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 (c) 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 Costa Rica Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães Ecuador Head coach: Luis Fernando Suárez Germany Head coach: Jürgen Klinsmann 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: 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. Saudi Arabia were the only team with no players from European clubs. The Ivory Coast squad was made up entirely of players employed by foreign clubs, and 22