Can Australia sneak past a tough group consisting of Germany, Ghana and Serbia? Not sure if the Socceroos have it in them. Pim Verbeek with his squad below, then the rest of Group D.
Australia
Goalkeepers: Mark Schwarzer (Fulham), Brad Jones (Middlesbrough, Adam Federici (Reading).
Defenders: Craig Moore (No Team), Lucas Neill (Galatasaray), Luke Wilkshire (Dynamo Moscow), Scott Chipperfield (FC Basel), David Carney (FC Twente), Mark Milligan (JEF United), Jade North (Tromso), Michael Beauchamp (Al-Jazira), Shane Lowry (Aston Villa), Rhys Williams (Middlesbrough).
Midfielders: Jason Culina (Gold Coast), Tim Cahill (Everton), Brett Emerton (Blackburn), Mark Bresciano (Palermo), Vince Grella (Blackburn), Brett Holman (AZ Alkmaar), Carl Valeri (Sassuolo), Mile Jedinak (Antalyaspor), Richard Garcia (Hull), Nicky Carle (Crystal Palace), Tommy Oar (FC Utrecht), James Holland (AZ Alkmaar).
Forwards: Harry Kewell (Galatasaray), Josh Kennedy (Nagoya Grampus), Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough), Dario Vidosic (FC Nuremberg), Nikita Rukavytsya (FC Twente).Germany
Goalkeepers: Hans-Jorg Butt, Manuel Neuer, Tim Wiese
Defenders: Per Mertesacker, Heiko Westermann, Philipp Lahm, Jerome Boateng, Andrea Beck, Arne Friedrich, Serdar Tasci, Marcell Jansen, Holger Badstuber, Dennis Aogo.
Midfielders: Michael Ballack, Sami Khedira, Piotr Trochowski, Marko Marin, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Christian Trasch, Mesut Ozil, Toni Kroos.
Forwards: Lukas Podolski, Miroslav Klose, Stefan Kiessling, Cacau, Thomas Muller, Mario Gomez.
Ghana
Goalkeepers: Richard Kingson, Daniel Agyei, Stephen Ahorlu, Stephen Adams.
Defenders: Samuel Inkoom, Eric Addo, Jonathan Mensah, Lee Addy, Rahim Ayew, Hans Sarpei, John Mensah, Isaac Vorsah, John Paintsil.
Midfielders: Sulley Muntari, Derek Boateng, Anthony Annan, Emmanuel Agyemang-Badu, Kwadwo Asamoah, Andre Ayew, Michael Essien, Stephen Appiah, Haminu Dramani, Quincy Owusu Abeyie, Bernard Kumordzie, Laryea Kingston, Kevin-Prince Boateng.
Forwards: Matthew Amoah, Asamoah Gyan, Prince Tagoe, Dominic Adiyiah
Serbia
Goalkeepers: Zeljko Brkic (Vojvodina), Andjelko Djuricic (Leiria, Portugal), Bojan Isailovic (Cukaricki Belgrade), Vladimir Stojkovic (Wigan, England).
Defense: Branislav Ivanovic (Chelsea, England), Aleksandar Kolarov (Lazio, Italy), Aleksandar Lukovic (Udinese, Italy), Ivan Obradovic (Zaragoza, Spain), Antonio Rukavina (1860 Munich, Germany), Neven Subotic (Borussia Dortmund, Germany), Nemanja Vidic (Manchester United, England).
Midfield: Milan Jovanovic (Standard Liege, Belgium), Gojko Kacar (Hertha Berlin, Germany), Milos Krasic (CSKA Moscow, Russia), Zdravko Kuzmanovic (Stuttgart, Germany), Nemanja Matic (Chelsea, England), Nenad Milijas (Wolverhampton, England), Milos Ninkovic (Dynamo Kiev, Ukraine), Radosav Petrovic (Partizan Belgrade), Dejan Stankovic (Inter Milan, Italy), Miralem Sulejmani (Ajax, the Netherlands), Zoran Tosic (Cologne, Germany).
Forwards: Danko Lazovic (Zenit St. Petersburgh, Russia), Dejan Lekic (Red Star Belgrade), Dragan Mrdja (Vojvodina), Marko Pantelic (Ajax, the Netherlands), Nikola Zigich (Valencia, Spain).
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