| Nr. | Name | Date of Birth | Position | Clubs | Height |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vincent ENYEAMA | 29/08/1982 | GK | Hapoel Tel-Aviv (ISR) | 185 |
| 2 | Joseph YOBO | 06/09/1980 | DF | Everton (ENG) | 185 |
| 3 | Taye TAIWO | 16/04/1985 | DF | Marseille (FRA) | 188 |
| 4 | Nwankwo KANU | 01/08/1976 | MF | Portsmouth (ENG) | 197 |
| 5 | Rabiu AFOLABI | 18/04/1980 | DF | Red Bull Salzburg (AUT) | 183 |
| 6 | Danny SHITTU | 02/09/1980 | DF | Bolton Wanderers (ENG) | 190 |
| 7 | John UTAKA | 08/01/1982 | FW | Portsmouth (ENG) | 179 |
| 8 | Yakubu AYEGBENI | 22/11/1982 | FW | Everton (ENG) | 188 |
| 9 | Obafemi MARTINS | 28/10/1984 | FW | Wolfsburg (GER) | 170 |
| 10 | Brown IDEYE | 10/10/1988 | FW | Sochaux (FRA) | 180 |
| 11 | Peter ODEMWINGIE | 15/07/1981 | FW | Lokomotiv Moscow (RUS) | 181 |
| 12 | Kalu UCHE | 15/11/1982 | MF | Almeria (ESP) | 171 |
| 13 | Yussuf AYILA | 04/11/1984 | MF | Dynamo Kyiv (UKR) | 179 |
| 14 | Sani KAITA | 02/05/1986 | MF | Alania Vladikavkaz (RUS) | 180 |
| 15 | Lukman HARUNA | 04/12/1990 | MF | Monaco (FRA) | 177 |
| 16 | Austin EJIDE | 08/04/1984 | GK | Hapoel Petah Tikva (ISR) | 186 |
| 17 | Chidi ODIAH | 17/12/1983 | DF | CSKA Moscow (RUS) | 181 |
| 18 | Victor OBINNA | 25/03/1987 | FW | Malaga (ESP) | 178 |
| 19 | Chinedu OGBUKE OBASI | 01/06/1986 | FW | Hoffenheim (GER) | 181 |
| 20 | Dickson ETUHU | 08/06/1982 | MF | Fulham (ENG) | 191 |
| 21 | Uwa ECHIEJILE | 20/01/1988 | DF | Rennes (FRA) | 198 |
| 22 | Dele ADELEYE | 25/12/1988 | DF | Sparta Rotterdam (NED) | 189 |
| 23 | Dele AIYENUGBA | 20/11/1983 | GK | Bnei Yehuda (ISR) | 186 |
FIFA.com looks back on the thrills and spills in the African Zone, where Algeria, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana and Nigeria all made it through.
