FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 Ghana national football team

                                      Ghana national Flag

Ghana national team description 

Nickname	The Black Stars
Association	Ghana Football Association
Confederation	CAF (Africa)
Head coach	Milovan Rajevac
Captain	Stephen Appiah
Most caps	Richard Kingston (89)
Top scorer	Abedi Pele (33)
Home stadium	Ohene Djan Sports Stadium
FIFA code	GHA
FIFA ranking	27
Highest FIFA ranking	14 (February, April, May 2008)
Lowest FIFA ranking	89 (June 2004)

Recent players of Ghana

Goalkeepers            Isaac Amoako            Daniel Adjei            Richard Kingson

Defenders             John Mensah             Samuel Inkoom             Hans Sarpei             Isaac Vorsah             John Paintsil             Eric Addo             Lee Addy

Midfielders            Michael Essien             Sulley Muntari             Anthony Annan             André Ayew             Opoku Agyemang             Kwadwo Asamoah             Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu

Strikers             Manuel Agogo             Eric Bekoe             Kwadwo Asamoah             Asamoah Gyan             Prince Tagoe             Derek Asamoah

Most capped players of Ghana

Player	Cap
Abédi Pelé	73
Karim Abdul Razak	70
Michael Essien	68
John Mensah	61
Tony Yeboah	59
Samuel Osei Kuffour	59
Richard Kingston	58
Stephen Appiah	56
John Paintsil	52
Charles Akonnor	51

Top Goal soccer of  Ghana

Player	Goals	Caps
Abédi Pelé	33	73
Tony Yeboah	29	53
Karim Abdul Razak	25	70

FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 Serbia national football team

                                        Serbia national Flag

 The name of Serbia association is Football association of Serbia and the nick name is call Beli Orlovi(White Eagles). Football Association of Serbia is a FIFA member since 1921 and  Serbian national team was previously known as the Yugoslavia national football team from 15 January 1992 until 4 February 2003. Serbia finished first qualifying campaign as an independent nation, winning their group ahead of favorites France.They sealed their place in 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa with a 5 – 0 win against Romania on 11 October 2009.

Srrbia Team description

Nickname	Beli Orlovi (White Eagles)
Association	Football Association of Serbia
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Radomir Antić
Captain	Dejan Stanković
Most caps	Savo Milošević (102)
Top scorer	Savo Milošević (37)\
Home stadium	Stadion Crvena Zvezda, Belgrade
FIFA code	SRB
FIFA ranking	13
Highest FIFA ranking	8 (May 1998)
Lowest FIFA ranking	47 (December 2005)

Recent players

Goalkeepers             Vladimir Stojković              Željko Brkić

Defenders             Antonio Rukavina             Ivica Dragutinović             Nemanja Vidić             Branislav Ivanović             Aleksandar Luković                  Neven Subotić             Aleksandar Kolarov

Midfielders             Gojko Kačar                Boško Janković             Dejan Stanković             Nenad Milijaš             Milan Jovanović             Radosav Petrović             Miloš Krasić             Miloš Ninković             Zoran Tošić             Zdravko Kuzmanović

Strikers             Danko Lazović             Marko Pantelić             Dejan Lekić             Nikola Žigić

Goalscorers during the 2010 FIFA World Cup qualification:

Milan Jovanović – 5 goals

Nikola Žigić – 3 goals

Branislav Ivanović – 3 goals

Miloš Krasić – 2 goals

Nenad Milijaš – 2 goals

Marko Pantelić – 1 goal

Zdravko Kuzmanović – 1 goal

Zoran Tošić – 1 goal

Ivan Obradović – 1 goal

Neven Subotić – 1 goal

FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 Australia national football team

                           Australia national Flag 
The Australian National Football Team nicknamed a “Socceroos, Aussies. The Australian team could be the first team to qualify for the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa. The team is controlled by Football Federation Australia (FFA). Australia is a four-time Oceania Football Confederation  champion and has  represented at two FIFA World Cup tournaments, in 1974 and 2006. The Australian national team first played at the World Cup finals in West Germany in 1974.
Team configuration 

Nickname(s)	Socceroos, Aussies
Association	Football Federation Australia
Confederation	AFC
Head coach	Netherlands Pim Verbeek
Captain	Lucas Neill
Most caps	Alex Tobin (87)
Top scorer	Damian Mori (29)
FIFA code	AUS
FIFA ranking	23
Highest FIFA ranking	14 (September 2009)
Lowest FIFA ranking	92 (June 2000)

Current players Australia

Goalkeepers Clint Bolton Eugene Galeković Danny Vukovic Danny Vukovic

Defenders Luke Wilkshire Jade North Simon Colosimo Jon McKain Mark Milligan Scott Jamieson Robert Cornthwaite Andrew Durante Shannon Cole Luke DeVere

Midfielders Jason Culina Mile Sterjovski Jacob Burns Matt McKay Matt Thompson Michael Zullo Stuart Musialik Michael Marrone Thomas Oar    Ben Kantarovski

Strikers Joshua Kennedy Alex Brosque David Williams Mathew Leckie Daniel McBreen

Honours
 FIFA World Cup

     Round of 16:   2006
     Group Stage:  1974
     Qualified: 2010
 FIFA Confederations Cup
    Runners-Up (Silver Medal): 1997

     3rd Place (Bronze Medal): 2001
    Group Stage:  2005

   

Captains 

List of Australian national association football team captains

    Peter Wilson
    Paul Wade
    Alex Tobin
    Charlie Yankos
    John Kosmina
    Johnny Warren
    Paul Okon
     Lucas Neill
     Mark Viduka]
     Mark Viduka
     Craig Moore

FIFA WORLD CUP 2010 Germany national football team

                           Germany national Flag

The German national football team is representing in international competition since 1908. The name of the Association DFB (Deutscher Fußball-Bund) which was founded in 1900. The  match on 10 October 2009, Germany secured first place in their qualifying group for the 2010 World Cup by beating second placed Russia in Moscow 1–0. In Germany, the team is typically referred to as the “Nationalmannschaft” (national team), "DFB-Elf" (DFB eleven) or "Nationalelf" (national eleven), whereas in foreign media, they are regularly described as the "Mannschaft" (literally meaning "The Team").

Team configuration of Germany 

Nickname(s)	Die Mannschaft (The Team), used by non German-speaking media Die DFB-Elf (The DFB-Eleven)
Association	German Football Association (Deutscher Fußball-Bund — DFB)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Germany Joachim Löw
Captain	Michael Ballack
Most caps	Lothar Matthäus (150)
Top scorer	Gerd Müller (68)
FIFA code	GER
FIFA ranking	5

 All players of Germany

Goalkeepers 1René Adler 12  Manuel Neuer

Defenders 3 Arne Friedrich 4 Serdar Tasci 5 Marcel Schäfer 16 Philipp Lahm 17 Per Mertesacker 24 Jérôme Boateng

Midfielders 6 Sami Khedira 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger 8 Mesut Özil 13 Michael Ballack (captain) 14 Piotr Trochowski 15 Thomas Hitzlsperger 19 Christian Gentner 20 Aaron Hunt 21 Marko Marin 22 Christian Träsch 25 Thomas Müller 26 Toni Kroos

Strikers 9 Stefan Kießling 10 Lukas Podolski 11 Miroslav Klose 18 Mario Gómez 23 Cacau

 Most capped players Of Germany 

Player	Caps	Goals
Lothar Matthäus	150	23
Jürgen Klinsmann	108	47
Jürgen Kohler	105	2
Franz Beckenbauer	103	14
Thomas Häßler	101	11
Michael Ballack	98	42
Berti Vogts	96	1
Sepp Maier	95	0
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	95	45
Miroslav Klose	94	48
Rudi Völler	90	47
Andreas Brehme	86	8
Oliver Kahn	86	0
Andreas Möller	85	29
Karlheinz Förster	81	2
Wolfgang Overath	81	17
Bernd Schneider	81	4
Torsten Frings	79	10
Harald Schumacher	76	0
Guido Buchwald	76	4

 Top goal soccer of Germany 

Player	Goals	Caps
Gerd Müller	68	62
Miroslav Klose	48	94
Rudi Völler	90	90
Jürgen Klinsmann	47	108
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	45	95
Uwe Seeler	43	72
Michael Ballack	42	98
Oliver Bierhoff	37	70
Lukas Podolski	37	70
Fritz Walter	33	61

 

 All Captains of Germany

Player	Period	Games
Fritz Szepan	1934–1939	30
Paul Janes	1939–1942	31
Fritz Walter	1951–1956	30
Hans Schäfer	1957–1962	16
Helmut Rahn	1958–1959	8
Herbert Erhardt	1959–1962	18
Uwe Seeler	1962–1970	40
Wolfgang Overath	1970–1971	14
Franz Beckenbauer	1971–1977	50
Berti Vogts	1977-1978	20
Bernard Dietz	1978–1981	19
Karl-Heinz Rummenigge	1981–1986	51
Harald Schumacher	1986	14
Klaus Allofs	1986–1988	8
Lothar Matthäus	1988–1994	75
Jürgen Klinsmann	1994-1998	36
Oliver Bierhoff	1998–2001	23
Oliver Kahn	2001–2004	49
Michael Ballack	2004–present	55