The
2019 FIFA Women's World Cup
The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was the eighth edition of the FIFA Women's World Cup, the quadrennial international Women's association football championship contested by 24 women's national teams representing member associations of FIFA. I ...
was an international
women's association football
Women's association football, more commonly known simply as women's football or women's soccer, is a team sport of association football when played by women only. It is played at the professional level in multiple countries and 176 national t ...
tournament held in France from 7 June until 7 July 2019. The 24 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 between 23 and 50 players per national team was submitted to FIFA by 26 April 2019, which was not published. From the preliminary squad, the final list of 23 players per national team was submitted to FIFA by 24 May 2019, two weeks prior to the opening match of the tournament. FIFA published the final lists with squad numbers on their website on 27 May 2019. Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first match, where the replacement players did not need to be in the preliminary squad.
The age listed for each player is on 7 June 2019, the first day of the tournament. The numbers of caps and goals listed for each player do not include any matches played after the start of the tournament. The club listed is the club for which the player last played a competitive match prior to the tournament. A flag is included for coaches who are of a different nationality than their own national team.
Group A
France
Head coach:
Corinne Diacre
Corinne Catherine Diacre (born 4 August 1974) is a French professional football manager and former player who played as a defender. She played her entire club career with Soyaux in the Division 1. She was also an international player with th ...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 2 May 2019.
Nigeria
Head coach:
Thomas Dennerby
A 27-player provisional squad was revealed on 13 May 2019. The final 23-player squad was announced on 24 May 2019.
Norway
Head coach:
Martin Sjögren
The final 23-player squad was announced on 2 May 2019.
South Korea
Head coach:
Yoon Deok-yeo
A 28-player provisional squad was revealed on 30 April 2019. The final 23-player squad was announced on 17 May 2019.
Group B
China PR
Head coach:
Jia Xiuquan
Jia Xiuquan (; born 9 November 1963) is a Chinese football manager and former international player.
Player career
Club career
As a player, Jia Xiuquan predominately played the majority of his career for Bayi Football Team. During his time a ...
A 26-player provisional squad was revealed on 24 May 2019. The final squad was announced on 27 May.
Germany
Head coach:
Martina Voss-Tecklenburg
The final 23-player squad was announced on 14 May 2019, as well as 5 players being named as a standby list.
South Africa
Head coach:
Desiree Ellis
The final 23-player squad was announced on 17 May 2019.
Spain
Head coach:
Jorge Vilda
The final 23-player squad was announced on 20 May 2019.
Group C
Australia
Head coach:
Ante Milicic
Ante Milicic ( ; hr, Ante Miličić ; (born 4 April 1974) is an Australian soccer manager and former professional player.
Personal life
The son of Croatian immigrants, Milicic grew up in Strathfield, a suburb in the Inner West of Sydney. Mi ...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 14 May 2019, as well as
Kyra Cooney-Cross and
Kyah Simon
Kyah Pam Simon (born 25 June 1991) is an Australian professional soccer player who plays as a striker for Tottenham Hotspur of the FA Women's Super League. In 2011, Simon became the first Indigenous Australian player to score a goal in a FI ...
being named as standby players.
Laura Alleway
Laura Colleen Gloria Brock (; born 28 November 1989) is an Australian soccer player who plays for EA Guingamp in the Division 1 Féminine. She made her debut for the national team in 2010.
Club career
Melbourne Victory, 2008–2010
Allew ...
was ruled out due to injury and was replaced by
Karly Roestbakken
Karly Roestbakken ( no, Karly Røstbakken, born 17 January 2001) is an Australian professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Defender (association football)#Centre-back, centre-back for Melbourne City FC (A-League Women), Me ...
on 6 June 2019.
Brazil
Head coach:
Vadão
The final 23-player squad was announced on 16 May 2019. On 17 May 2019,
Adriana was replaced by
Luana due to injury. On 3 June 2019,
Fabiana was replaced by
Poliana due to injury. On 7 June 2019,
Érika
Érika Cristiano dos Santos (born 4 February 1988), commonly known as Érika, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays for Corinthians and the Brazilian women's national team. Érika played as a forward for her clubs and Brazil's yout ...
was replaced by
Daiane
Daiane is a common Portuguese feminine given name (in English ''Diane'').
People
* Daiane Conterato (1990), Brazilian fashion model
* Daiane Limeira (1997), Brazilian footballer
* Daiane Rodrigues (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer some ...
due to injury.
Italy
Head coach:
Milena Bertolini
Milena Bertolini (born 24 June 1966) is an Italian former footballer and current manager of the Italy women's national team. As the national team coach, she led Italy to qualify for the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup following a twenty-year absence ...
A 26-player provisional squad was revealed on 30 April 2019. The final 23-player squad was announced on 24 May 2019.
Jamaica
Head coach:
Hue Menzies
22 players of the final 23-player squad were announced on 22 May 2019.
Havana Solaun
Havana Marguerite Solaun (born 23 February 1993) is a Jamaican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Houston Dash of the American National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) and the Jamaica women's national team.
Solaun began her pr ...
was named as the 23rd player on 23 May 2019 after receiving clearance from FIFA.
Mireya Grey replaced injured
Kayla McCoy
Kayla Jay McKenna (; born 3 September 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a forward for Spanish Liga F club Villarreal CF. Born in the United States, she plays for the Jamaica women's national team.
Club career Houston Dash
In Apr ...
on 6 June 2019.
Group D
Argentina
Head coach:
Carlos Borrello
A 26-player provisional squad was revealed on 30 April 2019. The final 23-player squad was announced on 22 May 2019.
England
Head coach:
Phil Neville
Philip John Neville (born 21 January 1977) is an English football manager and former player, who is the head coach of MLS team Inter Miami CF. He is also the co-owner of Salford City, along with several of his former Manchester United teamma ...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 8 May 2019.
Japan
Head coach:
Asako Takakura
, also known as Asako Takakura-Takemoto or Asako Takemoto due to her marriage, is a Japanese football manager and former player. She played for Japan national team. She is a former manager of the Japan national team. Her husband is former foot ...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 10 May 2019.
Riko Ueki
is a Japanese professional football player who plays as a striker for Tokyo Verdy Beleza in the Japanese WE League and the Japan national team.
Early life and education
Ueki was born in Kanagawa Prefecture on 30 July 1999. She started pla ...
injured her knee and was replaced by
Saori Takarada
is a Japanese professional Association football, footballer who currently plays as a Midfielder (association football), midfielder and Forward (association football), forward for Linköpings FC and the Japan women's national football team. She p ...
on 31 May 2019.
Scotland
Head coach:
Shelley Kerr
Michelle Kerr (born 15 October 1969) is a Scottish football manager and former player who is currently the English Football Association's technical lead for women's national teams. As a player Kerr was a powerful centre back, who captained ...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 15 May 2019.
Group E
Cameroon
Head coach:
Alain Djeumfa
A 26-player provisional squad was revealed on 4 May 2019. The final 23-player squad was announced on 24 May 2019.
Canada
Head coach:
Kenneth Heiner-Møller
Kenneth Heiner-Møller (born Kenneth Heiner Christiansen; 17 January 1971) is a Danish football manager and former player. He is the former manager of the Canadian women's national team. In 1994–1995 he played for Ferencvárosi TC in Hungary, ...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 25 May 2019.
Netherlands
Head coach:
Sarina Wiegman
The final 23-player squad was announced on 10 April 2019, as well as 7 players being named as a standby list.
New Zealand
Head coach:
Tom Sermanni
Thomas Dorby Sermanni (born 1 July 1954) is a Scottish football coach and former professional player, who mostly works in women's football. He has previously managed the Australia women's national team, the United States women's national team ...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 29 April 2019.
Meikayla Moore
Meikayla Jean-Maree Moore (born 4 June 1996) is a professional footballer who plays as a defender for Glasgow City in the Scottish Women's Premier League and the New Zealand national team.
Career
Moore was a member of the New Zealand U-17 s ...
was ruled out due to a ruptured Achilles and replaced by
Nicole Stratford on 9 June 2019.
Group F
Chile
Head coach:
José Letelier
The 23-player squad was announced on 19 May 2019.
Fernanda Pinilla replaced injured
Ana Gutiérrez.
Sweden
Head coach:
Peter Gerhardsson
The final 23-player squad was announced on 16 May 2019.
Thailand
Head coach:
Nuengrutai Srathongvian
A 25-player provisional squad was revealed on 16 May 2019. This was later reduced to the final 23-player list.
United States
Head coach:
Jill Ellis
Jillian Anne Ellis (born 6 September 1966) is an English-American soccer coach and executive who is currently the president of San Diego Wave FC. Ellis coached the United States women's national soccer team from 2014 to October 2019 and won two ...
The final 23-player squad was announced on 1 May 2019. Instead of naming one player as captain, the United States named
Carli Lloyd,
Alex Morgan
Alexandra Morgan Carrasco (born Alexandra Patricia Morgan; July 2, 1989) is an American professional soccer player who plays as a striker and captains for San Diego Wave FC of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the highest division o ...
, and
Megan Rapinoe
Megan Anna Rapinoe (; born July 5, 1985) is an American professional Association football, soccer player who plays as a Midfielder#Winger, winger and captains OL Reign of the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), as well as the United States ...
as co-captains.
Statistics
Player representation by league system
League systems with 25 or more players represented are listed.
* The
United States
The United States of America (U.S.A. or USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S. or US) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It consists of 50 states, a federal district, five major unincorporated territori ...
squad is made up entirely of players from the country's domestic league.
* The
Jamaica
Jamaica (; ) is an island country situated in the Caribbean Sea. Spanning in area, it is the third-largest island of the Greater Antilles and the Caribbean (after Cuba and Hispaniola). Jamaica lies about south of Cuba, and west of His ...
squad is made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs. It is also the only one of the participants' leagues that did not send any players to the tournament.
Player representation by club
Clubs with 10 or more players represented are listed.
Average age of squads
References
External links
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Squads
2019
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