Participants:
Germany organisers
Brazil world champions
Greece winners of "2004 European Championship"
Mexico winners of "2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup"
Argentina runners-up of "2004 Copa America" behind Brazil
Tunisia winners of "2004 African Cup of Nations"
Australia winners of "2004 Oceania Nations Cup"
Japan winners of "2004 Asian Cup"
Venues: Waldstadion (Frankfurt), FIFA World Cup Stadium (former Niedersachsenstadion)
(Hannover), FIFA World Cup Stadium (former Müngersdorfer Stadion) (Köln),
Zentralstadion (Leipzig) and Franken-Stadion (Nürnberg).
Group A
15/ 6/05 Köln Argentina 2-1 Tunisia
Frankfurt Germany 4-3 Australia
18/ 6/05 Köln Tunisia 0-3 Germany
Nürnberg Australia 2-4 Argentina
21/ 6/05 Leipzig Australia 0-2 Tunisia
Nürnberg Argentina 2-2 Germany
1.GERMANY 3 2 1 0 9- 5 7
2.ARGENTINA 3 2 1 0 8- 5 7
3.Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3- 5 3
4.Australia 3 0 0 3 5-10 0
Group B
16/ 6/05 Hannover Japan 1-2 Mexico
Leipzig Brazil 3-0 Greece
19/ 6/05 Frankfurt Greece 0-1 Japan
Hannover Mexico 1-0 Brazil
22/ 6/05 Frankfurt Greece 0-0 Mexico
Köln Japan 2-2 Brazil
1.MEXICO 3 2 1 0 3- 1 7
2.BRAZIL 3 1 1 1 5- 3 4
3.Japan 3 1 1 1 4- 4 4
4.Greece 3 0 1 2 0- 4 1
Semifinals
25/ 6/05 Nürnberg Germany 2-3 Brazil
26/ 6/05 Hannover Mexico 1-1 Argentina [aet, 5-6 pen]
Third Place Match
29/ 6/05 Leipzig Germany 4-3 Mexico [aet]
Final
29/ 6/05 Frankfurt Brazil 4-1 Argentina
GROUP A
[Jun 15]
In Cologne (Rhein-Energie Stadion)
Argentina 2 (Juan Riquelme 33pen, Javier Saviola 57)
Tunisia 1 (Haykel Guemamdia 72pen)
HT: 1-0. Att: 28,033. Ref: Roberto Rosetti (Italy).
ARG: 12-German Lux; 16-Fabricio Coloccini, 13-Gonzalo Rodriguez,
6-Gabriel Heinze; 3-Juan Pablo Sorin (C) (4-Javier Zanetti 79),
8-Juan Riquelme, 17-Lucas Bernardi, 18-Mario Santana,
19-Maximiliano Rodriguez; 22-Luciano Galletti, 9-Javier Saviola
(7-Carlos Tevez 66).
TUN: 16-Khaled Fadhel; 2-Karim Saidi, 6-Hatem Trabelsi (C) (23-Amir Haj
Massaoud 46), 15-Radhi Jaidi, 19-Anis Ayari; 12-Jawhar Mnari,
14-Adel Chadli, 19-Slim Benachour; 3-Karim Essediri, 7-Imed
Mhadhebi (11-Francileudo dos Santos 46), 9-Haykel Guemamdia
(5-Ziad Jaziri 78).
In Frankfurt (Waldstadion)
Germany 4 (Kevin Kuranyi 17, Per Mertesacker 23, Michael Ballack 60pen,
Lukas Podolski 88)
Australia 3 (Josip Skoko 21, John Aloisi 31, 90+1)
HT: 2-1. Att: 46,466. Ref: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay).
GER: 1-Oliver Kahn; 3-Arne Friedrich, 17-Per Mertesacker, 4-Robert Huth,
16-Thomas Hitzlsperger; 19-Bernd Schneider (10-Sebastian Deisler
76), 8-Torsten Frings, 13-Michael Ballack (C), 7-Bastian
Schweinsteiger (15-Fabian Ernst 83); 22-Kevin Kuranyi (14-Gerald
Asamoah 68), 20-Lukas Podolski.
AUS: 1-Mark Schwarzer; 2-Kevin Muscat, 3-Craig Moore (C), 2-Ljubo
Milicevic, 4-Lucas Neill; 7-Brett Emerton, 6-Tony Popovic (17-Jon
McKain 57), 8-Josip Skoko, 11-Scott Chipperfield (22-Archie
Thompson 83); 10-Tim Cahill (19-Jason Culina 74), 15-John Aloisi.
[Jun 18]
In Cologne (Rhein-Energie Stadion)
Tunisia 0
Germany 3 (Michael Ballack 74pen, Bastian Schweinsteiger 80, Mike Hanke
88)
HT: 0-0. Att: 44,377. Ref: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica).
TUN: 1-Ali Boumnijel; 6-Hatem Trabelsi (C), 4-Wissem Abdi, 15-Radhi
Jaidi, 20-Jose Clayton; 8-Mehdi Nafti, 12-Jawher Mnari, 10-Kaies
Ghodhbane (13-Hamed Namouchi 59), 14-Adel Chedli; 5-Ziad Jaziri
(17-Chouki Ben Saada 83), 11-Francileudo dos Santos.
GER: 12-Jens Lehmann; 3-Arne Friedrich, 4-Robert Huth, 17-Per
Mertesacker, 16-Thomas Hitzlsperger (19-Bernd Schneider 68);
10-Sebastian Deisler, 8-Torsten Frings, 13-Michael Ballack (C),
7-Bastian Schweinsteiger; 14-Gerald Asamoah (22-Kevin Kuranyi 62),
20-Lukas Podolski (9-Mike Hanke 87).
In Nuremberg (Franken-Stadion)
Australia 2 (John Aloisi 61pen, 70)
Argentina 4 (Luciano Figueroa 12, 53, 89, Juan Riquelme 32pen)
HT: 0-2. Att: 25,618. Ref: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore).
AUS: 1-Mark Schwarzer; 2-Kevin Muscat (9-Mark Viduka 46), 3-Craig Moore
(C), 5-Tony Vidmar, 4-Lucas Neill; 7-Brett Emerton, 8-Josip Skoko
(19-Jason Culina 74), 20-Ljubo Milicevic (17-Jon McKain 56),
11-Scott Chipperfield; 10-Tim Cahill, 15-John Aloisi.
ARG: 12-German Lux; 4-Javier Zanetti, 16-Fabricio Coloccini (13-Gonzalo
Rodriguez 86), 2-Walter Samuel, 6-Gabriel Heinze; 18-Mario Santana
(5-Esteban Cambiasso 66), 17-Lucas Bernardi, 8-Juan Riquelme,
3-Juan Pablo Sorin (C); 21-Luciano Figueroa, 9-Javier Saviola
(10-Pablo Aimar 73).
[Jun 21]
In Leipzig (Zentralstadion)
Australia 0
Tunisia 2 (Francileudo dos Santos 26, 70)
HT: 0-1. Att: 23,952. Ref: Carlos Chandia (Chile).
AUS: 12-Michael Petkovic; 4-Lucas Neill, 3-Craig Moore (C), 5-Tony
Vidmar, 14-Simon Colosimo; 19-Jason Culina, 8-Josip Skoko (10-Tim
Cahill 61), 17-Jon McKain, 11-Scott Chipperfield (20-Ljubo
Milicevic 38); 9-Mark Viduka (22-Archie Thompson 46), 15-John
Aloisi.
TUN: 22-Hamdi Kasraoui; 6-Hatem Trabelsi (C), 2-Karim Saidi, 12-Jawhar
Mnari, 19-Anis Ayari; 13-Hamed Namouchi, 8-Mehdi Nafti, 17-Chouki
Ben Saada (10-Kaies Ghodhbane 69), 14-Adel Chedli (21-Issam Jomaa
55); 11-Francileudo dos Santos (5-Ziad Jaziri 89), 9-Haykel
Guemamdia.
In Nuremberg (Franken-Stadion)
Argentina 2 (Juan Riquelme 32, Esteban Cambiasso 74)
Germany 2 (Kevin Kuranyi 29, Gerald Asamoah 51)
HT: 1-1. Att: 42,088. Ref: Lubos Michel (Slovakia).
ARG: 12-German Lux; 4-Javier Zanetti, 16-Fabricio Coloccini, 2-Walter
Samuel (18-Mario Santana 62), 6-Gabriel Heinze; 5-Esteban
Cambiasso, 17-Lucas Bernardi (10-Pablo Aimar 53), 8-Juan Riquelme,
3-Juan Pablo Sorin (C); 7-Carlos Tevez (11-Cesar Delgado 80),
21-Luciano Figueroa.
GER: 23-Timo Hildebrand; 2-Andreas Hinkel, 4-Robert Huth, 17-Per
Mertesacker, 16-Thomas Hitzlsperger; 10-Sebastian Deisler,
19-Bernd Schneider (C) (8-Torsten Frings 46), 15-Fabian Ernst,
7-Bastian Schweinsteiger (6-Marco Engelhardt 70); 14-Gerald
Asamoah (9-Mike Hanke 59), 22-Kevin Kuranyi.
Standings P W D L F A Pts
1.Germany 3 2 1 0 9 5 7
2.Argentina 3 2 1 0 8 5 7
3.Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 5 3
4.Australia 3 0 0 3 5 10 0
GROUP B
[Jun 16]
In Hanover (FIFA World Cup Stadium)
Japan 1 (Atsushi Yanagisawa 12)
Mexico 2 (Zinha 39, Jose Fonseca 64)
HT: 1-1. Att: 24,036. Ref: Matthew Breeze (Australia).
JPN: 23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; 21-Akira Kaji, 2-Makoto Tanaka,
3-Takayuki Chano (9-Keiji Tamada 82), 5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C),
14-Alessandro Santos; 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara (16-Masashi Oguro 68),
15-Takashi Fukunishi, 7-Hidetoshi Nakata, 10-Shunsuke Nakamura
(18-Junichi Inamoto 59); 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa.
Sent off: Akira Kaji 90+2.
MEX: 1-Oswaldo Sanchez; 2-Aaron Galindo, 3-Carlos Salcido, 5-Ricardo
Osorio, 19-Salvador Carmona; 6-Gerardo Torrado (22-Luis Perez 46),
8-Pavel Pardo (C), 21-Jaime Lozano (14-Gonzalo Pineda 46), 7-Zinha;
9-Jared Borgetti, 17-Jose Fonseca (20-Juan Pablo Rodriguez 86).
In Leipzig (Zentralstadion)
Brazil 3 (Adriano 41, Robinho 46, Juninho Pernambucano 81)
Greece 0
HT: 1-0. Att: 42,507. Ref: Lubos Michel (Slovakia).
BRA: 1-Dida; 13-Cicinho, 3-Lucio, 4-Roque Junior (C), 6-Gilberto;
8-Kaka (18-Juninho Pernambucano 77), 5-Emerson, 10-Ronaldinho
(19-Renato 71), 11-Ze Roberto; 7-Robinho, 9-Adriano (21-Ricardo
Oliveira 71).
GRE: 1-Antonios Nikopolidis; 2-Giourkas Seitaridis (3-Loukas Vyntra 46),
5-Sotirios Kyrgiakos, 18-Ioannis Goumas, 6-Angelos Basinas;
7-Theodoris Zagorakis (C) (17-Ioannis Amanatidis 73), 20-Georgios
Karagounis, 21-Konstantinos Katsouranis, 8-Stylianos
Giannakopoulos; 9-Angelos Charisteas, 15-Zisis Vryzas
(11-Dimitrios Papadopoulos 46).
[Jun 19]
In Hanover (FIFA World Cup Stadium)
Mexico 1 (Jared Borgetti 59)
Brazil 0
HT: 0-0. Att: 43,677. Ref: Roberto Rosetti (Italy).
MEX: 1-Oswaldo Sanchez; 5-Ricardo Osorio, 2-Aaron Galindo, 3-Carlos
Salcido; 18-Salvador Carmona, 8-Pavel Pardo (C), 7-Zinha, 11-Ramon
Morales (19-Alberto Medina 73), 14-Gonzalo Pineda (16-Mario Mendez
69); 17-Jose Fonseca (22-Luis Perez 46), 9-Jared Borgetti.
BRA: 1-Dida; 13-Cicinho, 3-Lucio, 4-Roque Junior (C), 6-Gilberto;
8-Kaka (18-Juninho Pernambucano 76), 5-Emerson (19-Renato 66),
11-Ze Roberto, 10-Ronaldinho; 9-Adriano, 7-Robinho (21-Ricardo
Oliveira 67).
In Frankfurt (Waldstadion)
Greece 0
Japan 1 (Masashi Oguro 76)
HT: 0-0. Att: 34,314. Ref: Herbert Fandel (Germany).
GRE: 1-Antonios Nikopolidis; 23-Vassilios Lakis (11-Dimitrios
Papadopoulos 59), 5-Sotirios Kyrgiakos, 6-Angelos Basinas,
4-Efstathios Tavlaridis (10-Vassilios Tsiartas 31), 14-Panagiotis
Fyssas; 8-Stylianos Giannakopoulos, 21-Konstantinos Katsouranis,
20-Georgios Karagounis; 15-Zisis Vryzas (C) (22-Theofanis Gekas
46), 9-Angelos Charisteas.
JPN: 23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; 21-Akira Kaji, 2-Makoto Tanaka,
5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 14-Alessandro Santos; 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara
(4-Yasuhito Endo 74), 7-Hidetoshi Nakata, 15-Takashi Fukunishi,
10-Shunsuke Nakamura (6-Koji Nakata 89); 9-Keiji Tamada
(16-Masashi Oguro 65), 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa.
[Jun 22]
In Frankfurt (Waldstadion)
Greece 0
Mexico 0
Att: 31,285. Ref: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay).
GRE: 1-Antonios Nikopolidis; 3-Loukas Vyntra, 14-Panagiotis Fyssas,
18-Ioannis Goumas, 19-Mihalis Kapsis (4-Efstathios Tavlaridis 74);
6-Angelos Basinas, 7-Theodoris Zagorakis (C), 17-Ioannis
Amanatidis (22-Theofanis Gekas 46), 8-Stylianos Giannakopoulos;
9-Angelos Charisteas, 15-Zisis Vryzas (11-Dimitrios Papadopoulos
61).
MEX: 1-Oswaldo Sanchez; 3-Carlos Salcido, 5-Ricardo Osorio, 16-Mario
Mendez, 8-Pavel Pardo (C) (19-Alberto Medina 46), 11-Ramon Morales,
14-Gonzalo Pineda, 20-Juan Pablo Rodriguez, 21-Jaime Lozano
(4-Rafael Marquez 73), 22-Luis Perez, 17-Jose Fonseca (6-Gerardo
Torrado 61).
In Cologne (Rhein-Energie Stadion)
Japan 2 (Shunsuke Nakamura 27, Masashi Oguro 88)
Brazil 2 (Robinho 10, Ronaldinho 32)
HT: 1-2. Att: 44,922. Ref: Mourad Daami (Tunisia).
JPN: 23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; 21-Akira Kaji, 2-Makoto Tanaka,
5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (C), 14-Alessandro Santos; 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara
(6-Koji Nakata 46), 7-Hidetoshi Nakata, 15-Takashi Fukunishi,
10-Shunsuke Nakamura; 9-Keiji Tamada (16-Masashi Oguro 46),
13-Atsushi Yanagisawa (11-Takayuki Suzuki 73).
BRA: 12-Marcos; 13-Cicinho, 3-Lucio, 14-Juan, 16-Leo; 8-Kaka (19-Renato
62), 17-Gilberto Silva, 11-Ze Roberto (22-Edu 78), 10-Ronaldinho
(C); 9-Adriano (20-Julio Baptista 62), 7-Robinho.
Standings P W D L F A Pts
1.Mexico 3 2 1 0 3 1 7
2.Brazil 3 1 1 1 5 3 4
3.Japan 3 1 1 1 4 4 4
4.Greece 3 0 1 2 0 4 1
SEMIFINALS
[Jun 25]
In Nuremberg (Franken-Stadion)
Germany 2 (Lukas Podolski 23, Michael Ballack 45+3pen)
Brazil 3 (Adriano 21, 76, Ronaldinho 43pen)
HT: 2-2. Att: 42,187. Ref: Carlos Chandia (Chile).
GER: 12-Jens Lehmann; 3-Arne Friedrich, 17-Per Mertesacker, 4-Robert
Huth, 19-Bernd Schneider; 10-Sebastian Deisler (9-Mike Hanke 84),
8-Torsten Frings, 13-Michael Ballack (C), 15-Fabian Ernst (18-Tim
Borowski 87); 22-Kevin Kuranyi (14-Gerald Asamoah 63), 20-Lukas
Podolski.
BRA: 1-Dida; 2-Douglas Maicon (13-Cicinho 46), 3-Lucio, 4-Roque Junior,
6-Gilberto; 8-Kaka (19-Renato 78), 5-Emerson, 11-Ze Roberto,
10-Ronaldinho (C); 9-Adriano, 7-Robinho (20-Julio Baptista 87).
[Jun 26]
In Hanover (FIFA World Cup Stadium)
Mexico 1 (Carlos Salcido 104)
Argentina 1 (Luciano Figueroa 110)
HT: 0-0. Att: 40,718. Ref: Roberto Rosetti (Italy).
[Argentina win 6-5 on penalties]
MEX: 1-Oswaldo Sanchez; 5-Ricardo Osorio, 4-Rafael Marquez, 3-Carlos
Salcido, 14-Gonzalo Pineda; 8-Pavel Pardo (C), 7-Zinha (6-Gerardo
Torrado 94), 11-Ramon Morales (19-Alberto Medina 72), 16-Mario
Mendez; 21-Jaime Lozano (22-Luis Perez 56), 9-Jared Borgetti.
Sent off: Rafael Marquez 90+3.
ARG: 12-German Lux; 4-Javier Zanetti, 16-Fabricio Coloccini, 14-Gabriel
Milito (19-Maximiliano Rodriguez 66), 6-Gabriel Heinze; 5-Esteban
Cambiasso, 18-Mario Santana (10-Pablo Aimar 76), 8-Juan Riquelme,
3-Juan Pablo Sorin (C); 9-Javier Saviola, 21-Luciano Figueroa
(22-Luciano Galletti 116).
Sent off: Javier Saviola 90.
Penalty shootout:
MEXICO ARGENTINA
Luiz Perez 1-0 scored Juan Riquelme 1-1 scored
Pavel Pardo 2-1 scored Maximiliano Rodriguez 2-2 scored
Jared Borgetti 3-2 scored Pablo Aimar 3-3 scored
Carlos Salcido 4-3 scored Luciano Galletti 4-4 scored
Gonzalo Pineda 5-4 scored Juan Pablo Sorin 5-5 scored
Ricardo Osorio 5-5 saved Esteban Cambiasso 5-6 scored
THIRD PLACE PLAY-OFF
[Jun 29]
In Leipzig (Zentralstadion)
Germany 4 (Lukas Podolski 37, Bastian Schweinsteiger 41, Robert Huth 79,
Michael Ballack 97)
Mexico 3 (Jose Fonseca 40, Jared Borgetti 58, 85)
HT: 2-1. Att: 43,335. Ref: Matthew Breeze (Australia).
GER: 1-Oliver Kahn; 2-Andreas Hinkel, 17-Per Mertesacker, 4-Robert Huth,
19-Bernd Schneider; 10-Sebastian Deisler (14-Gerald Asamoah 67),
8-Torsten Frings, 13-Michael Ballack (C), 7-Bastian Schweinsteiger
(15-Fabian Ernst 83); 9-Mike Hanke, 20-Lukas Podolski (22-Kevin
Kuranyi 74).
Sent off: Mike Hanke 53.
MEX: 1-Oswaldo Sanchez; 3-Carlos Salcido, 5-Ricardo Osorio, 14-Gonzalo
Pineda; 16-Mario Mendez (19-Alberto Medina 58), 22-Luis Perez,
8-Pavel Pardo (C), 7-Zinha, 11-Ramon Morales (13-Rafael Marquez
Lugo 81); 9-Jared Borgetti, 17-Jose Fonseca (20-Juan Pablo
Rodriguez 46).
FINAL
[Jun 29]
In Frankfurt (Waldstadion)
Brazil 4 (Adriano 11, 63, Kaka 16, Ronaldinho 47)
Argentina 1 (Pablo Aimar 65)
HT: 2-0. Att: 45,591. Ref: Lubos Michel (Slovakia).
BRA: 1-Dida; 13-Cicinho (2-Douglas Maicon 86), 3-Lucio, 4-Roque Junior,
6-Gilberto; 5-Emerson, 8-Kaka (19-Renato 86), 11-Ze Roberto,
10-Ronaldinho (C); 7-Robinho (18-Juninho Pernambucano 90),
9-Adriano.
ARG: 12-German Lux; 4-Javier Zanetti, 16-Fabricio Coloccini, 6-Gabriel
Heinze, 15-Diego Placente; 17-Lucas Bernardi, 5-Esteban Cambiasso
(10-Pablo Aimar 56), 8-Juan Riquelme, 3-Juan Pablo Sorin (C);
11-Cesar Delgado (22-Luciano Galletti 81), 21-Luciano Figueroa
(7-Carlos Tevez 72).
GOALSCORERS:
5 - Adriano (Brazil);
4 - John Aloisi (Australia), Michael Ballack (Germany), Luciano
Figueroa (Argentina);
3 - Jared Borgetti (Mexico), Lukas Podolski (Germany), Juan Riquelme
(Argentina), Ronaldinho (Brazil);
2 - Jose Fonseca (Mexico), Kevin Kuranyi (Germany), Masashi Oguro
(Japan), Robinho (Brazil), Franciuledo dos Santos (Tunisia),
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Germany);
1 - Pablo Aimar (Argentina), Gerald Asamoah (Germany), Esteban
Cambiasso (Argentina), Haykel Guemamdia (Tunisia), Mike Hanke
(Germany), Robert Huth (Germany), Juninho Pernambucano (Brazil),
Kaka (Brazil), Per Mertesacker (Germany), Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan),
Carlos Salcido (Mexico), Javier Saviola (Argentina), Josip Skoko
(Australia), Atsushi Yanagisawa (Japan), Zinha (Mexico).
AWARDS:
Top Scorer:
adidas Golden Shoe - Adriano (Brazil)
adidas Silver Shoe - Michael Ballack (Germany)
adidas Bronze Shoe - John Aloisi (Australia)
Player of the Tournament:
adidas Golden Ball - Adriano (Brazil) 368 points
adidas Silver Ball - Juan Riquelme (Argentina) 313 points
adidas Bronze Ball - Michael Ballack (Germany) 165 points
FIFA Fair Play Trophy - Mexico 886 points
[GROUP A]
ARGENTINA
Coach: Jose Nestor Pekerman.
Captain: Juan Pablo Sorin.
GK: 1-Leonardo Franco (Atletico Madrid, Spain), 12-German Lux (River
Plate), 23-Wilfredo Caballero (Elche, Spain).
DF: 2-Walter Samuel (Real Madrid, Spain), 4-Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan,
Italy), 6-Gabriel Heinze (Manchester United, England), 13-Gonzalo
Rodriguez (Villarreal, Spain), 14-Gabriel Milito (Real Zaragoza,
Spain), 15-Diego Placente (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), 16-Fabricio
Coloccini (Deportivo Coruna, Spain), 20-Martin Demichelis (Bayern
Munich, Germany).
MF: 3-Juan Pablo Sorin (Villarreal, Spain), 5-Esteban Cambiasso (Inter
Milan, Italy), 8-Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal, Spain), 10-Pablo
Aimar (Valencia, Spain), 17-Lucas Bernardi (Monaco, France).
FW: 7-Carlos Tevez (Corinthians, Brazil), 9-Javier Saviola (Monaco,
France), 11-Cesar Delgado (Cruz Azul, Mexico), 18-Mario Santana
(Palermo, Italy), 19-Maximiliano Rodriguez (Espanyol, Spain),
21-Luciano Figueroa (Villarreal, Spain), 22-Luciano Galletti (Real
Zaragoza, Spain).
AUSTRALIA
Coach: Frank Farina.
Captain: Craig Moore.
GK: 1-Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough, England), 12-Michael Petkovic
(Trabzonspor, Turkey), 18-Zeljko Kalac (Perugia, Italy).
DF: 2-Kevin Muscat (Melbourne Victory), 3-Craig Moore (Unattached),
4-Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers, England), 5-Tony Vidmar (Cardiff
City), 6-Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace, England), 17-Jonathan McKain
(National Bucharest, Romania), 20-Ljubo Milicevic (FC Thun,
Switzerland).
MF: 7-Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers, England), 8-Josip Skoko
(Genclerbirligi, Turkey), 14-Simon Colosimo (Perth Glory), 16-Luke
Wilkshire (Bristol City, England), 21-Ahmad Elrich (Busan I'Cons,
South Korea).
FW: 9-Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough, England), 10-Tim Cahill (Everton,
England), 11-Scott Chipperfield (Basel, Switzerland), 13-David
Zdrilic (Sydney FC), 15-John Aloisi (Osasuna, Spain), 19-Jason
Culina (Twente Enschede, Netherlands), 22-Archie Thompson
(Melbourne Victory), 23-Mile Sterjovski (Basel, Switzerland).
GERMANY
Coach: Juergen Klinsmann.
Captain: Michael Ballack/Bernd Schneider.
GK: 1-Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich), 12-Jens Lehmann (Arsenal, England),
23-Timo Hildebrand (VfB Stuttgart).
DF: 2-Andreas Hinkel (VfB Stuttgart), 3-Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin),
4-Robert Huth (Chelsea, England), 5-Patrick Owomoyela (Arminia
Bielefeld), 17-Per Mertesacker (Hanover 96), 21-Christian Schulz
(Werder Bremen).
MF: 6-Marco Engelhardt (Kaiserslautern), 7-Bastian Schweinsteiger
(Bayern Munich), 8-Torsten Frings (Bayern Munich), 10-Sebastian
Deisler (Bayern Munich), 13-Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich),
15-Fabian Ernst (Werder Bremen), 16-Thomas Hitzlsperger (Aston
Villa, England), 18-Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen), 19-Bernd
Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen).
FW: 9-Mike Hanke (Schalke 04), 11-Thomas Brdaric (VfL Wolfsburg),
14-Gerald Asamoah (Schalke 04), 20-Lukas Podolski (Cologne),
22-Kevin Kuranyi (VfB Stuttgart).
TUNISIA
Coach: Roger Lemerre (France).
Captain: Hatem Trabelsi.
GK: 1-Ali Boumnijel (Club Africain), 16-Khaled Fadhel (Diyarbakirspor,
Turkey), 22-Hamdi Kasraoui (Esperance).
DF: 2-Alaeddine Yahia (St Etienne, France), 4-Wissem Abdi (CS Sfaxien),
6-Hatem Trabelsi (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands), 15-Radhi Jaidi
(Bolton Wanderers, England), 19-Anis Ayari (Samsunspor, Turkey),
20-Clayton (Esperance), 23-Amir Hadj Massaoud (CS Sfaxien).
MF: 7-Imed Mhadhebi (Nantes, France), 8-Mehdi Nafti (Birmingham City,
England), 10-Kaies Ghodhbane (Samsunspor, Turkey), 12-Jaohar Mnari
(Nuremberg, Germany), 14-Adel Chedli (Istres, France), 18-Slim
Benachour (Paris St Germain, France), 21-Issam Jomaa (Esperance).
FW: 3-Karim Essediri (Tromso, Norway), 5-Ziad Jaziri (Gaziantepspor,
Turkey), 9-Haykel Guemamdia (CS Sfaxien), 11-Francileudo dos Santos
(Toulouse, France), 13-Hamed Namouchi (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland),
17-Chaouki Ben Saada (Bastia, France).
[GROUP B]
BRAZIL
Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira.
Captain: Roque Junior/Ronaldinho.
GK: 1-Dida (AC Milan, Italy), 12-Marcos (Palmeiras), 23-Heurelho Gomes
(PSV Eindhoven, Netherlands).
DF: 2-Douglas Maicon (Monaco, France), 3-Lucio (Bayern Munich, Germany),
4-Roque Junior (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), 6-Gilberto (Hertha
Berlin, Germany), 13-Cicinho (Sao Paulo), 14-Juan (Bayer Leverkusen,
Germany), 15-Luisao (Benfica, Portugal), 16-Leo (Santos).
MF: 5-Emerson (Juventus, Italy), 8-Kaka (AC Milan, Italy), 11-Ze
Roberto (Bayern Munich, Germany), 17-Gilberto Silva (Arsenal,
England), 18-Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyon, France),
19-Renato (Sevilla, Spain), 20-Julio Baptista (Sevilla, Spain),
22-Edu (Arsenal, England).
FW: 7-Robinho (Santos), 9-Adriano (Inter Milan, Italy), 10-Ronaldinho
(Barcelona, Spain), 21-Ricardo Oliveira (Betis, Spain).
GREECE
Coach: Otto Rehhagel (Germany).
Greece: Theodoris Zagorakis/Zisis Vryzas.
GK: 1-Antonios Nikopolidis (Olympiakos), 12-Konstantinos Chalkias
(Portsmouth, England), 13-Michail Sifakis (OFI Crete).
DF: 2-Giourkas Seitaridis (Dynamo Moscow, Russia), 3-Loukas Vyntra
(Panathinaikos), 4-Efstathios Tavlaridis (Lille, France),
5-Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Glasgow Rangers, Scotland), 14-Panagiotis
Fyssas (Benfica, Portugal), 18-Ioannis Goumas (Panathinaikos),
19-Mihalis Kapsis (Bordeaux, France).
MF: 6-Angelos Basinas (Panathinaikos), 7-Theodoros Zagorakis (Bologna,
Italy), 8-Stylianos Giannakopoulos (Bolton Wanderers, England),
10-Vassilios Tsiartas (Cologne, Germany), 16-Pantelis Kafes
(Olympiakos), 20-Georgios Karagounis (Inter Milan, Italy),
21-Konstantinos Katsouranis (AEK Athens), 23-Vassilios Lakis (AEK
Athens).
FW: 9-Angelos Charisteas (Ajax Amsterdam, Netherlands), 11-Dimitrios
Papadopoulos (Panathinaikos), 15-Zisis Vryzas (Celta Vigo, Spain),
17-Ioannis Amanatidis (Kaiserslautern, Germany), 22-Theofanis Gekas
(Panathinaikos).
JAPAN
Coach: Zico (Brazil).
Captain: Tsuneyasu Miyamoto.
GK: 1-Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight), 12-Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo),
23-Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata).
DF: 2-Makoto Tanaka (Jubilo Iwata), 3-Takayuki Chano (Jubilo Iwata),
5-Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka), 14-Alessandro Santos "Alex"
(Urawa Red Diamonds), 17-Atsuhiro Miura (Vissel Kobe), 20-Keisuke
Tsuboi (Urawa Red Diamonds), 21-Akira Kaji (FC Tokyo), 22-Teruyuki
Moniwa (FC Tokyo).
MF: 4-Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), 6-Koji Nakata (Olympique Marseille,
France), 7-Hidetoshi Nakata (Fiorentina, Italy), 8-Mitsuo Ogasawara
(Kashima Antlers), 10-Shunsuke Nakamura (Reggina, Italy),
15-Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata), 18-Junichi Inamoto (West
Bromwich Albion, England), 19-Masashi Motoyama (Kashima Antlers).
FW: 9-Keiji Tamada (Kashiwa Reysol), 11-Takayuki Suzuki (Kashima
Antlers), 13-Atsushi Yanagisawa (Messina, Italy), 16-Masashi Oguro
(Gamba Osaka).
MEXICO
Coach: Ricardo Antonio La Volpe (Argentina).
Captain: Pavel Pardo.
GK: 1-Oswaldo Sanchez (Guadalajara/Chivas), 12-Moises Munoz (Morelia),
23-Jesus Corona (UAG/Tecos).
DF: 2-Aaron Galindo (Cruz Azul), 3-Carlos Salcido (Guadalajara/Chivas),
4-Rafael Marquez (Barcelona, Spain), 5-Ricardo Osorio (Cruz Azul),
14-Gonzalo Pinedo (UNAM/Pumas), 15-Hugo Sanchez Guerrero
(UNL/Tigres), 16-Mario Mendez (Toluca), 18-Salvador Carmona (Cruz
Azul).
MF: 6-Gerardo Torrado (Racing Santander, Spain), 7-Antonio Naelson
"Zinha" (Toluca), 8-Pavel Pardo (America), 11-Ramon Morales
(Guadalajara/Chivas), 19-Alberto Medina (Guadalajara/Chivas),
20-Juan Pablo Rodriguez (UAG/Tecos) 21-Jaime Lozano (UNAM/Pumas),
22-Luis Perez (Monterrey).
FW: 9-Jared Borgetti (Pachuca), 10-Omar Bravo (Guadalajara/Chivas),
13-Rafael Marquez Lugo (Morelia), 17-Jose Francisco Fonseca (Cruz
Azul).
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Last updated: 19 Jun 2009
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