Vincenzo "Vince" Grella (born on October 5, 1979 in Dandenong, Victoria) is an Australian football (soccer) midfielder who currently plays for Torino F.C. in Italy's Serie A and for the Australian national team. Grella's family is of Italian descent. At age 14 he was the youngest football player admitted to the Victorian Institute of Sport, in Melbourne, and he went on to train at the Australian Institute of Sport on a football (soccer) scholarship from 1996-1997.

Dwight Pezzarossi born (September 4, 1979 in Guatemala City, Guatemala) is a professional football forward who has played for several teams in Guatemala and other countries, currently for Deportivo Marquense in Guatemala on loan from CD Numancia. Pezzarossi, nicknamed "El Tanque" ("the Tank", due to his size), started his footballing career with Guatemalan lower division club "Deportivo Escuintla".

Gonzalo "Chalo" Romero (born 25 March 1975) is a Guatemalan football Midfielder who plays for local club CSD Municipal in the Guatemala's top division. He is also a member of the Guatemalan national team, which he represented during the 2006 World Cup qualification campaign.

Peter Fröjdfeldt is a football (soccer) referee from Sweden, best known for officiating six games during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification in the European (UEFA) zone.

Erik Edman (born November 11, 1978, in Huskvarna, Sweden) is a professional Swedish footballer, currently playing for Rennes in the French Ligue 1. Before coming to France, Edman played for Helsingborgs IF and AIK in Sweden, Karlsruher SC in Germany, SC Heerenveen in the Netherlands and Tottenham Hotspur in England. He joined Rennes on August 31, 2005, for an undisclosed amount. Edman came to the club with a huge amount of international experience, …

Elson Evelio Becerra Vaca was a Colombian footballer. A national team player, Becerra participated in the 2001 Copa America as well as the 2003 Confederations Cup, where he became noted for trying to save the life of the collapsed Marc-Vivien Foé. He also featured in Colombia's unsuccessful qualification for the 2006 FIFA World Cup. On club level the striker had played for Al Jazira in the United Arab Emirates since 2003.

Knut Kircher (born February 2, 1969), is a German football referee. In 1998 he became a referee in the 2nd Bundesliga (zweite bundesliga). Kircher was then elevated to a referee in the German Bundesliga for the 2001/2002 season. In 2004 he became a FIFA-referee. He officiated his first match on September 8, 2004; the World Cup qualifying match between Andorra and Romania (1-5)

Fredy García is a Guatemalan football midfielder who plays for local club CSD Municipal in the Guatemala's top division. He is also a member of the Guatemalan national team, which he represented during the 2006 World Cup qualification campaign. The best goal was be scored in the match versus Costa Rica in 12 October 2005.

Freddy William Thompson (born June 2, 1982 in Puerto Barrios, Izabal) is a Guatemalan football defensive midfielder who plays for local club Municipal and for the Guatemalan national team, being the current captain of both. He represented Guatemala during the 2006 World Cup qualification rounds.

Alain Rochat is a Swiss footballer. He plays in defence for FC Zürich. He was part of the 2006-07 Swiss Championship winning team. Before he played for BSC Young Boys, Yverdon Sport FC and Stade Rennais FC. He signed a new four years contract with club. On 4 June, 2005 he made his only appearance so far for the Swiss national team, against Faroe Islands at 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Rodolfo Bodipo Díaz is a Equatorial Guinean international football striker. His first two caps for the Equatorial Guinea national football team, against Togo in both-legs of 06 World Cup Preliminaries.He currently plays for Deportivo de La Coruña, one-time winners of La Liga and UEFA Champions League semi-finalists.

Fernando Clavijo (born January 23, 1956 in Maldonado, Uruguay) is a former American soccer defender and currently the head coach of the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Clavijo began his professional playing career at the age of 16 with Uruguayan club Atenas De San Carlos. In 1979, Clavijo and his wife moved to the United States in order for him to play for the New York Apollo of the American Soccer League (ASL).

Andrei Karpovich (born January 18, 1981) is a football midfielder from Kazakhstan. As of April 2007 he has played 26 international matches, for the Kazakhstan national football team. Karpovich started his career in his home town Semey playing for FC Elimay, and has since played for different teams, finally signing for russian side FC Dinamo Moskva in 2007 He had scored first ever Kazakhstan goal in a competitive match after entering UEFA.

Florian Meyer (born November 21, 1968 in Braunschweig), is a German football referee. He has officiated in the German Football Association (DFB) since 1996 and he has been a FIFA-referee since 2002. He was referee in the qualification to the 2006 FIFA World Cup between Norway and Moldova. He was also fourth official for the 2007 UEFA Champions League Final between A.C. Milan and Liverpool.

Nélson Veiga fullname Nélson César Tavares Rodrigues Veiga is a Cape Verdean football (soccer) defender, playing for Omonia Nicosia in Cyprus and Cape Verde national football team. He also holds a Portuguese passport. He scored an own goal against Ghana national football team, 5 September 2004. He played every match in 2006 World Cup qualification expect against Burkina Faso, South Africa and Uganda, March-June, 2005.

Huang Wei-yi is a Taiwanese football striker who currently plays for Tatung F.C.. He comes from Atayal tribe. In 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification games, he scored 3 goals, which were the only goals received by Chinese Taipei. In 2000, Huang started playing for the Ilan Youth soccer team, for which he capped 22 times and scored 10 goals.

Kao Hao-chieh (born July 24 1980) is a Taiwanese football player who currently plays for Tatung F.C. as a defender. Kao represented Chinese Taipei in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (2004) and East Asian Cup 2005 and became regular squad in 2007 AFC Asian Cup qualification (2006).

Christian Chukwu is a Nigerian football coach and former defender. As a player, he became the captain of Enugu Rangers football club and the Nigeria national team in the late 1970s. He was the first Nigerian captain to lift the African Nations Cup trophy after a 3-0 victory over Algeria in the final of the 1980 tournament. Chukwu started his coaching career in Lebanon in the mid 1990s, before being appointed coach of the Kenya national team in 1998.

Kevin Onyekachi Amuneke is a Nigerian football (soccer) striker. He currently plays for Bulgarian team PFC CSKA Sofia. He is the younger brother of footballer Emmanuel Amuneke and Kingsley Amuneke, and played with Kingsley in Swedish club Landskrona BoIS and Portuguese club Vitória Setúbal. He has played twice for Nigeria, in 2006 World Cup qualifiers against Rwanda and Angola in June 2005.

Ricardo Trigueño Foster is a Guatemalan football goalkeeper who plays for local club Deportivo Marquense in the Guatemala's top division. He is also a member of the Guatemalan national team, which he represented during the 2006 World Cup qualification campaign.

Pablo Melgar Torino (born January 14, 1980) is a Guatemalan football defender who currently plays for CD Antofagasta of the Chilean top division. Before playing in Chile, Melgar played for local clubs Deportivo Zacapa, Antigua GFC, Aurora FC, and Municipal, the latter from 2004 to 2007, during which time the club won five league titles in a row. He is also a regular on the Guatemala national team, for which he has competed at the youth, Olympic, …

Gunnar Heiðar Þorvaldsson "(Gunnar Heidar Thorvaldsson)" is an Icelandic striker who plays for German Bundesliga side Hannover 96 and the Icelandic national team. Þorvaldsson started his career at ÍBV in his hometown of Vestmannaeyjar. After establishing himself as the best striker in the Icelandic Premier League, he was transferred to Halmstads BK in Sweden in 2004.

Selvyn Ponciano (born 18 July 1973) is a Guatemalan football defender who plays for local club CSD Municipal in the Guatemala's top division. He is also a member of the Guatemalan national team, which he represented during the 2006 World Cup qualification campaign.

Ahn Young-Hak is a Japanese-born North Korean football player who played for North Korea in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Mario "El Coyote" Acevedo (born 15 February 1969) is a Guatemalan football forward who plays for local club CSD Municipal in the Guatemala's top division. He is also a member of the Guatemalan national team. He represented sometimes Guatemalan national team in the 2006 World Cup qualification.

Natia Natia is a player from the American Samoa national football team. He scored American Samoa's only goal in the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification, when they were trailing Vanuatu 0-2. American Samoa eventually lost 1-9.

Aleksandar Bajevski is a Macedonian footballer (striker) playing lately for Górnik Łęczna. He joined this team from Ferencvaros in the summer 2006. Bajevski is a trainee of Vardar Skopje. He has played for the Republic of Macedonia national football team, including 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification .In the beginning of March, he has been released free from Górnik Łęczna on his own request

McColm Cephas (born September 30, 1978 in Monrovia, Liberia) is a striker currently playing for American USL First Division side Carolina RailHawks. He played two World Cup 2006 qualifying games for Liberia in 2004. Cephas scored the only goal as Carolina upset the Chicago Fire, holders of the cup, in the 2007 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

Lee, Han-Jae is a North Korean football player who played for North Korea in 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification.

Gustavo Méndez is a football (soccer) referee from Uruguay, best known for supervising two matches at the Copa América 2004 in Peru. He also led four games during the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification in South America.

Fabrice Alcebiades Maieco, better known as Akwá, is a professional football striker from Angola with Atlético Petróleos Luanda. He played in Portugal for Alverca and Benfica, and in Qatar for club side Al Wakra and Al Gharafa. Akwa captains the national side and was selected for the 2006 FIFA World Cup, despite then being without a club. He has 80 caps and 36 goals for Angola as of June 2006.

Miloš Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Марић; born March 5, 1982 in Titovo Užice, Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a Serbian football central midfielder, currently who played for Olympiacos. He is a barrel-chested Serbian central midfield powerhouse who stands out with his movement and first touch. He possesses really good stamina and a powerful shot, but he is infamous for his weak passing ability and his proneness to errors.