2002 FIFA World Cup squads

Below are the squads for the 2002 FIFA World Cup tournament in South Korea and Japan. There were 23 players in each squad, expanded from 22 in previous tournaments.

Group A

=flagicon|Denmark Denmark=

Head coach: Morten Olsen

=flagicon|France France=

Head coach: Roger Lemerre

=flagicon|Senegal Senegal=

Head coach: flagicon|France Bruno Metsu

=flagicon|Uruguay Uruguay=

Head coach: Víctor Púa

Group B

=flagicon|Paraguay Paraguay=

Head coach: flagicon|Italy Cesare Maldini

=flagicon|Slovenia Slovenia=

Head coach: Srečko Katanec

*Was expelled from the squad after the first game.Note: caps for Yugoslavia are not counted.

=flagicon|South Africa South Africa=

Head coach: Jomo Sono

=flagicon|Spain Spain=

Head coach: José Antonio Camacho

Group C

=flagicon|Brazil Brazil=

Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

=flagicon|China China=

Head coach: flagicon|FR Yugoslavia Bora Milutinović

=flagicon|Costa Rica Costa Rica=

Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães

=flagicon|Turkey Turkey=

Head coach: Şenol Güneş

Group D

=flagicon|Poland Poland=

Head coach: Jerzy Engel

=flagicon|Portugal Portugal=

Head coach: António Oliveira

=flagicon|South Korea South Korea=

Head coach: flagicon|Netherlands Guus Hiddink

=flagicon|USA United States=

Head coach: Bruce Arena

Group E

=flagicon|Cameroon Cameroon=

Head coach: flagicon|Germany Winfried Schäfer

=flagicon|Germany Germany=

Head coach: Rudi Völler

=flagicon|Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland=

Head coach: Mick McCarthy
*Roy Keane left the tournament and wasn't replaced. "See 2002 Roy Keane Saipan incident"

=flagicon|Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia=

Head coach: Nasser Al-Johar

Group F

=flagicon|Argentina Argentina=

Head coach: Marcelo Bielsa

Originally the squad was named with Ariel Ortega given #23 and Roberto Bonano #24 as the AFA had decided to retire the #10 shirt in honour of Diego Maradona. FIFA insisted that all squads were assigned with numbers 1-23 so Argentina had to amend their squad list.

=flagicon|England England=

Head coach: flagicon|Sweden Sven-Göran Eriksson

=flagicon|Nigeria Nigeria=

Head coach: Festus Onigbinde

=flagicon|Sweden Sweden=

Head coaches: Lars Lagerbäck and Tommy Söderberg

Group G

=flagicon|Croatia Croatia=

Head coach: Mirko JozićNote: caps for Yugoslavia are not counted.

=flagicon|Ecuador Ecuador=

Head coach: flagicon|Colombia Hernán Darío Gómez

=flagicon|Italy Italy=

Head coach: Giovanni Trapattoni

=flagicon|Mexico Mexico=

Head coach: Javier Aguirre

Group H

=flagicon|Belgium Belgium=

Head coach: Robert Waseige

=flagicon|Japan Japan=

Head coach: flagicon|France Philippe Troussier

=flagicon|Russia Russia=

Head coach: Oleg RomantsevNote: caps include those for USSR, CIS, and Russia.

=flagicon|Tunisia Tunisia=

Head coach: Ammar Souayah

References

*en icon [http://www.planetworldcup.com/CUPS/2002/wc02squads.html Planet World Cup website]