1999 FIFA Women's World Cup squads

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Below are the rosters for the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup tournament in the USA.

Group A

 Denmark

Head coach: Jørgen Hvidemose

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Dorthe Larsen August 8, 1969 (29) 2 FW Hanne Sand Christensen September 22, 1973 (25) 3 FW Karina Christensen July 1, 1973 (25) 4 FW Lene Terp (c) April 15, 1973 (26) 5 FW Marlene Kristensen May 28, 1973 (26) 6 MF Jeanne Axelsen January 3, 1968 (31) 7 MF Louise Hansen May 4, 1975 (24) 8 MF Janne Rasmussen July 18, 1970 (28) 9 FW Christina Petersen September 17, 1974 (24) 10 FW Gitte Krogh May 13, 1977 (22) 11 FW Merete Pedersen June 30, 1973 (25) 12 FW Lene Revsbeck Jensen March 17, 1976 (23) 13 DF Ulla Knudsen June 21, 1976 (22) 14 DF Katrine Søndergaard Pedersen April 13, 1977 (22) 15 FW Mikka Hansen November 11, 1975 (23) 16 GK Christina Jensen January 21, 1974 (25) 17 MF Hanne Nørregaard December 21, 1968 (30) 18 DF Lise Søndergaard October 27, 1973 (25) 19 FW Janni Johansen January 14, 1976 (23) 20 DF Anne-Mette Christensen March 4, 1973 (26)

 Nigeria

Head coach: Mabo Ismaila

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Ann Chiejine February 2, 1974 (25) 2 DF Yinka Kudaisi August 25, 1975 (23) 3 MF Martha Tarhemba April 1, 1978 (21) 4 DF Adanna Nwaneri August 31, 1975 (23) 5 DF Eberechi Opara March 6, 1976 (23) 6 DF Kikelomo Ajayi April 28, 1977 (22) 7 FW Stella Mbachu April 16, 1978 (21) 8 FW Rita Nwadike November 3, 1974 (24) 9 MF Gloria Usieta June 19, 1977 (22) 10 DF Mavis Ogun August 24, 1973 (25) 11 DF Prisca Emeafu March 30, 1972 (27) 12 GK Judith Chime May 20, 1978 (21) 13 MF Nkiru Okosieme March 1, 1972 (27) 14 MF Florence Omagbemi (c) February 2, 1975 (24) 15 MF Maureen Mmadu May 7, 1975 (24) 16 DF Florence Iweta March 29, 1983 (16) 17 FW Nkechi Egbe February 5, 1978 (21) 18 FW Patience Avre June 10, 1976 (23) 19 FW Mercy Akide August 26, 1975 (23) 20 MF Ifeanyi Chiejine May 17, 1983 (16)

 North Korea

Head coach: Chan Tong

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Ri Jong-hui August 20, 1975 (23) 2 DF Yun In-sil January 10, 1976 (23) 3 FW Jo Song-ok March 18, 1974 (25) 4 DF Kim Sun-hui April 4, 1972 (27) 5 DF Kim Sun-hye January 1, 1977 (22) 6 MF Sol Yong-suk February 4, 1975 (24) 7 MF Ri Hyang-ok December 18, 1977 (21) 8 FW Kim Song-ryo June 5, 1976 (23) 9 MF Ri Kyong-ae December 4, 1972 (26) 10 MF Kim Kum-sil (c) December 24, 1970 (28) 11 FW Jo Jong-ran September 18, 1971 (27) 12 DF Kim Hye-ran May 19, 1970 (29) 13 DF Ri Ae-gyong September 12, 1971 (27) 14 MF Pak Jong-ae April 3, 1974 (25) 15 FW Jin Pyol-hui August 19, 1980 (18) 16 MF Ri Kum-suk August 16, 1978 (20) 17 DF Yang Kyong-hui January 21, 1978 (21) 18 GK Kye Yong-sun March 27, 1972 (27) 19 DF Jang Ok-gyong January 29, 1980 (19) 20 MF Kim Un-ok April 18, 1978 (21)

 United States

Head coach: Tony DiCicco

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Briana Scurry September 7, 1971 (27) University of Massachusetts Amherst 2 MF Lorrie Fair August 5, 1978 (20) University of North Carolina 3 DF Christie Pearce June 24, 1975 (23) Monmouth University 4 DF Carla Overbeck (c) May 9, 1968 (31) University of North Carolina 5 MF Tiffany Roberts May 5, 1978 (21) University of North Carolina 6 DF Brandi Chastain July 21, 1968 (30) Santa Clara University 7 MF Sara Whalen April 28, 1976 (23) University of Connecticut 8 MF Shannon MacMillan October 7, 1974 (24) University of Portland 9 FW Mia Hamm March 17, 1972 (27) University of North Carolina 10 MF Michelle Akers February 1, 1966 (33) University of Central Florida 11 MF Julie Foudy January 23, 1971 (28) Stanford University 12 FW Cindy Parlow May 8, 1978 (21) University of North Carolina 13 MF Kristine Lilly July 22, 1971 (27) University of North Carolina 14 DF Joy Fawcett February 8, 1968 (31) UC Berkeley 15 MF Tisha Venturini March 3, 1973 (26) University of North Carolina 16 FW Tiffeny Milbrett October 23, 1972 (26) University of Portland 17 FW Danielle Fotopoulos March 24, 1976 (23) University of Florida 18 GK Saskia Webber June 13, 1973 (26) Rutgers University 19 GK Tracy Ducar June 18, 1973 (26) University of North Carolina 20 DF Kate Sobrero August 23, 1976 (22) University of Notre Dame

Group B

 Brazil

Head coach: Wilson De Oliveira Rica

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Maravilha April 10, 1973 (26) 2 DF Nene March 31, 1976 (23) 3 DF Elane (c) June 4, 1968 (31) 4 DF Tania October 3, 1974 (24) 5 MF Cidinha October 6, 1976 (22) 6 DF Juliana October 3, 1981 (17) 7 FW Maycon April 30, 1977 (22) 8 MF Formiga March 3, 1978 (21) 9 FW Katia February 18, 1977 (22) 10 MF Sissi June 2, 1967 (32) 11 DF Suzana October 12, 1973 (25) 12 GK Andreia September 14, 1977 (21) 13 DF Fanta September 14, 1966 (32) 14 FW Grazielle March 28, 1981 (18) 15 MF Raquel May 10, 1978 (21) 16 DF Marisa August 10, 1966 (32) 17 FW Pretinha May 19, 1975 (24) 18 MF Priscila March 10, 1982 (17) 19 MF Valeria March 9, 1968 (31) 20 MF Deva April 16, 1981 (18)

 Germany

Head coach: Tina Theune-Meyer

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Silke Rottenberg January 25, 1971 (28) 5 Sportfreunde Siegen 2 DF Kerstin Stegemann September 29, 1977 (21) 42 FCR Duisburg 3 DF Ariane Hingst July 25, 1979 (19) 46 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 4 DF Steffi Jones December 22, 1972 (26) 38 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 5 DF Doris Fitschen (c) October 25, 1968 (30) 38 1. FFC Frankfurt 6 MF Melanie Hoffmann November 29, 1974 (24) 14 FCR Duisburg 7 MF Martina Voss December 22, 1967 (31) 28 FCR Duisburg 8 MF Sandra Smisek July 3, 1977 (21) 18 FCR Duisburg 9 FW Birgit Prinz October 25, 1977 (21) 43 1. FFC Frankfurt 10 MF Bettina Wiegmann October 7, 1971 (27) 44 Sportfreunde Siegen 11 MF Maren Meinert February 5, 1973 (26) 40 FCR Duisburg 12 FW Claudia Müller May 21, 1974 (25) 45 1. FFC Frankfurt 13 DF Sandra Minnert April 7, 1973 (26) 42 FSV Frankfurt 14 DF Tina Wunderlich October 10, 1977 (21) 40 1. FFC Frankfurt 15 GK Nadine Angerer November 10, 1978 (20) 25 FC Wacker München 16 MF Renate Lingor October 11, 1975 (23) 14 1. FFC Frankfurt 17 DF Pia Wunderlich January 26, 1975 (24) 28 1. FFC Frankfurt 18 FW Inka Grings October 31, 1978 (20) 17 FCR Duisburg 19 DF Nicole Brandebusemeyer October 9, 1974 (24) 46 Grün-Weiß Brauweiler 20 FW Monika Meyer June 23, 1972 (26) 17 1. FFC Frankfurt

 Italy

Head coach: Carlo Facchin

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Giorgia Brenzan August 21, 1967 (31) 2 DF Iana Damiana De June 26, 1970 (28) 3 DF Paola Zanni June 12, 1977 (22) 4 DF Luisa Marchio February 6, 1971 (28) 5 DF Daniela Tavalazzi August 8, 1972 (26) 6 DF Elisa Miniati January 6, 1974 (25) 7 FW Rita Guarino January 31, 1971 (28) 8 MF Manuela Tesse February 28, 1976 (23) 9 FW Patrizia Panico February 8, 1975 (24) 10 MF Antonella Carta (c) March 1, 1967 (32) 11 FW Patrizia Sberti July 6, 1969 (29) 12 GK Fabiana Comin March 20, 1970 (29) 13 DF Anna Duo August 8, 1972 (26) 14 MF Astolfo Federica D October 27, 1966 (32) 15 DF Adele Frollani August 4, 1974 (24) 16 MF Tatiana Zorri October 19, 1977 (21) 17 FW Silvia Tagliacarne August 8, 1975 (23) 18 MF Silvia Fiorini December 24, 1969 (29) 19 MF Alessandra Pallotti September 7, 1974 (24) 20 DF Roberta Stefanelli May 18, 1974 (25)

 Mexico

Head coach: Leonardo Cuellar

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Linnea Quinones July 17, 1980 (18) 2 DF Susana Mora January 26, 1979 (20) 3 DF Moore April 14, 1981 (18) 4 DF Gina Oceguera (c) April 9, 1977 (22) 5 MF Patricia Perez December 17, 1978 (20) 6 MF Fatima Leyva February 14, 1980 (19) 7 MF Monica Vergara May 2, 1983 (16) 8 MF Andrea Rodebaugh October 8, 1966 (32) 9 FW Lisa Nanez March 10, 1977 (22) 10 FW Maribel Dominguez November 18, 1978 (20) 11 FW Monica Gerardo November 10, 1976 (22) 12 GK Yvette Valdez October 16, 1973 (25) 13 FW Mónica González October 10, 1978 (20) 14 FW Iris Mora September 22, 1981 (17) 15 MF Laurie Hill February 11, 1970 (29) 16 FW Nancy Pinzon June 6, 1974 (25) 17 MF Kendyl Michner May 3, 1978 (21) 18 FW Tanima Rubalcaba December 24, 1980 (18) 19 DF Barbara Almaraz May 4, 1979 (20) 20 MF Denise Ireta January 4, 1980 (19)

Group C

 Canada

Head coach: Neil Turnbull

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Nicci Wright August 12, 1972 (26) 2 MF Liz Smith September 25, 1975 (23) 3 DF Sharolta Nonen December 30, 1977 (21) 4 MF Tanya Franck December 13, 1974 (24) 5 DF Andrea Neil October 26, 1971 (27) 6 MF Geri Donnelly November 30, 1965 (33) 7 DF Isabelle Morneau April 18, 1976 (23) 8 FW Sarah Maglio March 17, 1978 (21) 9 DF Janine Helland April 24, 1970 (29) 10 FW Charmaine Hooper January 15, 1968 (31) 11 FW Shannon Rosenow June 20, 1972 (26) 12 FW Isabelle Harvey March 27, 1975 (24) 13 MF Amy Walsh September 13, 1977 (21) 14 MF Sarah Joly February 16, 1977 (22) 15 DF Suzanne Muir July 6, 1970 (28) 16 MF Jeanette Haas January 3, 1976 (23) 17 FW Silvana Burtini (c) May 10, 1969 (30) 18 MF Mary Beth Bowie October 27, 1978 (20) 19 GK Melanie Haz November 26, 1975 (23) 20 GK Karina LeBlanc March 30, 1980 (19)

 Japan

Head coach: Satoshi Miyauchi

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Shiho Onodera November 18, 1973 (25) 2 DF Rie Yamaki October 2, 1975 (23) 3 DF Kaoru Nagadome May 7, 1973 (26) 4 DF Mai Nakachi December 16, 1980 (18) 5 MF Tomoe Sakai May 27, 1978 (21) 6 DF Kae Nishina December 7, 1972 (26) 7 DF Yumi Tomei June 1, 1972 (27) 8 MF Ayumi Hara February 21, 1979 (20) 9 FW Tamaki Uchiyama December 13, 1972 (26) 10 MF Homare Sawa (c) September 6, 1978 (20) 11 FW Nami Otake July 30, 1974 (24) 12 DF Hiromi Isozaki December 22, 1975 (23) 13 MF Miyuki Yanagita April 11, 1981 (18) 14 MF Tomomi Miyamoto December 31, 1978 (20) 15 FW Mito Isaka January 25, 1976 (23) 16 MF Yayoi Kobayashi September 18, 1981 (17) 17 FW Mayumi Omatsu July 12, 1970 (28) 18 GK Nozomi Yamago January 16, 1975 (24) 19 FW Kozue Ando July 9, 1982 (16) 20 GK Naoko Nishigai January 22, 1969 (30)

 Norway

Head coach: Per-Mathias Høgmo

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Bente Nordby July 23, 1974 (24) Athene Moss 2 DF Brit Sandaune June 5, 1972 (27) Trondheims-Ørn 3 DF Gøril Kringen January 28, 1972 (27) Trondheims-Ørn 4 MF Silje Jørgensen May 5, 1977 (22) Klepp 5 DF Henriette Viker August 5, 1973 (25) Asker 6 MF Hege Riise July 18, 1969 (29) Setskog/Høland FK 7 MF Tone Gunn Frustøl June 21, 1975 (23) Asker 8 MF Monica Knudsen March 25, 1975 (24) Asker 9 MF Ann Kristin Aarønes January 19, 1973 (26) Trondheims-Ørn 10 DF Linda Medalen (c) June 17, 1965 (34) Asker 11 MF Marianne Pettersen April 12, 1975 (24) Asker 12 GK Astrid Johannessen January 10, 1978 (21) Asker 13 MF Ragnhild Gulbrandsen February 22, 1977 (22) Trondheims-Ørn 14 DF Anne Nymark Andersen September 28, 1972 (26) Bjørnar 15 MF Dagny Mellgren June 19, 1978 (21) Bjørnar 16 MF Solveig Gulbrandsen January 12, 1981 (18) Kolbotn 17 MF Anita Rapp July 24, 1977 (21) Asker 18 DF Anne Tønnessen March 18, 1974 (25) Kolbotn 19 MF Linda Ørmen March 22, 1977 (22) Athene Moss 20 MF Unni Lehn June 7, 1977 (22) Trondheims-Ørn

 Russia

Head coach: Yuri Bistritskiy

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Svetlana Petko June 6, 1970 (29) 2 DF Yulia Yushkeivitch September 14, 1980 (18) 3 DF Marina Burakova May 8, 1966 (33) 4 DF Natalia Karasseva April 30, 1977 (22) 5 DF Tatiana Cheverda August 29, 1974 (24) 6 DF Galina Komarova August 12, 1977 (21) 7 MF Tatiana Egorova March 10, 1970 (29) 8 MF Irina Grigorieva (c) February 21, 1972 (27) 9 MF Alexandra Svetlitskaya August 20, 1971 (27) 10 FW Natalia Barbashina August 26, 1973 (25) 11 FW Olga Letyushova December 29, 1975 (23) 12 GK Alla Volkova April 12, 1968 (31) 13 MF Elena Fomina April 5, 1979 (20) 14 MF Olga Karasseva October 6, 1975 (23) 15 FW Larissa Savina November 25, 1970 (28) 16 DF Natalia Filippova February 7, 1975 (24) 17 MF Elena Lissacheva November 25, 1973 (25) 18 MF Tatiana Skotnikova November 27, 1978 (20) 19 DF Tatiana Zaitseva August 27, 1978 (20) 20 GK Larissa Kapitonova May 4, 1970 (29)

Group D

 Australia

Head coach: Greg Brown

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Belinda Kitching July 15, 1977 (21) 2 DF Amy Taylor June 11, 1979 (20) 3 DF Bridgette Starr December 10, 1975 (23) 4 DF Sarah Cooper October 8, 1969 (29) 5 DF Traci Bartlett May 17, 1972 (27) 6 DF Anissa Tann October 10, 1967 (31) 7 MF Lisa Casagrande May 29, 1978 (21) 8 FW Cheryl Salisbury March 8, 1974 (25) 9 FW Julie Murray (c) April 28, 1970 (29) 10 MF Angela Iannotta March 22, 1971 (28) 11 MF Sharon Black April 4, 1971 (28) 12 DF Kristyn Swaffer December 13, 1975 (23) 13 FW Alicia Ferguson October 31, 1981 (17) 14 MF Joanne Peters March 11, 1979 (20) 15 MF Peita-Claire Hepperlin December 24, 1981 (17) 16 MF Amy Wilson June 9, 1980 (19) 17 MF Kelly Golebiowski July 26, 1981 (17) 18 MF Alison Forman March 17, 1969 (30) 19 DF Dianne Alagich May 12, 1979 (20) 20 GK Tracey Wheeler September 26, 1967 (31)

 China PR

Head coach: Ma Yuanan

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Han Wenxia August 23, 1976 (22) 2 MF Wang Liping November 12, 1973 (25) 3 DF Fan Yunjie April 29, 1972 (27) 4 DF Man Yanling November 9, 1972 (26) 5 DF Xie Huilin January 17, 1975 (24) 6 MF Zhao Lihong December 25, 1972 (26) 7 FW Zhang Ouying November 2, 1975 (23) 8 FW Jin Yan July 27, 1972 (26) 9 FW Sun Wen (c) April 6, 1973 (26) 10 MF Liu Ailing May 2, 1967 (32) 11 MF Pu Wei August 20, 1980 (18) 12 DF Wen Lirong October 2, 1969 (29) 13 MF Liu Ying June 11, 1974 (25) 14 DF Bai Jie March 28, 1972 (27) 15 MF Qiu Haiyan June 17, 1974 (25) 16 FW Fan Chunling February 2, 1972 (27) 17 MF Zhu Jing March 2, 1978 (21) 18 GK Gao Hong November 27, 1967 (31) 19 DF Gao Hongxia December 7, 1973 (25) 20 DF Wang Jingxia November 11, 1976 (22)

 Ghana

Head coach: Emmanuel K. Afranie

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Memunatu Sulemana November 4, 1977 21 Mawuena Ladies 2 DF Patience Sackey April 25, 1975 (24) Postal Ladies 3 DF Rita Yeboah May 25, 1976 (23) Bluna Ladies 4 DF Regina Ansah August 23, 1974 (24) Bluna Ladies 5 DF Elizabeth Baidoo April 28, 1978 (21) Bluna Ladies 6 MF Juliana Kakraba December 29, 1979 (19) Ghatel Ladies 7 FW Mavis Djangmah December 21, 1973 (25) La Ladies 8 DF Barikisu Tettey-Quao August 28, 1980 (18) La Ladies 9 FW Alberta Sackey (c) November 6, 1972 (26) Ghatel Ladies 10 FW Vivan Mensah June 13, 1972 (27) La Ladies 11 FW Adjoa Bayor May 17, 1979 (20) Ghatel Ladies 12 DF Kulu Yahaya May 23, 1976 (23) Ashiaman Ladies 13 DF Lydia Ankrah December 1, 1973 (25) Postal Ladies 14 DF Mercy Tagoe February 5, 1974 (25) Bluna Ladies 15 FW Nana Amma Gyamfuah August 4, 1978 (20) Postal Ladies 16 FW Gladys Enti April 21, 1975 (24) Ghatel Ladies 17 FW Sheila Okine February 14, 1979 (20) Ghatel Ladies 18 GK Priscilla Mensah April 19, 1974 (25) La Ladies 19 MF Stella Quartey December 28, 1973 (25) Ghatel Ladies 20 MF Genevive Clottey April 29, 1969 (30) Ghatel Ladies

 Sweden

Head coach: Marika Domanski-Lyfors

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Ulrika Karlsson October 14, 1970 (28) 2 DF Karolina Westberg May 16, 1978 (21) 3 DF Jane Törnqvist May 9, 1975 (24) 4 DF Åsa Lönnqvist April 14, 1970 (29) 5 MF Kristin Bengtsson January 12, 1970 (29) 6 MF Malin Moström August 1, 1975 (23) 7 DF Cecilia Sandell June 10, 1968 (31) 8 FW Malin Gustafsson January 24, 1980 (19) 9 MF Malin Andersson (c) May 4, 1973 (26) 10 MF Hanna Ljungberg January 8, 1979 (20) 11 FW Victoria Svensson May 18, 1977 (22) 12 GK Ulla-Karin Thelin February 19, 1977 (22) 13 DF Hanna Marklund November 26, 1977 (21) 14 DF Jessika Sundh July 9, 1974 (24) 15 MF Linda Gren November 12, 1974 (24) 16 FW Salina Olsson August 29, 1978 (20) 17 MF Linda Fagerström March 17, 1977 (22) 18 MF Therese Lundin March 3, 1979 (20) 19 MF Minna Heponiemi August 10, 1977 (21) 20 MF Tina Nordlund March 19, 1977 (22)

References

• FIFA Women's World Cup 1999 - Teams
• Ghana team