This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the

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tournament held in

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, 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 Alexandre Henrique Borges Guimarães (born 7 November 1959) is a Costa Rican football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. He is the current manager of América de Cali. Born and raised in Brazil, Guimarães played for the ...

Ecuador

Head 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 ...

Germany

Head coach:

Jürgen Klinsmann Jürgen Klinsmann (, born 30 July 1964) is a German professional football manager and former player. Klinsmann played for several prominent clubs in Europe including VfB Stuttgart, Inter Milan, Monaco, Tottenham Hotspur, and Bayern Munich. He ...

Poland

Head coach:

Paweł Janas Paweł Janas (; born 4 March 1953) is a Polish football manager and former footballer. Career Club He began his playing career for the Włókniarz Pabianice team in 1965, but later left the club in 1973. National team From 1976 to 1984, he wo ...

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: 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 (footballer), 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. Sviderskyi was on loan to FC Arsenal Kyiv, Arsenal Kyiv 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 Süper Lig, Turkey, Scottish Premier League, Scotland, and Russian Premier League, 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

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