1997 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Below are the rosters for the 1997 FIFA World Youth Championship tournament in Malaysia. Those marked in bold went on to earn full international caps.

Group A

 Belgium

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Jean-François Gillet (1979-05-31)31 May 1979 (aged 18) Standard Liège 2 2DF Bjorn de Coninck (1977-07-20)20 July 1977 (aged 19) Club Brugge 3 2DF Carl Hoefkens (1978-10-06)6 October 1978 (aged 18) Lierse SK 4 2DF François Rouffignon (1978-01-22)22 January 1978 (aged 19) Standard Liège 5 2DF Guy Veldeman (1978-12-14)14 December 1978 (aged 18) Anderlecht 6 2DF Dimitri Wavreille (1977-01-27)27 January 1977 (aged 20) Standard Liège 7 3MF Fabrice Staelens (1977-01-11)11 January 1977 (aged 20) Cercle Brugge 8 3MF Tom Caluwé (1978-04-11)11 April 1978 (aged 19) KV Mechelen 9 3MF Frank Magerman (1977-11-09)9 November 1977 (aged 19) Beveren 10 3MF Joeri Pardo (1977-10-12)12 October 1977 (aged 19) Club Brugge 11 2DF Gauthier Remacle (1977-05-26)26 May 1977 (aged 20) Standard Liège 12 1GK Olivier Renard (1979-05-24)24 May 1979 (aged 18) Charleroi 13 3MF Gunter van Handenhoven (1978-12-16)16 December 1978 (aged 18) KV Mechelen 14 4FW Wesley de Smet (1977-01-05)5 January 1977 (aged 20) Beveren 15 4FW Kurt Morhaye (1977-03-29)29 March 1977 (aged 20) Sint-Truiden 16 4FW Cedric Roussel (1978-01-06)6 January 1978 (aged 19) La Louvière 17 3MF Sammy van den Bossche (1977-05-05)5 May 1977 (aged 20) Eendracht Aalst 18 4FW Bart van den Eede (1977-01-03)3 January 1977 (aged 20) Beveren

 Malaysia

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Megat Amir Faisal Al-Khalidy Ibrahim (1978-09-27)27 September 1978 (aged 18) Kedah FA 2 3MF Nik Ahmad Fadly Nik Leh (1977-05-28)28 May 1977 (aged 20) Kelantan FA 3 2DF M. Karunakaran (1978-07-20)20 July 1978 (aged 18) Kuala Lumpur FA 4 2DF S. Jayaprakash (1979-02-24)24 February 1979 (aged 18) Public Bank FC 5 3MF M. Gopalan (1977-08-29)29 August 1977 (aged 19) Kuala Lumpur FA 6 2DF Mohd Affendy Hamzah (1977-01-10)10 January 1977 (aged 20) Kuala Lumpur FA 7 3MF Roslee Md Derus (1978-08-15)15 August 1978 (aged 18) Terengganu FA 8 3MF Azlan Hussain (1977-08-08)8 August 1977 (aged 19) Kuala Lumpur FA 9 4FW V. Saravanan (1978-01-11)11 January 1978 (aged 19) Perak FA 10 3MF Dass Gregory Kolopis (1977-02-01)1 February 1977 (aged 20) Sabah FA 11 3MF Mohd Azmir Norhakim Burhan (1978-12-11)11 December 1978 (aged 18) Kuala Lumpur FA 12 3MF Gilbert Cassidy Gawing (1977-03-03)3 March 1977 (aged 20) Sarawak FA 13 2DF Mohd Khairun Haled Masrom (1977-06-04)4 June 1977 (aged 20) Negeri Sembilan FA 14 2DF M. Elangoo (1977-03-22)22 March 1977 (aged 20) Selangor FA 15 3MF Tengku Hazman Raja Hassan (1977-03-06)6 March 1977 (aged 20) Perlis FA 16 4FW Chow Chee Weng (1977-05-21)21 May 1977 (aged 20) Penang FA 17 3MF Mohd Nafuzi Zain (1978-10-27)27 October 1978 (aged 18) Kelantan FA 18 1GK Mohd Sany Muhammad Fahmi (1978-08-13)13 August 1978 (aged 18) Johor FA

 Morocco

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Tarik El-Jarmouni (1977-12-30)30 December 1977 (aged 19) SCCM de Mohammédia 2 2DF Rachid Bourissai (1977-01-04)4 January 1977 (aged 20) Maghreb Fez 3 2DF Mounir Haddaji (1977-06-05)5 June 1977 (aged 20) Kawkab Marrakech 4 2DF Khalid Khamma (1978-04-28)28 April 1978 (aged 19) Wydad Casablanca 5 3MF Youssef Safri (1977-01-13)13 January 1977 (aged 20) Rachad Bernoussi 6 3MF Aissam El-Barodi (1978-05-10)10 May 1978 (aged 19) MAS Fes 7 2DF Mohamed Kharbouch (1977-01-22)22 January 1977 (aged 20) Raja Casablanca 8 4FW Adil Ramzi (1977-07-14)14 July 1977 (aged 19) Kawkab Marrakech 9 4FW Hicham Zerouali (1977-07-17)17 July 1977 (aged 19) FUS Rabat 10 3MF Tarik Sektioui (1977-05-13)13 May 1977 (aged 20) Maghreb Fez 11 4FW Mohamed Jabrane (1979-11-29)29 November 1979 (aged 17) Maghreb Fez 12 1GK Hichame Oussaid (1978-02-05)5 February 1978 (aged 19) RS Settat 13 4FW Ihsane Ghandi (1977-01-01)1 January 1977 (aged 20) Wydad Casablanca 14 2DF Abdelaziz Larabi (1977-01-01)1 January 1977 (aged 20) FAR Rabat 15 2DF Mohammed Chippo (1977-04-20)20 April 1977 (aged 20) KAC Kenitra 16 2DF Noureddine Kacemi (1977-10-17)17 October 1977 (aged 19) SCCM de Mohammédia 17 3MF Hamid Termina (1977-01-05)5 January 1977 (aged 20) Wydad Casablanca 18 3MF Abdelfetah Saad (1977-07-05)5 July 1977 (aged 19) Wydad Casablanca

 Uruguay

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Gustavo Munúa (1978-01-27)27 January 1978 (aged 19) Nacional 2 3MF Álvaro Perea (1978-04-06)6 April 1978 (aged 19) Peñarol 3 2DF Martín Rivas (1977-02-17)17 February 1977 (aged 20) Danubio 4 2DF Carlos Díaz (1979-02-04)4 February 1979 (aged 18) Defensor Sporting Club 5 3MF Pablo García (1977-05-11)11 May 1977 (aged 20) Montevideo Wanderers 6 2DF César Pellegrín (1979-03-05)5 March 1979 (aged 18) Danubio 7 3MF Christian Callejas (1978-05-17)17 May 1978 (aged 19) Danubio 8 3MF Fabián Coelho (1977-01-20)20 January 1977 (aged 20) Nacional 9 4FW Marcelo Zalayeta (1978-12-05)5 December 1978 (aged 18) Peñarol 10 4FW Nicolás Olivera (1978-05-30)30 May 1978 (aged 19) Defensor Sporting Club 11 3MF Inti Podestá (1978-04-23)23 April 1978 (aged 19) Danubio 12 1GK Fabián Carini (1979-12-26)26 December 1979 (aged 17) Danubio 13 2DF Alejandro Melono (1977-04-27)27 April 1977 (aged 20) Rentistas 14 2DF Alejandro Lembo (1978-02-15)15 February 1978 (aged 19) Bella Vista 15 3MF Mario Regueiro (1978-09-14)14 September 1978 (aged 18) Cerro 16 4FW Manuel Abreu (1977-03-08)8 March 1977 (aged 20) Defensor Sporting Club 17 4FW Hernán López (1978-01-21)21 January 1978 (aged 19) River Plate 18 3MF Sebastián Cartagena (1978-01-19)19 January 1978 (aged 19) Danubio

Group B

 Brazil

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Marcelo (1977-01-08)8 January 1977 (aged 20) Flamengo 2 2DF Paulo César (1978-06-28)28 June 1978 (aged 18) Flamengo 3 2DF Jean (1977-09-24)24 September 1977 (aged 19) Santos 4 2DF Álvaro (1977-11-01)1 November 1977 (aged 19) São Paulo 5 3MF Sidney (1977-03-03)3 March 1977 (aged 20) São Paulo 6 2DF Athirson (1977-01-16)16 January 1977 (aged 20) Flamengo 7 4FW Fabiano (1978-04-06)6 April 1978 (aged 19) São Paulo 8 3MF Pedrinho (1977-06-29)29 June 1977 (aged 19) Vasco da Gama 9 4FW Fernandão (1978-03-18)18 March 1978 (aged 19) Goiás 10 3MF Alex (1977-09-14)14 September 1977 (aged 19) Curitiba 11 4FW Adaílton (1977-01-24)24 January 1977 (aged 20) Guarani 12 1GK Helton (1978-05-18)18 May 1978 (aged 19) Vasco da Gama 13 2DF Éder (1977-10-07)7 October 1977 (aged 19) Grêmio 14 2DF Vinícius (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 20) Internacional 15 3MF Odair (1977-01-22)22 January 1977 (aged 20) Internacional 16 3MF Perdigão (1977-06-28)28 June 1977 (aged 19) Coritiba 17 4FW Júnior (1977-04-02)2 April 1977 (aged 20) Salvador de Bahia 18 4FW Roni (1977-04-28)28 April 1977 (aged 20) Fluminense

 France

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Mickaël Landreau (1979-05-14)14 May 1979 (aged 18) Nantes 2 2DF Willy Sagnol (1977-03-18)18 March 1977 (aged 20) Saint-Étienne 3 2DF Jean Sebastien Jaures (1977-09-30)30 September 1977 (aged 19) Auxerre 4 2DF Mikaël Silvestre (1977-08-09)9 August 1977 (aged 19) Rennes 5 2DF William Gallas (1977-08-17)17 August 1977 (aged 19) Caen 6 3MF Peter Luccin (1979-04-09)9 April 1979 (aged 18) Bordeaux 7 3MF Yoann Bigné (1977-08-23)23 August 1977 (aged 19) Rennes 8 3MF Kuami Agboh[1] (1977-12-28)28 December 1977 (aged 19) Auxerre 9 4FW Thierry Henry (1977-08-17)17 August 1977 (aged 19) AS Monaco 10 4FW Daniel Moreira (1977-08-08)8 August 1977 (aged 19) Guingamp 11 4FW David Trezeguet (1977-10-15)15 October 1977 (aged 19) AS Monaco 12 3MF Kodjo Afanou (1977-01-21)21 January 1977 (aged 20) Bordeaux 13 2DF Philippe Christanval (1978-08-31)31 August 1978 (aged 18) AS Monaco 14 4FW Nicolas Anelka (1979-03-14)14 March 1979 (aged 18) Arsenal 15 3MF Medhi Leroy (1978-04-18)18 April 1978 (aged 19) Nantes 16 1GK Jérémie Janot (1977-10-11)11 October 1977 (aged 19) Saint-Étienne 17 4FW Cedric Mouret (1978-03-26)26 March 1978 (aged 19) Cannes 18 4FW Lilian Compan (1977-04-30)30 April 1977 (aged 20) Cannes

 South Korea

Head coach: Park Lee-Chun

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Chung Yoo-Suk (1977-10-25)25 October 1977 (aged 19) Ajou University 2 2DF Cho Se-Kwon (1978-06-26)26 June 1978 (aged 18) Chung-Ang University 3 2DF Han Jong-Sung (1977-01-30)30 January 1977 (aged 20) Sungkyunkwan University 4 2DF Park Joon-Hong (1978-04-13)13 April 1978 (aged 19) Yonsei University 5 2DF Sim Jae-Won (1977-03-11)11 March 1977 (aged 20) Yonsei University 6 3MF Kim Man-Joong (1978-11-04)4 November 1978 (aged 18) Myongji University 7 2DF Park Jin-Sub (1977-03-11)11 March 1977 (aged 20) Korea University 8 3MF Lee Kwan-Woo (1978-02-25)25 February 1978 (aged 19) Hanyang University 9 4FW Ahn Hyo-Yeon (1978-04-16)16 April 1978 (aged 19) Dankook University 10 3MF Kim Do-Kyun (1977-01-13)13 January 1977 (aged 20) University of Ulsan 11 4FW Park Byeong-Ju (1977-10-05)5 October 1977 (aged 19) Hansung University 12 2DF Lee Jung-Min (1978-09-29)29 September 1978 (aged 18) Korea University 13 2DF Moon Byun-Mo (1977-04-30)30 April 1977 (aged 20) Kyonggi University 14 2DF Nam Ki-Sung (1977-10-10)10 October 1977 (aged 19) Hanyang University 15 3MF Seo Ki-Bok (1979-01-28)28 January 1979 (aged 18) Yonsei University 16 3MF Yang Hyun-Jung (1977-07-25)25 July 1977 (aged 19) Dankook University 17 4FW Chung Seok-Keun (1977-11-25)25 November 1977 (aged 19) Ajou University 18 1GK Choi Hyun (1978-11-07)7 November 1978 (aged 18) Chung-Ang University

 South Africa

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Gerald Wagner (1977-01-28)28 January 1977 (aged 20) QwaQwa Stars 2 2DF Japie Morale (1979-01-01)1 January 1979 (aged 18) Supersport United 3 2DF Vorgen Less (1977-08-05)5 August 1977 (aged 19) Hellenic FC 4 2DF David Kannemeyer (1977-07-08)8 July 1977 (aged 19) Cape Town Spurs 5 2DF Matthew Booth (1977-03-14)14 March 1977 (aged 20) Cape Town Spurs 6 4FW Lucky Maselesele (1980-03-08)8 March 1980 (aged 17) Esseler Park 7 3MF Stanton Fredericks (1977-06-13)13 June 1977 (aged 20) Wits University 8 3MF Mzunani Mgwigwi (1978-11-17)17 November 1978 (aged 18) Umtata Bocks 9 2DF Ashley Makhanya (1977-10-06)6 October 1977 (aged 19) Natal 10 3MF Junaid Hartley (1978-06-22)22 June 1978 (aged 18) Wits University 11 4FW Daniel Matsau (1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 20) Lorraine Lions 12 3MF Manqoba Mkhize (1978-01-23)23 January 1978 (aged 19) Kaizer Chiefs 13 2DF Given Nyedimane (1978-03-13)13 March 1978 (aged 19) Bloemfontein Celtic 14 3MF Steve Lekoelea (1979-02-05)5 February 1979 (aged 18) Orlando Pirates 15 2DF Nkhiphitheni Matombo (1977-01-31)31 January 1977 (aged 20) Dynamos 16 1GK Wayne Roberts (1977-08-14)14 August 1977 (aged 19) Cape Town Spurs 17 4FW Benedict McCarthy (1977-11-12)12 November 1977 (aged 19) Cape Town Spurs 18 3MF Patrick Mbuthu (1977-02-03)3 February 1977 (aged 20) Kaizer Chiefs

Group C

 China PR

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Li Leilei (1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 19) Army Club 2 2DF Li Weifeng (1978-01-26)26 January 1978 (aged 19) Jianlibao 3 2DF Hao Wei (1976-12-27)27 December 1976 (aged 20) Jianlibao 4 2DF Zheng Yi (1977-10-08)8 October 1977 (aged 19) Jianlibao 5 3MF Li Tie (1977-09-18)18 September 1977 (aged 19) Jianlibao 6 3MF Tao Wei (1978-03-11)11 March 1978 (aged 19) Jianlibao 7 3MF Huang Yong (1978-08-26)26 August 1978 (aged 18) Jianlibao 8 4FW Liu Lin (1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 19) Jianlibao 9 4FW Li Jinyu (1977-11-06)6 November 1977 (aged 19) Jianlibao 10 3MF Sui Dongliang (1977-09-24)24 September 1977 (aged 19) Jianlibao 11 3MF Zhang Xiaorui (1978-08-05)5 August 1978 (aged 18) Jianlibao 12 2DF Yang Pu (1978-03-30)30 March 1978 (aged 19) Guoan 13 4FW Wang Peng (1978-06-16)16 June 1978 (aged 19) Jianlibao 14 4FW Yao Li (1977-08-09)9 August 1977 (aged 19) Jianlibao 15 2DF Zhang Ran (1977-08-15)15 August 1977 (aged 19) Jianlibao 16 4FW Zheng Bin (1977-07-04)4 July 1977 (aged 19) Jianlibao 17 4FW Sun Zhi (1977-10-19)19 October 1977 (aged 19) Jianlibao 18 1GK Li Jian (1977-12-09)9 December 1977 (aged 19) Jianlibao

 Ghana

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Osei Oscar Asamoah (1979-12-12)12 December 1979 (aged 17) Real Tamale United 2 3MF Joseph Ansah (1978-11-05)5 November 1978 (aged 18) Accra Hearts of Oak 3 2DF Fuseini Adams (1978-11-21)21 November 1978 (aged 18) Sekondi Hasaacas 4 2DF Kofi Amponsah (1978-04-23)23 April 1978 (aged 19) Ghapoha Readers 5 2DF Christian Gyan (1978-11-02)2 November 1978 (aged 18) Feyenoord 6 3MF Baba Sule (1978-11-07)7 November 1978 (aged 18) Mallorca 7 3MF Dini Kamara (1978-08-13)13 August 1978 (aged 18) Nacional 8 3MF Stephen Appiah (1980-12-24)24 December 1980 (aged 16) Accra Hearts of Oak 9 4FW Peter Ofori Quaye (1980-03-21)21 March 1980 (aged 17) Kalamata 10 4FW Bashiru Gambo (1978-09-24)24 September 1978 (aged 18) Borussia Dortmund 11 4FW Mohamed Mouktar (1977-03-06)6 March 1977 (aged 20) Hamburg 12 3MF Abdulai Al Hassan (1978-03-03)3 March 1978 (aged 19) Real Tamale United 13 2DF Abdul Karim Ahmed (1980-02-05)5 February 1980 (aged 17) Real Sportive 14 3MF Joe Sam (1977-11-18)18 November 1977 (aged 19) Dwarfs 15 2DF Odartey Lawson (1977-12-01)1 December 1977 (aged 19) Great Olympics 16 1GK Michael Abu (1978-12-26)26 December 1978 (aged 18) Okwahu United 17 3MF Awudu Issaka (1979-06-26)26 June 1979 (aged 17) Auxerre 18 3MF Richard Ackon (1978-10-10)10 October 1978 (aged 18) Dwarfs

 Republic of Ireland

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Derek O'Connor (1978-03-09)9 March 1978 (aged 19) Huddersfield Town 2 2DF David Worrell (1978-01-12)12 January 1978 (aged 19) Blackburn Rovers 3 2DF Robbie Ryan (1977-05-06)6 May 1977 (aged 20) Huddersfield Town 4 2DF Colin Hawkins (1977-08-17)17 August 1977 (aged 19) Coventry City 5 2DF Aidan Lynch (1977-08-29)29 August 1977 (aged 19) University College Dublin 6 3MF Stephen Murphy (1978-04-05)5 April 1978 (aged 19) Huddersfield Town 7 3MF Niall Inman (1978-02-06)6 February 1978 (aged 19) Peterborough United 8 3MF John Burns (1977-12-04)4 December 1977 (aged 19) Nottingham Forest 9 3MF Micky Cummins (1978-06-01)1 June 1978 (aged 19) Middlesbrough 10 3MF Thomas Morgan (1977-03-30)30 March 1977 (aged 20) Blackburn Rovers 11 3MF Damien Duff (1979-03-02)2 March 1979 (aged 18) Blackburn Rovers 12 4FW David Whittle (1978-12-02)2 December 1978 (aged 18) Crystal Palace 13 4FW Alan Kirby (1977-09-08)8 September 1977 (aged 19) Aston Villa 14 4FW Neale Fenn (1977-01-18)18 January 1977 (aged 20) Tottenham Hotspur 15 4FW Glen Crowe (1977-12-25)25 December 1977 (aged 19) Wolverhampton Wanderers 16 1GK Paul Whelan (1978-09-04)4 September 1978 (aged 18) Oxford United 17 2DF Dessie Baker (1977-08-25)25 August 1977 (aged 19) Shelbourne 18 4FW Trevor Molloy (1977-04-14)14 April 1977 (aged 20) Athlone Town

 United States

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Andy Kirk (1977-10-03)3 October 1977 (aged 19) University of Maryland 2 3MF Chad McCarty (1977-10-05)5 October 1977 (aged 19) University of Washington 3 2DF Brian Dunseth (1977-03-02)2 March 1977 (aged 20) New England Revolution 4 2DF Matt Chulis (1977-08-29)29 August 1977 (aged 19) University of Virginia 5 4FW Tom Poltl (1977-09-21)21 September 1977 (aged 19) UCLA 6 2DF Carlos Parra (1977-02-03)3 February 1977 (aged 20) NY/NJ MetroStars 7 4FW Myles Stoddard (1977-01-07)7 January 1977 (aged 20) Reno Rattlers 8 3MF John O'Brien (1977-08-29)29 August 1977 (aged 19) Ajax 9 3MF Sasha Victorine (1978-02-03)3 February 1978 (aged 19) UCLA 10 3MF Jorge Flores (1977-02-13)13 February 1977 (aged 20) Dallas Burn 11 3MF Ben Olsen (1977-05-03)3 May 1977 (aged 20) University of Virginia 12 3MF Ramiro Corrales (1977-03-12)12 March 1977 (aged 20) San Jose Clash 13 3MF Esmundo Rodriguez (1977-05-25)25 May 1977 (aged 20) Monterrey 14 3MF Joey DiGiamarino (1977-04-06)6 April 1977 (aged 20) Colorado Rapids 15 3MF Brian West (1978-06-10)10 June 1978 (aged 19) University of Virginia 16 4FW Josh Wolff (1977-02-25)25 February 1977 (aged 20) University of South Carolina 17 4FW Shawn Petroski (1977-08-24)24 August 1977 (aged 19) Bayer Uerdingen 18 1GK Matt Napoleon (1977-08-18)18 August 1977 (aged 19) Columbia University

Group D

 Costa Rica

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Fausto González (1978-09-13)13 September 1978 (aged 18) Cartaginés 2 2DF Douglas Barquero (1978-11-11)11 November 1978 (aged 18) Paraiso FC 3 2DF Daniel Torres (1977-10-14)14 October 1977 (aged 19) Deportivo Saprissa 4 3MF Pablo Nassar (1977-01-28)28 January 1977 (aged 20) Universidad de Costa Rica 5 3MF Leonardo Duran (1977-06-26)26 June 1977 (aged 19) Belen FC 6 4FW Eddie Salas (1977-03-25)25 March 1977 (aged 20) San Carlos 7 4FW Nelson Fonseca (1978-08-10)10 August 1978 (aged 18) Deportivo Saprissa 8 2DF Douglas Sequeira (1977-08-23)23 August 1977 (aged 19) Deportivo Saprissa 9 4FW Alonso Solis (1978-10-14)14 October 1978 (aged 18) Deportivo Saprissa 10 4FW Froylan Ledezma (1978-01-02)2 January 1978 (aged 19) Alajuelense 11 4FW Marvin Chinchilla (1977-02-11)11 February 1977 (aged 20) Pérez Zeledón 12 3MF Alvin Villavicencio (1979-11-13)13 November 1979 (aged 17) Guanacaste 13 3MF Carlos Castro (1978-09-10)10 September 1978 (aged 18) Alajuelense 14 3MF Andrey Campos (1978-12-07)7 December 1978 (aged 18) San Carlos 15 2DF Pablo Chinchilla (1978-12-21)21 December 1978 (aged 18) Alajuelense 16 4FW Steven Bryce (1977-08-16)16 August 1977 (aged 19) Goicochea 17 4FW Jonathan Bolanos (1978-04-22)22 April 1978 (aged 19) Sagrada Familia 18 1GK Rodolfo Alvarez (1978-11-20)20 November 1978 (aged 18) Deportivo Saprissa

 Japan

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Kiyomitsu Kobari (1977-06-12)12 June 1977 (aged 20) Verdy Kawasaki 2 3MF Kei Mikuriya (1977-08-29)29 August 1977 (aged 19) Yokohama Marinos 3 2DF Masaharu Nishi (1977-05-29)29 May 1977 (aged 20) Avispa Fukuoka 4 3MF Kazuyuki Toda (1977-12-30)30 December 1977 (aged 19) Shimizu S-Pulse 5 2DF Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (1977-02-07)7 February 1977 (aged 20) Gamba Osaka 6 3MF Shinji Jojo (1977-08-28)28 August 1977 (aged 19) Urawa Red Diamonds 7 3MF Tomokazu Myojin (1978-01-24)24 January 1978 (aged 19) Kashiwa Reysol 8 3MF Nozomi Hiroyama (1977-05-06)6 May 1977 (aged 20) JEF United Ichihara 9 4FW Kenji Fukuda (1977-10-21)21 October 1977 (aged 19) Nagoya Grampus Eight 10 4FW Atsushi Yanagisawa (1977-05-27)27 May 1977 (aged 20) Kashima Antlers 11 4FW Yoshiteru Yamashita (1977-11-21)21 November 1977 (aged 19) Avispa Fukuoka 12 2DF Satoshi Yamaguchi (1978-04-17)17 April 1978 (aged 19) JEF United Ichihara 13 3MF Harutaka Ono (1978-05-12)12 May 1978 (aged 19) Kashiwa Reysol 14 2DF Masahiro Koga (1978-09-08)8 September 1978 (aged 18) Nagoya Grampus Eight 15 4FW Yuichiro Nagai (1979-02-14)14 February 1979 (aged 18) Urawa Red Diamonds 16 3MF Shunsuke Nakamura (1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 18) Yokohama Marinos 17 3MF Michiyasu Osada (1978-03-05)5 March 1978 (aged 19) Verdy Kawasaki 18 1GK Yuta Minami (1979-09-30)30 September 1979 (aged 17) Shizuoka Gakuen H.S.

 Paraguay

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Justo Villar (1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 19) Sol de América 2 2DF Diosnel Burgos (1977-05-08)8 May 1977 (aged 20) Club Libertad 3 2DF Gustavo Canete (1977-04-04)4 April 1977 (aged 20) Cerro Porteño 4 2DF Paulo da Silva (1980-02-01)1 February 1980 (aged 17) Atlántida 5 2DF Hernán Florentin (1977-07-01)1 July 1977 (aged 19) Boca Juniors 6 3MF Marcos Tiozzo (1977-03-23)23 March 1977 (aged 20) Guaraní 7 4FW Raúl Román (1977-10-25)25 October 1977 (aged 19) Nacional 8 3MF Cristian Esquivel (1977-09-21)21 September 1977 (aged 19) Club Sol de América 9 4FW César Ramírez (1977-03-21)21 March 1977 (aged 20) Sporting CP 10 3MF Miguel Domínguez (1979-09-30)30 September 1979 (aged 17) Tembetary 11 3MF César Cáceres (1977-06-10)10 June 1977 (aged 20) Sporting Luqueño 12 1GK José Fernández (1979-01-23)23 January 1979 (aged 18) Nacional 13 2DF Mariano Villamayor (1978-08-19)19 August 1978 (aged 18) Guaraní 14 2DF Gustavo Florentin (1978-06-30)30 June 1978 (aged 18) Cerro Porteño 15 3MF Gustavo Morinigo (1977-01-23)23 January 1977 (aged 20) Club Libertad 16 4FW Tomás González (1977-12-21)21 December 1977 (aged 19) Club Cerro Corá 17 4FW Juan Samudio (1978-10-14)14 October 1978 (aged 18) Club Libertad 18 3MF Alberto Melgarejo (1978-05-22)22 May 1978 (aged 19) Atlético Madrid

 Spain

Head coach: Iñaki Sáez

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK César Láinez (1977-04-10)10 April 1977 (aged 20) Real Zaragoza 2 2DF Juan Redondo (1977-01-17)17 January 1977 (aged 20) Real Betis 3 2DF Marc Bernaus[2] (1977-02-02)2 February 1977 (aged 20) Barcelona B 4 2DF Curro Montoya (c) (1977-02-13)13 February 1977 (aged 20) Valencia 5 2DF César Caneda (1978-05-10)10 May 1978 (aged 19) Athletic Bilbao 6 3MF Ismael Ruiz (1977-02-07)7 February 1977 (aged 20) Racing Santander 7 3MF Alberto Rivera (1978-02-16)16 February 1978 (aged 19) Real Madrid 8 3MF Javier Farinós (1978-03-29)29 March 1978 (aged 19) Valencia 9 4FW Diego Ribera (1977-02-19)19 February 1977 (aged 20) Figueres 10 3MF Iván Ania (1977-10-24)24 October 1977 (aged 19) Real Oviedo 11 4FW Miguel Ángel Angulo (1977-06-23)23 June 1977 (aged 19) Villarreal 12 3MF Raúl Gil (1977-09-03)3 September 1977 (aged 19) Athletic Bilbao 13 1GK Felip Ortiz (1977-04-27)27 April 1977 (aged 20) Barcelona 14 3MF Gerard López (1979-03-12)12 March 1979 (aged 18) Barcelona 15 2DF Jesús María Lacruz (1978-04-25)25 April 1978 (aged 19) Osasuna 16 2DF Jerónimo Miñarro (1977-09-19)19 September 1977 (aged 19) Valencia 17 4FW José Luis Deus (1977-01-12)12 January 1977 (aged 20) La Coruña 18 3MF David Albelda (1977-09-01)1 September 1977 (aged 19) Villarreal

Group E

 Argentina

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Leo Franco (1977-05-20)20 May 1977 (aged 20) Independiente 2 2DF Leandro Damián Cufré (1978-05-09)9 May 1978 (aged 19) Gimnasia La Plata 3 2DF Walter Samuel (1978-03-23)23 March 1978 (aged 19) Newell's Old Boys 4 2DF Juan Serrizuela (1977-01-25)25 January 1977 (aged 20) Lanús 5 3MF Esteban Cambiasso (1980-08-18)18 August 1980 (aged 16) Argentinos Juniors 6 2DF Diego Markić (1977-01-09)9 January 1977 (aged 20) Argentinos Juniors 7 4FW Diego Quintana (1978-04-24)24 April 1978 (aged 19) Newell's Old Boys 8 3MF Juan Román Riquelme (1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 18) Boca Juniors 9 4FW Bernardo Romeo (1977-09-10)10 September 1977 (aged 19) Estudiantes La Plata 10 4FW Pablo Aimar (1979-11-03)3 November 1979 (aged 17) River Plate 11 3MF Pablo Rodríguez (1977-03-07)7 March 1977 (aged 20) Argentinos Juniors 12 1GK Cristián Muñoz (1977-07-01)1 July 1977 (aged 19) Sarmiento de Junín 13 2DF Fabián Cubero (1978-12-21)21 December 1978 (aged 18) Vélez Sársfield 14 2DF Diego Placente (1977-04-24)24 April 1977 (aged 20) Argentinos Juniors 15 4FW Martín Perezlindo (1977-01-03)3 January 1977 (aged 20) Unión de Santa Fe 16 3MF Nicolás Diez (1977-02-09)9 February 1977 (aged 20) Racing Club 17 3MF Sebastián Ariel Romero (1978-04-27)27 April 1978 (aged 19) Gimnasia La Plata 18 2DF Lionel Scaloni (1978-05-16)16 May 1978 (aged 19) Estudiantes La Plata

 Australia

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Danny Milošević (1978-06-26)26 June 1978 (aged 18) Arminia Bielefeld 2 2DF Brett Emerton (1979-02-22)22 February 1979 (aged 18) Sydney Olympic FC 3 2DF Ivan Želić (1978-02-24)24 February 1978 (aged 19) Sydney Olympic 4 2DF Con Blatsis (1977-07-06)6 July 1977 (aged 19) South Melbourne 5 3MF Raphael Bove (1977-03-05)5 March 1977 (aged 20) Sydney Olympic 6 2DF Hayden Foxe (1977-06-23)23 June 1977 (aged 19) Arminia Bielefeld 7 3MF Mat Eggleton (1977-04-18)18 April 1977 (aged 20) Campbelltown FC 8 2DF Lucas Neill (1978-03-09)9 March 1978 (aged 19) Millwall F.C. 9 3MF Vince Grella (1979-10-05)5 October 1979 (aged 17) Victorian Institute of Sport 10 3MF David Davutovic (1977-11-23)23 November 1977 (aged 19) Chelsea Hajduk FC 11 4FW Michael Curcija (1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 19) South Melbourne 12 3MF Kostas Salapasidis (1978-07-01)1 July 1978 (aged 18) Adelaide City 13 2DF Tansel Baser (1978-04-17)17 April 1978 (aged 19) South Melbourne 14 3MF Sebastian Šinožić (1978-09-14)14 September 1978 (aged 18) Wollongong Wolves 15 3MF Mark Robertson (1977-04-06)6 April 1977 (aged 20) Marconi Stallions 16 3MF Benjamin Coonan (1978-08-19)19 August 1978 (aged 18) Budgewoi FC 17 4FW Daniel Allsopp (1978-08-10)10 August 1978 (aged 18) South Melbourne 18 1GK Peter Zois (1978-04-21)21 April 1978 (aged 19) South Melbourne

 Canada

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Taki Vohalis (1977-08-15)15 August 1977 (aged 19) Coquitlam Metro 2 3MF Jeff Clarke (1977-10-18)18 October 1977 (aged 19) Vancouver 86ers 3 2DF Richard Hastings (1977-05-18)18 May 1977 (aged 20) 4 (0) Caledonian Thistle 4 2DF Bryan Devenney (1977-12-12)12 December 1977 (aged 19) Boston College 5 2DF Steve McCauley (1977-01-08)8 January 1977 (aged 20) University of British Columbia 6 3MF Jason Bent (1977-03-08)8 March 1977 (aged 20) University of Tulsa 7 2DF Paul Stalteri (1977-10-18)18 October 1977 (aged 19) 5 (0) Toronto Lynx 8 3MF Robbie Aristodemo (1977-05-20)20 May 1977 (aged 20) University of Maryland 9 3MF Chris Stathopoulos (1977-12-29)29 December 1977 (aged 19) Montreal Impact 10 2DF Steve Kindel (1977-07-25)25 July 1977 (aged 19) Vancouver 86ers 11 2DF Jeff Skinner (1977-05-02)2 May 1977 (aged 20) Vancouver 86ers 12 2DF Marco Reda (1977-06-22)22 June 1977 (aged 19) Ontario 13 3MF Jason Mathot (1978-08-01)1 August 1978 (aged 18) Vancouver 86ers 14 3MF Eric Munoz (1977-08-29)29 August 1977 (aged 19) University of Memphis 15 4FW Neal Yeung (1977-12-05)5 December 1977 (aged 19) Simon Fraser University 16 3MF Jason Jordan (1978-05-30)30 May 1978 (aged 19) Vancouver 86ers 17 3MF Dwayne de Rosario (1978-05-15)15 May 1978 (aged 19) Toronto Lynx 18 1GK Michael Franks (1977-04-20)20 April 1977 (aged 20) University of British Columbia

 Hungary

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Balázs Rabóczki (1978-01-09)9 January 1978 (aged 19) MTK Hungária 2 2DF László Erdei (1978-01-27)27 January 1978 (aged 19) BVSC Budapest 3 2DF Csaba Diczkó (1977-09-28)28 September 1977 (aged 19) Videoton Fehérvár 4 2DF Ádám Komlósi (1977-12-06)6 December 1977 (aged 19) BVSC Budapest 5 3MF János Szabó (1978-02-06)6 February 1978 (aged 19) VAC 6 2DF János Zováth (1977-02-25)25 February 1977 (aged 20) BVSC Budapest 7 2DF Zoltán Balog (1978-02-22)22 February 1978 (aged 19) Békéscsabai Elõre 8 4FW Péter Kabát (1977-09-25)25 September 1977 (aged 19) Budapest Honvéd 9 4FW István Ferenczi (1977-09-14)14 September 1977 (aged 19) MFC Sopron 10 3MF Attila Szili (1978-03-11)11 March 1978 (aged 19) 1860 Munich 11 3MF Ákos Füzi (1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 19) BVSC Budapest 12 1GK Zoltán Varga (1977-08-19)19 August 1977 (aged 19) BVSC Budapest 13 2DF Róbert Lóczi (1977-08-20)20 August 1977 (aged 19) Budapest Honvéd 14 3MF Péter Vörös (1977-12-14)14 December 1977 (aged 19) MTK Hungária 15 4FW Csaba Csordás (1977-08-09)9 August 1977 (aged 19) BVSC Budapest 16 4FW Zoltán Szabó (1977-08-23)23 August 1977 (aged 19) III. Kerületi TUE 17 3MF Bálint Lukács (1977-08-15)15 August 1977 (aged 19) Budapest Honvéd 18 3MF Gergely Balogh (1977-10-14)14 October 1977 (aged 19) Budapest Honvéd

Group F

 Ivory Coast

Head coach: Appolinaire Kaby

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Yahaya Traore (1977-02-15)15 February 1977 (aged 20) Stella Club d'Adjamé 2 3MF Abraham Onene (1977-04-14)14 April 1977 (aged 20) Bassam 3 2DF Aboh Miessan (1977-03-12)12 March 1977 (aged 20) Albi 4 2DF Souleymane Cisse (1977-08-10)10 August 1977 (aged 19) AS Nancy 5 2DF Serge Gogoua (1977-01-01)1 January 1977 (aged 20) Sporting Gagnoa 6 2DF Daouda Mariko (1981-11-13)13 November 1981 (aged 15) Sporting Gagnoa 7 3MF Idrissa Keita (1977-04-10)10 April 1977 (aged 20) ASEC Mimosas 8 3MF Thomas Guei (1979-01-28)28 January 1979 (aged 18) Stade d'Abidjan 9 3MF Baroan Tagro (1977-10-05)5 October 1977 (aged 19) Paris Saint-Germain 10 4FW Abdoulaye Soumahoro (1978-07-11)11 July 1978 (aged 18) ASEC Mimosas 11 3MF Vassanogo Kamara (1981-08-10)10 August 1981 (aged 15) ASEC Mimosas 12 3MF Yoossouf Tidiane (1977-12-15)15 December 1977 (aged 19) Africa Sports 13 3MF Rene Nda Kouadio (1979-09-12)12 September 1979 (aged 17) Stade d'Abidjan 14 2DF Seydou Mariko (1977-04-26)26 April 1977 (aged 20) Africa Sports 15 4FW Bonaventure Kalou (1978-01-12)12 January 1978 (aged 19) ASEC Mimosas 16 1GK Baffie Fofana (1977-12-21)21 December 1977 (aged 19) Africa Sports 17 4FW Félix Dja Ettien (1979-09-26)26 September 1979 (aged 17) Bassam 18 3MF Serge Die (1977-10-04)4 October 1977 (aged 19) Africa Sports

 England

Head coach: Ted Powell

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK David Lucas (1977-11-23)23 November 1977 (aged 19) Preston North End 2 2DF Matthew Upson (1979-04-18)18 April 1979 (aged 18) Luton Town 3 3MF Jason Crowe (1978-09-30)30 September 1978 (aged 18) Arsenal 4 3MF Ronnie Wallwork (1977-09-10)10 September 1977 (aged 19) Manchester United 5 2DF John Curtis (1978-09-03)3 September 1978 (aged 18) Manchester United 6 2DF Marlon Broomes (1977-11-28)28 November 1977 (aged 19) Blackburn Rovers 7 2DF Jamie Carragher (1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 19) Liverpool 8 3MF Jody Morris (1978-12-22)22 December 1978 (aged 18) Chelsea 9 4FW Ritchie Humphreys (1977-11-30)30 November 1977 (aged 19) Sheffield Wednesday 10 3MF Danny Murphy (1977-03-18)18 March 1977 (aged 20) Crewe Alexandra 11 3MF Clint Easton (1977-10-01)1 October 1977 (aged 19) Watford 12 3MF Kieron Dyer (1978-12-29)29 December 1978 (aged 18) Ipswich Town 13 1GK Mark Tyler (1977-04-02)2 April 1977 (aged 20) Peterborough United 14 4FW Jon Macken[3] (1977-09-07)7 September 1977 (aged 19) Manchester United 15 4FW Paul Shepherd (1977-11-17)17 November 1977 (aged 19) Leeds United 16 4FW Jason Euell[4] (1977-02-06)6 February 1977 (aged 20) Wimbledon 17 2DF Mark Jackson (1977-09-30)30 September 1977 (aged 19) Leeds United 18 4FW Michael Owen (1979-12-14)14 December 1979 (aged 17) Liverpool

 Mexico

Head coach: José Luis Real

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Alexandro Álvarez (1977-01-26)26 January 1977 (aged 20) Necaxa 2 2DF Mariano Trujillo (1977-05-19)19 May 1977 (aged 20) UNAM Pumas 3 2DF Christian Ramírez (1978-03-08)8 March 1978 (aged 19) UNAM Pumas 4 2DF Joaquín Beltrán (1977-04-29)29 April 1977 (aged 20) UNAM Pumas 5 2DF Omar Briceño (1978-01-30)30 January 1978 (aged 19) Atlas 6 3MF Carlos Cariño (1977-10-21)21 October 1977 (aged 19) UNAM Pumas 7 3MF Adrián Sánchez (1978-07-09)9 July 1978 (aged 18) Puebla 8 4FW Omar Avilán (1977-04-29)29 April 1977 (aged 20) Atlas 9 4FW Eduardo Lillingston (1977-12-23)23 December 1977 (aged 19) Toluca 10 4FW Omar Santacruz (1977-01-13)13 January 1977 (aged 20) America 11 4FW Gerardo Torres (1977-03-14)14 March 1977 (aged 20) Atlas 12 1GK Esdras Rangel (1977-07-31)31 July 1977 (aged 19) UNAM Pumas 13 2DF Felipe Ayala (1977-12-16)16 December 1977 (aged 19) UANL Tigres 14 2DF Ignacio Hierro (1978-06-22)22 June 1978 (aged 18) America 15 3MF Hector Valenzuela (1977-12-16)16 December 1977 (aged 19) Guadalajara 16 4FW Luis Maldonado (1979-05-11)11 May 1979 (aged 18) Monterrey 17 2DF Javier Robles (1979-01-07)7 January 1979 (aged 18) Atlas 18 4FW Emilio Mora (1978-03-07)7 March 1978 (aged 19) Atletico Morelia

 United Arab Emirates

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Abdel Al-Hammadi (1977-11-01)1 November 1977 (aged 19) Al Wahda 2 2DF Jumaa Al-Mekaini (1977-10-15)15 October 1977 (aged 19) Al Ain 3 2DF Abdulla Essa Abdulla (1977-05-06)6 May 1977 (aged 20) Al Wasl 4 2DF Ahmed Murad (1977-08-09)9 August 1977 (aged 19) Al Ahli 5 3MF Abdul Al-Arami (1977-05-23)23 May 1977 (aged 20) Al Wahda 6 2DF Salem Al-Shaamsi (1978-08-19)19 August 1978 (aged 18) Al Ain 7 3MF Saeed Al-Sharhan (1977-10-01)1 October 1977 (aged 19) Emirates Club 8 4FW Humaid Fakher (1978-11-03)3 November 1978 (aged 18) Al Ain 9 3MF Yousif Al-Baloushi (1978-06-06)6 June 1978 (aged 19) Al Nasr 10 4FW Yaser Salem Ali (1977-12-01)1 December 1977 (aged 19) Al Wahda 11 4FW Salem Saad (1978-09-01)1 September 1978 (aged 18) Al-Shaab 12 2DF Abdulla Ahmed Abulla (1977-02-04)4 February 1977 (aged 20) Al Man 13 3MF Adib Al-Zaabi (1977-10-15)15 October 1977 (aged 19) Al Wahda 14 3MF Ali Ahmed (1977-06-03)3 June 1977 (aged 20) Sharjah FC 15 4FW Mohamed Kazim (1978-01-01)1 January 1978 (aged 19) Al Nasr 16 3MF Mohamed Al-Baloushi (1977-06-22)22 June 1977 (aged 19) Al Nasr 17 1GK Ali Al-Yarees (1977-02-16)16 February 1977 (aged 20) Al Shabab 18 2DF Gharib Al-Kuwaiti (1977-02-07)7 February 1977 (aged 20) Al Ain

Footnotes

1. ↑ Capped for Togo
2. ↑ capped by Andorra
3. ↑ Capped for Republic of Ireland
4. ↑ Capped for Jamaica

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