The 2014 FIFA World Cup was an international football 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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in 1978, and both

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and

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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 no ...

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 retire ...

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, after having previously been excluded from the final squad.

Mexico

Coach:

Miguel Herrera Miguel Ernesto Herrera Aguirre (born 18 March 1968), popularly referred to by his nickname "Piojo" (Spanish for "louse"), is a Mexican former professional footballer and current manager. He is the head coach of Liga MX club Tijuana. A former ...

The final squad was announced on 9 May 2014. However, midfielders

Luis Montes Luis Arturo Montes Jiménez (born 15 May 1986), also known as Chapito, is a Mexican professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Chilean Primera División club Everton. Club career Montes started his career playing for Pachuca's youth ...

and

Juan Carlos Medina Juan Carlos Medina Alonso (born 22 August 1983) is a Mexican former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Club career Juan Carlos Medina debuted with Atlas on 31 August 2003 in a league match against Tecos UAG. With Atlas, he made ...

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.

Group B

Australia

Coach: Ange Postecoglou 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 Aloysius Paulus Maria "Louis" van Gaal (; born 8 August 1951) is a Dutch former football player and manager. At club level, he served as manager of Ajax, Barcelona, AZ Alkmaar, Bayern Munich and Manchester United, as well as having three spe ...

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 Vicente del Bosque González, 1st Marquess of Del Bosque (; born 23 December 1950) is a Spanish retired football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the greatest managers of all time and is to date the only football manager to ha ...

The final squad was announced on 31 May 2014. The squad numbers were revealed on 3 June.

Group C

Colombia

Coach:

José Pékerman José Néstor Pékerman Krimen (; born 3 September 1949) is an Argentine professional football coach and current manager of the Venezuela national team. As a youth level coach for Argentina, he won the FIFA World Youth Championship three times, ...

The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014. However, midfielder Aldo Leão Ramírez 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 Tun ...

The final squad was announced on 1 June 2014.

Japan

Coach:

Alberto Zaccheroni Alberto Zaccheroni (; born 1 April 1953) is an Italian football manager, formerly in charge of the United Arab Emirates and Japan national football teams. He has managed a number of top clubs in Serie A, the high point of his career being his s ...

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

John Stones John Stones (born 28 May 1994) is an English professional Association football, footballer who plays as a centre-back for club Manchester City F.C., Manchester City and the England national football team, England national team. Stones began h ...

Michael Carrick Michael Carrick (born 28 July 1981) is an English professional football manager and former player who is currently head coach of Middlesbrough. He is one of the most decorated English footballers of all time and is best known for his 12-year p ...

Tom Cleverley Thomas William Cleverley (born 12 August 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Watford. After starting his career in the youth set-up at Bradford City, Cleverley joined Manchester United at the age of 1 ...

Andy Carroll Andrew Thomas Carroll (born 6 January 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for Championship side Reading. He has played in the Premier League and English Football League for Newcastle United, Preston North End, Liv ...

and

Jermain Defoe Jermain Colin Defoe (born 7 October 1982) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. He also played for the England national team. Defoe began his career with Charlton Athletic, joining their youth team aged 14, be ...

. 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

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, 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 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 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 Tilson Oswaldo Minda (born July 26, 1983) is an Ecuadorian footballer who last played for Barcelona SC in the Ecuadorian Serie A. Club career Oswaldo first started out at Sociedad Deportiva Aucas. He remained at the club for five years before jo ...

after injuring ligaments in his right knee.

France

Coach:

Didier Deschamps Didier Claude Deschamps (; born 15 October 1968) is a French professional football manager and former player who has been manager of the France national team since 2012. He played as a defensive midfielder for several clubs, in France, Italy, ...

The final squad was announced on 13 May 2014. Though originally selected,

Franck Ribéry Franck Henry Pierre Ribéry (; born 7 April 1983) is a French former professional footballer who primarily played as a winger, preferably on the left side, and was known for his pace, energy, skill, and precise passing. Ribéry has been des ...

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 Ottmar Hitzfeld (; born 12 January 1949) is a German former professional football player ( striker) and manager. He accumulated a total of 18 major titles, mostly in his tenures with Grasshopper Club Zürich, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. ...

The final squad was announced on 13 May 2014.

Group F

Argentina

Coach:

Alejandro Sabella Alejandro Javier Sabella (; 5 November 19548 December 2020) was an Argentine football player and manager. Born in Buenos Aires, he began his playing career with River Plate in his home country before moving to England in 1978 to play for Sheff ...

The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014.

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Coach: Safet Sušić The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014.

Iran

Coach:

Carlos Queiroz Carlos Manuel Brito Leal de Queiroz (; born 1 March 1953) is a Portuguese football coach who currently is the head coach of the Iran national team. He has served as the manager of his native Portugal's national team, the United Arab Emirat ...

The final squad was announced on 1 June 2014.

Nigeria

Coach:

Stephen Keshi Stephen Okechukwu Keshi (23 January 1962 – 7 June 2016) was a Nigerian football player and manager. During his playing career, Keshi played as a defender and earned 60 caps for the Nigeria national team, making him the nation's second-most ...

The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014. Ejike Uzoenyi replaced Elderson Echiéjilé due to injury on 7 June.

Group G

Germany

Coach:

Joachim Löw Joachim Löw (born 3 February 1960) is a German football coach and former player. He was the manager of the Germany national team from 2006 until 2021. During his tenure as manager, he led Germany to victory at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil ...

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 after Reus injured his ankle.

Ghana

Coach:

James Kwesi Appiah James Kwesi Appiah (born 30 June 1960), also known as Akwasi Appiah, is a Ghanaian football coach and former player who played as a left back. He is currently the head coach of Kenpong Football Academy. Early life and education Appiah was born ...

The final squad was announced on 1 June 2014. On 26 June 2014, midfielders

Sulley Muntari Suleyman Ali "Sulley" Muntari (born 27 August 1984) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent most of his career in Italy, playing for clubs such as Udinese, Internazionale, and Milan. During his time w ...

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 Paulo Jorge Gomes Bento (; born 20 June 1969) is a Portuguese football manager and former player. A defensive midfielder with tackling ability and workrate as his main assets, he played for two of the major three teams in his country, amassin ...

The final squad was announced on 19 May 2014. The squad numbers were revealed on 24 May.

United States

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 ...

The final squad was announced on 22 May 2014.

Group H

Algeria

Coach:

Vahid Halilhodžić Vahid Halilhodžić (; born 15 October 1952) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. He is regarded as one of the most controversially successful Bosnian football managers, due to his successful tenure in coaching various na ...

The final squad was announced on 2 June 2014.

Belgium

Coach:

Marc Wilmots Marc Robert Wilmots (born 22 February 1969) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who recently managed the Iran national team and is now active at Raja CA. During his club career as attacking midfielder, he won trophies w ...

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.

Russia

Coach: Fabio Capello 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. 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 Hong Myung-bo ( ko, 홍명보, Hanja: 洪明甫; ; born 12 February 1969) is a South Korean former footballer who played as a sweeper, and the current head coach of Ulsan Hyundai. Hong is often considered one of the greatest Asian footballers ...

The final squad was announced on 8 May 2014.

Statistics

Player representation by age

Players

*Oldest: Faryd Mondragón () *Youngest:

Fabrice Olinga Fabrice Olinga Essono (born 12 May 1996), known as Olinga, is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a forward. He became the youngest ever player to score in La Liga at the age of 16, at the service of Málaga. Released shortly after, he went ...

()

Goalkeepers

*Oldest: Faryd Mondragón () *Youngest: Stefanos Kapino ()

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 ...

() *Youngest:

Koo Ja-cheol Koo Ja-cheol (; or ; born 27 February 1989) is a South Korean footballer who plays for Jeju United as a midfielder. Koo is one of the three most successful South Korean players with careers in the German Bundesliga, alongside Cha Bum-kun an ...

()

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 Fo ...

clubs based in Wales, Swansea City and Cardiff City (five World Cup squad members played for these clubs); the United States includes three

MLS Major League Soccer (MLS) is a men's professional soccer league sanctioned by the United States Soccer Federation, which represents the sport's highest level in the United States. The league comprises 29 teams—26 in the U.S. and 3 in Canada ...

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 BM ...

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 March ...

and Montreal Impact (three World Cup squad members played for these clubs); and France includes one Ligue 1 club based in Monaco,

AS Monaco Association Sportive de Monaco Football Club SA, commonly referred to as AS Monaco () or Monaco, is a professional football club based in Monaco that is member of French Football Federation (FFF) and competes in Ligue 1, the top tier of Frenc ...

(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 Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

squad was made up entirely of players from the country's domestic league.

England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe b ...

's squad had only one player employed by a non-domestic club: Fraser Forster was employed in

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

; although it was also part of the United Kingdom, they had a separate national federation and league system from England. The

Belgian Belgian may refer to: * Something of, or related to, Belgium * Belgians, people from Belgium or of Belgian descent * Languages of Belgium, languages spoken in Belgium, such as Dutch, French, and German *Ancient Belgian language, an extinct languag ...

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. Courto ...

, was only on loan to

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

club

Chelsea Chelsea or Chelsey may refer to: Places Australia * Chelsea, Victoria Canada * Chelsea, Nova Scotia * Chelsea, Quebec United Kingdom * Chelsea, London, an area of London, bounded to the south by the River Thames ** Chelsea (UK Parliament consti ...

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 footballer who plays as a centre back. He captains Portuguese club Sporting CP and plays for the Uruguay national team. Having begun his career at Nacional, where he ...

, 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 populat ...

. Three squads had only one domestic-based player ( Ivory Coast,

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
{{FIFA World Cup Squads 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