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Jun 12, 2006 - Final	F		AUS	3 : 1	JPN
Jun 13, 2006 - Final	E		USA	0 : 3	CZE
Jun 13, 2006 - Final	E		ITA	2 : 0	GHA
Jun 13, 2006 9:00pm	G		KOR	- : -	TOG
Jun 14, 2006 12:00am	G		FRA	- : -	SUI
Jun 14, 2006 3:00am	F		BRA	- : -	CRO

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Cologne’s brand-new stadium hosts five World Cup matches at this summer’s finals.

The new arena, constructed on the site of the old Muengersdorfer stadium, hosted its first international match on March 31 2004 with Germany beating Belgium 3-0 in a friendly game.

The stadium cost €119 million and has a capacity of 46,000 although it will be reduced to 40,000 at the World Cup for security reasons.

All areas of the stadium are easily accessible with several catering and service areas in all four sides of the ground.

Bundesliga side FC Cologne play their home matches at the venue although it has not proved a lucky venue with the team winning two out of their 13 home matches (as of 27/03/06) as they sit rock bottom of the German top-flight.

But times have not always been so tough with the club winning three German titles (1962, 64, 78) and greats such as Pierre Littbarski and Thomas Hassler, World Cup winners with West Germany in 1990, have worn the Cologne jersey with pride.

At the 2006 finals Cologne can look forward to seeing some top teams in action with 1966 winners England, Euro 2004 runners-up Portugal and 1998 victors France all on display.

The highlight in Cologne arguably could be England’s clash with Sweden with fans from both countries set to make for a colourful scene in the city.

The stadium provides a perfect setting for the action and all fans making the trip to Cologne will hope the football inside the ground will match its surroundings.

Cologne match schedule:

June 11: Group D - Angola v Portugal
June 17: Group E - Czech Republic v Ghana
June 20: Group B - Sweden v England
23 June: Group G - Togo v France
26 June: 2nd round (1st Group G v 2nd Group H)

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World Cup rosters announced Thursday by FIFA:

Angola

Goalkeepers: Lama (Petro de Luanda), Mario (Inter de Luanda), Joao Ricardo (no club)

Defenders: Marco Abreu (Portimonense), Marco Airosa (Barreirense), Delgado (Petro de Luanda), Jamba (ASA), Kali (Barreirense), Lebo Lebo (Petro de Luanda), Loco (Primeiro de Agosto), Rui Marques (Leeds)

Midfielders: Andre (Al Kuwait), Figueiredo (Varzim), Mateus Galiano (Gil Vicente), Mendonca (Varzim), Miloy (Inter de Luanda), Edson Nobre (Pacos Ferreira), Ze Kalanga (Petro de Luanda),

Forwards: Fabrice Akwa (no club), Flavio Amado (Al-Ahly), Titi Buengo (Clermont), Love Kabungula (ASA), Pedro Mantorras (Benfica)

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Argentina

Goalkeepers: Roberto Abbondanzieri (Boca Juniors), Leonardo Franco (Atletico Madrid), Oscar Ustari (Independiente)

Defenders: Roberto Ayala (Valencia), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo de La Coruna), Leandro Cufre (AS Roma), Gabriel Heinze (Manchester United), Gabriel Milito (Zaragoza), Lionel Scaloni (West Ham), Juan Pablo Sorin (Villarreal)

Midfielders: Pablo Aimar (Valencia), Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan), Luis Gonzalez (Porto), Javier Mascherano (Corinthians), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal), Maximiliano Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid)

Forwards: Hernan Crespo (Chelsea), Julio Cruz (Inter Milan), Lionel Messi (Barcelona), Rodrigo Palacio (Boca Juniors), Javier Saviola (Sevilla), Carlos Tevez (Corinthians)

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Australia

Goalkeepers: Ante Covic (Hammarby), Zeljko Kalac (AC Milan), Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough)

Defenders: Michael Beauchamp (Central Coast Mariners), Scott Chipperfield (Basel), Craig Moore (Newcastle), Mark Milligan (Sydney FC), Lucas Neill (Blackburn), Tony Popovic (Crystal Palace)

Midfielders: Marco Bresciano (Parma), Tim Cahill (Everton), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven), Brett Emerton (Blackburn), Vince Grella (Parma), Stan Lazaridis (Birmingham City), Josip Skoko (Wigan), Mile Sterjovski (Basel), Luke Wilkshire (Bristol City)

Forwards: John Aloisi (Alaves), Josh Kennedy (Dynamo Dresden), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Archie Thompson (PSV Eindhoven), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough)

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Brazil

Goalkeepers: Dida (AC Milan), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Rogerio Ceni (Sao Paulo)

Defenders: Cafu (AC Milan), Cicinho (Real Madrid), Cris (Lyon), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Luisao (Benfica), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid)

Midfielders: Edmilson (Barcelona), Emerson (Juventus), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Juninho (Lyon), Kaka (AC Milan), Ricardinho (Corinthians), Ronaldinho (Barcelona), Ze Roberto (Bayern Munich)

Forwards: Adriano (Inter Milan), Fred (Lyon), Robinho (Real Madrid), Ronaldo (Real Madrid)

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Costa Rica

Goalkeepers: Wardy Alfaro (Alajuelense), Alvaro Mesen (Herediano), Jose Francisco Porras (Saprissa)

Defenders: Gabriel Badilla (Saprissa), Jervis Drummond (Saprissa), Leonardo Gonzalez (Herediano), Luis Marin (Alajuelense), Gilberto Martinez (Brescia), Michael Rodriguez (Alajuelense), Michael Umana (Herediano), Harold Wallace (Alajuelense)

Midfielders: Randall Azofeifa (Saprissa), Cristian Bolanos (Saprissa), Walter Centeno (Saprissa), Dany Fonseca (Brujas), Carlos Hernandez (Alajuelense), Douglas Sequeira (Real Salt Lake), Mauricio Solis (Comunicaciones)

Forwards: Victor Nunez (Alajuelense), Ronald Gomez (Saprissa), Kurt Bernard (Puntarenas), Alvaro Saborio (Saprissa), Paulo Wanchope (no club)

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Croatia

Goalkeepers: Tomislav Butina (Brugge), Joseph Didulica (Austria Vienna), Stipe Pletikosa (Hajduk Split)

Defenders: Robert Kovac (Juventus), Dario Simic (AC Milan), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin), Stjepan Tomas (Galatasaray), Mario Tokic (Austria Vienna), Igor Tudor (Siena)

Midfielders: Marko Babic (Bayer Leverkusen), Niko Kovac (Hertha Berlin), Niko Kranjcar (Hajduk Split), Ivan Leko (Brugge), Jerko Leko (Dynamo Kiev), Luka Modric (Dinamo Zagreb), Anthony Seric (Panathinaikos), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk), Jurica Vranjes (Werder Bremen)

Forwards: Bosko Balaban (Brugge), Ivan Bosnjak (Dinamo Zagreb), Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen), Ivica Olic (CSKA Moscow), Dado Prso (Glasgow Rangers)

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Czech Republic

Goalkeepers: Jaromir Blazek (Sparta Prague), Petr Cech (Chelsea), Antonin Kinsky (Saturn Ramenskoye)

Defenders: Zdenek Grygera (Ajax), Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan), Martin Jiranek (Spartak Moscow), Pavel Mares (Zenit St. Petersburg), David Rozehnal (Paris Saint-Germain), Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina)

Midfielders: Tomas Galasek (Ajax), David Jarolim (Hamburger SV), Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moscow), Pavel Nedved (Juventus), Karel Poborsky (Ceske Budejovice), Jaroslav Plasil (Monaco), Jan Polak (Nuremberg), Tomas Rosicky (Borussia Dortmund), Vladimir Smicer (Bordeaux), Jiri Stajner (Hannover)

Forwards: Milan Baros (Aston Villa), Marek Heinz (Galatasaray), Jan Koller (Borussia Dortmund), Vratislav Lokvenc (Salzburg)

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Ecuador

Goalkeepers: Damian Lanza (Aucas), Christian Mora (Liga de Quito), Edwin Villafuerte (Deportivo Quito)

Defenders: Paul Ambrosi (Liga de Quito), Ulises de la Cruz (Aston Villa), Giovanny Espinoza (Liga de Quito), Jorge Guagua (El Nacional), Ivan Hurtado (Al Arabi), Jose Luis Perlaza (CD Olmedo), Neicer Reasco (Liga de Quito)

Midfielders: Marlon Ayovi (Deportivo Quito), Segundo Castillo (El Nacional), Christian Lara (El Nacional), Edison Mendez (Liga de Quito), Luis Saritama (Deportivo Quito), Edwin Tenorio (Barcelona, Ecuador), Patricio Urrutia (Liga de Quito), Luis Antonio Valencia (Recreativo de Huelva)

Forwards: Christian Benitez (El Nacional), Felix Borja (El Nacional), Agustin Delgado (Liga de Quito), Ivan Kaviedes (Argentinos Juniors), Carlos Tenorio (Al Sadd)

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England

Goalkeepers: David James (Manchester City), Robert Green (Norwich), Paul Robinson (Tottenham)

Defenders: Wayne Bridge (Chelsea), Sol Campbell (Arsenal), Jamie Carragher (Liverpool), Ashley Cole (Arsenal), Rio Ferdinand (Manchester United), Gary Neville (Manchester United), John Terry (Chelsea)

Midfielders: David Beckham (Real Madrid), Michael Carrick (Tottenham), Joe Cole (Chelsea), Stewart Downing (Middlesbrough), Steven Gerrard (Liverpool), Owen Hargreaves (Bayern Munich), Jermaine Jenas (Tottenham), Frank Lampard (Chelsea), Aaron Lennon (Tottenham)

Forwards: Peter Crouch (Liverpool), Michael Owen (Newcastle), Wayne Rooney (Manchester United), Theo Walcott (Arsenal)

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France

Goalkeepers: Fabien Barthez (Marseille), Gregory Coupet (Lyon), Mickael Landreau (Nantes)

Defenders: Eric Abidal (Lyon), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Newcastle), Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan), William Gallas (Chelsea), Gael Givet (Monaco), Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United), Lilian Thuram (Juventus)

Midfielders: Vikash Dhorasoo (Paris Saint-Germain), Alou Diarra (Lens), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Florent Malouda (Lyon), Franck Ribery (Marseille), Patrick Vieira (Juventus), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid)

Forwards: Djibril Cisse (Liverpool), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Louis Saha (Manchester United), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Sylvain Wiltord (Lyon)

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Germany

Goalkeepers: Timo Hildebrand (Stuttgart), Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich), Jens Lehmann (Arsenal, England)

Defenders: Arne Friedrich (Hertha Berlin), Robert Huth (Chelsea), Marcell Jansen (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Phillipp Lahm (Bayern Munich), Per Mertesacker (Hannover 96), Christoph Metzelder (Borussia Dortmund), Lens Nowotny (Bayer Leverkusen)

Midfielders: Michael Ballack (Chelsea), Tim Borowski (Werder Bremen), Torsten Frings (Werder Bremen), Thomas Hitzlsperger (Stuttgart), Sebastian Kehl (Borussia Dortmund), David Odonkor (Borussia Dortmund), Bernd Schneider (Bayer Leverkusen), Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munich)

Forwards: Gerald Asamoah (Schalke), Mike Hanke (Schalke), Miroslav Klose (Werder Bremen), Oliver Neuville (Borussia Moenchengladbach), Lukas Podolski (Cologne)

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Ghana

Goalkeepers: Sammy Adjei (Mohadon Sports Ashdod), Richard Kingston (BB Ankaraspor) George Owu (Ashanti Gold)

Defenders: Issa Ahmed (Randers), Illiasu Shilla (Asante Kotoko), Sammy Kuffour (AS Roma), John Mensah (Rennes), Habib Mohammed (King Faisal), John Painstil (Hapoel Tel Aviv), Addoquaye Pappoe (Ashdod Tel Aviv), Dan Quaye (Hearts of Oak), Hans Adu Sarpei (Wolfsburg)

Midfielders: Eric Addo (PSV Eindhoven), Otto Addo (Mainz), Stephen Appiah (Fenerbache), Derek Boateng (AIK Solna), Haminu Dramani (Red Star Belgrade), Michael Essien (Chelsea), Sulley Ali Muntari (Udinese)

Forwards: Matthew Amoah (Borussia Dortmund), Asamoah Gyan (Modena), Razak Pimpong (Copenhagen), Alex Tachie-Mensah (St. Gallen)

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Iran

Goalkeepers: Ebrahim Mirzapour (Foulad), Hassan Roudbarian (Pas), Vahid Taleblou (Esteqlal)

Defenders: Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh (Saba Battery), Yahya Golmohammadi (Saba Battery), Hossein Ka’bi (Foulad), Mohammad Nosrati (Pas), Rahman Rezaei (Messina), Amir-Hossein Sadeqi (Esteqlal) Sattar Zare (Barq)

Midfielders: Ali Karimi (Bayern Munich), Mehdi Mahdavikia (Hamburger SV), Mehrzad Ma’danchi (Persepolis), Javad Nekounam (Sharjah), Massoud Shojaei (Saipa), Anderanik Teymourian (Abu Moslem), Fereydoun Zandi (Kaiserslautern),

Forwards: Arash Borhani (Pas), Ali Daei (Saba Battery), Gholam-Reza Enayati (Esteqlal), Vahid Hashemian (Hannover), Javad Kazemian (Persepolis), Rassoul Khatibi (Sepahan)

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Italy

Goalkeepers: Marco Amelia (Livorno), Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Angelo Peruzzi (Lazio)

Defenders: Andrea Barzagli (Palermo), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Fabio Grosso (Palermo), Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan), Massimo Oddo (Lazio), Cristian Zaccardo (Palermo), Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus)

Midfielders: Simone Barone (Palermo), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), Simone Perrotta (AS Roma), Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Francesco Totti (AS Roma)

Forwards: Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Alberto Gilardino (AC Milan), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Udinese), Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan), Luca Toni (Fiorentina)

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Ivory Coast

Goalkeepers: Boubacar Barry (KSK Beveren), Gerard Gnanhouan (Montpellier), Jean-Jacques Tizie (Esperance Tunis)

Defenders: Etienne Arthur Boka (Strasbourg), Cyrille Domoraud (Creteil), Emmanuel Eboue (Arsenal), Blaise Kouassi (ES Troyes), Abdoulaye Meite (Marseille), Kolo Toure (Arsenal), Marc Zoro (Messina)

Midfielders: Kanga Gauthier Akale (Auxerre), Guy Roland Demel (Hamburger SV), Emerse Fae (Nantes), Abdoul Kader Keita (Lille), Romaric (Le Mans), Yaya Toure (Olympiakos), Gilles Yapi Yapo (Young Boys), Didier Zokora (Saint-Etienne)

Forwards: Aruna Dindane (Lens), Didier Drogba (Chelsea), Bonaventure Kalou (Paris Saint-Germain), Arouna Kone (PSV Eindhoven), Bakari Kone (Nice)

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Japan

Goalkeepers: Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo), Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata), Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight)

Defenders: Akira Kaji (Gamba Osaka), Yuichi Komano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka), Koji Nakata (Basel), Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F Marinos), Alessandro Santos (Urawa Reds), Makoto Tanaka (Jubilo Iwata), Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Reds)

Midfielders: Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata), Junichi Inamoto (West Bromwich Albion), Shunsuke Nakamura (Glasgow Celtic), Hidetoshi Nakata (Bolton), Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers), Shinji Ono (Urawa Reds)

Forwards: Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Chiba), Masashi Oguro (Grenoble), Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus Eight), Naohiro Takahara (Hamburger SV), Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers)

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Mexico

Goalkeepers: Jesus Corona (Tecos), Guillermo Ochoa (America), Oswaldo Sanchez (Guadalajara)

Defenders: Jose Antonio Castro (America), Rafael Marquez (Barcelona), Mario Mendez (Monterrey), Ricardo Osorio (Cruz Azul), Gonzalo Pineda (Guadalajara), Francisco Rodriguez (Guadalajara), Carlos Salcido (Guadalajara), Claudio Suarez (Chivas USA)

Midfielders: Jose Garcia (Atlas), Jose Guardado (Atlas), Ramon Morales (Guadalajara), Zinha (Toluca), Pavel Pardo (America), Luis Perez (Monterrey), Gerardo Torrado (Cruz Azul)

Forwards: Jose Arellano (Monterrey), Jared Borgetti (Bolton), Omar Bravo (Guadalajara), Francisco Fonseca (Cruz Azul), Guillermo Franco (Villarreal)

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Netherlands

Goalkeepers: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Henk Timmer (AZ Alkmaar)

Defenders: Khalid Boulahrouz (Hamburger SV), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Barcelona), Tim de Cler (AZ Alkmaar), Johnny Heitinga (Ajax), Kew Jaliens (AZ Alkmaar), Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool), Joris Mathijsen (AZ Alkmaar), Andre Ooijer (PSV Eindhoven)

Midfielders: Mark van Bommel (Barcelona), Phillip Cocu (PSV Eindhoven), Denny Landzaat (AZ Alkmaar), Hedwiges Maduro (Ajax), Wesley Sneijder (Ajax), Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburger SV)

Forwards: Ryan Babel (Ajax), Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Arjen Robben (Chelsea), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV Eindhoven)

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Paraguay

Goalkeepers: Aldo Bobadilla (Libertad), Derlis Gomez (Luqueno), Justo Villar (Newell’s Old Boys)

Defenders: Julio Cesar Caceres (River Plate), Denis Caniza (Cruz Azul), Paulo Da Silva (Toluca), Carlos Gamarra (Palmeiras), Julio Manzur (Santos), Jorge Nunez (Estudiantes) Delio Toledo (Real Zaragoza)

Midfielders: Roberto Acuna (Deportivo La Coruna), Edgar Barreto (NEC Nijmegen), Carlos Bonet (Libertad), Julio Dos Santos (Bayern Munich), Diego Gavilan (Newell’s Old Boys), Jose Montiel (Olimpia), Carlos Humberto Paredes (Reggina), Christian Riveros (Libertad)

Forwards: Salvador Cabanas (Jaguares), Jose Cardozo (no club), Nelson Cuevas (Pachuca), Roque Santa Cruz (Bayern Munich), Nelson Haedo Valdez (Werder Bremen)

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Poland

Goalkeepers: Artur Boruc (Glasgow Celtic), Lukasz Fabianski (Legia Warsaw), Tomasz Kuszczak (West Bromwich Albion)

Defenders: Jacek Bak (Al Rayyan), Marcin Baszczynski (Wisla Krakow), Dariusz Dudka (Wisla Krakow), Seweryn Gancarczyk (Mettalist Kharkov), Mariusz Jop (FC Moscow), Mariusz Lewandowski (Shakhtar Donetsk), Michal Zewlakow (Anderlecht)

Midfielders: Piotr Giza (Cracovia), Damian Gorawski (FC Moscow), Kamil Kosowski (Southampton), Jacek Krzynowek (Bayer Leverkusen), Sebastian Mila (Austria Vienna), Arkadiusz Radomski (Austria Vienna), Euzebiusz Smolarek (Borussia Dortmund), Radoslaw Sobolewski (Wisla Krakow), Miroslaw Szymkowiak (Trabonzspor)

Forwards: Pawel Brozek (Wisla Krakow), Ireneusz Jelen (Wisla Plock), Grzegorz Rasiak (Southampton), Maciej Zurawski (Glasgow Celtic)

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Portugal

Goalkeepers: Ricardo Pereira (Sporting Lisbon), Quim Silva (Benfica), Bruno Vale (Amadora)

Defenders: Marco Caneira (Valencia), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Ricardo Costa (Porto), Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea), Fernando Meira (Stuttgart), Miguel Monteiro (Valencia), Nuno Valente (Everton)

Midfielders: Francisco Costinha (Dynamo Moscow), Deco (Barcelona), Luis Figo (Inter Milan), Nuno Maniche (Chelsea), Armando Petit (Benfica), Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United), , Tiago (Lyon), Hugo Viana (Valencia)

Forwards: Luis Boa Morte (Fulham), Nuno Gomes (Benfica), Pedro Pauleta (Paris Saint-Germain), Helder Postiga (Porto), Simao Sabrosa (Benfica)

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Saudi Arabia

Goalkeepers: Mohammed Al-Deayea (Al Hilal), Mohammad Khoja (Al Shabab) Mabrouk Zayed (Al Ittihad)

Defenders: Hussein Abdul Ghani (Al Ahli), Ahmed Al-Bahri (Al Shabab), Ahmed Al-Dokhi (Al Ittihad), Hamad Al-Montashri (Al Ittihad), Naif Al-Qadi (Al Ahli), Mohammad Missad (Al Ahli), Reda Tukar (Al Ittihad)

Midfielders: Omar Al-Ghamdi (Al Hilal), Nawaf Al-Tamyat (Al Hilal), Mohammed Ameen (Al Ittihad), Khaled Aziz (Al Hilal), Abdul Aziz Al-Khathran (Al Hilal), Saud Kareeri (Al Ittihad), Mohammad Nur (Al Ittihad)

Forwards: Mohammad Al-Anbar (Al Hilal), Saad Al-Harithy (Al Nassr), Sami Al-Jaber (Al Hilal), Yasser Al-Qhatani (Al Hilal), Malik Moud (Al Ahli), Mohammad Al-Shalhoub (Al Hilal)

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Serbia-Montenegro

Goalkeepers: Dragoslav Jevric (Ankaraspor), Oliver Kovacevic (CKSA Sofia), Vladimir Stojkovic (Red Star Belgrade)

Defenders: Dusan Basta (Red Star Belgrade), Nenad Djordjevic (Partizan Belgrade), Ivica Dragutinovic (Sevilla), Milan Dudic (Red Star Belgrade), Goran Gavrancic (Dynamo Kiev), Mladen Krstajic (Schalke), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United)

Midfielders: Predrag Djordjevic (Olympiakos), Igor Duljaj (Shakhtar Donetsk), Ivan Ergic (Basel), Ognjen Koroman (Portsmouth), Sasa Ilic (Galatasaray), Albert Nadj (Partizan Belgrade), Dejan Stankovic (Inter Milan), Zvonimir Vukic (Partizan Belgrade)

Forwards: Mateja Kezman (Atletico Madrid), Danijel Ljuboja (Stuttgart), Savo Milosevic (Osasuna), Mirko Vucinic (Lecce), Nikola Zigic (Red Star Belgrade)

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South Korea

Goalkeepers: Kim Yong-dae (Busan I.Park), Kim Young-kwang (Chunnam Dragons), Lee Woon-jae (Suwon Samsung)

Defenders: Cho Won-hee (Suwon Samsung), Choi Jin-cheul (Chonbuk Hyundai), Kim Dong-jin (FC Seoul), Kim Jin-kyu (Jubilo Iwata), Kim Sang-shik (Seongnam Ilhwa), Kim Young-chul (Seongnam Ilhwa), Lee Young-pyo (Tottenham), Song Chong-gug (Suwon Samsung)

Midfielders: Baek Ji-hoon (FC Seoul), Kim Do-heon (Seongnam Ilhwa), Kim Nam-il (Suwon Samsung), Lee Eul-yong (Trabzonspor), Lee Ho (Ulsan Hyundai), Park Ji-sung (Manchester United)

Forwards: Ahn Jung-hwan (Duisburg), Cho Jae-jin (Shimizu S-Pulse), Lee Chun-soo (Ulsan Hyundai), Chung Kyung-ho (Gwangju Sangmu), Park Chu-young (FC Seoul), Seol Ki-hyun (Wolves)

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Spain

Goalkeepers: Santiago Canizares (Valencia), Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Jose Manuel Reina (Liverpool)

Defenders: Asier Del Horno (Chelsea), Juanito Gutierrez (Real Betis), Pablo Ibanez (Atletico Madrid), Carlos Marchena (Valencia), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Michel Salgado (Real Madrid)

Midfielders: David Albelda (Valencia), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Xavi Hernandez (Barcelona), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Antonio Lopez (Atletico Madrid), Joaquin Sanchez (Real Betis), Marcos Senna (Villareal)

Forwards: Luis Garcia (Liverpool), Raul Gonzalez (Real Madrid), Jose Antonio Reyes (Arsenal), Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid), David Villa (Valencia)

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Sweden

Goalkeepers: John Alvbage (Viborg), Andreas Isaksson (Rennes), Rami Shaaban (Fredrikstad)

Defenders: Erik Edman (Rennes), Petter Hansson (Heerenveen), Teddy Lucic (Hacken), Olof Mellberg (Aston Villa), Mikael Nilsson (Panathinaikos), Fredrik Stenman (Bayer Leverkusen), Karl Svensson (IFK Goteborg)

Midfielders: Niclas Alexandersson (IFK Goteborg), Daniel Andersson (Malmo), Johan Elmander (Brondby), Kim Kallstrom (Rennes), Tobias Linderoth (Copenhagen), Fredrik Ljungberg (Arsenal), Anders Svensson (Elfsborg), Christian Wilhelmsson (Anderlecht)

Forwards: Marcus Allback (Copenhagen), Zlatan Ibrahimovic (Juventus), Mattias Jonson (Djurgarden), Henrik Larsson (Barcelona), Markus Rosenberg (Ajax)

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Switzerland

Goalkeepers: Diego Benaglio (CD Nacional), Fabio Coltorti (Grasshoppers), Pascal Zuberbuehler (Basel)

Defenders: Philipp Degen (Borussia Dortmund), Johan Djourou (Arsenal), Stephane Grichting (Auxerre), Ludovic Magnin (Stuttgart), Patrick Mueller (Lyon), Philippe Senderos (Arsenal), Christoph Spycher (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Midfielders: Tranquillo Barnetta (Bayer Leverkusen), Valon Behrami (Lazio), Ricardo Cabanas (Cologne), Blerim Dzemaili (Zurich), Daniel Gygax (Lille), Xavier Margairaz (Zurich), Johann Vogel (AC Milan), Raphael Wicky (Hamburger SV)

Forwards: David Degen (Basel), Alexander Frei (Rennes), Mauro Lustrinelli (Sparta Prague), Marco Streller (Cologne), Johan Vonlanthen (NAC Breda)

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Togo

Goalkeepers: Kossi Agassa (Metz), Kodjovi Obilale (Etoile Filante) Moumouni Ouro Tchagnirou (Djoliba)

Defenders: Yaovi Dosseh Abalo (Apoel), Komi Agbo (Beveren), Eric Akoto (Admira Wadel), Ludovic Assemouassa (Ciffon), Toure Assimiou (Bayern Leverkusen), Karim Guede (Hamburger SV), Dare Nibombe (Mons), Masama-Esso Tchangai (Beneveto)

Midfielders: Kaka Aziawonou (YS Berne), Thomas Dossevi (Valenciennes), Affo Erassa (Clermont), Richmond Forson (J.A. Poire), Alexis Romao (CS Louhans Cuiseaux), Moustapha Salifou (Brest), Yao Junior Senaya (Juventus, Switzerland), Sheriff Toure (Metz)

Forwards: Emmanuel Adebayor (Arsenal), Abdel-Kader Kougbadja (Guingamp), Robert Malm (Brest), Adekambi Olufade (Al Siliyah)

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Trinidad and Tobago

Goalkeepers: Kelvin Jack (Dundee), Shaka Hislop (West Ham), Clayton Ince (Coventry City)

Defenders: Marvin Andrews (Glasgow Rangers), Atiba Charles (W Connection), Ian Cox (Gillingham), Cyd Gray (CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh), Avery John (New England), Dennis Lawrence (Wrexham), Brent Sancho (Gillingham)

Midfielders: Chris Birchall (Port Vale), Carlos Edwards (Luton Town), Silvio Spann (no club), Densill Theobald (Falkirk), Aurtis Whitley (CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh), Anthony Wolfe (CL Financial San Juan Jabloteh)

Forwards: Cornell Glen (Los Angeles), Stern John (Coventry City), Kenwyne Jones (Southampton), Russell Latapy (Falkirk), Collin Samuel (Dundee United), Jason Scotland (St. Johnstone), Dwight Yorke (Sydney FC)

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Tunisia

Goalkeepers: Ali Boumnijel (Club Africain), Hamdi Kasraoui (Esperance Tunis), Adel Nefzi (US Monastir)

Defenders: Anis Ayari (Samsunspor), Karim Hagui (Strasbourg), Radhi Jaidi (Bolton), David Jemmali (Bordeaux), Mehdi Meriah (Etoile du Sahel), Karim Saidi (Lecce), Hatem Trabelsi (Ajax), Alaeddine Yahya (Saint-Etienne)

Midfielders: Riadh Boazizi (Kayserispor), Adel Chedli (Nuremberg), Kais Ghodhbane (Diyarbakirspor), Sofiene Melliti (Gaziantespor), Jawhar Menari (Nuremberg), Mehdi Nafti (Birmingham), Hamed Namouchi (Glasgow Rangers)

Forwards: Yassine Chikhaoui (Etoile du Sahel), Issam Jomaa (Lens), Francileudo Santos (Toulouse), Ziad Jaziri (Troyes), Karim Zdiri (Rosenborg)

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Ukraine

Goalkeepers: Andriy Pyatov (Vorskla Poltava), Oleksander Shovkovsky (Dynamo Kiev), Bogdan Shust (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Defenders: Dmytro Chigrinsky (Shakhtar Donetsk), Serhiy Fyodorov (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Nesmachny (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Rusol (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Vyacheslav Svidersky (Arsenal Kiev), Vladyslav Vashchyuk (Dynamo Kiev), Volodymyr Yesersky (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk)

Midfielders: Oleg Gusiev (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Husin (Krylya Sovietov Samara), Maxim Kalinichenko (Spartak Moscow), Serhiy Nazarenko (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Serhiy Rebrov (Dynamo Kiev), Ruslan Rotan (Dynamo Kiev), Oleg Shelayev (Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk), Anatoly Tymoshchyuk (Shakhtar Donetsk)

Forwards: Olexiy Belik (Shakhtar Donetsk), Artyom Milevsky (Dynamo Kiev), Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan), Andriy Vorobei (Shakhtar Donetsk), Andriy Voronin (Bayer Leverkusen)

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United States

Goalkeepers: Marcus Hahnemann (Reading), Tim Howard (Everton), Kasey Keller (Borussia Moenchengladbach)

Defenders: Chris Albright (Los Angeles), Carlos Bocanegra (Fulham), Steve Cherundolo (Hannover 96), Jimmy Conrad (Kansas City), Cory Gibbs (Charlton), Eddie Lewis (Leeds), Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege), Eddie Pope (Real Salt Lake)

Midfielders: DaMarcus Beasley (PSV Eindhoven), Bobby Convey (Reading), Clint Dempsey (New England), Landon Donovan (Los Angeles), Pablo Mastroeni (Colorado), John O’Brien (Chivas USA), Ben Olsen (D.C. United), Claudio Reyna (Manchester City)

Forwards: Brian Ching (Houston), Eddie Johnson (Kansas City), Brian McBride (Fulham), Josh Wolff (Kansas City)

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