2013 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

The following is a list of squads for each nation who competed at the 2013 FIFA Confederations Cup in Brazil from 15 to 30 June 2013, as a prelude to the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Each squad consisted of 23 players, three of which had to be goalkeepers. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national team.[1]

Group A

Brazil

Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Scolari named his 23-man squad on 14 May 2013.[2]

On 7 June, Leandro Damião withdrew from the squad with a thigh injury and was replaced by .[3]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Jefferson 2 January 1983 (aged 30) 7 0 Brazil Botafogo
2 DF Dani Alves 6 May 1983 (aged 30) 64 5 Spain Barcelona
3 DF Thiago Silva (c) 22 September 1984 (aged 28) 34 1 France Paris Saint-Germain
4 DF David Luiz 22 April 1987 (aged 26) 23 0 England Chelsea
5 MF Fernando 3 March 1992 (aged 21) 6 0 Brazil Grêmio[4]
6 DF Marcelo 12 May 1988 (aged 25) 20 4 Spain Real Madrid
7 MF Lucas 13 August 1992 (aged 20) 25 4 France Paris Saint-Germain
8 MF Hernanes 29 May 1985 (aged 28) 12 2 Italy Lazio
9 FW Fred 3 October 1983 (aged 29) 24 11 Brazil Fluminense
10 FW Neymar 5 February 1992 (aged 21) 34 20 Brazil Santos[5]
11 MF Oscar 9 September 1991 (aged 21) 17 6 England Chelsea
12 GK Júlio César 3 September 1979 (aged 33) 69 0 England Queens Park Rangers
13 DF Dante 18 October 1983 (aged 29) 3 0 Germany Bayern Munich
14 DF Filipe Luís 9 August 1985 (aged 27) 4 0 Spain Atlético Madrid
15 MF Jean 24 June 1986 (aged 26) 5 0 Brazil Fluminense
16 DF Réver 4 January 1985 (aged 28) 8 1 Brazil Atlético Mineiro
17 MF Luiz Gustavo 23 July 1987 (aged 25) 5 0 Germany Bayern Munich
18 MF Paulinho 25 July 1988 (aged 24) 13 3 Brazil Corinthians
19 FW Hulk 25 July 1986 (aged 26) 22 6 Russia Zenit St. Petersburg
20 MF Bernard 8 September 1992 (aged 20) 3 0 Brazil Atlético Mineiro
21 FW 20 March 1987 (aged 26) 4 0 Brazil Atlético Mineiro
22 GK Diego Cavalieri 1 December 1982 (aged 30) 2 0 Brazil Fluminense
23 MF Jádson 5 October 1983 (aged 29) 7 1 Brazil São Paulo

Japan

Head coach: Italy Alberto Zaccheroni

Zaccheroni announced his 23-man squad on 5 June 2013.[6]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Eiji Kawashima 20 March 1983 (aged 30) 45 0 Belgium Standard Liège
2 DF Masahiko Inoha 28 August 1985 (aged 27) 19 1 Japan Júbilo Iwata
3 DF Gōtoku Sakai 14 March 1991 (aged 22) 5 0 Germany Stuttgart
4 MF Keisuke Honda 13 June 1986 (aged 27) 42 14 Russia CSKA Moscow
5 DF Yuto Nagatomo 12 September 1986 (aged 26) 58 3 Italy Internazionale
6 DF Atsuto Uchida 27 March 1988 (aged 25) 57 1 Germany Schalke 04
7 MF Yasuhito Endō 28 January 1980 (aged 33) 130 10 Japan Gamba Osaka
8 FW Hiroshi Kiyotake 12 November 1989 (aged 23) 17 1 Germany Nürnberg
9 FW Shinji Okazaki 16 April 1986 (aged 27) 63 33 Germany Stuttgart
10 FW Shinji Kagawa 17 March 1989 (aged 24) 43 13 England Manchester United
11 FW Mike Havenaar 20 May 1987 (aged 26) 14 4 Netherlands Vitesse
12 GK Shusaku Nishikawa 18 June 1986 (aged 26) 8 0 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
13 MF Hajime Hosogai 10 June 1986 (aged 27) 21 1 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
14 MF Kengo Nakamura 31 October 1980 (aged 32) 66 6 Japan Kawasaki Frontale
15 DF Yasuyuki Konno 25 January 1983 (aged 30) 68 1 Japan Gamba Osaka
16 DF Yuzo Kurihara 18 September 1983 (aged 29) 16 2 Japan Yokohama F. Marinos
17 MF Makoto Hasebe (c) 18 January 1984 (aged 29) 68 2 Germany Wolfsburg
18 FW Ryōichi Maeda 9 October 1981 (aged 31) 30 10 Japan Júbilo Iwata
19 FW Takashi Inui 2 June 1988 (aged 25) 10 0 Germany Eintracht Frankfurt
20 MF Hideto Takahashi 17 October 1987 (aged 25) 5 0 Japan FC Tokyo
21 DF Hiroki Sakai 12 April 1990 (aged 23) 10 0 Germany Hannover 96
22 DF Maya Yoshida 24 August 1988 (aged 24) 27 2 England Southampton
23 GK Shūichi Gonda 3 March 1989 (aged 24) 1 0 Japan FC Tokyo

Mexico

Head coach: José Manuel de la Torre

De la Torre named his 23-man squad on 20 May 2013.[7]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Guillermo Ochoa 13 July 1985 (aged 27) 52 0 France Ajaccio
2 DF Francisco Javier Rodríguez (c) 20 October 1981 (aged 31) 80 1 Mexico América
3 DF Carlos Salcido 2 April 1980 (aged 33) 113 10 Mexico UANL
4 DF Diego Reyes 19 September 1992 (aged 20) 5 0 Mexico América[8]
5 DF Jesús Molina 29 March 1988 (aged 25) 7 0 Mexico América
6 MF Gerardo Torrado 30 April 1979 (aged 34) 139 6 Mexico Cruz Azul
7 MF Pablo Barrera 21 June 1987 (aged 25) 53 6 Mexico Cruz Azul
8 FW Ángel Reyna 19 September 1984 (aged 28) 21 1 Mexico Pachuca
9 FW Aldo de Nigris 22 July 1983 (aged 29) 22 9 Mexico Monterrey[9]
10 FW Giovani dos Santos 11 May 1989 (aged 24) 62 14 Spain Mallorca
11 FW Javier Aquino 11 February 1990 (aged 23) 15 0 Spain Villarreal
12 GK José de Jesús Corona 26 January 1981 (aged 32) 23 0 Mexico Cruz Azul
13 DF Severo Meza 9 July 1986 (aged 26) 12 0 Mexico Monterrey
14 FW Javier Hernández 1 June 1988 (aged 25) 47 32 England Manchester United
15 DF Héctor Moreno 17 January 1988 (aged 25) 41 1 Spain Espanyol
16 MF Héctor Herrera 19 April 1990 (aged 23) 6 0 Mexico Pachuca
17 MF Jesús Zavala 21 July 1987 (aged 25) 19 2 Mexico Monterrey
18 MF Andrés Guardado 28 September 1986 (aged 26) 91 14 Spain Valencia
19 FW Raúl Jiménez 5 May 1991 (aged 22) 5 0 Mexico América
20 DF Jorge Torres Nilo 16 January 1988 (aged 25) 32 1 Mexico UANL
21 DF Hiram Mier 25 August 1989 (aged 23) 5 0 Mexico Monterrey
22 DF Gerardo Flores 5 February 1986 (aged 27) 5 0 Mexico Cruz Azul
23 GK Alfredo Talavera 18 September 1982 (aged 30) 11 0 Mexico Toluca

Italy

Head coach: Cesare Prandelli

Prandelli named his 23-man squad on 3 June 2013.[10]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Gianluigi Buffon (c) 28 January 1978 (aged 35) 128 0 Italy Juventus
2 DF Christian Maggio 11 February 1982 (aged 31) 24 0 Italy Napoli
3 DF Giorgio Chiellini 14 August 1984 (aged 28) 57 2 Italy Juventus
4 DF Davide Astori 7 January 1987 (aged 26) 3 0 Italy Cagliari
5 DF Mattia De Sciglio 20 October 1992 (aged 20) 3 0 Italy Milan
6 MF Antonio Candreva 28 February 1987 (aged 26) 7 0 Italy Lazio
7 MF Alberto Aquilani 7 July 1984 (aged 28) 23 4 Italy Fiorentina
8 MF Claudio Marchisio 19 January 1986 (aged 27) 32 1 Italy Juventus
9 FW Mario Balotelli 12 August 1990 (aged 22) 20 8 Italy Milan
10 FW Sebastian Giovinco 26 January 1987 (aged 26) 14 0 Italy Juventus
11 FW Alberto Gilardino 5 July 1982 (aged 30) 51 18 Italy Bologna
12 GK Salvatore Sirigu 12 January 1987 (aged 26) 5 0 France Paris Saint-Germain
13 GK Federico Marchetti 7 February 1983 (aged 30) 8 0 Italy Lazio
14 FW Stephan El Shaarawy 27 October 1992 (aged 20) 6 1 Italy Milan
15 DF Andrea Barzagli 8 May 1981 (aged 32) 41 0 Italy Juventus
16 MF Daniele De Rossi 24 July 1983 (aged 29) 84 14 Italy Roma
17 FW Alessio Cerci 23 July 1987 (aged 25) 3 0 Italy Torino
18 MF Riccardo Montolivo 18 January 1985 (aged 28) 43 2 Italy Milan
19 DF Leonardo Bonucci 1 May 1987 (aged 26) 26 2 Italy Juventus
20 DF Ignazio Abate 12 November 1986 (aged 26) 10 0 Italy Milan
21 MF Andrea Pirlo 19 May 1979 (aged 34) 98 12 Italy Juventus
22 MF Emanuele Giaccherini 5 May 1985 (aged 28) 8 0 Italy Juventus
23 MF Alessandro Diamanti 2 May 1983 (aged 30) 11 0 Italy Bologna

Group B

Spain

Head coach: Vicente del Bosque

Del Bosque named his 23-man squad on 2 June 2013.[11]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Iker Casillas (c) 20 May 1981 (aged 32) 145 0 Spain Real Madrid
2 DF Raúl Albiol 4 September 1985 (aged 27) 39 0 Spain Real Madrid
3 DF Gerard Piqué 2 February 1987 (aged 26) 51 4 Spain Barcelona
4 MF Javi Martínez 2 September 1988 (aged 24) 9 0 Germany Bayern Munich
5 DF César Azpilicueta 28 August 1989 (aged 23) 2 0 England Chelsea
6 MF Andrés Iniesta 11 May 1984 (aged 29) 80 11 Spain Barcelona
7 FW David Villa 3 December 1981 (aged 31) 88 53 Spain Barcelona
8 MF Xavi Hernández 25 January 1980 (aged 33) 120 12 Spain Barcelona
9 FW Fernando Torres 20 March 1984 (aged 29) 101 31 England Chelsea
10 MF Cesc Fàbregas 4 May 1987 (aged 26) 79 13 Spain Barcelona
11 FW Pedro 28 July 1987 (aged 25) 26 12 Spain Barcelona
12 GK Víctor Valdés 14 January 1982 (aged 31) 13 0 Spain Barcelona
13 MF Juan Mata 28 April 1988 (aged 25) 25 7 England Chelsea
14 FW Roberto Soldado 27 May 1985 (aged 28) 8 4 England Tottenham
15 DF Sergio Ramos 30 March 1986 (aged 27) 102 9 Spain Real Madrid
16 MF Sergio Busquets 16 July 1988 (aged 24) 54 0 Spain Barcelona
17 DF Álvaro Arbeloa 17 January 1983 (aged 30) 47 0 Spain Real Madrid
18 DF Jordi Alba 21 March 1989 (aged 24) 17 2 Spain Barcelona
19 DF Nacho Monreal 26 February 1986 (aged 27) 12 0 England Arsenal
20 MF Santi Cazorla 13 December 1984 (aged 28) 53 9 England Arsenal
21 MF David Silva 8 January 1986 (aged 27) 70 18 England Manchester City
22 MF Jesús Navas 21 November 1985 (aged 27) 23 2 Spain Sevilla[12]
23 GK Pepe Reina 31 August 1982 (aged 30) 26 0 England Liverpool

Uruguay

Head coach: Óscar Tabárez

Tabárez named his 23-man squad on 4 June 2013.[13]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Fernando Muslera 16 June 1986 (aged 26) 44 0 Turkey Galatasaray
2 DF Diego Lugano (c) 02 November 1980 (aged 32) 79 8 Spain Málaga
3 DF Diego Godín 16 February 1986 (aged 27) 64 3 Spain Atlético Madrid
4 DF Sebastián Coates 7 October 1990 (aged 22) 9 1 England Liverpool
5 MF Walter Gargano 27 July 1984 (aged 28) 50 1 Italy Internazionale
6 MF Álvaro Pereira 28 November 1985 (aged 27) 47 5 Italy Internazionale
7 MF Cristian Rodríguez 30 September 1985 (aged 27) 57 6 Spain Atlético Madrid
8 MF Sebastián Eguren 8 January 1981 (aged 32) 50 7 Paraguay Libertad
9 FW Luis Suárez 24 January 1987 (aged 26) 63 31 England Liverpool
10 FW Diego Forlán 19 May 1979 (aged 34) 96 33 Brazil Internacional
11 FW Abel Hernández 8 August 1990 (aged 22) 8 3 Italy Palermo
12 GK Juan Castillo 17 April 1978 (aged 35) 13 0 Uruguay Danubio
13 DF Matías Aguirregaray 1 April 1989 (aged 24) 3 0 Uruguay Peñarol
14 MF Nicolás Lodeiro 21 March 1989 (aged 24) 17 1 Brazil Botafogo
15 MF Diego Pérez 18 May 1980 (aged 33) 82 1 Italy Bologna
16 DF Maxi Pereira 8 June 1984 (aged 29) 74 2 Portugal Benfica
17 MF Egidio Arévalo Ríos 27 September 1982 (aged 30) 42 0 Italy Palermo
18 FW Gastón Ramírez 2 December 1990 (aged 22) 16 0 England Southampton
19 DF Andrés Scotti 14 December 1975 (aged 37) 37 1 Uruguay Nacional
20 MF Álvaro González 29 October 1984 (aged 28) 33 1 Italy Lazio
21 FW Edinson Cavani 14 February 1987 (aged 26) 48 13 Italy Napoli
22 DF Martín Cáceres 7 April 1987 (aged 26) 45 1 Italy Juventus
23 GK Martín Silva 25 March 1983 (aged 30) 1 0 Paraguay Olimpia

Tahiti

Head coach: Eddy Etaeta

Etaeta named his 23-man squad on 24 May 2013.[14]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Mickaël Roche 24 December 1982 (aged 30) 6 0 French Polynesia AS Dragon
2 MF Alvin Tehau 10 April 1989 (aged 24) 16 6 French Polynesia AS Tefana
3 FW Marama Vahirua 12 May 1980 (aged 33) 0 0 France AS Nancy[15]
4 DF Teheivarii Ludivion 1 July 1989 (aged 23) 15 1 French Polynesia AS Tefana
5 DF Tamatoa Wagemann 18 March 1980 (aged 33) 6 0 French Polynesia AS Dragon
6 MF Henri Caroine 7 September 1981 (aged 31) 6 0 French Polynesia AS Dragon
7 MF Heimano Bourebare 15 May 1989 (aged 24) 12 1 French Polynesia AS Tefana
8 DF Stephane Faatiarau 13 March 1990 (aged 23) 11 1 French Polynesia AS Tefana
9 FW Teaonui Tehau 1 September 1992 (aged 20) 16 8 French Polynesia AS Dragon
10 DF Nicolas Vallar (c) 22 October 1983 (aged 29) 12 3 French Polynesia AS Dragon
11 FW Stanley Atani 27 January 1990 (aged 23) 15 5 French Polynesia AS Tefana
12 DF Edson Lemaire 31 October 1990 (aged 22) 3 0 French Polynesia AS Dragon
13 FW Steevy Chong Hue 26 January 1990 (aged 23) 22 11 French Polynesia AS Dragon
14 MF Rainui Aroita 25 January 1994 (aged 19) 1 0 French Polynesia AS Tamarii Faa'a
15 MF Lorenzo Tehau 10 April 1989 (aged 24) 18 7 French Polynesia AS Tefana
16 FW Ricky Aitamai 22 December 1991 (aged 21) 1 0 French Polynesia AS Vénus
17 MF Jonathan Tehau 9 January 1988 (aged 25) 22 4 French Polynesia AS Tamarii Faa'a
18 MF Yohann Tihoni 20 July 1994 (aged 18) 1 0 French Polynesia AS Roniu
19 DF Vincent Simon 28 September 1983 (aged 29) 21 1 French Polynesia AS Dragon
20 DF Yannick Vero 28 February 1990 (aged 23) 5 0 French Polynesia AS Dragon
21 FW Samuel Hnanyine 1 March 1984 (aged 29) 1 1 French Polynesia AS Dragon
22 GK Gilbert Meriel 11 November 1986 (aged 26) 3 0 French Polynesia AS Tefana
23 GK Xavier Samin 1 January 1978 (aged 35) 28 0 French Polynesia AS Dragon

Nigeria

Head coach: Stephen Keshi

Keshi named his 23-man squad on 7 June 2013.[16]

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 GK Vincent Enyeama (c) 29 August 1982 (aged 30) 78 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2 DF Godfrey Oboabona 16 August 1990 (aged 22) 19 0 Nigeria Sunshine Stars
3 DF Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé 20 January 1988 (aged 25) 27 1 Portugal Braga
4 MF John Ugochukwu 20 April 1988 (aged 25) 2 0 Portugal Académica de Coimbra
5 DF Efe Ambrose 18 October 1988 (aged 24) 22 1 Scotland Celtic
6 DF Azubuike Egwuekwe 28 November 1988 (aged 24) 12 0 Nigeria Warri Wolves
7 FW Ahmed Musa 14 October 1992 (aged 20) 26 4 Russia CSKA Moscow
8 FW Brown Ideye 10 October 1988 (aged 24) 14 2 Ukraine Dynamo Kyiv
9 FW Joseph Akpala 24 August 1986 (aged 26) 5 1 Germany Werder Bremen
10 MF John Obi Mikel 22 April 1987 (aged 26) 46 3 England Chelsea
11 FW Mohammed Gambo 10 March 1988 (aged 25) 0 0 Nigeria Kano Pillars
12 DF Solomon Kwambe 30 September 1993 (aged 19) 3 0 Nigeria Sunshine Stars
13 MF Fegor Ogude 29 July 1987 (aged 25) 11 0 Norway Vålerenga
14 FW Anthony Ujah 14 October 1990 (aged 22) 1 0 Germany Köln
15 MF Michel Babatunde 24 December 1992 (aged 20) 1 0 Ukraine Kryvbas
16 GK Austin Ejide 8 April 1984 (aged 29) 24 0 Israel Hapoel Be'er Sheva
17 MF Ogenyi Onazi 25 December 1992 (aged 20) 9 1 Italy Lazio
18 MF Emeka Eze 22 December 1992 (aged 20) 1 0 Nigeria Enugu Rangers
19 MF Sunday Mba 28 November 1988 (aged 24) 11 5 Nigeria Enugu Rangers
20 FW Nnamdi Oduamadi 17 October 1990 (aged 22) 3 1 Italy Varese
21 DF Francis Benjamin 20 June 1993 (aged 19) 1 0 Nigeria Heartland
22 DF Kenneth Omeruo 17 October 1993 (aged 19) 8 0 Netherlands ADO Den Haag
23 GK Chigozie Agbim 28 November 1984 (aged 28) 5 0 Nigeria Enugu Rangers

Player representation

By club nationality

Players Countries
35 Italy Italy
25 Spain Spain
22 French Polynesia Tahiti
19 England England
17 Mexico Mexico
13 Germany Germany
12 Brazil Brazil
9 Japan Japan
8 Nigeria Nigeria
4 France France
3 Portugal Portugal, Russia Russia, Uruguay Uruguay
2 Israel Israel, Netherlands Netherlands, Paraguay Paraguay, Ukraine Ukraine
1 Belgium Belgium, Norway Norway, Turkey Turkey, Scotland Scotland

Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the finals.

By representatives of domestic league

National Squad No.
 Brazil 10
 Italy 22
 Japan 9
 Mexico 17
 Nigeria 8
 Spain 15
 Tahiti 22
 Uruguay 3

References

  1. "Official Squad Lists". FIFA.com. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  2. "Felipão convocou os 23 jogadores para a Copa das Confederações" [Scolari called on 23 players for the FIFA Confederations Cup] (in Portuguese). CBF. 14 May 2013. Retrieved 17 May 2013.
  3. "Médico da Seleção Brasileira confirma corte de Leandro Damião" [Brazilian national team doctor confirms Leandro Damião is out] (in Portuguese). Terra. 7 June 2013. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  4. Fernando joined Shakhtar Donetsk after the tournament.
  5. Neymar joined Barcelona after the tournament.
  6. Japan squad for Confederations Cup announced, Japan Football Association, 5 June 2013
  7. "Convocatoria de la Selección Mayor" [Called up for the major selection] (in Spanish). femexfut. 20 May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
  8. Diego Reyes joined Porto after the tournament.
  9. Aldo de Nigris joined Guadalajara after the tournament.
  10. "Barzagli in as Prandelli names Confeds squad". FIFA. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 3 June 2013.
  11. "Del Bosque names squad, explains decisions". FIFA.com. Retrieved 29 May 2013.
  12. Jesús Navas joined Manchester City after the tournament.
  13. "LOS 23 CELESTES DE LA COPA CONFEDERACIONES". Tenfield Digital. Retrieved 4 June 2013.
  14. "La liste des 23 Toa Aito pour le Brésil" [List of the 23 Toa Aito for Brasil] (in French). FTF. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 24 May 2013.
  15. Marama Vahirua was on loan at Panthrakikos.
  16. "Nigeria make nine changes in squad for Confederations Cup". Yahoo sport. Retrieved 7 June 2013.

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