Who’s Going to the Olympics? The Men’s Squad Rosters, All Teams

You asked for them, so here they are. The rosters for all of the men’s teams heading to the Olympics. Kind of.

It has been amazingly difficult to compile these. The FIFA site? No luck. (Probably because, as Barcelona will be quick to tell us, this is not a FIFA event.) The official Olympics site? No go. The NBC Olympics coverage site? They give us this nifty map with flags showing where in the world the teams are from, and some cool profiles, but no rosters.

And so I’ve used a variety of sources, from multiple news articles to Wikipedia to our own blogger Dave Martinez to our good buddies over at SoccerLens. Problem is, these sources do conflict. (One of my sources, a supposedly legit news article, listed a forward as a defender. And there are multiple times when sources list different players, possibly because my original sources were dated as much as two weeks ago and things have changed since then.)

Over the next week we’ll be doing everything we can to provide accurate update to these rosters. But for now, enjoy the work in progress and leave corrections in the comments. (And if you were to also leave links to your sources, you would become our newest, bestest friend.)

Also, we’re looking for a few good bloggers to cover our uncovered teams, both men and women. If you have interest in any of the following teams and would like to blog about them through the Olympics (and possibly beyond,) contact Daryl, daryl[at]theoffside[dot]com.

For the women, we need all teams except USA: China, Canada, Argentina, Sweden, North Korea, Brazil, Nigeria, Germany, Norway, Japan, New Zealand. For the men, we need: Ivory Coast, Serbia, Japan, China, New Zealand, South Korea, Cameroon, and Honduras.

And now, the men’s squad rosters to the best of our knowledge. (Women will follow soon.)

Group A

Ivory Coast

Goalkeepers:
Vincent de Paul Angban (23) (ASEC Mimosas), Christian Fabrice Okoua (16) (Africa Sports)

Defenders:
Mamadou Bagayoko (18) (Africa Sports), Souleymane Bamba (23) (Dunfermline, Scotland), Ousmane Viera Diarrassouba (21) (CFR Cluj, Romania), Angoua Brou Benjamin (21) (Budapest Honvéd, Hungary), Mekeme Tamla Ladji (22) (Beveren, Belgium), Serges Wawa (22) (ASEC Mimosas),

Midfielders:
Hervé Kambou (23) (Charleloi, Belgium), Kafoumba Coulibaly (22) (Nice, France), Emmanuel Kone (21) (CFR Cluj, Romania), Anthony Moura-Komenan (22) (Libourne-Saint-Seurin, France), Antoine N’Gossan (17) (ASEC Mimosas)

Strikers:
Salomon Kalou (22) (Chelsea, England), Franck Dja Djedje (22) (Grenoble, France), Guie Gneki Abraham (22) (Budapest Honvéd, Hungary), Gervais Yao Kouassi (21) (Le Mans, France), Sekou Cissé (23) (Roda, Netherlands)

Serbia

Goalkeepers:
Vladimir Stojković (24) (Sporting Lisbon, Portugal), Saša Stamenković (23) (Red Star Belgrade), Željko Brkić (22) (FK Vojvodina)

Defenders:
Pavle Ninkov (23) (Red Star Belgrade), Nenad Tomović (20) (Red Star Belgrade), Gojko Kačar (21) (Hertha Berlin, Germany), Slobodan Rajković (19) (FC Twente, Netherlands), Duško Tošić (23) (Werder Bremen, Germany), Aleksandar Kolarov (22) (Lazio, Italy), Ivan Obradović (19) (FK Partizan)

Midfielders:
Milan Smiljanić (21) (Espanyol, Spain), Nikola Gulan (19) (Fiorentina, Italy), Ljubomir Fejsa (19) (FK Partizan), Predrag Pavlović (22) (FK Napredak Kruševac), Vladimir Bogdanović (21) (Red Star Belgrade), Zoran Tošić (21) (FK Partizan), Dušan Tadić (19) FK (Vojvodina), Stefan Babović (21) (Nantes, France)

Strikers:
Đorđe Rakić (22) (Red Bull Salzburg, Austria), Filip Đorđević (20) (Nantes, France)

Argentina

Goalkeepers: Oscar Ustari (Getafe), Sergio Romero (AZ Alkmaar).

Defenders: Pablo Zabaleta (Espanyol), Luciano Monzon (Boca Juniors), Ezequiel Garay (Real Madrid), Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Federico Fazio (Sevilla)

Midfielders: Fernando Gago (Real Madrid), Juan Roman Riquelme (Boca Juniors), Ever Banega (Valencia), Javier Mascherano (Liverpool), Jose Sosa (Bayern Munich).

Forwards: Diego Buonanotte (River Plate), Sergio Aguero (Atletico Madrid), Lionel Messi (Barcelona) (OR Marco Ruben, Villareal), Ezequiel Lavezzi (Napoli), Angel Di Maria (Benfica), Lautaro Acosta (Sevilla).

Australia

Goalkeepers:
Adam Federici (23) (Reading, England), Tando Velaphi (21) (Perth Glory)

Defenders:
Adrian Leijer (22) (Fulham, England), Trent McClenahan (23) (unattached), Mark Milligan (23) (unattached), Jade North (26) (Newcastle Jets), Mathew Spiranovic (20) (FC Nurnberg, Germany), Nikolai Topor-Stanley (23) (Perth Glory), Ruben Zadkovich (23) (Derby County, England)

Midfielders:
David Carney (24) (Sheffield United, England), Billy Celeski (22) (Melbourne Victory), Neil Kilkenny (23) (Leeds United, England), Stuart Musialik (23) (Sydney FC), Kristian Sarkies (21) (Adelaide United), James Troisi (20) (unattached)

Strikers:
Mark Bridge (22) (Sydney FC), Nikita Rukavytsya (21) (Perth Glory), Archie Thompson (29) (Melbourne Victory)

Group B

JAPAN

GOALKEEPERS: Kaito Yamamoto (S-Pulse), Shusaku Nishikawa (Trinita)

DEFENDERS: Hiroki Mizumoto (Sanga), Hajime Hosogai (Reds), Naoaki Aoyama (S-Pulse), Masato Morishige (Trinita), Michihiro Yasuda (Gamba), Atsuto Uchida (Antlers), Maya Yoshida (Grampus)

MIDFIELDERS: Yasuhito Endo (Gamba), Takuya Honda (S-Pulse), Hiroyuki Taniguchi (Frontale), Yohei Kajiyama (FC Tokyo), Keisuke Honda (VVV Venlo), Tsukasa Umesaki (Reds)

FORWARDS: Yohei Toyoda (Montedio), Tadanari Lee (Reysol), Shinji Okazaki (S-Pulse), Shinzo Koroki (Antlers), Takayuki Morimoto (Catania)

NETHERLANDS

GOALKEEPERS: Piet Velthuizen (Vitesse), Kenneth Vermeer (Ajax)

DEFENDERS: Kew Jaliens (AZ), Calvin Jong-A-Pin (SC Heerenveen), Kees Luijcks (AZ), Dirk Marcelis (PSV), Erik Pieters (PSV), Gianni Zuiverloon (West Bromwich Albion)

MIDFIELDERS: Otman Bakkal (PSV), Urby Emanuelson (Ajax), Jonathan de Guzman (Feyenoord), Hedwiges Maduro (Valencia), Evander Sno (Celtic)

FORWARDS: Roy Beerens (sc Heerenveen), Ryan Babel (Liverpool), Royston Drenthe (Real Madrid), Roy Makaay (Feyenoord), Gerald Sibon (sc Heerenveen).

NIGERIA

GOALKEEPERS: Vincent Enyeama (Hapoel Tel Aviv/ISR), Ambrose Vanzekin (Akwa United), Ikechukwu Ezenwa (Ocean Boys)

DEFENDERS: Taye Taiwo (Olympique Marseille/), Monday James (without club), Onyekachi Apam (Nice/FRA), Dele Adeleye (Sparta Rotterdam/HOL), Olubayo Adefemi (Hapoel Bnei Lod/ISR), Chibuzo Okonkwo (Bayelsa United)

MIDFIELDERS: Sani Kaita (Sparta Rotterdam), Olufemi Oladapo (Boavista), Emmanuel Ekpo (Columbus Crew), Oluwafemi Ajilore (Groningue), Promise Isaac (Genclerbirligi), Chinedu Ogbuke (Hoffenheim), Bernard Okorowanta (Sivasspor), Yinka Adedeji (3SC)

FORWARDS: Victor Anichebe (Everton), Obinna Nsofor (Chievo), Peter Odemwingie (Locomotiv Moscou), Ikechukwu Uche (Getafe), Solomon Okoronkwo (Hertha Berlin)

UNITED STATES

GOALKEEPERS (2):

Brad Guzan (Chivas USA), Chris Seitz (Real Salt Lake)

DEFENDERS (4):

Patrick Ianni (Houston Dynamo), Michael Orozco (San Luis), Michael Parkhurst (New England Revolution), Nathan Sturgis (Real Salt Lake), (out due to injury), Marvell Wynne (Toronto FC)

MIDFIELDERS (8):

Freddy Adu (SL Benfica), Michael Bradley (SC Heerenveen), Maurice Edu (Toronto FC), Benny Feilhaber (Derby County), Stuart Holden (Houston Dynamo), Sacha Kljestan (Chivas USA), Danny Szetela (Brescia Calcio), Dax McCarty (FC Dallas)(late add after Sturgis’s injury)

FORWARDS (4):

Jozy Altidore (Villarreal), Charlie Davies (Hammarby IF), Brian McBride (out of contract),Robbie Rogers (Columbus Crew)

ALTERNATES (4):

Goalkeeper: Dominic Cervi (Out of Contract)
Defender: Frankie Hejduk (Columbus Crew)
Midfielder: Dax McCarty (FC Dallas) Replaces Nate Sturgis on the team.
Forward: Robbie Findley (Real Salt Lake)

Group C

China

Goalkeepers:
Qiu Shengjiong (22) (Shanghai Shenhua), Liu Zhenli (23) (Qingdao Jonoon)

Defenders:
Li Weifeng (29) (Shanghai Shenhua), Yuan Weiwei (22) (Shandong Luneng), Feng Xiaoting (22) (Dalian Shide), Wan Houliang (22) (Shaanxi Chanba), Tan Wangsong (22) (Tianjin Teda), Lü Jianjun (23) (Changchun Yatai)

Midfielders:
Zheng Zhi (27) (Charlton Athletic, England), Zhao Xuri (22) (Dalian Shide), Zhou Haibin (23) (Shandong Luneng), Cui Peng (21) (Shandong Luneng), Hao Junmin (21) (Tianjin Teda), Jiang Ning (21) (Qingdao Jonoon), Chen Tao (23) (Changsha Ginde)

Strikers:
Han Peng (24) (Shandong Luneng), Gao Lin (22) (Shanghai Shenhua), Dong Fangzhuo (23) (Manchester United, England)

Belgium

Goalkeepers:
Logan Bailly (22) (Racing Genk), Yves De Winter (21) (Westerlo), Yves Makabu-Makalambay (22) (Hibernian, Scotland)

Defenders:
Laurent Ciman (22) (Club Brugge), Sepp De Roover (23) (Groningen, Netherlands), Vincent Kompany (22) (Hamburg, Germany), Landry Mulemo (21) (Standard Liège), Sébastien Pocognoli (20) (AZ Alkmaar), Thomas Vermaelen (22) (Ajax, Netherlands), Jan Vertonghen (21) (Ajax, Netherlands)

Midfielders:
Marouane Fellaini (19) (Standard Liège), Faris Haroun (22) (Racing Genk), Maarten Martens (24) (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands), Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe (19) (Hamburg, Germany), Jeroen Simaeys (23) (Club Brugge), Anthony Vanden Borre (20) (Genoa, Italy)

Strikers:
Moussa Dembélé (21) (AZ Alkmaar, Netherlands), Tom De Mul (22) (Sevilla, Spain), Stijn De Smet (23) (Cercle Brugge), Roland Lamah (20) (Anderlecht), Kevin Mirallas (20) (Lille, France), Giuseppe Rossini (21) (KV Mechelen)

New Zealand

Name (Club – age) * indicates over-age player

Goalkeepers:

Liam Little (Caversham AFC/Otago United – 21), Jacob Spoonley (Miramar Rangers – 21)

Defenders:

Michael Boxall (Santa Barbara University – 19), Ian Hogg (Western Suburbs/Hawke’s Bay United – 18), Sam Jenkins (Western Suburbs/Hawke’s Bay United – 21), Ryan Nelsen* (Blackburn Rovers – 30), Steven Old (Macarthur Rams – 22),Jack Pelter (Unattached – 20), Aaron Scott (Melville/ Waikato FC – 21), Cole Tinkler (Miramar Rangers/Team Wellington – 22)

Midfield:
Jeremy Brockie (Miramar Rangers/Hawke’s Bay United – 20), Simon Elliott* (Unattached – 34), Craig Henderson (Dartmouth College – 21), Cole Peverley (Stop Out FC/Hawke’s Bay United – 20), Shaun van Rooyen (Western Suburbs/Waikato FC – 21)

Forwards:

Daniel Ellensohn (Western Suburbs/Team Wellington – 23),Chris Killen* (Celtic FC – 27),Sam Messam (Napier City Rovers/Hawke’s Bay United – 22),

Brazil

Goalkeepers:
Diego (23) (Almeira, Spain), Renan (23) (Internacional)

Defenders:
Alex Silva (23) (Sao Paulo), Breno (18) (Bayern Munich, Germany), Thiago Silva (23) (Fluminese), Ilsinho (22) (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine), Rafinha (22) (Schalke 04, Germany), Marcelo (20) (Real Madrid, Spain)

Midfielders:
Anderson (20) (Manchester United, England), Diego (23) (Werder Bremen, Germany), Hernanes (23) (Sao Paulo), Lucas (21) (Liverpool, England), Ronaldinho (28) (AC Milan, Italy), Thiago Neves (23) (Fluminese), Ramires (21) (Cruzeiro, Brazil) (late add, replaces Robinho.)

Strikers:
Alexandre Pato (18) (AC Milan, Italy), Jo (21) (Manchester City, England), Rafael Sobis (23) (Real Betis, Spain), Robinho (24) (Real Madrid, Spain) Out do to injury. Or “injury.”

Group D

South Korea

Goalkeepers:
Jung Sung-Ryong (23) (Seongnam Ilhwa), Song Yoo-Geol (23) (Incheon United)

Defenders:
Shin Kwang-Hoon (21) (Pohang Steelers), Kim Dong-Jin (26) (Zenit St. Petersburg, Russia), Kang Min-Soo (22) (Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors), Kim Chang-Soo (23) (Busan I’Park), Kim Jin-Kyu (23) (FC Seoul), Kim Geun-Hwan (22) (Kyung Hee University)

Midfielders:
Oh Jang-Eun (23) (Ulsan Hyundai), Kim Jung-Woo (26) (Seongnam Ilhwa), Lee Chung-Yong (20) (FC Seoul), Ki Sung-Yong (19) (FC Seoul), Kim Seung-Yong (23) (Gwangju Sangmu Phoenix), Baek Ji-Hoon (23) (Suwon Samsung Bluewings), Cho Young-Cheol (19) (Yokohama FC, Japan)

Strikers:
Shin Young-Rok (21) (Suwon Samsung Bluewings), Park Chu-Young (23) (FC Seoul), Lee Keun-Ho (23) (Daegu FC)

Italy

Goalkeepers:
Andrea Consigli (21) (Atalanta), Emiliano Viviano (22) (Brescia), Salvatore Sirigu (21) (Cremonese Palermo)

Defenders:
Salvatore Bocchetti (21) (Genoa), Andrea Coda (23) (Udinese), Domenico Criscito (21) (Genoa), Paolo De Ceglie (21) (Juventus), Lorenzo De Silvestri (20) (Lazio), Marco Motta (22) (Udinese), Andrea Ranocchia (20) (Arezzo)

Midfielders:
Ignazio Abate (21) (AC Milan), Luca Cigarini (22) (Parma), Daniele Dessena (21) (Parma), Claudio Marchisio (22) (Juventus), Riccardo Montolivo (23) (Fiorentina), Antonio Nocerino (23) (Palermo), Andrea Russotto (20) (Trevisio), Antonio Candreva (21) (Udinese)

Strikers:
Robert Acquafresca (20) (Cagliari), Sebastian Giovinco (21) (Juventus), Tommaso Rocchi (30) (Lazio), Giuseppe Rossi (21) (Villareal, Spain)

Cameroon

Goalkeepers:
Amour Patrick Tingyemb (23) (Tonnerre Yaoundé), Joslain Mayebi (21) (Hakoah Maccabi Amidar Ramat Gan, Israel)

Defenders:
Antonio Ghomsy (24) (Messina, Italy), André Bikey (23) (Reading, England), Alexandre Song (20) (Arsenal, England), Paul Rolland Bebey Kingué (21) (Les Astres), Nicolas Nkoulou (18) (Monaco, France), Alexis Enam (21) (Club Africain, Tunisia)

Midfielders:
Albert Baning (23) (Paris Saint-Germain, France), Stéphane Mbia (22) (Rennes, France), Georges Mandjeck (19) (Stuttgart, Germany), Franck Songo’o (21) (Portsmouth, England), Aurélien Chedjou (23) (Lille, France), Landry Nguemo (22) (Nancy, France), Alain Junior Ollé Ollé (21) (Freiburg, Germany)

Strikers:
Marc Mboua (21) (Cambuur, Holland), Christian Bekamenga (22) (Nantes, France), Gustave Bebbe (26) (Ankaragücü, Turkey)

Honduras

Goalkeepers:
Kevin Hernandez (Victoria) Obed Enamorado (Vida)

Defenders:
Erick Norales (Marathon), Quiarol Arzu (Platense), Luis Ramos (FC Nitra, Slovakia), David Molina (Motagua), Andres Morales (Real España), Samuel Caballero (Changchun Yatai, China)

Midfielders:
Mario Martinez (Real España), Hendry Thomas (Olimpia), Ramon Nunez (Olimpia), Rigoberto Padilla (Hispano), Marvin Sanchez (Platense), Jorge Claros (Motagua), Jefferson Bernárdez (Motagua)

Forwards:
Louis Rhodes (Motagua), Giorgio Welcome (Arsenal), Jose Cesar Güity (Marathon), Emil Martinez (Shanghai Shenhua, China), Carlos Pavon (Real España)