Instead of having one for every single team it will be alot handier just stick them all in one. This will be used to discuss all the squad information. The full squad, the suprise chocies and the ones left out. Peoples potential first 11 etc.

Holland 28-man pre-World Cup squad:

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Goal: Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United, Eng), Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax) en Henk Timmer (AZ) Defense: Khalid Boulahrouz (Hamburger SV, Dui), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Barcelona, Spa), Tim de Cler (AZ), John Heitinga (Ajax), Kew Jaliens (AZ), Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool, Eng), Joris Mathijsen (AZ), André Ooijer (PSV) Midfield: Mark van Bommel (Barcelona, Spa), Phillip Cocu (PSV), Denny Landzaat (AZ), Hedwiges Maduro (Ajax), Wesley Sneijder (Ajax), Rafael van der Vaart (Hamburger SV). Attack: Ryan Babel (Ajax), Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord), Robin van Persie (Arsenal, Eng), Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United), Arjen Robben (Chelsea, Eng) and Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV).

Bigges suprise for me is no roy Mckaay. Seems like a solid enough team. I think holland to win the world cup and RVN to finish top scorer could be a good bet.


The Aussie squad thanks to Intermilan31

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Goalkeepers Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Zeljko Kalac (AC Milan), Ante Covic (Hammarby), Defenders Michael Beauchamp (Central Coast), Craig Moore (Newcastle United), Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers), Tony Popovic Crystal Palace), Mark Milligan (Sydney FC), Midfielders Marco Bresciano (Parma), Tim Cahill (Everton), Scott Chipperfield (Basel), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers), Vince Grella (Parma), Stan Lazaridis (free agent), Josip Skoko (Stoke City on loan from Wigan Athletic), Mile Sterjovski (Basel), Luke Wilkshire (Bristol City) Strikers John Aloisi (Alaves), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Archie Thompson (PSV Eindhoven), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough), Josh Kennedy (Dinamo Dreseden)

Have a very decent team. In a group with brazil, croatia and japan. THink they could well get 2nd place.



UNITED STATES 2006 FIFA WORLD CUP ROSTER BY POSITION (All-time World Cup Roster Selections)

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Goalkeepers (3): Marcus Hahnemann (2006), Tim Howard (2006), Kasey Keller (1990, 1998, 2002, 2006) Defenders (8): Chris Albright* (2006), Carlos Bocanegra (2006), Steve Cherundolo (2002, 2006), Jimmy Conrad (2006), Cory Gibbs (2006), Eddie Lewis (2002, 2006), Oguchi Onyewu (2006), Eddie Pope (1998, 2002, 2006) Midfielders (8): DaMarcus Beasley (2002, 2006), Bobby Convey (2006), Clint Dempsey (2006), Landon Donovan (2002, 2006), Pablo Mastroeni (2002, 2006), John O’Brien (2002, 2006), Ben Olsen (2006), Claudio Reyna (1994, 1998, 2002, 2006) Forwards (4): Brian Ching (2006), Eddie Johnson (2006), Brian McBride (1998, 2002, 2006), Josh Wolff (2002, 2006)

Eddie lewis a defender?! is he the leeds united player? if so i wouldnt class him as a defender. Alot of English based players in there. Brian mcBride has had a great season for Fulham. Cant see USA doing aswell as last times World Cup. They are in a group with Italy, czech republic and ghana. GOnna be tough to get out of that one.


French Squad

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Goalkeepers: Fabien Barthez (Olympique Marseille), Gregory Coupet (Olympique Lyon), Mickael Landreau (Nantes). Defenders: Eric Abidal (Olympique Lyon), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Newcastle United), Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan Athletic), William Gallas (Chelsea), Gael Givet (Monaco) Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich), Mikael Silvestre (Manchester United), Lilian Thuram (Juventus). Midfielders: Vikash Dhorasoo (Paris St Germain), Alou Diarra (Racing Lens), Claude Makelele (Chelsea), Florent Malouda (Olympique Lyon), Patrick Vieira (Juventus), Zinedine Zidane (Real Madrid). Strikers: Djibril Cisse (Liverpool), Thierry Henry (Arsenal), Franck Ribery (Olympique Marseille), Louis Saha (Manchester United), David Trezeguet (Juventus), Sylvain Wiltord (Olympique Lyon).

No Guily. Quite suprising. No le sulk either, wasnt expect that **** to make it though. Same with pires, hes past it now and hasnt been great for arsenal.

Portugal Squad

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Goalies: Ricardo (Sporting), Quim (Benfica), Bruno Vale (E. Amadora) Defenders: Miguel (Valencia), Paulo Ferreira (Chelsea), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea), Fernando Meira (Stuttgart), Ricardo Costa (FC Porto), Caneira (Sporting), Nuno Valente (Everton) Midfielders: Costinha (unattached), Petit (Benfica), Maniche (Chelsea), Tiago (Lyon), Deco (Barcelona), Hugo Viana (Valencia), Figo (Inter), Cristiano Ronaldo (Man Utd), Boa Morte (Fulham), Simão (Benfica) Forwards: Nuno Gomes (Benfica), Pauleta (PSG), Hélder Postiga (Saint-Etienne)

Italian Squad

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Goalkeepers: Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus), Angelo Peruzzi (Lazio), Marco Amelia (Livorno) Defenders: Cristian Zaccardo (Palermo), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan), Fabio Cannavaro (Juventus), Gianluca Zambrotta (Juventus), Marco Materazzi (Inter Milan), Fabio Grosso (Palermo), Massimo Oddo (Lazio), Andrea Barzagli (Palermo). Midfielders: Andrea Pirlo (AC Milan), Gennaro Gattuso (AC Milan), Daniele De Rossi (AS Roma), Mauro Camoranesi (Juventus), Simone Perrotta (AS Roma), Simone Barone (Palermo). Forwards: Luca Toni (Fiorentina), Alessandro Del Piero (Juventus), Francesco Totti (AS Roma), Alberto Gilardino (AC Milan), Filippo Inzaghi (AC Milan), Vincenzo Iaquinta (Udinese)

German Squad

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Germany Goalies: Jens Lehmann (Arsenal), Oliver Kahn (Bayern Munich), Timo Hildebrand (Estugarda) Defenders: Arne Friedrich (Berlin), Per Mertesacker (Hannover), Robert Huth (Chelsea), Christoph Metzelder (Dortmund), Jens Nowotny (Leverkusen), Philip Lahm (Bayern Munique), Marcell Jansen (Mönchengladbach) Midfielders: Bastian Schweinsteiger (Bayern Munique), Bernd Schneider (Leverkusen), Torsten Frings (Brême), Thomas Hitzlsperger (Estugarda), Sebastian Kehl (Dortmund), Tim Borowski (Brême), Michael Ballack (Bayern Munique), David Odonkor (Dortmund) Forwards: Miroslav Klose (Brême), Lukas Podolski (Colónia), Gerald Asamoah (Schalke 04), Oliver Neuville (Mönchengladbach), Mike Hanke (Wolfsburg)

Argentina Squad

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Goalkeepers: Roberto Abbondanzieri (Boca Juniors, Argentina), Leonardo Franco (Atlético de Madrid, España), Oscar Ustari (Independiente, Argentina). Defenders: Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo La Coruña, Spain), Roberto Ayala (Valencia, Spain), Gabriel Heinze (Manchester United, England), Juan Pablo Sorin (Villarreal, Spain), Lionel Scaloni (West Ham United, England), Gabriel Milito (Zaragoza, Spain), Nicolás Burdisso (Inter, Italy), Leandro Cufré (Roma, Italy) Midfielders: Esteban Cambiasso (Inter, Italy), Javier Mascherano (Corinthians, Brazil), Luis González (Porto, Portugal), Pablo Aimar (Valencia, Spain), Juan Román Riquelme (Villarreal, Spain), Maximiliano Rodríguez (Atlético de Madrid, Spain) Strikers: Carlos Tevez (Corinthians, Brazil), Hernán Crespo (Chelsea, England), Lionel Messi (Barcelona, Spain), Rodrigo Palacio (Boca Juniors, Argentina), Javier Saviola (Sevilla, Spain), Julio Cruz (Inter, Italy)

Brazilian Squad

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Goalkeepers: Dida (AC Milan), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Rogerio Ceni (Sao Paulo) Defenders: Cafu (AC Milan), Cicinho (Real Madrid), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin), Cris (Olympique Lyon), Luisao (Benfica) Midfielders: Edmilson (Barcelona), Juninho Pernambucano (Olympique Lyon), Emerson (Juventus), Ze Roberto (Bayern Munich), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Kaka (AC Milan), Ricardinho (Corinthians) Forwards: Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Robinho (Real Madrid), Ronaldinho (Barcelona), Adriano (Inter Milan), Fred (Olympique Lyon).

Spain Squad

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Goalkeepers: Iker Casillas (Real Madrid), Jose Reina (Liverpool), Santiago Canizares (Valencia) Defenders: Antonio Lopez (Atletico Madrid), Pablo Ibanez (Atletico Madrid), Carles Puyol (Barcelona), Juanito (Real Betis), Asier del Horno (Chelsea), Michel Salgado (Real Madrid), Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid), Carlos Marchena (Valencia) Midfielders: Cesc Fabregas (Arsenal), Jose Antonio Reyes (Arsenal), Andres Iniesta (Barcelona), Xavi (Barcelona), Joaquin (Real Betis), Luis Garcia (Liverpool), Xabi Alonso (Liverpool), David Albelda (Valencia), Marcos Senna (Villarreal) Forwards: Fernando Torres (Atletico Madrid), Raul (Real Madrid), David Villa (Valencia)

Czech Republic Squad

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Goalies: Petr Cech (Chelsea/ING), Jaromir Blazek (Sparta Prague), Antonin Kinsky (Ramenskoye/RUS) Defenders: Zdenek Grygera (Ajax Amsterdam/HOL), Marek Jankulovski (AC Milan/ITA), Martin Jiranek (Spartak Moscou/RUS), Pavel Mares (Saint-Pétersbourg/RUS), Radoslav Kovac (Spartak Moscou/RUS), David Rozehnal (Paris Saint-Germain/FRA), Tomas Ujfalusi (Fiorentina/ITA) Midfielders: Tomas Galasek (Ajax Amsterdam/HOL), David Jarolim (Hambourg/ALE), Pavel Nedved (Juventus Turin/ITA), Karel Poborsky (Ceske Budejovice), Jan Polak (Nuremberg/ALE), Jaroslav Plasil (Monaco/FRA), Tomas Rosicky (Dortmund/ALE), Vladimir Smicer (Bordeaux/FRA) Forwards: Milan Baros (Aston Villa/ING), Marek Heinz (Galatasaray/TUR), Jan Koller (Dortmund/ALE), Vratislav Lokvenc (Salzbourg/AUT), Jiri Stajner (Hanovre/ALE).

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Last edited by Michael19 on May-16-2006 at 19:17

no Seedorf either

France announces their squad Monday. Most of the teams have to announce before next week. Alot of the nations are having training/meetings this week. Italian team has practically been decided just waiting announcement. Brazil to keep the last XI they had in their last match for their first match the rest will be announced later

For The Aussie TA's


Goalkeepers

Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Zeljko Kalac (AC Milan), Ante Covic (Hammarby),

Defenders

Michael Beauchamp (Central Coast), Craig Moore (Newcastle United), Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers), Tony Popovic Crystal Palace), Mark Milligan (Sydney FC),

Midfielders

Marco Bresciano (Parma), Tim Cahill (Everton), Scott Chipperfield (Basel), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers), Vince Grella (Parma), Stan Lazaridis (free agent), Josip Skoko (Stoke City on loan from Wigan Athletic), Mile Sterjovski (Basel), Luke Wilkshire (Bristol City)

Strikers

John Aloisi (Alaves), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Archie Thompson (PSV Eindhoven), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough), Josh Kennedy (Dinamo Dreseden)

Hehe, great to see Van Basten takes Huntelaar with him...

He couldnt deny those 33 goals , imo he should even let him play alot too, WC topscorer with 15

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That's a disgrace that he picks someone like van bronkhurst and leaves out seedorf who has had one of his best seasons in years.

You wanna bitch about van bronckhorst, i'll bitch about all those AZ players ...

and as for Seedorf, he's just fallen out of the grace of the holland squad i guess, been a few years now

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seriously who are all these dutch defenders ? except for boulahrouz, gio and heintinga, i don't know the rest

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Originally posted by The_G0dfather You wanna bitch about van bronckhorst, i'll bitch about all those AZ players ...

yeah, players who are in lesser known teams are always shit

you do realise AZ ended up 2nd in the dutch championship before the playoff? ahead of Feyenoord and well ahead of Ajax? and they reached the UEFA cup semi-finals last season?

i don't know very well the players in question either (tho i'm sure Landzaat is great, and heard of De Cler and Opdam) but i won't knock them off yet

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Originally posted by fastmp3 seriously who are all these dutch defenders ? except for boulahrouz, gio and heintinga, i don't know the rest

Kronkamp is brilliant, absolute key in AZ last season, we wanted to buy him at the start of the season but Villarreal got him (then he moved to Liverpool, apparently wasn't successful in Spain). Ooijer has been a regular for PSV for quite some years now.

Fairly surprised with Makaay and Seedorf out of the squad, but as for Makaay there's plenty of top strikers in that list, very tough to leave anyone out.

btw, best thing would be for the first post in the thread to be regularly updated as the squads come out

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Originally posted by paranoik0 yeah, players who are in lesser known teams are always shit you do realise AZ ended up 2nd in the dutch championship before the playoff? ahead of Feyenoord and well ahead of Ajax? and they reached the UEFA cup semi-finals last season? i don't know very well the players in question either (tho i'm sure Landzaat is great, and heard of De Cler and Opdam) but i won't knock them off yet

I see alot of Dutch football every week so yes i know what AZ managed to do last year with Van Gaal in the UEFA Cup, and that they've had two very good seasons in a row now.

But personally i just dont like to see those players in the Dutch squad. I guess i'm dreaming of 'better' days with De Boer at the back giving that brilliant long pass towards Bergkamp against Argentina.

Maybe by seeing them play for the national squad i'll learn to like them but atm ... nope

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Last edited by The_G0dfather on May-11-2006 at 13:36

That's a disgrace that he picks someone like van bronkhurst and leaves out seedorf who has had one of his best seasons in years.

yeah that guy needs to lok over his team because seedorf

has had one of his better seasons and it is a shame that he got left out

Bryan Wood shut up man you know nothing about football

padrino : beckham ???????????

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