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). 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 (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.
Group A
France Coach: Raymond Domenech
Mexico Coach: Javier Aguirre
South Africa Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira
Uruguay Coach: Óscar Tabárez
Group B
Argentina Coach: Diego Maradona
Greece Coach: Otto Rehhagel
Nigeria Coach: Lars Lagerbäck
South Korea Coach: Huh Jung-moo
Group C
Algeria Coach: Rabah Saâdane
England Coach: Fabio Capello
Slovenia Coach: Matjaž Kek
United States Coach: Bob Bradley
Group D
Australia Coach: Pim Verbeek
Germany Coach: Joachim Löw
Ghana Coach: Milovan Rajevac
Serbia Coach: Radomir Antić
Group E
Cameroon Coach: Paul Le Guen
Denmark Coach: Morten Olsen
Japan Coach: Takeshi Okada
Netherlands Coach: Bert van Marwijk
Group F
Italy Coach: Marcello Lippi
New Zealand Coach: Ricki Herbert
McGlinchey was on loan at Motherwell from Central Coast Mariners.
Paraguay Coach: Gerardo Martino
Slovakia Coach: Vladimír Weiss Sr.
Group G
Brazil Coach: Carlos Dunga
Ivory Coast Coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson
North Korea Coach: Kim Jong-hun
Portugal Coach: Carlos Queiroz
Group H
Chile Coach: Marcelo Bielsa
Honduras Coach: Reinaldo Rueda
Spain Coach: Vicente del Bosque
Switzerland Coach: Ottmar Hitzfeld
Player 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 Players England Spain Italy Germany France Netherlands Other UEFA Other regions13 Barcelona 12 ChelseaLiverpool 11 Bayern Munich 10 ArsenalTottenham Hotspur Real Madrid Inter Milan Panathinaikos 9 VfL Wolfsburg Ajax 8 Portsmouth JuventusUdinese 7 EvertonManchester City Valencia Milan Hamburger SVVfB Stuttgart Benfica April 256 Bayer LeverkusenWerder Bremen Lyon Twente Porto Olimpia5 FulhamWest Ham UnitedWigan AthleticManchester United Sevilla NapoliRoma MonacoMarseilleValenciennes AZ Galatasaray Basel Guadalajara Motagua Wellington Phoenix Amrokgang
Player representation by league CountryPlayersPercentOutside national squad England11716%92 Germany8411%61 Italy8011%57 Spain598%39 France456%34 Netherlands345%25 Japan253%6 Greece213%7 Mexico213%7 Portugal213%10 North Korea203%0Others20928%Total736 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 ageCountries24Germany, Ghana, North Korea25Cameroon, Chile, Nigeria, Serbia, Spain26Algeria, Ivory Coast, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Switzerland, United States, Uruguay27Argentina, Denmark, France, Greece, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Portugal, South Korea28Australia, Brazil, England, Honduras, Italy, Paraguay
Coaches representation by country NºCountryCoaches3 ArgentinaMarcelo Bielsa (Chile), Diego Maradona, Gerardo Martino (Paraguay) GermanyOttmar Hitzfeld (Switzerland), Joachim Löw, Otto Rehhagel (Greece)2 BrazilDunga, Carlos Alberto Parreira (South Africa) FranceRaymond Domenech, Paul Le Guen (Cameroon) ItalyFabio Capello (England), Marcello Lippi NetherlandsBert van Marwijk, Pim Verbeek (Australia) SerbiaRadomir Antić, Milovan Rajevac (Ghana) SwedenSven-Göran Eriksson (Ivory Coast), Lars Lagerbäck (Nigeria)1 AlgeriaRabah Saâdane ColombiaReinaldo Rueda (Honduras) DenmarkMorten Olsen JapanTakeshi Okada MexicoJavier Aguirre New ZealandRicki Herbert North KoreaKim Jong-hun PortugalCarlos Queiroz SlovakiaVladimír Weiss SloveniaMatjaž Kek South KoreaHuh Jung-moo SpainVicente del Bosque United StatesBob Bradley UruguayÓscar Tabárez
References
External links Official Players List Preliminary Squads List