2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup squads

The 2005 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was an international beach soccer tournament held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 8 May until 15 May 2005. The 12 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 12 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Group A

 Brazil

Head coach: Brazil Indio

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Robertinho 21 August 1966 (aged 38)
2 DF Betinho 16 December 1977 (aged 27)
4 DF Chumbinho 27 September 1971 (aged 33)
5 DF Juninho 20 September 1973 (aged 31)
6 FW Bruno 29 March 1980 (aged 25)
7 FW Nenem 5 February 1973 (aged 32)
8 DF Junior Negao 29 March 1964 (aged 41)
9 FW Benjamin 29 May 1969 (aged 35)
10 FW Jorginho 19 October 1974 (aged 30)
11 FW Romário 29 January 1966 (aged 39)
12 DF Buru 14 April 1976 (aged 29)
13 GK Pierre 12 July 1974 (aged 30)

Spain Spain

Head coach: Spain Joaquin Alonso

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Roberto Valeiro 26 September 1974 (aged 30)
2 GK Antonio Parejo Camacho 10 August 1981
3 DF Alfonso Castro Fernandez 3 April 1980
4 DF Juan Manuel Martin Lima 6 August 1979
5 FW Nicolas Alvarado Caporale 24 July 1976
6 DF Eloy Souto Barreiro 2 September 1978
7 DF Manuel Ruben Bustillo 17 January 1981
8 FW Alejandro Tejada Pedraza 4 November 1983
9 DF Samuel Vazquez 23 September 1974
10 FW David Cordon Cano 10 September 1975
11 FW Ramiro Figueiras Amarelle 17 December 1977
12 FW Julio Salinas 11 September 1962

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Group B

Japan Japan

Head coach: Brazil JapanRuy Ramos

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Eiichi Kato 9 September 1971
2 GK Kazuhiro Ogawa 3 April 1977
3 DF Naoya Oshiro 26 September 1981
4 DF Katsuhiro Yoshii 25 September 1973
5 DF Takashi Arakaki 26 May 1979
6 DF Tadaomi Nakamura 20 April 1975
7 DF Shinji Makino 29 May 1976
8 DF Naoyuki Kuroki 25 July 1978
9 FW Kiyokazu Takara 8 October 1973
10 FW Masahito Toma 16 March 1981
11 FW Takeshi Kawaharazuka 1 February 1975
12 Kunihiro Wakabayashi

Portugal Portugal

Head coach: Jose Miguel Mateus

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Bruno Manuel de Jesus M. Silva 20
2 GK Sergio Freitas Coelho 31
3 DF Hernani Madruga Neves 41
4 DF Pedro Jorge Barbosa 37
5 FW Alan Cavalcanti 29
6 FW João Antonio Gomes Marques 33
7 DF Nathaniel Bole 25
8 FW Madjer 22 January 1977
9 DF Mario Duarte 32
10 FW José Barraca 33
11 FW Nuno Belchior 22
12 FW Tiago Filipe da Costa Oliveira 22

United States United States of America

Head coach: Roberto Ceciliano

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Pierre Cazassus 25 September 1969
2 GK Daryl Fischer 14 March 1975
3 DF Phillip Gyau 7 February 1966
4 DF Benyam Astorga 14 May 1972
5 DF Joshua Hill 2 July 1981
6 DF Eduardo Testa 19 August 1978
7 DF Ryan Gillespie 8 April 1972
8 DF Todd Haskins 30 August 1972
9 FW Raphael Xexeo 30 October 1979
10 FW Christian Braga 15 July 1977
11 FW Francis Farberoff 16 March 1975
12 FW Carlos Lima 18 June 1970

Group C

South Africa South Africa

Head coach: Shezi Lindani

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Fraser Jovan 9 February 1987
2 GK Madonsela Nkosinathi 25 December 1988
3 DF Dicks Darren 22 August 1988
4 DF Ndlovu Simphiwe 22 October 1989
5 DF Nzimande Lucky 28 October 1986
6 FW Francisco Ricardo 29 December 1988
7 DF Mfunda Sinethemba 12 December 1983
8 DF Mjoli Zolile 30 August 1985
9 FW Mthembu Bheki 1 June 1986
10 FW Ntwanambi Stanley 17 July 1982
11 FW Gumede Philani 16 October 1979
12 FW Gcememe Sticks 10 June 1986

Ukraine Ukraine

Head coach: Ukraine Viktor Moroz

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Vladislav Lysenko 13 August 1979
2 GK Vitaliy Sydorenko 22 December 1981
3 DF Viktor Moroz 18 January 1968
4 FW Dmytro Koryenyev 7 October 1970
5 DF Oleksandr Pylypenko 17 May 1974
6 DF Vitaliy Pavlenko 14 January 1976
7 DF Sergiy Bozhenko 11 June 1979
8 FW Victor Ulianytskyi 7 August 1972
9 DF Vitaliy Khorun 9 September 1982
10 FW Yevgen Varenytsya 15 May 1975
11 DF Kirilo Kycher 9 August 1983
12 DF Oleksandr Shyshkov 19 May 1980

Uruguay Uruguay

Head coach: Enrique Belo & Gustavo Sanchez

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Diego Monserrat 31 May 1972
2 GK Leandro Ortiz 20 September 1975
3 Alejandro Figueredo
4 DF Sebastián Castro 22 November 1978
5 FW Ricardo Martinez 5 June 1982
6 DF Sarandí Sobral 31 March 1978
7 DF Jorge Sena 15 December 1980
8 FW Germán Parrillo 10 March 1975
9 DF Martín Diaz 23 November 1979
10 FW Nicolás Moliterno 2 February 1971
11 FW Fabián Canaveris 4 March 1975
12 DF Gustavo Poyet 15 November 1967

Group D

Argentina Argentina

Head coach: Marcelo Suarez Bidondo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Marcelo Salgueiro 28 July 1976
2 GK Cesar Mendoza 10 March 1983
3 DF Gustavo Casado 7 December 1973
4 DF Francisco Petrasso 9 August 1970
5 DF Santiago Lopez Hilaire 25 May 1981
6 DF Rodrigo Lopez 8 June 1977
7 FW Adrian Corrales 11 October 1981
8 DF Leandro Paradisi 9 July 1975
9 FW Federico Andrade 10 February 1977
10 FW Alberto Acosta 28 August 1966
11 FW Ezequiel Lopez Hilaire 10 August 1979
12 FW Federico Lopez Hilaire 20 June 1984

Australia Australia

Head coach: Adrian Santrac

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Andrew Crews 18 August 1973
2 DF Tayfun Devrimol 22 April 1980
3 DF Vuko Tomasevic 13 May 1980
4 DF George Souris 12 November 1969
5 MF Darren McDonald 1 March 1976
6 MF Steve Karavatakis 17 June 1970
7 FW Demetrios Bakis 8 July 1979
8 MF Leo Carle 6 June 1980
9 MF Erick Anabalon 4 July 1982
10 FW John Buonavoglia 19 October 1975
11 FW Brad Heffernan 6 April 1981
12 GK Anastatios Alogdellis 7 June 1978

France France

Head coach: France Eric Cantona

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club
1 GK Jean-Marie Aubry
2 GK Johan Nicodemi
3 DF Thierry Ottavy
4 DF Stéphane Francois 11 April 1976
5 DF Sebastien Sansoni 30 January 1978
6 DF Jean-Marc Edouard 5 June 1973
7 DF Anthony Mendy
8 FW Didier Samoun 29 August 1980
9 FW Eric Cantona 24 May 1966
10 FW Christian Santos
11 FW Jaïrzinho Cardoso 8 February 1977
12 FW Noël Sciortino 25 December 1971

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