2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Squads of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup played in Germany. Players in Groups A and B are listed below. Nations in Group A and B include: Argentina, Australia, Germany, Tunisia, Brazil, Greece, Japan, Mexico.

Group A

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Argentina

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Head coach:   José Pékerman

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Leo Franco (1977-05-20)May 20, 1977 (aged 28) 3   Atlético Madrid
2 2DF Walter Samuel (1978-03-22)March 22, 1978 (aged 27) 46   Real Madrid
3 2DF Juan Pablo Sorín (c) (1976-05-05)May 5, 1976 (aged 29) 57   Villarreal
4 2DF Javier Zanetti (1973-08-10)August 10, 1973 (aged 31) 93   Internazionale
5 3MF Esteban Cambiasso (1980-08-18)August 18, 1980 (aged 24) 12   Internazionale
6 2DF Gabriel Heinze (1978-04-19)April 19, 1978 (aged 27) 20   Manchester United
7 4FW Carlos Tevez (1984-02-05)February 5, 1984 (aged 21) 12   Corinthians
8 3MF Juan Román Riquelme (1978-06-24)June 24, 1978 (aged 26) 17   Villarreal
9 4FW Javier Saviola (1981-12-11)December 11, 1981 (aged 23) 23   Monaco
10 3MF Pablo Aimar (1979-11-03)November 3, 1979 (aged 25) 32   Valencia
11 4FW César Delgado (1981-08-18)August 18, 1981 (aged 23) 17   Cruz Azul
12 1GK Germán Lux (1982-06-07)June 7, 1982 (aged 23) 1   River Plate
13 2DF Gonzalo Rodríguez (1984-04-10)April 10, 1984 (aged 21) 3   Villarreal
14 2DF Gabriel Milito (1980-09-07)September 7, 1980 (aged 24) 9   Real Zaragoza
15 2DF Diego Placente (1977-04-24)April 24, 1977 (aged 28) 22   Bayer Leverkusen
16 2DF Fabricio Coloccini (1982-01-22)January 22, 1982 (aged 23) 12   Deportivo La Coruña
17 3MF Lucas Bernardi (1977-09-27)September 27, 1977 (aged 27) 6   Monaco
18 3MF Mario Santana (1981-12-23)December 23, 1981 (aged 23) 7   Palermo
19 3MF Maxi Rodríguez (1981-01-02)January 2, 1981 (aged 24) 12   Espanyol
20 2DF Martín Demichelis (1980-12-20)December 20, 1980 (aged 24) 2   Bayern Munich
21 4FW Luciano Figueroa (1981-05-19)May 19, 1981 (aged 24) 15   Villarreal
22 3MF Luciano Galletti (1980-04-09)April 9, 1980 (aged 25) 13   Real Zaragoza
23 1GK Willy Caballero (1981-09-28)September 28, 1981 (aged 23) 0   Elche

Australia

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Head coach:   Frank Farina

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Mark Schwarzer (1972-10-06)October 6, 1972 (aged 32)   Middlesbrough
2 2DF Kevin Muscat (1973-08-07)August 7, 1973 (aged 31)   Millwall
3 2DF Craig Moore (c) (1975-12-12)December 12, 1975 (aged 29)   Borussia Mönchengladbach
4 2DF Lucas Neill (1978-03-09)March 9, 1978 (aged 27)   Blackburn Rovers
5 2DF Tony Vidmar (1970-07-04)July 4, 1970 (aged 34)   Cardiff City
6 2DF Tony Popovic (1973-07-04)July 4, 1973 (aged 31)   Crystal Palace
7 3MF Brett Emerton (1979-02-22)February 22, 1979 (aged 26)   Blackburn Rovers
8 3MF Josip Skoko (1975-12-10)December 10, 1975 (aged 29)   Gençlerbirliği
9 4FW Mark Viduka (1975-10-09)October 9, 1975 (aged 29)   Middlesbrough
10 3MF Tim Cahill (1979-12-06)December 6, 1979 (aged 25)   Everton
11 3MF Scott Chipperfield (1975-12-30)December 30, 1975 (aged 29)   Basel
12 1GK Michael Petkovic (1976-07-16)July 16, 1976 (aged 28)   Trabzonspor
13 3MF Luke Wilkshire (1981-10-02)October 2, 1981 (aged 23)   Bristol City
14 2DF Simon Colosimo (1979-01-08)January 8, 1979 (aged 26)   Perth Glory
15 4FW John Aloisi (1976-02-05)February 5, 1976 (aged 29)   Osasuna
16 4FW David Zdrilic (1974-04-13)April 13, 1974 (aged 31)   Sydney FC
17 2DF Jonathan McKain (1982-09-21)September 21, 1982 (aged 22)   Național București
18 1GK Zeljko Kalac (1972-12-16)December 16, 1972 (aged 32)   Perugia
19 3MF Jason Culina (1980-08-05)August 5, 1980 (aged 24)   Twente
20 2DF Ljubo Milicevic (1981-02-13)February 13, 1981 (aged 24)   Thun
21 3MF Ahmad Elrich (1981-05-30)May 30, 1981 (aged 24)   Fulham
22 4FW Archie Thompson (1978-10-23)October 23, 1978 (aged 26)   Lierse
23 3MF Mile Sterjovski (1979-05-27)May 27, 1979 (aged 26)   Basel

Germany

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Head coach:   Jürgen Klinsmann

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Oliver Kahn (1969-06-15)June 15, 1969 (aged 36) 78   Bayern Munich
2 2DF Andreas Hinkel (1982-03-26)March 26, 1982 (aged 23) 13   VfB Stuttgart
3 2DF Arne Friedrich (1979-05-29)May 29, 1979 (aged 26) 26   Hertha BSC
4 2DF Robert Huth (1984-08-18)August 18, 1984 (aged 20) 6   Chelsea
5 2DF Patrick Owomoyela (1979-11-05)November 5, 1979 (aged 25) 6   Arminia Bielefeld
6 3MF Marco Engelhardt (1980-12-02)December 2, 1980 (aged 24) 2   1. FC Kaiserslautern
7 3MF Bastian Schweinsteiger (1984-08-01)August 1, 1984 (aged 20) 14   Bayern Munich
8 3MF Torsten Frings (1976-11-22)November 22, 1976 (aged 28) 39   Bayern Munich
9 4FW Mike Hanke (1983-11-05)November 5, 1983 (aged 21) 1   Schalke 04
10 3MF Sebastian Deisler (1980-01-05)January 5, 1980 (aged 25) 24   Bayern Munich
11 4FW Thomas Brdarić (1975-01-23)January 23, 1975 (aged 30) 8   VfL Wolfsburg
12 1GK Jens Lehmann (1969-11-10)November 10, 1969 (aged 35) 23   Arsenal
13 3MF Michael Ballack (c) (1976-09-26)September 26, 1976 (aged 28) 53   Bayern Munich
14 4FW Gerald Asamoah (1978-10-03)October 3, 1978 (aged 26) 28   Schalke 04
15 3MF Fabian Ernst (1979-05-20)May 20, 1979 (aged 26) 16   Werder Bremen
16 3MF Thomas Hitzlsperger (1982-04-05)April 5, 1982 (aged 23) 6   Aston Villa
17 2DF Per Mertesacker (1984-09-29)September 29, 1984 (aged 20) 7   Hannover 96
18 3MF Tim Borowski (1980-05-02)May 2, 1980 (aged 25) 9   Werder Bremen
19 3MF Bernd Schneider (1973-11-17)November 17, 1973 (aged 31) 48   Bayer Leverkusen
20 3MF Lukas Podolski (1985-06-04)June 4, 1985 (aged 20) 11   1. FC Köln
21 2DF Christian Schulz (1983-04-01)April 1, 1983 (aged 22) 3   Werder Bremen
22 4FW Kevin Kurányi (1982-03-02)March 2, 1982 (aged 23) 24   VfB Stuttgart
23 1GK Timo Hildebrand (1979-04-05)April 5, 1979 (aged 26) 2   VfB Stuttgart

Tunisia

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Head coach:   Roger Lemerre

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Ali Boumnijel (1966-04-13)April 13, 1966 (aged 39)   Africain
2 2DF Karim Saidi (1983-03-24)March 24, 1983 (aged 22)   Feyenoord
3 4FW Karim Essediri (1979-07-29)July 29, 1979 (aged 25)   Tromsø
4 2DF Wisam El Abdy (1979-04-02)April 2, 1979 (aged 26)   Sfaxien
5 4FW Ziad Jaziri (1978-07-12)July 12, 1978 (aged 26)   Gaziantepspor
6 2DF Hatem Trabelsi (c) (1977-01-25)January 25, 1977 (aged 28)   Ajax
7 4FW Imed Mhedhebi (1976-03-22)March 22, 1976 (aged 29)   Étoile du Sahel
8 3MF Mehdi Nafti (1978-11-28)November 28, 1978 (aged 26)   Birmingham City
9 4FW Haykel Guemamdia (1981-12-22)December 22, 1981 (aged 23)   Sfaxien
10 3MF Kaies Ghodhbane (1976-01-07)January 7, 1976 (aged 29)   Samsunspor
11 4FW Francileudo Santos (1979-03-20)March 20, 1979 (aged 26)   Sochaux
12 3MF Jawhar Mnari (1976-11-08)November 8, 1976 (aged 28)   Espérance de Tunis
13 3MF Hamed Namouchi (1984-02-14)February 14, 1984 (aged 21)   Rangers
14 3MF Adel Chedli (1976-09-16)September 16, 1976 (aged 28)   Istres
15 2DF Radhi Jaïdi (1975-08-30)August 30, 1975 (aged 29)   Bolton Wanderers
16 1GK Khaled Fadhel (1976-09-29)September 29, 1976 (aged 28)   Diyarbakırspor
17 3MF Chaouki Ben Saada (1984-07-01)July 1, 1984 (aged 20)   Bastia
18 3MF Selim Benachour (1981-09-08)September 8, 1981 (aged 23)   Paris Saint-Germain
19 2DF Anis Ayari (1982-02-16)February 16, 1982 (aged 23)   Samsunspor
20 2DF José Clayton (1974-03-21)March 21, 1974 (aged 31)   Espérance de Tunis
21 4FW Issam Jemâa (1984-01-28)January 28, 1984 (aged 21)   Espérance de Tunis
22 1GK Hamdi Kasraoui (1983-02-18)February 18, 1983 (aged 22)   Espérance de Tunis
23 2DF Amir Haj Massaoud (1981-02-08)February 8, 1981 (aged 24)   Sfaxien

Group B

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Brazil

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Head coach:  Carlos Alberto Parreira

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Dida (1973-10-07)October 7, 1973 (aged 31)   Milan
2 2DF Maicon (1981-07-26)July 26, 1981 (aged 23)   Monaco
3 2DF Lúcio (1978-05-08)May 8, 1978 (aged 27)   Bayern Munich
4 2DF Roque Júnior (1976-08-31)August 31, 1976 (aged 28)   Bayer Leverkusen
5 3MF Emerson (1976-04-04)April 4, 1976 (aged 29)   Juventus
6 2DF Gilberto (1976-04-25)April 25, 1976 (aged 29)   Hertha BSC
7 4FW Fabinho (1988-04-20)April 20, 1988 (aged 17)   Palmeiras
8 3MF Kaká (1982-04-22)April 22, 1982 (aged 23)   Milan
9 4FW Adriano (1982-02-17)February 17, 1982 (aged 23)   Internazionale
10 3MF Ronaldinho (c) (1980-03-21)March 21, 1980 (aged 25)   Barcelona
11 3MF Zé Roberto (1974-07-06)July 6, 1974 (aged 30)   Bayern Munich
12 1GK Marcos (1973-08-04)August 4, 1973 (aged 31)   Palmeiras
13 2DF Cicinho (1980-06-24)June 24, 1980 (aged 24)   São Paulo
14 2DF Juan (1979-02-01)February 1, 1979 (aged 26)   Bayer Leverkusen
15 2DF Luisão (1981-02-13)February 13, 1981 (aged 24)   Benfica
16 2DF Léo (1975-07-06)July 6, 1975 (aged 29)   Benfica
17 3MF Gilberto Silva (1976-10-07)October 7, 1976 (aged 28)   Arsenal
18 3MF Juninho (1975-01-30)January 30, 1975 (aged 30)   Lyon
19 3MF Renato (1979-05-15)May 15, 1979 (aged 26)   Sevilla
20 4FW Júlio Baptista (1981-10-01)October 1, 1981 (aged 23)   Sevilla
21 4FW Ricardo Oliveira (1980-05-06)May 6, 1980 (aged 25)   Real Betis
22 3MF Edu (1978-05-15)May 15, 1978 (aged 27)   Arsenal
23 1GK Heurelho Gomes (1981-02-15)February 15, 1981 (aged 24)   PSV

Greece

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Head coach:   Otto Rehhagel

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Antonios Nikopolidis (1971-01-14)January 14, 1971 (aged 34)   Olympiacos
2 2DF Giourkas Seitaridis (1981-06-04)June 4, 1981 (aged 24)   Porto
3 2DF Loukas Vyntra (1981-05-02)May 2, 1981 (aged 24)   Panathinaikos
4 2DF Stathis Tavlaridis (1980-01-25)January 25, 1980 (aged 25)   Lille
5 2DF Sotirios Kyrgiakos (1979-07-23)July 23, 1979 (aged 25)   Rangers
6 3MF Angelos Basinas (1976-07-03)July 3, 1976 (aged 28)   Panathinaikos
7 3MF Theodoros Zagorakis (c) (1971-10-27)October 27, 1971 (aged 33)   Bologna
8 4FW Stelios Giannakopoulos (1974-07-12)July 12, 1974 (aged 30)   Bolton Wanderers
9 4FW Angelos Charisteas (1980-02-09)February 9, 1980 (aged 25)   Ajax
10 3MF Vassilios Tsiartas (1972-11-12)November 12, 1972 (aged 32)   1. FC Köln
11 4FW Dimitrios Papadopoulos (1981-10-20)October 20, 1981 (aged 23)   Panathinaikos
12 1GK Kostas Chalkias (1974-05-30)May 30, 1974 (aged 31)   Portsmouth
13 1GK Michalis Sifakis (1984-09-11)September 11, 1984 (aged 20)   OFI Crete
14 2DF Takis Fyssas (1973-06-12)June 12, 1973 (aged 32)   Benfica
15 4FW Zisis Vryzas (1973-11-09)November 9, 1973 (aged 31)   Celta Vigo
16 3MF Pantelis Kafes (1978-06-24)June 24, 1978 (aged 26)   Olympiacos
17 4FW Ioannis Amanatidis (1981-12-03)December 3, 1981 (aged 23)   1. FC Kaiserslautern
18 2DF Giannis Goumas (1975-05-24)May 24, 1975 (aged 30)   Panathinaikos
19 2DF Michalis Kapsis (1973-10-18)October 18, 1973 (aged 31)   Bordeaux
20 3MF Giorgos Karagounis (1977-03-06)March 6, 1977 (aged 28)   Inter Milan
21 2DF Kostas Katsouranis (1979-06-21)June 21, 1979 (aged 25)   AEK Athens
22 4FW Theofanis Gekas (1980-05-23)May 23, 1980 (aged 25)   Panathinaikos
23 3MF Vassilis Lakis (1976-09-10)September 10, 1976 (aged 28)   Crystal Palace

Japan

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Head coach:   Zico

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Seigo Narazaki (1976-04-11)April 11, 1976 (aged 29) 48 0   Nagoya Grampus
2 2DF Makoto Tanaka (1975-08-08)August 8, 1975 (aged 29) 22 0   Júbilo Iwata
3 2DF Takayuki Chano (1976-11-23)November 23, 1976 (aged 28) 4 0   JEF United Chiba
4 3MF Yasuhito Endō (1980-01-28)January 28, 1980 (aged 25) 33 3   Gamba Osaka
5 2DF Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c) (1977-02-07)February 7, 1977 (aged 28) 53 3   Gamba Osaka
6 3MF Kōji Nakata (1979-07-09)July 9, 1979 (aged 25) 49 2   Marseille
7 3MF Hidetoshi Nakata (1977-01-22)January 22, 1977 (aged 28) 64 10   Fiorentina
8 3MF Mitsuo Ogasawara (1979-04-05)April 5, 1979 (aged 26) 36 5   Kashima Antlers
9 4FW Keiji Tamada (1980-04-11)April 11, 1980 (aged 25) 26 5   Kashiwa Reysol
10 3MF Shunsuke Nakamura (1978-06-24)June 24, 1978 (aged 26) 50 12   Reggina
11 4FW Takayuki Suzuki (1976-06-05)June 5, 1976 (aged 29) 52 11   Kashima Antlers
12 1GK Yoichi Doi (1973-07-25)July 25, 1973 (aged 31) 2 0   FC Tokyo
13 4FW Atsushi Yanagisawa (1977-05-27)May 27, 1977 (aged 28) 47 14   Messina
14 2DF Alessandro Santos (1977-07-20)July 20, 1977 (aged 27) 53 5   Urawa Red Diamonds
15 3MF Takashi Fukunishi (1976-09-01)September 1, 1976 (aged 28) 48 6   Júbilo Iwata
16 4FW Masashi Oguro (1980-05-04)May 4, 1980 (aged 25) 6 2   Gamba Osaka
17 3MF Atsuhiro Miura (1974-06-24)June 24, 1974 (aged 30) 25 1   Vissel Kobe
18 3MF Junichi Inamoto (1979-09-18)September 18, 1979 (aged 25) 4   West Bromwich Albion
19 3MF Masashi Motoyama (1979-06-20)June 20, 1979 (aged 25) 22 0   Kashima Antlers
20 2DF Keisuke Tsuboi (1979-09-16)September 16, 1979 (aged 25) 24 0   Urawa Red Diamonds
21 2DF Akira Kaji (1980-01-13)January 13, 1980 (aged 25) 29 0   FC Tokyo
22 2DF Teruyuki Moniwa (1981-09-08)September 8, 1981 (aged 23) 3 0   FC Tokyo
23 1GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1975-08-15)August 15, 1975 (aged 29) 73 0   Júbilo Iwata

Mexico

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Head coach:   Ricardo La Volpe

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Oswaldo Sánchez (1973-09-21)September 21, 1973 (aged 31)   Guadalajara
2 2DF Aarón Galindo (1982-05-08)May 8, 1982 (aged 23)   Cruz Azul
3 2DF Carlos Salcido (1980-04-02)April 2, 1980 (aged 25)   Guadalajara
4 2DF Rafael Márquez (c) (1979-02-13)February 13, 1979 (aged 26)   Barcelona
5 2DF Ricardo Osorio (1980-03-30)March 30, 1980 (aged 25)   Cruz Azul
6 3MF Gerardo Torrado (1979-04-30)April 30, 1979 (aged 26)   Cruz Azul
7 3MF Sinha (1976-05-23)May 23, 1976 (aged 29)   Toluca
8 3MF Pável Pardo (1976-07-26)July 26, 1976 (aged 28)   América
9 4FW Jared Borgetti (1974-08-14)August 14, 1974 (aged 30)   Pachuca
10 4FW Omar Bravo (1980-03-04)March 4, 1980 (aged 25)   Guadalajara
11 3MF Ramón Morales (1975-10-10)October 10, 1975 (aged 29)   Guadalajara
12 1GK Moisés Muñoz (1980-02-01)February 1, 1980 (aged 25)   Monarcas Morelia
13 4FW Rafael Márquez Lugo (1981-11-02)November 2, 1981 (aged 23)   Monarcas Morelia
14 3MF Gonzalo Pineda (1982-10-19)October 19, 1982 (aged 22)   UNAM
15 2DF Hugo Sánchez Guerrero (1981-05-08)May 8, 1981 (aged 24)   Tigres UANL
16 2DF Mario Méndez (1979-06-01)June 1, 1979 (aged 26)   Toluca
17 4FW Francisco Fonseca (1979-10-02)October 2, 1979 (aged 25)   Cruz Azul
18 2DF Salvador Carmona (1976-08-22)August 22, 1976 (aged 28)   Cruz Azul
19 4FW Alberto Medina (1983-05-29)May 29, 1983 (aged 22)   Guadalajara
20 3MF Juan Pablo Rodríguez (1979-08-07)August 7, 1979 (aged 25)   Tecos UAG
21 3MF Jaime Lozano (1979-09-29)September 29, 1979 (aged 25)   UNAM
22 3MF Luis Ernesto Pérez (1981-01-12)January 12, 1981 (aged 24)   Monterrey
23 1GK Jesús Corona (1981-01-26)January 26, 1981 (aged 24)   Tecos UAG

Player statistics

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Player representation by club nationality
Players Nations
30   Germany
22   Mexico
21   England
18   Japan,   Spain
14   Italy
11   France
9   Tunisia,   Greece

* Nations in italics are not represented by their national teams in the tournament.

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