FIFA World Cup: Germany- 2006

PARTICIPANTS COUNTRIES

Group A--
* Costa Rica- Captain: Jafet Soto (Cup Record- 1990: Last 16)
* Equador- Captain: Luis Suarez (Cup Record Debutants)
* Germany- Captain: Michael Ballack (Cup Record- Champions in 1954, 1974 and 1990)
* Poland- Captain: Tomasz Klos (Cup Record- Third:1978, 1982)
Group B--
* England- Captain: David Beckham (Cup Record- Winner 1966)
* Paraguay- Captain: Carlos Gamarra (Cup Record- Third successive appearance)
* Sweden- Captain: Olof Mellberg (Cup Record- Second in 1958. Third in 1950, 1994)
* Trinidad- Captain: Dwight Yorke (Cup Record- Debutant)
Group C--
* Argentina- Captain: Juan Pablo Sorin (Cup Record- Champions in 1978 and 1986)
* Ivory Coast- Captain: Didier Drogba (Cup Record- Debutants)
* Netherlands- Captain: Van Dar Sar (Cup Record- Runners-up in 1974 and 1978)
* Serbia Montenegro- Captain: Mladen Krstajic (Cup Record- Debutants)
Group D--
* Angola- Captain: Fabrice Maieco (Cup Record- Debutants)
* Iran- Captain: Ali Daei (Cup Record- Two appearances so far)
* Mexico- Captain: Rafael Marquez (Cup Record- Quarter-finals in 1970 and 1986)
* Portugal- Captain: Luis Figo (Cup Record- Semis in '66)
Group E--
* Czech Republic- Captain: Pavel Nedved (Cup Record- Runners -up in 1934, 1962)
* Ghana- Captain: Stephen Appiah (Cup Record-Debutants)
* Italy- Captain: Francesco Totti (Cup Record- Winners in 1934, 1938, 1982)
* USA- Captain: Landon Donovan (Cup Record- Third in 1930)
Group F--
* Australia- Captain: MarkViduka (Cup Record- First-round exit in 1974)
* Brazil- Captain: Cafu (Cup Record- Champions in 58, 62, 70, 94, 2002)
* Croatia- Captain: Zlatko Prso (Cup Record- Third in 1998)
* Japan- Captain: Yuji Nakazawa (Cup Record- Round Two in 2002)
Group G--
* France- Captain: Zinedine Zidane (Cup Record- Winners'98)
* South Korea- Captain: Park Ji-Sung (Cup Record- Fourth in '02)
* Switzerland- Captain: Alexander Frei (Cup Record- Quarters in 1934, 1938, 1954)
* Togo- Captain: Adebayor (Cup Record- Debutants)
Group H--
* Spain- Captain: Raul (Cup Record- Fourth in1950)
* Saudia Arabia- Captain: Sami Al-Jaber (Cup Record- Second round exit in 1994)
* Tunisia- Captain: Hatem Trabelsi (Cup Record- Three appearances)
* Ukraine- Captain: Shevchenko (Cup Record Debutants)