Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics

This article pertains to the team squads of Men's Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Normally, the squads consisted of 18 roster players, with the addition of three or four reserve players. These players were added to the squad in accordance with FIFA regulations (i.e. player injury).

Note: Some of the players in the squads are over 23 years old and/or have previously played in an Olympic football team. They are marked with an (*) in front their names.

Group A

Australia

Head coach: Raul Blanco

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Danny Milosevic 26 June 1978 (aged 22) Leeds United 2 3MF Simon Colosimo 8 January 1979 (aged 21) Carlton S.C. 3 3MF Stan Lazaridis* 16 August 1972 (aged 28) Birmingham City 4 2DF Hayden Foxe 23 June 1977 (aged 23) West Ham United 5 3MF Josip Skoko* 10 December 1975 (aged 24) Racing Genk 6 2DF Stephen Laybutt 3 September 1977 (aged 23) Feyenoord Rotterdam 7 3MF Brett Emerton 22 February 1979 (aged 21) Feyenoord Rotterdam 8 3MF Lucas Neill 9 March 1978 (aged 22) Millwall 9 4FW Mark Viduka* 9 October 1975 (aged 24) Leeds United 10 3MF Kasey Wehrman 16 August 1977 (aged 23) Perth Glory 11 4FW Clayton Zane 12 July 1977 (aged 23) Molde 12 2DF Con Blatsis 6 July 1977 (aged 23) Derby County 13 3MF Vince Grella 5 October 1979 (aged 20) Ternana 14 3MF Nick Rizzo 9 June 1979 (aged 21) Ternana 15 3MF Mark Bresciano 11 February 1980 (aged 20) Empoli 16 3MF Jason Čulina 5 August 1980 (aged 20) Ajax Amsterdam 17 4FW Michael Curcija 27 June 1977 (aged 23) Partizan 18 1GK Michael Turnbull 14 October 1981 (aged 18) Marconi Stallions

Stand-by players No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 19 2DF Dragi Nastevski 26 January 1977 (aged 23) Melbourne Knights 20 2DF Buddy Farah 18 August 1978 (aged 22) Marconi Stallions 21 3MF Archie Thompson 23 October 1978 (aged 21) Carlton S.C. 22 1GK Tynan Scope 24 March 1981 (aged 19) Marconi Stallions

Honduras

Head coach: Ramón Maradiaga

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Carlos Escobar 27 February 1978 (aged 22) CD Victoria 2 2DF Iván Guerrero 30 November 1977 (aged 22) CD Motagua 3 2DF Elmer Montoya 8 December 1977 (aged 22) CD Motagua 4 2DF Júnior Izaguirre 12 August 1979 (aged 21) CD Motagua 5 2DF Walter López 1 September 1977 (aged 23) Bad Bleiberg 6 4FW Carlos Paes de Oliveira 28 July 1979 (aged 21) CD Olimpia 7 3MF Francisco Pavón 28 January 1977 (aged 23) Bad Bleiberg 8 2DF Jaime Rosales 8 June 1978 (aged 22) CD Marathón 9 4FW David Suazo 5 November 1979 (aged 20) Cagliari 10 3MF Julio León 13 September 1979 (aged 21) Atletico Celaya 11 4FW Jairo Martinez 14 May 1978 (aged 22) CD Motagua 12 3MF Maynor Suazo 10 August 1979 (aged 21) Austria Salzburg 13 4FW Elvis Scott 10 February 1978 (aged 22) CD Platense 14 4FW Luis Ramírez 21 November 1977 (aged 22) RCD España 15 3MF Julio César Suazo 5 October 1978 (aged 21) Austria Salzburg 16 3MF Dany Turcios 8 May 1978 (aged 22) Universidad NAH 17 3MF Mario Chirinos 29 July 1978 (aged 22) CD Motagua 18 1GK Noel Valladares 3 May 1977 (aged 23) CD Motagua

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 19 3MF Carlos Salinas 20 September 1978 (aged 21) CD Motagua 20 2DF Hector Gutierrez 8 February 1980 (aged 20) RCD España 21 1GK José Rivera 5 February 1977 (aged 23) CD Olimpia

Italy

Head coach: Marco Tardelli

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Morgan De Sanctis 26 March 1977 (aged 23) Udinese 2 2DF Alessandro Grandoni 22 July 1977 (aged 23) Sampdoria 3 2DF Luca Mezzano 1 August 1977 (aged 23) Hellas Verona 4 2DF Marco Zanchi 15 April 1977 (aged 23) Juventus 5 2DF Matteo Ferrari 5 December 1979 (aged 20) Internazionale 6 3MF Gennaro Gattuso 9 January 1978 (aged 22) Milan 7 4FW Gianni Comandini 18 May 1977 (aged 23) Milan 8 3MF Roberto Baronio 11 December 1977 (aged 22) Lazio 9 4FW Nicola Ventola 24 May 1978 (aged 22) Internazionale[1] 10 4FW Andrea Pirlo 19 May 1979 (aged 21) Internazionale 11 4FW Gianluca Zambrotta 19 February 1977 (aged 23) Juventus 12 4FW Massimo Margiotta 27 July 1977 (aged 23) Udinese 13 3MF Massimo Ambrosini 29 May 1977 (aged 23) Milan 14 2DF Claudio Rivalta 30 June 1978 (aged 22) Perugia 15 2DF Bruno Cirillo 21 March 1977 (aged 23) Internazionale 16 3MF Ighli Vannucchi 5 August 1977 (aged 23) Salernitana 17 3MF Cristiano Zanetti 10 April 1977 (aged 23) Roma 18 1GK Christian Abbiati 8 July 1977 (aged 23) Milan 21 3MF Fabio Firmani 26 May 1978 (aged 22) Vicenza

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 19 3MF Gennaro Scarlato 3 May 1977 (aged 23) Ravenna 20 3MF Stefano Morrone 26 October 1978 (aged 21) Piacenza 22 1GK Cristiano Lupatelli 21 June 1978 (aged 22) Roma

Nigeria

Head coach: Jo Bonfrere

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Greg Etafia 30 September 1982 (aged 17) Lobi Stars 2 2DF Gbenga Okunowo 1 March 1979 (aged 21) Barcelona 3 2DF Celestine Babayaro* 29 August 1978 (aged 22) Chelsea 4 4FW Johnson Sunday 10 January 1981 (aged 19) Kwara United 5 2DF Furo Iyenemi 17 July 1978 (aged 22) Royal Antwerp 6 2DF Christopher Kanu 4 December 1979 (aged 20) Ajax Amsterdam 7 4FW Victor Agali 29 December 1978 (aged 21) Hansa Rostock 8 4FW Bright Igbinadolor 16 December 1980 (aged 19) Sporting de Gijón 9 4FW Yakubu Ayegbeni 22 November 1982 (aged 17) Maccabi Haifa 10 3MF Azubike Oliseh 18 November 1978 (aged 21) Utrecht 11 3MF Garba Lawal* 22 May 1974 (aged 26) Roda JC 12 3MF Henry Onwuzuruike 26 December 1979 (aged 20) Greuther Fürth 13 4FW Pius Ikedia 11 July 1980 (aged 20) Ajax Amsterdam 14 3MF Blessing Kaku 5 March 1978 (aged 22) Racing Genk 15 2DF Godwin Okpara* 20 September 1972 (aged 27) Paris St. Germain 16 2DF Isaac Okoronkwo 1 May 1978 (aged 22) Shakhtar Donetsk 17 4FW Julius Aghahowa 12 February 1982 (aged 18) Espérance 18 1GK Sam Okoye 1 May 1980 (aged 20) Enugu Rangers

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 19 2DF Chikelue Iloenosi 13 October 1980 (aged 19) Tennis Borussia Berlin 20 3MF Henry Nwosu 14 February 1980 (aged 20) Eintracht Frankfurt 22 1GK Ettah Ijoh 14 November 1978 (aged 21) Al-Mahala

Group B

Chile

Head coach: Nelson Acosta

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Nelson Tapia* 22 September 1966 (aged 33) Universidad Católica 2 2DF Cristian Álvarez 20 January 1980 (aged 20) Universidad Católica 3 2DF Claudio Maldonado 3 January 1980 (aged 20) São Paulo 4 2DF David Henríquez 12 July 1977 (aged 23) Colo-Colo 5 2DF Pablo Contreras 11 September 1978 (aged 22) Monaco 6 2DF Pedro Reyes* 13 November 1972 (aged 27) Auxerre 7 4FW Sebastian Gonzalez 14 December 1978 (aged 21) Colo-Colo 8 3MF David Pizarro 11 September 1979 (aged 21) Udinese 9 4FW Iván Zamorano* 18 January 1967 (aged 33) Internazionale 10 3MF Francisco Arrué 7 August 1977 (aged 23) Santiago Morning 11 4FW Reinaldo Navia 10 May 1978 (aged 22) Santiago Wanderers 12* 4FW Hector Tapia 30 September 1977 (aged 22) Perugia 13 3MF Rodrigo Núñez 5 February 1977 (aged 23) Santiago Wanderers 14 2DF Rodrigo Tello 14 October 1979 (aged 20) Universidad de Chile 15 2DF Manuel Ibarra 18 November 1977 (aged 22) Santiago Morning 16 2DF Rafael Olarra 26 May 1978 (aged 22) Universidad de Chile 17 3MF Patricio Ormazábal 12 February 1979 (aged 21) Universidad Católica 18 1GK Javier di Gregorio 23 January 1977 (aged 23) Coquimbo Unido 19 2DF Mauricio Rojas 30 March 1978 (aged 22) Santiago Wanderers

Hector Tapia was replaced and did not receive a medal.

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 20 2DF Andrés Oroz 2 August 1980 (aged 20) Santiago Morning 21 3MF Milovan Mirosevic 20 June 1980 (aged 20) Universidad Católica 22 1GK Johnny Herrera 9 May 1981 (aged 19) Universidad de Chile

Morocco

Head coach: Said El-Khider

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Tarik El Jarmouni 30 December 1977 (aged 22) SCCM de Mohammédia 2 2DF Hamid Nater 30 December 1980 (aged 19) Raja Casablanca 3 2DF Akram Roumani 1 April 1978 (aged 22) Racing Genk 4 2DF Ouchla El Hocine* 1 December 1970 (aged 29) FAR Rabat 5 2DF Adel Chbouki* 3 May 1971 (aged 29) Wydad Casablanca 6 2DF Fouzi El Brazi 22 May 1977 (aged 23) Twente 7 2DF Mohamed Kharbouch 22 January 1977 (aged 23) Raja Casablanca 8 3MF Abdelmajid Oulmers 12 September 1978 (aged 22) ES Wasquehal 9 4FW Jaouad Zairi 17 April 1982 (aged 18) Gueugnon 10 3MF Otmane El Assas 30 January 1979 (aged 21) Khouribga 11 4FW Bouchaib El Moubarki 12 January 1978 (aged 22) Raja Casablanca 12 4FW Abdelfattah El Khattari 3 March 1977 (aged 23) SCCM de Mohammédia 13 2DF Noureddine Kacemi 17 October 1977 (aged 22) SCCM de Mohammédia 14 4FW Salaheddine Bassir* 5 September 1972 (aged 28) Deportivo La Coruña 15 3MF Youssef Safri 13 January 1977 (aged 23) Raja Casablanca 16 4FW Karim Benkouar 25 November 1979 (aged 20) Nîmes Olympique 17 3MF Zakaria Aboub 3 June 1980 (aged 20) Raja Casablanca 18 1GK Abdelilah Bagui 1 January 1978 (aged 22) MAS Fes 19 2DF Abdeslam Ouaddou 1 November 1978 (aged 21) Nancy 20 3MF Aissam El Barodi 10 May 1978 (aged 22) MAS Fes

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 21 4FW Bouchaib El Battachi 14 September 1978 (aged 21) Khouribga 22 1GK Hicham Laaraj 20 November 1978 (aged 21) TAS Casablanca

Spain

Head coach: Inaki Saez

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Daniel Aranzubia 18 September 1979 (aged 20) Athletic Bilbao 2 2DF Jesús María Lacruz 25 April 1978 (aged 22) Athletic Bilbao 3 2DF Joan Capdevila 3 February 1978 (aged 22) Deportivo La Coruña 4 2DF Carlos Marchena 21 July 1979 (aged 21) Sevilla[2] 5 2DF Unai Vergara 20 January 1977 (aged 23) Villarreal 6 3MF David Albelda 1 September 1977 (aged 23) Valencia 7 4FW Miguel Ángel Angulo 23 June 1977 (aged 23) Valencia 8 3MF Xavi 25 January 1980 (aged 20) Barcelona 9 4FW José Mari 10 December 1978 (aged 21) Milan 10 3MF Gabri 10 February 1979 (aged 21) Barcelona 11 3MF Jordi Ferrón 19 August 1978 (aged 22) Zaragoza 12 2DF Carles Puyol 13 April 1978 (aged 22) Barcelona 13 4FW Albert Luque 11 March 1978 (aged 22) Mallorca 14 4FW Ferran Corominas 3 September 1983 (aged 16) Espanyol 15 3MF Ismael 7 February 1977 (aged 23) Racing Santander 16 3MF Toni Velamazán 22 January 1977 (aged 23) Espanyol 17 4FW Raúl Tamudo 19 October 1977 (aged 22) Espanyol 18 1GK Felip Ortiz 27 April 1977 (aged 23) Extremadura

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 19 2DF Javier Dorado 17 December 1977 (aged 22) Real Madrid 20 3MF Iván Ania 24 October 1977 (aged 22) Oviedo 21 3MF Jesuli 24 January 1978 (aged 22) Celta Vigo 22 1GK César Láinez 10 April 1977 (aged 23) Zaragoza

Korea Republic

Head coach: Huh Jung-Moo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Choi Hyun 7 November 1978 (aged 21) Chungang University 2 3MF Park Ji-Sung 25 February 1981 (aged 19) Kyoto Purple Sanga 3 2DF Park Jae-Hong 10 November 1978 (aged 21) Myongji University 4 3MF Park Jin-Sub 11 March 1977 (aged 23) Sangmu FC 5 2DF Sim Jae-Won 11 March 1977 (aged 23) Busan I'Cons 6 3MF Kim Do-Kyun 13 January 1977 (aged 23) Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 7 4FW Choi Chul-Woo 30 November 1977 (aged 22) Ulsan Hyundai Horangi 8 3MF Ko Jong-Su 30 October 1978 (aged 21) Suwon Samsung Bluewings 9 4FW Kim Do-Hoon* 21 July 1970 (aged 30) Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors 10 3MF Lee Chun-Soo 9 July 1981 (aged 19) Korea University 11 4FW Lee Dong-Gook 29 April 1979 (aged 21) Pohang Steelers 12 3MF Lee Young-Pyo 23 April 1977 (aged 23) Anyang LG Cheetahs 13 2DF Park Dong-Hyuk 18 April 1979 (aged 21) Korea University 14 2DF Kang Chul* 2 November 1971 (aged 28) Bucheon SK 15 2DF Cho Se-Kwon 26 June 1978 (aged 22) Korea University 16 3MF Kim Sang-Sik 17 December 1976 (aged 23) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 17 3MF Choi Tae-Uk 13 March 1981 (aged 19) Anyang LG Cheetahs 18 1GK Kim Yong-Dae 11 October 1979 (aged 20) Yonsei University 19 3MF Song Chong-Gug 20 February 1979 (aged 21) Yonsei University

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 20 4FW Kim Gil-Sik 24 August 1978 (aged 22) Dankook University 21 3MF Park Kang-Jo 24 January 1980 (aged 20) Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 22 1GK Lee Woon-Jae* 26 April 1973 (aged 27) Sangmu FC

Group C

Cameroon

Head Coach: Jean-Paul Akono

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Daniel Bekono 31 May 1978 (aged 22) Canon Yaounde 2 4FW Albert Meyong Ze 19 October 1980 (aged 19) Vitoria FC Setúbal 3 2DF Pierre Wome 26 March 1979 (aged 21) Bologna 4 2DF Serge Mimpo* 6 February 1974 (aged 26) Panachaiki 5 2DF Patrice Abanda 3 August 1978 (aged 22) Aris Thessaloniki 6 3MF Clément Beaud 7 December 1980 (aged 19) Tonnerre Yaounde 7 3MF Nicolas Alnoudji 9 December 1979 (aged 20) Tonnerre Yaounde 8 2DF Geremi Njitap 20 December 1978 (aged 21) Real Madrid 9 4FW Samuel Eto'o 10 March 1981 (aged 19) Real Mallorca 10 4FW Patrick Mboma* 15 November 1970 (aged 29) Parma 11 3MF Daniel Ngom Kome 19 May 1980 (aged 20) Levante UD 12 2DF Lauren 19 January 1977 (aged 23) Arsenal 13 2DF Aaron Nguimbat 13 March 1978 (aged 22) Canon Yaounde 14 4FW Patrick Suffo 17 January 1978 (aged 22) Sheffield United 15 3MF Joël Epalle 20 February 1978 (aged 22) Ethnikos Piraeus 16 3MF Modeste M'bami 9 October 1982 (aged 17) Sedan 17 2DF Serge Branco 11 October 1980 (aged 19) Eintracht Braunschweig 18 1GK Idriss Kameni 18 February 1984 (aged 16) Le Havre

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 20 Georges Mbida Messi 8 December 1980 (aged 19) Canon Yaounde

Czech Republic

Head coach: Karel Brückner

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Aleš Chvalovský 29 May 1979 (aged 21) VfB Stuttgart 2 2DF Lukáš Došek 12 September 1978 (aged 22) SK Slavia Praha 3 2DF Adam Petrouš 19 September 1977 (aged 22) SK Slavia Praha 4 2DF Radoslav Kováč 27 November 1979 (aged 20) SK Sigma Olomouc 5 2DF Roman Lengyel 3 November 1978 (aged 21) AC Sparta Prague 6 3MF Roman Týce 7 May 1977 (aged 23) Munich 1860 7 3MF Libor Sionko 1 February 1977 (aged 23) AC Sparta Prague 8 3MF Tomáš Ujfaluši 24 March 1978 (aged 22) SK Sigma Olomouc 9 3MF Marek Jankulovski 9 May 1977 (aged 23) S.S.C. Napoli 10 4FW Tomáš Kučera 13 February 1977 (aged 23) Marila Příbram 11 4FW Milan Baroš 28 October 1981 (aged 18) Baník Ostrava 12 3MF Jan Polák 14 March 1981 (aged 19) 1. FC Brno 13 2DF Erich Brabec 24 February 1977 (aged 23) FK Drnovice 14 4FW Libor Došek 24 April 1978 (aged 22) 1. FC Brno 15 4FW Martin Vozábal 8 November 1978 (aged 21) SK České Budějovice 16 3MF Jan Šimák 13 October 1978 (aged 21) Hannover 96 17 4FW Marek Heinz 4 August 1977 (aged 23) Hamburger SV 18 1GK Jaroslav Drobný 18 October 1979 (aged 20) SK České Budějovice

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 19 3MF Marcel Lička 17 July 1977 (aged 23) Baník Ostrava 20 3MF Luděk Stracený 19 April 1977 (aged 23) Viktoria Žižkov 21 2DF Martin Čupr 17 October 1977 (aged 22) Viktoria Žižkov 22 1GK Petr Čech 20 May 1982 (aged 18) Chmel Blšany

Kuwait

Head coach: Radojko Avramović

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Shehab Kankune 28 April 1981 (aged 19) Kazma 2 3MF Naser Al-Omran 3 March 1977 (aged 23) Kazma 3 2DF Jamal Mubarak* 21 March 1974 (aged 26) Al Tadamon 4 4FW Bader Najem 20 August 1980 (aged 20) Al Qadisiya 5 2DF Abdullah Husan 13 December 1977 (aged 22) Al Nasr 6 3MF Nawaf Humaidan 8 March 1981 (aged 19) Kazma 7 3MF Adel Al-Anezi 6 February 1977 (aged 23) Al Kuwait 8 4FW Nasser Al-Othman 14 January 1977 (aged 23) Al Salmiya 9 4FW Bashar Abdullah 12 October 1977 (aged 22) Al Salmiya 10 4FW Faraj Laheeb Saied 3 October 1978 (aged 21) Al Kuwait 11 3MF Abdullah Saihan 7 February 1971 (aged 29) Al Tadamon 12 3MF Hamad Al-Tayar 10 February 1982 (aged 18) Kazma 13 2DF Sadoun Salman 28 August 1977 (aged 23) Al Qadisiya 14 4FW Khalaf Al-Mutairi 25 July 1979 (aged 21) Al Jahra 15 3MF Saleh Al-Beraiky 27 February 1977 (aged 23) Al Salmiya 16 3MF Yousef Zayed 2 September 1979 (aged 21) Fehayheel 17 3MF Esam Al-Kandari* 2 July 1971 (aged 29) Kazma 18 1GK Nawaf Al-Khaldi 25 May 1981 (aged 19) Al Qadisiya

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 19 2DF Mansour Al-Ajmi 11 May 1979 (aged 21) Al Shabab 20 3MF Khaled Zadah 9 June 1980 (aged 20) Al Arabi 21 3MF Husain Khodari* 7 February 1972 (aged 28) Al Salmiya 22 1GK Saleh Mohammad 9 July 1981 (aged 19) Al Salmiya

United States

Head coach: Clive Charles

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Brad Friedel* 18 May 1971 (aged 29) Liverpool 2 2DF Brian Dunseth 2 March 1977 (aged 23) New England Revolution 3 2DF Chad McCarty 5 October 1977 (aged 22) Tampa Bay Mutiny 4 2DF Jeff Agoos* 2 May 1968 (aged 32) D.C. United 5 3MF John O'Brien 29 August 1977 (aged 23) Ajax Amsterdam 6 2DF Frankie Hejduk* 5 August 1974 (aged 26) Bayer Leverkusen 7 3MF Joey DiGiamarino 6 April 1977 (aged 23) Colorado Rapids 8 2DF Danny Califf 17 March 1980 (aged 20) Los Angeles Galaxy 9 3MF Ben Olsen 3 May 1977 (aged 23) D.C. United 10 3MF Peter Vagenas 6 February 1978 (aged 22) Los Angeles Galaxy 11 4FW Chris Albright 14 January 1979 (aged 21) D.C. United 12 2DF Ramiro Corrales 12 March 1977 (aged 23) MetroStars 13 4FW Landon Donovan 4 March 1982 (aged 18) Bayer Leverkusen 14 3MF Sasha Victorine 3 February 1978 (aged 22) Los Angeles Galaxy 15 2DF Evan Whitfield 23 June 1977 (aged 23) Chicago Fire 16 4FW Josh Wolff 25 February 1977 (aged 23) Chicago Fire 17 4FW Conor Casey 25 July 1981 (aged 19) University of Portland 18 1GK Tim Howard 6 March 1979 (aged 21) MetroStars

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 19 3MF Brian Winters 31 December 1977 (aged 22) Minnesota 20 4FW Chris Brown 10 March 1977 (aged 23) Kansas City Wizards 21 3MF DaMarcus Beasley 24 May 1982 (aged 18) Chicago Fire 22 1GK Matt Napoleon 18 August 1977 (aged 23) Columbus Crew

Group D

Brazil

Head coach: Vanderlei Luxemburgo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Helton 18 May 1978 (aged 22) Vasco da Gama 2 2DF Baiano 28 June 1978 (aged 22) Santos 3 2DF Fábio Bilica 4 January 1979 (aged 21) Venezia 4 2DF Álvaro 1 November 1977 (aged 22) São Paulo 5 3MF Marcos Paulo 11 May 1977 (aged 23) Cruzeiro 6 2DF Fábio Aurélio 24 September 1979 (aged 20) São Paulo 7 4FW Ronaldinho 21 March 1980 (aged 20) Grêmio 8 3MF Fabiano 6 April 1978 (aged 22) São Paulo 9 3MF Edu 10 January 1979 (aged 21) São Paulo 10 3MF Alex 14 September 1977 (aged 22) Parma 11 4FW Geovanni 11 January 1980 (aged 20) Cruzeiro 12 3MF Roger 17 August 1978 (aged 22) Fluminense 13 2DF André Luís 31 July 1979 (aged 21) Santos 14 2DF Lúcio 8 May 1978 (aged 22) Internacional 15 3MF Mozart 8 November 1979 (aged 20) Flamengo 16 2DF Athirson 16 January 1977 (aged 23) Flamengo 17 4FW Lucas 3 January 1979 (aged 21) Stade Rennais 18 1GK Fábio Costa 27 November 1977 (aged 22) Santos

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 19 2DF Flavio 12 March 1980 (aged 20) Fluminense 20 3MF Alexandre 19 February 1979 (aged 21) São Paulo 21 4FW Leandro 6 August 1977 (aged 23) Fiorentina 22 1GK Júlio César 3 September 1979 (aged 21) Flamengo

Japan

Head coach: Philippe Troussier

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Seigo Narazaki 15 April 1976 (aged 24) Nagoya Grampus Eight 2 2DF Yuji Nakazawa 25 February 1978 (aged 22) Verdy Kawasaki 3 2DF Naoki Matsuda* 14 March 1977 (aged 23) Yokohama F. Marinos 4 2DF Ryuzo Morioka 7 October 1975 (aged 24) Shimizu S-Pulse 5 2DF Tsuneyasu Miyamoto 7 February 1977 (aged 23) Gamba Osaka 6 3MF Junichi Inamoto 18 September 1979 (aged 20) Gamba Osaka 7 3MF Hidetoshi Nakata* 22 January 1977 (aged 23) A.S. Roma 8 3MF Tomakazu Myojin 24 January 1978 (aged 22) Kashiwa Reysol 9 4FW Tomoyuki Hirase 23 May 1977 (aged 23) Kashima Antlers 10 3MF Shunsuke Nakamura 24 June 1978 (aged 22) Yokohama F. Marinos 11 3MF Atsuhiro Miura* 24 July 1974 (aged 26) Yokohama F. Marinos 12 3MF Tomoyuki Sakai 29 June 1979 (aged 21) JEF United Ichihara Chiba 13 4FW Atsushi Yanagisawa 27 May 1977 (aged 23) Kashima Antlers 14 3MF Masashi Motoyama 20 June 1979 (aged 21) Kashima Antlers 15 3MF Norihiro Nishi 9 May 1980 (aged 20) Júbilo Iwata 16 2DF Koji Nakata 9 July 1979 (aged 21) Kashima Antlers 17 4FW Naohiro Takahara 4 June 1979 (aged 21) Júbilo Iwata 18 1GK Ryota Tsuzuki 1 April 1978 (aged 22) Gamba Osaka

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 19 4FW Kota Yoshihara 2 February 1978 (aged 22) Gamba Osaka 20 2DF Satoshi Yamaguchi 17 April 1978 (aged 22) JEF United Ichihara Chiba 21 3MF Yasuhito Endo 28 January 1980 (aged 20) Kyoto Purple Sanga 22 1GK Hitoshi Sogahata 2 August 1979 (aged 21) Kashima Antlers

Slovakia

Head coach: Dusan Radolsky

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Kamil Čontofalský 3 June 1978 (aged 22) Bohemians Prague 2 2DF Marián Čišovský 2 November 1979 (aged 20) Inter Bratislava 3 3MF Miroslav Drobňák 29 May 1977 (aged 23) Tatran Prešov 4 2DF Peter Hlinka 5 December 1978 (aged 21) Tatran Prešov 5 2DF Peter Lérant 30 January 1977 (aged 23) Bayer Leverkusen 6 2DF Miloš Krško 23 October 1979 (aged 20) Ozeta Dukla Trenčín 7 3MF Karol Kisel 15 March 1977 (aged 23) Bohemians Prague 8 3MF Michal Pančík* 17 December 1971 (aged 28) Slovan Bratislava 9 3MF Juraj Czinege 29 October 1977 (aged 22) Inter Bratislava 10 3MF Miroslav Barčík 26 May 1978 (aged 22) Žilina 11 4FW Ján Šlahor 16 May 1977 (aged 23) Slovan Bratislava 12 2DF Martin Petráš 2 November 1979 (aged 20) Jablonec 13 4FW Martin Vyskoč 10 June 1977 (aged 23) Ružomberok 14 2DF Andrej Šupka 22 January 1979 (aged 21) Dubnica 15 3MF Marek Mintál 2 September 1977 (aged 23) Žilina 16 3MF Radoslav Kráľ* 20 February 1974 (aged 26) Košice 17 4FW Andrej Porázik 27 June 1977 (aged 23) Ozeta Dukla Trenčín 18 1GK Martin Lipčák 22 December 1975 (aged 24) Ozeta Dukla Trenčín 22 1GK Ján Mucha 20 June 1978 (aged 22) Nitra

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 20 3MF Vratislav Gresko 24 July 1977 (aged 23) Bayer Leverkusen 21 3MF Tomas Oravec 3 July 1980 (aged 20) Ružomberok

South Africa

Head Coach: Ephraim Mashaba

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Emile Baron 17 June 1979 (aged 21) Lillestrøm SK 2 2DF Fabian McCarthy 13 May 1977 (aged 23) Apollon FC Limassol 3 2DF David Kannemeyer 8 July 1977 (aged 23) Ajax Cape Town 4 2DF Nkhiphitheni Matombo 31 January 1977 (aged 23) Manning Rangers 5 2DF Matthew Booth 14 March 1977 (aged 23) Mamelodi Sundowns 6 3MF Quinton Fortune 21 May 1977 (aged 23) Manchester United 7 3MF Stanton Fredericks 13 June 1977 (aged 23) Wits University 8 4FW Daniel Matsau 18 January 1977 (aged 23) Kaizer Chiefs 9 4FW Nkosinathi Nhleko 24 July 1979 (aged 21) Jomo Cosmos 10 3MF Steve Lekoelea 5 February 1979 (aged 21) Orlando Pirates 11 3MF Jabu Pule 11 July 1980 (aged 20) Kaizer Chiefs 12 3MF Dumisa Ngobe* 5 March 1973 (aged 27) Ankaragucu 13 3MF Abram Nteo 15 July 1977 (aged 23) Bloemfontein Celtic 14 2DF Aaron Mokoena 25 November 1980 (aged 19) Ajax Amsterdam 15 4FW Siyabonga Nomvethe 2 December 1977 (aged 22) Kaizer Chiefs 16 3MF Delron Buckley 7 December 1977 (aged 22) VfL Bochum 17 4FW Benni McCarthy 12 November 1977 (aged 22) Celta Vigo 18 1GK Brian Baloyi* 16 March 1974 (aged 26) Kaizer Chiefs

• Stand-by players

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 19 4FW Lebohang Kukane 4 June 1978 (aged 22) Bloemfontein Celtic 20 3MF Mzunani Mgwigwi 17 November 1978 (aged 21) Bush Bucks 21 3MF Patrick Mbuthu 3 February 1977 (aged 23) Kaizer Chiefs 22 1GK Rowen Fernandez 28 February 1978 (aged 22) Wits University

Footnotes

1. ^ Ventola was on loan to Atalanta
2. ^ Marchena was on loan to Benfica.

External links

• FIFA.com