2006 FIFA World Cup squads

This article lists the confirmed national football 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 by May 15, 2006. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's first world cup game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the World Cup, including all pre-tournament friendlies. Club information is that used by FIFA. [ Croatia=

Head coach: Zlatko Kranjčarnat fs player|no=1|pos=GK|name=Stipe Pletikosa|age=8 January 1979|caps=50|club=Shakhtar Donetsk|clubnat=Ukraine [Pletikosa was on loan to Hajduk Split in the run-up to the tournament] nat fs player|no=5|pos=DF|name=Igor Tudor|age=16 April 1978|caps=52|club=Juventus|clubnat=Italy [Tudor was on loan to Siena in the run-up to the tournament]

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Head coach: flagicon|Brazil Ziconat fs player|no=7|pos=MF|name=Hidetoshi Nakata(c)|age=22 January 1977|caps=74|club=Fiorentina|clubnat=Italy [Nakata was on loan to Bolton in the run-up to the tournament.] nat fs player|no=9|pos=FW|name=Naohiro Takahara|age=4 June 1979|caps=41|club=Hamburger SV|clubnat=Germany [Takahara has agreed to join Frankfurt after the World Cup.]

Group G

=flagicon|France France=

Head coach: Raymond Domenechnat fs player|no=1|pos=GK|name=Mickaël Landreau|age=14 May 1979|caps=3|club=Nantes|clubnat=France [Landreau has agreed to join Paris Saint-Germain after the tournament.] nat fs player|no=16|pos=GK|name=Fabien Barthez|age=28 June 1971|caps=80|club=Marseille|clubnat=France [Barthez will become a free agent after the tournament.]

=flagicon|South Korea Korea Republic=

Head coach: flagicon|Netherlands Dick Advocaat

=flagicon|Switzerland Switzerland=

Head coach: Köbi Kuhnnat fs player|no=9|pos=FW|name=Alexander Frei|age=15 July 1979|caps=45|club=Rennes|clubnat=France [Frei will join Borussia Dortmund after the tournament.] nat fs player|no=14|pos=MF|name=David Degen|age=15 February 1983|caps=3|club=Basel|clubnat=SUI [David Degen will join Borussia Mönchengladbach after the tournament.] nat fs player|no=22|pos=MF|name=Hakan Yakin|age=22 February 1977|caps=46|club=BSC Young Boys|clubnat=SUI [Yakin was called up after an injury to Johan Vonlanthen.]

=flagicon|Togo Togo=

Head coach: flagicon|Germany Otto Pfister [Disputes over the Togo players' pay bonuses caused Pfister to walk out after Togo's first match, but he returned before their second match. [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/060612/1/7fs4.html] ] nat fs player|no=21|pos=MF|name=Franck Atsou|age=1 August 1978|caps=13|club=Al-Hilal|clubnat=Saudi Arabia [Franck Atsou replaced Karim Guede]

Group H

=flagicon|Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia=

Head coach: flagicon|Brazil Marcos Paquetá

=flagicon|Spain Spain=

Head coach: Luis Aragonésnat fs player|no=3|pos=DF|name=Mariano Pernía|age=4 May 1977|caps=1|club=Getafe|clubnat=Spain [Asier Del Horno was originally named in the squad, but sustained an ankle injury in the build-up to the tournament. Pernía will join Atlético Madrid after the tournament.]

=flagicon|Tunisia Tunisia=

Head coach: flagicon|France Roger Lemerrenat fs player|no=7|pos=FW|name=Haykel Guemamdia|age=22 December1981|caps=13|club=Strasbourg|clubnat=France [Mehdi Meriah was originally named in the squad but sustained an injury in the week leading up to the tournament. He was replaced by Guemamdia.] nat fs player|no=17|pos=FW|name=Chaouki Ben Saada|age=1 July1984|caps=11|club=Bastia|clubnat=France [Issam Jomaa was originally named in the squad but sustained an injury prior to the tournament. He was replaced by Ben Saada.]

=flagicon|Ukraine Ukraine=

Head coach: Oleg Blokhinnat fs player|no=3|pos=DF|name=Oleksandr Yatsenko|age=24 February 1985 |caps=1|club=flagicon|Ukraine FC Kharkiv [Yatsenko was called up as a replacement for the injured Serhiy Fedorov.] nat fs player|no=7|pos=FW|name=Andriy Shevchenko (c)|age=29 September 1976 |caps=64|club=flagicon|Italy A.C. Milan [Shevchenko will join Chelsea after the tournament.] nat fs player|no=22|pos=DF|name=Vyacheslav Sviderskiy|age=1 January 1979 |caps=6|club=flagicon|Ukraine Shakhtar Donetsk [Svydersky was on loan to Arsenal Kyiv in the run-up to the World Cup.]

Player representation by league

The Italian and Saudi Arabian squads were made up entirely of players from the respective countries' domestic leagues. The Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) squad was 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 were represented by 12, 11, and 10 players respectively: altogether, there were 48 national leagues who had players in the tournament.

Player representation by club

:"As of 2006-06-14." Finalised clubs' listing as per FIFA, excluding players on standby and loans.

Footnotes

References

*en icon [http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/2006/wc06squads.html Planet World Cup website]