1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship squads

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This article lists the confirmed national futsal squads for the 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship tournament held in Spain, between 24 November and 8 December 1996.

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Group A

Flag of Spain.svg  Spain

Head coach: Javier Lozano Cid

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Jesús Clavería (1968-01-04)4 January 1968 (aged 28) Flag of Spain.svg Interviú Boomerang
22 DF Julio García (1972-05-27)27 May 1972 (aged 24) Flag of Spain.svg Interviú Boomerang
32 DF Santi Herrero (1971-03-27)27 March 1971 (aged 25)
42 DF Fran Torres (1969-08-12)12 August 1969 (aged 27)
53 MF Vicentín (1969-06-25)25 June 1969 (aged 27)
62 DF Joan Linares (1975-02-24)24 February 1975 (aged 21)
73 MF Pato (1967-03-06)6 March 1967 (aged 29)
83 MF Javier Lorente (1970-04-21)21 April 1970 (aged 26)
94 FW Javi Sánchez (1971-01-15)15 January 1971 (aged 25)
103 MF Javi Rodríguez (1974-03-26)26 March 1974 (aged 22)
114 FW Arnaldo Ferreira (1968-08-16)16 August 1968 (aged 28)
121 GK Juanjo (1972-08-24)24 August 1972 (aged 24)

Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine

Head coach: Gennadiy Lisenchuk

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Oleg Zozulya 5 May 1965 (age 31)
22 DF Iouri Oussakovskii 10 October 1968 (age 28)
32 DF Serhiy Oussakovskii 10 October 1968 (age 28)
43 MF Oleg Bezugly 14 January 1969 (age 27)
52 DF Taras Voniarkha 15 June 1971 (age 25)
63 MF Vitaliy Brunko 24 October 1976 (age 20)
74 FW Georgii Melnikov 10 March 1975 (age 21)
84 FW Olexandr Kosenko 18 January 1970 (age 26)
93 MF Oleksandre Moskaliuk 9 February 1970 (age 26)
104 FW Volodymyr Obihod 2 February 1967 (age 29)
113 MF Igor Moskvychov 6 November 1971 (age 25)
121 GK Alexandre Kondratenko 2 September 1974 (age 22)

Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt

Head coach: Farouk El Sayed

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Yasser Mohamed 7 April 1973 (age 23)
23 MF Hashim El Desuoky 23 March 1975 (age 21)
33 MF Mohamed Sayed Ibrahim 2 August 1970 (age 26)
42 DF Remah Abou Zeid 2 December 1976 (age 19)
52 DF Tamer Ismail 19 October 1968 (age 28)
62 DF Mustafa Abdelatif 21 September 1975 (age 21)
74 FW Mowafak Ibrahim 16 February 1960 (age 36)
83 MF Hussin Hassan 15 October 1969 (age 27)
93 MF Salama Ahmed 3 January 1971 (age 25)
103 MF Badr Mahmoud 15 May 1959 (age 37)
114 FW Mohamed Saad Mohamed 15 May 1959 (age 37)
121 GK Abdel Hamid Hassan 27 March 1961 (age 35)

Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia

Head coach: James Roberts

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Adam Confoy 21 June 1971 (age 25)
23 MF Rob Perinovic 9 July 1974 (age 22)
32 DF Elliot Zwangobani23 October 1973 (age 23)
43 MF Fortunato Carvalho 9 June 1968 (age 28)
52 DF Martin Calvert 13 November 1975 (age 21)
62 DF Paul Roberts 19 December 1973 (age 22)
74 FW Simon Aitchison 31 August 1972 (age 24)
84 FW Vince Nastoski 12 March 1965 (age 31)
93 MF Jamie Amendolia 16 February 1977 (age 19)
103 MF Jason Wells 27 March 1971 (age 25)
114 FW Zlatko Momircevski 2 April 1971 (age 25)
121 GK Jorge Suarez 10 August 1976 (age 20)

Group B

Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands

Head coach: Ron Groenewoud

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1 Michel Wentzel 28 June 1966 (age 30)
2 Anton Biloro 19 August 1969 (age 27)
3 Johnny Keur 16 February 1967 (age 29)
4 Hanky Leatemia 13 July 1966 (age 30)
5 Hjalmar Hoekema 16 November 1965 (age 31)
6 Henny Lettinck 5 January 1967 (age 29)
7 Pascal Langenhuijsen 4 June 1971 (age 25)
8 Moes Talha 1 December 1970 (age 25)
9 Edwin Grunholz 15 August 1969 (age 27)
10 Johannes Ludwig 9 May 1962 (age 34)
11 Johannes de Bever 7 April 1965 (age 31)
12 Tom Sier 17 November 1973 (age 23)

Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Head coach: Semen ANDREEV

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1Ilya SAMOKHIN10 August 1970 (age 26)
2 Konstantin Eremenko 5 August 1970 (age 26)
3Alexei OUSKOV12 December 1962 (age 33)
4Alexander VERIZHNIKOV16 July 1968 (age 28)
5Temur ALEKBEROV22 September 1969 (age 27)
6Dmitry CHUGUNOV9 June 1968 (age 28)
7Vadim IACHINE27 June 1971 (age 25)
8Dmitri GORINE9 May 1972 (age 24)
9Alexey KISSELEV1 October 1969 (age 27)
10Arkadiy BELYI31 May 1973 (age 23)
11Mikhail KOCHTCHEEV9 April 1967 (age 29)
12Alexei EVTEEV4 August 1975 (age 21)

Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina

Head coach: Fernando LARRANAGA

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1Javier GUISANDE15 December 1975 (age 20)
2Leandro PLANAS28 November 1975 (age 20)
3Sebastian PACHECO10 January 1974 (age 22)
4Diego CASTANARES29 April 1975 (age 21)
5Marcelo SCHEAVE17 December 1969 (age 26)
6Daniel DICHIARO14 March 1969 (age 27)
7Pablo PARILLA24 July 1973 (age 23)
8Carlos SANCHEZ31 January 1975 (age 21)
9Rodrigo PETILLO19 May 1977 (age 19)
10Mariano TALLAFERRO19 December 1974 (age 21)
11Leonardo MAGARELLI21 August 1974 (age 22)
12Leonardo RUIZ24 September 1970 (age 26)

Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China

Head coach: GENBAO Xu

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1CAI Jian Lin23 July 1965 (age 31
2WU Bing7 February 1968 (age 28)
3CHENG Yaodong16 June 1967 (age 29)
4ZHU Qi2 June 1972 (age 24)
5MAO Yijun28 December 1970 (age 25)
6SHEN Si1 May 1973 (age 23)
7GU Zhao Nian18 December 1974 (age 21)
8ZHANG Yong26 January 1975 (age 21)
9QI Hong3 June 1976 (age 20)
10LIU Jun25 January 1970 (age 26)
11ZHANG Yi4 January 1973 (age 23)
12WANG Hui23 September 1978 (age 18)

Group C

Flag of Italy.svg  Italy

Head coach: Carlo FACCHIN

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1Francesco FRADELLA
2Massimo RISCINO
3Salvatore ZAFFIRO
4Ivano ROMA
5Andrea BEARZI
6Andrea FAMA
7Massimo QUATTRINI
8Alfredo ESPOSITO
9Roberto MATRANGA
10Massimiliano MANNINO
11Gabriele CALECA
12Francesco COPPOLA

Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay

Head coach: Rolando MUNIZ

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1Mauro ROIBAL
2Jorge COLINA
3Alvaro PINEIRO
4Uriol NUNEZ
5Diego IMPERIO
6Pablo LAMANNA
7PICO
8Silvio RAPELA
9Andres D ALESSANDRO
10Claudio GUERRA
11Daniel VARELA
12Ariel DI PIERRO

Flag of the United States.svg  United States

Head coach: John KOWALSKI

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1Victor Manuel NOGUEIRA
2George FERNANDEZ
3Oscar DRAGUICEVICH
4Jon PARRY
5Goran HUNJAK
6Sean BOWERS
7Jim GABARRA
8Frank KLOPAS
9Mark MOSER
10Franklin McINTOSH
11Dennis BROSE
12Otto ORF

Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia

Head coach: Vic Hermans

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1 Khairul Azman Mohamed
2 Mohd Raizuwah Idris
3 Zainal Abidin Hassan
4 Anuar Jusoh
5 Lim Seng Kong
6 Rosdee Sulong
7 Mohammad Nazri Yunus
8 Zami Mohd Noor
9 Dollah Salleh
10 Azman Adnan
11 Azrul Amri Burhan
12 Mudzar Mohamad

Group D

Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil

Head coach: Takão

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Serginho
2 Bagé
3 Márcio
4 Waginho
53 MF Manoel Tobias
6 Fininho
7 Sandrinho
8 Danilo
9 Clóvis
10 Chôco
11 Djacir
123 MF Vander

Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium

Head coach: Damien KNABBEN

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1Geert BUVE
2Youssef EL GUIR
3Abdelhafid EL GUIR
4Marcel CLAESEN
5Pascal DELREE
6Tim VERGAUWEN
7Ivan HECHTERMANS
8Bert MICHIELS
9Pasquale COCCO
10Benoit JANSSEN
11Herman BEYERS
12Philippe MARCHE

Flag of Iran.svg  Iran

Head coach:Reza Mohammadkazemi

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
11 GK Ahmad Sajjadi Flag of Iran.svg Bahman
2 Masoud Estili Flag of Iran.svg Zob Ahan
3 Sadegh Varmazyar Flag of Iran.svg n/a
4 Reza Zarkhanli Flag of Iran.svg Entezam
5 Majid Saleh Flag of Iran.svg PAS Tehran
6 Ali Javadi Flag of Iran.svg Payam Moghavemat
7Hossein Hosseini Flag of Iran.svg Aboomoslem
8 Hashem Heidari Flag of Iran.svg PAS Tehran
9 Hassan Arsalani Flag of Iran.svg Sepidrood
10 Mohammad Mehranpour Flag of Iran.svg Esteghlal
11 Mehdi Sepiddast Flag of Iran.svg Shamoushak
12 Mohammad Ali Yahyavi Flag of Iran.svg Esteghlal

Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba

Head coach: Clemente REINOSO

No.Pos.PlayerDate of birth (age)CapsGoalsClub
1Alain SOBRINO
2Boris SANAME
3Jose CAMEJO
4Aliet MARTINEZ
5Fredy HERRERA
6Pillin GUERRA
7Alexander MOSQUERA
8Ernesto RODRIGUEZ
9Camilo MENDOZA
10Papi PORTAL
11Vladimir IBANEZ
12Dagmar GOMEZ

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