Portugal

Surprisely, the portugese have only been at the world cup on three previous occasions! and because of the abundance of talent in the country, a lot is expected from them. This time, backed with experience Brailian former world cup coach, scolari, portugalhas a good chance of going all the way.

Appearances: '66,'86,'02

Key Players (to watch): Christian Ronaldo, Deco

Population: 10,566,212

Size: 392,391sqkm

Language: Portuguese

Capital: Lisbon

Currency: Euro

Rating Code ( Probabity of winning the world cup): Blue

Team list:

1 GK RICARDO Sporting, POR

2 DF PAULO FERREIRA Chelsea, ENG

3 DF CANEIRA Sporting, POR

4 DF RICARDO COSTA Porto, POR

5 DF FERNANDO MEIRA VfB Stuttgart, GER

6 MF COSTINHA no club affiliation

7 FW LUIS FIGO Inter, ITA

8 MF PETIT Benfica, POR

9 FW PAULETA Paris St-Germain, FRA

10 MF HUGO VIANA Valencia, ESP

11 FW SIMAO SABROSA Benfica, POR

12 GK QUIM Benfica, POR

13 DF MIGUEL Valencia, ESP

14 DF NUNO VALENTE Everton, ENG

15 FW BOA MORTE Fulham, ENG

16 DF RICARDO CARVALHO Chelsea, ENG

17 FW CRISTIANO RONALDO Manchester Utd., ENG

18 MF MANICHE Chelsea, ENG

19 MF TIAGO Lyon, FRA

20 MF DECO Barcelona, ESP

21 FW NUNO GOMES Benfica, POR

22 GK PAULO SANTOS Braga, POR

23 FW HELDER POSTIGA Saint-Etienne, FRA

Coach: SCOLARI Luiz Felipe