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. 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.
Players marked 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. 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 DomenechMexico
Coach: Javier AguirreSouth Africa
Coach: Carlos Alberto ParreiraUruguay
Coach: Óscar TabárezGroup B
Argentina
Coach: Diego MaradonaGreece
Coach:Otto Rehhagel
Nigeria
Coach: Lars LagerbäckSouth Korea
Coach: Huh Jung-mooGroup C
Algeria
Coach: Rabah SaâdaneEngland
Coach: Fabio CapelloSlovenia
Coach: Matjaž KekUnited States
Coach: Bob BradleyGroup D
Australia
Coach: Pim VerbeekGermany
Coach: Joachim LöwGhana
Coach: Milovan RajevacSerbia
Coach: Radomir AntićGroup E
Cameroon
Coach: Paul Le GuenDenmark
Coach: Morten OlsenJapan
Coach: Takeshi OkadaNetherlands
Coach: Bert van MarwijkGroup F
Italy
Coach: Marcello LippiNew Zealand
Coach: Ricki HerbertParaguay
Coach: Gerardo MartinoSlovakia
Coach: Vladimír Weiss Sr.Group G
Brazil
Coach: Carlos DungaIvory Coast
Coach: Sven-Göran ErikssonNorth Korea
Coach: Kim Jong-hunPortugal
Coach: Carlos QueirozGroup H
Chile
Coach: Marcelo BielsaHonduras
Coach: Reinaldo RuedaSpain
Coach: Vicente del BosqueSwitzerland
Coach: Ottmar HitzfeldPlayer statistics
Player representation by age
Players
- Oldest: David James
- Youngest: Christian Eriksen
Goalkeepers
- Oldest: David James
- Youngest: Daniel Agyei
Captains
- Oldest: Fabio Cannavaro
- Youngest: Marek Hamšík
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.