2002 FIFA World Cup squads

At the 2002 FIFA World Cup, each national association was required to name a squad of 23 players, expanded from 22 in previous tournaments.

The players' ages, caps and clubs are as of 31 May 2002, the opening day of the tournament.

Denmark
Head coach: Morten Olsen

France
Head coach: Roger Lemerre

Senegal
Head coach: 🇫🇷 Bruno Metsu

Uruguay
Head coach: Víctor Púa

Paraguay
Head coach: 🇮🇹 Cesare Maldini

Slovenia
Head coach: Srečko Katanec


 * *Was expelled from the squad after the first game.

Note: caps for Yugoslavia are not counted.

South Africa
Head coach: Jomo Sono

Spain
Head coach: José Antonio Camacho

Brazil
Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari

China PR
Head coach: Bora Milutinović

Costa Rica
Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães

Turkey
Head coach: Şenol Güneş

Poland
Head coach: Jerzy Engel

Portugal
Head coach: António Oliveira

South Korea
Head coach: 🇳🇱 Guus Hiddink

United States
Head coach: Bruce Arena

Cameroon
Head coach: 🇩🇪 Winfried Schäfer

Germany
Head coach: Rudi Völler

Republic of Ireland
Head coach: Mick McCarthy
 * Roy Keane left the squad before the tournament and was not replaced. See Saipan incident. Keane was technically still part of the named squad and appeared in FIFA's official squad lists.

Saudi Arabia
Head coach: Nasser Al-Johar

Argentina
Head coach: Marcelo Bielsa

Originally, the squad was named with Ariel Ortega given shirt number 23 and Roberto Bonano number 24, as the Argentine Football Association had decided to retire the number 10 shirt in honour of Diego Maradona. FIFA, however, insisted that all squads were assigned with numbers ranging only from 1–23, prompting Argentina to amend their squad list.

England
Head coach: 🇸🇪 Sven-Göran Eriksson

Nigeria
Head coach: Festus Onigbinde

Sweden
Head coaches: Lars Lagerbäck and Tommy Söderberg

Croatia
Head coach: Mirko Jozić

Note: caps for Yugoslavia are not counted.

Ecuador
Head coach: 🇨🇴 Hernán Darío Gómez

Italy
Head coach: Giovanni Trapattoni

Mexico
Head coach: Javier Aguirre

Belgium
Head coach: Robert Waseige

Japan
Head coach: 🇫🇷 Philippe Troussier

Russia
Head coach: Oleg Romantsev

Note: caps include those for USSR, CIS, and Russia, while those for other countries, such as Ukraine, are not counted.

Tunisia
Head coach: Ammar Souayah

Player representation by league
The Saudi Arabian squad was the only one made up entirely of players from their country's domestic league and the only one with no players from European clubs. The Cameroonian squad were made up entirely of players employed by overseas clubs, while the Irish squad was made up entirely by players in the English league. Although the Netherlands and Greece failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 18 and 10 players respectively. Altogether, there were 43 national leagues who had players in the tournament.