1999 FIFA World Youth Championship squads

Below are the rosters for the 1999 FIFA World Youth Championship tournament in Nigeria.

Group A

Costa Rica

Head coach: Carlos Watson

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Jairo Villegas (1980-02-16)16 February 1980 (aged 19) Municipal Liberia 2 2DF Mauricio Garita (1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 19) Herediano 3 3MF Pablo César Rodríguez (1979-12-10)10 December 1979 (aged 19) Guanacaste 4 2DF Alan Meléndez (1980-07-19)19 July 1980 (aged 18) Deportivo Saprissa 5 2DF Alexander Castro (1979-02-14)14 February 1979 (aged 20) Alajuelense 6 2DF Gilberto Martínez (1979-10-01)1 October 1979 (aged 19) Deportivo Saprissa 7 3MF Mauricio Alpízar (1979-01-30)30 January 1979 (aged 20) Ramonense 8 4FW Esteban Santana (1980-04-06)6 April 1980 (aged 18) Deportivo Saprissa 9 3MF José Ugarte (1980-02-11)11 February 1980 (aged 19) Herediano 10 3MF Minor Díaz (1980-12-26)26 December 1980 (aged 18) Santa Barbara 11 3MF Danny Fonseca (1979-11-07)7 November 1979 (aged 19) Cartaginés 12 2DF Robert Arias (1980-03-18)18 March 1980 (aged 19) Herediano 13 2DF Alberto Brenes (1979-03-18)18 March 1979 (aged 20) Cartaginés 14 3MF Mario Víquez (1979-05-04)4 May 1979 (aged 19) Alajuelense 15 2DF Juan Bautista Esquivel (1980-08-12)12 August 1980 (aged 18) Deportivo Saprissa 16 4FW Winston Parks (1981-10-12)12 October 1981 (aged 17) Limón 17 3MF Luis Venegas (1980-08-16)16 August 1980 (aged 18) Plaza Acosta 18 1GK Greivin Cruz (1979-01-13)13 January 1979 (aged 20) Pérez Zeledón

Germany

Head coach: Bernd Stöber

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Timo Hildebrand (1979-04-05)5 April 1979 (aged 19) Stuttgart 2 2DF Alexander Rosen (1979-04-10)10 April 1979 (aged 19) Eintracht Frankfurt 3 2DF Thorsten Schramm (1979-02-19)19 February 1979 (aged 20) Duisburg 4 2DF Marcel Rapp (1979-04-16)16 April 1979 (aged 19) Karlsruhe 5 2DF Thomas Lechner (1979-01-09)9 January 1979 (aged 20) Kaiserslautern 6 2DF Michael Stuckmann (1979-09-01)1 September 1979 (aged 19) Wattenscheid 7 2DF Andreas Voss (1979-02-27)27 February 1979 (aged 20) Bayer Leverkusen 8 3MF Michael Rothholz (1979-08-25)25 August 1979 (aged 19) Borussia Dortmund 9 3MF Michael Mutzel (1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 19) Eintracht Frankfurt 10 3MF Patrick Falk (1980-02-08)8 February 1980 (aged 19) Bayer Leverkusen 11 3MF Tobias Schäper (1979-10-24)24 October 1979 (aged 19) Arminia Bielefeld 12 1GK Stefan Wessels (1979-02-28)28 February 1979 (aged 20) Bayern Munich 13 2DF Sebastian Kaul (1979-10-17)17 October 1979 (aged 19) Uerdingen 14 3MF Martin Forkel (1979-07-22)22 July 1979 (aged 19) Greuther Fürth 15 4FW Christian Timm (1979-02-27)27 February 1979 (aged 20) Borussia Dortmund 16 4FW Enrico Kern (1979-03-12)12 March 1979 (aged 20) Tennis Borussia Berlin 17 4FW Mahmut Yilmaz (1979-10-06)6 October 1979 (aged 19) Hamburg 18 4FW Andreas Gensler (1979-08-13)13 August 1979 (aged 19) Bayer Leverkusen

Nigeria

Head coaches: Thijs Libregts & Olatunde Nurudeen Disu

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Sam Okoye (1980-05-01)1 May 1980 (aged 18) Enugu Rangers 2 3MF Samuel Okunowo (1979-03-01)1 March 1979 (aged 20) Barcelona 3 2DF Ikenna Eneh (1980-02-15)15 February 1980 (aged 19) Enugu Rangers 4 2DF Obinna Okpala (1979-07-15)15 July 1979 (aged 19) Celtic 5 2DF John Aranka (1980-12-23)23 December 1980 (aged 18) Eagle Cement 6 2DF Ozuah Ikemefuna (1981-12-24)24 December 1981 (aged 17) Jasper United 7 4FW Haruna Babangida (1982-10-01)1 October 1982 (aged 16) Barcelona 8 4FW Hashimu Garba (1980-04-14)14 April 1980 (aged 18) Verona 9 3MF Gabriel Melkam (1980-03-13)13 March 1980 (aged 19) Wattenscheid 10 3MF Abubakar Musa (1979-01-17)17 January 1979 (aged 20) Eagle Cement 11 4FW Ganiyu Shittu (1979-12-22)22 December 1979 (aged 19) Fortuna Düsseldorf 12 1GK Dominic Oruma (1980-07-17)17 July 1980 (aged 18) Sharks 13 3MF Pius Ikedia (1980-07-11)11 July 1980 (aged 18) ASEC Mimosas 14 2DF Joseph Yobo (1980-09-06)6 September 1980 (aged 18) Standard Liège 15 2DF Rabiu Afolabi (1980-04-18)18 April 1980 (aged 18) Standard Liège 16 2DF Chikelue Iloenyosi (1980-10-13)13 October 1980 (aged 18) Fenerbahçe 17 4FW Julius Aghahowa (1982-02-12)12 February 1982 (aged 17) Bendel Insurance 18 4FW Eddy Dombraye (1979-11-11)11 November 1979 (aged 19) ŁKS Łódź

Paraguay

Head coach: Mario Jacquet

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Christian Florentín (1979-05-02)2 May 1979 (aged 19) Cerro Cora 2 2DF Emilio Martínez (1981-04-10)10 April 1981 (aged 17) Nacional 3 2DF Roberto Blanco (1980-04-17)17 April 1980 (aged 18) Sportivo Luqueño 4 2DF Paulo da Silva (1980-02-01)1 February 1980 (aged 19) Perugia 5 3MF Rubén Maldonado (1979-04-25)25 April 1979 (aged 19) Olimpia Asunción 6 3MF Ever Giménez (1979-04-20)20 April 1979 (aged 19) Sportivo San Lorenzo 7 4FW Sergio Fernández (1979-07-31)31 July 1979 (aged 19) Cerro Cora 8 3MF Isidro Candia (1979-05-15)15 May 1979 (aged 19) Sportivo Luqueño 9 4FW Roque Santa Cruz (1981-08-16)16 August 1981 (aged 17) Olimpia Asunción 10 3MF Francisco Escobar (1979-12-03)3 December 1979 (aged 19) Sportivo Luqueño 11 4FW Nelson Cuevas (1980-01-10)10 January 1980 (aged 19) River Plate 12 1GK Roberto Bagnoli (1980-02-16)16 February 1980 (aged 19) Sportivo Iteño 13 4FW Nelson Vera (1979-10-07)7 October 1979 (aged 19) Nacional 14 2DF Elvis Marecos (1980-02-15)15 February 1980 (aged 19) Sportivo Iteño 15 4FW Salvador Cabañas (1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 18) Club 12 de Octubre 16 3MF Jorge Brítez (1981-02-08)8 February 1981 (aged 18) Presidente Hayes 17 2DF Walter Fretes (1979-02-27)27 February 1979 (aged 20) Olimpia Asunción 18 4FW Miguel Domínguez (1979-09-30)30 September 1979 (aged 19) Club Atlético Tembetary

Group B

Argentina

Head coach: José Pekerman

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Franco Costanzo (1980-09-05)5 September 1980 (aged 18) River Plate 2 2DF Carlos Roldán (1979-09-12)12 September 1979 (aged 19) Lanús 3 2DF Gabriel Milito (1980-09-07)7 September 1980 (aged 18) Independiente 4 2DF Juan Fernández (1980-05-03)3 May 1980 (aged 18) Estudiantes La Plata 5 3MF Esteban Cambiasso (1980-08-18)18 August 1980 (aged 18) Independiente 6 2DF Fernando Crosa (1979-02-28)28 February 1979 (aged 20) Newell's Old Boys 7 4FW Luciano Galletti (1980-04-09)9 April 1980 (aged 18) Estudiantes La Plata 8 3MF Aldo Duscher (1979-03-22)22 March 1979 (aged 20) Sporting CP 9 4FW Sixto Peralta (1979-04-16)16 April 1979 (aged 19) Huracán 10 4FW Daniel Montenegro (1979-03-28)28 March 1979 (aged 20) Huracán 11 2DF Germán Rivarola (1979-04-18)18 April 1979 (aged 19) Rosario Central 12 1GK Sebastián Saja (1979-06-05)5 June 1979 (aged 19) San Lorenzo 13 3MF Javier Villarreal (1979-03-01)1 March 1979 (aged 20) Talleres de Córdoba 14 2DF Cristian Grabinski (1980-01-12)12 January 1980 (aged 19) Newell's Old Boys 15 3MF Luis Zubeldía (1981-01-13)13 January 1981 (aged 18) Lanús 16 4FW Ernesto Farías (1980-05-29)29 May 1980 (aged 18) Estudiantes La Plata 17 4FW Sebastián Flores Coronel (1979-04-11)11 April 1979 (aged 19) Rosario Central 18 4FW Federico Insúa (1980-01-03)3 January 1980 (aged 19) Argentinos Juniors

Croatia

Head coach: Martin Novoselac

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Stipe Pletikosa (1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 20) Hajduk Split 2 2DF Darko Miladin (1979-04-01)1 April 1979 (aged 20) Hajduk Split 3 2DF Kristijan Polovanec (1979-10-10)10 October 1979 (aged 19) Croatia Zagreb 4 2DF Goran Sablić (1979-08-04)4 August 1979 (aged 19) Hajduk Split 5 2DF Andre Mijatović (1979-12-03)3 December 1979 (aged 19) Rijeka 6 3MF Anthony Šerić (1979-01-15)15 January 1979 (aged 20) Hajduk Split 7 4FW Mihael Mikić (1980-01-06)6 January 1980 (aged 19) Croatia Zagreb 8 3MF Jurica Vranješ (1980-01-31)31 January 1980 (aged 19) Osijek 9 4FW Igor Budan (1980-04-22)22 April 1980 (aged 18) Rijeka 10 3MF Josip Balatinac (1979-03-07)7 March 1979 (aged 20) Osijek 11 4FW Zvonimir Deranja (1979-09-22)22 September 1979 (aged 19) Hajduk Split 12 1GK Hrvoje Sunara (1979-05-04)4 May 1979 (aged 19) Hajduk Split 13 2DF Silvester Sabolčki (1979-11-12)12 November 1979 (aged 19) Varteks 14 3MF Srđan Andrić (1980-01-05)5 January 1980 (aged 19) Hajduk Split 15 3MF Ivica Banović (1980-08-02)2 August 1980 (aged 18) NK Zagreb 16 4FW Saša Bjelanović (1979-06-11)11 June 1979 (aged 19) Zadarkomerc 17 2DF Hrvoje Vuković (1979-07-25)25 July 1979 (aged 19) Varteks 18 4FW Kruno Lovrek (1979-09-11)11 September 1979 (aged 19) NK Zagreb

Ghana

Head coach: Giuseppe Dossena

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Sammy Adjei (1980-09-01)1 September 1980 (aged 18) Hearts of Oak 2 2DF Karim Abdul (1980-02-05)5 February 1980 (aged 19) Kongsvinger 3 4FW Baffour Gyan (1980-07-02)2 July 1980 (aged 18) Kalamata 4 2DF Kofi Amoako (1979-03-26)26 March 1979 (aged 20) Goldfields 5 2DF Abdul Rahman Issah (1980-11-04)4 November 1980 (aged 18) Udinese 6 3MF Abdul Razak (1980-10-02)2 October 1980 (aged 18) Ebusua Dwarfs 7 4FW Mohammed Abdulai (1980-12-04)4 December 1980 (aged 18) Borussia Dortmund 8 2DF Hamza Mohammed (1980-11-05)5 November 1980 (aged 18) Real Tamale United 9 3MF Theophilus Amuzu (1980-11-22)22 November 1980 (aged 18) Standard Liège 10 3MF Stephen Appiah (1980-12-24)24 December 1980 (aged 18) Udinese 11 2DF Aziz Ansah (1980-10-07)7 October 1980 (aged 18) Harelbeke 12 3MF Laryea Kingston (1980-11-07)7 November 1980 (aged 18) Great Olympics 13 4FW Johnson Eku (1980-09-17)17 September 1980 (aged 18) Electricity 14 4FW Skelley Adu Tutu (1979-08-10)10 August 1979 (aged 19) Saint-Gilloise 15 2DF George Blay (1980-08-07)7 August 1980 (aged 18) Standard Liège 16 1GK Osei Boateng (1981-05-19)19 May 1981 (aged 17) Great Olympics 17 4FW Peter Ofori Quaye (1980-03-21)21 March 1980 (aged 19) Olympiacos 18 4FW Owusu Afriyie (1980-09-01)1 September 1980 (aged 18) Málaga

Kazakhstan

Head coach: Vladimir Fomichyov

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK David Loria (1981-10-31)31 October 1981 (aged 17) Astana 2 3MF Denis Proskurin (1979-04-03)3 April 1979 (aged 20) Semey 3 2DF Igor Soloshenko (1979-05-22)22 May 1979 (aged 19) Shakhter 4 2DF Aleksandr Kuchma (1980-12-09)9 December 1980 (aged 18) Taraz 5 4FW Sergey Gorbanev (1979-11-27)27 November 1979 (aged 19) Taraz 6 3MF Ali Aliyev (1980-10-27)27 October 1980 (aged 18) Kairat Almaty 7 2DF Maksim Samchenko (1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 19) Vostok 8 4FW Andrey Issayev (1980-05-03)3 May 1980 (aged 18) Kairat Almaty 9 3MF Andrei Travin (1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 19) Kairat Almaty 10 4FW Alikhan Akkazynov (1979-10-23)23 October 1979 (aged 19) Kairat Almaty 11 4FW Yevgeniy Tarassov (1979-03-25)25 March 1979 (aged 20) Kairat Almaty 12 4FW Yerlan Urazayev (1979-04-04)4 April 1979 (aged 19) Kairat Almaty 13 2DF Aidar Kumisbekov (1979-02-09)9 February 1979 (aged 20) Kairat Almaty 14 2DF Dmitriy Kichshenko (1979-03-29)29 March 1979 (aged 20) Aktobe 15 4FW Murat Dinayev (1980-01-08)8 January 1980 (aged 19) Zhiger Shymkent 16 3MF Vitaliy Artemov (1979-02-16)16 February 1979 (aged 20) Kairat Almaty 17 3MF Konstantin Zemtsov (1980-07-24)24 July 1980 (aged 18) Kairat Almaty 18 1GK Denis Solovarenko (1979-04-04)4 April 1979 (aged 19) Kairat Almaty

Group C

Australia

Head coach: Les Scheinflug

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Anthony Breaden (1979-03-07)7 March 1979 (aged 20) Adelaide City 2 2DF Brett Emerton (1979-02-22)22 February 1979 (aged 20) Sydney Olympic 3 2DF Lindsay Wilson (1979-05-04)4 May 1979 (aged 19) Canberra Cosmos 4 3MF Simon Colosimo (1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 20) Carlton S.C. 5 2DF Eddy Bosnar (1980-04-29)29 April 1980 (aged 18) Northern Spirit 6 2DF Paul Wearne (1980-03-14)14 March 1980 (aged 19) Northern Spirit 7 3MF Jason Čulina (1980-08-05)5 August 1980 (aged 18) Sydney Olympic 8 3MF Vincenzo Grella (1979-10-05)5 October 1979 (aged 19) Empoli 9 4FW Mark Bresciano (1980-02-11)11 February 1980 (aged 19) Carlton 10 4FW John Maisano (1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 20) Westerlo 11 3MF Mile Sterjovski (1979-05-27)27 May 1979 (aged 19) Sydney United 12 3MF David Terminello (1980-08-30)30 August 1980 (aged 18) Adelaide City 13 3MF Michael Cunico (1979-03-17)17 March 1979 (aged 20) Northern Spirit 14 4FW Danny Invincibile (1979-03-31)31 March 1979 (aged 20) Marconi Stallions 15 2DF Christian Care (1979-03-21)21 March 1979 (aged 20) Marconi Stallions 16 3MF Joel Griffiths (1979-08-21)21 August 1979 (aged 19) Sydney United 17 2DF Mark Byrnes (1982-02-08)8 February 1982 (aged 17) NSW Institute of Sport 18 1GK Michael Turnbull (1981-03-24)24 March 1981 (aged 18) Australian Institute of Sport

Mexico

Head coach: Jesús del Muro

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Christian Martínez (1979-10-16)16 October 1979 (aged 19) Cuautitlán 2 2DF Mario Méndez (1979-06-01)1 June 1979 (aged 19) Atlas 3 2DF Oscar Mascorro (1980-02-11)11 February 1980 (aged 19) Toros Neza 4 2DF Rafael Márquez (1979-02-13)13 February 1979 (aged 20) Atlas 5 3MF Carlos Adrián Morales (1979-09-06)6 September 1979 (aged 19) Monarcas Morelia 6 3MF Gerardo Torrado (1979-04-30)30 April 1979 (aged 19) UNAM Pumas 7 4FW José Alejandro Nava (1979-09-20)20 September 1979 (aged 19) Club Tijuana 8 3MF Cesáreo Victorino (1979-03-19)19 March 1979 (aged 20) Pachuca 9 4FW Jesús Mendoza (1979-01-10)10 January 1979 (aged 20) Club León 10 3MF Juan Pablo Rodríguez (1979-08-07)7 August 1979 (aged 19) Atlas 11 4FW Daniel Osorno (1979-03-16)16 March 1979 (aged 20) Atlas 12 1GK Juan de Dios Ibarra (1979-02-14)14 February 1979 (aged 20) Saltillo 13 3MF Luis Ignacio González (1980-06-28)28 June 1980 (aged 18) UNAM Pumas 14 3MF Eduardo Rodríguez (1979-09-13)13 September 1979 (aged 19) U.A.T. 15 3MF Jonathan Martínez (1979-02-21)21 February 1979 (aged 20) América 16 2DF Rodolfo Pacheco (1979-05-07)7 May 1979 (aged 19) UNAM Pumas 17 2DF Margarito González (1979-03-03)3 March 1979 (aged 20) Tapatio 18 2DF Héctor Reynoso (1980-10-03)3 October 1980 (aged 18) Guadalajara

Republic of Ireland

Head coach: Brian Kerr

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Alex O'Reilly (1979-09-05)5 September 1979 (aged 19) West Ham United 2 2DF Thomas Heary (1979-02-14)14 February 1979 (aged 20) Huddersfield Town 3 2DF Keith Doyle (1979-07-20)20 July 1979 (aged 19) St. Patrick's Athletic 4 2DF Jason Gavin (1980-03-14)14 March 1980 (aged 19) Middlesbrough 5 2DF Gary Doherty (1980-01-31)31 January 1980 (aged 19) Luton Town 6 3MF Barry Quinn (1979-05-09)9 May 1979 (aged 19) Coventry City 7 3MF Stephen McPhail (1979-12-09)9 December 1979 (aged 19) Leeds United 8 3MF Garry Crossley (1980-02-05)5 February 1980 (aged 19) Celtic 9 4FW Liam George (1979-02-02)2 February 1979 (aged 20) Luton Town 10 4FW Robbie Keane (1980-07-08)8 July 1980 (aged 18) Wolverhampton Wanderers 11 3MF Damien Duff (1979-03-02)2 March 1979 (aged 20) Blackburn Rovers 12 3MF Richie Baker (1980-04-17)17 April 1980 (aged 18) Shelbourne 13 3MF Colin Healy (1980-03-14)14 March 1980 (aged 19) Celtic 14 4FW Richard Sadlier (1979-01-14)14 January 1979 (aged 20) Millwall 15 3MF Ryan Casey (1979-01-03)3 January 1979 (aged 20) Swansea City 16 1GK Dean Delany (1980-09-15)15 September 1980 (aged 18) Everton 17 2DF Paul Donnolly (1979-08-31)31 August 1979 (aged 19) Leeds United 18 2DF Barry Ferguson (1979-09-07)7 September 1979 (aged 19) Coventry City

Saudi Arabia

Head coach: Pieter Hamberg

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Mabrouk Zaid (1979-02-11)11 February 1979 (aged 20) Al-Riyadh 2 2DF Fouzi Al-Shehri (1980-05-15)15 May 1980 (aged 18) Al Qadisiya 3 2DF Ahmed Albahri (1980-09-18)18 September 1980 (aged 18) Al Ittifaq 4 2DF Bandr Al-Mutairi (1980-07-09)9 July 1980 (aged 18) Al-Hilal 5 2DF Tariq Omar (1980-07-20)20 July 1980 (aged 18) Al Ittihad 6 3MF Fahad Al-Subaie (1979-11-15)15 November 1979 (aged 19) Al Shabab 7 2DF Saleh Al-Saqri (1979-01-23)23 January 1979 (aged 20) Al Ittihad 8 3MF Saad Al-Shehri (1980-01-09)9 January 1980 (aged 19) Al Ittifaq 9 4FW Mohamad Dabo (1979-05-28)28 May 1979 (aged 19) Al Ahly 10 3MF Bader Al-Hagbani (1979-01-17)17 January 1979 (aged 20) Al-Nasr 11 4FW Talal Al-Abdulaziz (1979-12-16)16 December 1979 (aged 19) Al-Nasr 12 3MF Turki Al-Shayei (1979-08-28)28 August 1979 (aged 19) Al-Hilal 13 2DF Omar Al-Garni (1979-04-29)29 April 1979 (aged 19) Al Ittihad 14 3MF Mansour Al-Shahrani (1979-05-16)16 May 1979 (aged 19) Al-Hilal 15 3MF Fahad Al-Zahrani (1979-02-02)2 February 1979 (aged 20) Al Ahly 16 2DF Faisal Al-Obaili (1979-02-08)8 February 1979 (aged 20) Al Shabab 17 4FW Abdulrahman Al-Abeah (1979-05-28)28 May 1979 (aged 19) Al Ittifaq 18 1GK Bandar Al-Mas (1980-05-11)11 May 1980 (aged 18) Al-Hilal

Group D

South Korea

Head coach: Cho Young-Jeung

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Kim Yong-Dae (1979-10-11)11 October 1979 (aged 19) Yonsei University 2 2DF An Hong-Chan (1980-01-22)22 January 1980 (aged 19) Sungkyunkwan University 3 2DF Lee Bum-Jik (1979-02-11)11 February 1979 (aged 20) Daegu University 4 2DF Shin Dong-Keun (1981-02-15)15 February 1981 (aged 18) Chunggu High School 5 2DF Park Dong-Hyuk (1979-04-18)18 April 1979 (aged 19) Korea University 6 3MF Song Chong-Gug (1979-02-20)20 February 1979 (aged 20) Yonsei University 7 3MF Seo Ki-Bok (1979-01-28)28 January 1979 (aged 20) Yonsei University 8 3MF Chun Jae-Ho (1979-08-08)8 August 1979 (aged 19) Hongik University 9 4FW Na Hee-Keun (1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 19) Ajou University 10 4FW Kim Eun-Jung (1979-04-08)8 April 1979 (aged 19) Daejeon Citizen 11 4FW Seol Ki-Hyeon (1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (aged 20) Kwangwoon University 12 1GK Han Dong-Jin (1979-08-25)25 August 1979 (aged 19) Sangji University 13 3MF Kim Kun-Hyung (1979-09-11)11 September 1979 (aged 19) Kyung Hee University 14 3MF Kim Kyung-Il (1980-08-30)30 August 1980 (aged 18) Chunnam Dragons 15 4FW Seo Kwan-Soo (1980-02-25)25 February 1980 (aged 19) Dankook University 16 4FW Ko Bong-Hyun (1979-07-02)2 July 1979 (aged 19) Hongik University 17 4FW Woo Jin-Seok (1979-08-26)26 August 1979 (aged 19) Yonsei University 18 4FW Lee Dong-Gook (1979-04-29)29 April 1979 (aged 19) Pohang Steelers

Mali

Head coach: Mamadou Coulibaly

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Ibrahim Boubacar Keita (1979-06-30)30 June 1979 (aged 19) Stade Malien 2 4FW Dramane Coulibaly (1979-03-18)18 March 1979 (aged 20) Marseille 3 2DF Abdou Traoré (1981-08-05)5 August 1981 (aged 17) CSK Bamako 4 2DF Adama Coulibaly (1980-10-09)9 October 1980 (aged 18) Djoliba 5 3MF Sadio Baba Cisse (1979-04-02)2 April 1979 (aged 20) Stade Malien 6 3MF Bakou Younkara (1980-06-13)13 June 1980 (aged 18) Djoliba 7 4FW Tenema Ndiaye (1981-02-13)13 February 1981 (aged 18) Djoliba 8 3MF Mahamadou Diarra (1981-05-18)18 May 1981 (aged 17) OFI Crete 9 4FW Mamadou Bagayoko (1979-05-21)21 May 1979 (aged 19) Sens 10 3MF Seydou Keita (1981-12-13)13 December 1981 (aged 17) Marseille 11 4FW Sidi Makan Sissoko (1981-04-10)10 April 1981 (aged 17) Sigui 12 2DF Amadou Coulibaly (1981-12-05)5 December 1981 (aged 17) Sion 13 2DF Abdoulaye Camara (1980-01-02)2 January 1980 (aged 19) Udinese 14 4FW Mamadou Diarra (1980-01-08)8 January 1980 (aged 19) Stade Malien 15 4FW Mahamadou Dissa (1979-05-18)18 May 1979 (aged 19) CSK Bamako 16 1GK Issiaka Traore (1980-03-02)2 March 1980 (aged 19) Djoliba 17 2DF Sega Diakite (1980-11-14)14 November 1980 (aged 18) Stade Malien 18 2DF Cheick Dao (1982-09-25)25 September 1982 (aged 16) Antalyaspor

Portugal

Head coach: Jesualdo Ferreira

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Sergio Leite (1979-08-16)16 August 1979 (aged 19) Boavista 2 3MF Filipe Anunciação (1979-05-27)27 May 1979 (aged 19) Feirense 3 2DF Marco Caneira (1979-02-09)9 February 1979 (aged 20) Beira-Mar 4 2DF Correia (1979-02-09)9 February 1979 (aged 20) Maia 5 3MF Fredy (1979-08-14)14 August 1979 (aged 19) Felgueiras 6 3MF Hugo Leal (1980-05-21)21 May 1980 (aged 18) Benfica 7 3MF Ricardo Esteves (1979-09-16)16 September 1979 (aged 19) Vitória de Setúbal 8 3MF Ricardo Sousa (1979-01-11)11 January 1979 (aged 20) Beira-Mar 9 3MF Paulo Costa (1979-12-05)5 December 1979 (aged 19) Alverca 10 3MF Simão (1979-10-31)31 October 1979 (aged 19) Sporting CP 11 3MF Alhandra (1979-03-05)5 March 1979 (aged 20) Lourinhanense 12 1GK Márcio Santos (1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 19) Lourinhanense 13 4FW Filipe Cândido (1979-09-28)28 September 1979 (aged 19) Salgueiros 14 3MF Luís Filipe (1979-06-14)14 June 1979 (aged 19) Académica de Coimbra 15 3MF Marco Cláudio (1979-05-05)5 May 1979 (aged 19) União da Madeira 16 3MF Neca (1979-12-31)31 December 1979 (aged 19) Belenenses 17 4FW Dani (1980-03-03)3 March 1980 (aged 19) Southampton 18 2DF Carreira (1979-03-10)10 March 1979 (aged 20) Barreirense

Uruguay

Head coach: Víctor Púa

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Fabián Carini (1979-12-26)26 December 1979 (aged 19) Danubio 2 2DF Fernando Carreño (1979-01-15)15 January 1979 (aged 20) Peñarol 3 2DF Gonzalo Sorondo (1979-10-09)9 October 1979 (aged 19) Defensor Sporting 4 2DF Carlos Díaz (1979-02-04)4 February 1979 (aged 20) Defensor Sporting 5 2DF Omar Pouso (1980-02-28)28 February 1980 (aged 19) Danubio 6 2DF César Pellegrín (1979-03-05)5 March 1979 (aged 20) Ternana 7 3MF Alejandro Correa Rodríguez (1979-11-26)26 November 1979 (aged 19) Nacional 8 3MF Diego Pérez (1980-05-18)18 May 1980 (aged 18) Defensor Sporting 9 4FW Ernesto Javier Chevantón (1980-08-12)12 August 1980 (aged 18) Danubio 10 3MF Martín Ligüera (1980-11-09)9 November 1980 (aged 18) Nacional 11 3MF Jorge Anchén (1980-08-17)17 August 1980 (aged 18) Danubio 12 1GK Mauricio Nanni (1979-07-12)12 July 1979 (aged 19) Montevideo Wanderers 13 2DF Damián Macaluso (1980-03-09)9 March 1980 (aged 19) River Plate 14 4FW Diego Forlán (1979-05-19)19 May 1979 (aged 19) Independiente 15 2DF Fernando Albermager (1979-01-19)19 January 1979 (aged 20) Peñarol 16 3MF Fernando Machado (1979-09-26)26 September 1979 (aged 19) Pumas UNAM 17 4FW Ernesto Fabián Canobbio (1980-03-08)8 March 1980 (aged 19) Progreso 18 4FW Fernando Daniel Cardozo (1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 19) Huracán Buceo

Group E

Cameroon

Head coach: Ikouam Gweha

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Idriss Kameni (1984-02-18)18 February 1984 (aged 15) Le Havre 2 4FW Thierry Modo Abouna (1981-05-20)20 May 1981 (aged 17) Canon Yaounde 3 2DF Innocent Hamga (1981-05-08)8 May 1981 (aged 17) Cotonsport Garoua 4 2DF Clément Lebe (1979-01-09)9 January 1979 (aged 20) Racing Bafoussam 5 2DF Benoit Fils Moussongui (1980-06-27)27 June 1980 (aged 18) Racing Bafoussam 6 3MF Hugues Nzinkeu (1980-02-22)22 February 1980 (aged 19) Fovu Baham 7 3MF Modeste M'bami (1982-10-09)9 October 1982 (aged 16) Dynamo Douala 8 4FW Samuel Inogue (1980-12-18)18 December 1980 (aged 18) Racing Bafoussam 9 4FW Francis Kioyo (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 19) Union Douala 10 4FW Francois Dikoume (1979-01-17)17 January 1979 (aged 20) Fovu Baham 11 4FW Gaspard Komol (1980-04-28)28 April 1980 (aged 18) Dynamo Douala 12 4FW Mohamadou Idrissou (1980-03-08)8 March 1980 (aged 19) Cotonsport Garoua 13 2DF Jean-Pierre Tcheutchoua (1980-12-12)12 December 1980 (aged 18) Dynamo Douala 14 3MF Daniel Ngom Kome (1980-05-19)19 May 1980 (aged 18) Atlético Madrid B 15 2DF Ibrahima Salifou (1980-10-14)14 October 1980 (aged 18) Cotonsport Garoua 16 1GK Gilbert Ndjama (1979-08-09)9 August 1979 (aged 19) Red Star 17 3MF Daniel Bikoi (1982-12-12)12 December 1982 (aged 16) Sable 18 3MF William Tabi (1981-11-13)13 November 1981 (aged 17) Sable

England

Head coach: Chris Ramsey

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Stuart Taylor (1980-11-28)28 November 1980 (aged 18) Arsenal 2 3MF Greg Lincoln (1980-03-23)23 March 1980 (aged 19) Arsenal 3 3MF Ashley Cole (1980-12-20)20 December 1980 (aged 18) Arsenal 4 2DF Stephen Wright (1980-02-08)8 February 1980 (aged 19) Liverpool 5 2DF Stephen Haslam (1979-09-06)6 September 1979 (aged 19) Sheffield Wednesday 6 2DF Neil Murphy (1980-05-19)19 May 1980 (aged 18) Liverpool 7 4FW Peter Crouch (1981-01-30)30 January 1981 (aged 18) Tottenham Hotspur 8 4FW Andrew Johnson (1981-02-10)10 February 1981 (aged 18) Birmingham City 9 4FW Craig Dudley (1979-09-12)12 September 1979 (aged 19) Notts County 10 4FW John Piercy (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 19) Tottenham Hotspur 11 3MF Matthew Etherington (1981-08-14)14 August 1981 (aged 17) Peterborough United 12 2DF Adam Chambers (1980-11-20)20 November 1980 (aged 18) West Bromwich Albion 13 1GK Paul Rachubka (1981-05-21)21 May 1981 (aged 17) Manchester United 14 2DF James Chambers (1980-11-20)20 November 1980 (aged 18) West Bromwich Albion 15 3MF Kevin Nicholls (1979-01-02)2 January 1979 (aged 20) Charlton Athletic 16 2DF Richard Cooper (1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 19) Nottingham Forest 17 3MF Paolo Vernazza (1979-11-01)1 November 1979 (aged 19) Arsenal 18 4FW Adam Oliver (1980-10-25)25 October 1980 (aged 18) West Bromwich Albion

Japan

Head coach: Philippe Troussier

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Tatsuya Enomoto (1979-03-16)16 March 1979 (aged 20) Yokohama F. Marinos 2 2DF Kazuki Teshima (1979-06-07)7 June 1979 (aged 19) Kyoto Purple Sanga 3 2DF Shigeki Tsujimoto (1979-06-23)23 June 1979 (aged 19) Kyoto Purple Sanga 4 3MF Tatsuya Ishikawa (1979-12-25)25 December 1979 (aged 19) Tsukuba Univ. 5 3MF Akira Kaji (1980-01-13)13 January 1980 (aged 19) Cerezo Osaka 6 3MF Junichi Inamoto (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 19) Gamba Osaka 7 3MF Tomoyuki Sakai (1979-06-29)29 June 1979 (aged 19) JEF United Ichihara 8 3MF Mitsuo Ogasawara (1979-04-05)5 April 1979 (aged 19) Kashima Antlers 9 4FW Naohiro Takahara (1979-06-04)4 June 1979 (aged 19) Júbilo Iwata 10 3MF Masashi Motoyama (1979-06-20)20 June 1979 (aged 19) Kashima Antlers 11 3MF Yasuhito Endo (1980-01-28)28 January 1980 (aged 19) Kyoto Purple Sanga 12 2DF Koji Nakata (1979-07-09)9 July 1979 (aged 19) Kashima Antlers 13 3MF Shinji Ono (1979-09-27)27 September 1979 (aged 19) Urawa Red Diamonds 14 4FW Yuichiro Nagai (1979-02-14)14 February 1979 (aged 20) Urawa Red Diamonds 15 4FW Yasunori Takada (1979-02-22)22 February 1979 (aged 20) Bellmare Hiratsuka 16 4FW Ryuji Bando (1979-08-02)2 August 1979 (aged 19) Gamba Osaka 17 3MF Hideyuki Ujiie (1979-02-23)23 February 1979 (aged 20) Omiya Ardija 18 1GK Yuta Minami (1979-09-30)30 September 1979 (aged 19) Kashiwa Reysol

United States

Head coach: Sigi Schmid

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Nick Rimando (1979-06-17)17 June 1979 (aged 19) UCLA 2 3MF John Thorrington (1979-10-17)17 October 1979 (aged 19) Manchester United 3 2DF Nick García (1979-04-09)9 April 1979 (aged 19) Indiana University 4 2DF Danny Califf (1980-03-17)17 March 1980 (aged 19) University of Maryland 5 2DF Rusty Pierce (1979-07-24)24 July 1979 (aged 19) UNC Greensboro 6 2DF Steve Cherundolo (1979-02-19)19 February 1979 (aged 20) Hannover 96 7 2DF Nick Downing (1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 19) University of Maryland 8 2DF Lee Morrison (1979-08-10)10 August 1979 (aged 19) Stanford University 9 3MF Ryan Futagaki (1980-01-17)17 January 1980 (aged 19) UCLA 10 4FW Chris Albright (1979-01-14)14 January 1979 (aged 20) University of Virginia 11 3MF Francisco Gomez (1979-01-25)25 January 1979 (aged 20) Kansas City Wizards 12 3MF Shaun Tsakiris (1979-02-16)16 February 1979 (aged 20) UCLA 13 2DF Carlos Bocanegra (1979-05-25)25 May 1979 (aged 19) UCLA 14 3MF Matt Goldsmith (1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 19) Furman University 15 4FW Taylor Twellman (1980-02-29)29 February 1980 (aged 19) University of Maryland 16 3MF Cory Gibbs (1980-01-14)14 January 1980 (aged 19) Brown University 17 4FW Jamar Beasley (1979-10-11)11 October 1979 (aged 19) New England Revolution 18 1GK Tim Howard (1979-03-06)6 March 1979 (aged 20) NY/NJ MetroStars

Group F

Brazil

Head coach: João Carlos da Silva Costa

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Júlio César (1979-09-03)3 September 1979 (aged 19) Flamengo 2 2DF Indio (1979-04-03)3 April 1979 (aged 20) Corinthians 3 2DF Juan (1979-02-01)1 February 1979 (aged 20) Flamengo 4 2DF Fábio Bilica (1979-01-04)4 January 1979 (aged 20) Venezia 5 3MF Ferrugem (1980-10-06)6 October 1980 (aged 18) Palmeiras 6 2DF Fábio Aurélio (1979-09-24)24 September 1979 (aged 19) São Paulo 7 4FW Ronaldinho (1980-03-21)21 March 1980 (aged 19) Grêmio 8 3MF Alexandre (1979-02-19)19 February 1979 (aged 20) São Paulo 9 4FW Fernando Baiano (1979-03-18)18 March 1979 (aged 20) Corinthians 10 4FW Edu (1979-01-10)10 January 1979 (aged 20) São Paulo 11 3MF Matuzalem (1980-06-10)10 June 1980 (aged 18) Vitória 12 1GK Fábio (1980-07-30)30 July 1980 (aged 18) União Bandeirante 13 2DF Mancini (1980-08-01)1 August 1980 (aged 18) Atlético Mineiro 14 2DF Milton Rogério (1979-02-24)24 February 1979 (aged 20) Paraná Clube 15 2DF Tiago Silva (1979-04-04)4 April 1979 (aged 19) Palmeiras 16 4FW Rodrigo Gral (1977-02-21)21 February 1977 (aged 22) Juventude 17 3MF Geovanni (1980-01-11)11 January 1980 (aged 19) Cruzeiro 18 2DF Fernando (1980-02-25)25 February 1980 (aged 19) Flamengo

Honduras

Head coach: Jose de la Paz Herrera

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Javier Pérez (1979-01-16)16 January 1979 (aged 20) Atlético Independiente 2 3MF Eddy Contreras (1979-09-16)16 September 1979 (aged 19) CD Olimpia 3 2DF Gerson Vásquez (1979-03-20)20 March 1979 (aged 20) Melgar 4 2DF Junior Izaguirre (1979-08-12)12 August 1979 (aged 19) Motagua 5 2DF Erick Vallecillo (1980-01-29)29 January 1980 (aged 19) Real España 6 2DF Carlos Lino (1979-04-16)16 April 1979 (aged 19) Victoria 7 2DF Juan Raudales (1979-07-15)15 July 1979 (aged 19) Motagua 8 4FW Reynaldo Tilguath (1979-08-04)4 August 1979 (aged 19) Olimpia 9 4FW David Suazo (1979-11-05)5 November 1979 (aged 19) Olimpia 10 3MF Julio León (1979-09-13)13 September 1979 (aged 19) Platense 11 2DF Héctor Gutiérrez (1980-02-08)8 February 1980 (aged 19) Real España 12 3MF Maynor Suazo (1979-08-10)10 August 1979 (aged 19) Marathón 13 3MF Elmer Marín (1979-10-14)14 October 1979 (aged 19) Olimpia 14 3MF Edgar Álvarez (1980-01-09)9 January 1980 (aged 19) Platense 15 2DF Milton Palacios Suazo (1980-12-25)25 December 1980 (aged 18) Olimpia 16 2DF Oscar Fortín (1980-06-25)25 June 1980 (aged 18) Motagua 17 3MF Carlos Oliva (1979-07-28)28 July 1979 (aged 19) Real España 18 1GK Luis Siliezar (1980-09-11)11 September 1980 (aged 18) Platense

Spain

Head coach: Iñaki Sáez

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Daniel Aranzubia (1979-09-18)18 September 1979 (aged 19) Athletic Bilbao 2 2DF Pablo Coira (1979-10-18)18 October 1979 (aged 19) Compostela 3 2DF David Bermudo (1979-01-14)14 January 1979 (aged 20) Barcelona 4 2DF Francisco Javier Jusué (1979-11-30)30 November 1979 (aged 19) Osasuna 5 2DF Pablo Orbaiz (c) (1979-02-06)6 February 1979 (aged 20) Osasuna 6 2DF Carlos Marchena (1979-07-21)21 July 1979 (aged 19) Sevilla 7 3MF Gabri García (1979-02-10)10 February 1979 (aged 20) Barcelona 8 3MF Xavi (1980-01-25)25 January 1980 (aged 19) Barcelona 9 4FW Pablo Couñago (1979-08-09)9 August 1979 (aged 19) Numancia 10 3MF Gonzalo Colsa (1979-04-02)2 April 1979 (aged 20) Logroñés 11 3MF Francisco Yeste (1979-12-06)6 December 1979 (aged 19) Athletic Bilbao 12 2DF Fernando Varela (1979-09-01)1 September 1979 (aged 19) Real Betis 13 1GK Iker Casillas (1981-05-20)20 May 1981 (aged 17) Real Madrid 14 4FW Álex Lombardero (1979-03-01)1 March 1979 (aged 20) Lugo 15 4FW David Aganzo (1981-01-10)10 January 1981 (aged 18) Real Madrid 16 3MF José Javier Barkero (1979-04-27)27 April 1979 (aged 19) Real Sociedad 17 4FW Rubén Suárez (1979-02-19)19 February 1979 (aged 20) Sporting Gijón 18 3MF Álvaro Rubio (1979-04-18)18 April 1979 (aged 19) Real Zaragoza

Zambia

Head coach: Patrick Phiri

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Stanley Mumba (1979-11-22)22 November 1979 (aged 19) Power Dynamos 2 2DF Misheck Lungu (1980-06-02)2 June 1980 (aged 18) City of Lusaka 3 2DF Aaron Simutowe (1980-02-02)2 February 1980 (aged 19) Zamsure 4 2DF Kenny Zimba (1980-09-27)27 September 1980 (aged 18) Kalulushi Stars 5 3MF Ian Bakala (1980-11-01)1 November 1980 (aged 18) Germinal Ekeren 6 3MF Gift Kampamba (1979-01-01)1 January 1979 (aged 20) Nkana Red Devils 7 4FW Japhet Makayi (1979-11-15)15 November 1979 (aged 19) Power Dynamos 8 3MF Ronald Mbambara (1979-03-12)12 March 1979 (aged 20) Nchanga Rangers 9 2DF Francis Kasonde (1979-12-28)28 December 1979 (aged 19) Konkola Blades FC 10 4FW Chaswe Nsofwa (1980-10-22)22 October 1980 (aged 18) Zanaco 11 2DF Evans Mwaba (1979-10-10)10 October 1979 (aged 19) Nchanga Rangers 12 2DF Kampamba Chiwtu (1980-12-28)28 December 1980 (aged 18) Kabwe Warriors 13 2DF Festus Mangamu (1981-11-15)15 November 1981 (aged 17) Railway Express 14 3MF Perry Mutapa (1979-11-18)18 November 1979 (aged 19) Farense 15 3MF Emmanuel Zulu (1981-01-03)3 January 1981 (aged 18) Zanaco FC 16 1GK Stephen Kabwe (1979-02-22)22 February 1979 (aged 20) Nchanga Rangers 17 3MF Andrew Sinkala (1979-06-18)18 June 1979 (aged 19) Nchanga Rangers 18 4FW Bernard Makufi (1979-01-06)6 January 1979 (aged 20) Nkana Red Devils

External links

• FIFA.com
• Mundial U20 1999 - Ogol