2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup team squads

This article lists the confirmed national futsal squads for the 2008 FIFA Futsal World Cup tournament held in Brazil, between 30 September and 19 October 2008.

Group A edit

  Brazil edit

Head coach:   PC de Oliveira

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Rogério 20 September 1973   JEC/Krona/DalPonte
2 1GK Tiago 9 March 1981   Malwee Futsal
3 1GK Franklin 18 May 1981   Malwee Futsal
4 3MF Ari 6 March 1982   Malwee Futsal
5 2DF Ciço 16 October 1981   ElPozo Murcia
6 3MF Gabriel 17 November 1980   Inter Movistar
7 3MF Vinícius 31 December 1977   ElPozo Murcia
8 2DF Schumacher 31 August 1975   Inter Movistar
9 4FW Betão 2 September 1978   Inter Movistar
10 4FW Lenísio 23 October 1976   Malwee Futsal
11 3MF Marquinho 7 October 1974   Inter Movistar
12 3MF Falcão 8 June 1977   Malwee Futsal
13 4FW Wilde 14 April 1981   ElPozo Murcia
14 2DF Carlinhos 26 August 1981   Lobelle de Santiago

  Cuba edit

Head coach:   Elddys Valdes

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Wilfredo Carbo 1 December 1969   Ciudad de La Habana
2 4FW Jhonnet Martínez 3 July 1982   Ciudad de La Habana
3 3MF Yoandy Guevara 2 May 1978   Matanzas
4 3MF Yulier Olivera 2 April 1981   Sancti Spíritus
5 2DF Eduardo Morales 5 March 1981   Matanzas
6 1GK Carlos Madrigal 21 October 1981   Sancti Spíritus
7 3MF Yampier Rodríguez 18 May 1977   Pinar del Río
8 4FW Yosniel Mesa 11 May 1981   Cienfuegos
9 2DF Fernando Chapman 16 March 1980   Holguín
10 2DF Isven Román 3 September 1983   Ciudad de La Habana
11 4FW Boris Saname 2 June 1974   Ciudad de La Habana
12 1GK Francis López 4 October 1976   Ciudad de La Habana
13 3MF Luis Enrique Dumas 2 April 1973   Pinar del Río
14 3MF Raudel Rodríguez 21 February 1980   Pinar del Río

  Japan edit

Head coach:   Sergio Sapo

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Hisamitsu Kawahara 24 November 1978   Bardral Urayasu
2 2DF Yoshifumi Maeda 25 April 1977   Nagoya Oceans
3 2DF Wataru Kitahara 2 August 1982   Nagoya Oceans
4 2DF Yusuke Komiyama 22 December 1979   Bardral Urayasu
5 3MF Ricardo Higa 4 May 1973   Deução Kobe
6 3MF Nobuya Osodo 28 June 1983   Vasagey Ōita
7 3MF Yuki Kanayama 2 September 1977   Pescadola Machida
8 3MF Kenta Fujii 3 August 1976   Bardral Urayasu
9 4FW Daisuke Ono 25 January 1980   Bardral Urayasu
10 4FW Kenichiro Kogure 11 November 1979   Gestesa Guadalajara
11 4FW Kotaro Inaba 22 December 1982   Bardral Urayasu
12 1GK Hisao Sasanaga 17 January 1977   Nagoya Oceans
13 4FW Yusuke Inada 2 August 1977   Bardral Urayasu
14 1GK Keisuke Aoyagi 22 January 1986   Vasagey Ōita

  Russia edit

Head coach:   Oleg Ivanov

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Pavel Stepanov 4 October 1974   Dinamo Yamal
2 4FW Vladislav Shayakhmetov 25 August 1981   Dinamo Yamal
3 2DF Nikolai Pereverzev 15 December 1986   MFK Tyumen
4 3MF Dmitry Prudnikov 6 January 1988   Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg
5 2DF Pavel Kobzar 23 March 1980   Dinamo Yamal
6 1GK Leonid Klimovskiy 22 March 1983   TTG-Java Yugorsk
7 3MF Pula 2 December 1980   Dinamo Yamal
8 4FW Marat Azizov 20 December 1985   CSKA Moscow
9 2DF Konstantin Dushkevich 20 July 1981   Spartak Shchyolkovo
10 2DF Konstantin Maevskiy 5 October 1979   Dinamo Yamal
11 4FW Cirilo 20 January 1980   Dinamo Yamal
12 1GK Sergey Zuev 20 February 1980   Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg
13 3MF Konstantin Agapov 18 October 1986   Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg
14 3MF Damir Khamadiyev 30 July 1981   Viz-Sinara Ekaterinburg

  Solomon Islands edit

Head coach:   Victor Waiia

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Junior Kogua 28 April 1990   Brisocana
2 2DF Philip Houtarau 9 November 1986   Brisocana
3 3MF Elliot Ragomo 28 May 1990   Brisocana
4 3MF Jenan Kapu 22 February 1991   Brisocana
5 3MF Lenson Bisili 19 May 1990   Marist
6 2DF Moffat Sikwaae 30 June 1990   Makuru
7 2DF James Egeta 10 August 1990   Marist
8 3MF Francis Lafai 21 October 1990   Koloale
9 4FW Micah Lea'alafa 1 June 1991   Kossa
10 4FW Samuel Osifelo 15 March 1991   Kossa
11 4FW Ron Ginio 24 February 1990   Kossa
12 3MF Jack Wetney 4 March 1990   Kossa
13 4FW Stanley Puairana 24 August 1990   Brisocana
14 1GK Alick Lioka 2 February 1989   Brisocana

Group B edit

  Italy edit

Head coach:   Alessandro Nuccorini

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Alexandre Feller 28 September 1971   Arzignano Grifo
2 2DF Grana 26 August 1979   Lazio Colleferro
3 2DF Pellegrini 16 December 1975   Luparense
4 3MF Jocimar Jubanski 7 July 1977   Luparense
5 4FW Clayton Baptistella 7 December 1983   Arzignano Grifo
6 3MF Edgar Bertoni 24 July 1981   Napoli Barrese
7 3MF Marcio Forte 23 April 1977   Città di Montesilvano
8 3MF Saad Assis 26 October 1979   Barcelona Senseit
9 2DF Fabiano 5 January 1980   Fisiomedia Manacor
10 4FW Adriano Foglia 25 April 1981   Città di Montesilvano
11 4FW Morgado 19 June 1981   Città di Montesilvano
12 1GK Farina 28 May 1973   ElPozo Murcia
13 4FW Sandro Zanetti 20 January 1976   Napoli Barrese
14 2DF Patrick Nora 16 May 1979   Luparense

  Paraguay edit

Head coach:   Rubén Subeldía

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Mario Gazolli 26 October 1986   Napoli Barrese
2 3MF Oscar Jara 30 January 1981   UAA
3 4FW Fabio Alcaraz 7 January 1982   Napoli Barrese
4 4FW Rodolfo Román 27 June 1987   Coronel Escurra
5 4FW Carlos Chilavert 5 August 1976   Napoli Barrese
6 4FW José Luis Santander 10 April 1981   UAA
7 3MF Oscar Velázquez 26 May 1984   Ponzio Pescara
8 4FW José Rotella 22 June 1983   Levinsson Roma
9 4FW Robson Fernández 9 February 1973   Palmeiras
10 3MF Walter Villalba 22 October 1977   Atletico Teramo
11 3MF Horacio Osorio 26 January 1984   UAA
12 1GK Carlos Espínola 6 April 1981   UAA
13 1GK Pedro Ortiz 5 March 1983   Coronel Escurra
14 3MF René Villalba 8 July 1981   Luparense

  Portugal edit

Head coach:   Orlando Duarte

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK João Benedito 7 October 1978   Sporting CP
2 3MF Ricardinho 3 September 1985   Benfica
3 3MF Marinho 30 March 1985   Jorge Antunes
4 3MF Pedro Costa 18 December 1978   Benfica
5 2DF Bibi 28 May 1980   Sporting CP
6 3MF Pedro Cary 10 May 1984   CF Belenenses
7 4FW Fernando Cardinal 26 June 1985   AR Freixieiro
8 3MF Israel Alves 31 January 1977   Burela Pescados Rubén
9 2DF Gonçalo Alves 1 July 1977   Benfica
10 3MF Arnaldo Pereira 16 June 1979   Benfica
11 4FW Fernando Leitão 3 January 1981   Lobelle de Santiago
12 1GK Bebé 19 May 1983   Benfica
13 3MF Jardel 9 November 1979   CF Belenenses
14 1GK Cristiano Parreiro 20 August 1979   Sporting CP

  Thailand edit

Head coach:   Pulpis

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Somkid Chuenta 5 October 1978   Aktobe BTA
2 1GK Parinya Pandee 4 April 1984   TOT
3 2DF Natthapon Suttiroj 27 January 1983   Chonburi Blue Wave
4 2DF Panuwat Janta (captain) 14 February 1979   Chonburi Blue Wave
5 4FW Lertchai Issarasuwipakorn 2 November 1982   Chonburi Blue Wave
6 3MF Panomkorn Saisorn 31 December 1981   TOT
7 3MF Anucha Munjarern 19 October 1979   CAT Telecom
8 2DF Tanakorn Santanaprasit 11 June 1979   Royal Thai Navy
9 3MF Prasert Innui 31 July 1978   Chonburi Blue Wave
10 4FW Ekkapong Suratsawang 27 June 1986   Chonburi Blue Wave
11 4FW Ekkapan Suratsawang 27 June 1986   Chonburi Blue Wave
12 1GK Surapong Tompa 25 November 1978   Royal Thai Navy
13 2DF Sermphan Khumthinkaew 1 October 1981   TOT
14 2DF Narongsak Khongkaew 17 January 1979   CAT Telecom

  United States edit

Head coach:   Keith Tozer

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Nick Vorberg 10 February 1975   Milwaukee Wave
2 2DF Joe Hammes 9 May 1979   Milwaukee Wave
3 4FW Mike Apple 22 June 1977   Detroit Ignition
4 4FW Jamar Beasley 11 October 1979   Detroit Ignition
5 3MF Denison Cabral 26 January 1974   Baltimore Blast
6 3MF Andy Rosenband 27 April 1981   Chicago Storm
7 3MF Ptah Myers 25 May 1982   Philadelphia KiXX
8 4FW Carlos Farias 15 May 1976   Chicago Storm
9 4FW Andrew Jacobson 25 September 1985   Philadelphia Union
10 3MF Sandre Naumoski 3 July 1979   Philadelphia KiXX
11 3MF Matthew Stewart 17 September 1976   Chicago Storm
12 1GK Jeff Richey 6 February 1977   Chicago Storm
13 2DF Pat Morris 6 June 1981   Philadelphia KiXX
14 4FW Brett Wiesner 12 May 1983   Milwaukee Wave

Group C edit

  Argentina edit

Head coach:   Sergio López

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Javier Guisande 15 December 1975   Boca Juniors
2 2DF Leandro Planas 28 November 1975   Città di Montesilvano
3 2DF Sebastián Corazza 3 August 1981   Napoli Vesevo
4 2DF Diego Giustozzi 1 August 1978   Caja Segovia
5 2DF Carlos Sánchez 31 January 1975   Napoli Barrese
6 4FW Fernando Wilhelm 5 April 1982   Arzignano Grifo
7 4FW Maximiliano Rescia 29 October 1987   Pinocho
8 3MF Hernán Garcías 2 June 1978   Città di Montesilvano
9 3MF Matías Lucuix 20 November 1985   Caja Segovia
10 3MF Marcelo Giménez 29 January 1977   Napoli Barrese
11 4FW Esteban González 13 May 1977   Jorge Newberry
12 1GK Santiago Elías 2 February 1983   Pinocho
13 4FW Cristian Borruto 7 May 1987   Independiente
14 4FW Martín Amas 25 October 1984   Ferro Carril Oeste

  China edit

Head coach:   Farinha

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Zheng Tao 15 April 1982   Wuhan Dilong
2 2DF Liang Shuang 8 November 1983   Wuhan Dilong
3 2DF Wang Wei 19 October 1983   Wuhan Dilong
4 2DF Huang He 23 January 1988   UESTC
5 2DF Li Jian 9 February 1982   Shanghai Xufang
6 4FW Zhang Xi 22 January 1983   Wuhan Dilong
7 3MF Zhang Jiong 2 December 1985   Shanghai Xufang
8 3MF Liu Xinyi 27 May 1985   UESTC
9 3MF Zhang Xiao 20 August 1985   Beijing University of Technology
10 3MF Wu Zhuoxi 18 January 1983   Petrojet
11 4FW Chen Fangjing 6 January 1986   Shanghai Xufang
12 1GK Li Xin 9 April 1983   Wuhan Dilong
13 4FW Hu Jie 13 March 1987   Wuhan Dilong
14 4FW Tian Lei 25 March 1986   Beijing University of Technology

  Egypt edit

Head coach:   Moafak El-Sayed

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Hema 28 May 1975   El Shams
2 2DF Ahmed El-Agouz 21 May 1978   El Shams
3 2DF Mohamed Roshdy 30 July 1978   El Shams
4 4FW Adel Fathy 4 February 1976   Egypt Telecom
5 2DF Ibrahim Bougy 18 March 1987   El Shams
6 4FW Wael Abo El-Komsan 17 January 1976   Al-Rayyan
7 2DF Ahmed Abou Serie 30 October 1979   Mit Oqba
8 3MF Mizo 15 October 1985   El Shams
9 4FW Sameh Saleh 19 August 1980   El Maqassa
10 3MF Abdel-Hakim Mohamed 19 April 1978   Police
11 4FW Ramadan Samasry 11 July 1982   El Shams
12 1GK Mohamed Sayed 16 December 1976   Police
13 3MF Amr El-Malah 12 February 1976   El Shams
14 4FW Ahmed Hussein 1 February 1984   Arab Contractors

  Guatemala edit

Head coach:   Carlos Estrada

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Carlos Mérida 27 March 1978   Maya de Oro
2 1GK Rafael Ortiz 1 September 1984   Forza Juvenil
3 4FW Marlon Noj 13 October 1976   Glucosoral
4 2DF José González 10 December 1986   Glucosoral
5 4FW Manuel Aristondo 26 February 1982   Glucosoral
6 4FW Daniel Tejada 22 November 1986   Maya de Oro
7 4FW Jannick Ramírez 16 May 1987   Maya de Oro
8 4FW Reinaldo Rosales 20 June 1977   Glucosoral
9 4FW Carlos Estrada 11 December 1982   Glucosoral
10 3MF Erick Acevedo 20 September 1980   Glucosoral
11 4FW Luis Castro 27 December 1984   Maya de Oro
12 1GK William Ramírez 2 February 1980   Glucosoral
13 2DF Estuardo de León 6 July 1977   Glucosoral
14 2DF Oliver López 2 February 1979   Glucosoral

  Ukraine edit

Head coach:   Gennadiy Lisenchuk

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Vladyslav Lysenko 13 August 1979   Planeta-Most Kyiv
2 2DF Mykhaylo Romanov 21 July 1983   Kontingent Zhytomyr
3 2DF Roman Vakhula 13 July 1985   TVD Lviv
4 4FW Dmytro Ivanov 15 December 1985   Mytischi Moscow
5 2DF Yevgen Rogachov 30 August 1983   TVD Lviv
6 4FW Ildar Makayev 18 August 1982   Taim Lviv
7 4FW Sergiy Cheporniuk 18 April 1982   Taim Lviv
8 2DF Oleksandr Khursov 1 June 1981   Enakievez Enakievo
9 4FW Valeriy Zamyatin 5 January 1979   Enakievez Enakievo
10 4FW Valeriy Legchanov 13 February 1980   Energy Lviv
11 4FW Dmytro Silchenko 7 October 1982   TVD Lviv
12 1GK Yevgen Ivanyak 28 September 1982   Taim Lviv
13 2DF Fedir Pylypiv 8 February 1978   Urahan Ivano-Frankivsk
14 4FW Sergiy Zhurba 14 March 1987   Lugansk

Group D edit

  Czech Republic edit

Head coach:   Tomáš Neumann

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Tomáš Meller 11 November 1975   Era-Pack Chrudim
2 2DF David Cupák 27 May 1989   Helas Brno
3 2DF Jiří Novotný 12 July 1988   Eco Investment Prague
4 4FW David Filinger 12 January 1978   Benago Prague
5 2DF Tomáš Sluka 19 May 1978   Era-Pack Chrudim
6 4FW Roman Mareš 15 March 1975   Era-Pack Chrudim
7 4FW Martin Dlouhý 3 March 1975   Eco Investment Prague
8 4FW Marek Kopecký 19 February 1977   Era-Pack Chrudim
9 2DF David Frič 17 February 1983   Eco Investment Prague
10 4FW Lukáš Rešetár 21 March 1984   Era-Pack Chrudim
11 2DF Michal Mareš 28 April 1976   Era-Pack Chrudim
12 1GK Libor Gerčák 22 July 1975   Vysoke Myto
13 4FW Zdeněk Sláma 28 December 1982   Eco Investment Prague
14 2DF Jan Janovský 20 June 1985   Jango Katowice

  Iran edit

Head coach:   Hossein Shams

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Asghar Ghahremani 6 March 1972   Shahr Aftab Tehran
2 3MF Morteza Azimaei 11 September 1982   Rah Sari
3 4FW Mohammad Taheri 2 May 1985   Shahid Mansouri Gharchak
4 2DF Mohammad Keshavarz 5 July 1982   Shahid Mansouri Gharchak
5 3MF Mohammad Hashemzadeh 20 January 1977   Foolad Mahan Isfahan
6 4FW Javad Asghari Moghaddam 12 August 1979   Foolad Mahan Isfahan
7 3MF Ali Asghar Hassanzadeh 2 November 1987   Eram Kish Qom
8 3MF Mostafa Tayyebi 9 June 1987   Elmo Adab Mashhad
9 4FW Vahid Shamsaei 21 September 1975   Foolad Mahan Isfahan
10 2DF Majid Latifi 21 March 1981   Eram Kish Qom
11 4FW Ebrahim Masoudi 16 August 1982   Tam Iran Khodro
12 1GK Mostafa Nazari 11 December 1982   Eram Kish Qom
13 4FW Masoud Daneshvar 30 January 1988   Sadra Shiraz
14 1GK Hamid Reza Abrarinia 29 September 1978   Foolad Mahan Isfahan

  Libya edit

Head coach:   Mato Stanković

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Fatah Masoud 24 September 1989 no club affiliation
2 2DF Yousef Mohammed 3 December 1982 no club affiliation
3 4FW Abdul-Wahed Mohammed 30 July 1977 no club affiliation
4 4FW Nagi El-Tomi 23 October 1977 no club affiliation
5 3MF Fathi Al-Khoga 8 May 1984 no club affiliation
6 2DF Rabie El-Hoti 19 June 1985 no club affiliation
7 3MF Hamdi Ismail 17 January 1984 no club affiliation
8 3MF Nabil Omran 31 January 1981 no club affiliation
9 2DF Mohammed Shahout 2 May 1982 no club affiliation
10 4FW Mohammed Rahoma 5 May 1984 no club affiliation
12 1GK Mohammed Al-Sharif 15 March 1985 no club affiliation
13 1GK Akrem El-Twati 23 March 1985 no club affiliation
14 3MF Mohamed Suleiman 27 September 1988 no club affiliation

  Spain edit

Head coach:   José Venancio López Hierro

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Luis Amado 4 May 1976   Inter Movistar
2 2DF Carlos Ortiz 3 October 1983   Inter Movistar
3 2DF Javi Eseverri 28 August 1977   MRA Navarra
4 2DF Jordi Torras 24 September 1980   Inter Movistar
5 3MF Fernandão 16 August 1980   Barcelona Senseit
6 4FW Álvaro 29 September 1977   ElPozo Murcia
7 4FW Javi Rodríguez 26 March 1974   Barcelona Senseit
8 2DF Kike 4 May 1978   ElPozo Murcia
9 4FW Andreu 24 February 1975   Caja Segovia
10 4FW Borja 16 November 1984   Inter Movistar
11 3MF Marcelo 11 January 1974   ElPozo Murcia
12 1GK Juanjo 19 August 1985   ElPozo Murcia
13 1GK Cristian 27 August 1982   Barcelona Senseit
14 4FW Daniel 6 July 1976   Inter Movistar

  Uruguay edit

Head coach:   Gustavo Sánchez

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
1 1GK Diego Codina 31 January 1980   Nacional
2 2DF Pablo Lanza 1 August 1986   Nacional
3 4FW Jorge Rodríguez 15 December 1984   Nacional
4 4FW Mauro Ruiz 14 November 1988   Nacional
5 4FW Bernardo Rodríguez 8 August 1981   Old Christians
6 4FW Daniel Laurino 14 April 1989   ElPozo Murcia
7 2DF Jorge Sena 15 December 1980   Nacional
8 3MF Diego Garrido 26 December 1984   Nacional
9 2DF Juan Custódio 15 November 1985   Nacional
10 4FW Mincho 27 December 1983   Rio Branco
11 2DF Richard Catardo 15 December 1988   Peñarol
12 1GK Pablo Ferragut 21 November 1983   Victoria
13 2DF Walter Rodríguez 24 December 1986   Old Christians
14 2DF Sebá 22 November 1978   Peñarol

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