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tournament that was held in Brazil from 12 June to 13 July 2014. The 32 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players, including three goalkeepers. Only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. A provisional list of 30 players per national team was submitted to FIFA by 13 May 2014. FIFA published the 30-player provisional lists on their website on 16 May 2014. The final lists of 23 players per national team were submitted to FIFA by 2 June 2014. FIFA published the 23-player final lists, with the squad numbers, on their website, on 5 June 2014. Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game. The age listed for each player is on 12 June 2014, the first day of the tournament. The number of caps listed for each player does not include any matches played after the start of the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. The nationality for each club reflects the national association (not the league) to which the club is affiliated. The

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was the only team to use all of its 23 players during the tournament, making it the fourth team in World Cup history to ever use all of its players in the squad, after

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, and both

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(although in all these cases 22 players were used since the 23-player squads were not introduced until

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Group A

Brazil

Coach:

Luiz Felipe Scolari Luiz Felipe Scolari (; born 9 November 1948), also known as Felipão ("Big Phil"), is a Brazilian football manager and former player. He is the current manager of Athletico Paranaense. Scolari was a defender during his playing days, and notab ...

The final squad was announced on 7 May 2014. The squad numbers were revealed on 2 June.

Cameroon

Coach:

Volker Finke Volker Finke (born 24 March 1948) is a German football manager. He was the coach of SC Freiburg for 16 years. Coaching career On 6 December 2008, Japanese club Urawa Red Diamonds announced they signed a contract with Finke as head coach until ...

The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014.

Croatia

Coach:

Niko Kovač Niko Kovač (; born 15 October 1971) is a Croatian professional football coach and former player. He is currently the manager of Bundesliga club VFL Wolfsburg. Kovač was the long-standing captain of the Croatia national team until his retirem ...

The final squad was announced on 31 May 2014. With less than 48 hours until the opening game against Brazil,

Milan Badelj Milan Badelj (; born 25 February 1989) is a Croatian professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Genoa. He was a member of the Croatian squad that finished runners-up in the 2018 FIFA World Cup as well as part of the country's sq ...

was called up to replace the injured

Ivan Močinić Ivan Močinić (born 30 April 1993) is a Croatian retired football midfielder who last played for Croatian First Football League side Šibenik. Club career Rijeka Močinić made his début for Rijeka in an away match against Dinamo Zagreb in ...

, after having previously been excluded from the final squad.

Mexico

Coach: Miguel Herrera The final squad was announced on 9 May 2014. However, midfielders Luis Montes and Juan Carlos Medina sustained injuries afterwards and were replaced by

Javier Aquino Javier Ignacio Aquino Carmona (, born 11 February 1990) is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a full-back for Liga MX club Tigres UANL. He is an Olympic gold medalist. Aquino made his debut with Cruz Azul in 2010, playing in over ...

and

Miguel Ángel Ponce Miguel Ángel Ponce Briseño (born 12 April 1989), also known as Pocho, is a professional footballer who plays as a left-back. Born in the United States, he represented the Mexico national team. He is an Olympic gold medalist. Early life Pon ...

Group B

Australia

Coach:

Ange Postecoglou Angelos Postecoglou ( el, Άγγελος Ποστέκογλου, ; born 27 August 1965) is an Australian association football manager and former player, who is the current manager of Scottish Premiership club Celtic. Born in Greece, he moved ...

The final squad was announced on 3 June 2014.

Chile

Coach:

Jorge Sampaoli Jorge Luis Sampaoli Moya (; born 13 March 1960) is an Argentine football coach who is currently manager for Sevilla of La Liga. Sampaoli started out as a youth player and eventually switched to management after a severe injury. Sampaoli starte ...

The final squad was announced on 1 June 2014.

Netherlands

Coach: Louis van Gaal The final squad was announced on 31 May 2014. The squad numbers were revealed on 2 June, during a press conference with Van Gaal.

Spain

Coach: Vicente del Bosque The final squad was announced on 31 May 2014. The squad numbers were revealed on 3 June.

Group C

Colombia

Coach: José Pékerman The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014. However, midfielder

Aldo Leão Ramírez Aldo Leao Ramírez Sierra (born 18 April 1981) is a Colombian footballer. He also holds Mexican citizenship. Ramírez made his debut with Santa Fe of his home country of Colombia and also played for Atlético Nacional where he helped the team c ...

sustained injury afterwards and was replaced by

Carlos Carbonero Carlos Mario Carbonero Mancilla (born 25 July 1990) is a Colombian footballer who plays as a midfielder. Between 2011 and 2014, he earned five caps with the Colombia national team. Club career Colombia Carbonero began his career in the Catego ...

Greece

Coach: Fernando Santos The final squad was announced on 19 May 2014.

Ivory Coast

Coach:

Sabri Lamouchi Sabri Lamouchi (born 9 November 1971) is a French football manager and former professional player who played as a midfielder. He was the manager of Qatar Stars League club Al-Duhail. Early life Lamouchi was born in Lyon, France, and is of Tuni ...

The final squad was announced on 1 June 2014.

Japan

Coach: Alberto Zaccheroni The final squad was announced on 12 May 2014. The squad numbers were revealed on 25 May.

Group D

Costa Rica

Coach:

Jorge Luis Pinto Jorge Luis Pinto Afanador (born 16 December 1952) is a Colombian football manager. He is the current manager of Categoría Primera A club Deportivo Cali. Managing career Pinto managed several teams in Colombia, including Santa Fe and Unión ...

The final squad was announced on 31 May 2014.

England

Coach:

Roy Hodgson Roy Hodgson (born 9 August 1947) is a former English football manager and player. He managed 22 different teams in eight countries, beginning in Sweden with Halmstads BK in the 1976 season. He later guided the Switzerland national team to th ...

England's final squad was announced on 12 May 2014, including seven standby squad members:

John Ruddy John Thomas Gordon Ruddy (born 24 October 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Birmingham City. Ruddy began his career at Cambridge United, before signing for Everton as a 19-year-old. He spent five ...

Jon Flanagan Jonathon Patrick Flanagan (born 1 January 1993) is a former English professional footballer who played as a full-back. Flanagan started his career with Liverpool, and later played for Burnley, Bolton Wanderers and Rangers. He played in one f ...

, John Stones, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Andy Carroll and Jermain Defoe. Of those seven, only Stones and Flanagan joined the rest of the squad at a training camp in Portugal, with Stones serving as a like-for-like replacement option for Phil Jones, who was still recovering from a shoulder injury. Both Stones and Flanagan travelled with the squad to their pre-tournament training base in

Miami Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...

, and remained with the team in Brazil in the event of any injuries prior to the opening game. The squad numbers were revealed on 22 May.

Italy

Coach:

Cesare Prandelli Claudio Cesare Prandelli (; born 19 August 1957) is an Italian football coach and former player. He was most recently head coach of Fiorentina. Career Player Prandelli was a midfielder who moved from Atalanta to Juventus in 1979. His first game ...

The final squad was announced on 1 June 2014. The squad numbers were revealed the next day.

Uruguay

Coach:

Óscar Tabárez Óscar Washington Tabárez Silva (; born 3 March 1947), known as ''El Maestro'' (The Teacher), is a Uruguayan professional football manager and former player. He most recently coached the Uruguay national team. After an unassuming career as a ...

The final squad was announced on 31 May 2014.

Group E

Ecuador

Coach:

Reinaldo Rueda Reinaldo Rueda Rivera (born 16 April 1957) is a Colombian Association football, football coach. When he was the coach of the Colombia national under-20 football team, Colombia U-20 team, they finished 3rd at the 2003 FIFA World Youth Championsh ...

The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014. The squad numbers were revealed the next day. However, midfielder Segundo Castillo was replaced by Oswaldo Minda after injuring ligaments in his right knee.

France

Coach: Didier Deschamps The final squad was announced on 13 May 2014. Though originally selected, Franck Ribéry was removed due to a back injury.

Honduras

Coach:

Luis Fernando Suárez Luis Fernando Suárez Guzmán (born 23 December 1959) is a Colombian football manager and former player who played as a defender. He is the current manager of the Costa Rica national football team. Suárez has managed in six Latin American c ...

The final squad was announced on 5 May 2014.

Switzerland

Coach: Ottmar Hitzfeld The final squad was announced on 13 May 2014.

Group F

Argentina

Coach: Alejandro Sabella The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Coach:

Safet Sušić Safet "Pape" Sušić (; born 13 April 1955) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of TFF First League club Akhisarspor. He was a gifted midfielder known for his dribbling skills and techn ...

The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014.

Iran

Coach: Carlos Queiroz The final squad was announced on 1 June 2014.

Nigeria

Coach: Stephen Keshi The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014.

Ejike Uzoenyi Christantus Ejike Uzoenyi (born 23 March 1988) is a Nigerian professional footballer who plays as a left winger for Sunshine Stars. Club career Uzoenyi has played club football in Nigeria and France for Enyimba, Rangers International and Renne ...

replaced

Elderson Echiéjilé Elderson Uwa Echiéjilé (born 20 January 1988) is a Nigerian former professional footballer who played as a left-back. He began his career at Bendel Insurance and moved to Europe in 2007, joining Rennes where he was mainly a reserve. He spent ...

due to injury on 7 June.

Group G

Germany

Coach: Joachim Löw The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014. On 7 June,

Marco Reus Marco Reus (; born 31 May 1989) is a German professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or forward. He captains Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and plays for the Germany national team. Reus spent his youth career at Borussia ...

was replaced by

Shkodran Mustafi Shkodran Mustafi (; born 17 April 1992) is a German professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Segunda División club Levante. Mustafi began his career in the youth ranks of Hamburger SV and English club Everton, where he made o ...

after Reus injured his ankle.

Ghana

Coach: James Kwesi Appiah The final squad was announced on 1 June 2014. On 26 June 2014, midfielders Sulley Muntari and

Kevin-Prince Boateng Kevin-Prince Boateng (; born 6 March 1987), also known as Prince, is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder or forward for club Hertha BSC. Born in Germany, he represented the Ghana national team. Coming through the youth system, ...

were sent home and indefinitely suspended from the national team for disciplinary reasons.

Portugal

Coach: Paulo Bento The final squad was announced on 19 May 2014. The squad numbers were revealed on 24 May.

United States

Coach: Jürgen Klinsmann The final squad was announced on 22 May 2014.

Group H

Algeria

Coach: Vahid Halilhodžić The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014.

Belgium

Coach: Marc Wilmots The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014. However, a medical test on 3 June showed goalkeeper

Koen Casteels Koen Casteels (born 25 June 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bundesliga club VfL Wolfsburg and the Belgium national team. Formed at Genk, he spent most of his professional career in Germany with 1899 Hof ...

had not completely recovered from his tibia injury and he was replaced by

Sammy Bossut Sammy Andre Bossut (born 11 August 1985) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Zulte Waregem in the Belgian Pro League. He was a first team surprise in the 2006–07 UEFA Cup return against Newcastle United, in St ...

Russia

Coach:

Fabio Capello Fabio Capello (; born 18 June 1946) is an Italian former professional football manager and player. As a player, Capello represented SPAL 1907, Roma, Milan and Juventus. He played as a midfielder and won several trophies during his career which ...

The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014. However, midfielder

Roman Shirokov Roman Nikolayevich Shirokov (russian: Роман Николаевич Широ́ков ; born 6 July 1981) is a Russian international football official and a former player. As a player, he was described as "a deep-lying midfielder with an aptitu ...

was later removed from the squad due to a long-standing Achilles tendon injury and replaced by

Pavel Mogilevets Pavel Sergeyevich Mogilevets (russian: Павел Сергеевич Могилевец; born 25 January 1993) is a Russian professional footballer who plays as central midfielder for Uzbekistan Super League club Bunyodkor. Club career He made ...

. Note: a 2012 friendly match against Lithuania, recognized by the Russian Football Union but not by FIFA, is not counted.

South Korea

Coach: Hong Myung-bo The final squad was announced on 8 May 2014.

Statistics

Player representation by age

Players

*Oldest:

Faryd Mondragón Faryd Camilo Mondragón Alí (born 21 June 1971) is a Colombian retired professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper. Since his debut in 1993, he has played over 50 times for the Colombia national team. He was named in the Colombia squ ...

() *Youngest: Fabrice Olinga ()

Goalkeepers

*Oldest:

() *Youngest:

Stefanos Kapino Stefanos Kapino ( el, Στέφανος Καπίνο; born 18 March 1994) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Ekstraklasa club Miedź Legnica and the Greece national team. Early life Stefanos was born in Piraeus to ...

()

Captains

*Oldest:

Mario Yepes Mario Alberto Yepes Díaz (; born 13 January 1976) is a Colombian former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is well known for his time in Paris Saint-Germain, where he was considered to be one of the best defenders at the t ...

() *Youngest: Koo Ja-cheol ()

Player representation by league system

League systems with twenty or more players represented are listed. England includes two

Premier League The Premier League (legal name: The Football Association Premier League Limited) is the highest level of the men's English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Foo ...

clubs based in Wales,

Swansea City Swansea City Association Football Club (; cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Cymdeithas Dinas Abertawe) is a professional football club based in Swansea, Wales that plays in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Swansea have played their ho ...

and

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

(five World Cup squad members played for these clubs); the United States includes three MLS clubs based in Canada,

Toronto FC Toronto Football Club (commonly known as Toronto FC or TFC) is a Canadian professional soccer club based in Toronto. The club competes in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home matches at BMO ...

Vancouver Whitecaps FC Vancouver Whitecaps Football Club is a Canadian professional soccer team based in Vancouver. They compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member club of the league's Western Conference. The MLS iteration of the club was established on Marc ...

and Montreal Impact (three World Cup squad members played for these clubs); and France includes one

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club based in Monaco, AS Monaco (four World Cup squad members played for this club). In all, World Cup squad members played for clubs in 54 countries, and played in 51 different national leagues. The Russian squad was made up entirely of players from the country's domestic league.

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's squad had only one player employed by a non-domestic club:

Fraser Forster Fraser Gerard Forster (born 17 March 1988) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur F.C., Tottenham Hotspur. Forster sta ...

was employed in

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a border with England to the southeast and is otherwise surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean to the ...

; although it was also part of the United Kingdom, they had a separate national federation and league system from England. The Belgian squad had the most players from a single foreign federation, with twelve players employed in

, although one of these,

Thibaut Courtois Thibaut Nicolas Marc Courtois (born 11 May 1992) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for La Liga club Real Madrid and the Belgium national team. He is considered one of the best goalkeepers in world football. Courtoi ...

, was only on loan to

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club Chelsea prior to the tournament. Of the countries not represented by a national team at the World Cup, Turkey's league provided the most squad members. Only

Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

's squad was made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs, although one player on that squad,

Sebastián Coates Sebastián Coates Nion (; born 7 October 1990) is a Uruguayan professional Association football, footballer who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre back, centre back. He Captain (association football), captains Portuguese club Spor ...

, played for a domestic club immediately before the World Cup, doing so while on loan from

club

Liverpool Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England. With a population of in 2019, it is the 10th largest English district by population and its metropolitan area is the fifth largest in the United Kingdom, with a popul ...

. Three squads had only one domestic-based player (

Ivory Coast Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, officially the Republic of Côte d'Ivoire, is a country on the southern coast of West Africa. Its capital is Yamoussoukro, in the centre of the country, while its largest city and economic centre is ...

Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina ( sh, / , ), abbreviated BiH () or B&H, sometimes called Bosnia–Herzegovina and often known informally as Bosnia, is a country at the crossroads of south and southeast Europe, located in the Balkans. Bosnia and H ...

and

Ghana Ghana (; tw, Gaana, ee, Gana), officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa. It abuts the Gulf of Guinea and the Atlantic Ocean to the south, sharing borders with Ivory Coast in the west, Burkina Faso in the north, and To ...

Player representation by club

Clubs with ten or more players represented are listed.

Coaches representation by country

Coaches in bold represented their own country.

References

External links

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Official Players List

Preliminary Squads List
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FIFA World Cup squads

Group A

Brazil

Cameroon

Croatia

Mexico

Group B

Australia

Chile

Netherlands

Spain

Group C

Colombia

Greece

Ivory Coast

Japan

Group D

Costa Rica

England

Italy

Uruguay

Group E

Ecuador

France

Honduras

Switzerland

Group F

Argentina

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Iran

Nigeria

Group G

Germany

Ghana

Portugal

United States

Group H

Algeria

Belgium

Russia

South Korea

Statistics

Player representation by age

Players

Goalkeepers

Captains

Player representation by league system

Player representation by club

Coaches representation by country

See also

References

External links