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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.

Adelaide United

Manager: Australia Aurelio Vidmar

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
2 DF Australia AUS Robert Cornthwaite
3 DF Brazil BRA Alemão
4 DF Australia AUS Angelo Costanzo
5 DF Australia AUS Michael Valkanis
6 DF Brazil BRA Cássio
8 MF Australia AUS Kristian Sarkies
9 FW Australia AUS Paul Agostino
10 FW Brazil BRA Cristiano
11 MF Australia AUS Osama Malik
13 MF Australia AUS Travis Dodd (captain)
14 DF Australia AUS Scott Jamieson
15 MF Australia AUS Jonas Salley
No. Pos. Nation Player
16 DF Australia AUS Daniel Mullen
18 MF Australia AUS Fabian Barbiero
19 DF Australia AUS Saša Ognenovski
20 GK Australia AUS Eugene Galeković
21 MF Australia AUS Jason Spagnuolo
22 MF Brazil BRA Diego
23 DF Australia AUS Michael Marrone
24 MF Australia AUS Paul Reid
25 FW Australia AUS Robert Younis
30 GK Australia AUS Mark Birighitti
40 GK Australia AUS Lucas Andreucci

Al Ahly

Manager: Portugal Manuel José

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Egypt EGY Amir Abdelhamid
2 GK State of Palestine PLE Ramzi Saleh
5 DF Egypt EGY Ahmad El-Sayed
6 MF Egypt EGY Ahmad Sedik
7 DF Egypt EGY Shady Mohamed (captain)
8 MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Barakat
10 FW Egypt EGY Ahmed Belal
11 DF Egypt EGY Sayed Moawad
12 MF Angola ANG Sebastião Gilberto
13 MF Qatar QAT Hussain Yasser
15 FW Egypt EGY Hany El-Agazy
17 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Hassan
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 FW Egypt EGY Osama Hosny
19 MF Egypt EGY Hussein Ali
21 DF Egypt EGY Ramy Adel
22 MF Egypt EGY Mohamed Aboutrika
23 FW Angola ANG Flávio Amado
24 MF Egypt EGY Ahmed Fathy
25 MF Egypt EGY Hossam Ashour
26 DF Egypt EGY Wael Gomaa
27 MF Egypt EGY Moataz Eno
31 GK Egypt EGY Ahmed Adel Abd El-Moneam
32 DF Egypt EGY Mohamed Samir

Gamba Osaka

Manager: Japan Akira Nishino

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Japan JPN Naoki Matsuyo
2 DF Japan JPN Sota Nakazawa
5 DF Japan JPN Satoshi Yamaguchi (captain)
6 DF Japan JPN Yohei Fukumoto
7 MF Japan JPN Yasuhito Endō
8 MF Japan JPN Shinichi Terada
9 FW Brazil BRA Lucas
10 MF Japan JPN Takahiro Futagawa
11 FW Japan JPN Ryūji Bando
13 MF Japan JPN Michihiro Yasuda
14 FW Japan JPN Shoki Hirai
16 MF Japan JPN Hayato Sasaki
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Japan JPN Tomokazu Myojin
18 FW Brazil BRA Rôni
19 DF Japan JPN Takumi Shimohira
20 MF Japan JPN Shu Kurata
21 DF Japan JPN Akira Kaji
22 GK Japan JPN Yosuke Fujigaya
23 MF Japan JPN Takuya Takei
24 FW Japan JPN Kenta Hoshihara
27 MF Japan JPN Hideo Hashimoto
29 GK Japan JPN Atsushi Kimura
30 FW Japan JPN Masato Yamazaki

LDU Quito

Manager: Argentina Edgardo Bauza

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Ecuador ECU José Francisco Cevallos
2 DF Argentina ARG Norberto Araujo
3 DF Ecuador ECU Renán Calle
4 MF Ecuador ECU Paúl Ambrosi
5 MF Ecuador ECU Alfonso Obregón
7 MF Ecuador ECU Luis Bolaños
8 FW Ecuador ECU Patricio Urrutia (captain)
9 FW Ecuador ECU Agustín Delgado
10 MF Ecuador ECU Edder Vaca
11 MF Ecuador ECU Danny Vaca
13 MF Ecuador ECU Néicer Reasco
14 MF Ecuador ECU Diego Calderón
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF Ecuador ECU William Araujo
16 FW Argentina ARG Claudio Bieler
17 FW Ecuador ECU Cristian Suárez
19 FW Chile CHI Reinaldo Navia
20 MF Ecuador ECU Pedro Larrea
21 MF Argentina ARG Damián Manso
22 GK Ecuador ECU Alexander Domínguez
23 DF Ecuador ECU Jairo Campos
24 MF Ecuador ECU Gabriel Espinosa
25 GK Ecuador ECU Daniel Viteri
28 MF Ecuador ECU Israel Chango

Manchester United

Manager: Scotland Alex Ferguson

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Netherlands NED Edwin van der Sar
2 DF England ENG Gary Neville (captain)
3 DF France FRA Patrice Evra
5 DF England ENG Rio Ferdinand
7 MF Portugal POR Cristiano Ronaldo
8 MF Brazil BRA Anderson
9 FW Bulgaria BUL Dimitar Berbatov
10 FW England ENG Wayne Rooney
11 MF Wales WAL Ryan Giggs (vice-captain)
13 MF South Korea KOR Park Ji-sung
15 DF Serbia SRB Nemanja Vidić
16 MF England ENG Michael Carrick
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 MF Portugal POR Nani
18 MF England ENG Paul Scholes
19 FW England ENG Danny Welbeck
21 DF Brazil BRA Rafael
22 DF Republic of Ireland IRL John O'Shea
23 DF Northern Ireland NIR Jonny Evans
24 MF Scotland SCO Darren Fletcher
28 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Darron Gibson
29 GK Poland POL Tomasz Kuszczak
32 FW Argentina ARG Carlos Tevez
40 GK England ENG Ben Amos

Pachuca

Manager: Mexico Enrique Meza Enríquez

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Colombia COL Miguel Calero (captain)
2 DF Mexico MEX Leobardo López
3 DF Paraguay PAR Julio Manzur
4 DF Mexico MEX Marco Iván Pérez
6 MF Mexico MEX Jaime Correa
7 MF Argentina ARG Damián Álvarez
8 MF Mexico MEX Gabriel Caballero
9 FW Argentina ARG Bruno Marioni
10 FW Brazil BRA Christian
11 FW Mexico MEX José María Cárdenas
12 MF Mexico MEX Juan Carlos Rojas
13 FW Mexico MEX Edwin Borboa
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 MF Mexico MEX Luis Montes
16 MF Mexico MEX Carlos Gerardo Rodríguez
18 MF United States USA José Francisco Torres
19 MF Argentina ARG Christian Giménez
21 DF Mexico MEX Fausto Pinto
22 DF Mexico MEX Paul Aguilar
23 GK Mexico MEX Carlos Velázquez
24 MF Mexico MEX Raúl Martínez
27 MF Mexico MEX Edy Germán Brambila
29 FW Mexico MEX Víctor Mañon
30 GK Mexico MEX Rodolfo Cota

Waitakere United

Manager: New Zealand Chris Milicich

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK New Zealand NZL Richard Gillespie
2 DF New Zealand NZL Jonathan Perry
3 DF New Zealand NZL Aaron Scott
5 DF New Zealand NZL Danny Hay
6 DF New Zealand NZL Hone Fowler
7 FW New Zealand NZL Daniel Ellensohn
8 MF Wales WAL Paul Seaman
9 FW Solomon Islands SOL Benjamin Totori
10 FW New Zealand NZL Allan Pearce
11 MF England ENG Neil Sykes
12 FW Fiji FIJ Roy Krishna
13 FW New Zealand NZL Daniel Koprivcic
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF New Zealand NZL Jeff Campbell
15 MF Wales WAL Christopher Bale
16 MF England ENG Neil Emblen
17 MF New Zealand NZL Jake Butler
19 MF New Zealand NZL Mikael Munday
20 DF New Zealand NZL Jason Rowley
21 FW New Zealand NZL Kayne Vincent
22 GK England ENG Dan Robinson
23 MF New Zealand NZL Corey Hitchen
28 GK New Zealand NZL Sean Dowling
29 MF Brazil BRA Adriano

References

General
  • "List of Players" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 5 December 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
Specific
  1. "Article 8: Eligibility of players". Regulations - FIFA Club World Cup - Japan 2008 (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. November 2008. p. 13. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
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