2002_FIFA_World_Cup_squads

2002 FIFA World Cup squads

2002 FIFA World Cup squads

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At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, each national association was required to name a squad of 23 players, expanded from 22 in previous tournaments.

The players' ages, caps and clubs are as of 31 May 2002, the opening day of the tournament.

Group A

Denmark

Head coach: Morten Olsen

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France

Head coach: Roger Lemerre

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Senegal

Head coach: France Bruno Metsu

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Uruguay

Head coach: Víctor Púa

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Group B

Paraguay

Head coach: Italy Cesare Maldini

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Slovenia

Head coach: Srečko Katanec

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*Was expelled from the squad after the first game.

Note: caps for Yugoslavia are not counted.

South Africa

Head coach: Jomo Sono

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Spain

Head coach: José Antonio Camacho

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Group C

Brazil

Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

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China PR

Head coach: Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović

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Costa Rica

Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães

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Turkey

Head coach: Şenol Güneş

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Group D

Poland

Head coach: Jerzy Engel

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Portugal

Head coach: António Oliveira

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South Korea

Head coach: Netherlands Guus Hiddink

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United States

Head coach: Bruce Arena

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Group E

Cameroon

Head coach: Germany Winfried Schäfer

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Germany

Head coach: Rudi Völler

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Republic of Ireland

Head coach: Mick McCarthy

  • Roy Keane left the squad before the tournament and was not replaced. See Saipan incident. Keane was technically still part of the named squad and appeared in FIFA's official squad lists.
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Saudi Arabia

Head coach: Nasser Al-Johar

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Group F

Argentina

Head coach: Marcelo Bielsa

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Originally, the squad was named with Ariel Ortega given shirt number 23 and Roberto Bonano number 24, as the Argentine Football Association had decided to retire the number 10 shirt in honour of Diego Maradona. FIFA, however, insisted that all squads were assigned with numbers ranging only from 1–23, prompting Argentina to amend their squad list.

England

Head coach: Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson

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Nigeria

Head coach: Festus Onigbinde

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Sweden

Head coaches: Lars Lagerbäck and Tommy Söderberg

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Group G

Croatia

Head coach: Mirko Jozić

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Note: caps for Yugoslavia are not counted.

Ecuador

Head coach: Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez

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Italy

Head coach: Giovanni Trapattoni

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Mexico

Head coach: Javier Aguirre

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Group H

Belgium

Head coach: Robert Waseige

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Japan

Head coach: France Philippe Troussier

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Russia

Head coach: Oleg Romantsev

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Note: caps include those for USSR, CIS, and Russia, while those for other countries, such as Ukraine, are not counted.

Tunisia

Head coach: Ammar Souayah

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Player representation by league

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The Saudi Arabian squad was the only one made up entirely of players from their country's domestic league and the only one with no players from European clubs. The Cameroon squad were made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs, the Irish squad was made up entirely by players in the English league. Although the Netherlands and Greece failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 18 and 10 players, respectively. Altogether, there were 43 national leagues who had players in the tournament.


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