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2010 FIFA World Cup squads

The 2010 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament held in South Africa from 11 June until 11 July 2010. The 32 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament.

Before announcing their final squad for the tournament, teams were required to name a preliminary squad of 30 players by 11 May 2010, 30 days before the start of the tournament. With the exception of those involved in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final, the players listed in the preliminary squad were then subjected to a mandatory rest period from 17 to 23 May 2010. The preliminary squad would then have to be cut to a final 23 by 1 June 2010 (midnight CET).[1][2] Replacement of seriously injured players is permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first World Cup game, though replacement players do not have to be drawn from the preliminary squad.[3]

Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps, players' club teams and players' age as of 11 June 2010, the tournament's opening day.

For the first time in World Cup history, all teams had at least one player from a European club (North Korea being the only team with just one, Hong Yong-jo). Three national squads were made up entirely of players from domestic clubs: England, Italy and Germany. Nigeria was the only team with no players from domestic clubs.

Group A

France

Coach: Raymond Domenech

Mexico

Coach: Javier Aguirre

South Africa

Coach: Brazil Carlos Alberto Parreira

Uruguay

Coach: Óscar Tabárez

Group B

Argentina

Coach: Diego Maradona

Greece

Coach: GermanyOtto Rehhagel

Nigeria

Coach: Sweden Lars Lagerbäck

South Korea

Coach: Huh Jung-moo

Group C

Algeria

Coach: Rabah Saâdane

England

Coach: Italy Fabio Capello

Slovenia

Coach: Matjaž Kek

United States

Coach: Bob Bradley

Group D

Australia

Coach: Netherlands Pim Verbeek

Germany

Coach: Joachim Löw

Ghana

Coach: Serbia Milovan Rajevac

Serbia

Coach: Radomir Antić

Group E

Cameroon

Coach: France Paul Le Guen

Denmark

Coach: Morten Olsen

Japan

Coach: Takeshi Okada

Netherlands

Coach: Bert van Marwijk

Group F

Italy

Coach: Marcello Lippi

New Zealand

Coach: Ricki Herbert

Paraguay

Coach: Argentina Gerardo Martino

Slovakia

Coach: Vladimír Weiss Sr.

Group G

Brazil

Coach: Carlos Dunga

Ivory Coast

Coach: Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson

North Korea

Coach: Kim Jong-hun

Portugal

Coach: Carlos Queiroz

Group H

Chile

Coach: Argentina Marcelo Bielsa

Honduras

Coach: Colombia Reinaldo Rueda

Spain

Coach: Vicente del Bosque

Switzerland

Coach: Germany Ottmar Hitzfeld

Player statistics

Player representation by age

Players

Goalkeepers

Captains

Player representation by club

Player representation by league

The English, German, and Italian squads were made up entirely of players from the respective countries' domestic leagues. The Nigerian squad was made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs. Although Russia, Turkey, and Scotland failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 14, 14, and 10 players respectively. Altogether, there were 52 national leagues that had players in the tournament.

Average age of squads

Coaches representation by country

References

  1. ^ "FIFA releases information on squad lists for South Africa 2010". FIFA.com. 7 May 2010. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 1 June 2010.
  2. ^ "World Cup 2014 Brazil | World Cup 2010 complete preliminary squad list". Worldcup2010southafrica.com. 14 May 2010. Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  3. ^ "Regulations 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa" (PDF). FIFA.com. Zürich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association. February 2010. pp. 33–35. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 June 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  4. ^ Mikel John Obi replaced by Brown Ideye after he was ruled out due to injury.
    "Ideye replaces Mikel". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 June 2010. Archived from the original on 7 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  5. ^ Rio Ferdinand was initially part of the final squad as captain but withdrew due to injury, replaced by Michael Dawson.
    "Dawson arrives in South Africa". TheFA.com. The Football Association. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 6 June 2010.
  6. ^ Brad Jones replaced by Eugene Galekovic after he returned home due to family illness.
    "Galekovic drafted in to replace Jones". the-afc.com. Asian Football Confederation. 12 June 2010. Archived from the original on 7 December 2017. Retrieved 12 June 2010.
  7. ^ "TotalfootballNL: Unlikely internationals 10: Sander Boschker". Totalfootballnl.blogspot.com. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
  8. ^ McGlinchey was on loan at Motherwell from Central Coast Mariners. "McGlinchey on loan to Motherwell". Central Coast Mariners FC. 3 February 2010. Retrieved 19 May 2020.
  9. ^ Kim Myong-won, a forward, was registered as one of three required goalkeepers, thus was only allowed to play as a goalkeeper during the tournament.
    "Selection blow for Korea DPR". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 3 June 2010. Archived from the original on 8 May 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
  10. ^ Nani replaced by Rúben Amorim since Nani failed in medical tests.
    "Nani injury dents Portugal hopes". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 8 June 2010. Archived from the original on 11 June 2010. Retrieved 10 June 2010.
  11. ^ Julio César de León replaced by Jerry Palacios due to injury.
    "Injured De Leon out of World Cup". CONCACAF.com. CONCACAF. 15 June 2010. Archived from the original on 27 April 2011. Retrieved 15 June 2010.

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