The final 23 players for the 32 squads competing in South Africa’s 2010 Fifa World Cup were announced after the deadline for confirmed teams passed on 1 June. Get the low-down on the 736 footballers who will be battling it out for the sport’s biggest trophy from 11 June to 11 July.
| 2010 FIFA WORLD CUP: FIRST STAGE GROUPS | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Group A South Africa Mexico Uruguay France |
Group B Argentina Nigeria South Korea Greece |
Group C England USA Algeria Slovenia |
Group D Germany Australia Serbia Ghana |
| Group E Netherlands Denmark Japan Cameroon |
Group F Italy Paraguay New Zealand Slovakia |
Group G Brazil North Korea Côte d’Ivoire Portugal |
Group H Spain Switzerland Honduras Chile |
GROUP D
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Coach: Joachim Löw |
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# |
Position |
Player |
Date of Birth |
Caps |
Club |
|
1 |
Goalkeeper |
Manuel Neuer |
27 March 1986 (aged 24) |
3 |
Schalke |
|
2 |
Defender |
Marcell Jansen |
4 November 1985 (aged 24) |
30 |
Hamburg |
|
3 |
Defender |
Arne Friedrich |
29 May 1979 (aged 31) |
70 |
Hertha Berlin |
|
4 |
Defender |
Dennis Aogo |
14 January 1987 (aged 23) |
1 |
Hamburg |
|
5 |
Defender |
Serdar Tasci |
24 April 1987 (aged 23) |
11 |
Stuttgart |
|
6 |
Midfielder |
Sami Khedira |
4 April 1987 (aged 23) |
3 |
Stuttgart |
|
7 |
Midfielder |
Bastian Schweinsteiger |
1 August 1984 (aged 25) |
74 |
Bayern Munich |
|
8 |
Midfielder |
Mesut Özil |
15 October 1988 (aged 21) |
8 |
Werder Bremen |
|
9 |
Forward |
Stefan Kießling |
25 January 1984 (aged 26) |
4 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
|
10 |
Forward |
Lukas Podolski |
4 June 1985 (aged 25) |
71 |
Köln |
|
11 |
Forward |
Miroslav Klose |
9 June 1978 (aged 32) |
94 |
Bayern Munich |
|
12 |
Goalkeeper |
Tim Wiese |
17 December 1981 (aged 28) |
2 |
Werder Bremen |
|
13 |
Forward |
Thomas Müller |
13 September 1989 (aged 20) |
1 |
Bayern Munich |
|
14 |
Defender |
Holger Badstuber |
13 March 1989 (aged 21) |
0 |
Bayern Munich |
|
15 |
Midfielder |
Piotr Trochowski |
22 March 1984 (aged 26) |
29 |
Hamburg |
|
16 |
Defender |
Philipp Lahm (captain) |
11 November 1983 (aged 26) |
64 |
Bayern Munich |
|
17 |
Defender |
Per Mertesacker |
29 September 1984 (aged 25) |
60 |
Werder Bremen |
|
18 |
Midfielder |
Toni Kroos |
4 January 1990 (aged 20) |
2 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
|
19 |
Forward |
Cacau |
27 March 1981 (aged 29) |
6 |
Stuttgart |
|
20 |
Defender |
Jérôme Boateng |
3 September 1988 (aged 21) |
4 |
Hamburg |
|
21 |
Midfielder |
Marko Marin |
13 March 1989 (aged 21) |
7 |
Werder Bremen |
|
22 |
Goalkeeper |
Hans-Jörg Butt |
28 May 1974 (aged 36) |
3 |
Bayern Munich |
|
23 |
Forward |
Mario Gómez |
10 July 1985 (aged 24) |
32 |
Bayern Munich |
|
Coach: Pim Verbeek |
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# |
Position |
Player |
Date of Birth |
Caps |
Club |
|
1 |
Goalkeeper |
Mark Schwarzer |
6 October 1972 (aged 37) |
73 |
Fulham |
|
2 |
Defender |
Lucas Neill (captain) |
9 March 1978 (aged 32) |
54 |
Galatasaray |
|
3 |
Defender |
Craig Moore |
12 December 1975 (aged 34) |
48 |
Unattached |
|
4 |
Midfielder |
Tim Cahill |
6 December 1979 (aged 30) |
38 |
Everton |
|
5 |
Midfielder |
Jason Culina |
5 August 1980 (aged 29) |
47 |
Gold Coast United |
|
6 |
Defender |
Michael Beauchamp |
8 March 1981 (aged 29) |
20 |
Al-Jazira |
|
7 |
Midfielder |
Brett Emerton |
22 February 1979 (aged 31) |
72 |
Blackburn Rovers |
|
8 |
Defender |
Luke Wilkshire |
1 October 1981 (aged 28) |
40 |
Dynamo Moscow |
|
9 |
Forward |
Joshua Kennedy |
20 August 1982 (aged 27) |
17 |
Nagoya Grampus |
|
10 |
Forward |
Harry Kewell |
22 September 1978 (aged 31) |
45 |
Galatasaray |
|
11 |
Defender |
Scott Chipperfield |
30 December 1975 (aged 34) |
63 |
Basel |
|
12 |
Goalkeeper |
Adam Federici |
31 January 1985 (aged 25) |
1 |
Reading |
|
13 |
Midfielder |
Vince Grella |
5 October 1979 (aged 30) |
43 |
Blackburn Rovers |
|
14 |
Forward |
Brett Holman |
27 March 1984 (aged 26) |
30 |
AZ |
|
15 |
Midfielder |
Mile Jedinak |
3 August 1984 (aged 25) |
10 |
Antalyaspor |
|
16 |
Midfielder |
Carl Valeri |
14 August 1984 (aged 25) |
20 |
Sassuolo |
|
17 |
Forward |
Nikita Rukavytsya |
22 June 1987 (aged 22) |
3 |
Roeselare |
|
18 |
Goalkeeper |
Brad Jones |
19 March 1982 (aged 28) |
2 |
Middlesbrough |
|
19 |
Midfielder |
Richard Garcia |
4 September 1981 (aged 28) |
5 |
Hull City |
|
20 |
Defender |
Mark Milligan |
4 September 1985 (aged 24) |
10 |
JEF United |
|
21 |
Defender |
David Carney |
3 November 1983 (aged 26) |
24 |
Twente |
|
22 |
Midfielder |
Dario Vidošić |
12 April 1987 (aged 23) |
5 |
MSV Duisburg |
|
23 |
Midfielder |
Mark Bresciano |
11 February 1980 (aged 30) |
53 |
Palermo |
|
Coach: Radomir Antić |
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# |
Position |
Player |
Date of Birth |
Caps |
Club |
|
1 |
Goalkeeper |
Vladimir Stojković |
29 July 1983 (aged 26) |
30 |
Wigan Athletic |
|
2 |
Defender |
Antonio Rukavina |
26 January 1984 (aged 26) |
19 |
1860 Munich |
|
3 |
Defender |
Aleksandar Kolarov |
10 November 1985 (aged 24) |
10 |
Lazio |
|
4 |
Midfielder |
Gojko Kačar |
26 January 1987 (aged 23) |
15 |
Hertha Berlin |
|
5 |
Defender |
Nemanja Vidić |
21 October 1981 (aged 28) |
44 |
Manchester United |
|
6 |
Defender |
Branislav Ivanović |
22 February 1984 (aged 26) |
29 |
Chelsea |
|
7 |
Midfielder |
Zoran Tošić |
28 April 1987 (aged 23) |
18 |
Köln |
|
8 |
Forward |
Danko Lazović |
17 May 1983 (aged 27) |
34 |
Zenit Saint Petersburg |
|
9 |
Forward |
Marko Pantelić |
15 September 1978 (aged 31) |
29 |
Ajax |
|
10 |
Midfielder |
Dejan Stanković (captain) |
11 September 1978 (aged 31) |
86 |
Internazionale |
|
11 |
Midfielder |
Nenad Milijaš |
30 April 1983 (aged 27) |
15 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers |
|
12 |
Goalkeeper |
Bojan Isailović |
25 March 1980 (aged 30) |
3 |
Zagłębie Lubin |
|
13 |
Defender |
Aleksandar Luković |
23 October 1982 (aged 27) |
19 |
Udinese |
|
14 |
Midfielder |
Milan Jovanović |
18 April 1981 (aged 29) |
24 |
Standard Liège |
|
15 |
Forward |
Nikola Žigić |
25 September 1980 (aged 29) |
42 |
Valencia |
|
16 |
Defender |
Ivan Obradović |
25 July 1988 (aged 21) |
10 |
Real Zaragoza |
|
17 |
Midfielder |
Miloš Krasić |
1 November 1984 (aged 25) |
29 |
CSKA Moscow |
|
18 |
Midfielder |
Miloš Ninković |
25 December 1984 (aged 25) |
7 |
Dynamo Kiev |
|
19 |
Midfielder |
Radosav Petrović |
8 March 1989 (aged 21) |
6 |
Partizan |
|
20 |
Defender |
Neven Subotić |
10 December 1988 (aged 21) |
10 |
Borussia Dortmund |
|
21 |
Forward |
Dragan Mrđa |
23 January 1984 (aged 26) |
3 |
Vojvodina |
|
22 |
Midfielder |
Zdravko Kuzmanović |
22 September 1987 (aged 22) |
25 |
Stuttgart |
|
23 |
Goalkeeper |
Anđelko Đuričić |
21 November 1980 (aged 29) |
0 |
União Leiria |
|
Coach: Milovan Rajevac |
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# |
Position |
Player |
Date of Birth |
Caps |
Club |
|
1 |
Goalkeeper |
Daniel Adjei |
10 November 1989 (aged 20) |
2 |
Liberty Professionals |
|
2 |
Defender |
Hans Sarpei |
28 June 1976 (aged 33) |
23 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
|
3 |
Forward |
Asamoah Gyan |
22 November 1985 (aged 24) |
32 |
Rennes |
|
4 |
Defender |
John Paintsil |
15 June 1981 (aged 28) |
65 |
Fulham |
|
5 |
Defender |
John Mensah |
29 November 1982 (aged 27) |
58 |
Sunderland |
|
6 |
Midfielder |
Anthony Annan |
21 July 1986 (aged 23) |
38 |
Rosenborg |
|
7 |
Defender |
Samuel Inkoom |
22 August 1989 (aged 20) |
15 |
Basel |
|
8 |
Defender |
Jonathan Mensah |
13 July 1990 (aged 19) |
19 |
Free State Stars |
|
9 |
Midfielder |
Derek Boateng |
2 April 1983 (aged 27) |
19 |
Getafe |
|
10 |
Midfielder |
Stephen Appiah (captain) |
24 December 1980 (aged 29) |
56 |
Bologna |
|
11 |
Midfielder |
Sulley Muntari |
27 August 1984 (aged 25) |
52 |
Internazionale |
|
12 |
Forward |
Prince Tagoe |
9 November 1986 (aged 23) |
17 |
Hoffenheim |
|
13 |
Midfielder |
André Ayew |
17 December 1989 (aged 20) |
15 |
Arles-Avignon |
|
14 |
Forward |
Matthew Amoah |
24 October 1980 (aged 29) |
31 |
NAC |
|
15 |
Defender |
Isaac Vorsah |
21 June 1988 (aged 21) |
6 |
Hoffenheim |
|
16 |
Goalkeeper |
Stephen Ahorlu |
10 May 1989 (aged 21) |
0 |
Heart of Lions |
|
17 |
Defender |
Abdul Rahim Ayew |
16 April 1988 (aged 22) |
15 |
Zamalek |
|
18 |
Forward |
Dominic Adiyiah |
29 November 1989 (aged 20) |
4 |
Milan |
|
19 |
Defender |
Lee Addy |
26 September 1985 (aged 24) |
3 |
BechemChelsea |
|
20 |
Midfielder |
Quincy Owusu-Abeyie |
15 April 1986 (aged 24) |
12 |
Al-Sadd |
|
21 |
Midfielder |
Kwadwo Asamoah |
9 September 1988 (aged 22) |
29 |
Udinese |
|
22 |
Goalkeeper |
Richard Kingson |
13 June 1978 (aged 31) |
58 |
Wigan Athletic |
|
23 |
Midfielder |
Kevin-Prince Boateng |
6 March 1987 (aged 23) |
0 |
Portsmouth |
