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Play in Group E of the 2002 FIFA World Cup
2002 FIFA World Cup
The 2002 FIFA World Cup was the 17th staging of the FIFA World Cup, held in South Korea and Japan from 31 May to 30 June. It was also the first World Cup held in Asia, and the last in which the golden goal rule was implemented. Brazil won the tournament for a record fifth time, beating Germany 2–0...

completed on June 11, 2002. Germany

Germany national football team

The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....

won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with the Republic of Ireland

Republic of Ireland national football team

The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....

. Cameroon

Cameroon national football team

The Cameroon national football team, nicknamed Les Lions Indomptables , is controlled by the Fédération Camerounaise de Football and is Africa's most successful side in FIFA world cup; having qualified for the FIFA World Cup six times – in 1982, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 and 2010– more than any...

and Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...

failed to advance.

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	11	1
7
	3	1	2	0	5	2
5
	3	1	1	1	2	3	−1	4
	3	0	0	3	0	12	−12	0

All times local (UTC+9

Japan Standard Time

Japan Standard Time or JST is the standard timezone of Japan, and is 9 hours ahead of UTC. For example, when it is midnight in UTC, it is 09:00 in Japan Standard Time. There is no daylight saving time, though its introduction has been debated several times. Japan Standard Time is the same as...

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Republic of Ireland vs Cameroon


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	REPUBLIC OF IRELAND:
GK	1	Shay Given Shay Given Séamus John James "Shay" Given is an Irish footballer who plays for Aston Villa and the Republic of Ireland national team as a goalkeeper. He won the PFA's Player of the Year in 2002....
RB	18	Gary Kelly
CB	14	Gary Breen Gary Breen Gary Patrick Breen is an Irish footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. He played for numerous clubs over a 20-year career, including more than 100 appearances each for Coventry City and Sunderland...
CB	5	Steve Staunton Steve Staunton Stephen "Steve" Staunton is an Irish association football manager and former professional footballer, who was most recently manager of Darlington... (c)
LB	3	Ian Harte Ian Harte Ian Patrick Harte is an Irish international footballer who plays for Reading in the Football League Championship. Best known for his spell at Leeds United and also his ability to score goals from long range, including being a free kick specialist...
RM	7	Jason McAteer Jason McAteer Jason Wynne McAteer is a retired Irish footballer, who represented the Republic of Ireland at international level. He announced his retirement from professional football on 12 June 2007,...
CM	12	Mark Kinsella Mark Kinsella Mark Anthony Kinsella is an Irish former professional footballer and current football coach. He played as a central midfielder for most of his career....
CM	8	Matt Holland Matt Holland Matthew Rhys "Matt" Holland is a former English-born Irish footballer, who represented Republic of Ireland at international level...
LM	11	Kevin Kilbane Kevin Kilbane Kevin Daniel Kilbane is an English-born Irish association footballer who plays as a left back or left winger for Derby County, on loan from Hull City....
CF	10	Robbie Keane Robbie Keane Robert David "Robbie" Keane is an Irish association football player who plays as a striker for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and captains the Irish national football team....
CF	9	Damien Duff Damien Duff Damien Anthony Duff is an Irish footballer who plays for Premier League team Fulham and the Republic of Ireland national football team. With Ireland he has participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup and helped his team qualify for UEFA Euro 2012...
Substitutions:
DF	2	Steve Finnan Steve Finnan Stephen John "Steve" Finnan is a retired Irish international footballer who played as a right back. He is the only player to have played in the World Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, all four levels of the English league football and the Football Conference.-Early career:Finnan was born in...
MF	21	Steven Reid Steven Reid Steven John Reid is an English-born Irish footballer who plays for West Bromwich Albion as a defender, but played most of his career in midfield...
Manager:
Mick McCarthy Mick McCarthy Michael Joseph "Mick" McCarthy is an English-born former Irish international footballer who is currently the manager of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he has been in charge since July 2006....

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CAMEROON: | GK 1 Boukar Alioum CB 4 Rigobert Song

Rigobert Song

Rigobert Song Bahanag is a former Cameroonian footballer who is currently a main consultant for the famous sports channel 'Orange sports'. Although receiving many propositions from top clubs, Song declined. Song played for Kosovo super league club KF Drenica, when his contract after season 2010/12...

Raymond Kalla

Raymond Koned Kalla Nkongo , known as Kalla, is a retired Cameroonian footballer who played as a central defender....

CB 2 Bill Tchato

Bill Tchato

Bill Jackson Tchato Mbiayi is a Cameroonian footballer who last played for Strasbourg as a defender.-Club career:Tchato began his career in France with Caen in 1995, and made 18 league appearances in his debut season which ended with the club being promoted to Division 1 as champions...

RWB 8 Geremi

Geremi Njitap

Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso , known simply as Geremi, is a Cameroonian footballer who is currently a free agent.-Early career:...

LWB 3 Pierre Wome

Pierre Wome

Pierre Nlend Womé is a Cameroonian football defender who is currently a free agent after being released from 1. FC Köln in 2010...

RM 12 Lauren

Lauren Etame Mayer

Laureano Bisan-Etame Mayer , commonly known as Lauren, is a retired Cameroonian footballer of Equatoguinean origin, who formerly played for the Cameroonian national team.-Early career:...

CM 17 Marc-Vivien Foé

Marc-Vivien Foé

Marc-Vivien Foé was a Cameroonian international footballer, who played in midfield for both club and country. With success in the French League, and stints in the English Premier League, his sudden death, while in the middle of an international competitive fixture, came as a shock to the worldwide...

LM 20 Salomon Olembé

Salomon Olembé

René Salomon Olembé-Olembé is a Cameroonian football player, currently on trial with Burnley F.C..Olembé played for Cameroon at the 1998 World Cup, as well as the 2004 African Cup of Nations...

CF 9 Samuel Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o

Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Russian team Anzhi Makhachkala. He is also the current captain of the Cameroon national team.Eto'o trained at Kadji Sports Academy...

CF 10 Patrick Mboma Substitutions: FW 18 Patrick Suffo

Patrick Suffo

Patrick Suffo Kengné is a footballer who is currently signed to Bedworth Liberal FC.- Club career :...

Manager:

Winfried Schäfer

Assistant referees:

Mat Lazim Awang Hamat

Roland Van Nylen

Fourth official:

Peter Prendergast

Peter Prendergast (referee)

Peter Prendergast is a football referee from Jamaica. A FIFA referee since January 1, 1994, his first international match was USA against Ireland, on June 9, 1996...

Man of the Match:

Matt Holland

Matthew Rhys "Matt" Holland is a former English-born Irish footballer, who represented Republic of Ireland at international level...

Germany vs Saudi Arabia


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	GERMANY:
GK	1	Oliver Kahn Oliver Kahn Oliver Rolf Kahn is a former German football goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team. He had his debut game in the professional squad in 1987... (c)
CB	2	Thomas Linke Thomas Linke Thomas Linke is a retired German professional footballer who played as a central defender.Linke was remembered as a hard-nosed tackler with tremendous heading ability, and played in 13 Bundesliga seasons in representation of Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich, totalling 340 games.Having gained his first...
CB	5	Carsten Ramelow
CB	21	Christoph Metzelder Christoph Metzelder Christoph Tobias Metzelder is a German footballer who plays for FC Schalke 04 as a central defender....
RM	22	Torsten Frings Torsten Frings Torsten Frings is a German football midfielder who plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer and is known for his vision and an explosive, powerful shot.-Early career:...
CM	19	Bernd Schneider
CM	8	Dietmar Hamann Dietmar Hamann Dietmar "Didi" Hamann is a German footballer who was most recently manager at Stockport County. Throughout his career, he has played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle United, Liverpool, and Manchester City primarily in a defensive midfield position. He also spent time at Milton Keynes Dons as a...
LM	6	Christian Ziege Christian Ziege Christian Ziege is a former German football defender and midfielder. With the German national team, Ziege won Euro 96. An attacking left wingback, Ziege was considered a dead-ball specialist.-Club career:...
AM	13	Michael Ballack Michael Ballack Michael Ballack is a German professional footballer, who is currently playing for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. He is among the top goal scorers in the history of his international team. Ballack has worn the number 13 shirt for every team he has played for except for Kaiserslautern...
CF	11	Miroslav Klose Miroslav Klose Miroslav Josef Klose is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Lazio in the Serie A. Since bursting onto the international stage at the 2002 World Cup, he has become well known for his knack of scoring headers, front-flip goal celebrations, and decisive short passing.Klose holds German...
CF	9	Carsten Jancker Carsten Jancker Carsten Jancker is a former German professional footballer and current manager.- Career :A striker, Jancker is physically very large for a footballer, standing at . His height and strength have proved to be an advantage when playing as a target man, as displayed during his most successful days at...
Substitutions:
MF	16	Jens Jeremies
FW	20	Oliver Bierhoff Oliver Bierhoff Oliver Bierhoff is a retired German former football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final...
FW	7	Oliver Neuville Oliver Neuville Oliver Patric Neuville is a retired German footballer who played as a striker.During an 18-year professional career, he played mainly for Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach , amassing Bundesliga totals of 334 games and 91 goals.Neuville gained almost 70 caps for the German national...
Manager:
Rudi Völler Rudi Völler Rudolf 'Rudi' Völler is a German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team...

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SAUDI ARABIA: | GK 1 Mohammed Al-Deayea RB 12 Ahmed Dukhi Al-Dosari CB 3 Redha Tukar

Redha Tukar

Redha Hassan Tukar Fallatah is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al Ittihad....

CB 4 Abdullah Zubromawi

Abdullah Zubromawi

Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi is a retired football defender from Saudi Arabia. Between 1993 and 2002, he played 122 international matches and scored 4 goals for the national team. He played at the World Cups in 1994, 1998 and 2002...

LB 13 Hussein Sulimani RM 8 Mohammed Noor

Mohammed Noor

Mohammed Noor Al-Hawsawi is a footballer from Saudi Arabia. He plays for the club side Al-Ittihad and has been called the Saudi Patrick Vieira. He is also considered as one of the best players in Asia....

CM 16 Khamis Al-Dosari CM 17 Abdullah Al-Waked

Abdullah Al-Waked

Abdullah Al-Waked Al-Shahrani is a Saudi Arabian football player.He played most of his career for Al Shabab and Al Ittihad and is playing now with Al-Nasr....

LM 18 Nawaf Al-Temyat CF 9 Sami Al-Jaber

Sami Al-Jaber

Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber is a retired football striker from Saudi Arabia well known as playing the majority of his career with Al-Hilal. He is his country's second highest international goalscorer and has appeared in four different World Cup Finals, and scored three goals in 1994 and 1998, and...

Al Hasan Al-Yami

Al-Hasan Ali Al-Yami is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Najran SC.He featured in the Football World Cup 2002 and was part of the infamous team that was beaten 8-0 in a group match against Germany...

Substitutions: MF 7 Ibrahim Al-Shahrani

Ibrahim Al-Shahrani

Ibrahim Suwayed Al-Shahrani is a Saudi Arabian football player.He played most of his career for Al-Nasr.He played for the Saudi Arabia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.His most significant goal was against Qatar in Doha in the...

MF 14 Abdulaziz Khathran

Abdulaziz Khathran

Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-Khathran is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Al-Wahda in the Saudi Premier League.-Career:...

FW 15 Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari

Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari

-Career:At the club level, Al-Dosari played most of his career for Al Hilal.He also played for the Saudi Arabia national football team, and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-References:...

Manager:

Nasser Al-Johar

-Coaching:Al-Johar coached the Saudi Arabia national football team for both the 2000 AFC Asian Cup and 2002 FIFA World Cup , though he was fired for failing to take the team to a Cup win that year...

Assistant referees:

Miguel Giacomuzzi

Michael Ragoonath

Fourth official:

René Ortube

René Ortubé

René Marcelo Ortubé Betancourt is a Bolivian former football referee, best known for supervising one match during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. He is regarded as the best football referee in Bolivian history. He is now director of sports institutes and services in Bolivian capital La Paz.-References:*...

Man of the Match:

Miroslav Klose

Miroslav Josef Klose is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Lazio in the Serie A. Since bursting onto the international stage at the 2002 World Cup, he has become well known for his knack of scoring headers, front-flip goal celebrations, and decisive short passing.Klose holds German...

Germany vs Republic of Ireland


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	GERMANY:
GK	1	Oliver Kahn Oliver Kahn Oliver Rolf Kahn is a former German football goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team. He had his debut game in the professional squad in 1987... (c)
CB	2	Thomas Linke Thomas Linke Thomas Linke is a retired German professional footballer who played as a central defender.Linke was remembered as a hard-nosed tackler with tremendous heading ability, and played in 13 Bundesliga seasons in representation of Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich, totalling 340 games.Having gained his first...
CB	5	Carsten Ramelow
CB	21	Christoph Metzelder Christoph Metzelder Christoph Tobias Metzelder is a German footballer who plays for FC Schalke 04 as a central defender....
CM	22	Torsten Frings Torsten Frings Torsten Frings is a German football midfielder who plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer and is known for his vision and an explosive, powerful shot.-Early career:...
CM	8	Dietmar Hamann Dietmar Hamann Dietmar "Didi" Hamann is a German footballer who was most recently manager at Stockport County. Throughout his career, he has played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle United, Liverpool, and Manchester City primarily in a defensive midfield position. He also spent time at Milton Keynes Dons as a...
RW	19	Bernd Schneider
AM	13	Michael Ballack Michael Ballack Michael Ballack is a German professional footballer, who is currently playing for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. He is among the top goal scorers in the history of his international team. Ballack has worn the number 13 shirt for every team he has played for except for Kaiserslautern...
LW	6	Christian Ziege Christian Ziege Christian Ziege is a former German football defender and midfielder. With the German national team, Ziege won Euro 96. An attacking left wingback, Ziege was considered a dead-ball specialist.-Club career:...
CF	11	Miroslav Klose Miroslav Klose Miroslav Josef Klose is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Lazio in the Serie A. Since bursting onto the international stage at the 2002 World Cup, he has become well known for his knack of scoring headers, front-flip goal celebrations, and decisive short passing.Klose holds German...
CF	9	Carsten Jancker Carsten Jancker Carsten Jancker is a former German professional footballer and current manager.- Career :A striker, Jancker is physically very large for a footballer, standing at . His height and strength have proved to be an advantage when playing as a target man, as displayed during his most successful days at...
Substitutions:
FW	20	Oliver Bierhoff Oliver Bierhoff Oliver Bierhoff is a retired German former football striker, who scored the first golden goal in the history of major international football, for Germany in the Euro 96 final...
MF	17	Marco Bode Marco Bode Marco Bode is a former German footballer.-Career:He played his first football with home club VfR Osterode, before moving to the amateur team of Werder Bremen...
MF	16	Jens Jeremies
Manager:
Rudi Völler Rudi Völler Rudolf 'Rudi' Völler is a German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team...

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IRELAND: | GK 1 Shay Given

Shay Given

Séamus John James "Shay" Given is an Irish footballer who plays for Aston Villa and the Republic of Ireland national team as a goalkeeper. He won the PFA's Player of the Year in 2002....

RB 2 Steve Finnan

Steve Finnan

Stephen John "Steve" Finnan is a retired Irish international footballer who played as a right back. He is the only player to have played in the World Cup, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup, all four levels of the English league football and the Football Conference.-Early career:Finnan was born in...

CB 14 Gary Breen

Gary Breen

Gary Patrick Breen is an Irish footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. He played for numerous clubs over a 20-year career, including more than 100 appearances each for Coventry City and Sunderland...

CB 5 Steve Staunton

Steve Staunton

Stephen "Steve" Staunton is an Irish association football manager and former professional footballer, who was most recently manager of Darlington...

Ian Harte

Ian Patrick Harte is an Irish international footballer who plays for Reading in the Football League Championship. Best known for his spell at Leeds United and also his ability to score goals from long range, including being a free kick specialist...

RM 18 Gary Kelly CM 12 Mark Kinsella

Mark Kinsella

Mark Anthony Kinsella is an Irish former professional footballer and current football coach. He played as a central midfielder for most of his career....

CM 8 Matt Holland

Matt Holland

Matthew Rhys "Matt" Holland is a former English-born Irish footballer, who represented Republic of Ireland at international level...

LM 11 Kevin Kilbane

Kevin Kilbane

Kevin Daniel Kilbane is an English-born Irish association footballer who plays as a left back or left winger for Derby County, on loan from Hull City....

CF 10 Robbie Keane

Robbie Keane

Robert David "Robbie" Keane is an Irish association football player who plays as a striker for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and captains the Irish national football team....

CF 9 Damien Duff

Damien Duff

Damien Anthony Duff is an Irish footballer who plays for Premier League team Fulham and the Republic of Ireland national football team. With Ireland he has participated in the 2002 FIFA World Cup and helped his team qualify for UEFA Euro 2012...

Substitutions: FW 17 Niall Quinn

Niall Quinn

Niall John Quinn honorary MBE is a former Irish international footballer, and the ex-chairman of Sunderland AFC. He still works at the club as an overseas manager. He is also heavily involved in the management side of horse racing...

MF 21 Steven Reid

Steven Reid

Steven John Reid is an English-born Irish footballer who plays for West Bromwich Albion as a defender, but played most of his career in midfield...

DF 4 Kenny Cunningham

Kenny Cunningham

Kenneth Edward "Kenny" Cunningham is an Irish former footballer who played as a defender. He played international football for the Republic of Ireland until his retirement in 2005...

Manager:

Mick McCarthy

Michael Joseph "Mick" McCarthy is an English-born former Irish international footballer who is currently the manager of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he has been in charge since July 2006....

Assistant referees:

Jens Larsen

Evzen Amler

Fourth official:

Mourad Daami

Mourad Daami in Monastir is a retired Tunisian football referee. He is known for supervising one match during the 2002 FIFA World Cup co hosted by South Korea and Japan.-References:...

Man of the Match:

Robbie Keane

Robert David "Robbie" Keane is an Irish association football player who plays as a striker for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and captains the Irish national football team....

Cameroon vs Saudi Arabia


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	CAMEROON:
GK	1	Boukar Alioum
CB	4	Rigobert Song Rigobert Song Rigobert Song Bahanag is a former Cameroonian footballer who is currently a main consultant for the famous sports channel 'Orange sports'. Although receiving many propositions from top clubs, Song declined. Song played for Kosovo super league club KF Drenica, when his contract after season 2010/12... (c)
CB	5	Raymond Kalla Raymond Kalla Raymond Koned Kalla Nkongo , known as Kalla, is a retired Cameroonian footballer who played as a central defender....
CB	2	Bill Tchato Bill Tchato Bill Jackson Tchato Mbiayi is a Cameroonian footballer who last played for Strasbourg as a defender.-Club career:Tchato began his career in France with Caen in 1995, and made 18 league appearances in his debut season which ended with the club being promoted to Division 1 as champions...
RWB	8	Geremi Geremi Njitap Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso , known simply as Geremi, is a Cameroonian footballer who is currently a free agent.-Early career:...
LWB	3	Pierre Wome Pierre Wome Pierre Nlend Womé is a Cameroonian football defender who is currently a free agent after being released from 1. FC Köln in 2010...
RM	12	Lauren Lauren Etame Mayer Laureano Bisan-Etame Mayer , commonly known as Lauren, is a retired Cameroonian footballer of Equatoguinean origin, who formerly played for the Cameroonian national team.-Early career:...
CM	17	Marc-Vivien Foé Marc-Vivien Foé Marc-Vivien Foé was a Cameroonian international footballer, who played in midfield for both club and country. With success in the French League, and stints in the English Premier League, his sudden death, while in the middle of an international competitive fixture, came as a shock to the worldwide...
LM	23	Daniel Ngom Kome Daniel Ngom Kome Daniel Armand Ngom Kome is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder.Playing in Spain since 1999, and representing nearly ten different clubs during his professional career, he received a passport from that country in August 2006.-Club career:Born in Bangou, Kome moved to Spain in 1999,...
CF	10	Patrick Mboma
CF	9	Samuel Eto'o Samuel Eto'o Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Russian team Anzhi Makhachkala. He is also the current captain of the Cameroon national team.Eto'o trained at Kadji Sports Academy...
Substitutions:
MF	20	Salomon Olembé Salomon Olembé René Salomon Olembé-Olembé is a Cameroonian football player, currently on trial with Burnley F.C..Olembé played for Cameroon at the 1998 World Cup, as well as the 2004 African Cup of Nations...
FW	11	Pius Ndiefi Pius Ndiefi Pius Ndiefi Sielenu is a Cameroonian football player who currently playing for JS Saint-Pierroise.-Career:Ndiefi learned that his father had died the day before Germinal Beerschot had to play the second leg of the 2005-06 UEFA Cup against Olympique de Marseille...
DF	6	Pierre Njanka Pierre Njanka Pierre Djaka Njanka-Beyaka is a Cameroonian football player. He is now playing in Indonesia for Mitra Kukar. Njanka played for Cameroon at the 1998 and 2002 World Cups, as well as the 2004 African Nations Cup. He has been capped 47 times for his country...
Manager:
Winfried Schäfer

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SAUDI ARABIA: | GK 1 Mohamed Al-Deayea (c) RB 2 Mohammed Al-Jahani

Mohammed Al-Jahani

Mohammed Al-Jahani is a Saudi Arabian footballer.-International career:Al-Jahani also played for the Saudi Arabia national football team, and was a participant in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2002 FIFA World Cup, 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup and 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup.He also participated in...

CB 3 Redha Tukar

Redha Tukar

Redha Hassan Tukar Fallatah is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al Ittihad....

CB 6 Fouzi Al-Shehri

Fouzi Al-Shehri

Fouzi Al-Shehri is a Saudi Arabian football player.He played most of his career for Al Ahli, though some of his career was with Al-Quadisiya Khobar....

CB 4 Abdullah Zubromawi

Abdullah Zubromawi

LB 13 Hussein Sulimani RM 17 Abdullah Al-Waked

Abdullah Al-Waked

Abdullah Al-Waked Al-Shahrani is a Saudi Arabian football player.He played most of his career for Al Shabab and Al Ittihad and is playing now with Al-Nasr....

CM 18 Nawaf Al-Temyat CM 7 Ibrahim Al-Shahrani

Ibrahim Al-Shahrani

LM 14 Abdulaziz Khathran

Abdulaziz Khathran

Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-Khathran is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Al-Wahda in the Saudi Premier League.-Career:...

CF 11 Obeid Al-Dosari Substitutions: FW 20 Al Hasan Al-Yami

Al Hasan Al-Yami

MF 15 Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari

Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari

MF 8 Mohammed Noor

Mohammed Noor

Manager:

Nasser Al-Johar

-Coaching:Al-Johar coached the Saudi Arabia national football team for both the 2000 AFC Asian Cup and 2002 FIFA World Cup , though he was fired for failing to take the team to a Cup win that year...

Assistant referees:

Roland Van Nylen

Maciej Wierzbowsky

Fourth official:

Carlos Simon

Carlos Eugênio Simon

Carlos Eugênio Simon is a ex-FIFA football referee from Brazil. He is also a journalist and a former trade unionist. Simon has been an international referee since 1998 and his first international game was between Ecuador and Peru. He was a referee in the 2002 FIFA World Cup, 2006 FIFA World Cup,...

Man of the Match:

Samuel Eto'o

Cameroon vs Germany


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	CAMEROON:
GK	1	Boukar Alioum
CB	4	Rigobert Song Rigobert Song Rigobert Song Bahanag is a former Cameroonian footballer who is currently a main consultant for the famous sports channel 'Orange sports'. Although receiving many propositions from top clubs, Song declined. Song played for Kosovo super league club KF Drenica, when his contract after season 2010/12... (c)
CB	5	Raymond Kalla Raymond Kalla Raymond Koned Kalla Nkongo , known as Kalla, is a retired Cameroonian footballer who played as a central defender....
CB	2	Bill Tchato Bill Tchato Bill Jackson Tchato Mbiayi is a Cameroonian footballer who last played for Strasbourg as a defender.-Club career:Tchato began his career in France with Caen in 1995, and made 18 league appearances in his debut season which ended with the club being promoted to Division 1 as champions...
RWB	8	Geremi Geremi Njitap Geremi Sorele Njitap Fotso , known simply as Geremi, is a Cameroonian footballer who is currently a free agent.-Early career:...
LWB	3	Pierre Wome Pierre Wome Pierre Nlend Womé is a Cameroonian football defender who is currently a free agent after being released from 1. FC Köln in 2010...
RM	12	Lauren Lauren Etame Mayer Laureano Bisan-Etame Mayer , commonly known as Lauren, is a retired Cameroonian footballer of Equatoguinean origin, who formerly played for the Cameroonian national team.-Early career:...
CM	17	Marc-Vivien Foé Marc-Vivien Foé Marc-Vivien Foé was a Cameroonian international footballer, who played in midfield for both club and country. With success in the French League, and stints in the English Premier League, his sudden death, while in the middle of an international competitive fixture, came as a shock to the worldwide...
LM	20	Salomon Olembé Salomon Olembé René Salomon Olembé-Olembé is a Cameroonian football player, currently on trial with Burnley F.C..Olembé played for Cameroon at the 1998 World Cup, as well as the 2004 African Cup of Nations...
CF	9	Samuel Eto'o Samuel Eto'o Samuel Eto'o Fils is a Cameroonian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Russian team Anzhi Makhachkala. He is also the current captain of the Cameroon national team.Eto'o trained at Kadji Sports Academy...
CF	10	Patrick Mboma
Substitutions:
FW	18	Patrick Suffo Patrick Suffo Patrick Suffo Kengné is a footballer who is currently signed to Bedworth Liberal FC.- Club career :...
MF	23	Daniel Ngom Kome Daniel Ngom Kome Daniel Armand Ngom Kome is a Cameroonian footballer who plays as a midfielder.Playing in Spain since 1999, and representing nearly ten different clubs during his professional career, he received a passport from that country in August 2006.-Club career:Born in Bangou, Kome moved to Spain in 1999,...
FW	21	Joseph-Désiré Job
Manager:
Winfried Schäfer

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GERMANY: | GK 1 Oliver Kahn

Oliver Kahn

Oliver Rolf Kahn is a former German football goalkeeper. He started his career in the Karlsruher SC Junior team. He had his debut game in the professional squad in 1987...

Thomas Linke

Thomas Linke is a retired German professional footballer who played as a central defender.Linke was remembered as a hard-nosed tackler with tremendous heading ability, and played in 13 Bundesliga seasons in representation of Schalke 04 and Bayern Munich, totalling 340 games.Having gained his first...

CB 5 Carsten Ramelow CB 21 Christoph Metzelder

Christoph Metzelder

Christoph Tobias Metzelder is a German footballer who plays for FC Schalke 04 as a central defender....

CM 22 Torsten Frings

Torsten Frings

Torsten Frings is a German football midfielder who plays for Toronto FC in Major League Soccer and is known for his vision and an explosive, powerful shot.-Early career:...

CM 8 Dietmar Hamann

Dietmar Hamann

Dietmar "Didi" Hamann is a German footballer who was most recently manager at Stockport County. Throughout his career, he has played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle United, Liverpool, and Manchester City primarily in a defensive midfield position. He also spent time at Milton Keynes Dons as a...

RW 19 Bernd Schneider AM 13 Michael Ballack

Michael Ballack

Michael Ballack is a German professional footballer, who is currently playing for Bundesliga club Bayer Leverkusen. He is among the top goal scorers in the history of his international team. Ballack has worn the number 13 shirt for every team he has played for except for Kaiserslautern...

LW 6 Christian Ziege

Christian Ziege

Christian Ziege is a former German football defender and midfielder. With the German national team, Ziege won Euro 96. An attacking left wingback, Ziege was considered a dead-ball specialist.-Club career:...

CF 11 Miroslav Klose

Miroslav Klose

CF 9 Carsten Jancker

Carsten Jancker

Carsten Jancker is a former German professional footballer and current manager.- Career :A striker, Jancker is physically very large for a footballer, standing at . His height and strength have proved to be an advantage when playing as a target man, as displayed during his most successful days at...

Substitutions: MF 17 Marco Bode

Marco Bode

Marco Bode is a former German footballer.-Career:He played his first football with home club VfR Osterode, before moving to the amateur team of Werder Bremen...

MF 16 Jens Jeremies FW 7 Oliver Neuville

Oliver Neuville

Oliver Patric Neuville is a retired German footballer who played as a striker.During an 18-year professional career, he played mainly for Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Mönchengladbach , amassing Bundesliga totals of 334 games and 91 goals.Neuville gained almost 70 caps for the German national...

Manager:

Rudi Völler

Rudolf 'Rudi' Völler is a German former international football striker, and a former manager of the German national team...

Assistant referees:

Mohamed Saeed

Jorge Oliveira

Fourth official:

Pierluigi Collina

Pierluigi Collina is a former Italian football referee. He is still involved in football as non-paid consultant to the Italian Football Referees Association , and is a member of the UEFA Referees Committee...

Man of the Match:

Miroslav Klose

Saudi Arabia vs Republic of Ireland


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	SAUDI ARABIA:
GK	1	Mohamed Al-Deayea (c)
CB	3	Redha Tukar Redha Tukar Redha Hassan Tukar Fallatah is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al Ittihad....
CB	6	Fouzi Al-Shehri Fouzi Al-Shehri Fouzi Al-Shehri is a Saudi Arabian football player.He played most of his career for Al Ahli, though some of his career was with Al-Quadisiya Khobar....
CB	4	Abdullah Zubromawi Abdullah Zubromawi Abdullah Sulaiman Zubromawi is a retired football defender from Saudi Arabia. Between 1993 and 2002, he played 122 international matches and scored 4 goals for the national team. He played at the World Cups in 1994, 1998 and 2002...
RWB	2	Mohammed Al-Jahani Mohammed Al-Jahani Mohammed Al-Jahani is a Saudi Arabian footballer.-International career:Al-Jahani also played for the Saudi Arabia national football team, and was a participant in the 1998 FIFA World Cup, 2002 FIFA World Cup, 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup and 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup.He also participated in...
LWB	13	Hussein Sulaimani Hussein Sulaimani Hussein Abdulghani Sulaimani is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al-Nassr.He is a regular member of the Saudi Arabian national team...
RM	18	Nawaf Al-Temyat
CM	7	Ibrahim Al-Shahrani Ibrahim Al-Shahrani Ibrahim Suwayed Al-Shahrani is a Saudi Arabian football player.He played most of his career for Al-Nasr.He played for the Saudi Arabia national football team and was a participant at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.His most significant goal was against Qatar in Doha in the...
CM	16	Khamis Al-Dosari
LM	14	Abdulaziz Khathran Abdulaziz Khathran Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-Khathran is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Al-Wahda in the Saudi Premier League.-Career:...
CF	20	Al Hasan Al-Yami Al Hasan Al-Yami Al-Hasan Ali Al-Yami is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Najran SC.He featured in the Football World Cup 2002 and was part of the infamous team that was beaten 8-0 in a group match against Germany...
Substitutions:
MF	10	Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Mohammad Al-Shalhoub Mohammad Bander Al-Shalhoub is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a Left-winger for Al Hilal.He has been a member of the Saudi Arabian national team since 2000 when he was just nineteen years of age, and was recently called up to the squad to participate in the 2006 FIFA World...
MF	15	Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari Abdullah Jumaan Al-Dosari -Career:At the club level, Al-Dosari played most of his career for Al Hilal.He also played for the Saudi Arabia national football team, and was a participant at the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-References:...
DF	12	Ahmed Dokhi Ahmed Dokhi Ahmad Al-Dokhi Al-Dossary is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Al-Nassr.Al-Dokhi was part of the Al Hilal team that won the AFC Club Championship and AFC Super Cup in 2000...
Manager:
Nasser Al-Johar Nasser Al-Johar -Coaching:Al-Johar coached the Saudi Arabia national football team for both the 2000 AFC Asian Cup and 2002 FIFA World Cup , though he was fired for failing to take the team to a Cup win that year...

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IRELAND: | GK 1 Shay Given

Shay Given

Séamus John James "Shay" Given is an Irish footballer who plays for Aston Villa and the Republic of Ireland national team as a goalkeeper. He won the PFA's Player of the Year in 2002....

RB 2 Steve Finnan

Steve Finnan

CB 14 Gary Breen

Gary Breen

CB 5 Steve Staunton

Steve Staunton

Stephen "Steve" Staunton is an Irish association football manager and former professional footballer, who was most recently manager of Darlington...

Ian Harte

RM 18 Gary Kelly CM 12 Mark Kinsella

Mark Kinsella

Mark Anthony Kinsella is an Irish former professional footballer and current football coach. He played as a central midfielder for most of his career....

CM 8 Matt Holland

Matt Holland

Matthew Rhys "Matt" Holland is a former English-born Irish footballer, who represented Republic of Ireland at international level...

LM 11 Kevin Kilbane

Kevin Kilbane

Kevin Daniel Kilbane is an English-born Irish association footballer who plays as a left back or left winger for Derby County, on loan from Hull City....

CF 10 Robbie Keane

Robbie Keane

Robert David "Robbie" Keane is an Irish association football player who plays as a striker for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer and captains the Irish national football team....

CF 9 Damien Duff

Damien Duff

Substitutions: FW 17 Niall Quinn

Niall Quinn

MF 7 Jason McAteer

Jason McAteer

Jason Wynne McAteer is a retired Irish footballer, who represented the Republic of Ireland at international level. He announced his retirement from professional football on 12 June 2007,...

MF 22 Lee Carsley

Lee Carsley

Lee Kevin Carsley is a former professional footballer who played in the Football League and Premier League for Derby County, Blackburn Rovers, Coventry City, Everton and Birmingham City. Although English by birth, he represented the Republic of Ireland internationally...

Manager:

Mick McCarthy

Assistant referees:

Maciej Wierzbowsky

Frédéric Arnault

Fourth official:

Lu Jun

Man of the Match:

Damien Duff

External links

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