Confederations Cup - Confederations Cup squads

Eurosport - Sun, 14 Jun 13:15:00 2009

Full squad lists for all eight teams in the 2009 Confederations Cup in South Africa.

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GROUP A

IRAQ

Goalkeepers: 1-Noor Sabri (Al Talaba), 12-Mohamed Kassid (Al Zawraa), 21-Oday Talib (Duhok)

Defenders: 2-Mohamed Ali Kareem (Al Jazeera, United Arab Emirates), 3-Basem Abbas (Al Talaba), 14-Salam Shaker (Al Khor, Qatar), 15-Ali Hussein Rehema (Al Wakra, Qatar), 16-Dara Mohammed (Sulaymaniyah) , 19-Abbas Isam (Al Amana), 22-Muayad Khalid (Al Quwa Al Jawiya)

Midfielders: 4-Fareed Majeed (Al Talaba), 5-Nashat Akram (Al Gharafa, Qatar), 6-Salih Sadir (Al Ahed, Lebanon), 9-Abdul Wahhab (Sepahan, Iran), 11-Hawar Mulaa Mohammed (Anorthosis Famagusta, Cyprus), 13-Karrar Jassim (Al Wakra, Qatar), 18-Mahdi Kareem (Al Khor, Qatar), 20-Samer Saaed (Al Ahli Tripoli, Libya), 23-Halkard Mulla Mohammed (Sulaymaniyah)

Forwards: 7-Emad Mohammed (Sepahan, Iran), 8-Luay Salah (Arbil), 10-Younis Mahmoud (Al Gharafa, Qatar), 17-Alaa Abdul Zahra (Al Khor, Qatar)

NEW ZEALAND

Goalkeepers: 1-Mark Paston (Wellington Phoenix), 12-Glen Moss (Melbourne Victory, Australia); 23-James Bannatyne (Petone)

Defenders: 2-Aaron Scott (Waitakere United), 3-Tony Lochhead, 5-Ben Sigmund (both Wellington Phoenix), 6-Ivan Vicelich (Auckland City), 17-Dave Mulligan (Wellington Phoenix), 18-Andy Boyens (New York Red Bull, US), 19-Steven Old (Kilmarnock, Scotland)

Midfielders: 4-Duncan Oughton (Columbus Crew), 7-Simon Elliott (San Jose Earthquakes), 8-Tim Brown, 11-Leo Bertos (both Wellington Phoenix), 13-Andy Barron (Petone), 14-Jeremy Christie (Wellington Phoenix), 16-Chris James (Tampere United)

Forwards: 9-Shane Smeltz (Gold Coast United), 10-Chris Killen (Glasgow Celtic), 15-Jeremy Brockie (North Queensland Fury), 21-Kris Bright (Panserraikos), 20-Chris Wood (West Bromwich Albion), 22-Jarrod Smith (Seattle Sounders)

SOUTH AFRICA

Goalkeepers: 1-Rowen Fernandez (Armenia Bielefeld), 16-Itumeleng Khune (Kaizer Chiefs), 22-Brian Baloyi (Mamelodi Sundowns)

Defenders: 2-Siboniso Gaxa (Mamelodi Sundowns), 3-Tsepo Masilela (Maccabi Haifa), 4-Aaron Mokoena (Portsmouth), 14-Matthew Booth (Mamelodi Sundowns), 15-Innocent Mdledle (Orlando Pirates), 19-Bryce Moon (Panathinaikos), 20-Bongani Khumalo, 23-Morgan Gould (both SuperSport United)

Midfielders: 5-Benson Mhlongo (Orlando Pirates), 6-MacBeth Sibaya (Rubin Kazan), 7-Lance Davids (SuperSport United), 8-Siphiwe Tshabalala (Kaizer Chiefs), 10-Steven Pienaar (Everton), 11-Elrio van Heerden (Blackburn Rovers), 12-Teko Modise (Orlando Pirates), 13-Kagisho Dikgacoi (Lamontville Golden Arrows)

Forwards: 9-Katlego Mphela (Mamelodi Sundowns), 17-Bernard Parker (Red Star Belgrade), 18-Thembinkosi Fanteni (Maccabi Haifa), 21-Katlego Mashego (Orlando Pirates)

SPAIN

Goalkeepers: 1-Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), 13-Diego Lopez (Villarreal), 23-Pepe Reina (Liverpool)

Defenders: 2-Raul Albiol (Valencia), 3-Gerard Pique (Barcelona), 4-Carlos Marchena (Valencia), 5-Carles Puyol (Barcelona), 11-Joan Capdevila (Villarreal), 15-Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), 19-Alvaro Arbeloa (Liverpool)

Midfielders: 6-Pablo Hernandez (Valencia), 8-Xavi (Barcelona), 10-Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), 12-Sergio Busquets (Barcelona), 14-Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), 20-Santi Cazorla (Villarreal), 18-Albert Riera (Liverpool), 21-David Silva, 22-Juan Mata (both Valencia)

Forwards: 7-David Villa (Valencia), 9-Fernando Torres (Liverpool), 16-Fernando Llorente (Athletic Bilbao), 17-Daniel Guiza (Fenerbahce)

GROUP B

BRAZIL

Goalkeepers: 1-Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), 12-Victor (Gremio), 23-Heurelho Gomes (Tottenham Hotspur)

Defenders: 2-Maicon (Inter Milan), 3-Lucio (Bayern Munich), 4-Juan (AS Roma), 6-Kleber (Internacional), 13-Daniel Alves (Barcelona), 14-Luisao (Benfica), 15-Miranda (Sao Paulo), 16-Andre Santos (Corinthians)

Midfielders: 5-Felipe Melo (Fiorentina), 7-Elano Blumer(Manchester City), 8-Gilberto Silva (Panathinaikos), 10-Kaka (AC Milan), 17-Josue (VfL Wolfsburg), 18-Ramires (Cruzeiro), 19-Julio Baptista (AS Roma), 20-Kleberson (Flamengo)

Forwards: 9-Luis Fabiano (Sevilla), 11-Robinho (Manchester City), 21-Alexandre Pato (AC Milan), 22-Nilmar (Internacional)

EGYPT

Goalkeepers: 1-Essam Al Hadari (FC Sion), 16-Abdelwahed El Sayed (Zamalek), 23-Mohamed Sobih (Ismaili)

Defenders: 2-Mahmoud Fathallah (Zamalek), 3-Ahmed Al Muhammadi (ENPPI), 4-Ahmed Said (Haras Al Hodoud), 5-Ahmed Khairy (Ismaili), 6-Hani Said (Zamalek), 14-Sayed Moawad (Al Ahli), 15-Ahmed Farag (Ismaili), 18-Ahmed Abdelghani (Haras Al Hodoud), 20-Wael Gomaa (Al Ahli)

Midfielders: 7-Ahmed Fathi (Al Ahli), 8-Hosni Abd Rabou (Al Ahli, United Arab Emirates), 10-Ahmed Eid Abdelmalek (Haras Al Hodoud), 11-Mohamed Shawky (Middlesbrough), 12-Mohamed Hommos (Ismaili), 13-Abdelziz Tawfik (ENPPI), 17-Ahmed Hassan, 22-Mohamed Aboutrika (both Al Ahli)

Strikers: 9-Mohamed Zidan (Borussia Dortmund), 19-Amr Zaki (Wigan Athletic), 21-Ahmed Abdoul Raouf (ENPPI)

ITALY

Goalkeepers: 1-Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), 12-Morgan De Sanctis (Galatasaray), 14-Marco Amelia (Palermo)

Defenders: 2-Davide Santon (Inter Milan), 3-Fabio Grosso (Olympique Lyon), 4-Giorgio Chiellini, 5-Fabio Cannavaro, 6-Nicola Legrottaglie (all Juventus), 13-Alessandro Gamberini (Fiorentina), 19-Gianluca Zambrotta (AC Milan), 22-Andrea Dossena (Liverpool)

Midfielders: 8-Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), 10-Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), 16-Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), 18-Angelo Palombo (Sampdoria), 20-Riccardo Montolivo (Fiorentina), 21-Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan)

Forwards: 7-Simone Pepe (Udinese), 9-Luca Toni (Bayern Munich), 11-Alberto Gilardino (Fiorentina), 15-Vincenzo Iaquinta (Juventus), Fabio Quagliarella (Napoli), 17-Giuseppe Rossi (Villarreal)

USA

Goalkeepers: 1-Tim Howard (Everton), 18-Brad Guzan (Aston Villa), 23-Luis Robles (Kaiserslautern)

Defenders: 2-Jonathan Bornstein (Chivas USA), 3-Carlos Bocanegra (Stade Rennes), 5-Oguchi Onyewu (Standard Liege), 6-Heath Pearce (Hansa Rostock), 11-Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC), 15-Jay DeMerit (Watford), 16-Danny Califf (FC Midtjylland), 21-Jonathan Spector (West Ham United)

Midfielders: 7-DaMarcus Beasley (Glasgow Rangers), 12-Michael Bradley (Borussia Moenchengladbach), 13-Ricardo Clark (Houston Dynamo), 16-Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), 19-Freddy Adu (Monaco), 20-Jose Francisco Torres (Pachuca, Mexico), 22-Benny Feilhaber (Aarhus)

Forwards: 4-Conor Casey (Colorado Rapids), 8-Clint Dempsey (Fulham), 9-Charlie Davies (Hammarby, Sweden), 10-Landon Donovan (Los Angeles Galaxy), 17-Jozy Altidore (Villarreal, Spain)

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  1. Clint Dempsey the best player !!(Confederations Cup)

    From CaRRy mE aWaY, on Thu 25 Jun 9:43PM

  2. i put arbeloa twice sorry

    From danielle.starling, on Tue 23 Jun 10:07AM

  3. Come on Spain. People might think i'm weird but­ just because i live in England doesn't mean i­ can't support Spain. England aint in the­ competition so i have to support spain because of all­ the Liverpool players that are in the team
    So come­ on:
    Pepe Reina
    Fernando Torres
    Albert Riera
    Xabi­ Alonso
    Alvaro Arbeloa
    Alvaro Arbeloa

    From danielle.starling, on Tue 23 Jun 10:06AM

  4. Viva Espana!!!!!!

    From Attila, on Thu 18 Jun 7:18PM

  5. Spain will for sure :) ;)

    From SasaS, on Tue 16 Jun 7:53PM

  6. brazil or spain will get the cup

    From Ahmed, on Tue 16 Jun 7:21PM

  7. spain ucan win!!!!!u r the chammpions........

    From Amirullah, on Tue 16 Jun 3:03PM

  8. I would go for Italy .... the team who give u suprise­ in World Cup 2006 winner !!

    From alex_weng2000, on Mon 15 Jun 5:05PM

  9. Hello, sport fans. When talking about football,­ let's say the truth. How can a person call the like­ of Steven gerrard, Wayne rooney, Frank Lampard, John­ Terry, Rio ferdinand, Ashley Cole, Gareth Barry e.t.c­ an average players. It is too Bad. In fact at least­ England wiil be in the Semi-Finals. That's why­ football is interesting and unpredictable. Please­ let's wait till then before saying players like­ Xavi,iniesta and the manchester united bench warmer,­ Gerard pique will defeated the world. Mean while some­ of them are good like Torres, Villa,iniesta and senna.­ But don't overrate them because the proud will be­ abased.
    Although spain is the best presently, that­ does not mean they will clinch both the confederations­ cup and the world cup. Let's us all know that in­ every game of football, luck is also needed as well as­ perfectness. Spain may make a costly mistake which may­ be their end.
    Nevertheless, don't let us forget­ the unpredictable teams like Germany,Portugal and­ Brazil. The world cup will surely not be easy for spain­ as we thought although they are very good. Football is­ not mathematics as we see what happened to Manchester­ United whom everybody think will be the european and­ world champion again. How the underdog Barcelonia­ defeated them. Moreover, I guess spain will be in the­ semi-finals and possibly finals. But nobody knows who­ will be the champion yet until the game starts. Thanks.

    From idtobson, on Mon 15 Jun 7:50AM

  10. Well NOT this time :)

    From SasaS, on Sun 14 Jun 5:13PM

  11. Although Spain are favorites to win, Brazil always pop­ up with something special !!!

    From dattasrijan, on Sun 14 Jun 10:36AM

  12. To Kevin O:The Confederations Cup brings together the­ winners of the various FIFA confederations tournaments­ – Copa America (Brazil), AFC Asian Cup (Iraq), CAF­ Africa Cup of Nations (Egypt), CONCACAF Gold Cup (USA),­ OFC Nations Cup (New Zealand) and UEFA Euro Cup (Spain)­ – as well as the reigning World Champions (Italy) and­ the host country of the upcoming World Cup (South­ Africa). FIRST L pls dnt comment if u dnt knw wat to­ say. who told u Del Bosque left out Senna for Busquets.­ senna is injured thats y he's left out. al same­ Spain would win the confederation cup and Brazil­ runners up. Italy third. y wont spain win with 4 BARCA­ players involved: Puyol, Piqué, Busquets and Xavi. O!­ i'll mis Iniesta dearly. I LUV U INIESTA!!! 4RM­ PEE, NIGERIA

    From peter, on Sat 13 Jun 1:13PM

  13. yea i dont think usa is going to dominate. did u see­ who they have to play???? you must be stupid if you­ think that

    From Rooney 1926, on Fri 12 Jun 9:21PM

  14. y aibnt netherlands init

    From lala_116, on Fri 12 Jun 5:58PM

  15. My pick for the cup is Spain as they parade,­ unarguably, the best team for the competition. Thank­ God the British media are showing themselves for who­ they are. They are quick in overhyping their team made­ up of less than average players. It sucks to think­ Rooney will be tagged a striker where Torres is or­ Lampard a midfielder with the likes of Iniesta, Xavi,­ Ribery, James or Robinson as goalkeeper in line with­ Iker Casillas, Cech, Buffon etc.

    From victash4real, on Thu 11 Jun 1:31PM

  16. i think Spain will win this competition, shame Zimbabwe­ isnt participating.

    From Vivian, on Thu 11 Jun 10:36AM

  17. #1...busquests have the potential to better senna...he­ might be as good as patrick vieira...the spain squad is­ fine as many world class players such as­ ramos,pique,xavi,fabregas,torres etc are young and very­ good...so,missing one or 2 players like senna wont be­ missed...but losing iniesta is to say losing 15%­ chances of winning???no ronaldinho this time in brazil­ squad...well,he's my favourite player...its sad to­ see the way he plays now when u know he can perform­ wayyy better than now...

    From eevernc, on Thu 11 Jun 6:17AM

  18. Nice to see that Pepe made the Italian squad. Must have­ been a hard decision for him and for Lippi to make. I­ wonder how they'll disguise him....

    From dpovoledo, on Wed 10 Jun 8:54PM

  19. Morituri you are right, it's the same with the­ transfers in 80% of the cases. also about the world cup­ qualifiers, they prefer to have news of andorra in­ stead of netherlands or russia, they don't even­ cover the tables, the table of france is completely­ f**** up. in the Olympics it was the same. China won­ most of the medals next USA and still the coverage was­ still in majority of british acomplishments. it's­ more than pathetic it's sad, cause the site is­ nothing like the television channel. also i stay in­ eurosport section, for international news, but still­ after a while they move you automatically tu the UK­ section, they are communists.
    P.S. Shaka is drunk or­ high, no offense mate

    From First L, on Wed 10 Jun 8:01PM

  20. good luck to Iraq because they are a team who can­ surprise people and because i am an Iraqi but still i­ think second will be very good for us.

    From ahmadlaith996, on Wed 10 Jun 2:39PM
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