2010 FIFA World Cup squads
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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.
Coach: Raymond Domenech
Coach: Javier Aguirre
Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira
Coach: Óscar Tabárez
Coach: Diego Maradona
Coach: Otto Rehhagel
Coach: Lars Lagerbäck
Coach: Huh Jung-moo
Coach: Rabah Saâdane
Coach: Fabio Capello
Coach: Matjaž Kek
Coach: Bob Bradley
Coach: Pim Verbeek
Coach: Joachim Löw
Coach: Milovan Rajevac
Coach: Radomir Antić
Coach: Paul Le Guen
Coach: Morten Olsen
Coach: Takeshi Okada
Coach: Bert van Marwijk
Coach: Marcello Lippi
Coach: Ricki Herbert
Coach: Gerardo Martino
Coach: Vladimír Weiss Sr.
Coach: Carlos Dunga
Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson
Coach: Kim Jong-hun
Coach: Carlos Queiroz
Coach: Marcelo Bielsa
Coach: Reinaldo Rueda
Coach: Vicente del Bosque
Coach: Ottmar Hitzfeld
Player representation by age
- Oldest: David James (39 years, 314 days)
- Youngest: Christian Eriksen (18 years, 117 days)
- Oldest: David James (39 years, 314 days)
- Youngest: Daniel Agyei (20 years, 213 days)
- Oldest: Fabio Cannavaro (36 years, 271 days)
- Youngest: Marek Hamšík (22 years, 319 days)
Player representation by club
| Players | England | Spain | Italy | Germany | France | Netherlands | Other UEFA | Other regions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | Barcelona | |||||||
| 12 | Chelsea Liverpool |
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| 11 | Bayern Munich | |||||||
| 10 | Arsenal Tottenham Hotspur |
Real Madrid | Inter Milan | Panathinaikos | ||||
| 9 | VfL Wolfsburg | Ajax | ||||||
| 8 | Portsmouth | Juventus Udinese |
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| 7 | Everton Manchester City |
Valencia | Milan | Hamburger SV VfB Stuttgart |
Benfica | April 25 | ||
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen Werder Bremen |
Lyon | Twente | Porto | Olimpia | |||
| 5 | Fulham West Ham United Wigan Athletic Manchester United |
Sevilla | Napoli Roma |
Monaco Marseille Valenciennes |
AZ | Galatasaray Basel |
Guadalajara Motagua Wellington Phoenix Amrokgang |
Player representation by league
| Country | Players | Percent | Outside national squad |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 117 | 16% | 92 |
| Germany | 84 | 11% | 61 |
| Italy | 80 | 11% | 57 |
| Spain | 59 | 8% | 39 |
| France | 45 | 6% | 34 |
| Netherlands | 34 | 5% | 25 |
| Japan | 25 | 3% | 6 |
| Greece | 21 | 3% | 7 |
| Mexico | 21 | 3% | 7 |
| Portugal | 21 | 3% | 10 |
| North Korea | 20 | 3% | 0 |
| Others | 209 | 28% | |
| Total | 736 |
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
| Average age | Countries |
|---|---|
| 24 | Germany, Ghana, North Korea |
| 25 | Cameroon, Chile, Nigeria, Serbia, Spain |
| 26 | Algeria, Ivory Coast, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay |
| 27 | Argentina, Denmark, France, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Korea |
| 28 | Australia, Brazil, England, Honduras, Italy, Paraguay |
Coaches representation by country
| Nº | Country | Coaches |
|---|---|---|
| 3 | Argentina | Marcelo Bielsa (Chile), Diego Maradona, Gerardo Martino (Paraguay) |
| Germany | Ottmar Hitzfeld (Switzerland), Joachim Löw, Otto Rehhagel (Greece) | |
| 2 | Brazil | Dunga, Carlos Alberto Parreira (South Africa) |
| France | Raymond Domenech, Paul Le Guen (Cameroon) | |
| Italy | Fabio Capello (England), Marcello Lippi | |
| Netherlands | Bert van Marwijk, Pim Verbeek (Australia) | |
| Serbia | Radomir Antić, Milovan Rajevac (Ghana) | |
| Sweden | Sven-Göran Eriksson (Ivory Coast), Lars Lagerbäck (Nigeria) | |
| 1 | Algeria | Rabah Saâdane |
| Colombia | Reinaldo Rueda (Honduras) | |
| Denmark | Morten Olsen | |
| Japan | Takeshi Okada | |
| Mexico | Javier Aguirre | |
| New Zealand | Ricki Herbert | |
| North Korea | Kim Jong-hun | |
| Portugal | Carlos Queiroz | |
| Slovakia | Vladimír Weiss | |
| Slovenia | Matjaž Kek | |
| South Korea | Huh Jung-moo | |
| Spain | Vicente del Bosque | |
| United States | Bob Bradley | |
| Uruguay | Óscar Tabárez |
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- ^ 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. - ^ 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. - ^ 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. - ^ "TotalfootballNL: Unlikely internationals 10: Sander Boschker". Totalfootballnl.blogspot.com. 3 March 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2012.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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. - ^ 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. - ^ 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.