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May 14, 2006

Team Angola

Filed under: Team, Angola

Federation : Africa
Nickname : Black Impalas
World Cup Ranking (Apr 06) : 58
Manager : Luis Oliveira Goncalves (Angola)
Captain : None
Rising Stars : Fabrice Akwa Maieco (Qatar Sports Club), Antonio Mendonca (Varzim)
Current Stars: Pedro Mantorras (Benfica), Fabrice Akwa (Al Wakrah), Paulo Figueiredo (Varzim), Pereira Joao Ricardo (Benfica)
World Cup Legends : None
World Cup Participations : First time qualifiers
World Cup Honors : None
 

 

Team Argentina

Filed under: Team, Argentina

Federation : Conmebol
Nickname : Albicelestes (White and Sky blue)
World Cup Ranking (Apr 06) : 8
Manager : Jose Pekerman (Argentine)
Captain : Juan Pablo Sorin (Villareal)
Rising Stars : Leo Messi (Barcelona), Andres d’Alessandro (Wolfsburg), Javier Mascherano (Corinthians), Carlos Tevez (Corinthians)
Current Stars: Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal), Roberto Ayala (Valencia), Gabriel Heinze (Manchester United), Javier Zanetti (Inter Milan), Gabriel Milito (Real Zaragoza), Pablo Aimar (Valencia), Javier Saviola (Sevilla), Walter Samuel (Inter Milan), Hernan Crespo (Chelsea)
World Cup Legends : Diego Maradona, Mario Kempes, Oscar Ruggeri, Daniel Passarella, Gabriel Batistuta, Claudio Caniggia
World Cup Participations : (13 times) 1930, 1934, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
World Cup Honors : Winners in 1978, 1986; Runners-up in 1930, 1990

Team Australia

Filed under: Team, Australia

 Federation : Oceania
Nickname : Socceroos
World Cup Ranking (Apr 06) : 44
Manager : Guus Hiddink (Dutch)
Captain : Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough)
Rising Stars : Marc Bresciano (Parma), Tim Cahill (Everton), Jason Culina (FC Twente)
Current Stars: Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough), Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace), Stan Lazaridis (Birmingham), Josip Skoko (Wigan), Vincenzo Grella (Parma)
World Cup Legends : None
World Cup Participations : (1 time) 1974
World Cup Honors : Group Stage in 1974

Team Brazil

Filed under: Team, Brazil

 Federation : Conmebol
Nickname : Os Canarinhos (The Little Canaries), Selecao
World Cup Ranking (Apr 06) : 1
Manager : Carlos Alberto Parreira (Brazilian)
Captain : Marcos Cafu ( AC Milan)
Rising Stars : Robinho (Real Madrid), Cicinho (Real Madrid)
Current Stars: Ronaldinho (Barcelona), Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Kaka (AC Milan), Adriano (Inter Milan), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Ze Roberto (Bayern Munich), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Julio Baptista (Real Madrid), Juninho Pernumbucano (Lyon), Geovanni van Bronhorst (Barcelona)
World Cup Legends : Pele, Zico, Didi, Leonidas, Rivelino, Gerson, Jairzinho, Garrincha, Tostao, Ademir, Mario Zagallo, Carlos Alberto Parreira, Roberto Rivelino, Djalma Santos, Vava, Socrates, Romario, Bebeto, Rivaldo, Claudio Taffarel, Carlos Dunga
World Cup Participations : (17 times) 1930, 1934, 1938, 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002
World Cup Honors : Winners in 1958, 1962, 1970, 1994; Runners-up in 1950, 1998

Team Costa Rica

Filed under: Team, Costa Rica

Federation : Concacaf
Nickname : Los Ticos
World Cup Ranking (Apr 06) : 26
Manager : Alexandre Guimaraes (Brazilian)
Captain : Jafet Soto (Sport Herediano)
Rising Stars : Leonardo Gonzalez (Sport Herediano)
Current Stars: Paulo Wanchope (Al-Garafah, Aatar), Jafet Soto (Sport Herediano), Ronald Gomez (Irapuato), Walter Centeno (Deportivo Saprissa)
World Cup Legends : Juan Arnaldo Cayasso, Rolando Fonseca, Mauricio Wright, Gilberto Martinez, Reynaldo Parks
World Cup Participations : (2 times) 1990, 2002
World Cup Honors : Round of 16 in 1990

 

Team Czech Republic

Filed under: Team, Czech Republic

Federation : Uefa
Nickname : The Czech, The Locomotive
World Cup Ranking (Apr 06) : 2
Manager : Karel Bruckner (Czech)
Captain : Tomas Galasek (Ajax)
Rising Stars : Jaroslav Plasil (Monaco), Vaclav Sverkos (Hertha)
Current Stars: Pavel Nedved (Juventus), Tomas Rosicky (Borussia Dortmund), Jan Koller (Borussia Dortmund), Tomas Galasek (Ajax), Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan), Vladimir Scmicer (Auxerre), Milan Baros (Aston Villa), Peter Cech (Chelsea)
World Cup Legends : Josef Masopust, Pavel Kuka, Pavel Srnicek, Tomas Repka, Patrik Berger
World Cup Participations : Qualified for the first time*
World Cup Honors : Qualified for the first time*

 

Team Ecuador

Filed under: Team, Ecuador

Federation : Conmebol
Nickname : La Tri[color]
World Cup Ranking (Apr 06) : 39
Manager : Luis Fernando Suarez (Colombian)
Captain : Ivan Hurtado (Al-Arabi)
Rising Stars : Luis Antonio Valencia (Villarreal), Franklin Agustin Salas
Current Stars: Edison Mendez (Irapuato), Ivan Hurtado (Al-Arabi), Ulises De La Cruz (Aston Villa), Marlon Ayovi (Deportivo Quito), Giovanny Patricio Espinoza (Espoli)
World Cup Legends : Alex Aguinaga, Agustin Delgado
World Cup Participations : (1 time) 2002
World Cup Honors : Group stage in 2002

Team England

Filed under: Team, England

Federation : Uefa
Nickname : Three Lions
World Cup Ranking (Apr 06) : 10
Manager : Sven Goran Eriksson (Swedish)
Captain : David Beckham (Real Madrid)
Rising Stars : Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Joe Cole (Chelsea)
Current Stars: David Beckham (Real Madrid), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Michael Owen (Newcastle), Sol Campbell (Arsenal), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United)
World Cup Legends : Gordon Banks, Bobby Charlton, Jackie Charlton, Bobby Moore, Geoff Hurst, Peter Shilton, Tony Adams, Gary Lineker
World Cup Participations : (11 times) 1950, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1998, 2002
World Cup Honors : Winners in 1966

Team France

Filed under: Team, France

Federation : Uefa
Nickname : Les Bleus (The Blues)
World Cup Ranking (Apr 06) : 7
Manager : Raymond Domenech (French)
Captain : Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)
Rising Stars : Djibril Cisse (Liverpool), Philippe Mexes (Roma), Francois Clerc (Lyon), Alou Diarra (Lens), Jeremy Toulalan (Nantes)
Current Stars: Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid), Lilian Thuram (Juventus), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Patrick Vieira (Juventus), William Gallas (Chelsea), Sylvain Wiltord (Lyon), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Fabian Barthez (Marseille)
World Cup Legends : Just Fontaine, Jean Pierre Papin, Alain Giresse, Michel Platini, Jean Tigana, Laurent Blanc, Marcel Desailly, Youri Djorkaeff, Didier Deschamps
World Cup Participations : (11 times) 1930, 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1966, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1998, 2002
World Cup Honors : Winners in 1998

 

Team Germany

Filed under: Team, Germany


Federation : Uefa
Nickname : Die Nationalelf (The National Eleven)
World Cup Ranking (Apr 06) : 19
Manager : Jurgen Klinsmann (German)
Captain : Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich)
Rising Stars : Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich), Lukas Podolski (FC Cologne), Philip Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Hannover 96), Robert Huth (Chelsea), Patrick Owomoyela (Werder Bremen)
Current Stars: Michael Ballack (Bayern Munich), Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich), Kevin Kuranyi (FC Schalke 04), Sebastian Kehl (Borrussia Dortmund), Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen), Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen), Gerald Asamoah (Schalke 04), Christoph Metzelder (Borrussia Dortmund), Arne Friedrich (Hertha)
World Cup Legends : Franz Beckenbauer, Gerd Muller, Sepp Meier, Uwe Seeler, Paul Breitner, Uli Hoeness, Karl-Heinz Rummenigge, Frit Walter, Pierre Littbarski, Andy Moeller, Jurgen Klinsmann, Lothar Matthaus
World Cup Participations : (15 times) 1934, 1938, 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002*
World Cup Honors : Runners-up in 2002*

*Outside of unification, Germany played separately as East and West between 1949 and 1990 and were represented at the world Cup in 1954, 1958, 1962, 1966, 1970, 1974, 1978, 1982, 1986, 1990. West Germany won the World Cup in 1954, 1974, 1990; and were runners-up in 1966, 1982, 1986. East Germany qualified only once in 1974, reaching the second group stage.

 

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