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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.
[edit] Group A
Head coach: 
José Nestor Pekerman
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB/Age |
Caps |
Club |
| 1 |
GK |
Leo Franco |
May 20, 1977 (aged 28) |
|
 Atlético Madrid |
| 2 |
DF |
Walter Samuel |
March 22, 1978 (aged 27) |
|
 Internazionale |
| 3 |
DF |
Juan Pablo Sorín |
May 5, 1976 (aged 29) |
|
Villarreal |
| 4 |
DF |
Javier Zanetti |
August 10, 1973 (aged 31) |
|
Internazionale |
| 5 |
MF |
Esteban Cambiasso |
August 18, 1980 (aged 24) |
|
Internazionale |
| 6 |
DF |
Gabriel Heinze |
April 19, 1978 (aged 27) |
|
 Manchester United |
| 7 |
FW |
Carlos Tévez |
February 5, 1984 (aged 21) |
|
 Corinthians |
| 8 |
MF |
Juan Román Riquelme |
June 24, 1978 (aged 26) |
|
Villarreal |
| 9 |
FW |
Javier Saviola |
December 11, 1981 (aged 23) |
|
 Monaco |
| 10 |
MF |
Pablo Aimar |
November 3, 1979 (aged 25) |
|
Valencia |
| 11 |
FW |
César Delgado |
August 18, 1981 (aged 23) |
|
 Cruz Azul |
| 12 |
GK |
Germán Lux |
June 7, 1982 (aged 23) |
|
River Plate |
| 13 |
DF |
Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez |
April 10, 1984 (aged 21) |
|
Villarreal |
| 14 |
DF |
Gabriel Milito |
September 7, 1980 (aged 24) |
|
Real Zaragoza |
| 15 |
DF |
Diego Placente |
April 24, 1977 (aged 28) |
|
 Bayer Leverkusen |
| 16 |
DF |
Fabricio Coloccini |
January 22, 1982 (aged 23) |
|
Deportivo La Coruña |
| 17 |
DF |
Lucas Bernardi |
September 27, 1977 (aged 27) |
|
Monaco |
| 18 |
MF |
Mario Santana |
December 23, 1981 (aged 23) |
|
Palermo |
| 19 |
MF |
Maxi Rodríguez |
January 2, 1981 (aged 24) |
|
Espanyol |
| 20 |
MF |
Martin Demichelis |
December 20, 1980 (aged 24) |
|
Bayern Munich |
| 21 |
FW |
Luciano Figueroa |
May 19, 1981 (aged 24) |
|
Villarreal |
| 22 |
MF |
Luciano Galletti |
April 9, 1980 (aged 25) |
|
Real Zaragoza |
| 23 |
GK |
Wilfredo Caballero |
September 28, 1981 (aged 23) |
|
Elche |
|
Head coach: 
Frank Farina
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB/Age |
Caps |
Club |
| 1 |
GK |
Mark Schwarzer |
October 6, 1972 (aged 32) |
|
Middlesbrough |
| 2 |
DF |
Kevin Muscat |
August 7, 1973 (aged 31) |
|
Millwall |
| 3 |
DF |
Craig Moore |
December 12, 1975 (aged 29) |
|
Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| 4 |
DF |
Lucas Neill |
March 9, 1978 (aged 27) |
|
Blackburn Rovers |
| 5 |
DF |
Tony Vidmar |
July 4, 1970 (aged 34) |
|
 Cardiff City |
| 6 |
DF |
Tony Popović |
July 4, 1973 (aged 31) |
|
Crystal Palace |
| 7 |
MF |
Brett Emerton |
February 22, 1979 (aged 26) |
|
Blackburn Rovers |
| 8 |
MF |
Josip Skoko |
December 10, 1975 (aged 29) |
|
 Gençlerbirliği |
| 9 |
FW |
Mark Viduka |
October 9, 1975 (aged 29) |
|
Middlesbrough |
| 10 |
MF |
Tim Cahill |
December 6, 1979 (aged 25) |
|
Everton |
| 11 |
MF |
Scott Chipperfield |
December 30, 1975 (aged 29) |
|
 Basel |
| 12 |
GK |
Michael Petkovic |
July 16, 1976 (aged 28) |
|
Trabzonspor |
| 13 |
MF |
Luke Wilkshire |
October 2, 1981 (aged 23) |
|
Bristol City |
| 14 |
DF |
Simon Colosimo |
January 8, 1979 (aged 26) |
|
Perth Glory |
| 15 |
FW |
John Aloisi |
February 5, 1976 (aged 29) |
|
Osasuna |
| 16 |
FW |
David Zdrilic |
April 13, 1974 (aged 31) |
|
Sydney FC |
| 17 |
DF |
Jonathan McKain |
September 21, 1982 (aged 22) |
|
 Naţional Bucureşti |
| 18 |
GK |
Željko Kalac |
December 16, 1972 (aged 32) |
|
Perugia |
| 19 |
MF |
Jason Čulina |
August 5, 1980 (aged 24) |
|
 Twente |
| 20 |
DF |
Ljubo Miličević |
February 13, 1981 (aged 24) |
|
Thun |
| 21 |
MF |
Ahmad Elrich |
May 30, 1981 (aged 24) |
|
Fulham |
| 22 |
FW |
Archie Thompson |
October 23, 1978 (aged 26) |
|
 Lierse |
| 23 |
MF |
Mile Sterjovski |
May 27, 1979 (aged 26) |
|
Basel |
|
Head coach: Jürgen Klinsmann
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB/Age |
Caps |
Club |
| 1 |
GK |
Oliver Kahn |
June 15, 1969 (aged 36) |
78 |
Bayern Munich |
| 2 |
DF |
Andreas Hinkel |
March 26, 1982 (aged 23) |
13 |
Stuttgart |
| 3 |
DF |
Arne Friedrich |
May 29, 1979 (aged 26) |
26 |
Hertha Berlin |
| 4 |
DF |
Robert Huth |
August 18, 1984 (aged 20) |
6 |
Chelsea |
| 5 |
DF |
Patrick Owomoyela |
November 5, 1979 (aged 25) |
6 |
Arminia Bielefeld |
| 6 |
MF |
Marco Engelhardt |
December 2, 1980 (aged 24) |
2 |
Kaiserslautern |
| 7 |
MF |
Bastian Schweinsteiger |
August 1, 1984 (aged 20) |
14 |
Bayern Munich |
| 8 |
MF |
Torsten Frings |
November 22, 1976 (aged 28) |
39 |
Bayern Munich |
| 9 |
FW |
Mike Hanke |
November 5, 1983 (aged 21) |
1 |
Schalke 04 |
| 10 |
MF |
Sebastian Deisler |
January 5, 1980 (aged 25) |
24 |
Bayern Munich |
| 11 |
FW |
Thomas Brdaric |
January 23, 1975 (aged 30) |
8 |
Wolfsburg |
| 12 |
GK |
Jens Lehmann |
November 10, 1969 (aged 35) |
23 |
Arsenal |
| 13 |
MF |
Michael Ballack |
September 26, 1976 (aged 28) |
53 |
Bayern Munich |
| 14 |
FW |
Gerald Asamoah |
October 3, 1978 (aged 26) |
28 |
Schalke 04 |
| 15 |
MF |
Fabian Ernst |
May 20, 1979 (aged 26) |
16 |
Werder Bremen |
| 16 |
MF |
Thomas Hitzlsperger |
April 5, 1982 (aged 23) |
6 |
Aston Villa |
| 17 |
DF |
Per Mertesacker |
September 29, 1984 (aged 20) |
7 |
Hannover 96 |
| 18 |
MF |
Tim Borowski |
May 2, 1980 (aged 25) |
9 |
Werder Bremen |
| 19 |
MF |
Bernd Schneider |
November 17, 1973 (aged 31) |
48 |
Bayer Leverkusen |
| 20 |
FW |
Lukas Podolski |
June 4, 1985 (aged 20) |
11 |
Köln |
| 21 |
DF |
Christian Schulz |
April 1, 1983 (aged 22) |
3 |
Werder Bremen |
| 22 |
FW |
Kevin Kurányi |
March 2, 1982 (aged 23) |
24 |
Stuttgart |
| 23 |
GK |
Timo Hildebrand |
April 5, 1979 (aged 26) |
2 |
Stuttgart |
|
Head coach: Roger Lemerre
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB/Age |
Caps |
Club |
| 1 |
GK |
Ali Boumnijel |
April 13, 1966 (aged 39) |
|
 Africain |
| 2 |
DF |
Karim Saidi |
March 24, 1983 (aged 22) |
|
Feyenoord |
| 3 |
FW |
Karim Essediri |
July 29, 1979 (aged 25) |
|
 Tromsø IL |
| 4 |
DF |
Wissem Abdi |
April 2, 1979 (aged 26) |
|
Sfaxien |
| 5 |
FW |
Ziad Jaziri |
July 12, 1978 (aged 26) |
|
Gaziantepspor |
| 6 |
DF |
Hatem Trabelsi |
January 25, 1977 (aged 28) |
|
Ajax |
| 7 |
FW |
Imed Mhedhebi |
March 22, 1976 (aged 29) |
|
Etoile Sahel |
| 8 |
MF |
Mehdi Nafti |
November 28, 1978 (aged 26) |
|
Birmingham City |
| 9 |
FW |
Haykel Guemamdia |
December 22, 1981 (aged 23) |
|
Sfaxien |
| 10 |
MF |
Kaies Ghodhbane |
January 7, 1976 (aged 29) |
|
Samsunspor |
| 11 |
FW |
Francileudo Santos |
March 20, 1979 (aged 26) |
|
Sochaux |
| 12 |
MF |
Jawhar Mnari |
November 8, 1976 (aged 28) |
|
Espérance Sportive de Tunis |
| 13 |
MF |
Hamed Namouchi |
December 1, 1984 (aged 20) |
|
 Rangers |
| 14 |
MF |
Adel Chedli |
September 16, 1976 (aged 28) |
|
Istres |
| 15 |
DF |
Radhi Jaïdi |
August 30, 1975 (aged 29) |
|
Bolton Wanderers |
| 16 |
GK |
Khaled Fadhel |
September 29, 1976 (aged 28) |
|
Diyarbakırspor |
| 17 |
MF |
Chaouki Ben Saada |
July 1, 1984 (aged 20) |
|
Sporting Bastia |
| 18 |
MF |
Selim Ben Achour |
September 8, 1981 (aged 23) |
|
Paris Saint-Germain |
| 19 |
DF |
Anis Ayari |
February 16, 1982 (aged 23) |
|
Samsunspor |
| 20 |
DF |
José Clayton |
March 21, 1974 (aged 31) |
|
Espérance Sportive de Tunis |
| 21 |
FW |
Issam Jemâa |
January 28, 1984 (aged 21) |
|
Espérance Sportive de Tunis |
| 22 |
GK |
Hamdi Kasraoui |
February 18, 1983 (aged 22) |
|
Espérance Sportive de Tunis |
| 23 |
DF |
Amir Hadj Massaoued |
February 8, 1981 (aged 24) |
|
Sfaxien |
|
[edit] Group B
Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB/Age |
Caps |
Club |
| 1 |
GK |
Dida |
October 7, 1973 (aged 31) |
|
Milan |
| 2 |
DF |
Maicon |
July 26, 1981 (aged 23) |
|
Monaco |
| 3 |
DF |
Lúcio |
May 8, 1978 (aged 27) |
|
Bayern Munich |
| 4 |
DF |
Roque Júnior |
August 31, 1976 (aged 28) |
|
Bayer Leverkusen |
| 5 |
MF |
Emerson |
April 4, 1976 (aged 29) |
|
Juventus |
| 6 |
DF |
Gilberto |
April 25, 1976 (aged 29) |
|
Hertha Berlin |
| 7 |
FW |
Robinho |
January 25, 1984 (aged 21) |
|
Santos |
| 8 |
MF |
Kaká |
April 22, 1982 (aged 23) |
|
Milan |
| 9 |
FW |
Adriano |
February 17, 1982 (aged 23) |
|
Internazionale |
| 10 |
MF |
Ronaldinho |
March 21, 1980 (aged 25) |
|
Barcelona |
| 11 |
MF |
Ze Roberto |
July 6, 1974 (aged 30) |
|
Bayern Munich |
| 12 |
GK |
Marcos |
August 4, 1973 (aged 31) |
|
Palmeiras |
| 13 |
DF |
Cicinho |
June 24, 1980 (aged 24) |
|
São Paulo |
| 14 |
DF |
Juan |
February 1, 1979 (aged 26) |
|
Bayer Leverkusen |
| 15 |
DF |
Luisão |
February 13, 1981 (aged 24) |
|
 Benfica |
| 16 |
DF |
Léo |
July 6, 1975 (aged 29) |
|
Benfica |
| 17 |
MF |
Gilberto Silva |
October 7, 1976 (aged 28) |
|
Arsenal |
| 18 |
MF |
Juninho Pernambucano |
January 30, 1975 (aged 30) |
|
Lyon |
| 19 |
MF |
Renato |
May 15, 1979 (aged 26) |
|
Sevilla |
| 20 |
FW |
Júlio Baptista |
October 1, 1981 (aged 23) |
|
Sevilla |
| 21 |
FW |
Ricardo Oliveira |
May 6, 1980 (aged 25) |
|
Real Betis |
| 22 |
MF |
Eduardo César Gaspar |
May 15, 1978 (aged 27) |
|
Arsenal |
| 23 |
GK |
Heurelho Gomes |
February 15, 1981 (aged 24) |
|
PSV |
|
Head coach: Otto Rehhagel
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB/Age |
Caps |
Club |
| 1 |
GK |
Antonios Nikopolidis |
October 14, 1971 (aged 33) |
|
 Olympiacos |
| 2 |
DF |
Giourkas Seitaridis |
June 4, 1981 (aged 24) |
|
Porto |
| 3 |
DF |
Loukas Vyntra |
February 5, 1981 (aged 24) |
|
Panathinaikos |
| 4 |
DF |
Efstathios Tavlaridis |
January 25, 1980 (aged 25) |
|
Lille |
| 5 |
DF |
Sotirios Kyrgiakos |
July 23, 1979 (aged 25) |
|
Rangers |
| 6 |
MF |
Angelos Basinas |
July 3, 1976 (aged 28) |
|
Panathinaikos |
| 7 |
MF |
Theodoros Zagorakis |
October 27, 1971 (aged 33) |
|
Bologna |
| 8 |
MF |
Stelios Giannakopoulos |
July 12, 1974 (aged 30) |
|
Bolton Wanderers |
| 9 |
FW |
Angelos Charisteas |
February 9, 1980 (aged 25) |
|
Ajax |
| 10 |
MF |
Vassilios Tsiartas |
November 12, 1972 (aged 32) |
|
Köln |
| 11 |
FW |
Dimitrios Papadopoulos |
October 20, 1981 (aged 23) |
|
Panathinaikos |
| 12 |
GK |
Konstantinos Chalkias |
May 30, 1974 (aged 31) |
|
Panathinaikos |
| 13 |
GK |
Mihalis Sifakis |
September 11, 1974 (aged 30) |
|
Crete |
| 14 |
DF |
Takis Fyssas |
June 12, 1973 (aged 32) |
|
Benfica |
| 15 |
FW |
Zisis Vryzas |
November 9, 1973 (aged 31) |
|
Celta Vigo |
| 16 |
MF |
Pantelis Kafes |
June 24, 1978 (aged 26) |
|
Olympiacos |
| 17 |
FW |
Ioannis Amanatidis |
December 3, 1981 (aged 23) |
|
Kaiserslautern |
| 18 |
DF |
Yannis Goumas |
May 24, 1975 (aged 30) |
|
Panathinaikos |
| 19 |
DF |
Michalis Kapsis |
October 18, 1973 (aged 31) |
|
Bordeaux |
| 20 |
MF |
Giorgos Karagounis |
March 6, 1977 (aged 28) |
|
Internazionale |
| 21 |
MF |
Kostas Katsouranis |
June 21, 1979 (aged 25) |
|
AEK Athens |
| 22 |
FW |
Theofanis Gekas |
May 23, 1980 (aged 25) |
|
Panathinaikos |
| 23 |
MF |
Vassilis Lakis |
September 10, 1976 (aged 28) |
|
Crystal Palace |
|
Head coach: Zico
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB (Age) |
Caps |
Goals |
Club |
| 1 |
GK |
Seigo Narazaki |
April 11, 1976 (aged 29) |
48 |
0 |
 Nagoya Grampus |
| 2 |
DF |
Makoto Tanaka |
August 8, 1975 (aged 29) |
22 |
0 |
Júbilo Iwata |
| 3 |
DF |
Takayuki Chano |
November 23, 1976 (aged 28) |
4 |
0 |
JEF United Ichihara Chiba |
| 4 |
MF |
Yasuhito Endō |
January 28, 1980 (aged 25) |
33 |
3 |
Gamba Osaka |
| 5 |
DF |
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto |
February 7, 1977 (aged 28) |
53 |
3 |
Gamba Osaka |
| 6 |
MF |
Kōji Nakata |
July 9, 1979 (aged 25) |
49 |
2 |
Marseille |
| 7 |
MF |
Hidetoshi Nakata |
January 22, 1977 (aged 28) |
64 |
10 |
Fiorentina |
| 8 |
MF |
Mitsuo Ogasawara |
April 5, 1979 (aged 26) |
36 |
5 |
Kashima Antlers |
| 9 |
FW |
Keiji Tamada |
April 11, 1980 (aged 25) |
26 |
5 |
Kashiwa Reysol |
| 10 |
MF |
Shunsuke Nakamura |
June 24, 1978 (aged 26) |
50 |
12 |
Reggina Calcio |
| 11 |
FW |
Takayuki Suzuki |
June 5, 1976 (aged 29) |
52 |
11 |
Kashima Antlers |
| 12 |
GK |
Yoichi Doi |
July 25, 1973 (aged 31) |
2 |
0 |
FC Tokyo |
| 13 |
FW |
Atsushi Yanagisawa |
May 27, 1977 (aged 28) |
47 |
14 |
Messina |
| 14 |
DF |
Alessandro dos Santos |
July 20, 1977 (aged 27) |
53 |
5 |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 15 |
MF |
Takashi Fukunishi |
September 1, 1976 (aged 28) |
48 |
6 |
Júbilo Iwata |
| 16 |
FW |
Masashi Oguro |
May 4, 1980 (aged 25) |
6 |
2 |
Gamba Osaka |
| 17 |
MF |
Atsuhiro Miura |
June 24, 1974 (aged 30) |
25 |
1 |
Vissel Kobe |
| 18 |
MF |
Junichi Inamoto |
September 18, 1979 (aged 25) |
|
4 |
West Bromwich Albion |
| 19 |
MF |
Masashi Motoyama |
June 20, 1979 (aged 25) |
22 |
0 |
Kashima Antlers |
| 20 |
DF |
Keisuke Tsuboi |
September 16, 1979 (aged 25) |
24 |
0 |
Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 21 |
DF |
Akira Kaji |
January 13, 1980 (aged 25) |
29 |
0 |
FC Tokyo |
| 22 |
DF |
Teruyuki Moniwa |
September 8, 1981 (aged 23) |
3 |
0 |
FC Tokyo |
| 23 |
GK |
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi |
August 15, 1975 (aged 29) |
73 |
0 |
Júbilo Iwata |
|
Head coach: Ricardo La Volpe
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB/Age |
Caps |
Club |
| 1 |
GK |
Oswaldo Sánchez |
September 21, 1973 (aged 31) |
|
Guadalajara |
| 2 |
DF |
Aarón Galindo |
May 8, 1982 (aged 23) |
|
Cruz Azul |
| 3 |
DF |
Carlos Salcido |
April 2, 1980 (aged 25) |
|
Guadalajara |
| 4 |
DF |
Rafael Márquez |
February 13, 1979 (aged 26) |
|
Barcelona |
| 5 |
DF |
Ricardo Osorio |
March 30, 1980 (aged 25) |
|
Cruz Azul |
| 6 |
MF |
Gerardo Torrado |
April 30, 1979 (aged 26) |
|
Cruz Azul |
| 7 |
MF |
Sinha |
May 23, 1976 (aged 29) |
|
Toluca |
| 8 |
MF |
Pável Pardo |
July 26, 1976 (aged 28) |
|
América |
| 9 |
FW |
Jared Borgetti |
August 14, 1974 (aged 30) |
|
Pachuca |
| 10 |
FW |
Omar Bravo |
March 4, 1980 (aged 25) |
|
Guadalajara |
| 11 |
MF |
Ramón Morales |
October 10, 1975 (aged 29) |
|
Guadalajara |
| 12 |
GK |
Moisés Muñoz |
February 1, 1980 (aged 25) |
|
Monarcas Morelia |
| 13 |
FW |
Rafael Márquez Lugo |
November 2, 1981 (aged 23) |
|
Monarcas Morelia |
| 14 |
MF |
Gonzalo Pineda |
October 19, 1982 (aged 22) |
|
UNAM Pumas |
| 15 |
DF |
Hugo Sánchez Guerrero |
May 8, 1981 (aged 24) |
|
UANL Tigres |
| 16 |
DF |
Mario Méndez |
June 1, 1979 (aged 26) |
|
Toluca |
| 17 |
FW |
Francisco Fonseca |
October 2, 1979 (aged 25) |
|
Cruz Azul |
| 18 |
DF |
Salvador Carmona |
August 22, 1976 (aged 28) |
|
Cruz Azul |
| 19 |
FW |
Alberto Medina |
May 29, 1983 (aged 22) |
|
Guadalajara |
| 20 |
MF |
Juan Pablo Rodríguez |
August 7, 1979 (aged 25) |
|
Tecos UAG |
| 21 |
MF |
Jaime Lozano |
September 29, 1979 (aged 25) |
|
UNAM Pumas |
| 22 |
MF |
Luis Ernesto Pérez |
January 12, 1981 (aged 24) |
|
Monterrey |
| 23 |
GK |
José de Jesús Corona |
January 26, 1981 (aged 24) |
|
Tecos UAG |
|
