World Cup 2006 France Team and Football lineup

Sunday May 14, 2006
France: The 23 players selected for the World Cup
We were impatiently awaiting this list, and it was this morning at 11:30 am that Raymond Domenech announced the list of 23 French players selected for the World Cup 2006 France in Germany:



Goalkeepers:

1 – Fabien Barthez (Olympique de Marseille): 34 years old, 77 caps

2 – Grégory Coupet (Olympique Lyonnais): 33 years old, 18 caps

3 – Mickaël Landreau (FC Nantes): 27 years old, 3 selections



Defenders:

Eric Abidal (Olympique Lyonnais): 26 years old, 5 caps

Jean-Alain Boumsong (Newcastle / ANG): 26 years old, 18 caps, 1 goal

Pascal Chimbonda (Wigan / ANG): 26 years old, 0 selection

William Gallas (Chelsea / ENG): 28 years old, 37 caps, 1 goal

Gaël Givet (AS Monaco): 24 years old, 11 caps

Willy Sagnol (Bayern Munich / ALL): 29 years old, 35 caps

Mikaël Silvestre (Manchester United / ENG): 28 years old, 37 caps, 2 goals

Lilian Thuram (Juventus Turin / ITA): 34 years old, 111 caps, 2 goals



Midfielders:

Vikash Dhorasoo (Paris Saint-Germain): 32 years old, 15 caps, 1 goal

Alou Diarra (RC Lens): 24 years old, 8 caps

Claude Makelele (Chelsea / ENG): 33 years old, 40 caps

Florent Malouda (Olympique Lyonnais): 25 years old, 10 caps, 1 goal

Patrick Vieira (Juventus Turin / ITA): 29 years old, 84 caps, 4 goals

Zinédine Zidane (Real Madrid / ESP): 33 years old, 99 caps, 28 goals



Attackers:

Djibril Cissé (Liverpool / ANG): 24 years old, 27 caps, 9 goals

Thierry Henry (Arsenal / ANG): 28 years old, 76 caps, 31 goals

Franck Ribéry (Olympique de Marseille): 23 years old, 0 selection

Louis Saha (Manchester United / ENG): 27 years old, 8 caps, 2 goals

David Trezeguet (Juventus Turin / ITA): 28 years old, 61 caps, 31 goals

Sylvain Wiltord (Olympique Lyonnais): 31 years old, 77 caps, 25 goals



France is part of Group G, along with Switzerland, Korea and Togo.


Do you think Raymond Domenech made the right choice?

Fifa World Cup 2006 is very crucial for France.