This article lists the confirmed national
football
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squads for the
2006 FIFA World Cup
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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
Sven-Göran Eriksson (; born 5 February 1948) is a Swedish football manager and former player.
After an unassuming playing career as a right-back, Eriksson went on to experience major success in club management between 1977 and 2001, winning 18 ...
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
Henri Louis Michel (28 October 1947 – 24 April 2018) was a French football player and coach. He played as a midfielder for Nantes and the France national team, and later went on to coach various clubs and national teams all over the wor ...
Netherlands
Head coach:
Marco van Basten
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Serbia and Montenegro
Head coach:
Ilija Petković
Group D
Angola
Head coach:
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
Karel Brückner (; born 13 November 1939, Olomouc) is a Czech retired football coach.
Playing career
Brückner played as a forward in the lower leagues for MŽ Olomouc, at levels between the Regional Championship and the Second League. He ma ...
Ghana
Head coach:
Ratomir Dujković
Italy
Head coach:
Marcello Lippi
Marcello Romeo Lippi (; born 12 April 1948) is an Italian former professional football player and manager, who led the Italian national team to victory in the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
He was appointed as Italy head coach in the summer of 2004 and 2 ...
United States
Head coach:
Bruce Arena
Group F
Australia
Head coach:
Guus Hiddink
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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
Marcos César Dias de Castro (born 27 August 1958), known as Marcos Paquetá, is a former Brazilian footballer who played as a central midfielder and a current manager.
Career
Born in Rio de Janeiro but raised in the Paquetá Island, he started ...
Spain
Head coach:
Luis Aragonés
Tunisia
Head coach:
Roger Lemerre
Ukraine
Head coach:
Oleg Blokhin
Serhiy Fedorov
Serhiy Vladyslavovych Fedorov ( uk, Сергій Владиславович Федоров, born 18 February 1975 in Kyiv) is a Ukrainian football manager and former player. He started off as a central defender, but mostly plays as a right ba ...
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.
[Sviderskyi was on loan to ]Arsenal Kyiv
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prior to the tournament.
Player representation by league
The squads for Italy and Saudi Arabia were made up entirely of players from their respective domestic leagues. Saudi Arabia were the only team with no 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.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:2006 Fifa World Cup Squads
Squads
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FIFA World Cup squads