2006 FIFA World Cup (squads)
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This article lists the confirmed squads for the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Germany, between June 9 and July 9, 2006. Before announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 33 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted final by 15 May 2006. Replacement of injured players is permitted until 24 hours before the team's first world cup game. Players marked (c) have been named as captain for their national squad. Club information is that used by FIFA[1]. Players for whom this information has changed during or in the run up to the tournament are indicated by footnotes.
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Group A
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Costa Rica
Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães
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Ecuador
Head coach: Luis Fernando Suárez
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Germany
Head coach: Jürgen Klinsmann
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Poland
Head coach: Paweł Janas
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Group B
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England
Head coach: Sven Göran Eriksson
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Paraguay
Head coach: Aníbal Ruiz
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Sweden
Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck
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Trinidad & Tobago
Head coach: Leo Beenhakker
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Group C
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Argentina
Head coach: José Pekerman
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Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire)
Head coach:Henri Michel
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Netherlands
Head coach: Marco van Basten
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Serbia and Montenegro
Head coach: Ilija Petković
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Group D
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Angola
Head coach: Luis Oliveira Goncalves
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Iran
Head coach: Branko Ivanković
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Mexico
Head coach: Ricardo Lavolpe
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Portugal
Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari
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Group E
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Czech Republic
Head coach: Karel Brückner
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Ghana
Head coach: Ratomir Dujković
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Italy
Head coach: Marcello Lippi
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United States of America
Head coach: Bruce Arena
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Group F
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Australia
Head coach: Guus Hiddink
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Brazil
Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira
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Croatia
Head coach: Zlatko Kranjčar
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Japan
Head coach: Zico
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Group G
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France
Head coach: Raymond Domenech
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South Korea
Head coach: Dick Advocaat
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Switzerland
Head coach: Jakob Kuhn
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Togo
Head coach: Kodjovi Mawuena [59]
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Group H
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Saudi Arabia
Head coach: Marcos Paquetá
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Spain
Head coach: Luis Aragonés
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Tunisia
Head coach: Roger Lemerre
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Ukraine
Head coach: Oleg Blokhin
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Player representation by league
| Country | Players | Percentage | Outside national squad |
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| Total | 736 | ||
| England | 100 | 13.59% | 79 |
| Germany | 76 | 10.33% | 55 |
| Italy | 60 | 8.15% | 37 |
| France | 55 | 7.47% | 45 |
| Spain | 53 | 7.2% | 35 |
| Ukraine | 27 | 3.67% | 8 |
| Netherlands | 25 | 3.40% | 11 |
| Mexico | 23 | 3.125% | 4 |
| Saudi Arabia | 23 | 3.125% | 0 |
| Portugal | 20 | 2.72% | 12 |
| Costa Rica | 20 | 2.72% | 0 |
| Others | 254 | 34.5% |
The Italian and Saudi Arabian squads are made up entirely of players from the respective countries' domestic leagues. The Ivory Coast squad is made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs (in fact, only one of their players is employed on the African continent; the other 22 all play in Europe). Although Turkey, Scotland, and Russia failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues are represented by 12, 11, and 10 players respectively: altogether, there are 48 national leagues who have players in the tournament.
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Player representation by club
Clubs are listed as per FIFA and exclude players on standby and loans.
| Players | Clubs |
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| 15 | Arsenal |
| 14 | Chelsea |
| 13 | Juventus |
| 12 | Manchester United |
| 11 | Barcelona, Bayern München, Milan, Shakhtar Donetsk |
| 10 | Bayer Leverkusen, Dynamo Kyiv, Liverpool, Real Madrid, Lyon |
| 9 | Al-Hilal, Ajax, Valencia |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund, Deportivo Saprissa, Internazionale |
| 7 | Al-Ittihad, Basel, Chivas, LDU Quito, Werder Bremen |
| 6 | Benfica, Tottenham Hotspur, Atlético de Madrid |
| 5 | LD Alajuelense, AZ, Crvena zvezda, Hamburger SV, Rennes, Roma, Stuttgart, Rangers |
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Footnotes
- ^ FIFA World Cup. Official FIFA World Cup website. Retrieved on May 24, 2006.
- ^ Borja will join Olympiacos after the tournament.
- ^ Valencia was on loan to Huelva in the run up to the tournament.
- ^ Reasco has agreed to join São Paulo after the tournament.
- ^ Huth will join Middlesbrough F.C. after the tournament.
- ^ Ballack has agreed to join Chelsea when his contract with Bayern München expires on July 1st.
- ^ FC Köln chairman Wolfgang Overath has confirmed that Podolski will play for Bayern Munich in the upcoming season.
- ^ Kosowski was on loan to Southampton in the run-up to the tournament. He will become a free agent after the tournament.
- ^ Bak will become a free agent after the tournament.
- ^ Krzynówek will join Wolfsburg after the tournament.
- ^ Rasiak has spent the run-up of the World Cup on loan to Southampton, and will join the club permanently after the tournament
- ^ Żewłakow will join Olympiacos after the tournament.
- ^ Bosacki was called up after Damian Gorawski sustained an injury and had to withdraw from the squad
- ^ Bridge was on loan to Fulham in the run up to the tournament.
- ^ Carson has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Sheffield Wednesday.
- ^ Salvador Cabañas will join Club América (México) after the tournament.
- ^ Nelson Valdez will join Borussia Dortmund after the tournament.
- ^ Larsson has a pre-contract agreement with Helsingborgs IF, and will join them after the tournament.
- ^ Svensson has agreed to join Rangers after the tournament.
- ^ Källström has agreed to join Lyon after the tournament.
- ^ Saviola was on loan to Sevilla in the run-up to the tournament
- ^ Scaloni was on loan to West Ham in the run-up to the tournament
- ^ *Mirko Vučinić was forced to withdraw through injury on May 23. He was replaced by Dušan Petković on May 29 [1]. However, Petković, the son of team coach Ilija Petković, decided not to play in the World Cup, because of numerous accusations of nepotism in Serbian press and public. Petković left the training camp on June 6. [2]. Since there was no possibility for replacement, as there was no injury, Serbia and Montenegro national team is the only one in the World Cup to have only 22 players in the squad.
- ^ Vukić has spent the run up to the tournament on loan to Partizan
- ^ Stojković has agreed to join Nantes after the tournament.
- ^ João Ricardo will become a free agent after the tournament
- ^ Akwa will become a free agent after the tournament
- ^ Marques has spent the run-up of the World Cup on loan to Hull City
- ^ Caneira has spent the run up to the tournament on loan to Sporting
- ^ Maniche has spent the run up to the tournament on loan to Chelsea
- ^ Postiga has spent the run up to the tournament on loan to Saint-Étienne
- ^ Galasek will join Nürnberg after the tournament.
- ^ Sionko will join Rangers on a Bosman transfer after the tournament.
- ^ Koller will join Monaco after the tournament.
- ^ Rosický will join Arsenal after the tournament.
- ^ Asamoah has spent the run up to the tournament on loan to Modena.
- ^ Dramani will join Gençlerbirliği after the tournament.
- ^ Howard will spend the 06/07 season on loan to Everton.
- ^ Albright was called up after the injury to Hejduk
- ^ Berhalter, who will join 1860 Munich after the World Cup, was called up after the injury to Gibbs.
- ^ Popovic's Crystal Palace contract expires after the tournament, and his future will be decided between the end Australia's tournament and the expiry date.
- ^ Skoko has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to Stoke City.
- ^ Lazaridis will become a free agent after the tournament
- ^ Beauchamp has agreed to join Nuremberg after the tournament.
- ^ Thompson has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to PSV Eindhoven.
- ^ Kennedy has agreed to join Nuremberg after the tournament.
- ^ Zé Roberto will become a free agent after the tournament
- ^ Pletikosa was on loan to Hajduk Split in the run-up to the tournament
- ^ Tudor was on loan to Siena in the run-up to the tournament
- ^ Niko Kovač will become a free agent after the tournament.
- ^ Jerko Leko will join Monaco after the tournament.
- ^ Ivan Bošnjak will join K.R.C. Genk after the tournament.
- ^ Nakata was on loan to Bolton in the run-ip to the tournament.
- ^ Takahara has agreed to join Frankfurt after the World Cup.
- ^ Landreau has agreed to join Paris Saint-Germain after the tournament.
- ^ Govou was called up as a replacement for the injured Djibril Cissé.
- ^ Zidane will retire from football after the tournament.
- ^ Barthez will become a free agent after the tournament.
- ^ Otto Pfister resigned as manager of Togo on 10 June 2006, just 3 days before their opening match, over a dispute about players' bonuses. Kodjovi Mawuena, who was Pfeister's assistant, will take charge.
- ^ Asier Del Horno was originally named in the squad, but sustained an ankle injury in the build-up to the tournament. He was replaced by Pernía.
- ^ Pernía will join Atletico de Madrid after the tournament.
- ^ Karim Saidi has spent the run up to the tournament on loan to Lecce
- ^ Yatsenko was called up as a replacement for the injured Serhiy Fedorov.
- ^ Shevchenko will join Chelsea after the tournament.
- ^ Svydersky was on loan to Arsenal Kyiv in the run-up to the World Cup.
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