2002 FIFA World Cup squads

none July 2023 The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th edition of the FIFA World Cup, an international association football competition that serves as the championship for men's national teams. It was held in Japan and South Korea from 31 May to 30 June and was contested by 32 teams.Longman Jere 31 May 2002 New Location, But Favorites Are Familiar https://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/31/sports/soccer-new-location-but-favorites-are-familiar.html The New York Times limited 1 November 2024 Each national association was required to name a provisional squad of 23 players, expanded from 22 in previous tournaments,November 2024 by 21 May 2002.Brodkin Jon 13 April 2002 Fifa bends rules for Beckham https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/apr/13/worldcupfootball2002.sport1 The Guardian 1 November 2024 The players' ages, caps and clubs are listed as of 31 May 2002, the opening day of the tournament. The oldest player was defender Jan Heintze of Denmark at 38 years, 293 days old; the youngest was Femi Opabunmi, a 17-year-old midfielder for Nigeria.Manaschev Erlan 3 July 2008 World Cup 2002 - Match Details https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2002full.html RSSSF 1 November 2024 Group A Denmark Head coach: Morten Olsen 1 GK Thomas Sørensen 2002 5 31 1976 6 12 y 14 Sunderland England 2 MF Stig Tøfting 2002 5 31 1969 8 14 y 36 Bolton Wanderers England 3 DF René Henriksen 2002 5 31 1969 8 27 y 39 Panathinaikos Greece 4 DF Martin Laursen 2002 5 31 1977 7 26 y 15 Milan ITA 1946 5 DF Jan Heintze (c) 2002 5 31 1963 8 17 y 83 PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 6 DF Thomas Helveg 2002 5 31 1971 6 24 y 67 Milan ITA 1946 7 MF Thomas Gravesen 2002 5 31 1976 3 11 y 22 Everton England 8 MF Jesper Grønkjær 2002 5 31 1977 8 12 y 25 Chelsea England 9 FW Jon Dahl Tomasson 2002 5 31 1976 8 29 y 38 Feyenoord Netherlands 10 MF Martin Jørgensen 2002 5 31 1975 10 6 y 32 Udinese ITA 1946 11 FW Ebbe Sand 2002 5 31 1972 7 19 y 44 Schalke 04 Germany 12 DF Niclas Jensen 2002 5 31 1974 8 17 y 8 Manchester City England 13 DF Steven Lustü 2002 5 31 1971 4 13 y 4 Lyn Norway 14 MF Claus Jensen 2002 5 31 1977 4 29 y 13 Charlton Athletic England 15 MF Jan Michaelsen 2002 5 31 1970 11 28 y 11 Panathinaikos Greece 16 GK Peter Kjær 2002 5 31 1965 11 5 y 4 Aberdeen Scotland 1542 17 MF Christian Poulsen 2002 5 31 1980 2 28 y 3 Copenhagen Denmark 18 FW Peter Løvenkrands 2002 5 31 1980 1 29 y 4 Rangers Scotland 1542 19 MF Dennis Rommedahl 2002 5 31 1978 7 22 y 19 PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 20 DF Kasper Bøgelund 2002 5 31 1980 10 8 y 2 PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 21 FW Peter Madsen 2002 5 31 1978 4 26 y 4 Brøndby Denmark 22 GK Jesper Christiansen 2002 5 31 1978 4 24 y 0 Vejle Denmark 23 MF Brian Steen Nielsen 2002 5 31 1968 12 28 y 65 Malmö Sweden France Head coach: Roger Lemerre 1 GK Ulrich Ramé 2002 5 31 1972 9 19 y 11 Bordeaux France 1974 2 DF Vincent Candela 2002 5 31 1973 10 24 y 36 Roma ITA 1946 3 DF Bixente Lizarazu 2002 5 31 1969 12 9 y 74 Bayern Munich Germany 4 MF Patrick Vieira 2002 5 31 1976 6 23 y 52 Arsenal England 5 DF Philippe Christanval 2002 5 31 1978 8 31 y 4 Barcelona Spain 6 MF Youri Djorkaeff 2002 5 31 1968 3 9 y 79 Bolton Wanderers England 7 MF Claude Makélélé 2002 5 31 1973 2 18 y 14 Real Madrid Spain 8 DF Marcel Desailly (c) 2002 5 31 1968 9 7 y 93 Chelsea England 9 FW Djibril Cissé 2002 5 31 1981 8 12 y 1 Auxerre France 1974 10 MF Zinedine Zidane 2002 5 31 1972 6 23 y 73 Real Madrid Spain 11 FW Sylvain Wiltord 2002 5 31 1974 5 10 y 38 Arsenal England 12 FW Thierry Henry 2002 5 31 1977 8 17 y 35 Arsenal England 13 DF Mikaël Silvestre 2002 5 31 1977 8 9 y 10 Manchester United England 14 MF Alain Boghossian 2002 5 31 1970 10 27 y 26 Parma ITA 1946 15 DF Lilian Thuram 2002 5 31 1972 1 1 y 73 Juventus ITA 1946 16 GK Fabien Barthez 2002 5 31 1971 6 28 y 47 Manchester United England 17 MF Emmanuel Petit 2002 5 31 1970 9 22 y 57 Chelsea England 18 DF Frank Leboeuf 2002 5 31 1968 1 22 y 47 Marseille France 1974 19 DF Willy Sagnol 2002 5 31 1977 3 18 y 9 Bayern Munich Germany 20 FW David Trezeguet 2002 5 31 1977 10 15 y 36 Juventus ITA 1946 21 FW Christophe Dugarry 2002 5 31 1972 3 24 y 51 Bordeaux France 1974 22 MF Johan Micoud 2002 5 31 1973 7 24 y 14 Parma ITA 1946 23 GK Grégory Coupet 2002 5 31 1972 12 31 y 1 Lyon France 1974 Senegal Head coach: France 1974 Bruno Metsu 1 GK Tony Sylva 2002 5 31 1975 5 17 y 15 Monaco France 1974 2 DF Omar Daf 2002 5 31 1977 2 12 y 31 Sochaux France 1974 3 MF Pape Sarr 2002 5 31 1977 12 7 y 22 Lens France 1974 4 DF Pape Malick Diop 2002 5 31 1974 12 29 y 25 Lorient France 1974 5 DF Alassane N'Dour 2002 5 31 1981 12 12 y 7 Saint-Étienne France 1974 6 DF Aliou Cissé (c) 2002 5 31 1976 3 24 y 20 Montpellier France 1974 7 FW Henri Camara 2002 5 31 1977 5 10 y 34 Sedan France 1974 8 FW Amara Traoré 2002 5 31 1965 9 25 y 36 Gueugnon France 1974 9 FW Souleymane Camara 2002 5 31 1982 12 22 y 9 Monaco France 1974 10 MF Khalilou Fadiga 2002 5 31 1974 12 30 y 25 Auxerre France 1974 11 FW El Hadji Diouf 2002 5 31 1981 1 15 y 21 Lens France 1974 12 MF Amdy Faye 2002 5 31 1977 3 12 y 6 Auxerre France 1974 13 DF Lamine Diatta 2002 5 31 1975 7 2 y 19 Rennes France 1974 14 MF Moussa N'Diaye 2002 5 31 1979 2 20 y 38 Sedan France 1974 15 MF Salif Diao 2002 5 31 1977 2 10 y 20 Sedan France 1974 16 GK Omar Diallo 2002 5 31 1972 9 28 y 42 Olympique Khouribga Morocco 17 DF Ferdinand Coly 2002 5 31 1973 9 10 y 16 Lens France 1974 18 FW Pape Thiaw 2002 5 31 1981 2 5 y 13 Strasbourg France 1974 19 MF Papa Bouba Diop 2002 5 31 1978 1 28 y 12 Lens France 1974 20 MF Sylvain N'Diaye 2002 5 31 1976 6 25 y 6 Lille France 1974 21 DF Habib Beye 2002 5 31 1977 10 19 y 6 Strasbourg France 1974 22 GK Kalidou Cissokho 2002 5 31 1978 8 28 y 0 Jeanne d'Arc Senegal 23 MF Makhtar N'Diaye 2002 5 31 1981 12 31 y 11 Rennes France 1974 Uruguay Head coach: Víctor Púa 1 GK Fabián Carini 2002 5 31 1979 12 26 y 35 Juventus ITA 1946 2 DF Gustavo Méndez 2002 5 31 1971 2 3 y 44 Nacional Uruguay 3 DF Alejandro Lembo 2002 5 31 1978 2 15 y 30 Nacional Uruguay 4 DF Paolo Montero (c) 2002 5 31 1971 9 3 y 44 Juventus ITA 1946 5 MF Pablo García 2002 5 31 1977 5 11 y 35 Venezia ITA 1946 6 DF Darío Rodríguez 2002 5 31 1974 9 17 y 20 Peñarol Uruguay 7 MF Gianni Guigou 2002 5 31 1975 2 22 y 35 Roma ITA 1946 8 FW Gustavo Varela 2002 5 31 1978 5 14 y 8 Nacional Uruguay 9 FW Darío Silva 2002 5 31 1972 11 2 y 36 Málaga Spain 10 MF Fabián O'Neill 2002 5 31 1973 10 14 y 19 Perugia ITA 1946 11 FW Federico Magallanes 2002 5 31 1976 8 22 y 24 Venezia ITA 1946 12 GK Gustavo Munúa 2002 5 31 1978 1 27 y 8 Nacional Uruguay 13 FW Sebastián Abreu 2002 5 31 1976 10 17 y 13 Cruz Azul Mexico 14 DF Gonzalo Sorondo 2002 5 31 1979 10 9 y 18 Inter Milan ITA 1946 15 FW Nicolás Olivera 2002 5 31 1978 5 30 y 25 Sevilla Spain 16 MF Marcelo Romero 2002 5 31 1976 7 4 y 21 Málaga Spain 17 MF Mario Regueiro 2002 5 31 1978 9 14 y 14 Racing Santander Spain 18 FW Richard Morales 2002 5 31 1975 2 21 y 12 Nacional Uruguay 19 DF Joe Bizera 2002 5 31 1980 5 17 y 9 Peñarol Uruguay 20 MF Álvaro Recoba 2002 5 31 1976 3 17 y 42 Inter Milan ITA 1946 21 FW Diego Forlán 2002 5 31 1979 5 19 y 4 Manchester United England 22 MF Gonzalo de los Santos 2002 5 31 1976 7 19 y 29 Valencia Spain 23 GK Federico Elduayen 2002 5 31 1977 6 25 y 1 Peñarol Uruguay Group B Paraguay Head coach: Italy Cesare Maldini 1 GK José Luis Chilavert (c) 2002 5 31 1965 7 27 y 69 Strasbourg France 1974 2 DF Francisco Arce 2002 5 31 1971 4 2 y 51 Palmeiras Brazil 3 DF Pedro Sarabia 2002 5 31 1975 7 5 y 40 River Plate Argentina 1861 4 DF Carlos Gamarra 2002 5 31 1971 2 17 y 76 AEK Athens Greece 5 DF Celso Ayala 2002 5 31 1970 8 20 y 76 River Plate Argentina 1861 6 MF Estanislao Struway 2002 5 31 1968 6 25 y 69 Libertad Paraguay 7 FW Richart Báez 2002 5 31 1973 7 31 y 25 Olimpia Paraguay 8 MF Guido Alvarenga 2002 5 31 1970 8 24 y 18 Léon Mexico 9 FW Roque Santa Cruz 2002 5 31 1981 8 16 y 24 Bayern Munich Germany 10 MF Roberto Acuña 2002 5 31 1972 3 25 y 77 Zaragoza Spain 11 FW Jorge Luis Campos 2002 5 31 1970 8 11 y 31 Universidad Católica Chile 12 GK Justo Villar 2002 5 31 1977 6 30 y 8 Libertad Paraguay 13 MF Carlos Paredes 2002 5 31 1976 7 16 y 41 Porto Portugal 14 MF Diego Gavilán 2002 5 31 1980 3 1 y 21 Tecos Mexico 15 MF Carlos Bonet 2002 5 31 1977 10 2 y 3 Libertad Paraguay 16 MF Gustavo Morínigo 2002 5 31 1977 1 23 y 11 Libertad Paraguay 17 DF Juan Carlos Franco 2002 5 31 1973 4 17 y 3 Olimpia Paraguay 18 DF Julio César Cáceres 2002 5 31 1979 10 5 y 1 Olimpia Paraguay 19 DF Daniel Sanabria 2002 5 31 1977 2 8 y 6 Libertad Paraguay 20 FW José Cardozo 2002 5 31 1971 3 19 y 57 Toluca Mexico 21 DF Denis Caniza 2002 5 31 1974 8 29 y 49 Santos Laguna Mexico 22 GK Ricardo Tavarelli 2002 5 31 1970 8 2 y 20 Olimpia Paraguay 23 FW Nelson Cuevas 2002 5 31 1980 1 10 y 11 River Plate Argentina 1861 Slovenia Head coach: Srečko Katanec 1 GK Marko Simeunovič 2002 5 31 1967 12 6 y 43 Maribor Slovenia 2 DF Goran Sankovič 2002 5 31 1979 6 18 y 5 Slavia Prague Czech Republic 3 DF Željko Milinovič 2002 5 31 1969 10 12 y 35 JEF United Ichihara Japan 4 DF Muamer Vugdalić 2002 5 31 1977 8 25 y 13 Maribor Slovenia 5 DF Marinko Galič 2002 5 31 1970 4 22 y 65 Koper Slovenia 6 DF Aleksander Knavs 2002 5 31 1975 12 5 y 38 1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany 7 MF Džoni Novak 2002 5 31 1969 9 4 y 68 SpVgg Unterhaching Germany 8 MF Aleš Čeh (c) 2002 5 31 1968 4 7 y 71 Grazer AK Austria 9 FW Milan Osterc 2002 5 31 1975 7 4 y 41 Hapoel Tel Aviv Israel 10 MF Zlatko Zahovič* 2002 5 31 1971 2 1 y 64 Benfica Portugal 11 MF Miran Pavlin 2002 5 31 1971 10 8 y 45 Porto Portugal 12 GK Mladen Dabanovič 2002 5 31 1971 9 13 y 20 Lokeren Belgium 13 FW Mladen Rudonja 2002 5 31 1971 7 26 y 58 Portsmouth England 14 DF Saša Gajser 2002 5 31 1974 2 11 y 20 Gent Belgium 15 MF Rajko Tavčar 2002 5 31 1974 7 21 y 6 1. FC Nürnberg Germany 16 FW Senad Tiganj 2002 5 31 1975 8 28 y 3 Olimpija Ljubljana Slovenia 17 MF Zoran Pavlović 2002 5 31 1976 6 27 y 21 Austria Wien Austria 18 FW Milenko Ačimovič 2002 5 31 1977 2 15 y 39 Red Star Belgrade FR Yugoslavia 19 DF Amir Karić 2002 5 31 1973 12 31 y 43 Maribor Slovenia 20 MF Nastja Čeh 2002 5 31 1978 1 26 y 6 Club Brugge Belgium 21 FW Sebastjan Cimirotič 2002 5 31 1974 9 14 y 12 Lecce ITA 1946 22 GK Dejan Nemec 2002 5 31 1977 3 1 y 1 Club Brugge Belgium 23 DF Spasoje Bulajič 2002 5 31 1975 11 24 y 15 1. FC Köln Germany *Was expelled from the squad after the first game. Note: caps for Yugoslavia are not counted. South Africa Head coach: Jomo Sono 1 GK Hans Vonk 2002 5 31 1970 1 30 y 29 Heerenveen Netherlands 2 DF Cyril Nzama 2002 5 31 1974 6 26 y 19 Kaizer Chiefs South Africa 3 DF Bradley Carnell 2002 5 31 1977 1 21 y 21 VfB Stuttgart Germany 4 DF Aaron Mokoena 2002 5 31 1980 11 25 y 22 Germinal Beerschot Belgium 5 DF Jacob Lekgetho 2002 5 31 1974 3 24 y 15 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 6 MF MacBeth Sibaya 2002 5 31 1977 11 25 y 9 Jomo Cosmos South Africa 7 MF Quinton Fortune 2002 5 31 1977 5 21 y 39 Manchester United England 8 MF Thabo Mngomeni 2002 5 31 1969 6 24 y 37 Orlando Pirates South Africa 9 MF MacDonald Mukansi 2002 5 31 1975 5 26 y 7 Lokomotiv Sofia Bulgaria 10 MF Bennett Mnguni 2002 5 31 1974 3 18 y 9 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 11 MF Jabu Pule 2002 5 31 1980 7 11 y 9 Kaizer Chiefs South Africa 12 MF Teboho Mokoena 2002 5 31 1974 7 10 y 10 St. Gallen Switzerland 13 DF Pierre Issa 2002 5 31 1975 9 12 y 41 Watford England 14 FW Siyabonga Nomvethe 2002 5 31 1977 12 2 y 30 Udinese ITA 1946 15 MF Sibusiso Zuma 2002 5 31 1975 6 23 y 22 Copenhagen Denmark 16 GK Andre Arendse 2002 5 31 1967 6 27 y 49 Santos Cape Town South Africa 17 FW Benni McCarthy 2002 5 31 1977 11 12 y 43 Porto Portugal 18 MF Delron Buckley 2002 5 31 1977 12 7 y 32 VfL Bochum Germany 19 DF Lucas Radebe (c) 2002 5 31 1969 4 12 y 65 Leeds United England 20 GK Calvin Marlin 2002 5 31 1976 4 20 y 2 Ajax Cape Town South Africa 21 MF Steven Pienaar 2002 5 31 1982 3 17 y 0 Ajax Netherlands 22 DF Thabang Molefe 2002 5 31 1979 4 11 y 5 Jomo Cosmos South Africa 23 FW George Koumantarakis 2002 5 31 1974 3 27 y 6 Basel Switzerland Spain Head coach: José Antonio Camacho 1 GK Iker Casillas 2002 5 31 1981 5 20 y 13 Real Madrid Spain 2 DF Curro Torres 2002 5 31 1976 12 27 y 4 Valencia Spain 3 DF Juanfran 2002 5 31 1976 7 15 y 7 Celta Vigo Spain 4 MF Iván Helguera 2002 5 31 1975 3 18 y 22 Real Madrid Spain 5 DF Carles Puyol 2002 5 31 1978 4 13 y 8 Barcelona Spain 6 DF Fernando Hierro (c) 2002 5 31 1968 3 23 y 85 Real Madrid Spain 7 FW Raúl 2002 5 31 1977 6 27 y 51 Real Madrid Spain 8 MF Rubén Baraja 2002 5 31 1975 7 11 y 9 Valencia Spain 9 FW Fernando Morientes 2002 5 31 1976 4 5 y 19 Real Madrid Spain 10 FW Diego Tristán 2002 5 31 1976 1 5 y 7 Deportivo La Coruña Spain 11 MF Javier de Pedro 2002 5 31 1973 8 4 y 5 Real Sociedad Spain 12 FW Albert Luque 2002 5 31 1978 3 11 y 0 Mallorca Spain 13 GK Ricardo 2002 5 31 1971 12 30 y 1 Valladolid Spain 14 MF David Albelda 2002 5 31 1977 9 1 y 2 Valencia Spain 15 DF Enrique Romero 2002 5 31 1971 6 23 y 3 Deportivo La Coruña Spain 16 MF Gaizka Mendieta 2002 5 31 1974 3 27 y 32 Lazio ITA 1946 17 MF Juan Carlos Valerón 2002 5 31 1975 6 17 y 20 Deportivo La Coruña Spain 18 MF Sergio 2002 5 31 1976 11 10 y 5 Deportivo La Coruña Spain 19 MF Xavi 2002 5 31 1980 1 25 y 3 Barcelona Spain 20 DF Miguel Ángel Nadal 2002 5 31 1966 7 28 y 59 Mallorca Spain 21 MF Luis Enrique 2002 5 31 1970 5 8 y 57 Barcelona Spain 22 MF Joaquín 2002 5 31 1981 7 21 y 3 Real Betis Spain 23 GK Pedro Contreras 2002 5 31 1972 1 7 y 0 Málaga Spain Group C Brazil Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari 1 GK Marcos 2002 5 31 1973 8 4 y 15 Palmeiras Brazil 2 DF Cafu (c) 2002 5 31 1970 6 7 y 103 Roma ITA 1946 3 DF Lúcio 2002 5 31 1978 5 8 y 15 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 4 DF Roque Júnior 2002 5 31 1976 8 31 y 17 Milan ITA 1946 5 DF Edmílson 2002 5 31 1976 7 10 y 12 Lyon France 1974 6 DF Roberto Carlos 2002 5 31 1973 4 10 y 84 Real Madrid Spain 7 MF Ricardinho 2002 5 31 1976 5 23 y 3 Corinthians Brazil 8 MF Gilberto Silva 2002 5 31 1976 10 7 y 6 Atlético Mineiro Brazil 9 FW Ronaldo 2002 5 31 1976 9 18 y 56 Inter Milan ITA 1946 10 MF Rivaldo 2002 5 31 1972 4 19 y 58 Barcelona Spain 11 MF Ronaldinho 2002 5 31 1980 3 21 y 24 Paris Saint-Germain France 1974 12 GK Dida 2002 5 31 1973 10 7 y 49 Corinthians Brazil 13 DF Juliano Belletti 2002 5 31 1976 6 20 y 10 São Paulo Brazil 14 DF Ânderson Polga 2002 5 31 1979 2 9 y 5 Grêmio Brazil 15 MF Kléberson 2002 5 31 1979 6 19 y 5 Atlético Paranaense Brazil 16 DF Júnior 2002 5 31 1973 6 20 y 12 Parma ITA 1946 17 FW Denílson 2002 5 31 1977 8 24 y 53 Real Betis Spain 18 MF Vampeta 2002 5 31 1974 3 13 y 36 Corinthians Brazil 19 MF Juninho Paulista 2002 5 31 1973 2 22 y 43 Flamengo Brazil 20 FW Edílson 2002 5 31 1971 9 17 y 17 Cruzeiro Brazil 21 FW Luizão 2002 5 31 1975 11 14 y 8 Grêmio Brazil 22 GK Rogério Ceni 2002 5 31 1973 1 22 y 12 São Paulo Brazil 23 MF Kaká 2002 5 31 1982 4 22 y 2 São Paulo Brazil China PR Head coach: Serbia and Montenegro Bora Milutinović 1 GK An Qi 2002 5 31 1981 6 21 y 5 Dalian Shide China 2 DF Zhang Enhua 2002 5 31 1973 4 28 y 65 Dalian Shide China 3 DF Yang Pu 2002 5 31 1978 3 30 y 14 Beijing Guoan China 4 DF Wu Chengying 2002 5 31 1975 4 21 y 53 Shanghai Shenhua China 5 DF Fan Zhiyi 2002 5 31 1969 11 6 y 105 Dundee Scotland 1542 6 MF Shao Jiayi 2002 5 31 1980 4 10 y 18 Beijing Guoan China 7 DF Sun Jihai 2002 5 31 1977 9 30 y 59 Manchester City England 8 MF Li Tie 2002 5 31 1977 5 18 y 76 Liaoning China 9 MF Ma Mingyu (c) 2002 5 31 1970 2 4 y 91 Sichuan First City China 10 FW Hao Haidong 2002 5 31 1970 5 9 y 95 Dalian Shide China 11 MF Yu Genwei 2002 5 31 1974 1 7 y 17 Tianjin Teda China 12 FW Su Maozhen 2002 5 31 1972 7 30 y 43 Shandong Luneng China 13 MF Gao Yao 2002 5 31 1977 7 13 y 4 Shandong Luneng China 14 DF Li Weifeng 2002 5 31 1978 12 1 y 55 Shenzhen Pingan China 15 MF Zhao Junzhe 2002 5 31 1979 4 18 y 13 Liaoning China 16 FW Qu Bo 2002 5 31 1981 7 15 y 16 Qingdao Etsong Hainiu China 17 DF Du Wei 2002 5 31 1982 2 9 y 7 Shanghai Shenhua China 18 MF Li Xiaopeng 2002 5 31 1975 6 20 y 26 Shandong Luneng China 19 MF Qi Hong 2002 5 31 1976 6 3 y 36 Beijing Chengfeng F.C. China 20 FW Yang Chen 2002 5 31 1974 1 17 y 26 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 21 DF Xu Yunlong 2002 5 31 1979 2 17 y 20 Beijing Guoan China 22 GK Jiang Jin 2002 5 31 1968 10 7 y 52 Tianjin Teda China 23 GK Ou Chuliang 2002 5 31 1968 8 26 y 74 Yunnan Hongta China Costa Rica Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães 1 GK Erick Lonnis (c) 2002 5 31 1965 9 9 y 74 Saprissa Costa Rica 2 DF Jervis Drummond 2002 5 31 1976 9 8 y 38 Saprissa Costa Rica 3 DF Luis Marín 2002 5 31 1974 8 10 y 74 Alajuelense Costa Rica 4 DF Mauricio Wright 2002 5 31 1970 12 20 y 40 Herediano Costa Rica 5 DF Gilberto Martínez 2002 5 31 1979 10 1 y 27 Saprissa Costa Rica 6 MF Wílmer López 2002 5 31 1971 3 8 y 68 Alajuelense Costa Rica 7 FW Rolando Fonseca 2002 5 31 1974 6 6 y 79 Alajuelense Costa Rica 8 MF Mauricio Solís 2002 5 31 1972 12 13 y 84 Alajuelense Costa Rica 9 FW Paulo Wanchope 2002 5 31 1976 7 31 y 48 Manchester City England 10 MF Walter Centeno 2002 5 31 1974 10 6 y 49 Saprissa Costa Rica 11 FW Rónald Gómez 2002 5 31 1975 1 24 y 53 OFI Greece 12 FW Winston Parks 2002 5 31 1981 10 12 y 3 Udinese ITA 1946 13 DF Daniel Vallejos 2002 5 31 1981 5 27 y 2 Herediano Costa Rica 14 DF Juan José Rodríguez 2002 5 31 1967 6 23 y 2 San Carlos Costa Rica 15 DF Harold Wallace 2002 5 31 1975 9 7 y 54 Alajuelense Costa Rica 16 FW Steven Bryce 2002 5 31 1977 8 16 y 33 Alajuelense Costa Rica 17 MF Hernán Medford 2002 5 31 1968 5 23 y 87 Saprissa Costa Rica 18 GK Álvaro Mesén 2002 5 31 1972 12 24 y 16 Alajuelense Costa Rica 19 MF Rodrigo Cordero 2002 5 31 1973 12 4 y 25 Herediano Costa Rica 20 FW William Sunsing 2002 5 31 1977 5 12 y 23 Herediano Costa Rica 21 DF Pablo Chinchilla 2002 5 31 1978 12 21 y 12 Alajuelense Costa Rica 22 DF Carlos Castro 2002 5 31 1978 9 10 y 22 Alajuelense Costa Rica 23 GK Lester Morgan 2002 5 31 1976 5 2 y 6 Herediano Costa Rica Turkey Head coach: Şenol Güneş 1 GK Rüştü Reçber 2002 5 31 1973 5 10 y 64 Fenerbahçe Turkey 2 DF Emre Aşık 2002 5 31 1973 12 13 y 16 Galatasaray Turkey 3 DF Bülent Korkmaz 2002 5 31 1968 11 24 y 68 Galatasaray Turkey 4 DF Fatih Akyel 2002 5 31 1977 12 26 y 36 Fenerbahçe Turkey 5 DF Alpay Özalan 2002 5 31 1973 5 29 y 62 Aston Villa England 6 FW Arif Erdem 2002 5 31 1972 1 2 y 50 Galatasaray Turkey 7 MF Okan Buruk 2002 5 31 1973 10 19 y 26 Inter Milan ITA 1946 8 MF Tugay Kerimoğlu 2002 5 31 1970 8 24 y 69 Blackburn Rovers England 9 FW Hakan Şükür (c) 2002 5 31 1971 9 1 y 73 Parma ITA 1946 10 MF Yıldıray Baştürk 2002 5 31 1978 12 24 y 13 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 11 FW Hasan Şaş 2002 5 31 1976 8 1 y 14 Galatasaray Turkey 12 GK Ömer Çatkıç 2002 5 31 1974 10 15 y 6 Gaziantepspor Turkey 13 MF Muzzy Izzet 2002 5 31 1974 10 31 y 7 Leicester City England 14 MF Tayfur Havutçu 2002 5 31 1970 4 23 y 39 Beşiktaş Turkey 15 FW Nihat Kahveci 2002 5 31 1979 11 23 y 11 Real Sociedad Spain 16 DF Ümit Özat 2002 5 31 1976 10 30 y 14 Fenerbahçe Turkey 17 FW İlhan Mansız 2002 5 31 1975 8 10 y 6 Beşiktaş Turkey 18 MF Ergün Penbe 2002 5 31 1972 5 17 y 21 Galatasaray Turkey 19 MF Abdullah Ercan 2002 5 31 1971 12 8 y 70 Fenerbahçe Turkey 20 DF Hakan Ünsal 2002 5 31 1973 5 14 y 25 Blackburn Rovers England 21 MF Emre Belözoğlu 2002 5 31 1980 9 7 y 11 Inter Milan ITA 1946 22 MF Ümit Davala 2002 5 31 1973 7 30 y 24 Milan ITA 1946 23 GK Zafer Özgültekin 2002 5 31 1975 3 10 y 1 Ankaragücü Turkey Group D Poland Head coach: Jerzy Engel 1 GK Jerzy Dudek 2002 5 31 1973 3 23 y 21 Liverpool England 2 DF Tomasz Kłos 2002 5 31 1973 3 7 y 37 1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany 3 DF Jacek Zieliński 2002 5 31 1967 10 10 y 52 Legia Warsaw Poland 4 DF Michał Żewłakow 2002 5 31 1976 4 22 y 25 Mouscron Belgium 5 DF Tomasz Rząsa 2002 5 31 1973 3 11 y 9 Feyenoord Netherlands 6 DF Tomasz Hajto 2002 5 31 1972 10 16 y 44 Schalke 04 Germany 7 MF Piotr Świerczewski 2002 5 31 1972 4 8 y 65 Marseille France 1974 8 FW Cezary Kucharski 2002 5 31 1972 2 17 y 15 Legia Warsaw Poland 9 FW Paweł Kryszałowicz 2002 5 31 1974 6 23 y 23 Eintracht Frankfurt Germany 10 MF Radosław Kałużny 2002 5 31 1974 2 2 y 30 Energie Cottbus Germany 11 FW Emmanuel Olisadebe 2002 5 31 1978 12 22 y 16 Panathinaikos Greece 12 GK Radosław Majdan 2002 5 31 1972 5 10 y 5 Göztepe Turkey 13 DF Arkadiusz Głowacki 2002 5 31 1979 3 13 y 2 Wisła Kraków Poland 14 FW Marcin Żewłakow 2002 5 31 1976 4 22 y 17 Mouscron Belgium 15 DF Tomasz Wałdoch (c) 2002 5 31 1971 5 10 y 71 Schalke 04 Germany 16 DF Maciej Murawski 2002 5 31 1974 2 20 y 4 Legia Warsaw Poland 17 MF Arkadiusz Bąk 2002 5 31 1974 10 6 y 12 Widzew Łódź Poland 18 FW Jacek Krzynówek 2002 5 31 1976 5 15 y 23 1. FC Nürnberg Germany 19 FW Maciej Żurawski 2002 5 31 1976 9 12 y 9 Wisła Kraków Poland 20 DF Jacek Bąk 2002 5 31 1973 3 24 y 36 Lens France 1974 21 MF Marek Koźmiński 2002 5 31 1971 2 7 y 42 Ancona ITA 1946 22 GK Adam Matysek 2002 5 31 1968 7 19 y 34 RKS Radomsko Poland 23 MF Paweł Sibik 2002 5 31 1971 2 15 y 2 Odra Wodzisław Poland Portugal Head coach: António Oliveira 1 GK Vítor Baía 2002 5 31 1969 10 15 y 75 Porto Portugal 2 DF Jorge Costa 2002 5 31 1971 10 14 y 46 Porto Portugal 3 DF Abel Xavier 2002 5 31 1972 11 30 y 18 Liverpool England 4 DF Marco Caneira 2002 5 31 1979 2 9 y 1 Benfica Portugal 5 DF Fernando Couto (c) 2002 5 31 1969 8 2 y 82 Lazio ITA 1946 6 MF Paulo Sousa 2002 5 31 1970 8 30 y 50 Espanyol Spain 7 MF Luís Figo 2002 5 31 1972 11 4 y 81 Real Madrid Spain 8 FW João Pinto 2002 5 31 1971 8 19 y 77 Sporting CP Portugal 9 FW Pauleta 2002 5 31 1973 4 28 y 33 Bordeaux France 1974 10 MF Rui Costa 2002 5 31 1972 3 29 y 67 Milan ITA 1946 11 MF Sérgio Conceição 2002 5 31 1974 11 15 y 41 Inter Milan ITA 1946 12 MF Hugo Viana 2002 5 31 1983 1 15 y 4 Sporting CP Portugal 13 DF Jorge Andrade 2002 5 31 1978 4 9 y 5 Porto Portugal 14 MF Pedro Barbosa 2002 5 31 1970 8 6 y 21 Sporting CP Portugal 15 GK Nélson Pereira 2002 5 31 1975 10 20 y 1 Sporting CP Portugal 16 GK Ricardo 2002 5 31 1976 2 11 y 10 Boavista Portugal 17 MF Paulo Bento 2002 5 31 1969 6 20 y 31 Sporting CP Portugal 18 DF Nuno Frechaut 2002 5 31 1977 9 24 y 9 Boavista Portugal 19 MF Capucho 2002 5 31 1972 2 21 y 29 Porto Portugal 20 MF Petit 2002 5 31 1976 9 25 y 9 Boavista Portugal 21 FW Nuno Gomes 2002 5 31 1976 7 5 y 28 Fiorentina ITA 1946 22 DF Beto 2002 5 31 1976 5 3 y 16 Sporting CP Portugal 23 DF Rui Jorge 2002 5 31 1973 3 27 y 20 Sporting CP Portugal South Korea Head coach: Netherlands Guus Hiddink 1 GK Lee Woon-jae 2002 5 31 1973 4 26 y 31 Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea 1997 2 DF Hyun Young-min 2002 5 31 1979 12 25 y 8 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi South Korea 1997 3 MF Choi Sung-yong 2002 5 31 1975 12 25 y 60 Suwon Samsung Bluewings South Korea 1997 4 DF Choi Jin-cheul 2002 5 31 1971 3 26 y 15 Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors South Korea 1997 5 MF Kim Nam-il 2002 5 31 1977 3 14 y 23 Jeonnam Dragons South Korea 1997 6 MF Yoo Sang-chul 2002 5 31 1971 10 18 y 93 Kashiwa Reysol Japan 7 DF Kim Tae-young 2002 5 31 1970 11 8 y 78 Jeonnam Dragons South Korea 1997 8 FW Choi Tae-uk 2002 5 31 1981 3 13 y 16 Anyang LG Cheetahs South Korea 1997 9 FW Seol Ki-hyeon 2002 5 31 1979 1 8 y 31 Anderlecht Belgium 10 DF Lee Young-pyo 2002 5 31 1977 4 23 y 51 FC Seoul South Korea 1997 11 FW Choi Yong-soo 2002 5 31 1973 9 10 y 58 JEF United Ichihara Japan 12 GK Kim Byung-ji 2002 5 31 1970 4 8 y 58 Pohang Steelers South Korea 1997 13 MF Lee Eul-yong 2002 5 31 1975 9 8 y 19 Bucheon SK South Korea 1997 14 FW Lee Chun-soo 2002 5 31 1981 7 9 y 22 Ulsan Hyundai Horangi South Korea 1997 15 DF Lee Min-sung 2002 5 31 1973 6 23 y 52 Busan I'Cons South Korea 1997 16 FW Cha Du-ri 2002 5 31 1980 7 25 y 12 Korea University South Korea 1997 17 MF Yoon Jong-hwan 2002 5 31 1973 2 16 y 36 Cerezo Osaka Japan 18 FW Hwang Sun-hong 2002 5 31 1968 7 14 y 97 Kashiwa Reysol Japan 19 FW Ahn Jung-hwan 2002 5 31 1976 1 27 y 19 Perugia ITA 1946 20 DF Hong Myung-bo (c) 2002 5 31 1969 2 12 y 128 Pohang Steelers South Korea 1997 21 MF Park Ji-sung 2002 5 31 1981 3 30 y 33 Kyoto Purple Sanga Japan 22 MF Song Chong-gug 2002 5 31 1979 2 20 y 27 Busan I'Cons South Korea 1997 23 GK Choi Eun-sung 2002 5 31 1971 4 5 y 1 Daejeon Citizen South Korea 1997 United States Head coach: Bruce Arena 1 GK Brad Friedel 2002 5 31 1971 5 8 y 74 Blackburn Rovers England 2 MF Frankie Hejduk 2002 5 31 1974 8 5 y 38 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 3 DF Gregg Berhalter 2002 5 31 1973 8 1 y 25 Crystal Palace England 4 DF Pablo Mastroeni 2002 5 31 1976 8 29 y 8 Colorado Rapids USA 5 MF John O'Brien 2002 5 31 1977 8 29 y 13 Ajax Netherlands 6 DF David Regis 2002 5 31 1968 12 2 y 28 Metz France 1974 7 MF Eddie Lewis 2002 5 31 1974 5 17 y 38 Fulham England 8 MF Earnie Stewart 2002 5 31 1969 3 28 y 77 NAC Breda Netherlands 9 FW Joe-Max Moore 2002 5 31 1971 2 23 y 95 Everton England 10 MF Claudio Reyna (c) 2002 5 31 1973 7 20 y 86 Sunderland England 11 FW Clint Mathis 2002 5 31 1976 11 25 y 19 MetroStars USA 12 DF Jeff Agoos 2002 5 31 1968 5 2 y 127 San Jose Earthquakes USA 13 MF Cobi Jones 2002 5 31 1970 6 16 y 153 LA Galaxy USA 14 DF Steve Cherundolo 2002 5 31 1979 2 19 y 10 Hannover 96 Germany 15 FW Josh Wolff 2002 5 31 1977 2 25 y 16 Chicago Fire USA 16 DF Carlos Llamosa 2002 5 31 1969 6 30 y 26 New England Revolution USA 17 MF DaMarcus Beasley 2002 5 31 1982 5 24 y 9 Chicago Fire USA 18 GK Kasey Keller 2002 5 31 1969 11 29 y 58 Tottenham Hotspur England 19 GK Tony Meola 2002 5 31 1969 2 21 y 98 Kansas City Wizards USA 20 FW Brian McBride 2002 5 31 1972 6 19 y 58 Columbus Crew USA 21 FW Landon Donovan 2002 5 31 1982 3 4 y 20 San Jose Earthquakes USA 22 DF Tony Sanneh 2002 5 31 1971 6 1 y 29 1. FC Nürnberg Germany 23 DF Eddie Pope 2002 5 31 1973 12 24 y 48 D.C. United USA Group E Cameroon Head coach: Germany Winfried Schäfer 1 GK Alioum Boukar 2002 5 31 1972 1 3 y 46 Samsunspor Turkey 2 DF Bill Tchato 2002 5 31 1975 5 14 y 12 Montpellier France 1974 3 DF Pierre Womé 2002 5 31 1979 3 26 y 46 Bologna ITA 1946 4 DF Rigobert Song (c) 2002 5 31 1976 7 1 y 59 1. FC Köln Germany 5 DF Raymond Kalla 2002 5 31 1975 4 22 y 47 Extremadura Spain 6 DF Pierre Njanka 2002 5 31 1975 3 15 y 31 Strasbourg France 1974 7 MF Joseph N'Do 2002 5 31 1976 4 28 y 16 Al-Khaleej Saudi Arabia 8 DF Geremi 2002 5 31 1978 12 20 y 38 Real Madrid Spain 9 FW Samuel Eto'o 2002 5 31 1981 3 10 y 27 Mallorca Spain 10 FW Patrick M'Boma 2002 5 31 1970 11 15 y 42 Sunderland England 11 FW Pius N'Diefi 2002 5 31 1975 7 5 y 13 Sedan France 1974 12 MF Lauren 2002 5 31 1977 1 19 y 15 Arsenal England 13 DF Lucien Mettomo 2002 5 31 1977 4 19 y 17 Manchester City England 14 MF Joël Epalle 2002 5 31 1978 2 20 y 22 Panachaiki Greece 15 MF Nicolas Alnoudji 2002 5 31 1979 12 9 y 15 Rizespor Turkey 16 GK Jacques Songo'o 2002 5 31 1964 3 17 y 66 Metz France 1974 17 MF Marc-Vivien Foé 2002 5 31 1975 5 1 y 47 Lyon France 1974 18 FW Patrick Suffo 2002 5 31 1978 1 17 y 18 Sheffield United England 19 MF Eric Djemba-Djemba 2002 5 31 1981 5 4 y 0 Nantes France 1974 20 MF Salomon Olembé 2002 5 31 1980 12 8 y 39 Marseille France 1974 21 FW Joseph-Désiré Job 2002 5 31 1977 12 1 y 34 Metz France 1974 22 GK Carlos Kameni 2002 5 31 1984 2 18 y 1 Le Havre France 1974 23 MF Daniel N'Gom Kome 2002 5 31 1980 5 19 y 4 Numancia Spain Germany Head coach: Rudi Völler 1 GK Oliver Kahn (c) 2002 5 31 1969 6 15 y 45 Bayern Munich Germany 2 DF Thomas Linke 2002 5 31 1969 12 26 y 34 Bayern Munich Germany 3 DF Marko Rehmer 2002 5 31 1972 4 29 y 27 Hertha BSC Germany 4 DF Frank Baumann 2002 5 31 1975 10 29 y 11 Werder Bremen Germany 5 MF Carsten Ramelow 2002 5 31 1974 3 20 y 25 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 6 DF Christian Ziege 2002 5 31 1972 2 1 y 66 Tottenham Hotspur England 7 FW Oliver Neuville 2002 5 31 1973 5 1 y 30 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 8 MF Dietmar Hamann 2002 5 31 1973 8 27 y 40 Liverpool England 9 FW Carsten Jancker 2002 5 31 1974 8 28 y 26 Bayern Munich Germany 10 MF Lars Ricken 2002 5 31 1976 7 10 y 16 Borussia Dortmund Germany 11 FW Miroslav Klose 2002 5 31 1978 6 9 y 12 1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany 12 GK Jens Lehmann 2002 5 31 1969 11 10 y 14 Borussia Dortmund Germany 13 MF Michael Ballack 2002 5 31 1976 9 26 y 22 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 14 FW Gerald Asamoah 2002 5 31 1978 10 3 y 11 Schalke 04 Germany 15 DF Sebastian Kehl 2002 5 31 1980 2 13 y 8 Borussia Dortmund Germany 16 MF Jens Jeremies 2002 5 31 1974 3 5 y 33 Bayern Munich Germany 17 MF Marco Bode 2002 5 31 1969 7 23 y 34 Werder Bremen Germany 18 MF Jörg Böhme 2002 5 31 1974 1 22 y 6 Schalke 04 Germany 19 MF Bernd Schneider 2002 5 31 1973 11 17 y 9 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 20 FW Oliver Bierhoff 2002 5 31 1968 5 1 y 65 Monaco France 1974 21 DF Christoph Metzelder 2002 5 31 1980 11 5 y 6 Borussia Dortmund Germany 22 MF Torsten Frings 2002 5 31 1976 11 22 y 8 Werder Bremen Germany 23 GK Hans-Jörg Butt 2002 5 31 1974 5 28 y 2 Bayer Leverkusen Germany Republic of Ireland Head coach: Mick McCarthy Roy Keane left the squad before the tournament and was not replaced.23 May 2002 McCarthy sends 'disruptive' Keane home https://www.theguardian.com/football/2002/may/23/worldcupfootball2002.sport7 The Guardian 1 November 2024 Keane was technically still part of the named squad and appeared in FIFA's official squad lists. 1 GK Shay Given 2002 5 31 1976 4 20 y 39 Newcastle United England 2 DF Steve Finnan 2002 5 31 1976 4 24 y 13 Fulham England 3 DF Ian Harte 2002 5 31 1977 8 31 y 40 Leeds United England 4 DF Kenny Cunningham 2002 5 31 1971 6 28 y 38 Wimbledon England 5 DF Steve Staunton (c) 2002 5 31 1969 1 19 y 98 Aston Villa England 6 MF Roy Keane* 2002 5 31 1971 8 10 y 58 Manchester United England 7 MF Jason McAteer 2002 5 31 1971 6 18 y 47 Sunderland England 8 MF Matt Holland 2002 5 31 1974 4 11 y 19 Ipswich Town England 9 MF Damien Duff 2002 5 31 1979 3 2 y 26 Blackburn Rovers England 10 FW Robbie Keane 2002 5 31 1980 7 8 y 33 Leeds United England 11 MF Kevin Kilbane 2002 5 31 1977 2 1 y 31 Sunderland England 12 MF Mark Kinsella 2002 5 31 1972 8 12 y 28 Charlton Athletic England 13 FW David Connolly 2002 5 31 1977 6 6 y 33 Wimbledon England 14 DF Gary Breen 2002 5 31 1973 12 12 y 43 Coventry City England 15 DF Richard Dunne 2002 5 31 1979 9 21 y 14 Manchester City England 16 GK Dean Kiely 2002 5 31 1970 10 10 y 6 Charlton Athletic England 17 FW Niall Quinn 2002 5 31 1966 10 6 y 88 Sunderland England 18 DF Gary Kelly 2002 5 31 1974 7 9 y 46 Leeds United England 19 FW Clinton Morrison 2002 5 31 1979 5 14 y 7 Crystal Palace England 20 DF Andrew O'Brien 2002 5 31 1979 6 29 y 5 Newcastle United England 21 MF Steven Reid 2002 5 31 1981 3 10 y 5 Millwall England 22 MF Lee Carsley 2002 5 31 1974 2 28 y 19 Everton England 23 GK Alan Kelly 2002 5 31 1968 8 11 y 34 Blackburn Rovers England Saudi Arabia Head coach: Nasser Al-Johar 1 GK Mohamed Al-Deayea 2002 5 31 1972 8 2 y 168 Al Hilal Saudi Arabia 2 DF Mohammed Sheliah 2002 5 31 1974 9 28 y 73 Al Ahli Saudi Arabia 3 DF Redha Tukar 2002 5 31 1975 11 29 y 5 Al Shabab Saudi Arabia 4 DF Abdullah Zubromawi 2002 5 31 1973 11 15 y 115 Al Ahli Saudi Arabia 5 DF Mohsin Al-Harthi 2002 5 31 1976 7 17 y 20 Al Nassr Saudi Arabia 6 DF Fouzi Al-Shehri 2002 5 31 1980 5 15 y 2 Al Ahli Saudi Arabia 7 MF Ibrahim Suwayed 2002 5 31 1974 7 21 y 59 Al Ahli Saudi Arabia 8 MF Mohammed Noor 2002 5 31 1978 2 26 y 29 Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 9 FW Sami Al-Jaber (c) 2002 5 31 1972 12 11 y 148 Al Hilal Saudi Arabia 10 MF Mohammad Al-Shalhoub 2002 5 31 1980 12 8 y 17 Al Hilal Saudi Arabia 11 FW Obeid Al-Dosari 2002 5 31 1975 10 2 y 97 Al Ahli Saudi Arabia 12 DF Ahmed Al-Dokhi 2002 5 31 1976 10 25 y 47 Al Hilal Saudi Arabia 13 DF Hussein Abdulghani 2002 5 31 1977 1 21 y 80 Al Ahli Saudi Arabia 14 MF Abdulaziz Al-Khathran 2002 5 31 1973 7 31 y 0 Al Shabab Saudi Arabia 15 FW Abdullah Al-Jumaan 2002 5 31 1977 11 10 y 20 Al Hilal Saudi Arabia 16 MF Khamis Al-Owairan 2002 5 31 1973 9 8 y 76 Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 17 MF Abdullah Al-Waked 2002 5 31 1975 9 29 y 45 Al Shabab Saudi Arabia 18 MF Nawaf Al-Temyat 2002 5 31 1976 6 28 y 48 Al Hilal Saudi Arabia 19 MF Omar Al-Ghamdi 2002 5 31 1979 4 11 y 28 Al Hilal Saudi Arabia 20 FW Al-Hasan Al-Yami 2002 5 31 1972 8 21 y 18 Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 21 GK Mabrouk Zaid 2002 5 31 1979 2 11 y 1 Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia 22 GK Mohammed Al-Khojali 2002 5 31 1973 1 15 y 12 Al Nassr Saudi Arabia 23 DF Mansour Al-Thagafi 2002 5 31 1979 1 14 y 0 Al Nassr Saudi Arabia Group F Argentina Head coach: Marcelo Bielsa 1 GK Germán Burgos 2002 5 31 1969 4 16 y 35 Atlético Madrid Spain 2 DF Roberto Ayala 2002 5 31 1973 4 14 y 74 Valencia Spain 3 DF Juan Pablo Sorín 2002 5 31 1976 5 5 y 35 Cruzeiro Brazil 4 DF Mauricio Pochettino 2002 5 31 1972 3 2 y 16 Paris Saint-Germain France 1974 5 MF Matías Almeyda 2002 5 31 1973 12 21 y 33 Parma ITA 1946 6 DF Walter Samuel 2002 5 31 1978 3 23 y 30 Roma ITA 1946 7 FW Claudio López 2002 5 31 1974 7 17 y 49 Lazio ITA 1946 8 DF Javier Zanetti 2002 5 31 1973 8 10 y 66 Inter Milan ITA 1946 9 FW Gabriel Batistuta (c) 2002 5 31 1969 2 1 y 75 Roma ITA 1946 10 MF Ariel Ortega 2002 5 31 1974 3 4 y 81 River Plate Argentina 1861 11 MF Juan Sebastián Verón 2002 5 31 1975 3 9 y 47 Manchester United England 12 GK Pablo Cavallero 2002 5 31 1974 4 13 y 8 Celta Vigo Spain 13 DF Diego Placente 2002 5 31 1977 4 24 y 6 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 14 MF Diego Simeone 2002 5 31 1970 4 28 y 104 Lazio ITA 1946 15 MF Claudio Husaín 2002 5 31 1974 11 20 y 14 River Plate Argentina 1861 16 MF Pablo Aimar 2002 5 31 1979 11 3 y 18 Valencia Spain 17 MF Gustavo López 2002 5 31 1973 4 13 y 31 Celta Vigo Spain 18 MF Kily González 2002 5 31 1974 8 4 y 30 Valencia Spain 19 FW Hernán Crespo 2002 5 31 1975 7 5 y 33 Lazio ITA 1946 20 MF Marcelo Gallardo 2002 5 31 1976 1 18 y 42 Monaco France 1974 21 FW Claudio Caniggia 2002 5 31 1967 1 9 y 50 Rangers Scotland 1542 22 DF José Chamot 2002 5 31 1969 5 17 y 42 Milan ITA 1946 23 GK Roberto Bonano 2002 5 31 1970 1 24 y 13 Barcelona Spain Originally, the squad was named with Ariel Ortega given shirt number 23 and Roberto Bonano number 24, as the Argentine Football Association had decided to retire the number 10 shirt in honour of Diego Maradona. FIFA, however, insisted that all squads were assigned with numbers ranging only from 1–23, prompting Argentina to amend their squad list. England Head coach: Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson 1 GK David Seaman 2002 5 31 1963 9 19 y 68 Arsenal England 2 DF Danny Mills 2002 5 31 1977 5 18 y 7 Leeds United England 3 DF Ashley Cole 2002 5 31 1980 12 20 y 8 Arsenal England 4 MF Trevor Sinclair 2002 5 31 1973 3 2 y 5 West Ham United England 5 DF Rio Ferdinand 2002 5 31 1978 11 7 y 21 Leeds United England 6 DF Sol Campbell 2002 5 31 1974 9 18 y 45 Arsenal England 7 MF David Beckham (c) 2002 5 31 1975 5 2 y 49 Manchester United England 8 MF Paul Scholes 2002 5 31 1974 11 16 y 43 Manchester United England 9 FW Robbie Fowler 2002 5 31 1975 4 9 y 24 Leeds United England 10 FW Michael Owen 2002 5 31 1979 12 14 y 35 Liverpool England 11 FW Emile Heskey 2002 5 31 1978 1 11 y 23 Liverpool England 12 DF Wes Brown 2002 5 31 1979 10 13 y 6 Manchester United England 13 GK Nigel Martyn 2002 5 31 1966 8 11 y 22 Leeds United England 14 DF Wayne Bridge 2002 5 31 1980 8 5 y 5 Southampton England 15 DF Martin Keown 2002 5 31 1966 7 24 y 42 Arsenal England 16 DF Gareth Southgate 2002 5 31 1970 9 3 y 48 Middlesbrough England 17 FW Teddy Sheringham 2002 5 31 1966 4 2 y 46 Tottenham Hotspur England 18 MF Owen Hargreaves 2002 5 31 1981 1 20 y 6 Bayern Munich Germany 19 MF Joe Cole 2002 5 31 1981 11 8 y 6 West Ham United England 20 FW Darius Vassell 2002 5 31 1980 6 13 y 5 Aston Villa England 21 MF Nicky Butt 2002 5 31 1975 1 21 y 18 Manchester United England 22 GK David James 2002 5 31 1970 8 1 y 9 West Ham United England 23 MF Kieron Dyer 2002 5 31 1978 12 29 y 9 Newcastle United England Nigeria Head coach: Festus Onigbinde 1 GK Ike Shorunmu 2002 5 31 1967 10 16 y 34 Lucerne Switzerland 2 DF Joseph Yobo 2002 5 31 1980 9 6 y 14 Marseille France 1974 3 DF Celestine Babayaro 2002 5 31 1978 8 29 y 24 Chelsea England 4 FW Nwankwo Kanu 2002 5 31 1976 8 1 y 33 Arsenal England 5 DF Isaac Okoronkwo 2002 5 31 1978 5 1 y 12 Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 6 DF Taribo West 2002 5 31 1974 3 26 y 38 1. FC Kaiserslautern Germany 7 MF Pius Ikedia 2002 5 31 1980 7 11 y 9 Ajax Netherlands 8 MF Mutiu Adepoju 2002 5 31 1970 12 22 y 49 Salamanca Spain 9 FW Bartholomew Ogbeche 2002 5 31 1984 10 1 y 4 Paris Saint-Germain France 1974 10 MF Jay-Jay Okocha (c) 2002 5 31 1973 8 14 y 56 Paris Saint-Germain France 1974 11 MF Garba Lawal 2002 5 31 1974 5 22 y 34 Roda JC Netherlands 12 GK Austin Ejide 2002 5 31 1984 4 8 y 3 Gabros International Nigeria 13 DF Rabiu Afolabi 2002 5 31 1980 4 18 y 5 Standard Liège Belgium 14 DF Ifeanyi Udeze 2002 5 31 1980 7 21 y 15 PAOK Greece 15 MF Justice Christopher 2002 5 31 1981 12 24 y 7 Antwerp Belgium 16 DF Efe Sodje 2002 5 31 1972 10 5 y 7 Crewe Alexandra England 17 FW Julius Aghahowa 2002 5 31 1982 2 12 y 17 Shakhtar Donetsk Ukraine 18 FW Benedict Akwuegbu 2002 5 31 1974 11 3 y 16 Shenyang Jinde China 19 DF Eric Ejiofor 2002 5 31 1979 7 21 y 12 Maccabi Haifa Israel 20 MF James Obiorah 2002 5 31 1978 8 24 y 2 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 21 MF John Utaka 2002 5 31 1982 1 8 y 4 Al Sadd Qatar 22 GK Vincent Enyeama 2002 5 31 1982 8 29 y 2 Enyimba Nigeria 23 MF Femi Opabunmi 2002 5 31 1985 3 3 y 2 Ibadan Nigeria Sweden Head coaches: Lars Lagerbäck and Tommy Söderberg 1 GK Magnus Hedman 2002 5 31 1973 3 19 y 44 Coventry City England 2 DF Olof Mellberg 2002 5 31 1977 9 3 y 21 Aston Villa England 3 DF Patrik Andersson (c) 2002 5 31 1971 8 18 y 95 Barcelona Spain 4 DF Johan Mjällby 2002 5 31 1971 2 9 y 35 Celtic Scotland 1542 5 DF Michael Svensson 2002 5 31 1975 11 25 y 11 Troyes France 1974 6 MF Tobias Linderoth 2002 5 31 1979 4 21 y 19 Everton England 7 MF Niclas Alexandersson 2002 5 31 1971 12 29 y 58 Everton England 8 MF Anders Svensson 2002 5 31 1976 7 17 y 24 Southampton England 9 MF Freddie Ljungberg 2002 5 31 1977 4 16 y 31 Arsenal England 10 FW Marcus Allbäck 2002 5 31 1973 7 5 y 18 Heerenveen Netherlands 11 FW Henrik Larsson 2002 5 31 1971 9 20 y 67 Celtic Scotland 1542 12 GK Magnus Kihlstedt 2002 5 31 1972 2 29 y 12 Copenhagen Denmark 13 DF Tomas Antonelius 2002 5 31 1973 5 7 y 6 Copenhagen Denmark 14 DF Erik Edman 2002 5 31 1978 11 11 y 5 Heerenveen Netherlands 15 DF Andreas Jakobsson 2002 5 31 1972 10 6 y 12 Hansa Rostock Germany 16 DF Teddy Lučić 2002 5 31 1973 4 15 y 41 AIK Sweden 17 MF Magnus Svensson 2002 5 31 1969 3 10 y 24 Brøndby Denmark 18 MF Mattias Jonson 2002 5 31 1974 1 16 y 23 Brøndby Denmark 19 MF Pontus Farnerud 2002 5 31 1980 6 4 y 2 Monaco France 1974 20 MF Daniel Andersson 2002 5 31 1977 8 28 y 38 Venezia ITA 1946 21 FW Zlatan Ibrahimović 2002 5 31 1981 10 3 y 9 Ajax Netherlands 22 FW Andreas Andersson 2002 5 31 1974 4 10 y 32 AIK Sweden 23 GK Andreas Isaksson 2002 5 31 1981 10 3 y 1 Djurgården Sweden Group G Croatia Head coach: Mirko Jozić 1 GK Stipe Pletikosa 2002 5 31 1979 1 8 y 17 Hajduk Split Croatia 2 DF Anthony Šerić 2002 5 31 1979 1 15 y 8 Hellas Verona ITA 1946 3 DF Josip Šimunić 2002 5 31 1978 2 18 y 6 Hertha BSC Germany 4 DF Stjepan Tomas 2002 5 31 1976 3 6 y 17 Vicenza ITA 1946 5 MF Milan Rapaić 2002 5 31 1973 8 16 y 23 Fenerbahçe Turkey 6 DF Boris Živković 2002 5 31 1975 11 15 y 15 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 7 FW Davor Vugrinec 2002 5 31 1975 3 24 y 21 Lecce ITA 1946 8 MF Robert Prosinečki 2002 5 31 1969 1 12 y 48 Portsmouth England 9 FW Davor Šuker (c) 2002 5 31 1968 1 1 y 68 1860 Munich Germany 10 MF Niko Kovač 2002 5 31 1971 10 15 y 20 Bayern Munich Germany 11 FW Alen Bokšić 2002 5 31 1970 1 21 y 36 Middlesbrough England 12 GK Tomislav Butina 2002 5 31 1974 3 30 y 7 Dinamo Zagreb Croatia 13 MF Mario Stanić 2002 5 31 1972 4 10 y 43 Chelsea England 14 MF Zvonimir Soldo 2002 5 31 1967 11 2 y 59 VfB Stuttgart Germany 15 DF Daniel Šarić 2002 5 31 1972 8 4 y 25 Panathinaikos Greece 16 MF Jurica Vranješ 2002 5 31 1980 1 31 y 7 Bayer Leverkusen Germany 17 DF Robert Jarni 2002 5 31 1968 10 26 y 78 Panathinaikos Greece 18 FW Ivica Olić 2002 5 31 1979 9 14 y 4 Zagreb Croatia 19 FW Goran Vlaović 2002 5 31 1972 8 7 y 50 Panathinaikos Greece 20 DF Dario Šimić 2002 5 31 1975 11 12 y 48 Inter Milan ITA 1946 21 DF Robert Kovač 2002 5 31 1974 4 6 y 19 Bayern Munich Germany 22 FW Boško Balaban 2002 5 31 1978 10 15 y 13 Aston Villa England 23 GK Vladimir Vasilj 2002 5 31 1975 7 6 y 2 Zagreb Croatia Note: caps for Yugoslavia are not counted. Ecuador Head coach: Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez 1 GK José Francisco Cevallos 2002 5 31 1971 4 17 y 62 Barcelona SC Ecuador 1900 2 DF Augusto Poroso 2002 5 31 1974 4 13 y 26 Emelec Ecuador 1900 3 DF Iván Hurtado 2002 5 31 1974 8 16 y 90 Barcelona SC Ecuador 1900 4 DF Ulises de la Cruz 2002 5 31 1974 2 8 y 52 Hibernian Scotland 1542 5 MF Alfonso Obregón 2002 5 31 1972 5 12 y 40 LDU Quito Ecuador 1900 6 DF Raúl Guerrón 2002 5 31 1976 10 12 y 23 Deportivo Quito Ecuador 1900 7 FW Nicolás Asencio 2002 5 31 1975 4 26 y 4 Barcelona SC Ecuador 1900 8 MF Luis Gómez 2002 5 31 1972 4 20 y 8 Barcelona SC Ecuador 1900 9 FW Iván Kaviedes 2002 5 31 1977 10 24 y 26 Barcelona SC Ecuador 1900 10 MF Álex Aguinaga (c) 2002 5 31 1968 7 9 y 92 Necaxa Mexico 11 FW Agustín Delgado 2002 5 31 1974 12 23 y 46 Southampton England 12 GK Oswaldo Ibarra 2002 5 31 1969 9 8 y 21 El Nacional Ecuador 1900 13 FW Ángel Fernández 2002 5 31 1971 8 2 y 68 El Nacional Ecuador 1900 14 MF Juan Carlos Burbano 2002 5 31 1969 2 15 y 18 El Nacional Ecuador 1900 15 DF Marlon Ayoví 2002 5 31 1971 9 27 y 26 Deportivo Quito Ecuador 1900 16 MF Cléber Chalá 2002 5 31 1971 6 29 y 64 El Nacional Ecuador 1900 17 DF Giovanny Espinoza 2002 5 31 1977 4 12 y 19 Aucas Ecuador 1900 18 FW Carlos Tenorio 2002 5 31 1979 5 14 y 9 LDU Quito Ecuador 1900 19 FW Édison Méndez 2002 5 31 1979 3 16 y 24 Deportivo Quito Ecuador 1900 20 MF Edwin Tenorio 2002 5 31 1976 6 16 y 33 Barcelona SC Ecuador 1900 21 MF Wellington Sánchez 2002 5 31 1974 6 19 y 35 Emelec Ecuador 1900 22 GK Daniel Viteri 2002 5 31 1981 12 12 y 0 Emelec Ecuador 1900 23 DF Walter Ayoví 2002 5 31 1979 8 11 y 2 Emelec Ecuador 1900 Italy Head coach: Giovanni Trapattoni 1 GK Gianluigi Buffon 2002 5 31 1978 1 28 y 26 Juventus Italy 1946 2 DF Christian Panucci 2002 5 31 1973 4 12 y 24 Roma Italy 1946 3 DF Paolo Maldini (c) 2002 5 31 1968 6 26 y 122 Milan Italy 1946 4 DF Francesco Coco 2002 5 31 1977 1 8 y 13 Barcelona Spain 5 DF Fabio Cannavaro 2002 5 31 1973 9 13 y 58 Parma Italy 1946 6 MF Cristiano Zanetti 2002 5 31 1977 4 14 y 4 Internazionale Italy 1946 7 FW Alessandro Del Piero 2002 5 31 1974 11 9 y 49 Juventus Italy 1946 8 MF Gennaro Gattuso 2002 5 31 1978 1 9 y 13 Milan Italy 1946 9 FW Filippo Inzaghi 2002 5 31 1973 8 9 y 38 Milan Italy 1946 10 FW Francesco Totti 2002 5 31 1976 9 27 y 29 Roma Italy 1946 11 MF Cristiano Doni 2002 5 31 1973 4 1 y 3 Atalanta Italy 1946 12 GK Christian Abbiati 2002 5 31 1977 7 8 y 0 Milan Italy 1946 13 DF Alessandro Nesta 2002 5 31 1976 3 19 y 43 Lazio Italy 1946 14 MF Luigi Di Biagio 2002 5 31 1971 6 3 y 28 Internazionale Italy 1946 15 DF Mark Iuliano 2002 5 31 1973 8 12 y 16 Juventus Italy 1946 16 MF Angelo Di Livio 2002 5 31 1966 7 26 y 38 Fiorentina Italy 1946 17 MF Damiano Tommasi 2002 5 31 1974 5 17 y 14 Roma Italy 1946 18 FW Marco Delvecchio 2002 5 31 1973 4 7 y 16 Roma Italy 1946 19 DF Gianluca Zambrotta 2002 5 31 1977 2 19 y 23 Juventus Italy 1946 20 FW Vincenzo Montella 2002 5 31 1974 6 18 y 14 Roma Italy 1946 21 FW Christian Vieri 2002 5 31 1973 7 12 y 24 Internazionale Italy 1946 22 GK Francesco Toldo 2002 5 31 1971 12 2 y 22 Internazionale Italy 1946 23 DF Marco Materazzi 2002 5 31 1973 8 19 y 7 Internazionale Italy 1946 Mexico Head coach: Javier Aguirre 1 GK Óscar Pérez 2002 5 31 1973 2 1 y 37 Cruz Azul Mexico 2 DF Francisco Gabriel de Anda 2002 5 31 1971 6 5 y 15 Pachuca Mexico 3 MF Rafael García 2002 5 31 1974 8 14 y 21 Toluca Mexico 4 DF Rafael Márquez (c) 2002 5 31 1979 2 13 y 36 Monaco France 1974 5 DF Manuel Vidrio 2002 5 31 1972 8 23 y 27 Pachuca Mexico 6 MF Gerardo Torrado 2002 5 31 1979 4 30 y 28 Sevilla Spain 7 MF Ramón Morales 2002 5 31 1975 10 10 y 17 Guadalajara Mexico 8 MF Alberto García Aspe 2002 5 31 1967 5 11 y 108 Puebla Mexico 9 FW Jared Borgetti 2002 5 31 1973 8 14 y 29 Santos Laguna Mexico 10 FW Cuauhtémoc Blanco 2002 5 31 1973 1 17 y 75 Valladolid Spain 11 MF Braulio Luna 2002 5 31 1974 9 8 y 15 Necaxa Mexico 12 GK Oswaldo Sánchez 2002 5 31 1973 9 21 y 22 Guadalajara Mexico 13 MF Sigifredo Mercado 2002 5 31 1968 12 21 y 18 Atlas Mexico 14 MF Germán Villa 2002 5 31 1973 4 2 y 46 América Mexico 15 FW Luis Hernández 2002 5 31 1968 12 22 y 85 América Mexico 16 DF Salvador Carmona 2002 5 31 1975 8 22 y 56 Toluca Mexico 17 FW Francisco Palencia 2002 5 31 1973 4 28 y 67 Espanyol Spain 18 MF Johan Rodríguez 2002 5 31 1975 8 15 y 14 Santos Laguna Mexico 19 MF Gabriel Caballero 2002 5 31 1971 2 5 y 5 Pachuca Mexico 20 DF Melvin Brown 2002 5 31 1979 1 28 y 8 Cruz Azul Mexico 21 FW Jesús Arellano 2002 5 31 1973 5 8 y 49 Monterrey Mexico 22 DF Alberto Rodríguez 2002 5 31 1974 4 1 y 13 Pachuca Mexico 23 GK Jorge Campos 2002 5 31 1966 10 15 y 123 Pumas UNAM Mexico Group H Belgium Head coach: Robert Waseige 1 GK Geert De Vlieger 2002 5 31 1971 10 16 y 25 Willem II Netherlands 2 DF Eric Deflandre 2002 5 31 1973 8 2 y 41 Lyon France 1974 3 DF Glen De Boeck 2002 5 31 1971 8 22 y 33 Anderlecht Belgium 4 DF Eric Van Meir 2002 5 31 1968 2 28 y 32 Standard Liège Belgium 5 DF Nico Van Kerckhoven 2002 5 31 1970 12 14 y 40 Schalke 04 Germany 6 MF Timmy Simons 2002 5 31 1976 12 11 y 12 Club Brugge Belgium 7 FW Marc Wilmots (c) 2002 5 31 1969 2 22 y 66 Schalke 04 Germany 8 MF Bart Goor 2002 5 31 1973 4 9 y 38 Hertha BSC Germany 9 FW Wesley Sonck 2002 5 31 1978 8 9 y 12 Genk Belgium 10 MF Johan Walem 2002 5 31 1972 2 1 y 33 Standard Liège Belgium 11 FW Gert Verheyen 2002 5 31 1970 9 20 y 46 Club Brugge Belgium 12 DF Peter Van der Heyden 2002 5 31 1976 7 16 y 4 Club Brugge Belgium 13 GK Franky Vandendriessche 2002 5 31 1971 4 7 y 0 Mouscron Belgium 14 MF Sven Vermant 2002 5 31 1973 4 4 y 12 Schalke 04 Germany 15 DF Jacky Peeters 2002 5 31 1969 12 13 y 13 Gent Belgium 16 DF Daniel Van Buyten 2002 5 31 1978 2 7 y 7 Marseille France 1974 17 MF Gaëtan Englebert 2002 5 31 1976 6 11 y 4 Club Brugge Belgium 18 MF Yves Vanderhaeghe 2002 5 31 1970 1 30 y 30 Anderlecht Belgium 19 MF Bernd Thijs 2002 5 31 1978 6 28 y 2 Genk Belgium 20 FW Branko Strupar 2002 5 31 1970 2 9 y 14 Derby County England 21 MF Danny Boffin 2002 5 31 1965 7 10 y 52 Sint-Truiden Belgium 22 FW Mbo Mpenza 2002 5 31 1976 12 4 y 26 Mouscron Belgium 23 GK Frédéric Herpoel 2002 5 31 1974 8 16 y 7 Gent Belgium Japan Head coach: France 1974 Philippe Troussier 1 GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 2002 5 31 1975 8 15 y 43 Portsmouth England 2 DF Yutaka Akita 2002 5 31 1970 8 6 y 38 Kashima Antlers Japan 3 DF Naoki Matsuda 2002 5 31 1977 3 14 y 24 Yokohama F. Marinos Japan 4 DF Ryuzo Morioka 2002 5 31 1975 10 7 y 32 Shimizu S-Pulse Japan 5 MF Junichi Inamoto 2002 5 31 1979 9 18 y 22 Arsenal England 6 DF Toshihiro Hattori 2002 5 31 1973 9 23 y 35 Júbilo Iwata Japan 7 MF Hidetoshi Nakata 2002 5 31 1977 1 22 y 39 Parma ITA 1946 8 MF Hiroaki Morishima 2002 5 31 1972 4 30 y 57 Cerezo Osaka Japan 9 FW Akinori Nishizawa 2002 5 31 1976 6 18 y 24 Cerezo Osaka Japan 10 FW Masashi Nakayama 2002 5 31 1967 9 23 y 47 Júbilo Iwata Japan 11 FW Takayuki Suzuki 2002 5 31 1976 6 5 y 10 Kashima Antlers Japan 12 GK Seigo Narazaki 2002 5 31 1976 4 15 y 15 Nagoya Grampus Eight Japan 13 FW Atsushi Yanagisawa 2002 5 31 1977 5 27 y 22 Kashima Antlers Japan 14 MF Alessandro Santos 2002 5 31 1977 7 20 y 0 Shimizu S-Pulse Japan 15 MF Takashi Fukunishi 2002 5 31 1976 9 1 y 5 Júbilo Iwata Japan 16 DF Kōji Nakata 2002 5 31 1979 7 9 y 20 Kashima Antlers Japan 17 DF Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c) 2002 5 31 1977 2 7 y 5 Gamba Osaka Japan 18 MF Shinji Ono 2002 5 31 1979 9 27 y 21 Feyenoord Netherlands 19 MF Mitsuo Ogasawara 2002 5 31 1979 4 5 y 0 Kashima Antlers Japan 20 MF Tomokazu Myojin 2002 5 31 1978 1 24 y 16 Kashiwa Reysol Japan 21 MF Kazuyuki Toda 2002 5 31 1977 12 30 y 10 Shimizu S-Pulse Japan 22 MF Daisuke Ichikawa 2002 5 31 1980 5 14 y 1 Shimizu S-Pulse Japan 23 GK Hitoshi Sogahata 2002 5 31 1979 8 2 y 1 Kashima Antlers Japan Russia Head coach: Oleg Romantsev 1 GK Ruslan Nigmatullin 2002 5 31 1974 10 7 y 20 Hellas Verona ITA 1946 2 DF Yuri Kovtun 2002 5 31 1970 1 5 y 44 Spartak Moscow Russia 3 DF Yuriy Nikiforov 2002 5 31 1970 9 16 y 56 PSV Eindhoven Netherlands 4 MF Alexey Smertin 2002 5 31 1975 5 1 y 25 Bordeaux France 1974 5 DF Andrei Solomatin 2002 5 31 1975 9 9 y 5 CSKA Moscow Russia 6 MF Igor Semshov 2002 5 31 1978 4 6 y 2 Torpedo Moscow Russia 7 DF Viktor Onopko (c) 2002 5 31 1969 10 14 y 97 Oviedo Spain 8 MF Valery Karpin 2002 5 31 1969 2 2 y 69 Celta Vigo Spain 9 MF Yegor Titov 2002 5 31 1976 5 29 y 30 Spartak Moscow Russia 10 MF Aleksandr Mostovoi 2002 5 31 1968 8 22 y 59 Celta Vigo Spain 11 FW Vladimir Beschastnykh 2002 5 31 1974 4 1 y 64 Spartak Moscow Russia 12 GK Stanislav Cherchesov 2002 5 31 1963 9 2 y 49 Tirol Innsbruck Austria 13 DF Vyacheslav Dayev 2002 5 31 1972 9 6 y 7 CSKA Moscow Russia 14 DF Igor Chugainov 2002 5 31 1970 4 6 y 30 Uralan Elista Russia 15 MF Dmitri Alenichev 2002 5 31 1972 10 20 y 43 Porto Portugal 16 FW Aleksandr Kerzhakov 2002 5 31 1982 11 27 y 3 Zenit Saint Petersburg Russia 17 MF Sergei Semak 2002 5 31 1976 2 27 y 31 CSKA Moscow Russia 18 DF Dmitri Sennikov 2002 5 31 1976 6 24 y 4 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 19 FW Ruslan Pimenov 2002 5 31 1981 11 25 y 1 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 20 MF Marat Izmailov 2002 5 31 1982 9 21 y 8 Lokomotiv Moscow Russia 21 MF Dmitri Khokhlov 2002 5 31 1975 12 22 y 39 Real Sociedad Spain 22 FW Dmitri Sychev 2002 5 31 1983 10 26 y 3 Spartak Moscow Russia 23 GK Aleksandr Filimonov 2002 5 31 1973 10 15 y 16 Uralan Elista Russia Note: caps include those for USSR, CIS, and Russia, while those for other countries, such as Ukraine, are not counted. Tunisia Head coach: Ammar Souayah 1 GK Ali Boumnijel 2002 5 31 1966 4 13 y 14 Bastia France 1974 2 DF Khaled Badra (c) 2002 5 31 1973 4 8 y 72 Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 3 MF Zoubeir Baya 2002 5 31 1971 5 15 y 77 Beşiktaş Turkey 4 DF Mohamed Mkacher 2002 5 31 1975 5 25 y 15 Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 5 FW Ziad Jaziri 2002 5 31 1978 7 12 y 26 Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 6 DF Hatem Trabelsi 2002 5 31 1977 1 25 y 27 Ajax Netherlands 7 FW Imed Mhedhebi 2002 5 31 1976 3 22 y 30 Genoa ITA 1946 8 MF Hassen Gabsi 2002 5 31 1974 2 23 y 48 Genoa ITA 1946 9 FW Riadh Jelassi 2002 5 31 1971 7 7 y 20 Club Africain Tunisia 10 MF Kaies Ghodhbane 2002 5 31 1976 1 7 y 62 Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 11 FW Adel Sellimi 2002 5 31 1972 11 16 y 64 SC Freiburg Germany 12 DF Raouf Bouzaiene 2002 5 31 1970 8 16 y 39 Genoa ITA 1946 13 MF Riadh Bouazizi 2002 5 31 1973 4 8 y 47 Bursaspor Turkey 14 DF Hamdi Marzouki 2002 5 31 1977 1 23 y 7 Club Africain Tunisia 15 DF Radhi Jaïdi 2002 5 31 1975 8 30 y 40 Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 16 GK Hassen Bejaoui 2002 5 31 1975 2 14 y 2 Bizertin Tunisia 17 DF Tarek Thabet 2002 5 31 1971 8 16 y 70 Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 18 MF Selim Benachour 2002 5 31 1981 9 8 y 3 Martigues France 1974 19 DF Emir Mkademi 2002 5 31 1978 8 20 y 9 Étoile du Sahel Tunisia 20 FW Ali Zitouni 2002 5 31 1981 1 11 y 23 Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 21 MF Mourad Melki 2002 5 31 1975 5 9 y 11 Espérance de Tunis Tunisia 22 GK Ahmed El-Jaouachi 2002 5 31 1975 7 13 y 0 Monastir Tunisia 23 DF José Clayton 2002 5 31 1974 3 21 y 12 Espérance de Tunis Tunisia Age Players Oldest: DEN Jan Heintze (1963 8 17 2002 05 31) Youngest: NGA Femi Opabunmi (1985 3 3 2002 05 31) Captains Oldest: DEN Jan Heintze (1963 8 17 2002 05 31) Youngest: MEX Rafael Márquez (1979 2 13 2002 05 31) Goalkeepers Oldest: RUS Stanislav Cherchesov (1963 9 2 2002 05 31) Youngest: NGA Austin Ejide (1984 4 8 2002 05 31) Player representation by league CountryPlayersPercentOutside national squad Total736 England10313.99%81 Italy7510.19%53 Germany598.02%39 Spain587.88%36 France567.61%51 Mexico253.40%6 Japan253.40%6 Belgium253.40%10 Saudi Arabia243.13%1 China212.85%1 Others26636.14% The Saudi Arabian squad was the only one made up entirely of players from their country's domestic league and the only one with no players from European clubs. The Cameroonian squad were made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs, while the Irish squad was made up entirely by players in the English league. Although the Netherlands and Greece failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 18 and 10 players respectively. Altogether, there were 43 national leagues who had players in the tournament. Coaches representation by country NºCountryCoaches3France 1974 FranceRoger Lemerre, Bruno Metsu (Senegal), Philippe Troussier (Japan)Sweden SwedenSven-Göran Eriksson (England), Lars Lagerbäck, Tommy Söderberg2Germany GermanyWinfried Schäfer (Cameroon), Rudi VöllerItaly ItalyCesare Maldini (Paraguay), Giovanni Trapattoni1Argentina ArgentinaMarcelo BielsaBelgium BelgiumRobert WaseigeBrazil BrazilLuiz Felipe ScolariColombia ColombiaHernán Darío Gómez (Ecuador)Costa Rica Costa RicaAlexandre GuimarãesCroatia CroatiaMirko JozićDenmark DenmarkMorten OlsenFederal Republic of Yugoslavia FR YugoslaviaBora Milutinović (China PR)Mexico MexicoJavier AguirreNetherlands NetherlandsGuus Hiddink (South Korea)Nigeria NigeriaFestus OnigbindePoland PolandJerzy EngelPortugal PortugalAntónio OliveiraRepublic of Ireland Republic of IrelandMick McCarthyRussia RussiaOleg RomantsevSaudi Arabia Saudi ArabiaNasser Al-JoharSlovenia SloveniaSrečko KatanecSouth Africa South AfricaJomo SonoSpain SpainJosé Antonio CamachoTunisia TunisiaAmmar SouayahTurkey TurkeyŞenol GüneşUnited States United StatesBruce ArenaUruguay UruguayVíctor Púa References General references Technical Study Group 2002 2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan — Report and Statistics Fédération Internationale de Football Association https://digitalhub.fifa.com/m/4e20fa44d92b129a/original/e7ncqlvjegg3fz2a7q30-pdf.pdf 1 November 2024 Technical Study Group Citations and notes Technical Study Group 2002 146–147 Technical Study Group 2002 150–151 Technical Study Group 2002 154–155 Technical Study Group 2002 158–159 Technical Study Group 2002 162–163 Technical Study Group 2002 166–167 Technical Study Group 2002 170–171 Technical Study Group 2002 174–175 Technical Study Group 2002 178–179 Technical Study Group 2002 182–183 Technical Study Group 2002 186–187 Technical Study Group 2002 190–191 Technical Study Group 2002 194–195 Technical Study Group 2002 198–199 Technical Study Group 2002 202–203 Technical Study Group 2002 206–207 Technical Study Group 2002 210–211 Technical Study Group 2002 214–215 Technical Study Group 2002 218–219 Technical Study Group 2002 222–223 Technical Study Group 2002 226–227 Technical Study Group 2002 230–231 Technical Study Group 2002 234–235 Technical Study Group 2002 238–239 Technical Study Group 2002 242–243 Technical Study Group 2002 246–247 Technical Study Group 2002 250–251 Technical Study Group 2002 254–255 Technical Study Group 2002 258–259 Technical Study Group 2002 262–263 Technical Study Group 2002 266–267 Technical Study Group 2002 270–271 External links Planet World Cup website Sortable list of players at ScoreShelf.com website Squads Category:FIFA World Cup squads