The Spanish league has one of the highest number of players playing in the World Cup. All but Mendieta of the Spanish squad play in the home country, and another 37 'extranjeros' have been selected for their national sides:
Group | No. | Position | Player | Club | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Group A | 5 | DF | Christanval | Barcelona | France |
7 | MF | Makelele | Real Madrid | France | |
10 | MF | Zidane | Real Madrid | France | |
9 | FW | Darío Silva | Málaga | Uruguay | |
15 | FW | Olivera | Sevilla | Uruguay | |
16 | MF | Romero | Málaga | Uruguay | |
17 | FW | Regueiro | Racing Santander | Uruguay | |
22 | MF | De los Santos | Valencia | Uruguay | |
Group B | 10 | MF | Toro Acuña | Zaragoza | Paraguay |
Group C | 6 | DF | Roberto Carlos | Real Madrid | Brazil |
10 | FW | Rivaldo | Barcelona | Brazil | |
17 | FW | Denilson | Betis | Brazil | |
15 | FW | Nihat | Real Sociedad | Turkey | |
Group D | 6 | MF | Paulo Sousa | Espanyol | Portugal |
7 | MF | Figo | Real Madrid | Portugal | |
Group E | 5 | DF | Kalla | Extremadura | Cameroon |
8 | DF | Geremi | Real Madrid | Cameroon | |
9 | FW | Eto'o | Mallorca | Cameroon | |
18 | FW | Suffo | Numancia | Cameroon | |
23 | MF | N'Kome | Numancia | Cameroon | |
Group F | 1 | GK | Burgos | Atlético | Argentina |
2 | DF | Ayala | Valencia | Argentina | |
12 | GK | Cavallero | Celta | Argentina | |
16 | MF | Aimar | Valencia | Argentina | |
17 | MF | Gustavo López | Celta | Argentina | |
18 | MF | Kily González | Valencia | Argentina | |
23 | GK | Bonano | Barcelona | Argentina | |
8 | FW | Mutiu | Salamanca | Nigeria | |
3 | DF | Andersson | Barcelona | Sweden | |
Group G | 4 | DF | Coco | Barcelona | Italy |
6 | MF | Torrado | Sevilla | Mexico | |
10 | FW | Cuauhtèmoc | Valladolid | Mexico | |
17 | FW | Palencia | Espanyol | Mexico | |
Group H | 7 | MF | Onopko | Oviedo | Russia |
8 | MF | Karpin | Celta | Russia | |
10 | MF | Mostovoi | Celta | Russia | |
21 | MF | Khokhlov | Real Sociedad | Russia |