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.^[1] Players for whom this information changed during or prior to the tournament are indicated by footnotes.

Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Álvaro Mesén	(1972-12-24)24 December 1972 (aged 33)	38	Herediano
2	2DF	Jervis Drummond	(1976-09-08)8 September 1976 (aged 29)	56	Saprissa
3	2DF	Luis Marín (c)	(1974-08-10)10 August 1974 (aged 31)	120	Alajuelense
4	2DF	Michael Umaña	(1982-07-16)16 July 1982 (aged 23)	18	Brujas
5	2DF	Gilberto Martínez	(1979-10-01)1 October 1979 (aged 26)	57	Brescia
6	3MF	Danny Fonseca	(1979-11-07)7 November 1979 (aged 26)	22	Cartaginés
7	3MF	Christian Bolaños	(1984-05-17)17 May 1984 (aged 22)	16	Saprissa
8	2DF	Mauricio Solís	(1972-12-13)13 December 1972 (aged 33)	107	Comunicaciones
9	4FW	Paulo Wanchope	(1976-07-31)31 July 1976 (aged 29)	69	Herediano
10	3MF	Walter Centeno	(1974-10-06)6 October 1974 (aged 31)	93	Saprissa
11	4FW	Rónald Gómez	(1975-01-24)24 January 1975 (aged 31)	80	Saprissa
12	2DF	Leonardo González	(1980-11-21)21 November 1980 (aged 25)	36	Herediano
13	4FW	Kurt Bernard	(1977-08-08)8 August 1977 (aged 28)	3	Puntarenas
14	3MF	Randall Azofeifa	(1984-12-30)30 December 1984 (aged 21)	5	Saprissa
15	2DF	Harold Wallace	(1975-09-07)7 September 1975 (aged 30)	78	Alajuelense
16	3MF	Carlos Hernández	(1982-04-09)9 April 1982 (aged 24)	17	Alajuelense
17	2DF	Gabriel Badilla	(1984-06-30)30 June 1984 (aged 21)	7	Saprissa
18	1GK	José Francisco Porras	(1970-11-08)8 November 1970 (aged 35)	16	Saprissa
19	4FW	Álvaro Saborío	(1982-03-25)25 March 1982 (aged 24)	23	Saprissa
20	3MF	Douglas Sequeira	(1977-08-23)23 August 1977 (aged 28)	29	Real Salt Lake
21	4FW	Víctor Núñez	(1980-04-15)15 April 1980 (aged 26)	3	Cartaginés
22	2DF	Michael Rodríguez	(1981-12-30)30 December 1981 (aged 24)	3	Alajuelense
23	1GK	Wardy Alfaro	(1977-12-31)31 December 1977 (aged 28)	2	Alajuelense

Head coach: Luis Fernando Suárez

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Edwin Villafuerte	(1979-03-12)12 March 1979 (aged 27)	15	Deportivo Quito
2	2DF	Jorge Guagua	(1981-09-28)28 September 1981 (aged 24)	18	El Nacional
3	2DF	Iván Hurtado (c)	(1974-08-16)16 August 1974 (aged 31)	130	Al-Arabi
4	2DF	Ulises de la Cruz	(1974-02-08)8 February 1974 (aged 32)	84	Aston Villa
5	2DF	José Luis Perlaza	(1981-10-06)6 October 1981 (aged 24)	3	Olmedo
6	3MF	Patricio Urrutia	(1978-10-15)15 October 1978 (aged 27)	6	LDU Quito
7	3MF	Christian Lara	(1980-04-27)27 April 1980 (aged 26)	19	El Nacional
8	3MF	Edison Méndez	(1979-03-16)16 March 1979 (aged 27)	64	LDU Quito
9	4FW	Félix Borja	(1983-04-02)2 April 1983 (aged 23)	6	El Nacional[2]
10	4FW	Iván Kaviedes	(1977-10-24)24 October 1977 (aged 28)	44	Argentinos Juniors
11	4FW	Agustín Delgado	(1974-12-23)23 December 1974 (aged 31)	68	LDU Quito
12	1GK	Cristian Mora	(1979-08-26)26 August 1979 (aged 26)	8	LDU Quito
13	2DF	Paúl Ambrosi	(1980-10-14)14 October 1980 (aged 25)	24	LDU Quito
14	3MF	Segundo Castillo	(1982-05-15)15 May 1982 (aged 24)	11	El Nacional[3]
15	3MF	Marlon Ayoví	(1971-09-27)27 September 1971 (aged 34)	74	Deportivo Quito
16	3MF	Antonio Valencia	(1985-08-04)4 August 1985 (aged 20)	17	Recreativo[4]
17	2DF	Giovanny Espinoza	(1977-04-12)12 April 1977 (aged 29)	56	LDU Quito
18	2DF	Néicer Reasco	(1977-07-23)23 July 1977 (aged 28)	31	LDU Quito[5]
19	3MF	Luis Saritama	(1983-10-20)20 October 1983 (aged 22)	15	Deportivo Quito
20	3MF	Edwin Tenorio	(1976-06-16)16 June 1976 (aged 29)	68	Barcelona SC
21	4FW	Carlos Tenorio	(1979-05-14)14 May 1979 (aged 27)	29	Al Sadd
22	1GK	Damián Lanza	(1982-04-10)10 April 1982 (aged 24)	5	Aucas
23	4FW	Christian Benítez	(1986-05-01)1 May 1986 (aged 20)	5	El Nacional

Head coach: Jürgen Klinsmann

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Jens Lehmann	(1969-11-10)10 November 1969 (aged 36)	32	Arsenal
2	2DF	Marcell Jansen	(1985-11-04)4 November 1985 (aged 20)	7	Borussia Mönchengladbach
3	2DF	Arne Friedrich	(1979-05-29)29 May 1979 (aged 27)	36	Hertha BSC
4	2DF	Robert Huth	(1984-08-18)18 August 1984 (aged 21)	16	Chelsea
5	3MF	Sebastian Kehl	(1980-02-13)13 February 1980 (aged 26)	27	Borussia Dortmund
6	2DF	Jens Nowotny	(1974-01-11)11 January 1974 (aged 32)	46	Bayer Leverkusen
7	3MF	Bastian Schweinsteiger	(1984-08-01)1 August 1984 (aged 21)	28	Bayern Munich
8	3MF	Torsten Frings	(1976-11-22)22 November 1976 (aged 29)	52	Werder Bremen
9	4FW	Mike Hanke	(1983-11-05)5 November 1983 (aged 22)	6	VfL Wolfsburg
10	4FW	Oliver Neuville	(1973-05-01)1 May 1973 (aged 33)	55	Borussia Mönchengladbach
11	4FW	Miroslav Klose	(1978-06-09)9 June 1978 (aged 28)	55	Werder Bremen
12	1GK	Oliver Kahn	(1969-06-15)15 June 1969 (aged 36)	85	Bayern Munich
13	3MF	Michael Ballack (c)	(1976-09-26)26 September 1976 (aged 29)	65	Bayern Munich[6]
14	4FW	Gerald Asamoah	(1978-10-03)3 October 1978 (aged 27)	40	Schalke 04
15	3MF	Thomas Hitzlsperger	(1982-04-05)5 April 1982 (aged 24)	15	VfB Stuttgart
16	2DF	Philipp Lahm	(1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 22)	18	Bayern Munich
17	2DF	Per Mertesacker	(1984-09-29)29 September 1984 (aged 21)	23	Hannover 96
18	3MF	Tim Borowski	(1980-05-02)2 May 1980 (aged 26)	20	Werder Bremen
19	3MF	Bernd Schneider	(1973-11-17)17 November 1973 (aged 32)	64	Bayer Leverkusen
20	4FW	Lukas Podolski	(1985-06-04)4 June 1985 (aged 21)	25	1. FC Köln[7]
21	2DF	Christoph Metzelder	(1980-11-05)5 November 1980 (aged 25)	22	Borussia Dortmund
22	3MF	David Odonkor	(1984-02-21)21 February 1984 (aged 22)	1	Borussia Dortmund
23	1GK	Timo Hildebrand	(1979-04-05)5 April 1979 (aged 27)	3	VfB Stuttgart

Head coach: Paweł Janas

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Artur Boruc	(1980-02-20)20 February 1980 (aged 26)	17	Celtic
2	2DF	Mariusz Jop	(1978-08-03)3 August 1978 (aged 27)	12	FC Moscow
3	2DF	Seweryn Gancarczyk	(1981-11-22)22 November 1981 (aged 24)	2	Metalist Kharkiv
4	2DF	Marcin Baszczyński	(1977-06-07)7 June 1977 (aged 29)	32	Wisła Kraków
5	3MF	Kamil Kosowski	(1977-08-30)30 August 1977 (aged 28)	45	1. FC Kaiserslautern[8]
6	2DF	Jacek Bąk (c)	(1973-03-24)24 March 1973 (aged 33)	72	Al-Rayyan[9]
7	3MF	Radosław Sobolewski	(1976-12-13)13 December 1976 (aged 29)	19	Wisła Kraków
8	3MF	Jacek Krzynówek	(1976-05-15)15 May 1976 (aged 30)	58	Bayer Leverkusen[10]
9	4FW	Maciej Żurawski	(1976-09-12)12 September 1976 (aged 29)	50	Celtic
10	3MF	Mirosław Szymkowiak	(1976-11-12)12 November 1976 (aged 29)	29	Trabzonspor
11	4FW	Grzegorz Rasiak	(1979-01-12)12 January 1979 (aged 27)	30	Tottenham Hotspur[11]
12	1GK	Tomasz Kuszczak	(1982-03-23)23 March 1982 (aged 24)	4	West Bromwich Albion
13	3MF	Sebastian Mila	(1982-07-10)10 July 1982 (aged 23)	27	Austria Wien
14	2DF	Michał Żewłakow	(1976-04-22)22 April 1976 (aged 30)	56	Anderlecht[12]
15	4FW	Ebi Smolarek	(1981-01-09)9 January 1981 (aged 25)	13	Borussia Dortmund
16	3MF	Arkadiusz Radomski	(1977-06-27)27 June 1977 (aged 28)	20	Austria Wien
17	3MF	Dariusz Dudka	(1983-12-09)9 December 1983 (aged 22)	7	Wisła Kraków
18	2DF	Mariusz Lewandowski	(1979-05-18)18 May 1979 (aged 27)	25	Shakhtar Donetsk
19	2DF	Bartosz Bosacki	(1975-12-20)20 December 1975 (aged 30)	11	Lech Poznań[13]
20	3MF	Piotr Giza	(1980-02-28)28 February 1980 (aged 26)	4	Cracovia
21	4FW	Ireneusz Jeleń	(1981-04-09)9 April 1981 (aged 25)	9	Wisła Płock
22	1GK	Łukasz Fabiański	(1985-04-18)18 April 1985 (aged 21)	2	Legia Warsaw
23	4FW	Paweł Brożek	(1983-04-21)21 April 1983 (aged 23)	4	Wisła Kraków

Head coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Paul Robinson	(1979-10-15)15 October 1979 (aged 26)	21	Tottenham Hotspur
2	2DF	Gary Neville	(1975-02-18)18 February 1975 (aged 31)	79	Manchester United
3	2DF	Ashley Cole	(1980-12-20)20 December 1980 (aged 25)	46	Arsenal
4	3MF	Steven Gerrard	(1980-05-30)30 May 1980 (aged 26)	42	Liverpool
5	2DF	Rio Ferdinand	(1978-11-07)7 November 1978 (aged 27)	47	Manchester United
6	2DF	John Terry	(1980-12-07)7 December 1980 (aged 25)	24	Chelsea
7	3MF	David Beckham (c)	(1975-05-02)2 May 1975 (aged 31)	89	Real Madrid
8	3MF	Frank Lampard	(1978-06-20)20 June 1978 (aged 27)	40	Chelsea
9	4FW	Wayne Rooney	(1985-10-24)24 October 1985 (aged 20)	29	Manchester United
10	4FW	Michael Owen	(1979-12-14)14 December 1979 (aged 26)	77	Newcastle United
11	3MF	Joe Cole	(1981-11-08)8 November 1981 (aged 24)	32	Chelsea
12	2DF	Sol Campbell	(1974-09-18)18 September 1974 (aged 31)	68	Arsenal
13	1GK	David James	(1970-08-01)1 August 1970 (aged 35)	34	Manchester City
14	2DF	Wayne Bridge	(1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 25)	23	Chelsea[14]
15	2DF	Jamie Carragher	(1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 28)	25	Liverpool
16	3MF	Owen Hargreaves	(1981-01-20)20 January 1981 (aged 25)	30	Bayern Munich
17	3MF	Jermaine Jenas	(1983-02-18)18 February 1983 (aged 23)	15	Tottenham Hotspur
18	3MF	Michael Carrick	(1981-07-28)28 July 1981 (aged 24)	6	Tottenham Hotspur
19	3MF	Aaron Lennon	(1987-04-16)16 April 1987 (aged 19)	1	Tottenham Hotspur
20	3MF	Stewart Downing	(1984-07-22)22 July 1984 (aged 21)	2	Middlesbrough
21	4FW	Peter Crouch	(1981-01-30)30 January 1981 (aged 25)	7	Liverpool
22	1GK	Scott Carson	(1985-09-03)3 September 1985 (aged 20)	0	Liverpool[15]
23	4FW	Theo Walcott	(1989-03-16)16 March 1989 (aged 17)	1	Arsenal

Head coach: Aníbal Ruiz

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Justo Villar	(1977-06-30)30 June 1977 (aged 28)	39	Newell's Old Boys
2	2DF	Jorge Núñez	(1978-01-22)22 January 1978 (aged 28)	15	Estudiantes
3	3MF	Delio Toledo	(1976-10-02)2 October 1976 (aged 29)	30	Zaragoza
4	2DF	Carlos Gamarra (c)	(1971-02-17)17 February 1971 (aged 35)	106	Palmeiras
5	3MF	Julio César Cáceres	(1979-10-05)5 October 1979 (aged 26)	32	River Plate
6	3MF	Carlos Bonet	(1977-10-02)2 October 1977 (aged 28)	29	Libertad
7	4FW	Salvador Cabañas	(1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 25)	15	Jaguares[16]
8	3MF	Édgar Barreto	(1984-07-15)15 July 1984 (aged 21)	15	NEC
9	4FW	Roque Santa Cruz	(1981-08-16)16 August 1981 (aged 24)	42	Bayern Munich
10	3MF	Roberto Acuña	(1972-03-25)25 March 1972 (aged 34)	93	Deportivo La Coruña
11	3MF	Diego Gavilán	(1980-03-01)1 March 1980 (aged 26)	39	Newell's Old Boys
12	1GK	Derlis Gómez	(1972-11-02)2 November 1972 (aged 33)	5	Sportivo Luqueño
13	3MF	Carlos Paredes	(1976-07-16)16 July 1976 (aged 29)	68	Reggina[17]
14	2DF	Paulo da Silva	(1980-02-01)1 February 1980 (aged 26)	33	Toluca
15	2DF	Julio César Manzur	(1981-01-22)22 January 1981 (aged 25)	13	Santos
16	3MF	Cristian Riveros	(1982-10-16)16 October 1982 (aged 23)	9	Libertad
17	3MF	José Montiel	(1988-03-19)19 March 1988 (aged 18)	6	Olimpia
18	4FW	Nelson Haedo Valdez	(1983-11-28)28 November 1983 (aged 22)	11	Werder Bremen[18]
19	3MF	Julio dos Santos	(1983-05-07)7 May 1983 (aged 23)	17	Bayern Munich
20	4FW	Dante López	(1983-08-16)16 August 1983 (aged 22)	7	Genoa
21	2DF	Denis Caniza	(1974-08-29)29 August 1974 (aged 31)	74	Cruz Azul[19]
22	1GK	Aldo Bobadilla	(1976-04-20)20 April 1976 (aged 30)	5	Libertad
23	4FW	Nelson Cuevas	(1980-01-10)10 January 1980 (aged 26)	35	Pachuca

Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Andreas Isaksson	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 24)	39	Rennes
2	2DF	Mikael Nilsson	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 27)	27	Panathinaikos
3	2DF	Olof Mellberg (c)	(1977-09-03)3 September 1977 (aged 28)	64	Aston Villa
4	2DF	Teddy Lučić	(1973-04-15)15 April 1973 (aged 33)	81	Häcken
5	2DF	Erik Edman	(1978-11-11)11 November 1978 (aged 27)	37	Rennes
6	3MF	Tobias Linderoth	(1979-04-21)21 April 1979 (aged 27)	58	Copenhagen
7	3MF	Niclas Alexandersson	(1971-12-29)29 December 1971 (aged 34)	87	IFK Göteborg
8	3MF	Anders Svensson	(1976-07-17)17 July 1976 (aged 29)	66	Elfsborg
9	3MF	Freddie Ljungberg	(1977-04-16)16 April 1977 (aged 29)	57	Arsenal
10	4FW	Zlatan Ibrahimović	(1981-10-03)3 October 1981 (aged 24)	38	Juventus
11	4FW	Henrik Larsson	(1971-09-20)20 September 1971 (aged 34)	89	Barcelona[20]
12	1GK	John Alvbåge	(1982-08-10)10 August 1982 (aged 23)	2	Viborg
13	2DF	Petter Hansson	(1976-12-14)14 December 1976 (aged 29)	13	Heerenveen
14	2DF	Fredrik Stenman	(1983-06-02)2 June 1983 (aged 23)	1	Bayer Leverkusen
15	2DF	Karl Svensson	(1984-03-21)21 March 1984 (aged 22)	1	IFK Göteborg[21]
16	3MF	Kim Källström	(1982-08-24)24 August 1982 (aged 23)	34	Rennes[22]
17	4FW	Johan Elmander	(1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 25)	18	Brøndby[23]
18	3MF	Mattias Jonson	(1974-01-16)16 January 1974 (aged 32)	53	Djurgården
19	3MF	Daniel Andersson	(1977-08-28)28 August 1977 (aged 28)	47	Malmö FF
20	4FW	Marcus Allbäck	(1973-07-05)5 July 1973 (aged 32)	56	Copenhagen
21	3MF	Christian Wilhelmsson	(1979-12-08)8 December 1979 (aged 26)	29	Anderlecht
22	4FW	Markus Rosenberg	(1982-09-27)27 September 1982 (aged 23)	8	Ajax
23	1GK	Rami Shaaban	(1975-06-30)30 June 1975 (aged 30)	1	Fredrikstad

Head coach: Leo Beenhakker

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Shaka Hislop	(1969-02-22)22 February 1969 (aged 37)	24	West Ham United[24]
2	2DF	Ian Cox	(1971-03-25)25 March 1971 (aged 35)	16	Gillingham
3	2DF	Avery John	(1975-06-18)18 June 1975 (aged 30)	57	New England Revolution
4	2DF	Marvin Andrews	(1975-12-22)22 December 1975 (aged 30)	98	Rangers
5	2DF	Brent Sancho	(1977-03-13)13 March 1977 (aged 29)	40	Gillingham
6	2DF	Dennis Lawrence	(1974-08-01)1 August 1974 (aged 31)	63	Wrexham[25]
7	3MF	Chris Birchall	(1984-05-05)5 May 1984 (aged 22)	19	Port Vale
8	2DF	Cyd Gray	(1976-11-21)21 November 1976 (aged 29)	39	San Juan Jabloteh
9	3MF	Aurtis Whitley	(1977-05-01)1 May 1977 (aged 29)	24	San Juan Jabloteh
10	3MF	Russell Latapy	(1968-08-02)2 August 1968 (aged 37)	66	Falkirk
11	2DF	Carlos Edwards	(1978-10-24)24 October 1978 (aged 27)	51	Luton Town
12	4FW	Collin Samuel	(1981-08-27)27 August 1981 (aged 24)	18	Dundee United
13	4FW	Cornell Glen	(1980-10-21)21 October 1980 (aged 25)	35	LA Galaxy
14	4FW	Stern John	(1976-10-30)30 October 1976 (aged 29)	95	Coventry City
15	4FW	Kenwyne Jones	(1984-10-05)5 October 1984 (aged 21)	29	Southampton
16	3MF	Evans Wise	(1973-11-23)23 November 1973 (aged 32)	16	Waldhof Mannheim
17	2DF	David Atiba Charles	(1977-08-29)29 August 1977 (aged 28)	19	W Connection
18	3MF	Densill Theobald	(1982-06-27)27 June 1982 (aged 23)	38	Falkirk
19	4FW	Dwight Yorke (c)	(1971-11-03)3 November 1971 (aged 34)	54	Sydney FC
20	4FW	Jason Scotland	(1979-02-18)18 February 1979 (aged 27)	25	St. Johnstone
21	1GK	Kelvin Jack	(1976-04-29)29 April 1976 (aged 30)	32	Dundee
22	1GK	Clayton Ince	(1972-07-12)12 July 1972 (aged 33)	63	Coventry City
23	3MF	Anthony Wolfe	(1983-12-23)23 December 1983 (aged 22)	4	San Juan Jabloteh

Head coach: José Pekerman

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Roberto Abbondanzieri	(1972-08-19)19 August 1972 (aged 33)	22	Boca Juniors[26]
2	2DF	Roberto Ayala	(1973-04-14)14 April 1973 (aged 33)	100	Valencia
3	2DF	Juan Pablo Sorín (c)	(1976-05-05)5 May 1976 (aged 30)	71	Villarreal
4	2DF	Fabricio Coloccini	(1982-01-22)22 January 1982 (aged 24)	23	Deportivo La Coruña
5	3MF	Esteban Cambiasso	(1980-08-18)18 August 1980 (aged 25)	22	Inter Milan
6	2DF	Gabriel Heinze	(1978-04-19)19 April 1978 (aged 28)	29	Manchester United
7	4FW	Javier Saviola	(1981-12-11)11 December 1981 (aged 24)	31	Barcelona[27]
8	3MF	Javier Mascherano	(1984-06-08)8 June 1984 (aged 22)	15	Corinthians
9	4FW	Hernán Crespo	(1975-07-05)5 July 1975 (aged 30)	55	Chelsea
10	3MF	Juan Román Riquelme	(1978-06-24)24 June 1978 (aged 27)	31	Villarreal
11	4FW	Carlos Tevez	(1984-02-05)5 February 1984 (aged 22)	21	Corinthians
12	1GK	Leo Franco	(1977-05-29)29 May 1977 (aged 29)	3	Atlético Madrid
13	2DF	Lionel Scaloni	(1978-05-16)16 May 1978 (aged 28)	6	Deportivo La Coruña[28]
14	4FW	Rodrigo Palacio	(1982-02-05)5 February 1982 (aged 24)	2	Boca Juniors
15	2DF	Gabriel Milito	(1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 25)	15	Zaragoza
16	3MF	Pablo Aimar	(1979-11-03)3 November 1979 (aged 26)	40	Valencia
17	2DF	Leandro Cufré	(1978-05-09)9 May 1978 (aged 28)	2	Roma
18	3MF	Maxi Rodríguez	(1981-01-02)2 January 1981 (aged 25)	13	Atlético Madrid
19	4FW	Lionel Messi	(1987-06-24)24 June 1987 (aged 18)	7	Barcelona
20	4FW	Julio Cruz	(1974-10-10)10 October 1974 (aged 31)	15	Inter Milan
21	2DF	Nicolás Burdisso	(1981-04-12)12 April 1981 (aged 25)	8	Inter Milan
22	3MF	Lucho González	(1981-01-19)19 January 1981 (aged 25)	27	Porto
23	1GK	Óscar Ustari	(1986-07-03)3 July 1986 (aged 19)	0	Independiente

Head coach: Henri Michel

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Jean-Jacques Tizié	(1972-09-07)7 September 1972 (aged 33)	24	Espérance de Tunis
2	3MF	Kanga Akalé	(1981-03-07)7 March 1981 (aged 25)	22	Auxerre
3	2DF	Arthur Boka	(1983-04-02)2 April 1983 (aged 23)	23	Strasbourg
4	2DF	Kolo Touré	(1981-03-19)19 March 1981 (aged 25)	42	Arsenal
5	3MF	Didier Zokora	(1980-12-14)14 December 1980 (aged 25)	38	Saint-Étienne
6	2DF	Blaise Kouassi	(1975-02-02)2 February 1975 (aged 31)	36	Troyes
7	3MF	Emerse Faé	(1984-01-24)24 January 1984 (aged 22)	14	Nantes
8	3MF	Bonaventure Kalou	(1978-01-12)12 January 1978 (aged 28)	49	Paris Saint-Germain
9	4FW	Arouna Koné	(1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 22)	17	PSV Eindhoven
10	3MF	Gilles Yapi Yapo	(1982-01-13)13 January 1982 (aged 24)	26	Young Boys
11	4FW	Didier Drogba (c)	(1978-03-11)11 March 1978 (aged 28)	32	Chelsea
12	2DF	Abdoulaye Méïté	(1980-10-06)6 October 1980 (aged 25)	18	Marseille
13	2DF	Marco Zoro	(1983-12-27)27 December 1983 (aged 22)	13	Messina
14	4FW	Bakari Koné	(1981-09-17)17 September 1981 (aged 24)	16	Nice
15	4FW	Aruna Dindane	(1980-11-26)26 November 1980 (aged 25)	34	Lens
16	1GK	Gérard Gnanhouan	(1979-02-12)12 February 1979 (aged 27)	6	Montpellier
17	2DF	Cyril Domoraud	(1971-07-22)22 July 1971 (aged 34)	50	Créteil
18	3MF	Abdul Kader Keïta	(1981-08-06)6 August 1981 (aged 24)	26	Lille
19	3MF	Yaya Touré	(1983-03-13)13 March 1983 (aged 23)	14	Olympiacos
20	2DF	Guy Demel	(1981-06-13)13 June 1981 (aged 24)	7	Hamburger SV
21	2DF	Emmanuel Eboué	(1983-06-04)4 June 1983 (aged 23)	11	Arsenal
22	3MF	Romaric	(1983-06-04)4 June 1983 (aged 23)	8	Le Mans
23	1GK	Boubacar Barry	(1979-12-30)30 December 1979 (aged 26)	6	Beveren

Head coach: Marco van Basten

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Edwin van der Sar (c)	(1970-10-29)29 October 1970 (aged 35)	109	Manchester United
2	2DF	Kew Jaliens	(1978-09-15)15 September 1978 (aged 27)	1	AZ
3	2DF	Khalid Boulahrouz	(1981-12-28)28 December 1981 (aged 24)	11	Hamburger SV
4	2DF	Joris Mathijsen	(1980-04-05)5 April 1980 (aged 26)	8	AZ
5	2DF	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	(1975-02-05)5 February 1975 (aged 31)	57	Barcelona
6	3MF	Denny Landzaat	(1976-05-06)6 May 1976 (aged 30)	23	AZ
7	4FW	Dirk Kuyt	(1980-07-22)22 July 1980 (aged 25)	19	Feyenoord
8	3MF	Phillip Cocu	(1970-10-29)29 October 1970 (aged 35)	97	PSV Eindhoven
9	4FW	Ruud van Nistelrooy	(1976-07-01)1 July 1976 (aged 29)	51	Manchester United
10	3MF	Rafael van der Vaart	(1983-02-11)11 February 1983 (aged 23)	35	Hamburger SV
11	3MF	Arjen Robben	(1984-01-23)23 January 1984 (aged 22)	20	Chelsea
12	2DF	Jan Kromkamp	(1980-08-17)17 August 1980 (aged 25)	11	Liverpool
13	2DF	André Ooijer	(1974-07-11)11 July 1974 (aged 31)	19	PSV Eindhoven
14	2DF	John Heitinga	(1983-11-15)15 November 1983 (aged 22)	18	Ajax
15	2DF	Tim de Cler	(1978-11-08)8 November 1978 (aged 27)	3	AZ
16	3MF	Hedwiges Maduro	(1985-02-13)13 February 1985 (aged 21)	11	Ajax
17	4FW	Robin van Persie	(1983-08-06)6 August 1983 (aged 22)	10	Arsenal
18	3MF	Mark van Bommel	(1977-04-22)22 April 1977 (aged 29)	37	Barcelona
19	4FW	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	(1978-11-07)7 November 1978 (aged 27)	7	PSV Eindhoven
20	3MF	Wesley Sneijder	(1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 22)	23	Ajax
21	4FW	Ryan Babel	(1986-12-19)19 December 1986 (aged 19)	6	Ajax
22	1GK	Henk Timmer	(1971-12-03)3 December 1971 (aged 34)	2	AZ
23	1GK	Maarten Stekelenburg	(1982-09-22)22 September 1982 (aged 23)	2	Ajax

Head coach: Ilija Petković

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Dragoslav Jevrić	(1974-07-08)8 July 1974 (aged 31)	40	Ankaraspor
2	3MF	Ivan Ergić	(1981-01-21)21 January 1981 (aged 25)	1	Basel
3	2DF	Ivica Dragutinović	(1975-11-13)13 November 1975 (aged 30)	26	Sevilla
4	3MF	Igor Duljaj	(1979-10-29)29 October 1979 (aged 26)	37	Shakhtar Donetsk
5	2DF	Nemanja Vidić	(1981-10-21)21 October 1981 (aged 24)	20	Manchester United
6	2DF	Goran Gavrančić	(1978-08-02)2 August 1978 (aged 27)	25	Dynamo Kyiv
7	3MF	Ognjen Koroman	(1978-09-19)19 September 1978 (aged 27)	25	Portsmouth
8	4FW	Mateja Kežman	(1979-04-12)12 April 1979 (aged 27)	47	Atlético Madrid
9	4FW	Savo Milošević (c)	(1973-09-02)2 September 1973 (aged 32)	98	Osasuna
10	3MF	Dejan Stanković	(1978-09-11)11 September 1978 (aged 27)	58	Inter Milan
11	3MF	Predrag Đorđević	(1972-08-04)4 August 1972 (aged 33)	34	Olympiacos
12	1GK	Oliver Kovačević	(1974-12-29)29 December 1974 (aged 31)	3	CSKA Sofia
13	2DF	Dušan Basta	(1984-08-18)18 August 1984 (aged 21)	2	Red Star Belgrade
14	2DF	Nenad Đorđević	(1979-08-07)7 August 1979 (aged 26)	15	Partizan
15	2DF	Milan Dudić	(1979-11-01)1 November 1979 (aged 26)	11	Red Star Belgrade
16	2DF	Dušan Petković[29]	(1974-06-13)13 June 1974 (aged 31)	7	OFK Beograd
17	3MF	Albert Nađ	(1974-10-29)29 October 1974 (aged 31)	42	Partizan
18	3MF	Zvonimir Vukić	(1979-07-19)19 July 1979 (aged 26)	25	Shakhtar Donetsk[30]
19	4FW	Nikola Žigić	(1980-09-25)25 September 1980 (aged 25)	11	Red Star Belgrade
20	2DF	Mladen Krstajić	(1974-03-04)4 March 1974 (aged 32)	45	Schalke 04
21	4FW	Danijel Ljuboja	(1978-09-04)4 September 1978 (aged 27)	15	Paris Saint-Germain[31]
22	3MF	Saša Ilić	(1977-12-30)30 December 1977 (aged 28)	32	Galatasaray
23	1GK	Vladimir Stojković	(1983-07-28)28 July 1983 (aged 22)	0	Red Star Belgrade[32]

Head coach: Luis Oliveira Gonçalves

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	João Ricardo	(1970-01-07)7 January 1970 (aged 36)	26	Moreirense[33]
2	2DF	Marco Airosa	(1984-08-06)6 August 1984 (aged 21)	2	Barreirense
3	2DF	Jamba	(1977-07-10)10 July 1977 (aged 28)	35	ASA
4	2DF	Lebo Lebo	(1977-05-29)29 May 1977 (aged 29)	15	Petro Atlético
5	2DF	Kali	(1978-10-11)11 October 1978 (aged 27)	21	Barreirense
6	3MF	Miloy	(1981-05-27)27 May 1981 (aged 25)	11	Interclube
7	3MF	Paulo Figueiredo	(1972-11-28)28 November 1972 (aged 33)	22	Varzim
8	3MF	André Macanga	(1978-05-14)14 May 1978 (aged 28)	33	Al-Salmiya
9	4FW	Mantorras	(1982-03-18)18 March 1982 (aged 24)	11	Benfica
10	4FW	Akwá (c)	(1977-05-30)30 May 1977 (aged 29)	77	Al-Wakrah[34]
11	4FW	Mateus	(1984-06-19)19 June 1984 (aged 21)	4	Gil Vicente
12	1GK	Lamá	(1981-02-01)1 February 1981 (aged 25)	9	Petro Atlético
13	3MF	Edson Nobre	(1980-02-03)3 February 1980 (aged 26)	7	Paços de Ferreira
14	3MF	Mendonça	(1982-10-09)9 October 1982 (aged 23)	34	Varzim
15	2DF	Rui Marques	(1977-09-03)3 September 1977 (aged 28)	1	Leeds United[35]
16	4FW	Flávio	(1979-12-20)20 December 1979 (aged 26)	46	Al Ahly
17	3MF	Zé Kalanga	(1983-10-12)12 October 1983 (aged 22)	23	Petro Atlético
18	4FW	Love	(1979-03-14)14 March 1979 (aged 27)	35	ASA
19	4FW	Titi Buengo	(1980-02-11)11 February 1980 (aged 26)	2	Clermont
20	2DF	Locó	(1984-12-25)25 December 1984 (aged 21)	11	Primeiro Agosto
21	2DF	Delgado	(1979-11-01)1 November 1979 (aged 26)	17	Petro Atlético
22	1GK	Mário Hipólito	(1985-06-01)1 June 1985 (aged 21)	1	Interclube
23	2DF	Marco Abreu	(1974-12-08)8 December 1974 (aged 31)	3	Portimonense

Head coach: Branko Ivanković

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Ebrahim Mirzapour	(1978-09-16)16 September 1978 (aged 27)	64	Foolad
2	3MF	Mehdi Mahdavikia	(1977-07-24)24 July 1977 (aged 28)	89	Hamburger SV
3	2DF	Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh	(1973-09-11)11 September 1973 (aged 32)	31	Saba Battery
4	2DF	Yahya Golmohammadi	(1971-03-19)19 March 1971 (aged 35)	69	Saba Battery
5	2DF	Rahman Rezaei	(1975-02-20)20 February 1975 (aged 31)	43	Messina
6	3MF	Javad Nekounam	(1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 25)	71	Al-Sharjah[36]
7	3MF	Ferydoon Zandi	(1979-04-26)26 April 1979 (aged 27)	10	1. FC Kaiserslautern
8	3MF	Ali Karimi	(1978-11-08)8 November 1978 (aged 27)	90	Bayern Munich
9	4FW	Vahid Hashemian	(1976-07-21)21 July 1976 (aged 29)	28	Hannover 96
10	4FW	Ali Daei (c)	(1969-03-21)21 March 1969 (aged 37)	147	Saba Battery
11	4FW	Rasoul Khatibi	(1978-09-22)22 September 1978 (aged 27)	12	Sepahan
12	1GK	Hassan Roudbarian	(1978-07-06)6 July 1978 (aged 27)	3	Pas
13	2DF	Hossein Kaebi	(1985-09-23)23 September 1985 (aged 20)	44	Foolad
14	3MF	Andranik Teymourian	(1983-03-06)6 March 1983 (aged 23)	7	Abu Moslem
15	4FW	Arash Borhani	(1983-09-14)14 September 1983 (aged 22)	20	Pas
16	4FW	Reza Enayati	(1976-09-23)23 September 1976 (aged 29)	15	Esteghlal
17	4FW	Javad Kazemian	(1981-04-23)23 April 1981 (aged 25)	25	Persepolis
18	3MF	Moharram Navidkia	(1982-11-01)1 November 1982 (aged 23)	24	VfL Bochum
19	2DF	Amir Hossein Sadeghi	(1981-09-06)6 September 1981 (aged 24)	1	Esteghlal
20	2DF	Mohammad Nosrati	(1982-01-11)11 January 1982 (aged 24)	44	Pas
21	3MF	Mehrzad Madanchi	(1982-10-12)12 October 1982 (aged 23)	6	Persepolis
22	1GK	Vahid Talebloo	(1982-05-26)26 May 1982 (aged 24)	1	Esteghlal
23	3MF	Masoud Shojaei	(1984-06-09)9 June 1984 (aged 22)	3	Saipa

Head coach: Ricardo La Volpe

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Oswaldo Sánchez	(1973-09-21)21 September 1973 (aged 32)	70	Guadalajara
2	2DF	Claudio Suárez	(1968-12-17)17 December 1968 (aged 37)	178	Chivas USA
3	2DF	Carlos Salcido	(1980-04-02)2 April 1980 (aged 26)	32	Guadalajara[37]
4	2DF	Rafael Márquez (c)	(1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 27)	65	Barcelona
5	2DF	Ricardo Osorio	(1980-03-30)30 March 1980 (aged 26)	39	Cruz Azul[38]
6	3MF	Gerardo Torrado	(1979-04-30)30 April 1979 (aged 27)	56	Cruz Azul
7	3MF	Sinha	(1976-05-23)23 May 1976 (aged 30)	32	Toluca
8	3MF	Pável Pardo	(1976-07-26)26 July 1976 (aged 29)	125	América[39]
9	4FW	Jared Borgetti	(1973-08-14)14 August 1973 (aged 32)	75	Bolton Wanderers[40]
10	4FW	Guillermo Franco	(1976-11-03)3 November 1976 (aged 29)	7	Villarreal
11	3MF	Ramón Morales	(1975-10-10)10 October 1975 (aged 30)	46	Guadalajara
12	1GK	José de Jesús Corona	(1981-01-26)26 January 1981 (aged 25)	6	Tecos
13	1GK	Guillermo Ochoa	(1985-07-13)13 July 1985 (aged 20)	1	América
14	2DF	Gonzalo Pineda	(1982-10-19)19 October 1982 (aged 23)	30	Guadalajara
15	2DF	José Antonio Castro	(1980-08-11)11 August 1980 (aged 25)	12	América
16	2DF	Mario Méndez	(1979-06-01)1 June 1979 (aged 27)	32	Monterrey
17	4FW	Francisco Fonseca	(1979-10-02)2 October 1979 (aged 26)	29	Cruz Azul[41]
18	3MF	Andrés Guardado	(1986-09-28)28 September 1986 (aged 19)	7	Atlas
19	4FW	Omar Bravo	(1980-03-04)4 March 1980 (aged 26)	33	Guadalajara
20	3MF	Rafael García	(1974-08-14)14 August 1974 (aged 31)	52	Atlas
21	3MF	Jesús Arellano	(1973-05-08)8 May 1973 (aged 33)	69	Monterrey
22	2DF	Francisco Javier Rodríguez	(1981-10-20)20 October 1981 (aged 24)	32	Guadalajara
23	3MF	Luis Ernesto Pérez	(1981-01-12)12 January 1981 (aged 25)	52	Monterrey

Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Ricardo	(1976-02-11)11 February 1976 (aged 30)	49	Sporting CP
2	2DF	Paulo Ferreira	(1979-01-18)18 January 1979 (aged 27)	30	Chelsea
3	2DF	Marco Caneira	(1979-02-09)9 February 1979 (aged 27)	14	Valencia[42]
4	2DF	Ricardo Costa	(1981-05-16)16 May 1981 (aged 25)	3	Porto
5	2DF	Fernando Meira	(1978-06-05)5 June 1978 (aged 28)	30	VfB Stuttgart
6	3MF	Costinha	(1974-12-01)1 December 1974 (aged 31)	44	Dynamo Moscow[43]
7	3MF	Luís Figo (c)	(1972-11-04)4 November 1972 (aged 33)	120	Inter Milan
8	3MF	Petit	(1976-09-25)25 September 1976 (aged 29)	36	Benfica
9	4FW	Pauleta	(1973-04-28)28 April 1973 (aged 33)	82	Paris Saint-Germain
10	3MF	Hugo Viana	(1983-01-15)15 January 1983 (aged 23)	21	Valencia
11	4FW	Simão	(1979-10-31)31 October 1979 (aged 26)	43	Benfica
12	1GK	Quim	(1975-11-13)13 November 1975 (aged 30)	24	Benfica
13	2DF	Miguel	(1980-01-04)4 January 1980 (aged 26)	28	Valencia
14	2DF	Nuno Valente	(1974-09-12)12 September 1974 (aged 31)	23	Everton
15	4FW	Luís Boa Morte	(1977-08-04)4 August 1977 (aged 28)	24	Fulham
16	2DF	Ricardo Carvalho	(1978-05-18)18 May 1978 (aged 28)	24	Chelsea
17	4FW	Cristiano Ronaldo	(1985-02-05)5 February 1985 (aged 21)	32	Manchester United
18	3MF	Maniche	(1977-11-11)11 November 1977 (aged 28)	31	Dynamo Moscow[44]
19	3MF	Tiago	(1981-05-02)2 May 1981 (aged 25)	22	Lyon
20	3MF	Deco	(1977-08-27)27 August 1977 (aged 28)	35	Barcelona
21	4FW	Nuno Gomes	(1976-07-05)5 July 1976 (aged 29)	53	Benfica
22	1GK	Paulo Santos	(1972-12-11)11 December 1972 (aged 33)	1	Braga
23	4FW	Hélder Postiga	(1982-08-02)2 August 1982 (aged 23)	24	Porto[45]

Head coach: Karel Brückner

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Petr Čech	(1982-05-20)20 May 1982 (aged 24)	41	Chelsea
2	2DF	Zdeněk Grygera	(1980-05-14)14 May 1980 (aged 26)	41	Ajax
3	2DF	Pavel Mareš	(1976-01-18)18 January 1976 (aged 30)	10	Zenit Saint Petersburg
4	3MF	Tomáš Galásek (c)	(1973-01-15)15 January 1973 (aged 33)	49	Ajax[46]
5	2DF	Radoslav Kováč	(1979-11-11)11 November 1979 (aged 26)	6	Spartak Moscow
6	2DF	Marek Jankulovski	(1977-05-09)9 May 1977 (aged 29)	48	AC Milan
7	3MF	Libor Sionko	(1977-02-01)1 February 1977 (aged 29)	17	Austria Wien[47]
8	3MF	Karel Poborský	(1972-03-30)30 March 1972 (aged 34)	115	Dynamo České Budějovice
9	4FW	Jan Koller	(1973-03-30)30 March 1973 (aged 33)	68	Borussia Dortmund[48]
10	3MF	Tomáš Rosický	(1980-10-04)4 October 1980 (aged 25)	54	Borussia Dortmund[49]
11	3MF	Pavel Nedvěd	(1972-08-30)30 August 1972 (aged 33)	87	Juventus
12	4FW	Vratislav Lokvenc	(1973-09-27)27 September 1973 (aged 32)	72	Red Bull Salzburg
13	2DF	Martin Jiránek	(1979-05-25)25 May 1979 (aged 27)	24	Spartak Moscow
14	3MF	David Jarolím	(1979-05-17)17 May 1979 (aged 27)	3	Hamburger SV
15	4FW	Milan Baroš	(1981-10-28)28 October 1981 (aged 24)	49	Aston Villa
16	1GK	Jaromír Blažek	(1972-12-29)29 December 1972 (aged 33)	11	Sparta Prague
17	4FW	Jiří Štajner	(1976-05-27)27 May 1976 (aged 30)	21	Hannover 96
18	4FW	Marek Heinz	(1977-08-04)4 August 1977 (aged 28)	28	Galatasaray
19	3MF	Jan Polák	(1981-03-14)14 March 1981 (aged 25)	18	1. FC Nürnberg
20	3MF	Jaroslav Plašil	(1982-01-05)5 January 1982 (aged 24)	14	Monaco
21	2DF	Tomáš Ujfaluši	(1978-03-24)24 March 1978 (aged 28)	48	Fiorentina
22	2DF	David Rozehnal	(1980-07-05)5 July 1980 (aged 25)	22	Paris Saint-Germain
23	1GK	Antonín Kinský	(1975-05-31)31 May 1975 (aged 31)	5	Saturn Ramenskoye

Head coach: Ratomir Dujković

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Sammy Adjei	(1980-09-01)1 September 1980 (aged 25)	31	Ashdod
2	3MF	Hans Sarpei	(1976-06-28)28 June 1976 (aged 29)	7	VfL Wolfsburg
3	4FW	Asamoah Gyan	(1985-11-22)22 November 1985 (aged 20)	13	Udinese[50]
4	2DF	Samuel Kuffour	(1976-09-03)3 September 1976 (aged 29)	58	Roma
5	2DF	John Mensah	(1982-11-29)29 November 1982 (aged 23)	33	Rennes
6	2DF	Emmanuel Pappoe	(1981-03-03)3 March 1981 (aged 25)	27	Hapoel Kfar Saba
7	2DF	Illiasu Shilla	(1982-10-26)26 October 1982 (aged 23)	2	Asante Kotoko
8	3MF	Michael Essien	(1982-12-03)3 December 1982 (aged 23)	17	Chelsea
9	3MF	Derek Boateng	(1983-05-02)2 May 1983 (aged 23)	11	AIK
10	3MF	Stephen Appiah (c)	(1980-12-24)24 December 1980 (aged 25)	42	Fenerbahçe
11	3MF	Sulley Muntari	(1984-08-27)27 August 1984 (aged 21)	16	Udinese
12	4FW	Alex Tachie-Mensah	(1977-02-15)15 February 1977 (aged 29)	5	St. Gallen
13	2DF	Habib Mohamed	(1983-12-10)10 December 1983 (aged 22)	1	King Faisal Babes
14	4FW	Matthew Amoah	(1980-10-24)24 October 1980 (aged 25)	16	Borussia Dortmund
15	3MF	John Paintsil	(1981-06-15)15 June 1981 (aged 24)	21	Hapoel Tel Aviv
16	1GK	George Owu	(1982-06-17)17 June 1982 (aged 23)	6	Ashanti Gold
17	2DF	Daniel Quaye	(1980-12-25)25 December 1980 (aged 25)	7	Hearts of Oak
18	2DF	Eric Addo	(1978-11-12)12 November 1978 (aged 27)	6	PSV Eindhoven
19	4FW	Razak Pimpong	(1982-12-30)30 December 1982 (aged 23)	4	Copenhagen
20	4FW	Otto Addo	(1975-06-09)9 June 1975 (aged 31)	13	Mainz 05
21	2DF	Issah Ahmed	(1982-05-24)24 May 1982 (aged 24)	10	Randers
22	1GK	Richard Kingson	(1978-06-13)13 June 1978 (aged 27)	33	Ankaraspor
23	3MF	Haminu Draman	(1986-04-01)1 April 1986 (aged 20)	7	Red Star Belgrade[51]

Head coach: Marcello Lippi

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
1	1GK	Gianluigi Buffon	(1978-01-28)28 January 1978 (aged 28)	60	Juventus
2	2DF	Cristian Zaccardo	(1981-12-21)21 December 1981 (aged 24)	12	Palermo
3	2DF	Fabio Grosso	(1977-11-28)28 November 1977 (aged 28)	17	Palermo[52]
4	3MF	Daniele De Rossi	(1983-07-24)24 July 1983 (aged 22)	17	Roma
5	2DF	Fabio Cannavaro (c)	(1973-09-13)13 September 1973 (aged 32)	93	Juventus
6	2DF	Andrea Barzagli	(1981-05-08)8 May 1981 (aged 25)	8