Football Women's World Cup 2003 / squad

This article is an overview of the teams participating in the 2003 US Women's World Cup . The teams are arranged according to the preliminary round groups and sorted alphabetically within the groups.

Group A

Nigeria

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
01	Ugochi Opara	May 27, 1976		0	0
12	Precious Dede	January 18, 1980		3	0
19th	Esther Okhae	March 12, 1986		0	0
Defense
03	Bunmi Kayode	April 13, 1985		2	0
05	Onomi Ebe	May 8, 1983		2	0
06th	Kikelomo Ajayi	April 28, 1977		3	0
14th	Ifeanyi Chiejine	17th May 1983		3	0
16	Florence Iweta	March 29, 1983		2	0
17th	Florence Omagbemi	2nd February 1975		3	0
midfield
02	Efioanwan Ekpo	January 25, 1984		2	0
04th	Perpetua Nkwocha	3rd January 1976		3	0
07th	Stella Mbachu	April 16, 1978		3	0
09	Faith Ikidi	February 28, 1987		0	0
13	Nkiru Okosieme	March 1, 1972		2	0
15th	Maureen Mmadu	May 7th 1975		3	0
18th	Patience Avre	June 10, 1976		1	0
attack
08th	Olaitan Yusuf	January 12, 1982		1	0
10	Mercy Akide	26th August 1975		3	0
11	Nkechi Egbe	5th February 1978		1	0
20th	Vera Okolo	5th January 1985		0	0
Trainer
	Samuel Okpodu	October 7, 1962

North Korea

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Ri Jong-hui	2nd August 1975	Pyongyang sports group
18th	Chon Kyong-hwa	August 7, 1983	Rimyongsu sports group
Defense
02	Yun In-sil	January 10, 1976	Amrokgang sports group
03	Kim Hwa song	August 19, 1985	Sports group Sobaeksu
05	Sin kum-ok	November 25, 1975	Amrokgang sports group
06th	Ra Mi-ae	8th December 1975	Pyongyang sports group
12	Jang Ok-gyong	January 29, 1980	Amrokgang sports group
13	Song Jong-sun	3rd November 1981	Amrokgang sports group
17th	Jon Hye-yong	February 16, 1977	Amrokgang sports group
20th	Ri Un-ju	October 25, 1983	Pyongyang sports group
midfield
09	Ho Sun-hui	March 5, 1980	Amrokgang sports group
11	Yun Yong-hui	March 18, 1977	Rimyongsu sports group
14th	O Kum-ran	September 18, 1981	Amrokgang sports group
15th	Ri Un-gyong	November 19, 1980	Rimyongsu sports group
19th	Ri hyang-ok	18th December 1977	Rimyongsu sports group
attack
07th	Ri Kum-suk	August 16, 1978	Sports group Sobaeksu
08th	Pak Kum-chun	February 22, 1978	Amrokgang sports group
10	Jin Pyol-hui	19th August 1980	Wolmido sports group
16	Pak Kyong-sun	June 23, 1985	Rimyongsu sports group
Trainer
	Ri Song-gun	April 20, 1950

Sweden

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Caroline Jonsson	November 22, 1977
12	Sofia Lundgren	20th September 1982
Defense
02	Karolina Westberg	May 16, 1978
03	Jane Törnqvist	May 9, 1975
04th	Hanna Marklund	November 26, 1977
05	Kristin Bengtsson	January 12, 1970
07th	Sara Larsson	May 13, 1979
18th	Frida Ostberg	December 10, 1977
19th	Sara Call	July 16, 1977
midfield
06th	Malin Moström	August 1, 1975
08th	Frida Nordin	May 23, 1982
09	Malin Andersson	May 4th 1973
13	Sara Johansson	January 23, 1980
14th	Linda Fagerström	March 17, 1977
15th	Therese Sjögran	April 8, 1977
17th	Anna Sjöström	April 23, 1977
attack
10	Hanna Ljungberg	January 8, 1979
11	Victoria Svensson	May 18, 1977
16	Salina Olsson	August 29, 1978
20th	Josefine Öqvist	July 23, 1983
trainer
	Marika Domanski-Lyfors	May 17, 1960

United States

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Briana Scurry	7th September 1971
18th	Siri Mullinix	May 22, 1978
Defense
02	Kylie Bivens	October 24, 1978
03	Christie Rampone	June 24, 1975
04th	Cat Whitehill	February 10, 1982
06th	Brandi Chastain	July 21, 1968
14th	Joy Fawcett	February 8, 1968
15th	Kate Margrave	23rd August 1976
17th	Danielle Slaton	June 10, 1980
midfield
05	Tiffany Roberts	May 5th 1977
07th	Shannon Boxx	June 29, 1977
10	Aly Wagner	August 10, 1980
11	Julie Foudy	January 23, 1971
19th	Angela Hucles	5th July 1978
attack
13	Kristine Lilly	July 22, 1971
08th	Shannon MacMillan	October 7th 1974
09	Mia Hamm	March 17, 1972
12	Cindy Parlow	May 8, 1978
16	Tiffeny Milbrett	October 23, 1972
20th	Abby Wambach	June 2, 1980
trainer
	April Heinrichs	February 27, 1964

Group B

Brazil

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Andréia	September 14, 1977
12	Giselle	November 20, 1983
Defense
03	Juliana	3rd October 1981
04th	Tania	3rd October 1974
13	Mônica	April 4th 1978
15th	Renata Diniz	November 1, 1985
midfield
05	Renata Costa	July 8, 1986
06th	Michelle	June 10, 1984
08th	Rafaela	May 23, 1981
19th	Priscila	March 10, 1982
20th	Milene	April 15, 1983
attack
02	Simone	February 10, 1981
07th	Formiga	March 3, 1978
09	Kelly	May 8, 1985
10	Marta	February 19, 1986
11	Cristiane	May 15, 1985
14th	Rosana	July 7, 1982
16	Maycon	April 30, 1977
17th	Katia	18th February 1977
18th	Daniela	January 12, 1984
Trainer
	Paulo Gonçalves	November 18, 1936

France

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
01	Celine Marty	March 30, 1976	Toulouse FC	3	0
16	Bérangère Sapowicz	February 6, 1983	Paris Saint-Germain	0	0
Defense
02	Sabrina Viguier	4th January 1981	Toulouse FC	2	0
03	Peggy Provost	19th September 1977	Juvisy FCF	3	0
04th	Laura Georges	20th August 1984	Paris Saint-Germain	3	0
05	Corinne Diacre	4th August 1974	ASJ Soyaux	3	0
13	Anne-Laure Casseleux	January 13, 1984	ASJ Soyaux	1	0
19th	Severine Goulois	April 18, 1982	FCF Henin-Beaumont	0	0
20th	Emmanuelle Sykora	February 21, 1976	FC Lyon	1	0
midfield
06th	Sandrine Soubeyrand	16th August 1973	Juvisy FCF	3	0
08th	Sonia Bompastor	June 8, 1980	HSC Montpellier	3	0
10	Élodie Woock	January 13, 1976	Toulouse FC	3	0
11	Amélie Coquet	December 31, 1984	FCF Henin-Beaumont	1	0
12	Séverine Lecouflé	March 31, 1975	CS Saint-Brieuc	0	0
14th	Virginie Dessalle	3rd July 1981	FC Lyon	1	0
attack
07th	Stéphanie Mugneret-Béghé	March 22, 1974	Boston Breakers	3	0
09	Marinette Pichon	November 26, 1975	Philadelphia Charge	3	2
08th	Laëtitia Tonazzi	January 31, 1981	Juvisy FCF	3	0
17th	Marie-Ange Kramo	20th February 1979	Toulouse FC	3	0
18th	Hoda Lattaf	August 31, 1978	HSC Montpellier	2	0
trainer
	Elisabeth Loisel	August 1, 1963

South Korea

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Jung Ho Jung	May 11, 1976
12	Kim Jeong-mi	October 16, 1984
Defense
04th	Kim Yu Jin	17th July 1979
05	Park Hae Jung	March 10, 1977
06th	Jin Suk Hee	July 9, 1978
18th	Kim Yoo Mi	15th August 1979
20th	Yoo Young Sil	May 1st, 1975
midfield
02	Kim Joo Hee	March 10, 1985
03	Hong Kyung Suk	October 14, 1984
08th	Hwang In Sun	2nd February 1976
09	Song Ju Hee	October 30, 1977
10	Kim Jin Hee	March 26, 1981
13	Kim Yoo Jin	September 26, 1981
14th	Han Jin Sook	15th December 1979
15th	Kim Kyul Sil	April 13, 1982
16	Shin Sun Nam	May 30, 1981
19th	Lee Myung Hwa	July 29, 1973
attack
07th	Park Eun-sun	December 25, 1986
11	Lee Ji Eun	December 16, 1979
17th	Sung Hyun Ah	May 5th 1982
Trainer
	To Jong Goan	August 30, 1966

Norway

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Bente Nordby	23rd July 1974
12	Silje Vesterbekkmo	June 22, 1983
Defense
02	Brit sandaune	5th June 1972
03	Ane Stangeland Horpestad	June 2, 1980
04th	Monica Knudsen	March 25, 1975
13	Anne Tønnessen	March 18, 1974
15th	Marit Fiane Christensen	December 11, 1980
16	Gunhild Følstad	3rd November 1981
midfield
05	Karin Bredland	January 7, 1978
06th	Maintain Riise	18th July 1969
08th	Solveig Gulbrandsen	January 12, 1981
10	Unni Lehn	June 7th 1977
19th	Kristine Edner	November 8, 1976
20th	Lise Klaveness	April 19, 1981
attack
07th	Trine Rønning	June 14, 1982
09	Anita Rapp	July 24, 1977
11	Marianne Pettersen	April 12, 1975
14th	Dagny Mellgren	June 19, 1978
17th	Linda Ørmen	March 22, 1977
18th	Ingrid Fosse	19th January 1978
Trainer
	Åge Steen	February 11, 1960

Group C

Argentina

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Romina Ferro	June 26, 1980
12	Vanina Correa	August 14, 1983
Defense
02	Clarisa Huber	22nd December 1984
03	Mariela Ricotti	April 2nd 1979
04th	Andrea Gonsebate	May 7, 1977
06th	Noelia Lopez	July 29, 1978
09	Yesica Arrien	July 1, 1980
13	Nancy Diaz	March 14, 1973
16	Adela Medina	3rd November 1978
17th	Valeria Cotelo	March 26, 1984
19th	Sabrina Barbitta	May 22, 1979
midfield
05	Marisa Gerez	3rd November 1976
08th	Natalia Gatti	October 20, 1982
10	Rosana Gomez	July 13, 1980
15th	Yanina Gaitan	June 3, 1978
attack
07th	Karina Alvariza	April 11, 1976
11	Marisol Medina	May 11, 1980
14th	Fabiana Vallejos	June 30, 1985
18th	Marila Coronel	June 20, 1981
20th	Maria Villanueva	October 29, 1974
13	Marina Quinones	August 26, 1986
Trainer
	Jose Carlos Borrello	September 12, 1955

Germany

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
01	Silke Rottenberg	January 25, 1972	FCR 2001 Duisburg	6th	0
15th	Nadine Angerer	November 10, 1978	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	0	0
Defense
02	Kerstin Stegemann	29th September 1977	FFC Heike Rheine	6th	0
03	Linda Bresonik	7th December 1983	FCR 2001 Duisburg	2	0
04th	Nia Künzer	January 18, 1980	1. FFC Frankfurt	4th	1
12	Sonja Fuss	5th November 1978	FFC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000	1	0
13	Sandra Minnert	April 7, 1973	1. FFC Frankfurt	6th	2
17th	Ariane Hingst	July 25, 1979	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	6th	0
19th	Stefanie Gottschlich	5th August 1978	VfL Wolfsburg	6th	1
midfield
05	Stephanie Jones	December 22, 1972	1. FFC Frankfurt	3	0
06th	Renate Lingor	October 11, 1975	1. FFC Frankfurt	6th	0
07th	Pia Wunderlich	January 26, 1975	1. FFC Frankfurt	3	1
08th	Sandra Smisek	3rd July 1977	FSV Frankfurt	1	0
10	Bettina Wiegmann	7th October 1971	FFC Brauweiler Pulheim 2000	6th	2
16	Viola Odebrecht	February 11, 1983	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	1	0
18th	Kerstin Garefrekes	4th September 1979	FFC Heike Rheine	6th	4th
attack
09	Birgit Prinz	October 25, 1977	1. FFC Frankfurt	6th	7th
11	Martina Muller	April 18, 1980	SC 07 Bad Neuenahr	2	2
14th	Maren Meinert	5th August 1973	Boston Breakers ( USA )	6th	4th
20th	Conny Pohlers	November 16, 1978	1. FFC Turbine Potsdam	1	1
trainer
	Tina Theune-Meyer	4th November 1953

Japan

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Nozomi Yamago	January 16, 1975
12	Shiho Onodera	November 18, 1973
Defense
02	Yumi Ōbe	15th February 1975
03	Hiromi Isozaki	22nd December 1975
04th	Yasuyo Yamagishi	November 28, 1979
14th	Kyoko Yano	3rd June 1984
15th	Yuka Miyazaki	October 13, 1983
midfield
05	Tomoe Sakai	May 27, 1978
06th	Yayoi Kobayashi	September 18, 1981
07th	Naoko Kawakami	November 16, 1977
08th	Tomomi Miyamoto	December 31, 1978
13	Mai Nakachi	December 16, 1980
16	Emi Yamamoto	March 9, 1982
17th	Miyuki Yanagita	April 11, 1981
20th	Aya Miyama	January 28, 1985
attack
09	Eriko Arakawa	October 30, 1979
10	Homare Sawa	September 6, 1978
11	Mio Ōtani	May 5th 1979
18th	Karina Maruyama	March 26, 1983
19th	Akiko Sudo	April 7, 1984
Trainer
	Eiji Ueda	December 20, 1953

Canada

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Karina Leblanc	March 30, 1980
19th	Erin McLeod	February 26, 1983
20th	Taryn Swiatek	4th February 1981
Defense
03	Linda Consolante	May 23, 1982
04th	Sasha Andrews	February 24, 1983
06th	Sharolta nuns	December 30, 1977
07th	Isabelle Morneau	April 18, 1976
11	Randee Hermus	November 14, 1979
midfield
05	Andrea Neil	October 26, 1971
08th	Pristina Kiss	February 13, 1981
09	Rhian Wilkinson	May 12, 1982
13	Diana Matheson	April 6, 1984
14th	Carmelina Moscato	May 2, 1984
15th	Kara Lang	October 22, 1986
16	Brittany Timko	5th September 1985
attack
02	Christine Latham	September 15, 1981
10	Charmaine Hooper	15th January 1968
12	Christine Sinclair	June 12, 1983
17th	Silvana Burtini	May 10, 1969
18th	Tanya Dennis	August 26, 1985
Trainer
	Even Pellerud	July 15, 1953

Group D

Australia

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Cassandra Kell	August 8, 1980
12	Melissa Barbieri	20th January 1980
18th	Amy Beattie	September 8, 1980
Defense
03	Sacha Wainwright	February 6, 1972
04th	Dianne Alagich	May 12, 1979
05	Cheryl Salisbury	March 8, 1974
06th	Rhian Davies	5th January 1981
13	Karla Reuter	June 14, 1984
14th	Pamela Grant	November 15, 1982
midfield
02	Gillian Foster	August 28, 1976
08th	Bryony Duus	7th October 1977
10	Joanne Peters	March 11, 1979
11	Heather Garriock	December 21, 1982
15th	Valley Karp	December 30, 1981
16	Taryn Rockall	November 11, 1977
attack
07th	Kelly Golebiowski	July 26, 1981
09	April man	April 21, 1978
17th	Danielle Small	7th February 1979
19th	Amy Wilson	June 9, 1980
20th	Hayley Crawford	March 27, 1984
Trainer
	Adrian Santrac	June 29, 1958

China

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Han Wenxia	23rd August 1976
18th	Zhao Yan	May 7, 1972
Defense
02	Sun Rui	March 30, 1978
03	Li Jie	July 8, 1979
04th	Gao Hongxia	7th December 1973
05	Fan Yunjie	April 29, 1972
16	Liu Yali	February 9, 1980
20th	Wang Liping	November 12, 1973
midfield
06th	Zhao Lihong	December 25, 1972
08th	Zhang Ouying	2nd November 1975
10	Liu Ying	June 11, 1974
11	Pu Wei	20th August 1980
12	Qu Feifei	May 18, 1982
15th	Ren Liping	October 21, 1978
17th	Pan Lina	July 18, 1977
attack
07th	Bai Jie	March 28, 1972
09	Sun Wen	April 6, 1973
13	Teng Wei	May 21, 1974
14th	Bi Yan	17th February 1984
19th	Han Duan	June 15, 1983
Trainer
	Ma Liangxing	November 29, 1957

Ghana

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Memunatu Sulemana	4th November 1977
12	Fati Mohammed	4th June 1979
20th	Gladys Enti	April 21, 1975
Defense
02	Aminatu Ibrahim	3rd January 1979
03	Mavis Danso	March 24, 1984
04th	Patience Sackey	April 22, 1975
13	Yaa Avoe	July 1, 1982
14th	Elizabeth Baidu	April 28, 1978
16	Lydia Ankrah	1st December 1973
midfield
05	Patricia Ofori	June 9, 1981
06th	Florence Okoe	November 12, 1984
07th	Genevieve Clottey	April 25, 1969
17th	Belinda Kanda	3rd November 1982
attack
08th	Mimi Osei-Agyemang	5th November 1981
09	Akua Anokyewaa	October 15, 1984
10	Adjoa Bayor	17th May 1979
11	Gloria Oforiwaa	May 11, 1981
15th	Alberta Sackey	November 6, 1972
18th	Mavis Djangmah	December 21, 1973
19th	Basilea Amoah-Tetteh	March 7, 1984
Trainer
	Okay aryee

Russia

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No.	Surname	Date of birth	society
goalkeeper
01	Svetlana Petko	June 6, 1970
12	Alla Volkova	April 12, 1968
20th	Maria Pigaleva	February 12, 1981
Defense
02	Tatiana Saizewa	August 27, 1978
03	Marina Burakowa	May 8, 1966
04th	Marina Sajenko	May 1st, 1975
05	Vera Stroukova	August 6, 1981
16	Marina Kolomiyets	29th September 1972
18th	Anastassija Poustowoitowa	February 10, 1981
midfield
06th	Galina Komarova	August 12, 1977
07th	Tatyana Yegorova	March 10, 1970
08th	Alexandra Svetlitskaya	20th August 1971
09	Olga Sergayeva	March 8, 1977
13	Jelena Fomina	April 5th 1979
14th	Oxana Schmachkova	June 20, 1981
15th	Tatiana Skotnikova	November 27, 1978
19th	Jelena Dentschttschik	November 11, 1973
attack
10	Natalia Barbaschina	August 26, 1973
11	Olga Letjuschowa	December 29, 1975
17th	Elena Danilova	June 17, 1987
Trainer
	Yuri Bistritskiy	July 31, 1944

See also

• Soccer World Cup for women / goal scorers