2003 FIFA Women's World Cup squads

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Below are the rosters for the 2003 FIFA Women's World Cup tournament in the United States.

Group A

Nigeria

Head coach: Samuel Okpodu

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Ugochi Opara May 27, 1976 (27) 2 MF Efioanwan Ekpo January 25, 1984 (19) 3 DF Bunmi Kayode April 13, 1985 (18) 4 MF Perpetua Nkwocha January 3, 1976 (27) 5 DF Onome Ebi May 8, 1983 (20) 6 DF Kikelomo Ajayi April 28, 1977 (26) 7 MF Stella Mbachu April 16, 1978 (25) 8 FW Yusuf Olaitan January 12, 1982 (21) 9 MF Faith Ikidi February 28, 1987 (16) 10 FW Mercy Akide August 26, 1975 (28) 11 FW Nkechi Egbe February 5, 1978 (25) 12 GK Precious Dede January 18, 1980 (23) 13 MF Nkiru Okosieme March 1, 1972 (31) 14 DF Ifeanyichukwu Chiejine May 17, 1983 (20) 15 MF Maureen Mmadu May 7, 1975 (28) 16 DF Florence Iweta March 29, 1983 (20) 17 DF Florence Omagbemi (c) February 2, 1975 (28) 18 MF Patience Avre June 10, 1976 (27) 19 GK Esther Okhae March 12, 1986 (17) 20 FW Vera Okolo January 5, 1985 (18)

North Korea

Head coach: Song Gun-ri

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Ri Jong-hui (c) August 20, 1975 (28) 2 DF Yun In-sil January 10, 1976 (27) 3 DF Kim Hwa-song August 19, 1985 (18) 5 DF Sin Kum-ok November 25, 1975 (27) 6 DF Ra Mi-ae December 8, 1975 (27) 7 FW Ri Kum-suk August 16, 1978 (25) 8 FW Pak Kum-chun February 22, 1978 (25) 9 MF Ho Sun-hui March 5, 1980 (23) 10 FW Jin Pyol-hui August 19, 1980 (23) 11 MF Yun Yong-hui March 18, 1977 (26) 12 DF Jang Ok-gyong January 29, 1980 (23) 13 DF Song Jong-sun March 11, 1981 (22) 14 MF O Kum-ran September 18, 1981 (22) 15 MF Ri Un-gyong November 19, 1980 (22) 16 FW Pak Kyong-sun June 23, 1985 (18) 17 DF Jon Hye-yong February 16, 1977 (26) 18 GK Chon Kyong-hwa August 7, 1983 (20) 19 MF Ri Hyang-ok December 18, 1977 (25) 20 DF Ri Un-ju October 25, 1983 (19)

Sweden

Head coach: Marika Domanski-Lyfors

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Caroline Jönsson November 22, 1977 (25) 2 DF Karolina Westberg May 16, 1978 (25) 3 DF Jane Törnqvist May 9, 1975 (28) 4 DF Hanna Marklund November 26, 1977 (25) 5 DF Kristin Bengtsson January 12, 1970 (33) 6 MF Malin Moström (c) August 1, 1975 (28) 7 DF Sara Larsson May 13, 1979 (24) 8 MF Frida Nordin May 23, 1982 (21) 9 MF Malin Andersson May 4, 1973 (30) 10 FW Hanna Ljungberg January 8, 1979 (24) 11 FW Victoria Svensson May 18, 1977 (26) 12 GK Sofia Lundgren September 20, 1982 (21) 13 MF Sara Johansson January 23, 1980 (23) 14 MF Linda Fagerström March 17, 1977 (26) 15 MF Therese Sjögran August 4, 1977 (26) 16 FW Salina Olsson August 29, 1978 (25) 17 MF Anna Sjöström April 23, 1977 (26) 18 DF Frida Östberg December 10, 1977 (25) 19 DF Sara Call July 16, 1977 (26) 20 FW Josefine Öqvist July 23, 1983 (20)

United States

Head coach: April Heinrichs

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Briana Scurry September 7, 1971 (32) Atlanta Beat 2 DF Kylie Bivens October 24, 1978 (24) Atlanta Beat 3 DF Christie Pearce June 24, 1975 (28) New York Power 4 DF Cat Reddick February 10, 1982 (21) University of North Carolina 5 MF Tiffany Roberts May 5, 1978 (25) Carolina Courage 6 DF Brandi Chastain July 21, 1968 (35) San Jose CyberRays 7 MF Shannon Boxx June 29, 1977 (26) New York Power 8 FW Shannon MacMillan October 7, 1974 (28) San Diego Spirit 9 FW Mia Hamm March 17, 1972 (31) Washington Freedom 10 MF Aly Wagner August 10, 1980 (23) Boston Breakers 11 MF Julie Foudy (c) January 23, 1971 (32) San Diego Spirit 12 FW Cindy Parlow May 8, 1978 (25) Atlanta Beat 13 MF Kristine Lilly July 22, 1971 (32) Boston Breakers 14 DF Joy Fawcett February 8, 1968 (35) San Diego Spirit 15 DF Kate Sobrero August 23, 1976 (27) Boston Breakers 16 FW Tiffeny Milbrett October 23, 1972 (30) New York Power 17 DF Danielle Slaton June 10, 1980 (23) Carolina Courage 18 GK Siri Mullinix May 22, 1978 (25) Washington Freedom 19 MF Angela Hucles July 5, 1978 (25) San Diego Spirit 20 FW Abby Wambach June 2, 1980 (23) Washington Freedom

Group B

Brazil

Head coach: Paulo Goncalves

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Andréia September 14, 1977 (26) 2 FW Simone February 10, 1981 (22) 3 DF Juliana (c) October 3, 1981 (21) 4 DF Tânia October 3, 1974 (28) 5 MF Renata Costa July 8, 1986 (17) 6 MF Michele June 10, 1984 (19) 7 FW Formiga March 3, 1978 (25) 8 MF Rafaela May 23, 1981 (22) 9 FW Kelly May 8, 1985 (18) 10 FW Marta February 19, 1986 (17) 11 FW Cristiane May 15, 1985 (18) 12 GK Giselle November 20, 1983 (19) 13 DF Mônica April 4, 1978 (25) 14 FW Rosana July 7, 1982 (21) 15 DF Renata Diniz November 1, 1985 (17) 16 FW Maycon April 30, 1977 (26) 17 FW Kátia February 18, 1977 (26) 18 FW Daniela January 12, 1984 (19) 19 MF Priscila March 10, 1982 (21) 20 MF Milene June 18, 1979 (24)

France

Head coach: Elisabeth Loisel

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Celine Marty March 30, 1976 (27) 2 DF Sabrina Viguier January 4, 1981 (22) 3 DF Peggy Provost September 19, 1977 (26) 4 DF Laura Georges August 20, 1984 (19) 5 DF Corinne Diacre (c) August 4, 1974 (29) 6 MF Sandrine Soubeyrand August 16, 1973 (30) 7 FW Stephanie Mugneret-Beghe March 22, 1974 (29) 8 MF Sonia Bompastor June 8, 1980 (23) 9 FW Marinette Pichon November 26, 1975 (27) 10 MF Elodie Woock January 13, 1976 (27) 11 MF Amélie Coquet December 31, 1984 (18) 12 MF Severine Lecoufle March 31, 1975 (28) 13 DF Anne-Laure Casseleux January 13, 1984 (19) 14 MF Virginie Dessalle July 3, 1981 (22) 15 FW Laetitia Tonazzi January 31, 1981 (22) 16 GK Berangere Sapowicz February 6, 1983 (20) 17 FW Marie-Ange Kramo February 20, 1979 (24) 18 FW Hoda Lattaf August 31, 1978 (25) 19 DF Severine Goulois April 18, 1982 (21) 20 DF Emmanuelle Sykora February 21, 1976 (27)

Norway

Head coach: Åge Steen

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Bente Nordby July 23, 1974 119 Kolbotn 2 DF Brit Sandaune June 5, 1972 115 Trondheims-Ørn 3 DF Ane Stangeland June 2, 1980 27 Klepp 4 DF Monica Knudsen March 25, 1975 81 Asker 5 MF Karin Bredland January 7, 1978 1 Røa 6 MF Hege Riise July 18, 1969 177 Carolina Courage 7 FW Trine Rønning June 14, 1982 30 Kolbotn 8 MF Solveig Gulbrandsen January 12, 1981 67 Kolbotn 9 FW Anita Rapp July 24, 1976 58 Asker 10 MF Unni Lehn June 7, 1977 88 Carolina Courage 11 FW Marianne Pettersen April 12, 1975 93 Asker 12 GK Silje Vesterbekkmo June 22, 1983 Røa 13 DF Anne Tønnessen March 18, 1974 59 Klepp 14 FW Dagny Mellgren (c) June 19, 1978 71 Boston Breakers 15 DF Marit Fiane Christensen December 11, 1980 6 Asker 16 DF Gunhild Følstad November 3, 1981 3 Trondheims-Ørn 17 FW Linda Ørmen March 22, 1977 46 Asker 18 FW Ingrid Fosse January 19, 1978 15 Arna-Bjørnar 19 MF Kristine Edner March 8, 1976 10 Røa 20 MF Lise Klaveness April 19, 1981 10 Asker

South Korea

Head coach: Ahn Jong-kwan

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Jung Ho-jung May 11, 1976 (27) INI Steel 2 MF Kim Joo-hee March 10, 1985 (18) Wirye Information Industry HS 3 MF Hong Kyung-suk October 14, 1984 (18) Yeojoo Institute of Technology 4 DF Kim Yeo-jin July 17, 1979 (24) INI Steel 5 DF Park Hae-jung March 10, 1977 (26) INI Steel 6 DF Jin suk-hee July 9, 1978 (25) INI Steel 7 FW Park Eun-sun December 25, 1986 (16) Wirye Information Industry HS 8 MF Hwang In-sun February 2, 1976 (27) INI Steel 9 MF Song Ju-hee October 30, 1977 (25) INI Steel 10 MF Kim Jin-hee March 26, 1981 (22) Ulsan College 11 FW Lee Ji-eun December 16, 1979 (23) INI Steel 12 GK Kim Jung-mi October 16, 1984 (18) Yeungjin College 13 MF Kim Yoo-jin September 26, 1981 (21) INI Steel 14 MF Han Jin-sook December 15, 1979 (23) Daekyo Kangaroos 15 MF Kim Kyul-sil April 13, 1982 (21) Yeojoo Institute of Technology 16 MF Shin Sun-nam May 30, 1981 (22) INI Steel 17 FW Sung Hyun-ah May 5, 1982 (21) Daekyo Kangaroos 18 DF Kim Yoo-mi August 15, 1979 (24) INI Steel 19 MF Lee Myung-hwa July 29, 1973 (30) INI Steel 20 DF Yoo Young-sil (c) May 1, 1975 (28) INI Steel

Group C

Argentina

Head coach: José Carlos Borello

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Romina Ferro June 26, 1980 (23) River Plate 2 DF Clarisa Huber December 22, 1984 (18) Unattached 3 DF Mariela Ricotti April 2, 1979 (24) Boca Juniors 4 DF Andrea Gonsebate May 7, 1977 (26) Unattached 5 MF Marisa Gerez (c) November 3, 1976 (26) Boca Juniors 6 DF Noelia López July 29, 1978 (25) Unattached 7 FW Karina Alvariza April 11, 1976 (27) Boca Juniors 8 MF Natalia Gatti October 20, 1982 (20) Unattached 9 DF Yesica Arrien July 1, 1980 (23) Gimnasia y Esgrima 10 MF Rosana Gomez July 13, 1980 (23) Boca Juniors 11 FW Marisol Medina May 11, 1980 (23) Unattached 12 GK Vanina Correa August 14, 1983 (20) Banfield 13 DF Nancy Diaz March 14, 1973 (30) Boca Juniors 14 FW Fabiana Vallejos June 30, 1985 (18) River Plate 15 MF Yanina Gaitán June 3, 1978 (25) Boca Juniors 16 DF Adela Medina November 3, 1978 (24) Unattached 17 DF Valeria Cotelo March 26, 1984 (19) Unattached 18 FW Mariela Coronel June 20, 1981 (22) Independiente 19 DF Sabrina Barbitta May 22, 1979 (24) Unattached 20 FW Maria Villanueva October 29, 1974 (28) Boca Juniors

Canada

Head coach: Even Pellerud

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Karina Leblanc March 30, 1980 (23) 2 FW Christine Latham September 15, 1981 (22) 3 DF Linda Consolante May 23, 1982 (21) 4 DF Sasha Andrews February 24, 1983 (20) 5 MF Andrea Neil October 26, 1971 (31) 6 DF Sharolta Nonen December 30, 1977 (25) 7 DF Isabelle Morneau April 18, 1976 (27) 8 MF Kristina Kiss February 13, 1981 (22) 9 MF Rhian Wilkinson May 12, 1982 (21) 10 FW Charmaine Hooper (c) January 15, 1968 (35) 11 DF Randee Hermuss November 14, 1979 (23) 12 FW Christine Sinclair June 12, 1983 (20) 13 MF Diana Matheson April 16, 1984 (19) 14 MF Carmelina Moscato May 2, 1984 (19) 15 MF Kara Lang October 22, 1986 (16) 16 MF Brittany Timko September 5, 1985 (18) 17 FW Silvana Burtini May 10, 1969 (34) 18 FW Tanya Dennis August 26, 1985 (18) 19 GK Erin McLeod February 26, 1983 (20) 20 GK Taryn Swiatek February 4, 1981 (22)

 Germany

Head coach: Tina Theune-Meyer

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Silke Rottenberg January 25, 1971 (32) 5 FCR 2001 Duisburg 2 DF Kerstin Stegemann September 29, 1977 (25) 42 FFC Heike Rheine 3 DF Linda Bresonik December 7, 1983 (19) 26 FCR 2001 Duisburg 4 DF Nia Künzer January 18, 1980 (23) 81 1. FFC Frankfurt 5 MF Steffi Jones December 22, 1972 (30) 38 1. FFC Frankfurt 6 MF Renate Lingor October 11, 1975 (27) 14 1. FFC Frankfurt 7 MF Pia Wunderlich January 26, 1975 (28) 28 1. FFC Frankfurt 8 MF Sandra Smisek July 3, 1977 (26) 18 FSV Frankfurt 9 FW Birgit Prinz October 25, 1977 (25) 43 1. FFC Frankfurt 10 MF Bettina Wiegmann (c) October 7, 1971 (31) 44 FFC Brauweiler Pulheim 11 FW Martina Müller April 18, 1980 (23) 26 SC 07 Bad Neuenahr 12 DF Sonja Fuss September 5, 1978 (25) 45 FFC Brauweiler Pulheim 13 DF Sandra Minnert April 7, 1973 (30) 42 1. FFC Frankfurt 14 FW Maren Meinert August 5, 1973 (30) 40 Boston Breakers 15 GK Nadine Angerer November 10, 1978 (24) 25 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 16 MF Viola Odebrecht February 11, 1983 (20) 48 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 17 DF Ariane Hingst July 25, 1979 (24) 46 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam 18 MF Kerstin Garefrekes September 4, 1979 (24) 17 FFC Heike Rheine 19 DF Stefanie Gottschlich August 5, 1978 (25) 46 VfL Wolfsburg 20 FW Conny Pohlers November 16, 1978 (24) 17 1. FFC Turbine Potsdam

Japan

Head coach: Eiji Ueda

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Nozomi Yamago January 16, 1975 (28) 2 DF Yumi Obe (c) February 15, 1975 (28) 3 DF Hiromi Isozaki December 22, 1975 (27) 4 DF Yasuyo Yamagishi November 28, 1979 (23) 5 MF Tomoe Sakai May 27, 1978 (25) 6 MF Yayoi Kobayashi September 18, 1981 (22) 7 MF Naoko Kawakami November 16, 1977 (25) 8 MF Tomomi Miyamoto December 31, 1978 (24) 9 FW Eriko Arakawa October 30, 1979 (23) 10 FW Homare Sawa September 6, 1978 (25) Atlanta Beat 11 FW Mio Otani May 5, 1979 (24) 12 GK Shiho Onodera November 18, 1973 (29) 13 MF Mai Nakachi December 16, 1980 (22) 14 DF Kyoko Yano June 3, 1984 (19) 15 DF Yuka Miyazaki October 13, 1983 (19) 16 MF Emi Yamamoto March 9, 1982 (21) 17 MF Miyuki Yanagita April 11, 1981 (22) 18 FW Karina Maruyama March 26, 1983 (20) 19 FW Akiko Sudo April 7, 1984 (19) 20 MF Aya Miyama January 28, 1985 (18)

Group D

 Australia

Head coach: Adrian Santrac

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Cassandra Kell August 8, 1980 (23) NSW Sapphires 2 MF Gillian Foster August 28, 1976 (27) Canberra Eclipse 3 DF Sacha Wainwright February 6, 1972 (31) Canberra Eclipse 4 DF Dianne Alagich May 12, 1979 (24) San Jose Cyber Rays 5 DF Cheryl Salisbury (c) March 8, 1974 (29) New York Power 6 DF Rhian Davies January 5, 1981 (22) Canberra Eclipse 7 FW Kelly Golebiowski July 26, 1981 (22) 8 MF Bryony Duus October 7, 1977 (25) 9 FW April Mann April 21, 1978 (25) 10 MF Joanne Peters March 11, 1979 (24) 11 MF Heather Garriock December 21, 1982 (20) 12 GK Melissa Barbieri January 20, 1980 (23) 13 DF Karla Reuter June 14, 1984 (19) 14 DF Pamela Grant November 15, 1982 (20) 15 MF Tal Karp December 30, 1981 (21) 16 MF Taryn Rockall November 11, 1977 (25) 17 FW Danielle Small February 7, 1979 (24) 18 GK Amy Beattie September 8, 1980 (23) 19 FW Amy Wilson June 9, 1980 (23) 20 FW Hayley Crawford March 27, 1984 (19)

 China PR

Head coach: Ma Liangxing

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Han Wenxia August 23, 1976 (27) 2 DF Sun Rui March 30, 1978 (25) 3 DF Li Jie July 8, 1979 (24) 4 DF Gao Hongxia December 7, 1973 (29) 5 DF Fan Yunjie April 29, 1972 (31) 6 MF Zhao Lihong December 25, 1972 (30) 7 FW Bai Jie March 28, 1972 (31) 8 MF Zhang Ouying November 2, 1975 (27) 9 FW Sun Wen (c) April 6, 1973 (30) 10 MF Liu Ying June 11, 1974 (29) 11 MF Pu Wei August 20, 1980 (23) 12 MF Qu Feifei May 18, 1982 (21) 13 FW Teng Wei May 21, 1974 (29) 14 FW Bi Yan February 17, 1984 (19) 15 MF Ren Liping October 21, 1978 (24) 16 DF Liu Yali February 9, 1980 (23) 17 MF Pan Lina July 18, 1977 (26) 18 GK Zhao Yan May 7, 1972 (31) 19 FW Han Duan June 15, 1983 (20) 20 DF Wang Liping November 12, 1973 (29)

 Ghana

Head coach: Oko Aryee

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Memunatu Sulemana November 4, 1977 (25) 2 DF Aminatu Ibrahim January 3, 1979 (24) 3 DF Mavis Danso March 24, 1984 (19) 4 DF Patience Sackey April 22, 1975 (28) 5 MF Patricia Ofori June 9, 1981 (22) 6 MF Florence Okoe November 12, 1984 (18) 7 MF Genevive Clottey April 25, 1969 (34) 8 FW Myralyn Osei Agyemang November 5, 1981 (21) 9 FW Akua Anokyewaa October 15, 1984 (18) 10 FW Adjoa Bayor May 17, 1979 (24) 11 FW Gloria Foriwa May 11, 1981 (22) 12 GK Fati Mohammed June 4, 1979 (24) 13 DF Yaa Avoe July 1, 1982 (21) 14 DF Elizabeth Baidu April 28, 1978 (25) 15 FW Alberta Sackey (c) November 6, 1972 (30) 16 DF Lydia Ankrah December 1, 1973 (29) 17 MF Belinda Kanda November 3, 1982 (20) 18 FW Mavis Dgajmah December 21, 1973 (29) 19 FW Basilea Amoa-Tetteh March 7, 1984 (19) 20 GK Gladys Enti April 21, 1975 (28)

 Russia

Head coach: Yuri Bistritskiy

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 GK Svetlana Petko June 6, 1970 (33) 2 DF Tatiana Zaytseva August 27, 1978 (25) 3 DF Marina Burakova (c) May 8, 1966 (37) 4 DF Marina Saenko May 1, 1975 (28) 5 DF Vera Stroukova August 6, 1981 (22) 6 MF Galina Komarova August 12, 1977 (26) 7 MF Tatiana Egorova March 10, 1970 (33) 8 MF Alexandra Svetlitskaya August 20, 1971 (32) 9 MF Olga Sergaeva March 8, 1977 (26) 10 FW Natalia Barbashina August 26, 1973 (30) 11 FW Olga Letyushova December 29, 1975 (27) 12 GK Alla Volkova April 12, 1968 (35) 13 MF Elena Fomina April 5, 1979 (24) 14 MF Oxana Shmachkova June 20, 1981 (22) 15 MF Tatiana Skotnikova November 27, 1978 (24) 16 DF Marina Kolomiets September 29, 1972 (30) 17 FW Elena Danilova June 17, 1987 (16) 18 DF Anastassia Pustovoitova February 10, 1981 (22) 19 MF Elena Denchtchik November 11, 1973 (29) 20 GK Maria Pigaleva February 19, 1981 (22)

References

• FIFA Women's World Cup 2003 - Teams
• FIFA Women's World Cup USA 2003 - Technical Report