2006 FIFA World Cup squads

This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Germany, between 9 June and 9 July 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 15 May 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. Players for whom this information changed during or prior to the tournament are indicated by footnotes. == Group A == === Costa Rica === Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães === Ecuador === Head coach: Luis Fernando Suárez === Germany === Head coach: Jürgen Klinsmann === Poland === Head coach: Paweł Janas == Group B == === England === Head coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson === Paraguay === Head coach: Aníbal Ruiz === Sweden === Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck === Trinidad and Tobago === Head coach: Leo Beenhakker == Group C == === Argentina === Head coach: José Pekerman === Ivory Coast === Head coach: Henri Michel === Netherlands === Head coach: Marco van Basten === Serbia and Montenegro === Head coach: Ilija Petković == Group D == === Angola === Head coach: Luis Oliveira Gonçalves === Iran === Head coach: Branko Ivanković === Mexico === Head coach: Ricardo La Volpe === Portugal === Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari == Group E == === Czech Republic === Head coach: Karel Brückner === Ghana === Head coach: Ratomir Dujković === Italy === Head coach: Marcello Lippi === United States === Head coach: Bruce Arena == Group F == === Australia === Head coach: Guus Hiddink === Brazil === Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira === Croatia === Head coach: Zlatko Kranjčar === Japan === Head coach: Zico == Group G == === France === Head coach: Raymond Domenech === South Korea === Head coach: Dick Advocaat === Switzerland === Head coach: Köbi Kuhn === Togo === Head coach: Otto Pfister == Group H == === Saudi Arabia === Head coach: Marcos Paquetá === Spain === Head coach: Luis Aragonés === Tunisia === Head coach: Roger Lemerre === Ukraine === Head coach: Oleg Blokhin Serhiy Fedorov was injured prior to the start of the tournament. His replacement, Vyacheslav Shevchuk, was also injured shortly after filling in. Oleksandr Yatsenko was then called up, and sat on the bench for the last two matches. == Age == === Players === Oldest: Ali Boumnijel (40 years, 56 days) Youngest: Theo Walcott (17 years, 85 days) === Goalkeeper === Oldest: Ali Boumnijel (40 years, 56 days) Youngest: Oscar Ustari (19 years, 341 days) === Captains === Oldest: Ali Daei (37 years, 80 days) Youngest: Stephen Appiah (25 years, 167 days) == Player representation by league == The squads for Italy and Saudi Arabia were made up entirely of players from their respective domestic leagues, with the latter being the only team without players from European clubs. The Ivory Coast squad was made up entirely of players employed by foreign clubs, and 22 out of the 23 players were registered 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. In total, domestic leagues from 48 countries had players at the 2006 World Cup. == Player representation by club == Finalised clubs' listing as per FIFA, excluding players on standby and loans. == Coaches representation by country == == References ==