This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Germany, between 9 June and 9 July 2006. Before announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 33 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted by 15 May 2006. Replacement of injured players was permitted until 24 hours before the team's first World Cup game. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps counts until the start of the World Cup, including all pre-tournament friendlies. Club information is that used by FIFA. Players for whom this information changed during or prior to the tournament are indicated by footnotes.
Head coach: Alexandre Guimarães
Head coach: Luis Fernando Suárez
Head coach: Jürgen Klinsmann
Head coach: Paweà  Janas
Head coach: Sven-Göran Eriksson
Head coach: AnÃÂbal Ruiz
Head coach: Lars Lagerbäck
Head coach: Leo Beenhakker
Head coach: José Pekerman
Head coach: Henri Michel
Head coach: Marco van Basten
Head coach: Ilija PetkoviÃÂ
Head coach: Luis Oliveira Gonçalves
Head coach: Branko IvankoviÃÂ
Head coach: Ricardo La Volpe
Head coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari
Head coach: Karel Brückner
Head coach: Ratomir DujkoviÃÂ
Head coach: Marcello Lippi
Head coach: Bruce Arena
Head coach: Guus Hiddink
Head coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira
Head coach: Zlatko KranjÃÂar
Head coach: Zico
Head coach: Raymond Domenech
Head coach: Dick Advocaat
Head coach: Köbi Kuhn
Head coach: Otto Pfister
Head coach: Marcos Paquetá
Head coach: Luis Aragonés
Head coach: Roger Lemerre
Head coach: Oleg Blokhin
Serhiy Fedorov was injured prior to the start of the tournament. His replacement, Vyacheslav Shevchuk, was also injured shortly after filling in. Oleksandr Yatsenko was then called up, and sat on the bench for the last two matches.
The squads for Italy and Saudi Arabia were made up entirely of players from their respective domestic leagues, with the latter being the only team without players from European clubs. The Ivory Coast squad was made up entirely of players employed by foreign clubs, and 22 out of the 23 players were registered in Europe. Although Turkey, Scotland, and Russia failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 12, 11, and 10 players respectively. In total, domestic leagues from 48 countries had players at the 2006 World Cup.
Finalised clubs' listing as per FIFA, excluding players on standby and loans.