UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 9
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Standings and results for Group 9 of the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
2004 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
Qualification for the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship took place between September 2002 and November 2003.Fifty teams were divided into ten groups, with each team playing the others in their group twice, once at home and once away...

tournament.

Group 9 consisted of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan national football team
The Azerbaijan national football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan...

, Finland
Finland national football team
The Finland national football team represents Finland in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland....

, Italy
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...

, Serbia and Montenegro and Wales
Wales national football team
The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international...

. Serbia and Montenegro began the campaign as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, but officially changed their name in February 2003. Group winners were Italy, who finished four points clear of second-placed team Wales who qualified for the play-offs.

Final table

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1 1 6 5 20 −15 4

Standings and results for Group 9 of the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
2004 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
Qualification for the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship took place between September 2002 and November 2003.Fifty teams were divided into ten groups, with each team playing the others in their group twice, once at home and once away...

tournament.

Group 9 consisted of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan national football team
The Azerbaijan national football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan...

, Finland
Finland national football team
The Finland national football team represents Finland in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland....

, Italy
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...

, Serbia and Montenegro and Wales
Wales national football team
The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international...

. Serbia and Montenegro began the campaign as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, but officially changed their name in February 2003. Group winners were Italy, who finished four points clear of second-placed team Wales who qualified for the play-offs.

Final table

EWLINE
Team
5 2 1 17 4 +13 17
4 1 3 13 10 +3 13
3 3 2 11 11 +0 12
3 1 4 9 10 −1 10
1 1 6 5 20 −15 4

Standings and results for Group 9 of the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
2004 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying
Qualification for the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship took place between September 2002 and November 2003.Fifty teams were divided into ten groups, with each team playing the others in their group twice, once at home and once away...

tournament.

Group 9 consisted of Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan national football team
The Azerbaijan national football team is the national football team of Azerbaijan and is controlled by Association of Football Federations of Azerbaijan...

, Finland
Finland national football team
The Finland national football team represents Finland in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland....

, Italy
Italy national football team
The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...

, Serbia and Montenegro and Wales
Wales national football team
The Wales national football team represents Wales in international football. It is controlled by the Football Association of Wales , the governing body for football in Wales, and the third oldest national football association in the world. The team have only qualified for a major international...

. Serbia and Montenegro began the campaign as the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, but officially changed their name in February 2003. Group winners were Italy, who finished four points clear of second-placed team Wales who qualified for the play-offs.

Final table

EWLINE
Team
5 2 1 17 4 +13 17
4 1 3 13 10 +3 13
3 3 2 11 11 +0 12
3 1 4 9 10 −1 10
1 1 6 5 20 −15 4
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Goalscorers

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Filippo Inzaghi
Filippo Inzaghi
Filippo Inzaghi, Ufficiale OMRI commonly known as Pippo, is a World Cup and UEFA Champions League-winning Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Milan....

6
2 Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Del Piero Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus, of which he is also club captain....

5
3 Simon Davies 4
John Hartson
John Hartson
John Hartson is a former Welsh international footballer who played as a striker, best known for his spells with West Ham and Celtic. Hartson also featured prominently for Wales, earning 51 caps until his international retirement in 2006...

4 Gurban Gurbanov
Gurban Gurbanov
Gurban Osman Gurbanov |Zagatala]]) is retired football striker from Azerbaijan.-Playing career:He started his career in Dashgyn, and has since played for Kur-Nur, Mertskhali, PFK Turan Tovuz, PFC Neftchi, Dinamo Stavropol, Baltika Kaliningrad, and Fakel Voronezh. The last club he played for was FC...

3
Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward.Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations...

Predrag Mijatović
Predrag Mijatovic
Predrag "Peđa" Mijatović is a Montenegrin football player and former sports director of Real Madrid. He is considered one of Yugoslavia's best players of the 1990s. He was acclaimed as the best athlete of Yugoslavia in 1997...

5 Farrukh Ismayilov 2
Mikael Forssell
Mikael Forssell
Mikael Kaj Forssell is a Finnish footballer who plays as a striker for Football League Championship team Leeds United and for the Finnish national team.-Club career:...

Sami Hyypiä
Sami Hyypiä
Sami Tuomas Hyypiä is a retired European Cup winning Finnish footballer who played in the centre back position. He last played for German Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen and was the captain of the Finland national football team. He joined Leverkusen in summer 2009, ending a ten year spell at...

Gary Speed
Gary Speed
Gary Andrew Speed, MBE was a Welsh football player and manager. He was captain of the Wales national football team until he retired from international football in 2004 and he remains the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall, having appeared 85 times at senior level between...



1 goal
  • Joonas Kolkka
    Joonas Kolkka
    Joonas Einari Kolkka is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Willem II in the Netherlands. He has played as a left winger most of his career, but can also play on the right wing.-Club career:...

  • Mika Nurmela
    Mika Nurmela
    Mika Nurmela is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.- Trivia :He is a right sided player who has played most of his career as a wide midfielder or winger, but can also play at full back....

  • Teemu Tainio
    Teemu Tainio
    Teemu Tainio is a Finnish footballer, who currently plays for New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.He can play both as a defensive and attacking midfielder and out wide. Tainio also played at right-back under Juande Ramos at Tottenham.-Early career:...

  • Hannu Tihinen
    Hannu Tihinen
    Hannu Tihinen is a retired Finnish footballer who played as a defender.He has played for clubs in Finland, Norway, England, Belgium and Switzerland.-Club career:...


  • Marco Di Vaio
    Marco Di Vaio
    Marco Di Vaio is an Italian football striker, who currently plays for Bologna FC. In his long career, Di Vaio has played for the likes of Lazio, Hellas Verona, Bari, Salernitana, Parma, Juventus, Valencia and Monaco...

  • Francesco Totti
    Francesco Totti
    Francesco Totti, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian footballer who is the captain of Serie A club Roma. His primary position is that of a trequartista, though he has also been successfully utilized as a lone striker. Totti has spent his entire career at Roma, is the number-one goalscorer and the most...



  • Branko Bošković
    Branko Boškovic
    Branko Bošković , is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for D.C. United in Major League Soccer, and for the national team.-Club:...

  • Saša Ilić
  • Darko Kovačević
    Darko Kovacevic
    Darko Kovačević is a former Serbian football player. He is known for his spells at Real Sociedad where his partnership with Nihat Kahveci was one of the best in Spain. His key attributes are his strength and aerial ability...

  • Nikola Lazetić
    Nikola Lazetic
    Nikola Lazetić is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for Serbian club FK Vojvodina.-Football career:...

  • Danijel Ljuboja
    Danijel Ljuboja
    Danijel Ljuboja, is a Serbian football forward currently playing for Legia Warsaw.-Club:...

  • Savo Milošević
    Savo Miloševic
    Savo Milošević is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a striker.After making a name for himself at Partizan, he signed for Aston Villa, and went on to spend the vast majority of the following decade playing in Spain, where he represented four clubs, amassing La Liga totals of 241 games and...

  • Dragan Mladenović
    Dragan Mladenovic
    Dragan Mladenović , , is a professional footballer.Mladenović, an international for Serbia and Montenegro , joined Rangers from Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade for £1m in August 2004. He made his Rangers debut in a UEFA Champions League qualifier against CSKA Moscow...

  • Zvonimir Vukić
    Zvonimir Vukic
    Zvonimir Vukić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for FK Partizan.-Club career:...


  • Craig Bellamy
    Craig Bellamy
    Craig Douglas Bellamy is a Welsh footballer who plays as a striker for Liverpool and the Welsh national team. Born in Cardiff, Bellamy was the captain of the Welsh national side for four years after taking over from Ryan Giggs in 2007, but stood down in January 2011 due to constant injuries...

  • Robert Earnshaw
    Robert Earnshaw
    Robert Earnshaw is a Welsh footballer who plays for Cardiff City and Wales. He is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the English Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two , the League Cup, the FA Cup and for his country at International level.Earnshaw was born in Mufulira,...

  • Ryan Giggs
    Ryan Giggs
    Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Manchester United. Giggs made his first appearance for the club during the 1990–91 season and has been a regular player since the 1991–92 season...



Own Goals
  • Emin Agaev
    Emin Agaev
    Emin Rafael-ogly Agaev is a retired Azerbajiani professional football player. Currently, he manages FC Dagdizel Kaspiysk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2001 for FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow...

     (for Finland
    Finland national football team
    The Finland national football team represents Finland in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland....

    )
  • Tarlan Ahmadov (for Italy
    Italy national football team
    The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...

    )

Squads

The following players made at least one appearance for their respective team in the qualifying campaign.

Azerbaijan

Coach - src="http://image.absoluteastronomy.com/images/flags/thumb/1373.jpg"/>  Vagif Sadygov
Vagif Sadygov
Vagif Sadygov is an Azerbaijani football manager.-Life and career:Sadygov started playing football as a midfielder for Araz Nakhichevan. His club career career included spells with Neftchi Baku, Khazar Sumgayit and FC Nistru Otaci. After end of his career, he moved into management, first with...

 (2 games)/Asker Abdullayev (6 games)
Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Dmitriy Kramarenko
Dmitriy Kramarenko
Dmitriy Sergeyevich Kramarenko is an Azerbaijani football goalkeeper playing currently for FK Khazar Lenkoran. His father is the former long-time goalkeeper for PFC Neftchi Baku, Sergey Kramarenko. He also holds Russian citizenship.-National team...

GK September 12, 1974 (age 27) 4   CSKA Moscow
Jahangir Hasanzade
Jahangir Hasanzade
Jahangir Hasanzade is an Azerbaijani footballer currently playing for AZAL PFC Baku.-External links:*...

GK August 4, 1979 (age 23) 5   Neftchi Baku 
  Volyn Lutsk 
  Tavriya Simferopol
Emin Agaev
Emin Agaev
Emin Rafael-ogly Agaev is a retired Azerbajiani professional football player. Currently, he manages FC Dagdizel Kaspiysk. He made his debut in the Russian Premier League in 2001 for FC Torpedo-ZIL Moscow...

DF August 10, 1973 (age 29) 5   FC Khimki
FC Khimki
FC Khimki is a Russian association football club based in Khimki.-History:The team was formed in 1996 by merging two amateur clubs from Khimki, Rodina, and Novator. Khimki entered the amateur league and played their first official match on 17 May 1996. Of more than 150 amateur teams in the...

Fizuli Mammedov DF September 8, 1977 (age 24) 4 (all as sub)   Machine Sazi
Machine Sazi Tabriz F.C.
Machine Sazi Tabriz F.C. is an Iranian football club based in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan. They currently play the Azadegan League...

Ilham Yadullayev DF September 17, 1975 (age 26) 5 (2 as sub)   Sanat Naft 
  Volyn Lutsk
Aftandil Hajiyev DF August 13, 1981 (age 21) 1   Shafa Baku
Shafa Baku
Shafa Baku, occasionally written Safa Baku, is a Azerbaijani football club from Baku. They were founded in 1998 , and were promoted to the Top League the same year. In 2001 the club won the Azerbaijan Cup, beating Neftchi Baku 2-1 in the final. During the 2001-02 season they played their home games...

Tarlan Ahmadov DF November 17, 1971 (age 31) 7
Arif Asadov
Arif Asadov
Arif Gyulaga-ogly Asadov is a retired Azerbaijani professional footballer. He made his professional debut in the Soviet Top League in 1988 for Neftchi Baku PFC.-Honours:* Azerbaijan Premier League champion: 1992, 1996....

DF August 18, 1970 (age 32) 1 (as a sub)   Neftchi Baku
Kamal Guliyev DF November 14, 1976 (age 25) 7   Neftchi Baku
Adaim Niftaliyev DF 1
Rashad Sadygov
Rashad sadygov
Rashad Farhad oghlu Sadygov is an Azerbaijani footballer and the national team captain. He plays for the Azerbaijani club side FK Qarabağ.In 2006, as a result of missing the registration deadline for the Azerbaijani football club side PFC Neftchi, Sadygov played basketball for local club BK...

DF June 16, 1982 (age 20) 7 (1 as sub)   Foolad 
  Neftchi Baku
Bakhtiyar Musayev DF August 4, 1973 (age 29) 1 (as a sub)
Ramiz Mamedov
Ramiz Mamedov
Ramiz Mikhmanovich Mamedov is a retired Russian football player with Azerbaijanians roots. Sometimes he is confused with his Azeri colleague Ramiz Mammadov from Agdam.-International career:...

DF August 21, 1972 (age 30) 2 (1 as sub)   Volgar-Gazprom 
  Luch-Energiya Vladivostok
Aslan Kerimov
Aslan Kerimov
Aslan Kerimov is a football midfielder from Azerbaijan. He debuted for the national team in October 1994, and his international career earned him 74 caps, making him Azerbaijan's most capped player....

MF January 1, 1973 (age 29) 5   FK Shamkir
FK Shamkir
FK Shamkir , is an Azerbaijani football club based in Şəmkir, that currently plays in the Azerbaijan First Division. The club is one of the most oldest and most successful clubs in Azerbaijan's football history with three Azerbaijan Premier League titles....

Zaur Tagizade
Zaur Tagizade
Zaur Tagizade is a retired Azerbaijani footballer.Tagizade has made 40 appearances for the Azerbaijan national football team.-External links:* *...

MF January 21, 1979 (age 23) 4 (3 as sub)   Shafa Baku
Shafa Baku
Shafa Baku, occasionally written Safa Baku, is a Azerbaijani football club from Baku. They were founded in 1998 , and were promoted to the Top League the same year. In 2001 the club won the Azerbaijan Cup, beating Neftchi Baku 2-1 in the final. During the 2001-02 season they played their home games...

Ruslan Musayev MF May 11, 1979 (age 23) 4 (2 as sub)   Terek Grozny 
  MOIK Baku
MOIK Baku
MOIK Baku is an Azerbaijani football club, based in Baku. MOIK was originally built around the same concept of military sports club as CSKA Moscow, CSKA Sofia.-History:...

Emin Quliyev MF April 12, 1977 (age 25) 7   Neftchi Baku 
  Spartak-Alania Vladikavkaz
Mahmud Gurbanov MF August 7, 1980 (age 22) 8   Foolad 
  Tavriya Simferopol
Emin Imamaliev
Emin Imamaliev
Emin Imamaliev is a Azerbaijani football midfielder who plays for FK Qarabağ in the AFFA Supreme League....

MF March 18, 1977 (age 25) 7   Shafa Baku
Shafa Baku
Shafa Baku, occasionally written Safa Baku, is a Azerbaijani football club from Baku. They were founded in 1998 , and were promoted to the Top League the same year. In 2001 the club won the Azerbaijan Cup, beating Neftchi Baku 2-1 in the final. During the 2001-02 season they played their home games...

 
  Inter Baku
Farrukh Ismayilov ST August 30, 1978 (age 24) 4 (2 as sub)   Neftchi Baku 
  Sanat Naft
Khagani Mammadov ST September 29, 1976 (age 25) 3 (2 as sub)   Machine Sazi
Machine Sazi Tabriz F.C.
Machine Sazi Tabriz F.C. is an Iranian football club based in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan. They currently play the Azadegan League...

Vadim Vasilyev ST May 17, 1972 (age 30) 4 (2 as sub)   Neftchi Baku
Gurban Gurbanov
Gurban Gurbanov
Gurban Osman Gurbanov |Zagatala]]) is retired football striker from Azerbaijan.-Playing career:He started his career in Dashgyn, and has since played for Kur-Nur, Mertskhali, PFK Turan Tovuz, PFC Neftchi, Dinamo Stavropol, Baltika Kaliningrad, and Fakel Voronezh. The last club he played for was FC...

ST March 13, 1972 (age 30) 6   Fakel Voronezh 
  Volgar-Gazprom
FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan
FC Volgar-Gazprom Astrakhan is an association football club based in Astrakhan, Russia. In 2008, they won the Russian Second Division in the South Zone and were promoted to the Russian First Division for 2009.-History:...

Samir Aliyev ST April 14, 1979 (age 23) 8   Volyn Lutsk
Nadir Nabiev ST July 18, 1980 (age 20) 1 (as a sub)   Neftchi Baku

Finland

Coach -   Antti Muurinen
Antti Muurinen
Antti Muurinen is a Finnish football coach. He is currently the head coach of HJK Helsinki in Finland's Veikkausliiga.Muurinen is probably best known as the head coach of the Finnish national team...

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Antti Niemi GK May 31, 1972 (age 30) 6   Southampton
Jussi Jääskeläinen
Jussi Jääskeläinen
Jussi Albert Jääskeläinen is a Finnish football goalkeeper, who plays for Bolton Wanderers.-Club career:Jääskeläinen was born in Mikkeli, and made his Veikkausliiga debut in Finland for MP Mikkeli in 1992, and became the club's first choice goalkeeper in 1994. In 1996, he moved to VPS Vaasa where...

GK April 19, 1975 (age 27) 2   Bolton Wanderers
Ville Nylund DF August 14, 1972 (age 30) 4   HJK Helsinki
HJK Helsinki
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi , internationally known as HJK Helsinki, is a Finnish football club, based in the capital Helsinki...

Petri Pasanen DF September 24, 1980 (age 21) 7   Ajax
Ajax Amsterdam
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands...

Juha Reini
Juha Reini
Juha Reini is former Finnish footballer.Reini, who was a versatile right sided player who played both in defence and in midfield, started his Veikkausliiga...

DF March 19, 1975 (age 27) 3 (2 as sub)   AZ
Janne Saarinen
Janne Saarinen
Janne Johannes Saarinen is a Finnish footballer who plays for HJK Helsinki in Finland.-Career:Saarinen started his career as a promising attacking midfielder at HJK Helsinki, making his Veikkausliiga debut in 1993. In 1997 he moved to Swedish giants IFK Göteborg, but never made a breakthrough...

DF February 28, 1977 (age 25) 8   Rosenborg BK 
  1860 München
Sami Hyypiä
Sami Hyypiä
Sami Tuomas Hyypiä is a retired European Cup winning Finnish footballer who played in the centre back position. He last played for German Bundesliga side Bayer 04 Leverkusen and was the captain of the Finland national football team. He joined Leverkusen in summer 2009, ending a ten year spell at...

DF October 7, 1973 (age 28) 8   Liverpool
Toni Kuivasto
Toni Kuivasto
Toni Kuivasto is a retired Finnish footballer who last played for Veikkausliigaside FC Haka.-Club career:Kuivasto started his career at home-town club FC Ilves, making his Veikkausliiga debut in 1992. He also played for MyPa and HJK Helsinki in Finland, before moving abroad to play for Viking FK...

DF December 31, 1975 (age 26) 2 (1 as sub)   Viking 
  Djurgården
Hannu Tihinen
Hannu Tihinen
Hannu Tihinen is a retired Finnish footballer who played as a defender.He has played for clubs in Finland, Norway, England, Belgium and Switzerland.-Club career:...

DF July 1, 1976 (age 26) 6   Anderlecht
Mika Nurmela
Mika Nurmela
Mika Nurmela is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for the Veikkausliiga club AC Oulu.- Trivia :He is a right sided player who has played most of his career as a wide midfielder or winger, but can also play at full back....

DF December 26, 1971 (age 30) 8   SC Heerenveen 
  Kaiserslautern
1. FC Kaiserslautern
1. Fußball-Club Kaiserslautern, also known as 1. FCK, FCK or simply Kaiserslautern, is a German association football club based in Kaiserslautern, Rhineland-Palatinate. On 2 June 1900, Germania 1896 and FG Kaiserslautern merged to create FC 1900...

Peter Kopteff
Peter Kopteff
Peter Kopteff is a Finnish footballer who currently free agent. He usually plays in the position of left winger.He avoided the Finnish army service by taking a Hungarian passport.-Club career:...

MF April 10, 1979 (age 23) 6 (all as sub)   Viking
Aki Riihilahti
Aki Riihilahti
Aki Pasinpoika Riihilahti is a Finnish footballer currently playing for HJK Helsinki in the Finnish Veikkausliiga. He is known as a hard working, defensive midfielder.- Club career :...

MF September 9, 1975 (age 26) 8 (3 as sub)   Crystal Palace
Simo Valakari
Simo Valakari
Simo Johannes Valakari is a former Finnish footballer, who currently is youth coach of Käpylän Pallo.-Career:...

MF April 24, 1973 (age 29) 3 (2 as sub)   Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...

Mika Väyrynen
Mika Väyrynen
Mika Väyrynen is a Finnish footballer who plays for English Championship side Leeds United. He is a Finland international.-Club career:...

MF December 28, 1981 (age 20) 4   SC Heerenveen
Teemu Tainio
Teemu Tainio
Teemu Tainio is a Finnish footballer, who currently plays for New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.He can play both as a defensive and attacking midfielder and out wide. Tainio also played at right-back under Juande Ramos at Tottenham.-Early career:...

MF November 27, 1979 (age 22) 6   AJ Auxerre
AJ Auxerre
Association de la Jeunesse Auxerroise is a French association football club based in the commune of Auxerre in Burgundy. The club was founded in 1905 and currently play in Ligue 1, the top division of French football. Auxerre plays its home matches at the Stade l'Abbé-Deschamps on the banks of the...

Jarkko Wiss
Jarkko Wiss
Jarkko Wiss is a former Finnish footballer and the current manager of Tampere United.-Player career:As a player he played in the position of defensive midfielder for TPV Tampere, FF Jaro, HJK and Tampere United in Finland, Molde, Lillestrøm and Moss in Norway, Stockport County in England as well...

MF April 17, 1972 (age 30) 1 (as a sub)   Hibernian
Jari Ilola
Jari Ilola
Jari Ilola is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for IF Elfsborg and the Finland national football team.-External links:*...

MF November 24, 1978 (age 23) 1   HJK Helsinki
HJK Helsinki
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi , internationally known as HJK Helsinki, is a Finnish football club, based in the capital Helsinki...

 
  IF Elfsborg
IF Elfsborg
IF Elfsborg is a Swedish football club located in Borås. The club has won five national championship titles, the latest in 2006, and two national cup titles. Currently playing in the highest Swedish league, Allsvenskan. Elfsborg is based at Borås Arena...

Joonas Kolkka
Joonas Kolkka
Joonas Einari Kolkka is a Finnish footballer who currently plays for Willem II in the Netherlands. He has played as a left winger most of his career, but can also play on the right wing.-Club career:...

MF September 28, 1974 (age 27) 8   Panathinaikos
Panathinaikos FC
Panathinaikos Football Club is a Greek professional football club based in Athens. Founded in 1908, they play in the Super League Greece and are one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Greek football history. They have won 20 Greek Championships and 17 Greek Cups.Panathinaikos is the most...

 
  Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach
Borussia Mönchengladbach is a German association football club based in Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. The team plays in the Bundesliga and is one of the country's most well-known, well-supported, and successful teams. Borussia Mönchengladbach has over 40,000 members and is the sixth...

Jonatan Johansson
Jonatan Johansson (footballer)
Jonatan Lillebror Johansson is a retired Finnish footballer. He last played for TPS in Finnish Veikkausliiga. His main position was a striker and he was a regular in the Finnish national team.- Early career :...

ST August 16, 1975 (age 27) 4 (3 as sub)   Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...

Mika Kottila
Mika Kottila
Mika "Hirvi" Kottila is a retired Finnish footballer. He played as a striker.Kottila spent the vast majority of his career playing in Scandinavia joining RoPS in 1992. He had a spell on loan at Hereford United during the 1996-97 season...

ST September 22, 1974 (age 27) 1 (as a sub)   HJK Helsinki
HJK Helsinki
Helsingin Jalkapalloklubi , internationally known as HJK Helsinki, is a Finnish football club, based in the capital Helsinki...

Shefki Kuqi
Shefki Kuqi
Shefki Kuqi is a Kosovar-born Finnish professional footballer who is currently playing for League One side Oldham Athletic. Kuqi plays predominately as a striker. He has spent most of his career in the English league, and has played for clubs including Stockport County, Sheffield Wednesday, Ipswich...

ST November 10, 1976 (age 25) 6 (5 as sub)   Sheffield Wednesday 
  Ipswich Town
Antti Sumiala ST February 20, 1974 (age 28) 2   IFK Norrköping
IFK Norrköping
IFK Norrköping is a Swedish football club based in Norrköping. The club, formed on 29 May 1897, is currently playing in the first division of Swedish football, Allsvenskan...

 
  Akçaabat Sebatspor
Akçaabat Sebatspor
Akçaabat Sebatspor, also known as A. Sebatspor is a Turkish football club located in the Akçaabat district of Trabzon, Turkey. They play their home games in the Akçaabat Fatih Stadyumu. The club was founded in 1923.-History:...

Mikael Forssell
Mikael Forssell
Mikael Kaj Forssell is a Finnish footballer who plays as a striker for Football League Championship team Leeds United and for the Finnish national team.-Club career:...

ST March 15, 1981 (age 21) 5   Chelsea
Jari Litmanen
Jari Litmanen
Jari Olavi Litmanen is a Finnish footballer, currently playing for HJK. He is the current vice-captain of Finland national football team, where he served as a first choice captain between 1996–2008...

ST February 20, 1971 (age 31) 5   Ajax
Ajax Amsterdam
Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax , also referred to as AFC Ajax, Ajax Amsterdam or simply Ajax , is a professional football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands...


Italy

Coach -   Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni
Giovanni Trapattoni , sometimes known as "Trap" or "Il Trap", is an Italian football coach and former player, considered the most successful club coach in the history of Serie A. As a player he was part of Italy's squad at the 1962 FIFA World Cup....


Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi Buffon
Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team. He has won the FIFA World Cup and is widely considered by fans and experts to be one of most dominant and successful goalkeepers in history...

GK January 28, 1978 (age 23) 8   Juventus
Christian Panucci
Christian Panucci
Christian Panucci is a retired Italian footballer. He was a member of the Italian national team. Panucci is a right back, but can also play as a centre back.-Early career:...

DF April 12, 1973 (age 29) 7   Roma
Massimo Oddo
Massimo Oddo
Massimo Oddo, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian professional footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Lecce, on loan from Milan. He was part of the Italian squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Club career:...

DF July 14, 1976 (age 26) 4 (3 as sub)   Lazio
Francesco Coco
Francesco Coco
Francesco Coco is a retired Italian football defender.-Club:Coco spent the majority of his club career with the Milan clubs; first with A.C. Milan between 1993 and 2002 and later with F.C. Internazionale between 2002 and 2007. He also had several loan spells with Vicenza Calcio, Torino F.C. and...

DF January 8, 1977 (age 25) 1   Inter
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

Luciano Zauri
Luciano Zauri
Luciano Zauri is an Italian footballer who plays for Lazio.-Atalanta:Zauri made his debut in Serie A in the 1996–97 season with Atalanta in a 4–0 loss at home to Roma....

DF January 20, 1978 (age 24) 2   Atalanta 
  Lazio
Gianluca Zambrotta
Gianluca Zambrotta
Gianluca Zambrotta is a world cup winning Italian footballer who currently plays as a full back for Serie A club Milan.Zambrotta was decorated as Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2000 and he was made an Officer of the same order in 2006.-Como:Zambrotta began his...

DF February 19, 1977 (age 25) 5   Juventus
Fabio Cannavaro
Fabio Cannavaro
Fabio Cannavaro, Ufficiale OMRI is a former Italian footballer considered one of the greatest defenders of all time and was given the name "Muro di Berlino" which means The Berlin wall by Italian supporters. He spent the majority of his career in Italy...

DF September 13, 1973 (age 29) 8   Inter
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

Nicola Legrottaglie
Nicola Legrottaglie
Nicola Legrottaglie is an Italian footballer who plays for Calcio Catania in Serie A, as a central defender.-Early years:...

DF October 20, 1976 (age 25) 1 (as a sub)   Chievo
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...

 
  Juventus
Alessandro Nesta
Alessandro Nesta
Alessandro Nesta, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Milan. Considered by many as one of the best centre backs to have ever played the game, he is a four-time member of the annual UEFA Team of the Year.-Early life:Nesta was raised in...

DF March 19, 1976 (age 26) 7   AC Milan
Matteo Ferrari
Matteo Ferrari
Matteo Ferrari is an Italian footballer, currently a free agent after being released by Beşiktaş J.K..-Early career:Ferrari started his career at SPAL in 1995, and he can play as left-back or centreback....

DF December 5, 1979 (age 23) 1 (as a sub)   Parma
Alessandro Birindelli
Alessandro Birindelli
Alessandro Birindelli is a retired Italian footballer. Equally at ease as right or left defender, he is best known for his 11-year spell with Juventus, winning several accolades and appearing in nearly 300 official games.-Early years:...

DF November 12, 1974 (age 27) 1 (as a sub)   Juventus
Luigi Di Biagio
Luigi Di Biagio
Luigi Di Biagio , is an Italian former football defensive midfielder, who last played for Ascoli Calcio 1898 .Di Biagio was born in Rome. Prior to joining Ascoli, he played for Lazio , Monza , Foggia , Roma , Internazionale , and Brescia Calcio . He was capped 31 times for Italy, scoring two goals...

MF June 3, 1971 (age 31) 2   Inter
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

 
  Brescia
Brescia Calcio
Brescia Calcio , known simply as Brescia, is the largest football club in the Lombard city of Brescia, where it was founded in 1911.In the 2009–10 season, in the return leg of the Serie B playoff final, they defeated Torino 2-1 at home , returning to Serie A after a 5-year absence...

Massimo Ambrosini
Massimo Ambrosini
Massimo Ambrosini is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder and is the captain of Serie A club Milan. He is well known for his aerial ability and tackling.- Club career :...

MF May 29, 1977 (age 25) 3 (2 as sub)   AC Milan
Gennaro Gattuso
Gennaro Gattuso
Gennaro Ivan Gattuso, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian footballer, who plays for Serie A club Milan. He mainly plays as a defensive midfielder. Gattuso is an aggressive, hard tackling player and in his prime, was widely regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world...

MF January 9, 1978 (age 24) 6 (4 as sub)   AC Milan
Cristiano Zanetti
Cristiano Zanetti
Cristiano Zanetti is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Brescia.-Early career:He played for Fiorentina , Venezia , Reggiana before joined Internazionale at age of 21....

MF April 14, 1977 (age 25) 4   Inter
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

Alessio Tacchinardi
Alessio Tacchinardi
Alessio Tacchinardi is a retired Italian footballer who played as defensive midfielder and spent the vast majority of his career playing for Juventus FC, winning 17 official trophies with the club...

MF July 23, 1975 (age 27) 1   Juventus
Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Del Piero
Alessandro Del Piero Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus, of which he is also club captain....

MF November 9, 1974 (age 27) 6   Juventus
Mauro Camoranesi
Mauro Camoranesi
Mauro Camoranesi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian Argentine World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Lanús in the Argentine Primera División. He is a midfielder, usually on the right wing...

MF October 4, 1976 (age 25) 4   Juventus
Simone Perrotta
Simone Perrotta
Simone Perrotta, Ufficiale OMRI is an English-born Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma...

MF September 17, 1977 (age 24) 5   Chievo
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...

Damiano Tommasi
Damiano Tommasi
Damiano Tommasi is an Italian former footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He is the current president of the Italian Footballers' Association ....

MF April 1, 1973 (age 29) 3   Roma
Cristiano Doni
Cristiano Doni
Cristiano Doni is an Italian professional footballer who plays for Atalanta B.C. as an attacking midfielder.Most of his senior career was associated with Atalanta, as he appeared in more than 300 official games for the club, netting more than 100 goals.Doni represented Italy at the 2002 World...

MF January 1, 1978 (age 24) 1   Atalanta 
  Sampdoria
Stefano Fiore
Stefano Fiore
Stefano Fiore is an Italian football manager and former player, who can play as an attacking midfielder or on the wing. He is currently in charge as manager technical area of Cosenza in Serie D.-Parma and early years:...

MF April 17, 1975 (age 27) 3 (2 as sub)   Lazio
Andrea Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo
Andrea Pirlo, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian World Cup winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus, and for the Italian national team. He is usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker for both Juventus and Italy and is regarded as one of best players in this position...

MF May 19, 1979 (age 23) 3 (1 as sub)   AC Milan
Massimo Marazzina
Massimo Marazzina
Massimo Marazzina is an Italian footballer who plays as a striker.-Early years:Marazzina was born in Pandino, a city near Lodi in the Province of Cremona. He finished his football formation at F.C. Internazionale Milano, and made his Serie A debut on 27 February 1994, in a 0–2 away loss against A.C...

ST July 16, 1974 (age 28) 1 (as a sub)   Chievo
A.C. ChievoVerona
Associazione Calcio Chievo Verona is a professional Italian football club named after and based in Chievo, a suburb of 2,800 inhabitants in Verona, Veneto, and owned by Paluani, a cake company and the inspiration for their original name, Paluani Chievo...

Vincenzo Montella
Vincenzo Montella
Vincenzo Montella is a retired Italian footballer. Currently he is the youngest head coach of Serie A, after being named at the helm of Sicilian outfit Catania on 9 June 2011....

ST June 18, 1974 (age 28) 3 (2 as sub)   Roma
Filippo Inzaghi
Filippo Inzaghi
Filippo Inzaghi, Ufficiale OMRI commonly known as Pippo, is a World Cup and UEFA Champions League-winning Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Milan....

ST August 9, 1973 (age 29) 5   AC Milan
Massimo Maccarone
Massimo Maccarone
Massimo Maccarone is an Italian association football striker currently playing for Sampdoria....

ST September 6, 1979 (age 22) 1 (as a sub)   Middlesbrough
Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri
Christian Vieri is a retired Italian footballer who played as a centre forward.Vieri was named in the FIFA 100, a list of the 125 greatest living footballers selected by Pelé as a part of FIFA's centenary celebrations...

ST July 12, 1973 (age 29) 5   Inter
F.C. Internazionale Milano
Football Club Internazionale Milano, often referred to as Internazionale or simply Inter, is a professional Italian football club based in Milan, Italy. Outside Italy, the club is often called Inter Milan. They are the reigning FIFA Club World champions and Coppa Italia holders.Inter have always...

Bernardo Corradi
Bernardo Corradi
Bernardo Corradi is an Italian footballer, who is currently a free agent. He was a former Italian international.-Early career:...

ST March 30, 1976 (age 26) 3 (2 as sub)   Lazio
Marco Delvecchio
Marco Delvecchio
Marco Delvecchio is an Italian retired footballer. He spent the most of his career at AS Roma where he is still remembered for his ease in scoring against the rivals of SS Lazio in the Derby della Capitale....

ST April 7, 1973 (age 29) 2 (1 as sub)   Roma
Marco Di Vaio
Marco Di Vaio
Marco Di Vaio is an Italian football striker, who currently plays for Bologna FC. In his long career, Di Vaio has played for the likes of Lazio, Hellas Verona, Bari, Salernitana, Parma, Juventus, Valencia and Monaco...

ST June 15, 1976 (age 26) 1 (as a sub)   Parma 
  Juventus
Fabrizio Miccoli
Fabrizio Miccoli
Fabrizio Miccoli is an Italian football striker who currently is playing for Serie A team Palermo.-Early years:After playing at youth level with Milan, he returned to his native Apulia in 1995 to join Serie C1 team Casarano, where he made his professional debut at the age of 17...

ST June 27, 1979 (age 23) 1 (as a sub)   Juventus
Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti
Francesco Totti, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian footballer who is the captain of Serie A club Roma. His primary position is that of a trequartista, though he has also been successfully utilized as a lone striker. Totti has spent his entire career at Roma, is the number-one goalscorer and the most...

ST September 27, 1976 (age 25) 3   Roma

Serbia and Montenegro

Coach -   Dejan Savićević
Dejan Savicevic
Dejan Savićević , is a Montenegrin former football player and is the president of the Montenegrin FA....

 (5 games)/Ilija Petković
Ilija Petkovic
Ilija Petković is a retired Serbian footballer. Since the early 1990s he's been a football manager, his most notable appointment being with the Serbia and Montenegro national football team.-Playing career:He started playing football for Dinara Knin...

 (3 games)
Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Dragoslav Jevrić
Dragoslav Jevric
Dragoslav Jevrić is a Montenegrin football goalkeeper who currently plays for AC Omonia.-International career:...

GK July 8, 1974 (age 28) 8   Vitesse Arnhem
Vitesse Arnhem
Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch football club from Arnhem, which was founded on 14 May 1892. Vitesse has had considerable success in the Eredivisie, and featured in the UEFA Cup competition, but has never been considered a close competitor of the top three clubs of Netherlands...

Dragan Žilić
Dragan Žilic
Dragan Žilić is a retired Serbian football goalkeeper.-Rijeka:During the summer of 2005, Žilić's transfer from FK Smederevo to HNK Rijeka caused a minor sensation as it marked the first occasion in a very long time that a player of Serbian ethnicity moved to a Croatian club...

GK December 14, 1974 (age 27) 1   Sartid
FK Smederevo
Fudbalski klub Smederevo is a Serbian professional football club based in the city of Smederevo.-History:...

Zoran Mirković
Zoran Mirkovic
Zoran "Bata" Mirković is a former Serbian footballer.-Club career:Mirković made his first appearance for FK Rad during the 1990–91 season. But even before that he and his teammates won the Yugoslav title in the under-21 category, the biggest success this club ever had...

DF September 21, 1971 (age 30) 3   Fenerbahçe
Zoran Njeguš
Zoran Njeguš
Zoran Njeguš is a Serbian football manager and former player. He is current manager of Serbian Football Club Spartak from Subotica.-References:* *...

DF June 25, 1973 (age 29) 2   Sevilla
Sevilla FC
Sevilla Fútbol Club S.A.D. is a Spanish professional football club based in Seville, Spain that plays in the Spanish La Liga championship.They are one of the most successful clubs in Spanish football having won a 1 La Liga title, 5 Spanish "Copa del Rey" Cups, 1 Spanish Super Cup and 2 UEFA...

Mladen Krstajić
Mladen Krstajic
Mladen Krstajić is a former Serbian footballer who currently works as a director of football for FK Partizan.-Early life:...

DF March 4, 1973 (age 29) 6 (1 as sub)   Werder Bremen
Nenad Đorđević DF August 7, 1979 (age 23) 3   Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

Ivica Dragutinović
Ivica Dragutinovic
Ivica Dragutinović , sometimes just Drago, is a Serbian footballer.Mainly a central defender, he can also operate as a defensive left back...

DF November 13, 1975 (age 27) 4   Standard Liège
Standard Liège
Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....

Milivoje Ćirković
Milivoje Cirkovic
Milivoje Ćirković is a Serbian footballer.-Career statistics:-External links:* at reprezentacija.rs...

DF April 14, 1977 (age 25) 3   Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

Goran Bunjevčević
Goran Bunjevcevic
Goran Bunjevčević is a former Serbian footballer who played as a defender, including 5 seasons at Tottenham Hotspur ....

DF February 17, 1973 (age 29) 2   Tottenham Hotspur
Boban Dmitrović
Boban Dmitrović
Boban Dmitrović is a Serbian footballer. He currently plays for FK Sloga Kraljevo in the Serbian First League .-Club career:...

DF April 2, 1972 (age 30) 1   GAK
Grazer AK
Grazer AK, founded 18 August 1902 as Grazer Athletik-Sport Klub , is an Austrian sports club, from the city of Graz in the federal state of Styria . The football section is one of the most traditional Austrian clubs, most successful in the decade 1995 – 2005...

 
  Sturm Graz
Nikola Malbaša
Nikola Malbaša
Nikola is a retired Serbian international footballer.-2004:Nikola Malbaša made a magnificent season with Partizan. So, many teams tried to get him. Between all of these teams, Barcelona and Real made the best offer, about 6,000,000 euro per year...

DF September 12, 1977 (age 24) 1   Hajduk Kula 
  Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

Dragan Šarac
Dragan Šarac
Dragan Šarac is a Serbian international football player who plays for FK Novi Pazar.-Honours:*Obilić Belgrade**1 time First League of FR Yugoslavia Champion: 1997-98...

DF September 27, 1975 (age 26) 1   Pasching
SV Pasching
SK Austria Kärnten was an Austrian association football club, from Klagenfurt, Carinthia.- History :The club was formed on 1 June 2007 and took over the license of ASKÖ Pasching to play in the Austrian Football Bundesliga...

 
  Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

Nemanja Vidić
Nemanja Vidic
Nemanja Vidić is a Serbian footballer who captains English Premier League club Manchester United. He was part of the Serbia national football team from 2002 to 2011....

DF October 21, 1981 (age 20) 3   Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

Milan Dudić
Milan Dudic
Milan Dudić is a Serbian football defender who currently plays for SK Sturm Graz in Austria.-International career:...

DF November 1, 1979 (age 22) 1   Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

Dejan Stefanović
Dejan Stefanovic
Dejan Stefanović , Dejan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Стефановић), Dejan Stefanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Дејан Стефановић), (born October 28, 1974 in Vranjein Serbia, is a Serbian football player who plays for Conference South side Havant & Waterlooville He is a central defender who can also...

DF October 28, 1974 (age 27) 2   Vitesse Arnhem
Vitesse Arnhem
Stichting Betaald Voetbal Vitesse is a Dutch football club from Arnhem, which was founded on 14 May 1892. Vitesse has had considerable success in the Eredivisie, and featured in the UEFA Cup competition, but has never been considered a close competitor of the top three clubs of Netherlands...

 
  Portsmouth
Goran Gavrančić
Goran Gavrancic
Goran Gavrančić is a former Serbian football defender.-Club career:His career began at Čukarički Stankom, having played for Crvena zvezda as a youth. His performances at Čukarički caught the eye of Dynamo Kyiv manager Valeriy Lobanovskyi and the Ukrainian club purchased him in January 2001...

DF August 2, 1978 (age 24) 2   Dynamo Kyiv
Marjan Marković
Marjan Markovic
Marjan Marković Marjan Marković Marjan Marković (Serbian Cyrillic: Марјан Марковић ; born September 28, 1981 in Požarevac, Serbia, is a Serbian football defender, currently playing for First Vienna....

DF September 28, 1981 (age 20) 2 (1 as sub)   Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

Igor Duljaj
Igor Duljaj
Igor Duljaj is a Serbian professional footballer. He currently plays as a defensive midfielder for PFC Sevastopol in the Ukrainian Premier League.-Club career:...

MF October 29, 1979 (age 22) 5 (2 as sub)   Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

Nenad Kovačević MF December 11, 1980 (age 21) 2 (both as sub)   Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

Nenad Brnović
Nenad Brnovic
Nenad Brnović is a Montenegrin footballer playing for Mes Sarcheshmeh FC....

MF January 18, 1980 (age 22) 2 (both as sub)   Zeta
FK Zeta
FK Zeta is a football club from Montenegro. It is based in Golubovci, a suburb of Podgorica.- History :The club was formed in 1927 as FK Danica. In 1945 it was renamed to FK Napredak. In 1955 it was renamed to FK Zeta....

Dragan Mladenović
Dragan Mladenovic
Dragan Mladenović , , is a professional footballer.Mladenović, an international for Serbia and Montenegro , joined Rangers from Serbian champions Red Star Belgrade for £1m in August 2004. He made his Rangers debut in a UEFA Champions League qualifier against CSKA Moscow...

MF February 16, 1976 (age 26) 3   Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

Branko Bošković
Branko Boškovic
Branko Bošković , is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for D.C. United in Major League Soccer, and for the national team.-Club:...

MF June 21, 1980 (age 22) 4 (1 as sub)   Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade
Red Star Belgrade is a football club from Belgrade, Serbia. The club is a part of the Red Star Sports Society.Red Star Belgrade is the most successful Serbian club, with a record of 25 national championships and 23 national cups in both Serbian and ex-Yugoslav competitions...

 
  PSG
Goran Trobok
Goran Trobok
Goran Trobok is a former Montenegrin football player.-External links:* at Serbian Federation site.* at National-football-teams.* on Transfermarkt....

MF September 6, 1974 (age 27) 1   Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

 
  Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow
FC Spartak Moscow is a Russian football club from Moscow. Having won 12 Soviet championships and 9 of 19 Russian championships they are one of the country's most successful clubs. They have also won the Soviet Cup 10 times and the Russian Cup 3 times...

Nikola Lazetić
Nikola Lazetic
Nikola Lazetić is a Serbian football midfielder who plays for Serbian club FK Vojvodina.-Football career:...

MF February 9, 1978 (age 24) 3   Como 
  Genoa
Zvonimir Vukić
Zvonimir Vukic
Zvonimir Vukić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for FK Partizan.-Club career:...

MF July 19, 1979 (age 23) 5 (1 as sub)   Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

 
  Shakhtar Donetsk
Saša Ilić MF December 30, 1977 (age 24) 2 (1 as sub)   Partizan
FK Partizan
Fudbalski klub Partizan is a professional football club based in Belgrade, Serbia. In its long history, FK Partizan won as many as 37 trophies. The club is the holder of 23 national championships, 12 national cups and 1 national supercup, and has also won the Mitropa Cup in 1978...

Siniša Mihajlović
Siniša Mihajlovic
Siniša Mihajlović is a Serbian football manager and former player. He was in charge of Serie A club Fiorentina since June 2010 to November 2011....

MF February 20, 1969 (age 33) 3   Lazio
Dejan Stanković
Dejan Stankovic
Dejan Stanković is a Serbian association football player who plays for the Italian Serie A side Inter. He captained the Serbian national football team until 2011, when he announced his retirement from international football...

MF September 11, 1978 (age 23) 4   Lazio
Predrag Djordjević MF August 4, 1972 (age 30) 2   Olympiacos
Predrag Mijatović
Predrag Mijatovic
Predrag "Peđa" Mijatović is a Montenegrin football player and former sports director of Real Madrid. He is considered one of Yugoslavia's best players of the 1990s. He was acclaimed as the best athlete of Yugoslavia in 1997...

ST January 19, 1969 (age 33) 5   Levante
Levante UD
Levante Unión Deportiva, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in Valencia, in the namesake community.Founded in 1909, it plays in La Liga, holding home games at Estadi Ciutat de València.-Early years:...

Nenad Jestrović
Nenad Jestrovic
Nenad Jestrović is a retired Serbian football forward, last playing for FC Metz.-Career:...

ST May 9, 1976 (age 26) 1 (as a sub)   Anderlecht
Savo Milošević
Savo Miloševic
Savo Milošević is a retired Serbian footballer who played as a striker.After making a name for himself at Partizan, he signed for Aston Villa, and went on to spend the vast majority of the following decade playing in Spain, where he represented four clubs, amassing La Liga totals of 241 games and...

ST September 2, 1973 (age 28) 7 (4 as sub)   Parma
Mateja Kežman
Mateja Kežman
Mateja Kežman is a Serbian football striker who plays for FC BATE Borisov of the Belarusian Premier League....

ST April 12, 1979 (age 23) 6 (1 as sub)   PSV Eindhoven
Danijel Ljuboja
Danijel Ljuboja
Danijel Ljuboja, is a Serbian football forward currently playing for Legia Warsaw.-Club:...

ST September 4, 1978 (age 23) 2 (both as sub)   RC Strasbourg
RC Strasbourg
Racing Club de Strasbourg is a French association football club founded in 1906 and professional since 1933, based in the city of Strasbourg, in Alsace...

Darko Kovačević
Darko Kovacevic
Darko Kovačević is a former Serbian football player. He is known for his spells at Real Sociedad where his partnership with Nihat Kahveci was one of the best in Spain. His key attributes are his strength and aerial ability...

ST November 18, 1973 (age 28) 6   Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad
Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909...

Danijel Kovačević ST 30 November 1980 (age 21) 1 (as a sub) FC Baden
FC Baden
FC Baden is a Swiss football club based in Baden, Canton Aargau which is a short distance from Zürich. It was founded in 1897. FC Baden has a total of 22 different teams at age levels, including 5 women's teams. They currently play in the Swiss 1. Liga, the third tier of Swiss...


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Wales

Coach -   Mark Hughes
Mark Hughes
Leslie Mark Hughes, OBE , is a former Welsh international footballer. As an international footballer, he made 72 appearances and scored 16 goals....


Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Paul Jones
Paul Jones (footballer)
Paul Steven Jones is a retired Welsh international football goalkeeper. During his playing career, he played for several clubs, including Wolverhampton Wanderers, Stockport County and Southampton.-Career history:...

GK April 18, 1967 (age 35) 8   Southampton
Mark Delaney DF May 13, 1976 (age 26) 6   Aston Villa
Rhys Weston
Rhys Weston
Rhys David Weston is an English-born Welsh international football defender who plays for Dundee in the Scottish First Division....

DF October 27, 1980 (age 21) 3 (1 as sub)   Cardiff City
Cardiff city
Cardiff City may refer to:* Cardiff city centre* Cardiff City Council* Cardiff City F.C.* Cardiff City L.F.C.* Cardiff City Stadium...

Darren Barnard
Darren Barnard
Darren Sean Barnard ,is a former professional footballer and Welsh international, playing 22 times for Wales between 1998 and 2004. He is currently joint-manager of Camberley Town and is also the club's Director of football and notably played for Chelsea and Barnsley...

DF November 30, 1971 (age 30) 2   Grimsby Town
Andy Melville
Andy Melville
Andrew Roger Melville is a former Wales international footballer. In the early years of his career, he played in midfield. He was later converted into a central defender....

DF November 29, 1968 (age 33) 5   Fulham
Danny Gabbidon DF August 8, 1979 (age 23) 4   Cardiff City
Cardiff city
Cardiff City may refer to:* Cardiff city centre* Cardiff City Council* Cardiff City F.C.* Cardiff City L.F.C.* Cardiff City Stadium...

Robert Page
Robert Page (footballer)
Robert Page is a Welsh former international football defender, who is now a youth team coach at Port Vale. In an eighteen year career in the Premier League and the Football League he made 475 league appearances for six different clubs...

DF September 3, 1974 (age 27) 5   Sheffield United
Robert Edwards DF January 1, 1973 (age 29) 2 (both as sub)   Preston
John Oster
John Oster
John Morgan Oster is an English born Welsh international footballer, who plays as a midfielder for Football League Championship club Doncaster Rovers. Oster progressed through the youth ranks at Grimsby Town before moving on to Premier League Everton...

MF December 8, 1978 (age 23) 2 (1 as sub)   Sunderland
Andy Johnson
Andy Johnson (Welsh footballer)
Andrew James "Andy" Johnson is an English born Welsh international football midfielder who last played for King's Lynn.-Career:He began his career at Norwich City, before joining Nottingham Forest in 1997 for £2.2m...

MF May 2, 1974 (age 28) 3 (2 as sub)   West Brom
Gary Speed
Gary Speed
Gary Andrew Speed, MBE was a Welsh football player and manager. He was captain of the Wales national football team until he retired from international football in 2004 and he remains the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall, having appeared 85 times at senior level between...

MF September 8, 1969 (age 32) 8   Newcastle United
Paul Trollope
Paul Trollope
Paul Jonathan Trollope is an English-born Welsh international football midfielder, now turned manager. He was manager of Bristol Rovers from 2005 to 2010. In July 2011, Paul was appointed first-team coach at Birmingham City....

MF June 23, 1973 (age 29) 2 (both as sub)   Northampton Town
Jason Koumas
Jason Koumas
Jason Koumas is a Welsh professional footballer who is currently a free agent after being released by Wigan Athletic. Formerly of Tranmere Rovers, Cardiff City and West Bromwich Albion, he is a former Welsh international...

MF September 25, 1979 (age 22) 2   West Brom
Mark Pembridge
Mark Pembridge
Mark Anthony Pembridge is a former footballer whose favoured position was the left side of midfield. He won numerous caps for Wales. He is currently a coach at the academy for Fulham.-Club career:...

MF November 29, 1970 (age 31) 6   Everton 
  Fulham
Carl Robinson
Carl Robinson
Carl Robinson is a Welsh footballer who currently plays for the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer.-Wolverhampton Wanderers:...

MF October 13, 1976 (age 25) 3 (1 as sub)   Portsmouth
Robbie Savage
Robbie Savage
Robert William "Robbie" Savage is a football pundit and former Welsh professional footballer who played predominantly as a midfielder. During his career he captained Derby County, and also played for the Welsh national team. He now presents 606 on BBC Radio Five Live on Sunday evenings alongside...

MF October 18, 1974 (age 27) 5   Birmingham City
Simon Davies MF October 23, 1979 (age 23) 7   Tottenham Hotspur
Ryan Giggs
Ryan Giggs
Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Manchester United. Giggs made his first appearance for the club during the 1990–91 season and has been a regular player since the 1991–92 season...

MF November 29, 1973 (age 29) 8   Manchester United
Robert Earnshaw
Robert Earnshaw
Robert Earnshaw is a Welsh footballer who plays for Cardiff City and Wales. He is the only player to have scored a hat-trick in the English Premier League, Championship, League One, League Two , the League Cup, the FA Cup and for his country at International level.Earnshaw was born in Mufulira,...

ST April 6, 1981 (age 21) 5 (2 as sub)   Cardiff City
Cardiff city
Cardiff City may refer to:* Cardiff city centre* Cardiff City Council* Cardiff City F.C.* Cardiff City L.F.C.* Cardiff City Stadium...

Craig Bellamy
Craig Bellamy
Craig Douglas Bellamy is a Welsh footballer who plays as a striker for Liverpool and the Welsh national team. Born in Cardiff, Bellamy was the captain of the Welsh national side for four years after taking over from Ryan Giggs in 2007, but stood down in January 2011 due to constant injuries...

ST July 13, 1979 (age 23) 6 (1 as sub)   Newcastle United
Nathan Blake
Nathan Blake
Nathan Alexander Blake is a Welsh former professional footballer, who played in the Premier League for several clubs and also represented his country at international level...

ST January 27, 1972 (age 30) 4 (all as sub)   Wolves
Neil Roberts ST April 7, 1978 (age 24) 1 (as a sub)   Wigan Athletic
John Hartson
John Hartson
John Hartson is a former Welsh international footballer who played as a striker, best known for his spells with West Ham and Celtic. Hartson also featured prominently for Wales, earning 51 caps until his international retirement in 2006...

ST April 5, 1975 (age 27) 7   Celtic


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