Listed below are the dates and results for the

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qualification rounds for

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teams. The European section of the

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acted as qualifiers for the

, which is being held in South Korea and Japan, for national teams which are members of the

. Apart from

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, who qualified automatically as defending champions, a total of 13.5 slots in the final tournament were available for UEFA teams. The 50 teams were divided into nine groups, five groups of six teams and four groups of five teams. The teams played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winners would qualify. Among the runners-up, Group 2 was drawn randomly to advance to the UEFA–AFC Intercontinental play-off while the remaining eight runners-up would advance to the UEFA play-offs. In the play-offs, the eight teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The four aggregate winners qualified. The qualifying process started on 2 September 2000, after

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, and ended on 14 November 2001.

Qualification seeding (UEFA)

The draw was made in December 1999, and was based on average points per game achieved in

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and

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qualified automatically as title holders, and because

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and

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, as hosts, had not had to qualify for

, only their 1998 World Cup result was used.

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made their debut in World Cup qualifying. Teams in bold eventually qualified for the final tournament, teams in ''bold italic'' qualified for the final tournament through the play-offs, and teams in ''italic'' participated in the play-offs but did not qualify for the final tournament.

Summary

Table - top row: group winners, second row: group runners-up, third row: others. The winner of each group qualified for the

together with winners of

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. Group 2 was chosen at random before qualifying began for its runner- up to participate in the UEFA/AFC intercontinental play-off. As runner-up in group 2, Republic of Ireland played a play-off against a team from the AFC confederation, whereas the others played against each other (UEFA play-off).

First round

The winner of each group qualified directly, the runner-up advanced to play-off (either UEFA playoff or UEFA-AFC playoff).

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Group 5

Group 6

Group 7

Group 8

Group 9

Play-offs

The draw for the play-offs was held on 31 August 2001 at FIFA's headquarters in

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, Switzerland. The nine group runners-up were placed into one pot, with eight teams drawn into four pairings (with the first team drawn hosting the first leg). The remaining team then faced an AFC team in the inter-confederation play-offs. UEFA were paired to face the AFC team by decision of the

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in October 1999.

UEFA

Belgium qualified by the aggregate score of 2–0. ---- Germany qualified by the aggregate score of 5–2. ---- Slovenia qualified by the aggregate score of 3–2. ---- Turkey qualified by the aggregate score of 6–0.

Inter-confederation play-offs

As the

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runner-up was the last team to be selected in the play-off draw on 31 August 2001, that team then faced an AFC team in the inter-confederation play-offs. UEFA were paired to face the AFC team by decision of the

in October 1999, though the order of legs was decided by the draw on 31 August 2001. The team to meet an AFC team became the Republic of Ireland.

Qualified teams

The following 15 teams from UEFA qualified for the final tournament. :

¹ Bold indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.

² Competed as

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³ Competed as

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. A separate team for

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also participated in qualifications during this time, having only competed in

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Goalscorers

There were 594 goals scored in 240 matches (including 2 international play-offs), for an average of 2.48 goals per match. ;10 goals *

Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko, or Andrii Mykolaiovych Shevchenko ( uk, Андрій Миколайович Шевченко, ; born 29 September 1976) is a Ukrainian football manager, a former professional football player and a former politici ...

;9 goals *

Ebbe Sand Ebbe Sand (; born 19 July 1972) is a former professional footballer from Denmark who played as a forward for Brøndby IF in Denmark and FC Schalke 04 in Germany. He was the Bundesliga top scorer in 2001, and won the DFB-Pokal in 2001 and 2002 w ...

;8 goals *

Emmanuel Olisadebe Emmanuel Olisadebe (; born 22 December 1978) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker most notably for the Poland national team. He scored 11 international goals in 25 caps between 2000 and 2004, and participated in the 20 ...

* Pauleta *

Henrik Larsson Edward Henrik Larsson (born 20 September 1971) is a Swedish professional football coach and former player, formerly an assistant manager of Barcelona. Playing as a striker, Larsson began his career with Högaborgs BK. In 1992, he moved to Hels ...

;7 goals *

Marc Wilmots Marc Robert Wilmots (born 22 February 1969) is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who recently managed the Iran national team and is now active at Raja CA. During his club career as attacking midfielder, he won trophies w ...

Filippo Inzaghi Filippo "Pippo" Inzaghi (; born 9 August 1973) is an Italian professional football manager and former player who played as a striker. He was nicknamed "Superpippo" or "Alta tensione" by fans and commentators during his playing career. He is ...

* Nuno Gomes *

Vladimir Beschastnykh Vladimir Yevgenyevich Beschastnykh ( rus, Влади́мир Евге́ньевич Бесча́стных, p=vlɐˈdʲimʲɪr jɪvˈɡʲenʲɪvʲɪdʑ bʲɪˈɕːasnɨx; born 1 April 1974) is a Russian football manager and a former player who ...

Kubilay Türkyilmaz Kubilay Türkyilmaz (; born 4 March 1967) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a forward. He completed his international career as the all-time joint leading goal scorer for the Swiss national team, with 34 goals in 64 appear ...

;6 goals *

Michalis Konstantinou Michalis Konstantinou ( el, Μιχάλης Κωνσταντίνου; born 19 February 1978) is a Cypriot retired football striker. He played for the Cyprus national football team, and he is the all-time leading scorer with 32 goals in 85 appe ...

Michael Owen Michael James Owen (born 14 December 1979) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, as well as for the England national team. Since r ...

Michael Ballack Michael Ballack (; born 26 September 1976) is a German former professional footballer. He is among the top goal scorers in the history of the German national team. Ballack wore the number 13 shirt for every team he has played for, except 1. FC ...

Ruud Van Nistelrooy Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooij (anglicised to Van Nistelrooy; born 1 July 1976) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player. He is currently the coach of PSV Eindhoven. A former footballer, Van Nistelrooy is often consi ...

Luís Figo Luís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo (; born 4 November 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a winger for Sporting CP, Barcelona, Real Madrid and Inter Milan. He won 127 caps for the Portugal national team, a one ...

Hakan Şükür Hakan Şükür (; born 1 September 1971) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Nicknamed the "Bull of the Bosphorus" and ''Kral'' (king), he spent the majority of his professional career with Galatasaray, being a ...

Savo Milošević Savo Milošević ( sr-Cyrl, Саво Милошевић, ; born 2 September 1973) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. A former forward, he signed for English club Aston Villa after making a name for himself at Partiza ...

;5 goals *

Raman Vasilyuk Raman Vasilyuk ( be, Раман Васілюк; russian: Роман Василюк, born 23 November 1978) is a former Belarusian association football, footballer. Career He has played for FC Dinamo Brest, Dinamo Brest, FC Slavia Mozyr, Slavia Mo ...

Dimitar Berbatov Dimitar Ivanov Berbatov ( bg, Димитър Иванов Бербатов; born 30 January 1981) is a Bulgarian former professional footballer. A striker, he captained the Bulgaria national team from 2006 to 2010, and is the country's all-ti ...

* Boško Balaban *

Pavel Nedvěd Pavel Nedvěd (; born 30 August 1972) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is regarded as one of the most successful players to emerge from the Czech Republic, winning domestic and European accolades with Ital ...

Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Del Piero (; born 9 November 1974) is an Italian former professional footballer who mainly played as a deep-lying forward, although he was capable of playing in several offensive positions. Since 2015, he has worked as a pundit fo ...

Patrick Kluivert Patrick Stephan Kluivert (; born 1 July 1976) is a Dutch former football player, coach and sporting director. He played as a striker, most notably for AFC Ajax, FC Barcelona and the Netherlands national team. He was part of Ajax's Golden Gen ...

* John Carew * Radosław Kałużny *

Marcus Allbäck Marcus Christian Allbäck (; born 5 July 1973) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was known for his sharp finishing ability and represented clubs in Sweden, Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands, England, and Germa ...

Alexander Frei Alexander Frei or Alex Frei (born 15 July 1979) is a Swiss professional football coach and a former player who played as a forward. He is currently the manager of Basel. He began his career at Basel, going on to various other clubs in Switzerla ...

Mateja Kežman Mateja Kežman ( sr-Cyrl, Матеја Кежман, ; born 12 April 1979) is a Serbian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Upon playing in his homeland, Kežman went on to play top-flight football in the Netherlands, Engla ...

;4 goals *

Andi Herzog Andreas "Andi" Herzog (born 10 September 1968) is an Austrian former footballer and manager who last managed Admira Wacker. As a player, he played as an attacking midfielder, most notably for Werder Bremen. A full international between 1988 and ...

Bob Peeters Bob Peeters (born 10 January 1974) is a Belgian football manager and former player currently manager of Eerste Divisie club Helmond Sport. Club career Lierse Noted for his large stature, measuring 1.96 m, Peeters grew up in Wommelgem, Antwe ...

Jon Dahl Tomasson Jon Dahl Tomasson (; born 29 August 1976) is a Danish football manager and former player who is the current head coach of EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers. A forward, his most notable run of football came in his first stint at Feyenoord ...

Mikael Forssell Mikael Kaj Forssell (born 15 March 1981) is a Finnish former football striker. Forssell began his professional career in 1997 for HJK, having progressed through the team's youth teams, but he only remained at the club for a single season, maki ...

Aleksandr Iashvili Alexandr Iashvili ( ka, ალექსანდრე მამულის ძე იაშვილი; born 23 October 1977) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career Early years Born in Tbilisi, ...

Ian Harte Ian Patrick Harte (born 31 August 1977) is an Irish football agent and former professional footballer who played as a left back. He was best known for his ability to score goals from long range, including being a free kick specialist. He beg ...

Roy Keane Roy Maurice Keane (born 10 August 1971) is an Irish football pundit, coach and former professional player. He is the joint most successful Irish footballer of all time, having won 19 major trophies in his club career, 17 of which came durin ...

* David Healy * Sérgio Conceição *

Marius Niculae Marius Constantin Niculae (born 16 May 1981), nicknamed (''Arrow'' in Romanian) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a centre forward. Niculae started his career with Dinamo București, progressing through their youth system to the ...

Szilárd Németh Szilárd Németh (; ; born 8 August 1977) is a Slovak former professional footballer who played as a striker. After playing for clubs in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, he spent four-and-a-half seasons at Middlesbrough of the Premier League f ...

Zlatko Zahovič Zlatko Zahovič (; born 1 February 1971) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. After making a name for himself in Europe in Portugal, most notably with Porto and Benfica where he amassed Primeira L ...

* Raúl *

John Hartson John Hartson (born 5 April 1975) is a Welsh former professional association football, footballer, coach and sports television pundit for S4C, Sky Sports, Premier Sports TV and BT Sport. As a player he was a striker (association football), stri ...

;3 goals *

Arthur Petrosyan Artur Petrosyan ( hy, Արթուր Պետրոսյան; born 17 December 1971) is a former Armenian football player who played as a midfielder. He worked as the manager of Armenia national football team. He is currently the manager of Grassh ...

Michael Baur Michael Baur (born 16 April 1969) is an Austrian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. Club career Born in Innsbruck, Baur started his career with Tirol Innsbruck and played 12 seasons for them, winning four leag ...

Alexander Khatskevich Alyaksandr Khatskevich ( be, Аляксандр Хацкевіч, born 19 October 1973) is a Belarusian football manager and former player. Playing career Khatskevich is a former player of the Ukrainian club Dynamo Kyiv. He made 39 appearance ...

Bart Goor Bart Goor (; born 9 April 1973) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a left winger. Club career Geel Goor began his professional career representing K.F.C. Verbroedering Geel in 1991 having risen through the club's youth r ...

Gert Verheyen Gert Verheyen (; born 20 September 1970) is a Belgian retired footballer and manager, who was last in charge of Oostende. In a 20-year professional career, he was mainly associated with Anderlecht and Club Brugge (especially the latter), scor ...

Elvir Baljić Elvir Baljić (born 8 July 1974) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. As a player, Baljić's biggest success was winning the UEFA Champions League with Spanish giant Real Madrid in the 1999–2000 season. Apart from ...

Sergej Barbarez Sergej Barbarez (born 17 September 1971) is a Bosnian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Barbarez played for several clubs in the German Bundesliga and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team. He is considered one of the ...

* Georgi Ivanov *

Ioannis Okkas Ioannis "Giannis" Okkas (Greek: Ιωάννης «Γιάννης» Οκκάς; born 11 February 1977) is a retired Cypriot striker and a football manager. He was also the captain of the National Team of Cyprus for many years and he is the 2nd l ...

Milan Baroš Milan Baroš (; born 28 October 1981) is a Czech footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for FK Vigantice at amateur level. In 2005, he was part of the Liverpool team which won the UEFA Champions League. He went on to win Ligue ...

* Dennis Rommedahl *

David Beckham David Robert Joseph Beckham (; born 2 May 1975) is an English former professional footballer, the current president and co-owner of Inter Miami CF and co-owner of Salford City. Known for his range of passing, crossing ability and bending ...

Andres Oper Andres Oper (born 7 November 1977) is an Estonian football coach and former professional player. He is currently an assistant manager of Estonia national team. Oper played as a forward for Lelle, Flora, Tervis Pärnu, AaB, Torpedo Moscow, ...

Aki Riihilahti Aki Pasinpoika Riihilahti (born 9 September 1976, in Helsinki) is a retired Finnish footballer. He is known as a hard working, defensive midfielder. He is now working as the CEO of HJK Helsinki. He was voted by leading European clubs to be the ...

Marko Rehmer Marko Rehmer (born 29 April 1972) is a German former professional footballer who played mainly as a right-back. Club career Rehmer was born in East Berlin. In his youth he played for hometown 1. FC Union Berlin; he arrived in the first divis ...

Miklós Fehér Miklós "Miki" Fehér (; 20 July 1979 – 25 January 2004) was a Hungarian professional footballer who played as a striker. He spent most of his nine-year career in Portugal, representing four clubs and amassing Primeira Liga totals of 80 game ...

* Ferenc Horváth *

Eyjólfur Sverrisson Eyjólfur Gjafar Sverrisson (born 3 August 1968) is an Icelandic former footballer and former coach of the Iceland national football team. He is the father of Hólmar Örn Eyjólfsson, also a professional footballer. Football Playing career ...

Matt Holland Matthew Rhys Holland (born 11 April 1974) is a former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Holland began his career at West Ham United, having previously been with Arsenal's academy. During his time at West Ham spent time out on ...

Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink Jerrel Floyd "Jimmy" Hasselbaink ( ; born 27 March 1972) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of League One club Burton Albion. Born in Suriname, he and his family would later move to t ...

Clarence Seedorf Clarence Clyde Seedorf (; born 1 April 1976) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is regarded by many to be one of the best midfielders of his generation. Seedorf is considered one of the most successful players in U ...

Mark Van Bommel Mark Peter Gertruda Andreas van Bommel (born 22 April 1977) is a Dutch football coach and former player who played as a midfielder. He is currently the manager of Belgian side Royal Antwerp. His FIFA World Cup profile describes him as "a tacklin ...

Pierre Van Hooijdonk Pierre van Hooijdonk (; born 29 November 1969) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker. He had spells with clubs across Europe where he was a prolific goal scorer. Van Hooijdonk was capped 46 times for the Dutch nation ...

* Marcin Żewłakow *

João Vieira Pinto João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * Jo ...

Yegor Titov Yegor Ilyich Titov (; born 29 May 1976) is a Russian football coach and a former player who played as a midfielder. He was a goal scoring midfielder who usually played in "the hole" between the midfield and attack, as an attacking midfielder. A ...

Billy Dodds William Dodds (born 5 February 1969) is a Scottish football coach and former player who is the manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle. His playing career started with English club Chelsea and the rest of his career was spent in Scotland with ...

Igor Demo Igor Demo (born 18 September 1975) is a Slovak former professional footballer. His playing position was midfielder. Demo (born Igor Demo Fußballgott) was born and grew up in Nitra, and he started his professional career playing for the local t ...

Milenko Ačimovič Milenko "Mile" Ačimovič (; ; born 15 February 1977) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Besides Slovenia, he has played in FR Yugoslavia, England, France, Saudi Arabia, and Austria. Club career Born to S ...

Milan Osterc Milan Osterc (; born 4 July 1975) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Club career Osterc started his career at Veržej, where he was the top goalscorer of the 1993–94 Slovenian Second League season. In th ...

Fernando Hierro Fernando Ruiz Hierro (; born 23 March 1968) is a Spanish football manager and former player who played as a centre-back, sweeper or defensive midfielder. He is the current sporting director of Liga MX club C.D. Guadalajara. He won five La Liga ...

Gaizka Mendieta Gaizka Mendieta Zabala (, ; born 27 March 1974) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. A versatile player, with good technique, offensive capabilities and tackling skills, who was capable of creating goals both ...

Anders Svensson Anders Gunnar Svensson (; born 17 July 1976) is a Swedish former professional footballer. He was a central midfielder, known for his passing, free kicks, and set piece-taking abilities, who usually operated in a playmaking role. He was capped ...

Okan Buruk Okan Buruk (born 19 October 1973) is a Turkish professional football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of Süper Lig club Galatasaray. As a former midfielder, he played for Galatasaray, Inter Milan, Beşiktaş, and İstanbu ...

Alpay Özalan Fehmi Alpay Özalan (born 29 May 1973) is a Turkish former professional footballer, football manager and politician. He last worked as the manager of Samsunspor. He played 90 international games for Turkey between 1995 and 2005, making him T ...

;2 goals *

Ildefons Lima Ildefons Lima Solà (born 10 December 1979) is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for FC Andorra B and the Andorra national team. He has played club football in Spain, Greece, Mexico, Italy, Switzerland and Andorra. At inter ...

* Thomas Flögel * Vadim Vasilyev * Valentin Belkevich *

Mikalay Ryndzyuk Mikalay Ryndzyuk ( be, Мікалай Рындзюк; russian: link=no, Николай Рындюк; born 2 February 1978) is a Belarusian football coach and former player. Football career Mikalay Ryndzyuk started his career at Smena Minsk. He ...

Émile Mpenza Eka Basunga Lokonda "Émile" Mpenza (born 4 July 1978) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a striker. He has been capped at international level by Belgium. His older brother, Mbo, also represented Belgium. Club career Belgium, German ...

Yves Vanderhaeghe Yves Vanderhaeghe (; born 30 January 1970) is a Belgian football manager and former player who played as a defensive midfielder. In February 2022 he became the manager of K.V. Oostende for a second time. Known for his tackling, hard-working appr ...

Krasimir Chomakov Krasimir Chomakov ( bg, Красимир Чомаков; born 8 June 1977 in Plovdiv) is a former Bulgarian footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Chomakov is a former Bulgarian international and played with Maritsa Plovdiv, CSKA Sofia ...

Martin Petrov Martin Petyov Petrov ( bg, Мартин Петьов Петров; born 15 January 1979) is a Bulgarian former footballer who played as a winger. Club career Petrov began his career for Botev Vratsa. After a few good seasons, he signed with C ...

Alen Bokšić Alen Bokšić (; born 21 January 1970) is a former Croatian professional footballer. A forward who spent most of his career in France and Italy, he was renowned for his technique and power, and is regarded as one of the greatest players in the ...

Robert Prosinečki Robert Prosinečki (; born 12 January 1969) is a Croatian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Early in his career, he was part of the Red Star Belgrade team that won three Yugoslav First League titles an ...

Davor Vugrinec Davor Vugrinec (born 24 March 1975) is a Croatian former professional footballer. He primarily played as a striker, but also operated as an attacking midfielder or a second striker. He is all-time top scorer of the Croatian First Football League ...

Marios Agathokleous Marios Agathokleous (born September 8, 1974 in Limassol, Cyprus) is a retired Cypriot football striker. Club career Agathokleous last played for Thermaikos in the Greek Gamma Ethniki. His former teams are AEL Limassol, Athinaikos, Aris Thessa ...

Jan Koller Jan Koller (; born 30 March 1973) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was noted for his height, strong physique, and heading ability. He began his career at Sparta Prague, then moved to Belgium, where he becam ...

Pavel Kuka Pavel Kuka (born 19 July 1968) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward. Born in Prague, Kuka started and finished his career at Slavia Prague, playing with the club from 1989–93 and then from 2000–05. He has also ...

Marek Jankulovski Marek Jankulovski (born 9 May 1977) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a defender. His most notable achievements include winning the UEFA Champions League with AC Milan and being voted the 2007 Czech Footballer of the Year. ...

Vratislav Lokvenc Vratislav Lokvenc (, born 27 September 1973) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a striker. After playing youth football for Náchod and Hradec Králové, he began his senior club career with the latter team. After moving to ...

Tomáš Rosický Tomáš Rosický (; born 4 October 1980) is a Czech former professional footballer who was the captain of the Czech Republic national team for a ten-year period. He played club football for Sparta Prague, Borussia Dortmund and Arsenal. He s ...

Thomas Gravesen Thomas Gravesen (; born 11 March 1976) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Gravesen played as a professional in Denmark, Germany, England, Spain and Scotland for Vejle Boldklub, Hamburger SV, Everton, Real Mad ...

Paul Scholes Paul Scholes (born 16 November 1974) is an English football coach, pundit, former player, and co-owner of Salford City. He spent his entire professional playing career with Manchester United, for whom he scored over 150 goals in more than 700 ...

Martin Reim Martin Reim (born 14 May 1971) is an Estonian football manager and former professional player. Reim played as a central midfielder for Lõvid, Sport Tallinn, Norma, Flora, KTP and the Estonia national team. He is Estonia's most capped player ...

Indrek Zelinski Indrek Zelinski (born 13 November 1974) is an Estonian Association football, football Coach (sport), coach and former professional football player, player. Zelinski played as a Forward (association football), forward for Sindi Kalju, JK Tervis ...

Jari Litmanen Jari Olavi Litmanen (; born 20 February 1971) is a Finnish former footballer. He was the first-choice captain of the Finland national team between 1996 and 2008 in an international career that ran from 1989 to 2010. Litmanen is widely consider ...

Temuri Ketsbaia Temuri Ketsbaia ( ka, თემურ ქეცბაია; born 18 March 1968) is a Georgian former professional football player and current manager. He is the current manager of the Cyprus national team. Club career After beginning his prof ...

Sebastian Deisler Sebastian Toni Deisler (; born 5 January 1980) is a German former professional footballer who played as a right midfielder and attacking midfielder. A Borussia Mönchengladbach youth product, he played one season with the club during which it ...

Carsten Jancker Carsten Jancker (born 28 August 1974) is a German football coach and former player who is the manager of Austrian club DSV Leoben. He played as a striker for various teams between 1993 and 2009, including FC Köln, Rapid Wien, FC Bayern Munich ...

Miroslav Klose Miroslav Josef Klose (, pl, Mirosław Józef Klose; born 9 June 1978 as Mirosław Marian Klose) is a German professional football manager and former player who is the head coach of Austrian Bundesliga club Rheindorf Altach. A striker, Klose ...

Angelos Charisteas Angelos Charisteas ( el, Άγγελος Χαριστέας, ; born 9 February 1980) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward. He works as sporting director for Aris Thessaloniki. At club level he played for Aris Thessa ...

Attila Korsós Attila Korsós (born 25 December 1971 in Győr) is a Hungarian former football player. World Cup 2002 Qualifier From 2000 to 2001, Attila Korsós participated in four World Cup qualifying matches for Hungary. Career in NBII In 2003, he left ...

* János Mátyus * Vilmos Sebők *

Ríkharður Daðason Ríkharður Daðason (born 26 April 1972) is an Icelandic former professional footballer who played as a striker for Fram Reykjavik, KR, Kalamata, Viking, Stoke City, Lillestrøm and Fredrikstad. Education Ríkharður graduated from Colum ...

* Þórður Guðjónsson *

Eiður Guðjohnsen Eiður Smári Guðjohnsen (transliterated as Eidur Smari Gudjohnsen; born 15 September 1978) is an Icelandic professional football coach and former player who played as a forward. Eiður saw his greatest success in England and Spain with Chels ...

Tryggvi Guðmundsson Tryggvi Guðmundsson (born 30 July 1974) is an Icelandic former professional footballer. He is Iceland's all-time top scorer in the Úrvalsdeild. He is the highest scoring male Icelandic footballer of all time in association football with 296 ...

Richard Dunne Richard Patrick Dunne (born 21 September 1979) is an Irish former footballer and current television pundit for BT Sport, who played as a defender. He made 431 Premier League appearances, including 253 for Manchester City. Dunne began his prof ...

Robbie Keane Robert David Keane (born 8 July 1980) is an Irish professional football coach and former player who played as a striker. Keane served as captain of the Republic of Ireland from March 2006 until his international retirement in August 2016. Keane ...

Kevin Kilbane Kevin Daniel Kilbane (; born 1 February 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a left winger or full back. Kilbane won 110 caps for the Republic of Ireland national team, fourth behind only Robbie Keane, Shay Given and John O' ...

Mark Kinsella Mark Anthony Kinsella (born 12 August 1972) is an Irish football manager and former player, currently a coach at Drogheda United after previously being both the manager and assistant manager. He played as a central midfielder for most of his ca ...

Jason McAteer Jason Wynne McAteer (born 18 June 1971) is a former professional footballer. His primary position was in centre midfield, though he was also an able right winger and full-back. During his professional career from 1992 to 2007, McAteer played ...

Haim Revivo Haim Michael Revivo ( he, חיים מיכאל רביבו; born 22 February 1972) is a retired Israeli football player who played as a midfielder, and a businessman. Sports career Revivo is Jewish and was born to a traditional Mizrahi Jewish fam ...

Marco Delvecchio Marco Delvecchio (; born 7 April 1973) is a retired Italian footballer, who played as a forward. Although he played for several Italian clubs throughout his career, he spent most of it at A.S. Roma, where he is still remembered by the club's fa ...

Francesco Totti Francesco Totti (; born 27 September 1976) is an Italian former professional footballer who played solely for Roma and the Italy national team. He is often referred to as ''Er Bimbo de Oro'' (The Golden Boy), ''L'Ottavo Re di Roma'' (The Eig ...

Marians Pahars Marians Pahars (born 5 August 1976) is a Latvian professional football manager and a former player. As a player, he spent the majority of his career operating as a striker for English club Southampton, where he played in the Premier League an ...

Gjorgji Hristov Georgi Hristov (Macedonian: Ѓорѓи Христов, also romanized as ''Gjorgji Hristov''; born 30 January 1976) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Hristov made 48 appearances and netted 18 goals for Mac ...

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Marc Overmars Marc Overmars (; born 29 March 1973) is a Dutch former professional footballer and director of football at Belgian Pro League side Royal Antwerp FC. He was previously director of football at Ajax. During his football career, he played as a win ...

Philip Mulryne Philip Patrick Stephen Mulryne, Order of Preachers, OP (born 1 January 1978) is a Northern Irish Dominican friar and priest in the Catholic Church, and retired professional association football, footballer. Born in Belfast, he started his career ...

* Bård Borgersen *

Ole Gunnar Solskjær Ole Gunnar Solskjær (; born 26 February 1973) is a Norwegian professional football manager and former player who played as a forward who last managed Premier League club Manchester United. As a player, Solskjær spent the majority of his car ...

* Bartosz Karwan * Paweł Kryszałowicz *

Pedro Barbosa Pedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa (born 6 August 1970; ) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Best known for his spell at Sporting, he appeared in 367 matches in the Primeira Liga and scored ...

Cosmin Contra Cosmin Marius Contra (; born 15 December 1975) is a Romanian football manager and former player. Primarily an attacking-minded right-back, he was also deployed as a midfielder. He played professionally in three countries his own notwithstanding, ...

* Adrian Ilie *

Dmitri Khokhlov Dmitri Valeryevich Khokhlov (russian: Дмитрий Валерьевич Хохлов, born 22 December 1975) is a Russian football manager and a former player. He is an assistant coach with Sochi. He played as a holding midfielder or playmak ...

Andy Selva Andy Selva (born 23 May 1976) is a Sammarinese former footballer and current manager of Tre Fiori. During his playing career he played as a forward and captained the San Marino national team, finishing his career as their record goal scorer ...

* Colin Hendry * Peter Németh * Nastja Čeh * Željko Milinovič *

Gerard López Gerard López Segú (; born 12 March 1979), usually known as just Gerard, is a Spanish former professional footballer, and a manager. An all-around midfielder, he was known for precision passes and ball control skills. During his career, he pla ...

Fernando Morientes Fernando Morientes Sánchez (; born 5 April 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker, currently a manager. He played for a number of clubs during his career, including Real Madrid, Monaco, Liverpool and Valenci ...

Diego Tristán Diego Tristán Herrera (born 5 January 1976) is a Spanish former professional footballer who played as a striker. At his peak, he was considered amongst the best players in his position in Europe, displaying a vast array of skills: dribblin ...

Stéphane Chapuisat Stéphane Chapuisat (born 28 June 1969) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a striker. A prolific goalscorer for both club and country (for which he appeared more than 100 times), he spent most of his career with Bundesliga ...

Arif Erdem Arif Erdem (born 2 January 1972) is a Turkish retired football manager and former professional player who played in the forward position. Starting out with local club Zeytinburnuspor in 1990, Erdem had a decorated 15-year professional career. H ...

Andriy Vorobei Andriy Oleksiyovych Vorobey ( uk, Андрій Олексійович Воробей; born 29 November 1978) is a Ukrainian retired football striker. He was a three times national champion while playing for FC Shakhtar Donetsk. In 2000 the ma ...

Hennadiy Zubov Hennadiy Zubov (born 12 September 1977), is a former footballer and Ukraine international. Career Zubov, a short midfielder (only 162 cm), is most-known for his playing days at Shakhtar Donetsk (1994–2004), as he was one of the few relia ...

Nathan Blake Nathan Blake (born 27 January 1972) is a Welsh former professional footballer, pundit and television presenter. He notably played in the Premier League for Sheffield United, Bolton Wanderers, Blackburn Rovers and Wolverhampton Wanderers. He als ...

Slaviša Jokanović Slaviša Jokanović ( sr-Cyrl, Славиша Јокановић, ; born 16 August 1968) is a Serbian professional football manager and former player. He is the manager of Russian club Dynamo Moscow. A physical player considered strong in the ai ...

Siniša Mihajlović Siniša Mihajlović ( sr-Cyrl, Синиша Михајловић, ; 20 February 1969 – 16 December 2022) was a Serbian professional football player and manager. During his career as a footballer, he played as a defender or midfielder. He won ...

Predrag Mijatović Predrag "Peđa" Mijatović ( sr-Cyrl, Предраг Мијатовић, ; born 19 January 1969) is a Montenegrin retired professional footballer who played as a striker. At club level, Mijatović played for six clubs: Budućnost, Partizan, Va ...

Dejan Stanković Dejan Stanković ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Станковић, , born 11 September 1978) is a Serbian professional manager and former player. He currently manages Italian club Sampdoria. He captained the Serbia national team from 2007 until 20 ...

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Alban Bushi Alban Bushi (born 20 August 1973) is an Albanian professional football coach and former player who is the current manager of Albania under-21 and under-20 team. He is nicknamed "Loku". During his playing career he played as a striker. Bushi ...

Ervin Fakaj Ervin Pëllumb Fakaj (born 15 June 1976) is an Albanian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He made 25 appearances and scored one goal for the Albania national team. Club career Born in Vlorë, Fakaj had spells in Spai ...

Bledar Kola Bledar Kola (born 1 August 1972) is an Albanian retired football player and later manager. Early life Kola comes from Mirditë, but grew up in the city of Lezhë. He was an exemplary student. He started his career at Besëlidhja Lezhë, and th ...

Edvin Murati Edvin Murati (born 12 November 1975) is an Albanian former professional footballer. He played for Panserraikos FC and Iraklis F.C. in Greece. He played also in France, Germany, and for the Albania national football team. In December 2018 he wa ...

Altin Rraklli Altin Rraklli (born 17 July 1970) is an Albanian football coach and former player who played as a forward. Most of his professional career was spent in Germany, where he played for five clubs in both major levels of football, mainly SC Frei ...

* Emiliano González Arqués *

Roberto Jonas Roberto Jonas Alonso (born 7 June 1967) is an Andorran footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Ca ...

Justo Ruiz Justo Ruiz González (born 31 August 1969) is a retired Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder, and the Manager (association football), manager of the Andorra national under-21 football team, Andorra under-21 national team. ...

Hayk Hakobyan Hayk Hakobyan ( hy, Հայկ Հակոբյան; born 26 December 1980) is an Armenian football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normal ...

Felix Khojoyan Felix Khojoyan ( hy, Ֆելիքս Ալբերտի Խոջոյան, born on 22 December 1974), is an Armenian football manager and former footballer who mainly played as defender throughout his career. Khojoyan was a member of the Armenia nationa ...

* Artak Minasyan *

Andrey Movsisyan Andrey Movsisyan ( hy, Անդրեյ Մովսիսյան, born on 27 October 1975) is a Russia-born former Armenian Association football, football Striker (association football), striker. He was a member of the Armenia national football team, Armen ...

Eduard Glieder Eduard "Edi" Glieder (born 28 January 1969) is an Austrian former professional footballer played as a forward. Career statistics Club International Honours ;Austria Salzburg * Austrian Bundesliga winner: 1994–95, 1996–97 * Austrian ...

* Fərrux İsmayılov * Zaur Tağızadə * Walter Baseggio * Jurgen Cavens * Wesley Sonck *

Daniel Van Buyten Daniel Van Buyten (; born 7 February 1978) is a Belgian former footballer who played as a centre back. Nicknamed "Big Dan", Van Buyten was known for his uncompromising style of play, exploiting both his physical strength and aerial ability. Begi ...

* Nico Van Kerckhoven *

Bruno Akrapović Bruno Akrapović (born 26 September 1967) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player who played as a midfielder. Club career Starting his career in his native Bosnia, at the time part of Yugoslavia, Akrapović spent the maj ...

* Mirsad Bešlija *

Marijo Dodik Marijo Dodik (born 18 February 1974 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian retired football striker. Club career Dodik started his career at Željezničar Sarajevo before leaving war-torn Bosnia and being picked up by the Belgian side Mechelen in 1995, w ...

Almedin Hota Almedin Hota (born 22 July 1976 in Sarajevo) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer. He still plays amateur football and futsal, in Klagenfurt though. International career He made his debut for Bosnia and Herzegovina in a May 1998 friendly ...

Muhamed Konjić Muhamed Konjić (; born 14 May 1970) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer who played as a centre-back, most notably for Monaco, Coventry City and the Bosnia and Herzegovina national team who he also captained. Club career A solid defe ...

Nermin Šabić Nermin Šabić (born 21 December 1973) is a Bosnian professional football manager and former player. Club career Born in Zenica, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, back then part of SFR Yugoslavia, Šabić started playing with hometown club Čelik Zeni ...

Krasimir Balakov Krasimir Genchev Balakov ( bg, Красимир Генчев Балъков, ; born 29 March 1966) is a Bulgarian professional football manager and former player who last served as the head coach of Bulgarian club CSKA 1948. A former attacking ...

Svetoslav Todorov Svetoslav Todorov ( bg, Светослав Тодоров; born 30 August 1978) is a former Bulgarian international footballer. He played as a forward. Todorov is the all-time top scorer for Litex Lovech in the Bulgarian A Football Group. Club ...

Niko Kovač Niko Kovač (; born 15 October 1971) is a Croatian professional football coach and former player. He is currently the manager of Bundesliga club VFL Wolfsburg. Kovač was the long-standing captain of the Croatia national team until his retir ...

Zvonimir Soldo Zvonimir Soldo (born 2 November 1967) is a Croatian football manager and a former player. During his playing career, he mostly played as defensive midfielder. Club career Early career After studying law for six semesters at the University of Za ...

Davor Šuker Davor Šuker (; born 1 January 1968) is a Croatian football administrator and former footballer who played as a striker. He served as president of the Croatian Football Federation from 2012 to 2021. He began his footballing career in his hometo ...

Goran Vlaović Goran Vlaović (born 7 August 1972) is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a striker. Club career Born in Nova Gradiška, Vlaović started his professional career with Osijek in 1989 and moved to HAŠK Građanski in 1992, before goi ...

* Marios Christodoulou * Milenko Špoljarić *

Karel Poborský Karel Poborský (; born 30 March 1972) is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a right winger. He was most noted for his technical ability and pace. He began and finished his club career at Dynamo České Budějovice, where his ...

* Roman Týce *

Morten Bisgaard Morten Bisgaard (born 25 June 1974) is a Danish football coach and former professional player, who played as a midfielder. He played eight games and scored one goal for the Denmark national team, and represented his country at the 2000 Europe ...

Jan Heintze Jan Heintze (born 17 August 1963) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a left-sided defensive midfielder and defender. He ended his career in the Netherlands with PSV Eindhoven, where he was a part of the PSV team which won ...

* Claus Jensen * Jan Michaelsen *

Andy Cole Andrew Alexander Cole (born 15 October 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. His professional career lasted from 1988 to 2008, and is mostly remembered for his time with Manchester United, who paid a Briti ...

Robbie Fowler Robert Bernard Fowler (born 9 April 1975) is an English football manager and former player, who most recently managed East Bengal in the Indian Super League. As a player, he was a striker, and is the eighth-highest goalscorer in the history ...

Steven Gerrard Steven George Gerrard (born 30 May 1980) is an English professional football manager and former player, who most recently managed club Aston Villa. Described by pundits and fellow professionals as one of his generation's greatest players, ...

* Emile Heskey *

Teddy Sheringham Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham, MBE (born 2 April 1966) is an English football manager and former player. He played as a forward, mostly as a second striker, in a 24-year professional career. Sheringham began his career at Millwall, where ...

Marko Kristal Marko Kristal (born 2 June 1973) is an Estonian football manager and former player. He is the assistant manager of Nõmme Kalju. Kristal played as a midfielder for Lõvid, Sport Tallinn, Flora, FC Lahti and the Estonia national team. With F ...

Jevgeni Novikov Jevgeni Novikov (born 28 June 1980) is a Estonian former professional international footballer. He played the position of central and defensive midfielder. Club career Novikov started his career in Narva Trans. In 2001, he joined FC Flora Tall ...

Raio Piiroja Raio Piiroja (born 11 July 1979) is an Estonian former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back for Pärnu/Kalev, Lelle, Flora, Vålerenga, Fredrikstad, Vitesse and Chengdu Blades. Piiroja made his international debut for the Eston ...

Uni Arge Uni or UNI may refer to: Entertainment *Uni Records, a division of MCA, formally called Universal City Records *"U.N.I.", a song by Ed Sheeran from ''+'' (''Plus'') *Uni, a species in the Neopets Trading Card Game *Uni, a character in the anim ...

Jens Kristian Hansen Jens Kristian Hansen (born 3 September 1971) is a former Faroese football defender or midfielder. He spent most of his career in B36 Tórshavn, while he also had spells with Freja Randers in Denmark, and Ayr United in Scotland. He has bee ...

* Øssur Hansen * Christian Høgni Jacobsen *

Kurt Mørkøre Kurt Mørkøre (born 20 February 1969) is a former Faroese football midfielder or striker who is currently manager of the Norwegian club Averøykameratene. He is the elder brother of fellow Faroese international Allan Mørkøre. He is a bak ...

* John Petersen * Joonas Kolkka * Shefki Kuqi *

Teemu Tainio Teemu Mikael Tainio (born 27 November 1979) is a Finnish football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of FC Haka. Tainio began his career with his local club, TP-47, before moving to FC Haka in 1996. A year later, he moved to ...

Archil Arveladze Archil Arveladze ( ka, არჩილ არველაძე; born 22 February 1973) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a striker for various sides in Europe. Club career Born in Tbilisi, Arveladze spent his youth ...

* Shota Arveladze *

Giorgi Gakhokidze Giorgi Gakhokidze ( ka, გიორგი გახოკიძე; born 5 November 1975) is a Georgian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder or forward for PSV Eindhoven, Maccabi Haifa, FC Twente and Metalurh Donetsk amon ...

Gocha Jamarauli Gocha Jamarauli ( ka, გოჩა ჯამარაული; born 23 July 1971) is a Georgian former professional football midfielder. He collected 62 caps and as of 2008 is the fourth most capped player in Georgia. Club career His club ca ...

* Georgi Kinkladze *

Levan Kobiashvili Levan Kobiashvili ( ka, ლევან კობიაშვილი, born 10 July 1977) is a Georgian former professional footballer and the current president of the Georgian Football Federation and a member of Parliament of Georgia. He pla ...

* Marco Bode *

Dietmar Hamann Dietmar Johann Wolfgang "Didi" Hamann (; born 27 August 1973) is a German professional football coach, former player and media personality. Throughout his career, he has played for Bayern Munich, Newcastle United, Liverpool and Manchester City ...

* Oliver Neuville *

Mehmet Scholl Mehmet Tobias Scholl (born Mehmet Tobias Yüksel; 16 October 1970) is a German football manager and former player. He played most of his career as an attacking midfielder for Bayern Munich. During his career he won the UEFA Cup in 1996 (scoring ...

* Georgios Georgiadis *

Georgios Karagounis Georgios Karagkounis ( el, Γεώργιος Καραγκούνης; born 6 March 1977), known as Giorgos Karagounis ( el, Γιώργος Καραγκούνης), is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. In his clu ...

Nikos Liberopoulos Nikolaos "Nikos" Liberopoulos ( el, Νίκος Λυμπερόπουλος; born on 4 August 1975) is a retired Greek former professional international footballer who played as a forward. He is famous for his aim-to-goal shot, his innate in-pla ...

Nikos Machlas Nikos Machlas ( el, Νίκος Μαχλάς, born 16 June 1973) is a retired Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career OFI Crete Machlas began his career with OFI Crete, where he made his debut in February 1991 a ...

Themistoklis Nikolaidis Themistoklis "Demis" Nikolaidis ( el, Ντέμης Νικολαΐδης; born 17 September 1973) is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was the forty second president of AEK Athens, and is considered one of the fi ...

* Béla Illés *

Krisztián Lisztes Krisztián Lisztes may refer to: * Krisztián Lisztes (footballer, born 1976), Hungarian football midfielder * Krisztián Lisztes (footballer, born 2005), Hungarian football midfielder and son of the above {{hndis, Lisztes, Krisztian ...

Hermann Hreidarsson Hermann or Herrmann may refer to: * Hermann (name), list of people with this name * Arminius, chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci tribe in the 1st century, known as Hermann in the German language * Éditions Hermann, French publisher * Hermann, Miss ...

Helgi Sigurðsson Helgi Sigurðsson (born 17 September 1974) is an Icelandic former professional footballer and manager of ÍBV. A forward, he played for clubs in Iceland, Germany, Norway, Greece, and Denmark and represented Iceland at international level. ...

Andri Sigþórsson Andri Sigþórsson (born 25 March 1977) is an Icelandic former international footballer. Career Andri, who played as a striker, played as a youth for KR, before joining the youth setup of Bayern Munich. He played for Bayern's reserve team in ...

Gary Breen Gary Patrick Breen (born 12 December 1973) is a former footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League. A centre back, played for numerous clubs over a 20-year career, including more than 100 appearances ...

David Connolly David James Connolly (born 6 June 1977) is a retired professional footballer who played as a striker. He played for various clubs including Feyenoord and Excelsior in the Netherlands as well as Wigan Athletic and Sunderland in the Premier Leag ...

* Gary Kelly *

Niall Quinn Niall John Quinn (honorary MBE; born 6 October 1966) is an Irish former professional footballer, manager, businessman and sports television pundit. As a player he was a striker who played top flight football for Arsenal, Manchester City and S ...

Yossi Abuksis Yosef "Yossi" Abukasis ( he, יֹוסֶף "יֹוסִי" אָבּוּקָסִיס; born September 10, 1970) is an Israeli former football midfielder and current coach of Beitar Jerusalem. Career Abukasis played in the youth team of Hapoel Tel A ...

Pini Balili Pini Balili ( he, פִּינִי בַּלִילִי; born 18 June 1979) is an Israeli former football manager and former player. He was born in Jerusalem and is Jewish, of Turkish descent. Career Move back to Hapoel As a youngster, Balili grew ...

Eyal Berkovic Eyal Berkovic (or Berkovich, he, אייל ברקוביץ'; born 2 April 1972) is an Israeli former professional association footballer, football coach, team owner and television talk show presenter. As a player he was an attacking midfielder ...

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Shimon Gershon Shimon Gershon ( he, שמעון גרשון; born October 6, 1977) is a retired Israeli national footballer and central defender. For nearly 10 years, Gershon was the captain of the Israeli football team Hapoel Tel Aviv. In 2006, he moved to capi ...

Yaniv Katan Yaniv Katan ( he, יניב קטן; born 27 January 1981) is a retired Israeli international footballer who played professionally for Maccabi Haifa, as a forward and winger. He earned 31 caps for Israel, scoring five goals. Personal life Katan ...

Alon Mizrahi Alon Mizrahi ( he, אלון מזרחי; born 22 November 1971) is an Israeli former professional footballer who played for clubs including Nice, Maccabi Tel Aviv, Hapoel Tel Aviv, Hapoel Be'er Sheva, Maccabi Haifa and Beitar Jerusalem. His n ...

* Avi Nimni * Idan Tal *

Aleksandrs Jeļisejevs Aleksandrs Jelisejevs (born 11 August 1971) is a Latvian football coach and a former international striker. He is the manager of the Latvia national under-16 team. He obtained a total number of 37 caps for the Latvia national football team, sc ...

Andrejs Rubins Andrejs Rubins (26 November 1978 – 1 August 2022) was a Latvian professional footballer who played as a left midfielder. He was a member of the Latvia national team. Rubins worked as a football manager. Club career Born in Riga, Rubins start ...

Andrejs Štolcers Andrejs Štolcers (born 8 July 1974) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Club career Born in Riga, Latvia, Štolcers started his career for Olimpija Rīga. He played there for two years from 19 ...

Orestas Buitkus Orestas Buitkus (born 11 April 1975 in Klaipėda) is a Lithuanian professional footballer. A midfielder, he stands 1.76 m tall and weighs 74 kg. As of May 2006 Buitkus has scored 6 goals in 29 appearances for the Lithuanian national team. ...

* Artūras Fomenka *

Tomas Ražanauskas Tomas Ražanauskas (born 7 January 1976) is a Lithuanian professional football coach and a former player. He is an assistant coach with the Lithuania national team. He played in the position of midfielder and was also a member of the Lithuania ...

* Marcel Christophe * René Peters *

Sacha Schneider Sacha Schneider (born 23 June 1972) is one of Luxemburger's most experienced football players. Now retired from playing. International career He is a member of the Luxembourg national football team The Luxembourg national football team (nic ...

Jeff Strasser Jeff Strasser (born 5 October 1974) is a Luxembourgish former professional football player and the current manager of Progrès Niederkorn. Club career As one of the rare successful professional footballers from Luxembourg, Strasser has made a f ...

* Argjend Beqiri *

Mile Krstev Milorad 'Mile' Krstev (born 13 May 1979) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He represented the Macedonia national team internationally. International career Krstev made his senior debut for Republic of M ...

* Toni Micevski * Dragan Načevski * Igor Nikolovski * Žarko Serafimovski *

Vančo Trajanov Vančo Trajanov ( mk, Ванчо Трајанов; born 9 August 1978) is a former Macedonian footballer who played as a midfielder. He was the first – and, to date, only – non-Bulgarian to have made more than 300 Bulgarian First League ap ...

Gilbert Agius Gilbert Agius (born 21 February 1974) is a former professional Maltese footballer, currently head coach of Malta national under-21 football team. Playing career Agius was the captain of his hometown club side Valletta F.C. and is one of the mo ...

* David Carabott *

George Mallia George Mallia (born 10 October 1978 in Sliema, Malta) is a retired professional footballer who last played for Maltese Premier League side Qormi FC as a midfielder. Playing career George made his debut with Sliema Wanderers in the Maltese Premie ...

Michael Mifsud Michael Mifsud (born 17 April 1981) is a Maltese professional footballer who plays as a forward for Maltese Premier League side Mosta. He scored 42 goals in 143 games for the Malta national team between 2000 and 2020, and also captained the s ...

* Ruslan Barburoş *

Serghei Covalciuc Serghei Covalciuc ( uk, Сергій Ковальчук; born 20 January 1982) is a Moldovan-Ukrainian former footballer. Career He spent six seasons playing for Spartak Moscow in the Russian Premier League. Previously he played for Tiligul T ...

Serghei Pogreban Serghei Pogreban (born 13 May 1978) is a Moldovan Forward (football), football forward currently unattached after end of contract with FK Ekranas. Pogreban made 13 appearances for the Moldova national football team from 2001 to 2004. Reference ...

* Radu Rebeja *

Phillip Cocu Phillip John-William Cocu (born 29 October 1970) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player, he is the manager of Vitesse. Cocu was born in Eindhoven but raised in Zevenaar, playing youth football for local clubs DCS and De Gra ...

Jeffrey Talan Jeffrey Dennis Talan (born 29 September 1971) is a Dutch professional football coach and former player who is the assistant coach of Almere City. He gained 8 caps for the Netherlands national football team, in which he scored once. Club career D ...

Giovanni van Bronckhorst Giovanni Christiaan van Bronckhorst (born 5 February 1975) is a Dutch football manager and former player, who was most recently the manager of Scottish Premiership club Rangers. Formerly a midfielder, he moved to left-back later in his career. ...

Boudewijn Zenden Boudewijn Zenden (; born 15 August 1976) also known by his nickname "Bolo", is a Dutch former footballer who played as a left winger or as an attacking midfielder. Named the 1997 Dutch Football Talent of the Year, Zenden played for four teams in ...

* Stuart Elliott *

Phil Gray Philip Gray (born 2 October 1968) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer. A striker, Gray won 26 caps for his country and played for ten professional clubs, his transfer fees totalling £1,475,000. Northern Ireland won every game Ph ...

* Michael Hughes * George McCartney * Mark Williams *

Thorstein Helstad Thorstein Helstad (born 28 April 1977) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Helstad was born in Hamar, and started his career in his local club FL Fart where he at age 16 scored two goals against Løt ...

Frode Johnsen Frode Johnsen (born 17 March 1974) is a Norwegian former professional footballer who played for Odd and Rosenborg in the Tippeligaen and for Nagoya Grampus and Shimizu S-Pulse in Japan. He played in several positions, but was preferred as a ...

Ronny Johnsen Jean Ronny Johnsen (born 10 June 1969) is a Norwegian former footballer who played as a centre-back or defensive midfielder. Johnsen played club football in Norway, Turkey, and England for Sem, Stokke, Eik-Tønsberg, Lyn, Lillestrøm, Beşikt ...

* Michał Żewłakow *

Rui Jorge Rui Jorge de Sousa Dias Macedo de Oliveira (born 27 March 1973), known as Rui Jorge, is a Portuguese retired footballer who played as a left-back, currently manager of the Portugal national under-21 team. In a 15-year professional career he ...

Rui Costa Rui Manuel César Costa (; born 29 March 1972) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who is the 34th president of sports club S.L. Benfica. He also succeeded Luís Filipe Vieira as president of the club's SAD board of directors. ...

Ricardo Sá Pinto Ricardo Manuel Andrade e Silva Sá Pinto (born 10 October 1972) is a Portuguese former footballer who played as a forward, currently manager of Persian Gulf Pro League club Esteghlal. He was known for his fighting spirit, best displayed in hi ...

Ioan Ganea Ioan Viorel Ganea (born 10 August 1973) is a Romanian football manager and striker for Liga IV Sibiu club A.S. Fotbal Club Dumbrăveni. Playing career Ganea debuted in Liga I (Divizia A at that time) with FC Brașov in 1994. He went on to pl ...

Viorel Moldovan Viorel Dinu Moldovan (born 8 July 1972) is a Romanian former professional football forward and currently a manager. He was an important player for the Romanian national team in the 1990s. Career Moldovan was born in Bistrița. At club level, ...

Cătălin Munteanu Cătălin Munteanu (born 26 January 1979) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a central midfielder. Club career Cătălin Munteanu, nicknamed "Cap de Zmeu" ''(Head of Zmeu)'' was born on 26 January 1979 in Bucharest. Munt ...

Gheorghe Popescu Gheorghe "Gică" Popescu (; born 9 October 1967) is a Romanian former professional football who played as a defender. He notably played in La Liga where he is a former captain of FC Barcelona. He played for a string of European clubs in that ...

Dmitri Alenichev Dmitri Anatolyevich Alenichev (russian: Дмитрий Анатольевич Аленичев; born 20 October 1972) is a Russian football coach, former player and politician. Club career Despite being a Spartak Moscow fan, Alenichev debuted ...

Maksim Buznikin Maksim Buznikin (born 1 March 1977) is former Russia international forward or attacking midfielder. Buznikin spent his prime years playing for Spartak Moscow and Lokomotiv Moscow. In 2005 Buznikin was chosen Rostov's footballer of the year. H ...

Yuri Kovtun Yuri Mikhailovich Kovtun (russian: Юрий Михайлович Ковтун; born 5 January 1970) is a Russian football coach and a former defender, well known as a 1990s Russia national football team player, as well as Dynamo Moscow and ...

Aleksandr Mostovoi Aleksandr Vladimirovich Mostovoi (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Мостово́й ; born 22 August 1968) is a Russian former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Known as ''O Zar de ...

* Sergei Semak *

Aleksandr Shirko Aleksandr Petrovich Shirko (russian: Александр Петрович Ширко; born 24 November 1976) is a Russian football scout and a former player. He works as a scout of FC Khimki. Playing career Shirko started his professional caree ...

* Nicola Albani * Colin Cameron * Matt Elliott *

Dougie Freedman Douglas Alan Freedman (born 25 May 1974) is a Scottish professional football manager and former player. He is the current sporting director of Crystal Palace. Freedman played as a striker, primarily for Crystal Palace and also had spells as a ...

Kevin Gallacher Kevin William Gallacher (born 23 November 1966) is a Scottish former professional footballer and football pundit and co-commentator. He played as a forward from 1983 until 2002, notably in the Premier League with Blackburn Rovers where he was ...

Don Hutchison Donald Hutchison (born 9 May 1971) is a former professional footballer. Hutchison is a football television pundit and commentator for Talksport and ESPN FC. As a player, Hutchison was a midfielder, who played in the Premier League for Liverpoo ...

Neil McCann Neil Doherty McCann (born 11 August 1974) is a Scottish football manager, pundit and former professional player who played as a left winger. His most recent role in football was a stint as the caretaker manager of Inverness Caledonian Thistle. ...

* David Weir * Peter Dzúrik * Ľubomír Meszároš *

Tomáš Oravec Tomáš Oravec (; born 3 July 1980) is a Slovak former football forward who last played for SC Marchtrenk in the Austrian Landesliga. Oravec became the Corgoň Liga top-scorer in 2006–07 whilst at Artmedia Bratislava. On 15 September 201 ...

Attila Pinte Attila Pinte (born 6 June 1971) is a former Slovak football player of Hungarian ethnicity who currently cooperating as an assistant manager for ŠK SFM Senec. Pinte played in Slovakia most notably for DAC Dunajská Streda and Inter Bratislava ...

* Ľubomír Reiter * Róbert Tomaschek * Sebastjan Cimirotič *

Aleksander Knavs Aleksander Knavs (born 5 December 1975) is a Slovenian retired football defender. Club career Knavs was born in Maribor and started his professional career playing at the club Olimpija from the Slovenian capital city of Ljubljana in 1993. ...

* Mladen Rudonja *

Ermin Šiljak Ermin Šiljak (born 11 May 1973) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Managerial career Early career Šiljak managed Slovenian under-16 and under-19 national teams. In 2012, he was a manager of Olimpi ...

Senad Tiganj Senad Tiganj (born 28 August 1975) is a retired Slovenian footballer who played as a forward. International career Tiganj made his debut and scored his only goal for Slovenia national football team on 6 October 2001 against Faroe Islands ...

Sašo Udovič Sašo Udovič (born 12 December 1968) is a Slovenian former professional footballer who played as a forward for Hajduk Split, KSK Beveren, Lausanne, and LASK. He made 42 appearances for the Slovenia national team and was a participant at the ...

Rubén Baraja Rubén Baraja Vegas (; born 11 July 1975) is a Spanish retired footballer, currently manager of Valencia. A complete central midfielder with good tackling, technique, and offensive qualities, together with accurate passing and goalscoring abili ...

* Joseba Etxeberria *

Iván Helguera Iván Helguera Bujía (; born 28 March 1975) is a Spanish former professional footballer. Playing as either a central defender or defensive midfielder, with both good defensive and offensive skills, he represented five clubs during his professi ...

* Javi Moreno *

Miguel Ángel Nadal Miguel Ángel Nadal Homar (, ca, Miquel Àngel Nadal Homar; born 28 July 1966) is a Spanish retired footballer who played as a versatile defender and midfielder. He began and ended his career with Mallorca, but his greatest achievements came ...

Niclas Alexandersson Jens Niclas Alexandersson (born 29 December 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a right winger and right back. Beginning his career with Halmstads BK in 1989, he went on to represent IFK Göteborg, Sheffield Wednesday ...

* Andreas Andersson *

Patrik Andersson Patrik Jonas Andersson (; born 18 August 1971) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career with Malmö FF in the late 1980s, he went on to play professionally in England, Germany, and Spain, an ...

* Zlatan Ibrahimović * Sébastien Fournier *

Johann Lonfat Johann Lonfat (born 11 September 1973) is a Swiss former professional footballer. A midfielder, he played in the centre or on the right. Career Lonfat was born in Martigny, Switzerland. During his career, Lonfat represented Martigny-Sports ( ...

Hakan Yakin Hakan Yakin ( tr, Hakan Yakın; born 22 February 1977) is a Swiss football coach and a former player who played as a forward or midfielder. He is the manager of Schaffhausen. He was a member of the Swiss national team for eleven years. Early ...

Marco Zwyssig Marco Zwyssig (born 24 October 1971) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a centre-back. He is best remembered for his time at FC St. Gallen and FC Basel. He also played for the Switzerland national football team. Following ...

Emre Aşık Emre Aşık (born 13 December 1973) is a Turkish former international footballer. He played centre-back for several clubs in the Turkish Süper Lig, most notably, Galatasaray. Aşık began his career with Sönmez Filamentspor in the TFF Third Lea ...

Yıldıray Baştürk Yıldıray Baştürk (, born 24 December 1978) is a retired professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Born in Germany, he was capped 49 times for the Turkey national football team, representing the team at the 2002 FIFA Wor ...

Emre Belözoğlu Emre Belözoğlu (, born 7 September 1980) is a Turkish former professional footballer and manager who is currently serving as the manager of İstanbul Başakşehir. During his playing career, he played as a midfielder. He was named in the FIFA ...

Ümit Davala Ümit Aydın Davala (born 30 July 1973) is a Turkish football coach and former player. During his stint at Galatasaray, he won four Süper Lig, three Turkish Cup, one UEFA Cup and one UEFA Super Cup title between 1996 and 2001. He won the 200 ...

Oktay Derelioğlu Oktay Derelioğlu (born 17 December 1975) is Turkish former international footballer and current football manager. Derelioğlu played as a forward and is notable for his goal against Belgium during the qualifying rounds of the 1998 FIFA Wor ...

Tayfur Havutçu Tayfur Havutçu (born 23 April 1970) is a Turkish football manager and former professional player who was most recently the manager of Süper Lig club Kasımpaşa. He was part of the Turkey national team squad that reached third place at the ...

Nihat Kahveci Nihat Kahveci (born 23 November 1979), better known mononymously as Nihat, is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He works as a football commentator for TRT. He has a UEFA Pro Licence. Biography Like most Turkish ...

* Tayfun Korkut *

İlhan Mansız İlhan Mansız (born 10 August 1975) is a German-born Turkish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is also a competing figure skater. He is of Crimean Tatar descent. Playing career Club career Mansız gained internation ...

Andriy Husin Andriy Leonidovych Husin ( ua, Андрій Леонідович Гусін; 11 December 1972 – 17 September 2014) was a Ukrainian professional football player and coach. He played in the Ukraine national team, and was one of Ukraine's most ...

Craig Bellamy Craig Douglas Bellamy (born 13 July 1979) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a forward and is current assistant manager at EFL Championship side Burnley. Born in Cardiff, Bellamy began his senior playing career with Norw ...

* Mark Pembridge *

Robbie Savage Robert William Savage (born 18 October 1974) is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, now a football pundit and director of football at club Macclesfield. During his career he played predominantly as a midfielder, ...

Gary Speed Gary Andrew Speed (8 September 1969 – 27 November 2011) was a Welsh professional footballer and manager. As manager of Wales, Speed is often credited as being the catalyst for the change in fortunes of the national team and as setting t ...

Predrag Đorđević Predrag Đorđević ( sr-cyr, Предраг Ђорђевић; also transliterated Predrag Djordjević; born 4 August 1972) is a Serbian former professional footballer. Known for his set pieces, Đorđević played as a left midfielder for Gree ...

* Miroslav Đukić * Mladen Krstajić ;1 own goal *

(playing against

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

) *

(playing against the

) *

Mihails Zemļinskis Mihails Zemļinskis ( uk, Михайло Валерійович Землинський; born 21 December 1969) is a Latvian politician and former professional footballer. He played as a centre-back or sweeper, making over 100 appearances for the ...

(playing against

) *

Goran Stavrevski Goran Stavrevski ( mk, Горан Ставревски; born 2 January 1974 in Poeševo, SFR Yugoslavia) is a Macedonian football defender who despite his age is still active by playing for FK Poeševo in the OFL Bitola, Macedonia's fourth ...

(playing against

Slovakia Slovakia (; sk, Slovensko ), officially the Slovak Republic ( sk, Slovenská republika, links=no ), is a landlocked country in Central Europe. It is bordered by Poland to the north, Ukraine to the east, Hungary to the south, Austria to the ...

) *

Igor Mitreski Igor Mitreski ( mk, Игор Митрески; born 19 February 1979) is a Macedonian former professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Mitreski was born in Struga. In early 2005, he was recognized as a feature member to B ...

(playing against

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with a small portion on the Balkan Peninsula ...

)

Broadcasting rights

Europe

* : BBC, ITV,

Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network operated by the state-owned Channel Four Television Corporation. It began its transmission on 2 November 1982 and was established to provide a fourth television service ...

and Channel 5 * :

TVE-1 La 1 (, ''The One'') is a Spanish free-to-air television channel owned and operated by Televisión Española (TVE), the television division of state-owned public broadcaster Radiotelevisión Española (RTVE). It is the corporation's flagship te ...

, Antena 3,

Telecinco Telecinco is a Spanish free-to-air television channel operated by Mediaset España. The channel was previously known as Tele 5, because it had first begun its experimental transmissions on 10 March 1989, and a year later, it was officially laun ...

* : Rai Uno * : ARD, ZDF and Sky Deutschland * :

RTP1 RTP1 (''RTP um'') is a Portuguese free-to-air television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP). It is the company's flagship television channel, and is known for broadcasting mainst ...

, RTP Internacional, RTP África,

RTP Açores RTP Açores is a Portuguese free-to-air regional television channel owned and operated by state-owned public broadcaster Rádio e Televisão de Portugal (RTP) in the Autonomous Region of the Azores. It began broadcasting on 10 August 1975 from its ...

and RTP Madeira

Americas

* :

ESPN ESPN (originally an initialism for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., owned jointly by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%). The ...

ESPN 2 ESPN2 is an American multinational pay television network owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications (which owns the remaining 20%). ESPN2 was initially f ...

and Fox Sports World (in English);

Univision Univision () is an American Spanish-language free-to-air television network owned by TelevisaUnivision. It is the United States' largest provider of Spanish-language content. The network's programming is aimed at the Latino public and include ...

Telemundo Telemundo (; formerly NetSpan) is an American Spanish-language terrestrial television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast. It provides content nationally with pr ...

ESPN Deportes ESPN Deportes (, ''ESPN Sports'') is an American multinational Spanish-language pay television sports channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture between The Walt Disney Company (which owns a controlling 80% stake) and Hearst Communications ( ...

and

Fox Deportes Fox Deportes (formerly Fox Sports en Español and stylized in all caps as FOX Deportes) is an American pay television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming in Spanish, aimed at the Hispanic population in the United States ...

(in Spanish) * Latin America: ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN 3, ESPN Extra, ESPN Extra 2, ESPN Extra 3, PSN, PSN 2, PSN Plus, PSN Max, PSN Max 2, PSN Max 3 and PSN Max 4 (all matches) * :

Rede CNT Rede is an archaic word meaning, among other things, "counsel" and " advice". It is cognate with Dutch "raad", Luxembourgish "Rot", Common Scandinavian "råd", Icelandic "ráð" and German "Rat". Rede may refer to: People * Edward Rede (by 1 ...

SporTV SporTV is a Brazilian pay television sports network owned by Canais Globo, part of Grupo Globo, launched in 1991. It is the most watched sports network in Brazil. On January 18, 2013, were launched High-definition simulcasts of SporTV and ...

ESPN Brasil ESPN is the Brazilian division of ESPN Inc. Launched in March 1989 as Canal+, it was the first country-specific version of ESPN outside the United States, launched in June 1995. The channel has covered major sporting events, like the 1996, 2000, ...

Fox Sports Fox Sports is the brand name for a number of sports channels, broadcast divisions, programming, and other media around the world. The ''Fox Sports'' name has since been used for other sports media assets. These assets are held mainly by the F ...

BandSports BandSports is a Brazilian cable television network that has its programming based on all sports, launched in 2002 by Grupo Bandeirantes de Comunicação. Sports Programming Athletics * Diamond League * European Athletics Championship Bask ...

and PSN * : Multicanal, VCC, Cablevisión, BAC, DirecTV and Sky * : ATB,

Multivisión Multivisión, styled as ''multivisión'', is the fifth national network of Cuba, established in 2008 and operated by the ICRT. Its programming primarily consists of imports from other countries. History The channel began broadcasting in 2008 f ...

DirecTV DirecTV (trademarked as DIRECTV) is an American multichannel video programming distributor based in El Segundo, California. Originally launched on June 17, 1994, its primary service is a digital satellite service serving the United States. I ...

and Sky * : TVN, Chilevisión, VTR Cablexpress, Metrópolis Intercom, DirecTV and Sky * :

RCN Televisión RCN Televisión, branded as Canal RCN (''Radio Cadena Nacional'') is a Colombian free-to-air television network. It is a Colombian open television channel, belonging to the Ardila Lülle Organization. It was founded as a television content produ ...

and Sky * :

TC Televisión TC Televisión is a state-owned television network in Ecuador. The network was founded in 1969 and was commercially funded for many years until 2011 when The Isaias Group went into a lawsuit and was sold to a state government unit, Since then the ...

, SíTV,

TV Cable Audio connectors and video connectors are electrical or optical connectors for carrying audio or video signals. Audio interfaces or video interfaces define physical parameters and interpretation of signals. For digital audio and digital video, ...

, Univisa,

and Sky * : Multicanal, VCC, Cablevisión, CMM, Supercanal, DirecTV and Sky * : ATV,

Latina Televisión Latina or Latinas most often refers to: * Latinas, a demographic group in the United States * Latino (demonym), a term used in the United States for people with cultural ties to Latin America. *Latin Americans Latina and Latinas may also refer ...

, CMD,

and Sky * : Multicanal, VCC, Cablevisión, Montecable, TCC, Nuevo Siglo Cable TV, Multiseñal, DirecTV and Sky * :

Televen Televen is a private Venezuelan national television network headquartered on the Caracas neighborhood of Horizonte. For this reason it is also called 'Canal de Horizonte'. Televen was inaugurated as the ''TELEVEN Corporation'' (''Corporación TE ...

Meridiano Televisión Meridiano Televisión is a 24-hour sports network in Venezuela. History Meridiano Televisión was created in 1996 as a privately owned television network in Venezuela, exclusively dedicated to national and international sports. Its owned by Blo ...

and Sky

Rest of the World

* : SCTV

References

External links

Results

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