniel Alves 6 May 1983 (aged 27) 33 Barcelona
14 2DF Luisão 13 February 1981 (aged 29) 40 Benfica
15 2DF Thiago Silva 22 September 1984 (aged 25) 4 Milan
16 2DF Gilberto 25 April 1976 (aged 34) 32 Cruzeiro
17 3MF Josué 19 July 1979 (aged 30) 26 VfL Wolfsburg
18 3MF Ramires 24 March 1987 (aged 23) 11 Benfica
19 3MF Júlio Baptista 1 October 1981 (aged 28) 45 Roma
20 3MF Kléberson 19 June 1979 (aged 30) 31 Flamengo
21 4FW Nilmar 14 July 1984 (aged 25) 15 Villarreal
22 1GK Doni 22 October 1979 (aged 30) 10 Roma
23 4FW Grafite 2 April 1979 (aged 31) 2 VfL Wolfsburg

Korea DPR

Coach: Kim Jong-Hun

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Ri Myong-Guk 9 September 1986 (aged 23) 28 Pyongyang City
2 2DF Cha Jong-Hyok 25 September 1985 (aged 24) 31 Amrokgang
3 2DF Ri Jun-Il 24 August 1987 (aged 22) 26 Sobaeksu
4 3MF Pak Nam-Chol 2 July 1985 (aged 24) 35 April 25
5 2DF Ri Kwang-Chon 4 September 1985 (aged 24) 41 April 25
6 4FW Kim Kum-Il 10 October 1987 (aged 22) 11 April 25
7 4FW An Chol-Hyok 27 June 1985 (aged 24) 16 Rimyongsu
8 3MF Ji Yun-Nam 20 November 1976 (aged 33) 23 April 25
9 4FW Jong Tae-Se 2 March 1984 (aged 26) 20 Kawasaki Frontale
10 4FW Hong Yong-Jo (c) 22 May 1982 (aged 28) 40 Rostov
11 3MF Mun In-Guk 29 September 1978 (aged 31) 42 April 25
12 4FW Choe Kum-Chol 9 February 1987 (aged 23) 16 April 25
13 2DF Pak Chol-Jin 5 September 1985 (aged 24) 34 Amrokgang
14 2DF Pak Nam-Chol 3 October 1988 (aged 21) 12 Amrokgang
15 3MF Kim Yong-Jun 19 July 1983 (aged 26) 52 Pyongyang City
16 3MF Nam Song-Chol 7 May 1982 (aged 28) 41 April 25
17 3MF An Yong-Hak 25 October 1978 (aged 31) 24 Omiya Ardija
18 1GK Kim Myong-Gil 16 October 1984 (aged 25) 10 Amrokgang
19 4FW Ri Chol-Myong 18 February 1988 (aged 22) 10 Pyongyang City
20 1GK Kim Myong-Won[7] 15 July 1983 (aged 26) 9 Amrokgang
21 2DF Ri Kwang-Hyok 17 August 1987 (aged 22) 15 Kyonggongop
22 3MF Kim Kyong-Il 11 December 1988 (aged 21) 7 Rimyongsu
23 3MF Pak Sung-Hyok 30 May 1990 (aged 20) 3 Sobaeksu

Côte d'Ivoire

Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Boubacar Barry 30 December 1979 (aged 30) 45 Lokeren
2 2DF Benjamin Angoua 28 November 1986 (aged 23) 7 Valenciennes
3 2DF Arthur Boka 2 April 1983 (aged 27) 54 VfB Stuttgart
4 2DF Kolo Touré 19 March 1981 (aged 29) 76 Manchester City
5 3MF Didier Zokora 14 December 1980 (aged 29) 80 Sevilla
6 2DF Steve Gohouri 8 February 1981 (aged 29) 11 Wigan Athletic
7 4FW Seydou Doumbia 31 December 1987 (aged 22) 5 Young Boys
8 4FW Salomon Kalou 5 August 1985 (aged 24) 28 Chelsea
9 3MF Cheick Tioté 21 June 1986 (aged 23) 8 Twente
10 4FW Gervinho 27 May 1987 (aged 23) 15 Lille
11 4FW Didier Drogba (c) 11 March 1978 (aged 32) 68 Chelsea
12 3MF Jean-Jacques Gosso 15 March 1983 (aged 27) 6 AS Monaco
13 3MF Romaric 4 June 1983 (aged 27) 38 Sevilla
14 3MF Emmanuel Koné 31 December 1986 (aged 23) 12 International
15 4FW Aruna Dindane 26 November 1980 (aged 29) 54 Portsmouth
16 1GK Aristide Zogbo 30 December 1981 (aged 28) 6 Maccabi Netanya
17 2DF Siaka Tiéné 22 March 1982 (aged 28) 55 Valenciennes
18 3MF Kader Keïta 6 August 1981 (aged 28) 55 Galatasaray
19 3MF Yaya Touré 13 May 1983 (aged 27) 47 Barcelona
20 2DF Guy Demel 13 June 1981 (aged 28) 26 Hamburger SV
21 2DF Emmanuel Eboué 4 June 1983 (aged 27) 52 Arsenal
22 2DF Sol Bamba 13 January 1985 (aged 25) 16 Hibernian
23 1GK Daniel Yeboah 13 November 1984 (aged 25) 4 ASEC Mimosas

Portugal

Coach: Carlos Queiroz

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Eduardo 19 September 1982 (aged 27) 12 Braga
2 2DF Bruno Alves 27 November 1981 (aged 28) 28 Porto
3 2DF Paulo Ferreira 18 January 1979 (aged 31) 59 Chelsea
4 2DF Rolando 31 August 1985 (aged 24) 7 Porto
5 2DF Duda 27 June 1980 (aged 29) 14 Málaga
6 2DF Ricardo Carvalho 18 May 1978 (aged 32) 60 Chelsea
7 4FW Cristiano Ronaldo (c) 5 February 1985 (aged 25) 69 Real Madrid
8 3MF Pedro Mendes 26 February 1979 (aged 31) 5 Sporting CP
9 4FW Liédson 17 December 1977 (aged 32) 7 Sporting CP
10 3MF Danny 7 August 1983 (aged 26) 8 Zenit Saint Petersburg
11 3MF Simão 31 October 1979 (aged 30) 79 Atlético Madrid
12 1GK Beto 1 May 1982 (aged 28) 1 Porto
13 2DF Miguel 4 January 1980 (aged 30) 53 Valencia
14 3MF Miguel Veloso 11 May 1986 (aged 24) 10 Sporting CP
15 2DF Pepe 26 February 1983 (aged 27) 24 Real Madrid
16 3MF Raul Meireles 17 March 1983 (aged 27) 31 Porto
17 3MF Ruben Amorim[8] 27 January 1985 (aged 25) 0 Benfica
18 4FW Hugo Almeida 23 May 1984 (aged 26) 23 Werder Bremen
19 3MF Tiago 2 May 1981 (aged 29) 49 Atlético Madrid
20 3MF Deco 27 August 1977 (aged 32) 71 Chelsea
21 2DF Ricardo Costa 16 May 1981 (aged 29) 6 Lille
22 1GK Daniel Fernandes 25 September 1983 (aged 26) 2 Iraklis
23 2DF Fábio Coentrão 11 March 1988 (aged 22) 3 Benfica

Group H

Spain

Coach: Vicente del Bosque

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Iker Casillas (c) 20 May 1981 (aged 29) 104 Real Madrid
2 2DF Raúl Albiol 4 September 1985 (aged 24) 23 Real Madrid
3 2DF Gerard Piqué 2 February 1987 (aged 23) 16 Barcelona
4 2DF Carlos Marchena 31 July 1979 (aged 30) 59 Valencia
5 2DF Carles Puyol 13 April 1978 (aged 32) 83 Barcelona
6 3MF Andrés Iniesta 11 May 1984 (aged 26) 43 Barcelona
7 4FW David Villa 3 December 1981 (aged 28) 58 Barcelona
8 3MF Xavi 25 January 1980 (aged 30) 87 Barcelona
9 4FW Fernando Torres 20 March 1984 (aged 26) 73 Liverpool
10 3MF Cesc Fàbregas 4 May 1987 (aged 23) 49 Arsenal
11 2DF Joan Capdevila 3 February 1978 (aged 32) 46 Villarreal
12 1GK Víctor Valdés 14 January 1982 (aged 28) 1 Barcelona
13 3MF Juan Manuel Mata 28 April 1988 (aged 22) 8 Valencia
14 3MF Xabi Alonso 25 November 1981 (aged 28) 69 Real Madrid
15 2DF Sergio Ramos 30 March 1986 (aged 24) 60 Real Madrid
16 3MF Sergio Busquets 16 July 1988 (aged 21) 13 Barcelona
17 2DF Álvaro Arbeloa 17 January 1983 (aged 27) 15 Real Madrid
18 4FW Pedro 28 July 1987 (aged 22) 3 Barcelona
19 4FW Fernando Llorente 26 February 1985 (aged 25) 7 Athletic Bilbao
20 3MF Javi Martínez 2 September 1988 (aged 21) 2 Athletic Bilbao
21 3MF David Silva 8 January 1986 (aged 24) 36 Valencia
22 3MF Jesús Navas 21 November 1985 (aged 24) 6 Sevilla
23 1GK Pepe Reina 31 August 1982 (aged 27) 20 Liverpool

Switzerland

Coach: Ottmar Hitzfeld

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Diego Benaglio 8 September 1983 (aged 26) 25 VfL Wolfsburg
2 2DF Stephan Lichtsteiner 16 January 1984 (aged 26) 26 Lazio
3 2DF Ludovic Magnin 20 April 1979 (aged 31) 61 Zürich
4 2DF Philippe Senderos 14 February 1985 (aged 25) 38 Everton
5 2DF Steve von Bergen 10 June 1983 (aged 27) 10 Hertha BSC
6 3MF Benjamin Huggel 7 July 1977 (aged 32) 36 Basel
7 3MF Tranquillo Barnetta 2 May 1985 (aged 25) 50 Bayer Leverkusen
8 3MF Gökhan Inler 27 June 1984 (aged 25) 34 Udinese
9 4FW Alexander Frei (c) 15 July 1979 (aged 30) 73 Basel
10 4FW Blaise Nkufo 25 May 1975 (aged 35) 29 Twente
11 3MF Valon Behrami 19 April 1985 (aged 25) 26 West Ham United
12 1GK Marco Wölfli 22 August 1982 (aged 27) 4 Young Boys
13 2DF Stéphane Grichting 30 March 1979 (aged 31) 33 Auxerre
14 3MF Marco Padalino 8 December 1983 (aged 26) 7 Sampdoria
15 3MF Hakan Yakin 22 February 1977 (aged 33) 80 Luzern
16 3MF Gelson Fernandes 2 September 1986 (aged 23) 22 Saint-Étienne
17 2DF Reto Ziegler 16 January 1986 (aged 24) 10 Sampdoria
18 4FW Albert Bunjaku 29 November 1983 (aged 26) 1 1. FC Nuremberg
19 4FW Eren Derdiyok 12 June 1988 (aged 21) 19 Bayer Leverkusen
20 3MF Pirmin Schwegler 9 March 1987 (aged 23) 3 Eintracht Frankfurt
21 1GK Johnny Leoni 30 June 1984 (aged 25) 0 Zürich
22 2DF Mario Eggimann 24 January 1981 (aged 29) 8 Hannover 96
23 3MF Xherdan Shaqiri 10 October 1991 (aged 18) 1 Basel

Honduras

Coach: Reinaldo Rueda

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Ricardo Canales 30 May 1982 (aged 28) 2 Motagua
2 2DF Osman Chávez 29 July 1984 (aged 25) 26 Platense
3 2DF Maynor Figueroa 2 May 1983 (aged 27) 66 Wigan Athletic
4 2DF Johnny Palacios 20 December 1986 (aged 23) 4 Olimpia
5 2DF Víctor Bernárdez 24 May 1982 (aged 28) 40 Anderlecht
6 3MF Hendry Thomas 23 February 1985 (aged 25) 39 Wigan Athletic
7 3MF Ramón Núñez 14 November 1984 (aged 25) 16 Olimpia
8 3MF Wilson Palacios 29 July 1984 (aged 25) 69 Tottenham Hotspur
9 4FW Carlos Pavón 19 October 1973 (aged 36) 98 Real España
10 4FW Jerry Palacios[9] 13 May 1982 (aged 28) 11 Hangzhou Greentown
11 4FW David Suazo 5 November 1979 (aged 30) 50 Genoa
12 4FW Georgie Welcome 9 March 1985 (aged 25) 11 Motagua
13 4FW Roger Espinoza 25 October 1986 (aged 23) 10 Kansas City Wizards
14 2DF Oscar García 4 September 1984 (aged 25) 42 Olimpia
15 4FW Walter Martínez 29 March 1982 (aged 28) 34 Marathón
16 2DF Mauricio Sabillón 11 November 1978 (aged 31) 25 Hangzhou Greentown
17 3MF Edgar Álvarez 9 January 1980 (aged 30) 46 Bari
18 1GK Noel Valladares 3 May 1977 (aged 33) 71 Olimpia
19 3MF Danilo Turcios 8 May 1978 (aged 32) 82 Olimpia
20 3MF Amado Guevara (c) 2 May 1976 (aged 34) 133 Motagua
21 2DF Emilio Izaguirre 10 May 1986 (aged 24) 39 Motagua
22 1GK Donis Escober 3 February 1980 (aged 30) 11 Olimpia
23 2DF Sergio Mendoza 23 May 1981 (aged 29) 46 Motagua

Chile

Coach: Marcelo Bielsa

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 1GK Claudio Bravo (c) 13 April 1983 (aged 27) 41 Real Sociedad
2 2DF Ismael Fuentes 4 August 1981 (aged 28) 25 Universidad Católica
3 2DF Waldo Ponce 4 December 1982 (aged 27) 23 Universidad Católica
4 2DF Mauricio Isla 12 June 1988 (aged 21) 10 Udinese
5 2DF Pablo Contreras 11 September 1978 (aged 31) 49 PAOK
6 3MF Carlos Carmona 21 February 1987 (aged 23) 18 Reggina
7 4FW Alexis Sánchez 19 December 1988 (aged 21) 26 Udinese
8 2DF Arturo Vidal 22 May 1987 (aged 23) 21 Bayer Leverkusen
9 4FW Humberto Suazo 10 May 1981 (aged 29) 41 Real Zaragoza
10 3MF Jorge Valdivia 19 October 1983 (aged 26) 36 Al-Ain
11 4FW Mark González 10 July 1984 (aged 25) 38 CSKA Moscow
12 1GK Miguel Pinto 4 July 1983 (aged 26) 13 Universidad de Chile
13 3MF Marco Estrada May 28, 1983 (aged 27) 20 Universidad de Chile
14 3MF Matías Fernández 15 May 1986 (aged 24) 35 Sporting CP
15 4FW Jean Beausejour 1 June 1984 (aged 26) 23 América
16 4FW Fabián Orellana 27 January 1986 (aged 24) 13 Xerez
17 2DF Gary Medel 3 August 1987 (aged 22) 23 Boca Juniors
18 2DF Gonzalo Jara 29 August 1985 (aged 24) 31 West Bromwich Albion
19 3MF Gonzalo Fierro 21 March 1983 (aged 27) 16 Flamengo
20 3MF Rodrigo Millar 3 November 1981 (aged 28) 19 Colo-Colo
21 3MF Rodrigo Tello 14 October 1979 (aged 30) 32 Beşiktaş
22 4FW Esteban Paredes 1 August 1980 (aged 29) 12 Colo-Colo
23 1GK Luis Marín 18 May 1983 (aged 27) 2 Unión Española

Player statistics

Player representation by club

Players Clubs
13 Barcelona
12 Chelsea, Liverpool
11 Bayern Munich
10 Arsenal, Internazionale, Panathinaikos, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur
9 Ajax, Juventus, Wolfsburg
8 Portsmouth, Udinese
7 April 25, Benfica, Everton, Hamburg, Manchester City, Milan, Stuttgart, Valencia
6 Bayer Leverkusen, Lyon, Olimpia, Porto, Twente, Werder Bremen
5 Amrokgang, AS Monaco, AZ, Basel, Fulham, Galatasaray, Guadalajara,
Manchester United, Marseille, Motagua, Napoli, Roma,
Sevilla, Valenciennes, Wellington Phoenix, West Ham United, Wigan Athletic

Player representation by league

Country Players Percentage Outside national squad
Total 736
England 117 16.05% 92
Germany 84 11.42% 61
Italy 80 10.88% 57
Spain 59 8.02% 39
France 45 6.12% 34
Netherlands 34 4.62% 25
Japan 25 3.4% 6
Greece 21 2.86% 7
Mexico 21 2.86% 7
Portugal 21 2.86% 10
Korea DPR 20 2.72% 0
Others 209 28.33%

The English, German, and Italian squads were made up entirely of players from the respective countries' domestic leagues. The Nigerian squad was made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs. Although Russia, Turkey, and Scotland failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 14, 14, and 10 players respectively. Altogether, there were 52 national leagues that had players in the tournament.

Average age of squads

Average age Countries
24 Germany, Ghana, North Korea
25 Cameroon, Chile, Nigeria, Serbia, Spain
26 Algeria, Ivory Coast, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay
27 Argentina, Denmark, France, Greece, Japan, South Korea, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal
28 Australia, Brazil, England, Honduras, Italy, Paraguay

Coaches representation by country

Country Coaches
3 Argentina Marcelo Bielsa, Diego Maradona, Gerardo Martino
Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld, Joachim Löw, Otto Rehhagel
2 Brazil Dunga, Carlos Alberto Parreira
France Raymond Domenech, Paul Le Guen
Italy Fabio Capello, Marcello Lippi
Netherlands Bert van Marwijk, Pim Verbeek
Serbia Radomir Antić, Milovan Rajevac
Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson, Lars Lagerbäck
1 Algeria Rabah Saâdane
Colombia Reinaldo Rueda
Denmark Morten Olsen
Japan Takeshi Okada
Korea DPR Kim Jong-Hun
Korea Republic Huh Jung-Moo
Mexico Javier Aguirre
New Zealand Ricki Herbert
Portugal Carlos Queiroz
Slovakia Vladimír Weiss
Slovenia Matjaž Kek
Spain Vicente del Bosque
United States Bob Bradley
Uruguay Oscar Tabárez

References

  1. ^ "FIFA releases information on squad lists for South Africa 2010". FIFA.com. 7 May 2010. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1206808/index.html. Retrieved 1 June 2010. 
  2. ^ "Regulations 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa" (PDF). FIFA.com. Zürich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association. February 2010. pp. 33–35. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/56/42/69/fifawcsouthafrica2010inhalt_e.pdf. Retrieved 9 June 2010. 
  3. ^ John Obi Mikel replaced by Ideye Brown after he was ruled out due to injury.
    "Ideye replaces Mikel". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 June 2010. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1229093/index.html. Retrieved 6 June 2010. 
  4. ^ Rio Ferdinand was initially part of the final squad as captain but withdrew due to injury, replaced by Michael Dawson.
    "Dawson arrives in South Africa". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 5 June 2010. http://www.thefa.com/England/News/2010/dawson-050610. Retrieved 6 June 2010. 
  5. ^ Brad Jones replaced by Eugene Galeković after he returned home due to family illness.
    "Galekovic drafted in to replace Jones". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 12 June 2010. http://www.the-afc.com/en/tournaments/men-a-youth/fifa-world-cup-2010/29338-galekovic-drafted-in-to-replace-jones. Retrieved 12 June 2010. 
  6. ^ http://totalfootballnl.blogspot.com/2011/03/unlikely-internationals-10-sander.html
  7. ^ Kim Myong-Won, a forward, has been registered as one of three required goalkeepers and will only be allowed to play as a goalkeeper during the tournament.
    "Selection blow for Korea DPR". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 June 2010. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1223602/index.html. Retrieved 9 June 2010. 
  8. ^ Nani replaced by Ruben Amorim since Nani failed in medical tests.
    "Nani injury dents Portugal hopes". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 8 June 2010. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/news/newsid=1231295/index.html. Retrieved 10 June 2010. 
  9. ^ Julio César de León replaced by Jerry Palacios due to injury.
    "Injured De Leon out of World Cup". CONCACAF.com. CONCACAF. 15 June 2010. http://www.concacaf.com/page/WCQ/NewsDetail/0,,12813~2071671,00.html. Retrieved 15 June 2010. 

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