2010 FIFA World Cup squads
No Pos Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Club
1 1 GK Boubacar Barry ( 1979-12-30 ) 30 December 1979 ( aged 30 ) 45 Lokeren
2 2 DF Benjamin Angoua ( 1986-11-28 ) 28 November 1986 ( aged 23 ) 7 Valenciennes
3 2 DF Arthur Boka ( 1983-04-02 ) 2 April 1983 ( aged 27 ) 54 VfB Stuttgart
4 2 DF Kolo Touré ( 1981-03-19 ) 19 March 1981 ( aged 29 ) 76 Manchester City
5 3 MF Didier Zokora ( 1980-12-14 ) 14 December 1980 ( aged 29 ) 80 Sevilla
6 2 DF Steve Gohouri ( 1981-02-08 ) 8 February 1981 ( aged 29 ) 11 Wigan Athletic
7 4 FW Seydou Doumbia ( 1987-12-31 ) 31 December 1987 ( aged 22 ) 5 Young Boys
8 4 FW Salomon Kalou ( 1985-08-05 ) 5 August 1985 ( aged 24 ) 28 Chelsea
9 3 MF Cheick Tioté ( 1986-06-21 ) 21 June 1986 ( aged 23 ) 8 Twente
10 4 FW Gervinho ( 1987-05-27 ) 27 May 1987 ( aged 23 ) 15 Lille
11 4 FW Didier Drogba ( c ) ( 1978-03-11 ) 11 March 1978 ( aged 32 ) 68 Chelsea
12 3 MF Jean-Jacques Gosso ( 1983-03-15 ) 15 March 1983 ( aged 27 ) 6 Monaco
13 3 MF Romaric ( 1983-06-04 ) 4 June 1983 ( aged 27 ) 38 Sevilla
14 3 MF Emmanuel Koné ( 1986-12-31 ) 31 December 1986 ( aged 23 ) 12 Internațional
15 4 FW Aruna Dindane ( 1980-11-26 ) 26 November 1980 ( aged 29 ) 54 Portsmouth
16 1 GK Aristide Zogbo ( 1981-12-30 ) 30 December 1981 ( aged 28 ) 6 Maccabi Netanya
17 2 DF Siaka Tiéné ( 1982-03-22 ) 22 March 1982 ( aged 28 ) 55 Valenciennes
18 3 MF Kader Keïta ( 1981-08-06 ) 6 August 1981 ( aged 28 ) 55 Galatasaray
19 3 MF Yaya Touré ( 1983-05-13 ) 13 May 1983 ( aged 27 ) 47 Barcelona
20 2 DF Guy Demel ( 1981-06-13 ) 13 June 1981 ( aged 28 ) 26 Hamburger SV
Group G -- Ivory Coast
Coach : Sven-Göran Eriksson
The 2010 FIFA World Cup was an international football tournament held in South Africa from 11 June until 11 July 2010. The 32 national teams involved in the tournament were required to register a squad of 23 players; only players in these squads were eligible to take part in the tournament. Before announcing their final squad for the tournament, teams were required to name a preliminary squad of 30 players by 11 May 2010, 30 days before the start of the tournament. With the exception of those involved in the 2010 UEFA Champions League Final, the players listed in the preliminary squad were then subjected to a mandatory rest period from 17 to 23 May 2010. The preliminary squad would then have to be cut to a final 23 by 1 June 2010 (midnight CET). Replacement of seriously injured players is permitted until 24 hours before the team in question's first World Cup game, though replacement players do not have to be drawn from the preliminary squad. Players marked (c) were named as captain for their national squad. Number of caps, players' club teams and players' age as of 11 June 2010, the tournament's opening day. For the first time in World Cup history, all teams had at least one player from a European club (North Korea being the only team with just one, Hong Yong-jo). Three national squads were made up entirely of players from domestic clubs: England, Italy and Germany. Nigeria was the only team with no players from domestic clubs.