2008 FIFA Club World Cup squads

The 2008 FIFA Club World Cup was played in Japan from 11 December to 21 December 2008. Each team involved in the competition had to submit a provisional squad of 30 players by 5 November 2008, with the list to be narrowed down to a final squad of 23 players by 27 November.^[1]

Adelaide United[]

Manager: Australia Aurelio Vidmar

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
2	Australia	DF	Robert Cornthwaite
3	Brazil	DF	Alemão
4	Australia	DF	Angelo Costanzo
5	Australia	DF	Michael Valkanis
6	Brazil	DF	Cássio
8	Australia	MF	Kristian Sarkies
10	Brazil	FW	Cristiano
11	Australia	MF	Osama Malik
13	Australia	MF	Travis Dodd (captain)
14	Australia	DF	Scott Jamieson
15	Australia	MF	Jonas Salley

No.		Position	Player
16	Australia	DF	Daniel Mullen
18	Australia	MF	Fabian Barbiero
19	Australia	DF	Saša Ognenovski
20	Australia	GK	Eugene Galeković
21	Australia	MF	Jason Spagnuolo
22	Brazil	MF	Diego
23	Australia	DF	Michael Marrone
24	Australia	MF	Paul Reid
25	Australia	FW	Robert Younis
30	Australia	GK	Mark Birighitti
40	Australia	GK	Lucas Andreucci

Al-Ahly[]

Manager: Portugal Manuel José

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
1	Egypt	GK	Amir Abdelhamid
2	Palestinian territories	GK	Ramzi Saleh
5	Egypt	DF	Ahmad El-Sayed
6	Egypt	MF	Ahmad Sedik
7	Egypt	DF	Shady Mohamed (captain)
8	Egypt	MF	Mohamed Barakat
10	Egypt	FW	Ahmed Belal
11	Egypt	DF	Sayed Moawad
12	Angola	MF	Gilberto
13	Qatar	MF	Hussain Yasser
15	Egypt	FW	Hany El-Agazy
17	Egypt	MF	Ahmed Hassan

No.		Position	Player
18	Egypt	FW	Osama Hosny
19	Egypt	MF	Hussein Ali
21	Egypt	DF	Ramy Adel
22	Egypt	MF	Mohamed Aboutrika
23	Angola	FW	Flávio Amado
24	Egypt	MF	Ahmed Fathi
25	Egypt	MF	Hossam Ashour
26	Egypt	DF	Wael Gomaa
27	Egypt	MF	Moataz Eno
31	Egypt	GK	Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam
32	Egypt	DF	Mohamed Samir

Gamba Osaka[]

Manager: Japan Akira Nishino

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
1	Japan	GK	Naoki Matsuyo
2	Japan	DF	Sota Nakazawa
5	Japan	DF	Satoshi Yamaguchi (captain)
6	Japan	DF	Yohei Fukumoto
7	Japan	MF	Yasuhito Endo
8	Japan	MF	Shinichi Terada
9	Brazil	FW	Lucas
10	Japan	MF	Takahiro Futagawa
11	Japan	FW	Ryūji Bando
13	Japan	MF	Michihiro Yasuda
14	Japan	FW	Shoki Hirai
16	Japan	MF	Hayato Sasaki

No.		Position	Player
17	Japan	MF	Tomokazu Myojin
18	Brazil	FW	Roni
19	Japan	DF	Takumi Shimohira
20	Japan	MF	Shu Kurata
21	Japan	DF	Akira Kaji
22	Japan	GK	Yosuke Fujigaya
23	Japan	MF	Takuya Takei
24	Japan	FW	Kenta Hoshihara
27	Japan	MF	Hideo Hashimoto
29	Japan	GK	Atsushi Kimura
30	Japan	FW	Masato Yamazaki

LDU Quito[]

Manager: Argentina Edgardo Bauza

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
1	Ecuador	GK	José Francisco Cevallos
2	Argentina	DF	Norberto Araujo
3	Ecuador	DF	Renán Calle
4	Ecuador	MF	Paúl Ambrosi
5	Ecuador	MF	Alfonso Obregón
7	Ecuador	MF	Luis Bolaños
8	Ecuador	FW	Patricio Urrutia (captain)
9	Ecuador	FW	Agustín Delgado
10	Ecuador	MF	Edder Vaca
11	Ecuador	MF	Danny Vaca
13	Ecuador	MF	Néicer Reasco
14	Ecuador	MF	Diego Calderón

No.		Position	Player
15	Ecuador	DF	William Araujo
16	Argentina	FW	Claudio Bieler
17	Ecuador	FW	Cristian Suárez
19	Chile	FW	Reinaldo Navia
20	Ecuador	MF	Pedro Larrea
21	Argentina	MF	Damián Manso
22	Ecuador	GK	Alexander Domínguez
23	Ecuador	DF	Jairo Campos
24	Ecuador	MF	Gabriel Espinosa
25	Ecuador	GK	Daniel Viteri
28	Ecuador	MF	Israel Chango

Manchester United[]

Manager: Scotland Alex Ferguson

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
1	Netherlands	GK	Edwin van der Sar
2	England	DF	Gary Neville (captain)
3	France	DF	Patrice Evra
5	England	DF	Rio Ferdinand
7	Portugal	MF	Cristiano Ronaldo
8	Brazil	MF	Anderson
9	Bulgaria	FW	Dimitar Berbatov
10	England	FW	Wayne Rooney
11	Wales	MF	Ryan Giggs (vice-captain)
13	South Korea	MF	Park Ji-Sung
15	Serbia	DF	Nemanja Vidić
16	England	MF	Michael Carrick

No.		Position	Player
17	Portugal	MF	Nani
18	England	MF	Paul Scholes
19	England	FW	Danny Welbeck
21	Brazil	DF	Rafael
22	Republic of Ireland	DF	John O'Shea
23	Northern Ireland	DF	Jonny Evans
24	Scotland	MF	Darren Fletcher
28	Republic of Ireland	MF	Darron Gibson
29	Poland	GK	Tomasz Kuszczak
32	Argentina	FW	Carlos Tévez
40	England	GK	Ben Amos

Pachuca[]

Manager: Mexico Enrique Meza Enríquez

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
1	Colombia	GK	Miguel Calero (captain)
2	Mexico	DF	Leobardo López
3	Paraguay	DF	Julio Manzur
4	Mexico	DF	Marco Iván Pérez
6	Mexico	MF	Jaime Correa
7	Argentina	MF	Damián Álvarez
8	Mexico	MF	Gabriel Caballero
9	Argentina	FW	Bruno Marioni
10	Brazil	FW	Christian
11	Mexico	FW	José María Cárdenas
12	Mexico	MF	Juan Carlos Rojas
13	Mexico	FW	Edwin Borboa

No.		Position	Player
15	Mexico	MF	Luis Montes
16	Mexico	MF	Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez
18	United States	MF	José Francisco Torres
19	Argentina	MF	Christian Giménez
21	Mexico	DF	Fausto Pinto
22	Mexico	DF	Paul Aguilar
23	Mexico	GK	Carlos Velázquez
24	Mexico	MF	Raúl Martínez
27	Mexico	MF	Edy Germán Brambila
29	Mexico	FW	Víctor Mañon
30	Mexico	GK	Rodolfo Cota

Waitakere United[]

Manager: New Zealand Chris Milicich

Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
1	New Zealand	GK	Richard Gillespie
2	New Zealand	DF	Jonathan Perry
3	New Zealand	DF	Aaron Scott
5	New Zealand	DF	Danny Hay
6	New Zealand	DF	Hone Fowler
7	New Zealand	FW	Daniel Ellensohn
8	Wales	MF	Paul Seaman
9	Solomon Islands	FW	Benjamin Totori
10	New Zealand	FW	Allan Pearce
11	England	MF	Neil Sykes
12	Fiji	FW	Roy Krishna
13	New Zealand	FW	Daniel Koprivcic

No.		Position	Player
14	New Zealand	MF	Jeff Campbell
15	Wales	MF	Christopher Bale
16	England	MF	Neil Emblen
17	New Zealand	MF	Jake Butler
19	New Zealand	MF	Mikael Munday
20	New Zealand	DF	Jason Rowley
21	New Zealand	FW	Kayne Vincent
22	England	GK	Dan Robinson
23	New Zealand	MF	Corey Hitchen
28	New Zealand	GK	Sean Dowling
29	Brazil	MF	Adriano

References[]

General

"List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original on 9 December 2008. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/95/12/84/fcwc2008_2008_squadlists_1205.pdf. Retrieved 9 December 2008.

Specific

↑ "Article 8: Eligibility of players" (PDF). Regulations - FIFA Club World Cup - Japan 2008. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. November 2008. p. 13. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/95/04/40/regulations_en.pdf. Retrieved 9 December 2008.

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[1] "Article 8: Eligibility of players" (PDF). Regulations - FIFA Club World Cup - Japan 2008. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. November 2008. p. 13. Archived from the original on 3 December 2008. http://www.fifa.com/mm/document/tournament/competition/95/04/40/regulations_en.pdf. Retrieved 9 December 2008.

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