World Cup rosters: Group F

Brazil

Goalkeepers: Dida (AC Milan), Julio Cesar (Inter Milan), Rogerio Ceni (Sao Paulo)

Defenders: Juan (Bayer Leverkusen), Lucio (Bayern Munich), Luisao (Benfica), Cris (Lyon), Cafu (AC Milan), Cicinho (Real Madrid), Roberto Carlos (Real Madrid), Gilberto (Hertha Berlin)

Midfielders: Emerson (Juventus), Ze Roberto (Bayern Munich), Edmilson (FC Barcelona), Gilberto Silva (Arsenal), Ronaldinho (FC Barcelona), Kaka (AC Milan), Juninho (Lyon), Ricardinho (Corinthians)

Forwards: Ronaldo (Real Madrid), Adriano (Inter Milan), Robinho (Real Madrid), Fred (Lyon)

Croatia

Goalkeepers: Tomislav Butina (Club Brugge, Belgium), Stipe Pletikosa (Hajduk Split), Joe Didulica (Austria Vienna, Austria).

Defenders: Robert Kovac (Juventus, Italy), Stjepan Tomas (Galatasaray, Turkey), Dario Simic (AC Milan, Italy), Mario Tokic (Austria Vienna, Austria), Josip Simunic (Hertha Berlin, Germany), Igor Tudor (Siena, Italy), Marijan Buljat (Dinamo Zagreb).

Midfielders: Jerko Leko (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine), Niko Kranjcar (Hajduk Split), Niko Kovac (Hertha Berlin, Germany), Marko Babic (Bayer Leverkusen, Germany), Darijo Srna (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine), Ivan Leko (Club Brugge, Belgium), Luka Modric (Dinamo Zagreb), Jurica Vranjes (Werder Bremen, Germany), Anthony Seric (Panathinaikos, Greece).

Forwards: Dado Prso (Rangers, Scotland), Ivan Klasnic (Werder Bremen, Germany), Bosko Balaban (Club Brugge, Belgium), Ivica Olic (CSKA Moscow, Russia), Niko Kovac (Hertha Berlin).

Japan

Goalkeepers: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi (Jubilo Iwata), Yoichi Doi (FC Tokyo), Seigo Narazaki (Nagoya Grampus Eight)

Defenders: Makoto Tanaka (Jubilo Iwata), Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (Gamba Osaka), Alessandro Santos (Urawa Reds), Yuji Nakazawa (Yokohama F Marinos), Keisuke Tsuboi (Urawa Reds), Akira Kaji (Gamba Osaka), Yuichi Komano (Sanfrecce Hiroshima), Koji Nakata (Basel, Switzerland)

Midfielders: Takashi Fukunishi (Jubilo Iwata), Mitsuo Ogasawara (Kashima Antlers), Shinji Ono (Urawa Reds), Yasuhito Endo (Gamba Osaka), Hidetoshi Nakata (Bolton Wanderers, England), Shunsuke Nakamura (Celtic, Scotland), Junichi Inamoto (West Bromwich Albion, England)

Forwards: Seiichiro Maki (JEF United Chiba), Keiji Tamada (Nagoya Grampus Eight), Atsushi Yanagisawa (Kashima Antlers), Masashi Oguro (Grenoble, France), Naohiro Takahara (Hamburg SV, Germany)

Australia

Goalkeepers: Mark Schwarzer (Middlesbrough), Zeljko Kalac (AC Milan), Ante Covic (Hammarby)

Defenders: Michael Beauchamp (Central Coast), Craig Moore (Newcastle United), Lucas Neill (Blackburn Rovers), Tony Popovic Crystal Palace), Mark Milligan (Sydney FC)

Midfielders: Marco Bresciano (Parma), Tim Cahill (Everton), Scott Chipperfield (Basel), Jason Culina (PSV Eindhoven), Brett Emerton (Blackburn Rovers), Vince Grella (Parma), Stan Lazaridis (free agent), Josip Skoko (Stoke City on loan from Wigan Athletic), Mile Sterjovski (Basel), Luke Wilkshire (Bristol City)

Strikers: John Aloisi (Alaves), Harry Kewell (Liverpool), Archie Thompson (PSV Eindhoven), Mark Viduka (Middlesbrough), Josh Kennedy (Dinamo Dresden)