This article pertains to the team squads of
Men's Football at the 2000 Summer Olympics.
Normally, the squads consisted of 18 roster players, with the addition of three or four reserve players. These players were added to the squad in accordance with FIFA regulations (i.e. player injury).
Group A:
* Australia
* Honduras
* Italy
* Nigeria
Group B:
* Chile
* Morocco
* Spain
* South Korea
Group C:
* Cameroon
* Czech Republic
* Kuwait
* United States
Group D:
* Brazil
* Japan
* Slovakia
* South Africa
Overage players are marked with *.
Group A
Australia
Head coach:
Raúl Blanco
*Stand-by players
Honduras
Head coach:
Ramón Maradiaga
Ramón Enrique Maradiaga Chávez (born 30 October 1954) is a retired Honduran football player and manager.
Club career
Nicknamed ''Primitivo'' (Primitive), Maradiaga has played as a midfielder amongst others for F.C. Motagua as well as Salv ...
*Stand-by players
Italy
Head coach:
Marco Tardelli
Marco Tardelli (; born 24 September 1954) is an Italian former football player and manager. At club level, he played as a midfielder for several Italian clubs; he began his career with Pisa, and later played for Como, Juventus, and Internazion ...
*Stand-by players
Nigeria
Head coach:
Jo Bonfrere
Jo, jo, JO, or J.O. may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Jo'' (film), a 1972 French comedy
* ''Jo'' (TV series), a French TV series
*"Jo", a song by Goldfrapp from ''Tales of Us''
*"Jo", a song by Mr. Oizo from '' Lambs Anger''
* Jo a ficti ...
*Stand-by players
Group B
Chile
Head coach:
Nelson Acosta
Nelson Bonifacio Acosta López, nicknamed ''Pelado Acosta'' (''Bald'' Acosta), (born 12 June 1944 in Paso de los Toros, Uruguay) is a former Uruguayan-born Chilean football manager and footballer. He became a naturalized Chilean citizen in 1984 ...
Héctor Tapia was replaced and did not receive a medal.
*Stand-by players
Morocco
Head coach:
Said El-Khider
*Stand-by players
Spain
Head coach:
Iñaki Sáez
José Ignacio "Iñaki" Sáez Ruiz (born 23 April 1943) is a Spanish former football player and manager.
A defender, he spent the vast majority of his professional career with Athletic Bilbao, which he later also coached in various levels, app ...
*Stand-by players
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...
Head coach:
Huh Jung-moo
Huh Jung-moo (; born 13 January 1955) is a former South Korean football player and manager.
Playing career
Huh was one of the best South Korean college footballers before starting his semi-professional career. He was often compared with Korea ...
*Stand-by players
Group C
Cameroon
Head Coach:
Jean-Paul Akono
*Stand-by players
Czech Republic
Head coach:
Karel Brückner
*Stand-by players
Kuwait
Head coach:
Radojko Avramović
Radojko "Raddy" Avramović ( sr-Cyrl, Радојко Аврамовић; born 29 November 1949) is a Serbian retired football coach and player. A goalkeeper, Avramović most notably played for Croatian club Rijeka and English club Notts Count ...
*Stand-by players
United States
Head coach:
Clive Charles
Clive Michael Charles (3 October 1951 – 26 August 2003) was an English football player, coach and television announcer. He was one of five National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) coaches to win more than 400 games.
Charles was born in ...
*Stand-by players
Group D
Brazil
Head coach:
Vanderlei Luxemburgo
Vanderlei Luxemburgo da Silva (born 10 May 1952) is a retired former Brazilian professional football coach and player.
A left wingback, Luxemburgo represented Flamengo, Internacional and Botafogo before retiring in 1980. He subsequently be ...
*Stand-by players
Japan
Head coach:
*Stand-by players
Slovakia
Head coach:
Dušan Radolský
*Stand-by players
South Africa
Head Coach:
Ephraim Mashaba
*Stand-by players
Footnotes
External links
FIFA.com
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