Tokyo Olympics 2020 Men`s football tournament: Revealing squads
Tokyo 2020 Olympics opening ceremony is scheduled for 23 July, but our beloved football starts two days before. 16 countries will compete to claim gold to add chances for their nation to win Olympics. We will tell you everything you need to know about football squads.
Group A: Japan, South Africa, Mexico, France.
Group B: New Zealand, Korea Republic, Honduras, Romania.
Group C: Egypt, Spain, Argentina, Australia.
Group D: Brazil, Germany, Côte d’Ivoire, Saudi Arabia.
Players on the rosters must be born on or after January 1, 1997, with the exception of three overage players (marked*).
France
Goalkeepers: | Paul Bernardoni, Stefan Bajic, Dimitry Bertaud. |
Defenders: | Melvin Bard, Anthony Caci, Ismael Doukoure, Pierre Kalulu, Clement Michelin, Timothee Pembele, Modibo Sagnan. |
Midfielders: | Alexis Beka Beka, Jeremy Gelin, Enzo Le Fee, Teji Savanier*, Florian Thauvin*, Lucas Tousart. |
Forwards: | Andre-Pierre Gignac*, Randal Kolo Muani, Arnaud Nordin, Isaac Lihadji, Nathaniel Mbuku. |
Japan
Goalkeepers: | Keisuke Osaka, Kosei Tani, Zion Suzuki. |
Defenders: | Hiroki Sakai*, Yuta Nakayama, Ko Itakura, Maya Yoshida*, Reo Hatate, Takehiro Tomiyasu, Daiki Hashioka, Ayumu Seko, Koki Machida. |
Midfielders: | Wataru Endo*, Takefusa Kubo, Koji Miyoshi, Ritsu Doan, Kaoru Mitoma, Yuki Soma, Ao Tanaka. |
Forwards: | Daizen Maeda, Ayase Ueda, Daichi Hayashi. |
Mexico
Goalkeepers: | Guillermo Ochoa*, Sebastian Jurado, Luis Malagon. |
Defenders: | Cesar Montes, Johan Vasquez, Jesus Alberto Angulo, Jorge Sanchez, Vladimir Lorona, Adrian Mora, Luis Romo*. |
Midfielders: | Diego Lainez, Sebastian Cordova, Carlos Rodriguez, Roberto Alvarado, Uriel Antuna, Joaquin Esquivel, Fernando Beltran, Erick Aguirre, Jesus Ricardo Angulo. |
Forwards: | Henry Martin*, Alexis Vega, Eduardo Aguirre. |
South Africa
Goalkeepers: | Ronwen Williams*, Mondli Moto, Sifiso Mlungwana. |
Defenders: | James Monyane, Katlego Mohamme, Luke Fleurs, Thendo Mukumela, Sibusiso Mabiliso, Tercious Malepe. |
Midfielders: | Teboho Mokoena, Kamohelo Mahlatsi, Nkosingiphile Ngcobo, Thabo Cele, Fagrie Lakay, Sipho Mbule, Goodman Mosele |
Forwards: | Evidence Makgopa, Luther Singh, Lyle Foster, Kobamelo Kodisang. |
Honduras
Goalkeepers: | Alex Guity, Michael Perrelo, Bryan Ramos. |
Defenders: | Denil Maldonado, Wesley Decas, Carlos Melendez, Christropher Melendez, Jose Garcia, Elvin Oliva. |
Midfielders: | Jonathan Nunez, Jose Alejandro Reyes, Edwin Rodriguez, Samuel Elvir, Carlos Pineda, Jorge Alvarez. |
Forwards: | Jorge Benguche*, Rigoberto Rivas, Brayan Moya*, Jose Pinto, Luis Palma, Juan Obregon Jr., Douglas Martinez. |
New Zealand
Goalkeepers: | Michael Woud, Jamie Searle, Alex Paulsen. |
Defenders: | Liberato Cacace, Callan Elliot, Dane Ingram, Nando Pijnaker, Winston Reid*, George Stanger. |
Midfielders: | Joe Bell, Clayton Lewis, Marko Stamenic, Gianni Stensness, Ben Old, Sam Sutton. |
Forwards: | Joey Champness, Elijah Just, Callum McCowatt, Ben Waine, Chris Wood*, Matt Garbett. |
Romania
Goalkeepers: | Mihai Aioani, Mihai Popa, Stefan Tarnovanu. |
Defenders: | Radu Boboc, Andrei Chindris, Virgil Ghita, Ricardo Grigore, Alex Pascanu, Andrei Ratiu, Florin Stefan*. |
Midfielders: | Tudor Baluta, Andrei Ciobanu, Alex Dobre, Marco Dulca, Ion Gheorghe, Valentin Gheorghe, Marius Marin, Eduard Florescu, Antonio Sefer |
Forwards: | George Ganea, Andrei Sintean. |
South Korea
Goalkeepers: | Song Bum-keun, Ahn Joon-soo, An Chan-gi. |
Defenders: | Lee You-hyeon, Jeong Tae-wook, Kim Jae-woo, Kim Jin-ya, Seol Young-woo, Kim Min-jae*, Kang Yoon-sung, Lee Sang-min. |
Midfielders: | Jeong Seung-won, Kim Dong-hyun, Lee Dong-gyeong, Won Du-jae, Lee Kang-in, Kim Jin-kyu. |
Forwards: | Lee Dong-jun, Um Won-sang, Song Min-kyu, Kwon Chang-hoon*, Hwang Ui-jo*. |
Argentina
Goalkeepers: | Joaquin Blazquez, Lautaro Morales, Jeremias Ledesma*. |
Defenders: | Hernan de la Fuente, Marcelo Herrera, Nehuen Perez, Leonel Mosevich, Facundo Medina, Francisco Ortega, Claudio Bravo. |
Midfielders: | Fausto Vera, Santiago Colombatto, Tomas Belmonte, Martin Payero, Thiago Almada, Esequiel Barco. |
Forwards: | Carlos Valenzuela, Pedro de la Vega, Alexis Mac Allister, Agustin Urzi, Adolfo Gaich, Ezequiel Ponce |
Australia
Goalkeepers: | Tom Glover, Ashley Maynard-Brewer, Jordan Holmes. |
Defenders: | Nathaniel Atkinson, Thomas Deng, Joel King, Kye Rowles, Harry Souttar, Jay Rich-Baghuelou. |
Midfielders: | Keanu Baccus, Denis Genreau, Riley McGree, Connor Metcalfe, Dylan Pierias, Caleb Watts, Cameron Devlin, Marco Tillo. |
Forwards: | Daniel Arzani, Nicholas D’Agostino, Mitchell Duke*, Reno Piscopo, Lachlan Wales. |
Egypt
Goalkeepers: | Mohamed El Shenawy*, Mohamed Sobhy, Mahmoud Gad. |
Defenders: | Ahmed Hegazi*, Mahmoud Hamdy, Mohamed Abdel Salam, Osama Galal, Ahmed Ramadan, Karim El-Eraky, Karim Fouad, Ahmed Abou El Fotouh. |
Midfielders: | Akram Tawfik, Amar Hamdy, Nasser Maher, Emam Ashour. |
Forwards: | Ramadan Sobhi, Ibrahim Adel, Abdel Rahman Magdy, Taher Mohamed, Salah Mohsen, Nasser Mansi, Ahmed Yasser. |
Spain
Goalkeepers: | Alex Dominguez, Alvaro Fernandes, Unai Simon. |
Defenders: | Eric Garcia, Juan Miranda, Oscar Mingueza, Oscar Gil, Pau Torres, Jesus Vallejo. |
Midfielders: | Pedri, Bryan Gil, Martin Zubimendi, Marc Cucurella, Jon Moncayola, Dani Olmo, Carlos Soler, Dani Ceballos*, Mikel Merino*, Marco Asensio*. |
Forwards: | Javi Puado, Rafa Mir, Mikel Oyarzabal. |
Brazil
Goalkeepers: | Brenno, Lucao, Santos*. |
Defenders: | Nino, Ricardo Graca, Guilherme Arana, Gabriel Menino, Dani Alves*, Diego Carlos*, Abner Vinicius, Bruno Fuchs. |
Midfielders: | Matheus Henrique, Bruno Guimaraes, Douglas Luiz, Claudinho, Reinier. |
Forwards: | Gabriel Martinelli, Paulinho, Richarlison, Matheus Cunha, Antony, Malcom |
Germany
Goalkeepers: | Svend Brodersen, Florian Muller, Luca Plogmann. |
Defenders: | Benjamin Henrichs, Amos Pieper, David Raum, Jordan Torunarigha, Felix Uduokhai, Keven Schlotterbeck. |
Midfielders: | Nadiem Amiri*, Maximilian Arnold*, Ismail Jakobs, Eduard Lowen, Arne Maier, Anton Stach, Ragnar Ache. |
Forwards: | Max Kruse*, Marco Richter, Cedric Teuchert. |
Ivory Coast
Goalkeepers: | Eliezer Ira Tape, Maxime Nagoli Oupoh, Nicolas Tie. |
Defenders: | Kouao Koffi, Zie Ouattara, Wilfried Singo, Eric Bailly*, Kouadio-Yves Dalila, Ismael Diallo, Silas Gnaka. |
Midfielders: | Eboue Kouassi, Idrissa Doumbia, Franck Kessie*, Amad Diallo,Max Gradel*, Youssouf Dao. |
Forwards: | Chieck Timite, Christiane Kouame, Vakoun Issouf Bayo, Mory Keita, Kader Keita, Aboubacar Doumbia. |
Saudi Arabia
Goalkeepers: | Zaid Al-Bawardi, Mohammed Al Rubaie, Amin Bukhari. |
Defenders: | Saud Abdulhamid, Abdulelah Al-Amri, Khalifah Al-Dawsari, Yasser Al-Shahrani*, Hamad Al-Yami, Abdullah Hassoun, Abdulbasit Hindi. |
Midfielders: | Turki Al-Ammar, Salem Al-Dawsari*, Salman Al-Faraj*, Khalid Al-Ghannam, Ali Al-Hassan, Ayman Al-Khulaif, Sami Al-Najei, Nasser Al-Omran, Mukhtar Ali, Abdulrahman Ghareeb, Ayman Yahya. |
Forwards: | Abdullah Al-Hamdan. |
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