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2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

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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: Argentina José Pékerman

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

Australia

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Head coach: Australia Frank Farina

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

Germany

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Head coach: Germany Jürgen Klinsmann

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

Tunisia

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Head coach: France Roger Lemerre

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

Group B

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Brazil

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Head coach:Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira

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

Greece

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Head coach: Germany Otto Rehhagel

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

Japan

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Head coach: Brazil 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 Japan Nagoya Grampus
2 2DF Makoto Tanaka (1975-08-08)August 8, 1975 (aged 29) 22 0 Japan Júbilo Iwata
3 2DF Takayuki Chano (1976-11-23)November 23, 1976 (aged 28) 4 0 Japan JEF United Chiba
4 3MF Yasuhito Endō (1980-01-28)January 28, 1980 (aged 25) 33 3 Japan Gamba Osaka
5 2DF Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c) (1977-02-07)February 7, 1977 (aged 28) 53 3 Japan Gamba Osaka
6 3MF Kōji Nakata (1979-07-09)July 9, 1979 (aged 25) 49 2 France Marseille
7 3MF Hidetoshi Nakata (1977-01-22)January 22, 1977 (aged 28) 64 10 Italy Fiorentina
8 3MF Mitsuo Ogasawara (1979-04-05)April 5, 1979 (aged 26) 36 5 Japan Kashima Antlers
9 4FW Keiji Tamada (1980-04-11)April 11, 1980 (aged 25) 26 5 Japan Kashiwa Reysol
10 3MF Shunsuke Nakamura (1978-06-24)June 24, 1978 (aged 26) 50 12 Italy Reggina
11 4FW Takayuki Suzuki (1976-06-05)June 5, 1976 (aged 29) 52 11 Japan Kashima Antlers
12 1GK Yoichi Doi (1973-07-25)July 25, 1973 (aged 31) 2 0 Japan FC Tokyo
13 4FW Atsushi Yanagisawa (1977-05-27)May 27, 1977 (aged 28) 47 14 Italy Messina
14 2DF Alessandro Santos (1977-07-20)July 20, 1977 (aged 27) 53 5 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
15 3MF Takashi Fukunishi (1976-09-01)September 1, 1976 (aged 28) 48 6 Japan Júbilo Iwata
16 4FW Masashi Oguro (1980-05-04)May 4, 1980 (aged 25) 6 2 Japan Gamba Osaka
17 3MF Atsuhiro Miura (1974-06-24)June 24, 1974 (aged 30) 25 1 Japan Vissel Kobe
18 3MF Junichi Inamoto (1979-09-18)September 18, 1979 (aged 25) 4 England West Bromwich Albion
19 3MF Masashi Motoyama (1979-06-20)June 20, 1979 (aged 25) 22 0 Japan Kashima Antlers
20 2DF Keisuke Tsuboi (1979-09-16)September 16, 1979 (aged 25) 24 0 Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
21 2DF Akira Kaji (1980-01-13)January 13, 1980 (aged 25) 29 0 Japan FC Tokyo
22 2DF Teruyuki Moniwa (1981-09-08)September 8, 1981 (aged 23) 3 0 Japan FC Tokyo
23 1GK Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (1975-08-15)August 15, 1975 (aged 29) 73 0 Japan Júbilo Iwata

Mexico

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Head coach: Argentina Ricardo La Volpe

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

Player statistics

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

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

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