2006 FIFA World Cup squads

This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Germany, between 9 June and 9 July 2006. Before announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 33 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted by 15 May 2006. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's first World Cup game. Players marked were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the World Cup, including all pre-tournament friendlies. Club information is that used by FIFA. Players for whom this information changed during or prior to the tournament are indicated by footnotes.

Group A

Poland

Head coach: Paweł Janas

Group B

England

Head coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson

Paraguay

Head coach: Aníbal Ruiz

Sweden

Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck

Trinidad and Tobago

Head coach: Leo Beenhakker

Group C

Argentina

Head coach: José Pekerman

Ivory Coast

Head coach: Henri Michel

Netherlands

Head coach: Marco van Basten

Serbia and Montenegro

Head coach: Ilija Petković

Group D

Angola

Head coach: Luis Oliveira Gonçalves

Iran

Head coach: Branko Ivanković

Mexico

Head coach: Ricardo La Volpe

Portugal

Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Group E

Czech Republic

Head coach: Karel Brückner

Ghana

Head coach: Ratomir Dujković

Italy

Head coach: Marcello Lippi

United States

Head coach: Bruce Arena

Group F

Australia

Head coach: Guus Hiddink

Brazil

Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira

Croatia

Head coach: Zlatko Kranjčar

Japan

Head coach: Zico

Group G

France

Head coach: Raymond Domenech

South Korea

Head coach: Dick Advocaat

Switzerland

Head coach: Köbi Kuhn

Togo

Head coach: Otto Pfister

Group H

Saudi Arabia

Head coach: Marcos Paquetá

Spain

Head coach: Luis Aragonés

Tunisia

Head coach: Roger Lemerre

Ukraine

Head coach: Oleg Blokhin
Serhiy Fedorov was injured prior to the start of the tournament. His replacement, Vyacheslav Shevchuk, was also injured shortly after filling in. Oleksandr Yatsenko was then called up, and sat on the bench for the last two matches.

Player representation by league

The squads for Italy and Saudi Arabia were made up entirely of players from their respective domestic leagues, with the latter being the only team without players from European clubs. The Ivory Coast squad was made up entirely of players employed by foreign clubs, and 22 out of the 23 players were registered in Europe. Although Turkey, Scotland, and Russia failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 12, 11, and 10 players respectively. In total, domestic leagues from 48 countries had players at the 2006 World Cup.

Player representation by club

Finalised clubs' listing as per FIFA, excluding players on standby and loans.

Players

Clubs