This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Germany, between 9 June and 9 July 2006.
Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's first World Cup game.
Number of caps counts until the start of the World Cup, including all pre-tournament friendlies.
Head coach: Oleg Blokhin Serhiy Fedorov was injured prior to the start of the tournament.
Oleksandr Yatsenko was then called up, and sat on the bench for the last two matches.
[citation needed] The squads for Italy and Saudi Arabia were made up entirely of players from their respective domestic leagues, with the latter being the only team without players from European clubs.
Although Turkey, Scotland, and Russia failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 12, 11, and 10 players respectively.
In total, domestic leagues from 48 countries had players at the 2006 World Cup.
Finalised clubs' listing as per FIFA, excluding players on standby and loans.