Talk:2014 FIFA World Cup squads/Archive 1

Archive 1

Separating squad positions

Can we change the squads so that they seperate the goalkeepers, defenders, midfielders and attackers slightly more clearly, using {{nat fs break}}? - 97rob (talk) 14:01, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

As in 2010 FIFA World Cup squads, players should be arranged by squad number when the official World Cup squads are announced on 2 June.--2nyte (talk) 14:11, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Thanks, just wasn't clear yet, but it clearly will be in a few weeks time. - 97rob (talk) 16:30, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

Have any squad numbers actually been announced yet, as recent edits from @JackHoang: have been adding numbers? 97rob (talk) 14:12, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Those squad numbers is mentioned in the squad navboxes. JackHoang (talk) 14:31, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Which navboxes, have you got a source? - 97rob (talk) 14:41, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Found the ones I think you mean, Template:Honduras squad 2014 FIFA World Cup, the first edit suggests numbers are not accurate, "numbers will be fixed later" - 97rob (talk) 14:44, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Stand-by players

Should we really include the back-ups players here ? When the 23-man final squad is released, it means the 7 others won't play unless an injury occurs. They're not completely part of the team. My opinion is we should stick with the 23 players when officially announced. Tuttiseme (talk) 20:31, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

I agree with your suggestion was thinking the same when i saw the 7 back up player added to the announced squad lists.Abhinav0908 (talk) 21:09, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

I agree. Let's get rid of them. Barryjjoyce (talk) 03:20, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Also think reserve players should be excluded. If they were in consideration, they'd be in the provisional squad. LaAranaDiscoteca (talk) 17:22, 14 May 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 28 May 2014

Error with FIFA Worldcup Squad for France Loic Remy does not play for Newcastle United his contract is with Queens Park Rangers, who loaned him to Newcastle for the 2013-14 season.

Regards Phil Lowe 95.131.110.106 (talk) 12:18, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

@95.131.110.106:Please provide what you want to edit, what you want to add/remove/change, and provide WP:Reliable sources to support the edit request. Thank you. --JustBerry (talk) 13:33, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

There's also consensus on this page to record the club as the team the player last played for, therefore it should remain as Newcastle. - 97rob (talk) 13:42, 28 May 2014 (UTC)

Ki Sung-Yueng is a Swansea City Player

South Korea Squad 16 Ki Sung-Yueng is a Swansea City Player, he was only on loan to Sunderland Please Update 90.216.217.22 (talk) 09:26, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

 Not done There is consensus on this page to record the club as the team the player last played for, therefore it should remain as Sunderland. - Arjayay (talk) 10:07, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Monaco country flag

Hello. I think it'll be usefull to have a section here to talk about the following issue. AS Monaco is a club from Monaco which plays in the national League of France. Many players oh this club will play in the WC, such as Falcao, Joao Moutinho or Subasic. Which country flag should be in use ? France or Monaco ? I think it will be best to use Monaco's flag, to unify with, for instance, the use of Wales flag with Swansea (in the case of Michael Vorm from Netherlands), which is a Welsh club playing in an English league. What do you guys think ? Tuttiseme (talk) 19:41, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

It's nothing to do with where the club is located, it's about which national association the club is registered with. Swansea may play in England, but they are registered with the Football Association of Wales, hence they use the Welsh flag; conversely, AS Monaco may be located in Monaco, but they are registered with the French Football Federation and should use the French flag. – PeeJay 19:54, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Seems only logical, thanks for your answer! Tuttiseme (talk) 13:30, 29 May 2014 (UTC)

Ivory Coast

Shouldn't the country's name in the heading be "Ivory Coast" instead of the French "Cote d'Ivoire"? This name may be way more known than the official French version. Two lines after the heading the country is named "Ivory Coast" (As of 1 June 2014, Ivory Coast manager . . .). It is kinda like "Germany" would be named "Deutschland" in the heading (yes, I know the government-made law to forbid to say Ivory Coast, but nevertheless Ivory Coast is definitely more common in English-speaking countries).--31.17.94.52 (talk) 02:33, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

If you go to the FIFA Website and look for the team lists, they are given all in English (i.e. Germany), with the exception of Ivory Coast being called Cote d'Ivoire, so we should leave the page as it is. - 97rob (talk) 09:58, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Timelines

Can people please add an overview of how the squads took shape to each country's section? It isn't good enough to just write, "On [date], [national coach] selected his final squad." This page should be telling us when the initial training camp squad was selected and when any players were cut from the squad, not just the date the final squad was submitted. Otherwise we end up with a bland-as-fuck article that probably violates WP:NOTSTATS. – PeeJay 13:29, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

With that in mind, should we be leaving members of the provisional squads who did not make the final squad on the page, mentioning that they did not make the final cut? - 97rob (talk) 13:47, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

I would put their names in a prose paragraph above the squad list, not in the squad list itself. – PeeJay 16:55, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

Though I respect your views, I don't agree with this. I for myself think we should only indicate players who are actually taking part in the World Cup, and so should not make a reference to the back-up players.Tuttiseme (talk) 08:52, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Those back-up players have been included in the article previously, though, and have been part of the build up to the competition. Could we not just mention after each squad that Player 1, Player 2 ... and Player 3 were originally included in the squad, but were not selected for the final tournament. It'd only have to take up about a line extra, and it's a little extra information. The full layout with caps, clubs, DOB etc doesn't have to be included for those players. - 97rob (talk) 11:19, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Exactly, I'm just talking about names of players who were originally included, and the dates when they were dropped. For example, for the England squad, we could mention that (per this source) John Ruddy, Jon Flanagan, John Stones, Michael Carrick, Tom Cleverley, Andy Carroll and Jermaine Defoe were originally also included in a 30-man training squad, and that all but Flanagan and Stones were dropped ahead of the Peru friendly on Friday, before they themselves returned home following the squad submission deadline. I realise that this type of info may not be available for all teams, but it's worth adding, especially when you consider that it would be a negligible addition compared to the size of the article as it stands. I tried doing something similar for a few of the UEFA Euro 2004 squads, but since that tournament was 10 years ago, I didn't get very far. – PeeJay 11:31, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

If there is a consensus about it, fine, do as you two wish. I don't see the point in this at all, especially since I don't consider it a relevant information. Also, if I remember this right, these infos were deleted in the articles of past WC squad, consensus was reached to not include them. Tuttiseme (talk) 11:49, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

@PeeJay2K3: I think you should go ahead and change the England one and any others you've got sources for (WP:BOLD), if it turns out there's more people against it, then at least that should alert them and they'll join this discussion. - 97rob (talk) 12:04, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I would be interested to see where such a consensus was derived. I don't remember seeing any discussions about that sort of thing, and I've had those articles on my watchlist since not long after they were created. – PeeJay 12:04, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

I'll check if I find them or if it's my twisted memory at work again. In the meantime, I agree with 97rob, you should go ahead and make the change to see if I'm the only one opposing. Tuttiseme (talk) 12:10, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Edit Apparently, what I took for consensus was only an agreement reached by 3-4 persons who decided against referencing the stand-by players after the World Cup began in the 2006 FIFA World Cup squads. Let's see what other thinks, but if you want help, France stand-by players are Loïc Perrin, Benoît Trémoulinas, Morgan Schneiderlin, Maxime Gonalons, Rémy Cabella and Alexandre Lacazette (you can see it in the France Football reference already in the article). Let's see what comes out of this. Tuttiseme (talk) 12:50, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

I think the short paragraph above England's squad is much better than the sentences for the other squads. If we've got more sources for other squads, we should be adding them, and if any squads are cut down further from now (not sure if there's any left), and this is spotted, the sources should be used to add a paragraph. - 97rob (talk) 18:27, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

I agree with 97rob's previous comment. Wecan look for sources and have small paragraphs for each team at the top of their squad list, which i think should only include the final cut-off.Abhinav0908 (talk) 18:59, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

Player representation by league

This statistic is completely wrong. Even worse: The digits didn't match at any time. The german leagues never had 100 players to represent them. Same thing for MSL who never had 31 players in the provisional rosters. I suggest to correct this or remove it temporarily. PSG — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.186.156 (talk) 08:45, 23 May 2014 (UTC)

I think it would be better to remove this section until all the 23 final squads are released. Tuttiseme (talk) 19:03, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

I'd like to know if there's an official policy on these types of sections. Many WC and Euro pages have them, but when I added one to the 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. I was told that it was original research, and should not be allowed. Talk:2013_Africa_Cup_of_Nations_squads Are they allowed, and would it be correct to add them to the AFCON pages too? Crazydude22 (talk) 10:17, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

It's not original research in that it's just simple counting up of the leagues that the players were selected from; however, if no other reliable sources analyse the squad selections in this way, neither should we. Same applies to the nationalities of the coaches. – PeeJay 11:22, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

The telegraph has analysed the number of Premier League footballers at the World Cup, so this suggests that this analysis has been done by other sources. - 97rob (talk) 11:27, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Julio César - Semi-protected edit request on 4 June 2014

In the Brazilian squad the goalkeeper's link redirects to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BAlio_C%C3%A9sar_Soares_Esp%C3%ADndola (some midfielder who plays in Qatar) when it should be http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BAlio_C%C3%A9sar_(footballer) (the famous goalkeeper) 181.29.236.116 (talk) 06:52, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

 Done Tuttiseme (talk) 09:08, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks for the fix. BTW, I don't know if there is a quick way to edit that multiple times, but it seems that that mistake is in a lot of pages referring to the player (old squads, navigation boxes, etc.) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 181.29.236.116 (talk) 16:21, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Someone made a wrong redirect page from Júlio César Soares Espíndola to the other football player named Julio César born in 1979. PeeJay2K3 was kind enough to fix this apparently, so you should not see this issue anymore.Tuttiseme (talk) 17:04, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Player representation by club

Just wondering why 7 players has been chosen as the cut-off amount for this section? - 97rob (talk) 18:28, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 4 June 2014

In Bosnia squad Avdukić is number 22, and Begović is number 1. You made mistake.

176.61.176.86 (talk) 20:28, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Not done: please provide reliable sources that support the change you want to be made. Thanks, Older and ... well older (talk) 23:40, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

Question: I don't follow the sport as much as I would like to, could you please give me a link or two to a reliable source showing me those numbers? If so, I'd be happy to make the correction for you. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 23:57, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/teams/team=44037/players.html 62.50.178.88 (talk) 00:19, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Done — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 01:45, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Chile

There is one guy in Chile with the date of birth switched around to August 1, 1980 where every other record has the date of birth in a different format. Should all dob's be in a standard format please?

78.16.82.217 (talk) 12:17, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

 Done Sir Sputnik (talk) 15:04, 30 May 2014 (UTC)

Some dates of birth are still wrong: Cristopher Toselli, José Rojas, Miiko Albornoz, Jean Beausejour, Jorge Valdivia. Generally they should be doublechecked against the Wikipedia page of the player. PSG — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.186.156 (talk) 17:56, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

THIS ISSUE IS STILL OPEN! Please correct the DoB for Cristopher Toselli, José Rojas, Miiko Albornoz, Jean Beausejour, Jorge Valdivia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.186.156 (talk) 08:52, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Flags for Cardiff, Swansea & Monaco

Shouldn't we use the flags representing the national FA those clubs are playing in? Cardiff and Swansea both exclusively play in English league system. Monaco plays exclusively in the French one. I make an exception for Toronto and Vancouver Whitecaps as they also play in Canadian competitions and represent Canada in CONCACAF Champions League. Schnapper (talk) 09:27, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

See #Monaco country flag above. - 97rob (talk) 09:45, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Players from clubs

@Shab911: has been editing these statistics to show 10 Barcelona players and 7 Arsenal players. Can you provide a reason for this? From looking at the information on the page, the Barcelona players are: Daniel Alves, Neymar, Alex Song, Gerard Piqué, Jordi Alba, Xavi Hernández, Andrés Iniesta, Cesc Fàbregas, Sergio Busquets, Pedro Rodríguez, Máximo Banguera, Juan Carlos Paredes and Luis Saritama. The Arsenal players are: Santi Cazorla, Jack Wilshere, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Bacary Sagna, Laurent Koscielny, Olivier Giroud, Per Mertesacker, Mesut Özil, Lukas Podolski, Thomas Vermaelen. There is clearly 13 Barcelona and 10 Arsenal players. - 97rob (talk) 16:35, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

Having relooked at the page since posting that, there are actually 7 arsenal players, so sorry for that. I created a list of them from the page before I changed it first time though, so I'm not sure how I've managed to make this mistake. Sorry. - 97rob (talk) 16:37, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

And apologies for the Barcelona players. There are two clubs called Barcelona on the page, which I did not pick up when I copied the text from the page. - 97rob (talk) 16:39, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

No problem, There was also other errors that was edited though. - Shab911 (talk) 16:43, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

As long as someone double checks all the calculations here once all the squads have been officially announced by FIFA at the start of June, then any errors which creep in to the table before then won't make too much of a difference. Also, would it be better if we changed the table to the same format which was used in 2010?

Guys, I have no clue how to do it, but there should be an English flag next to Per Mertesacker's club Arsenal. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2A02:908:E272:4F80:3CD9:A3D1:EE0A:E134 (talk) 08:36, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

Done - 97rob (talk) 10:52, 20 May 2014 (UTC)

17 Chelsea players by the way http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014%E2%80%9315_Chelsea_F.C._season#Month_by_Month_Review

Tottenham is listed with 7 players, but I see only six players: Paulinho, Hugo Lloris, Nabil Bentaleb, Jan Vertonghen, Mousa Dembélé and Nacer Chadli. Has there been any squad changes/club changes/players on loan or is it just a miscalculation? --Wikijens (talk) 14:28, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

I thought they'd been removed previously by another editor, so I've removed them from the list again. - 97rob (talk) 15:12, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 6 June 2014

I notice many players birthdates are wrong when compared to what is on the fifa website especially Ghana players. Please make corrections. 204.187.34.100 (talk) 17:12, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format.- 97rob (talk) 17:14, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Squad numbers

Portugal and England have squad numbers with a mentioned source. South-Korea has squad numbers without source reference. I was wondering when and where South-Korea announced its squad numbers? - Mr.Prutz0r (talk) 09:38, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

Korea squad number detail in http://www.kfa.or.kr/ — Preceding unsigned comment added by Dixonhui (talk • contribs) 02:45, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Japan announced squad number. http://brazil2014.headlines.yahoo.co.jp/wc2014/hl?a=20140525-00192803-soccerk-socc Dixonhui (talk) 02:56, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Mexico announced squad Numbers. http://fansided.com/2014/05/23/el-tri-mexico-announces-world-cup-squad-jersey-numbers/#!ROni5 comment added by theBluU

I see several squad with squad numbers even if there are no squad numbers mentioned in the source. I get that it is likely that any squad numbers used in friendly matches recently is a good indication, but I think it is wrong to put squad numbers in this wiki before they are anounced by the actual FA or FIFA. Looking at Australia, Croatia, Colombia. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 195.159.134.165 (talk) 11:54, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

In Netherlands squad, the players Nigel de Jong and Jonathan de Guzmán are with switched numbers. De Jong is number 6, and de Guzmán is number 8. Source: FIFA site[[1]] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.111.46.201 (talk) 01:24, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Kit numbers

The tournament now appears to have kit numbers up for each nation linked from http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/teams/index.html. Should we make those refs standard? Walter Görlitz (talk) 00:34, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

There is an error in Netherlands squad. The players Nigel de Jong and Jonathan de Guzmán are with switched numbers. De Jong is actually number 6, and de Guzmán is number 8. Source: FIFA site http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/teams/team=43960/players.html — Preceding unsigned comment added by 200.204.214.2 (talk) 23:27, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Russia's caps

The number of Russia's caps should not include a 2012 friendly against Lithuania but Danielmordor keeps reverting it. What can be done about it? The Other Saluton (talk) 15:56, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Why does the 2012 Lithuania friendly not count? – PeeJay 20:33, 31 May 2014 (UTC)

Why don't you read the note? The Other Saluton (talk) 08:45, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Why don't you just tell me? – PeeJay 09:58, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

The note just says 'a 2012 friendly match against Lithuania, recognized by the Russian Football Union but not by FIFA, is not counted'. At least there should be an official source indicating why it's not counted, otherwise I see no reason why the caps against Lithuania shouldn't be counted. Tuttiseme (talk) 11:49, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Here's the source. [2] (leaf through to April - June 2012). There have been publications in the Russian press that FIFA deleted the match from their lists without explanations, probably because the fourth official wasn't licensed by FIFA. The Other Saluton (talk) 17:38, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

Because you must read the article before discussing what's written in it. The Other Saluton (talk) 17:34, 1 June 2014 (UTC)

No more comments? The Other Saluton (talk) 19:49, 2 June 2014 (UTC)

I'd say we should count the match in. (Or any match with more than 6 subs used, for that matter). It's FIFA's problem if they don't want to count this match for rankings, not national federation's. -BlameRuiner (talk) 09:40, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

National federations are subordinate to FIFA, if you forget. National federations may even be fanciful enough to send some random guys without the country's citizenship to a friendly match and say "it's our national team", that's why FIFA lists exist. The Other Saluton (talk) 06:44, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Belgium v. Luxemburg ruled invalid by FIFA

FIFA has declared that the game between Belgium and Luxembourg was invalid, due to Wilmots using 7 substitutes instead of 6. This means that caps and goals from this game are to be wiped. Does anyone know if this was already corrected by an editor in the article for the FIFA WC squads ? Tuttiseme (talk) 19:13, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

The match hasn't been taken off, I think. Bossut, the keeper should be on 0 caps according to that article, and the FIFA website. However, Lukaku's profile still lists him with 9 goals, but the BBC article says he should be back to 6. I think it'd be safe to remove a cap from everyone who played the match, but you can always check with the FIFA website before this. - 97rob (talk) 19:47, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

It's been removed now. The Other Saluton (talk) 06:45, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 June 2014

Three squads have only one domestic-based player (Côte d'Ivoire, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and Ghana).

more uruguay , one player in Nacional

84.79.178.233 (talk) 18:09, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. - 97rob (talk) 18:17, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Player transfers

Why is Rickie Lambert still shown as a Southampton player, when he has now joined Liverpool? 92.24.168.134 (talk) 16:19, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

The consensus further up this talk page, as also mentioned in the edit notice on the main article, is that we should keep players linked to the club which they actually last played competitive football for, on the basis that this form is why they were picked for the world cup. - 97rob (talk) 16:29, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

OK - I see that FIFA still list him as a Southampton player ([3]). Why then is he shown as a Liverpool player on the England page on Wikipedia? Very confusing!! 92.24.168.134 (talk) 16:43, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

In which case, Southampton should now be included in the list of clubs with 7 or more players, following the call-up of Morgan Schneiderlin for France. 92.24.168.134 (talk) 16:48, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

So they should. I've added them to the list now. - 97rob (talk) 17:01, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Thanks - but you've moved them to Germany!! 92.24.168.134 (talk) 17:07, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Oops, I copied the Schalke line, but clearly forgot to change the flag! - 97rob (talk) 17:11, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Adrian ramos from colombia number 19 it's list as borussia dortmund player but the fifa page list him as hertha bsc player

(talk) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 187.234.29.253 (talk) 15:26, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Common names

WP:common name

Change names:

• Vfl Wolfsburg -> Wolfsburg,
• UANL --> Tigres UANL,
• Hertha BSC --> Hertha Berlin,
• América --> Club América,
• Shandong Luneng Taishan --> Shandong Luneng,
• Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors --> Jeonbuk Motors,
• PSV --> PSV Eindhoven,
• Verona --> Hellas Verona,
• Vfb Stuttgart --> Stuttgart,
• F.C. Tokyo --> FC Tokyo,
• 1. FC Nürnberg --> Nürnberg,
• Mainz 05 --> Mainz,
• Saprissa --> Deportivo Saprissa,
• Copenhagen --> FC Copenhagen,
• Sporting --> Sporting CP,
• VfR Aalen --> Aalen,
• SC Freiburg --> Freiburg,
• 1899 Hoffenheim --> Hoffenheim,
• NEC --> NEC Nijmegen,
• Seattle Sounders FC --> Seattle Sounders,
• Toronto --> Toronto FC,
• AZ --> AZ Alkmaar,
• Milan --> AC Milan,

62.50.178.88 (talk) 00:15, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Not done: it's not clear what changes you want to be made. Please mention the specific changes in a "change X to Y" format. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 01:45, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Q: Seriously? You didn't understand?

X --> Y

For example: change "Vfb Stuttgart" to "Stuttgart" – 62.50.178.88 (talk) 22:31, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

• Question: Is there a discussion someplace I can reference that shows me what the consensual common name is for each one of these? GiantSnowman, I know you are a frequent FOOTY related topics guru of sorts, can you help with this any? — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 22:50, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Edit, I've fixed the chunk of unreadable requests into a proper easy to read list so it makes sense now. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 22:52, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

According to WP:KARLSRUHER, the German clubs in the above list should not be changed. As for the other teams, I found non consensus. Tuttiseme (talk) 02:48, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

• @Technical 13: - as @Tuttiseme: says, German names should stay in the 'long' form. The other changes suggested seem sensible, however. GiantSnowman 09:06, 8 June 2014 (UTC)
  • NEC, AZ and Milan shouldn't be changed either. – PeeJay 10:10, 8 June 2014 (UTC)

• Don't agree with this, the user wants Toronto to be listed as "Toronto FC" yet it wants Seattle Sounders FC to be listed just as "Seattle Sounders". Not clear what it wants, does it want the FC part or not? GoPurple'nGold₂₄ 03:41, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Sounders are officially and legally named Sounders FC and to avoid confusion with prior teams with the same name, as is the case with Whitecaps FC. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:31, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

• "Don't agree with this, the user wants Toronto to be listed as "Toronto FC" yet it wants Seattle Sounders FC to be listed just as "Seattle Sounders". Not clear what it wants, does it want the FC part or not?" – It wants to use the most common name. Sometimes the most common name has the "FC" included, sometimes not. But don't worry; the article is full of errors anyway – for example there are some Uruguay players with wrong squad numbers, and same with some Bosnian players too; guess there are other nations too that are wrong, but don't know any other specific. Also some players have the wrong birthdate, but I didn't write it down, so don't remember who those was – but I'll give you a couple I found, just so you know I'm talking the truth – Marcelo Brozović (Croatia), and Miiko Albornoz (Chile). Also the DOB-format is wrong in the cases of Oswaldo Minda and Edder Delgado. And also Pablo Armero – wrong club. – 62.50.178.88 (talk) 16:01, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Apparently there is no clear consensus on all of which ones should be changed. Once you have an agreed upon list, please feel free to reactivate this request. Thank you. — {{U|Technical 13}} ^{(e • t • c)} 16:09, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

That's okay, as I said: the article is full of errors anyway. But could I just ask; you write Nürnberg, even though in English it's "Nuremberg", and Mönchengladbach, even though in English it would be "Monchengladbach" – Okay you use the german name, but when we are talking about Bayern München, you use "Munich". And another example: Danish club FC København – you write "Copenhagen" / "FC Copenhagen" – Where is the consistency? Do you guys even know what you are doing?

Also in the WP:KARLSRUHER link that were refered to, it says "In German football, it is not common practice to list clubs by just the town/city names, in the way that in England we refer to Liverpool or Blackpool." So what? This is the English Wikipedia, not the German. The common name in English is not "VfB Stuttgart", it's "Stuttgart". And not "Hertha BSC", but "Hertha Berlin", for example. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 62.50.178.88 (talk) 17:11, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

I can give you a list of the MLS teams and their correct usage on Wikipedia: Template:Major League Soccer and that lists "Toronto FC" and "Seattle Sounders FC". Walter Görlitz (talk) 18:22, 10 June 2014 (UTC)

• How does that make "Seattle Sounders FC" the correct name on Wikipedia? Just because someone added the name to the template with the FC included?

What if someone made an edit to the template tomorrow and removed the FC?

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I can see the point in giving the club's article the name "Seattle Sounders FC" to differentiate the article from the others, since there has been prior teams with the same name. But when you link to the article I would drop the "FC" since just "Seattle Sounders" is the most normal to write, i.e. the common name.

Same thing with "Vancouver Whitecaps FC"; just "Vancouver Whitecaps".

There are many club articles that have the "FC" in the article title, but when you link to it you use the common name; for example you write "Lazio", not "S.S. Lazio", "Real Madrid", not "Real Madrid C.F.", "Newcastle United" without FC etc ..

I think the same should be done in that template you linked regarding the two teams in question.

Also I think that "D.C. United" should be written "DC United" in that template, since it's more common to write the name without the dots. And after all "LA Galaxy" is written without dots. So why not "DC United"? – 62.50.178.88 (talk) 04:17, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

If someone removed the "FC" tomorrow, I or another editor would revert it because those are the consensus names. Some are legal names. Others are simply to distinguish them from other names. Walter Görlitz (talk) 05:07, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Flag Icons for Managers

What is the rationale behind only including the flag icons for managers if they are from a different country than the one they manage? It looks sloppy to have half with and the other half without. Given that it's pertinent information, seems that they should be included for all managers regardless. — Preceding unsigned comment added by LaAranaDiscoteca (talk • contribs) 15:33, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

I agree that we should add flag icons for all managers. At the very least, though, there should be a note at the top explaining why some flags aren't shown. - 97rob (talk) 16:31, 12 May 2014 (UTC)

I think it would be best if we add flagicons for all managers. Where as the nationality of players may obvious for the national team of a World Cup, that of managers is completely unrelated to the team. At first I reverted the addition of flagicons to keep a continuity with previous WC squads articles, but now I think flagicons should be added. I does look sloppy to have half/half.--2nyte (talk) 14:00, 13 May 2014 (UTC)

+1 The Other Saluton (talk) 06:39, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

It's againt WP:MOSFLAG. The flags for the other managers are there because they are not from the nation represented. I would prefer to use prose for the out-of-nation managers, but there are some editors who disagree with that as well. I reverted their reintroduction. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:28, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Can we add somewhere on the article an explanation of why some countries have flags, but others don't? - 97rob (talk) 17:30, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

It couldn't hurt. What do you suggest? Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:33, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

Something at the end of the lead section, but the best I can come up with is Flags are shown next to managers who do are not the same nationality as their team. I'm pretty sure there's a better way to phrase that. - 97rob (talk) 17:49, 9 June 2014 (UTC)

WP:Ignore all rules. There is consensus above. The Other Saluton (talk) 08:06, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Positions

The players' positions mentioned should be the same as stated on FIFA's website. Those were obviously named by the coaches and it's up to them what to call this or that player. Am I wrong? If not, then let's include a note about this in the article. The Other Saluton (talk) 07:56, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Yes, that is right. The best source will be when FIFA releases a PDF of the entire set of squads (if they haven't already). Then we should use that as the primary source for all 736 players. – PeeJay 08:28, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

FIFA lists a lot of players in wrong positions and it doesn't have anything to do with coaches. For example, they put Forward next to Yuri Zhirkov, while player's profile description in prose (on FIFA website of course) clearly states that he is "performing as both full-back and winger on the left flank", hence he should be either MF or DF. -BlameRuiner (talk) 09:46, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Are you saying FIFA wrote "forward" out of nowhere? Or that you know about a player's functions more than Capello? Or that "having earned more than 50 caps while performing as both full-back and winger on the left flank" refers to the present, not to the past? No, this can't be. The Other Saluton (talk) 10:48, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Why a PDF? It's all on their website already. The Other Saluton (talk) 10:49, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

Yes, it is, but the PDF is a digital reproduction of an official document. Nothing wrong with using the website in the interim though. – PeeJay 11:02, 7 June 2014 (UTC)

• The coaches doesn't say which position the players play – what a waste of time that would be. FIFA defines the position themselves – there shouldn't be a need for the coaches to do that.

But maybe they should start doing that – how FIFA have managed to define Zhirkov as a forward is a mystery to me. To define Zhirkov as a forward and put him in the same category as Kerzhakov, for example, is just ridicolus really. Zhirkov is a left back / left midfielder.

Here is an article about him in the Guardian http://www.theguardian.com/football/blog/2014/jun/06/world-cup-2014-russia-yuri-zhirkov Not really an especially good article, but the position is right at least. Somee other sources: http://www.uefa.com/worldcup/season=2014/teams/player=94880/ http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/yuri-zhirkov/profil/spieler/16760 http://int.soccerway.com/players/yuri-zhirkov/4584/ http://www.goal.com/en/people/russia/4024/yuri-zhirkov http://www.espnfc.com/player/43733/yuri-zhirkov

No offence – but if you thought that it's reasonable to define Zhirkov as a forward – then you can't be following football very closely. – 62.50.178.88 (talk) 03:17, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Yeah, tell Capello the same thing. Russian sites published the squad with the same positions before FIFA did. [4] [5] Both sources say "Capello decided", "Capello announced". Did you notice Zhirkov and Samedov are wingers, who are sometimes classified as forwards?

Let me also quote FIFA's Regulations: 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil: "The final list (showing the full last name(s), all first names, popular name, number on the shirt, position, place and date of birth, passport number, name and country of the club, height, weight, number of caps won, number of international goals scored) shall be submitted to the FIFA general secretariat, using the official form for this purpose." Now apologize once again. The Other Saluton (talk) 08:17, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Croatia

I guess Milan Badelj would be No 15 then.--31.17.94.52 (talk) 17:57, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

James Troisi's club.

James Troisi belongs to Atalanta, but spent last season in Melbourne Victory. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Omar Amiraj (talk • contribs) 20:04, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

I've corrected his club. - 97rob (talk) 20:22, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Update players' clubs

In México's squad, can you change Oribe Peralta's team from Santos to América as he was transferred two days ago. Blacayo (talk) 17:24, 15 May 2014 (UTC)

 Done--2nyte (talk) 00:02, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

Like in the previous World Cup squads shouldn't the team the player played before the World Cup be added. Like David Villa was transferred to Barcelona before the 2010 World Cup but his club is listed as Valencia. Same thing goes with Javier Hernandez, he was transferred to Manchester United before the World Cup but his club is listed as Guadalajara.GoPurple'nGold₂₄ 18:41, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

It would probably be better to leave it as the team the player last played a competitive game for, because his form in the matches leading up to the world cup is what he's been selected for. - 97rob (talk) 18:56, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

I agree but lets see if anyone else agrees. GoPurple'nGold₂₄ 21:06, 16 May 2014 (UTC)

I agree that it would be better to leave it as the team the player last played in this case santos (User talk:zorroojinegro ) — Preceding undated comment added 19:13, 17 May 2014 (UTC)

What about loan players? Loic Remy is listed as a Newcastle player even though he is officially a QPR player who spent the last season on loan to Newcastle Little Professor (talk) 01:59, 25 May 2014 (UTC)

I vote we indicate here the team with which the player played his last competitive club game in the 2013-14 season. In Rémy's case, Newcastle. Tuttiseme (talk) 13:38, 26 May 2014 (UTC)

Agreed. If anything, we can add notes regarding players with transfer/loan cases. For example, Immobile will be a Borussia Dortmund player starting on July 1. Do U(knome)? ^yes..._{or no} 07:25, 3 June 2014 (UTC)

I'm getting quite annoyed by having to revert edits by people changing clubs at least a few times each day. I've had an edit notice created for the top of the page, to try and minimize the amount of this type of editing which happens, but there's no guarentee that people will notice this, or pay attention to it. It's fairly friendly at the moment, if nothing changes then we can make the text larger, and have it seem more authoritative. - 97rob (talk) 21:14, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

You could ask for protection from anonymous and new editors for the next ten days. You could also request an edit notice (see Wikipedia:Editnotice on how to do that) but I have found that they're ignored as well. Walter Görlitz (talk) 21:21, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

The page is already semi-protected, and I've requested the edit notice which I think has been created for me, but I'm not expecting that much success. I couldn't just let it keep happening without attempting to do something to slow it! - 97rob (talk) 21:25, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

The edit notice is in place. Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:28, 4 June 2014 (UTC)

I completely agree with the consensus above, but a slightly different issue arises with loan players. Benoît Assou-Ekotto played all of last season for QPR but he is and remains a Tottenham player. My memory is that in similar situations, the player is noted as a player for his parent club, and I have made the change accordingly, but I note it here for discussion. MrStoofer (talk) 14:21, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

I would prefer to have them listed as the club they were actually playing for during the season, as its the matches for that club which got them selected for the team. Any players which were loanees, like this case, or have been transferred later should probably have a note about it. - 97rob (talk) 14:38, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

He should be listed at the club to which he's currently loaned, not the club to which he's signed. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:55, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

I've also just noticed that on the FIFA website, he's listed as QPR at the moment. - 97rob (talk) 15:40, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

OK MrStoofer (talk) 17:20, 5 June 2014 (UTC)

So if most of you have agreed upon listing the players as belonging to the club for which they have played their last official matches before the World Cup, WHY are there still some editors that keep basically vandalizing this article and change the club names? E. g. for Timothy Chandler who is listed as a player of 1. FC Nürnberg on the FIFA site even though he has signed to Eintracht Frankfurt some days ago. http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/players/player=365556/profile-detail.html Could you PLEASE be consistent in this? If not the player representation by club makes no sense either. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 93.41.186.156 (talk) 08:49, 6 June 2014 (UTC)

Again some players' clubs have been changed. Please revert: Columbia: Pablo Armero: Napoli -> West Ham United Columbia: Adrian Ramos: Borussia Dortmund -> Hertha BSC Thank you.

Not done: Please open a new edit request and include a relaible source for the changes you want to have made. Thanks, Older and ... well older (talk) 19:58, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 June 2014

Spanish player David Villa's club isn't Atletico Madrid anymore. It should be New York City (or Melbourne City , where he's been loaned to). Pls make the edit. Indorious (talk) 07:11, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Wikipedia states: "Do not change the club that a player plays for if he has just been transferred. Consensus on the talk page is that this should be left as the last club that the player played competitive football for before the World Cup. If you disagree with this view, restart the discussion on the talk page." So since he hasn't played any game with his new club, we won't change it. Schnapper (talk) 07:50, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Not done: please establish a consensus for this alteration before using the {{edit semi-protected}} template. Mz7 (talk) 20:34, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 June 2014

Cesc Fabregas is a Chelsea player now Paulfdevine (talk) 22:01, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

 Not done See all other comments above, we list what team the players have belonged to before the tournament (this season) and not were they will play in the future. QED237 (talk) 22:28, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

In fact, he's signed a contract with them that does not teak effect until 1 July: the opening of the transfer window. (PS: I believe "above" is now in the archives). Walter Görlitz (talk) 22:39, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 12 June 2014

Fábregas' club should, regrettably, be changed to Chelsea Bantell7 (talk) 23:23, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

No it shouldn't. See above. His transfer does not take effect until 1 July. Walter Görlitz (talk) 23:28, 12 June 2014 (UTC)

Netherlands shirt numbers

An oficial FIFA document [6] puts Netherlands player Nigel de Jong as shirt number 6, and Netherlands Player Jonathan de Guzmán as shirt number 8. In the wikipedia page, de Jong is shown as number 8 and de Guzmán as number 6. Please, change the numbers 200.158.13.119 (talk) 13:20, 11 June 2014 (UTC)

Done BryanG (talk) 01:46, 13 June 2014 (UTC)

We should add notes about players who are changing clubs during and after the World Cup

Because, as we know, many players have played their last match for the team they're listed as. I agree that we should keep it that way, be we should add a note. Something like "David Luiz moved from Chelsea FC to Paris Saint-Germain following the tournament" or "Cesc Fabregas moved from FC Barcelona to Chelsea FC during the tournament", and something similar for players who were on loan (Player X was on loan at Club Y from Club Z prior to the tournament). I believe there is a precedent for this on previous pages on World Cup squads. MAINEiac4434 (talk) 00:47, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Should also probably make a note about players who are unsigned to a club like Eto'o. MAINEiac4434 (talk) 00:53, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

I completely agree with this. The World Cup falls at a funny time that makes defining players' clubs quite problematic if they're in the process of a transfer or they were on loan last season. A small note on the few players that this affects would solve the problem, at least to some extent. – PeeJay 10:12, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

Age

I suggest we list the players' age as of 11 June, not as of 12 June. The point is to give the latest data before the tournament. The players who have birthdays on 12 June will have one year added to their age, which makes them somehow stand out for no obvious reason. The Other Saluton (talk) 04:38, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

It only makes them stand out if you're paying very close attention to their birth dates. The relevant date is the day the tournament starts, before any matches are played, not the day before. – PeeJay 10:44, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

So? Anyone can pay any attention they like. Paying close attention only makes articles better. The day when the tournament starts is not the relevant date, I explained why above. The Other Saluton (talk) 12:26, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

But your reasoning is faulty. Of what relevance is a player's age the day before the tournament starts? If a player's birthday is 12 June, he will be the same age for the entire tournament; by defining his age as of the day before the tournament starts, you are basically getting his age wrong for the whole duration. – PeeJay 15:05, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

11 June has no relevance to the tournament, we should definitely stick with the date at the start (12th) - 97rob (talk) 15:09, 18 June 2014 (UTC)

That's right, it has no relevance to the tournament and neither it should, because what's important is the latest data before the tournament! What happened after it started is irrelevant for the article. The Other Saluton (talk) 00:57, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

If you agree it's irrelevant, your whole argument falls apart. You're wrong. – PeeJay 07:56, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

What? 12 June is after the start of the Cup, not 11 June. The Other Saluton (talk) 10:09, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Exactly. That's why we shouldn't use 11 June as the date for calculating players' ages. – PeeJay 10:42, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

"12 June is after the start of the Cup."

"What happened after it started is irrelevant for the article."

"That's why we shouldn't use 11 June as the date for calculating players' ages."

What was that? The Other Saluton (talk) 11:19, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Do you even know what you're saying? 12 June is the first day of the tournament. In Brazil, there were 17 hours in the day before the tournament actually started (IIRC), so the players were all more than half a day older by kickoff in the opening match than they were at 00:00 on 12 June. 12 June is the relevant date. Stop confusing the issue. – PeeJay 11:56, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

Exactly. Why choose one day before kick off? Why not a month before, or a year before, they're all just as irrelevant. The age when the tournament actually starts is what matters. Or if it has to be before, then why not just a second before? - 97rob (talk) 14:21, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

(edit conflict) I can't believe this is still ongoing. Let's put this into perspective. This discussion only affects two players on the list: Eugene Galekovic and Mauricio Isla who both celebrate birthdays on 12 June. That's 2 of 736 players. It does not make them stand out in any sense of the word. None. They're lost in the noise of the other 734 players. In fact, it's what would be statistically expected with a normal distribution at 1:368 since there are 365 days in the year. Next, they celebrate their birthdays on 12 June 2014, the first day of the tournament which is what the lede states and it will be their age throughout the tournament. While I understand that a date must be chosen to be used in the tables, the date as of the start of the tournament is more logical than the day before the tournament. Walter Görlitz (talk) 14:27, 19 June 2014 (UTC)

I repeated a hundred times why 11 June is relevant and 12 June is not. Thanks for making the article worse. Tons. The Other Saluton (talk) 10:29, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

You can repeat it a million times until the day you die and you still won't be right. Stop overreacting and just accept it. – PeeJay 11:53, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

I only needed to state once why 11 June isn't relevant. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:14, 23 June 2014 (UTC)

Information about date of squad announcements

Like the previous World Cup squads articles, there's no need to keep data about when each manager has announced the final squad or that player X or Y was replaced by injury. There's someone that keeps reverting these edits, but this piece information is irrelevant by now. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Baros1 (talk • contribs) 13:02, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

The information is always relevant as this is an encyclopaedia, not just an agglomeration of statistics. You don't think it's relevant? That's fine, but you need to be aware of a prior discussion about this type of info. User:Tuttiseme was in opposition, but User:97rob, User:Abhinav0908 and I were all in agreement that this type of info is valuable. The article would be boring as fuck without it. – PeeJay 14:59, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Why is there no need to keep the date of the announcement? If they were all on the same date, it could be discussed in the opening paragraphs, but since they varied, it's valid information. Walter Görlitz (talk) 16:15, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

Of-course it is relevant. There has been a long discussion on this talk page before. I supported it before and still i vote for it. Abhinav0908 (talk) 18:06, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

If anything, I think there could be more information added to the prose of this article. Without it, the article just becomes statistics and could be struggling to remain properly encyclopaedic. Definitely keep the information. - 97rob (talk) 18:18, 26 June 2014 (UTC)

User:PeeJay2K3: so all the previous squad articles are boring as fuck. Obviously we cannot have these referrences from some older ones, but even the 2010 FIFA World Cup squads article had no data about it. User:Walter Görlitz: but they were all on the same date as provided by FIFA. An example was the Bosnian squad that had a difference from the announcement on 2 June to the official one as a single player failed to get a US visa to the friendly against Mexico, criticized the Bosnian Federation and was replaced.

They were not all on the same date provided by FIFA. Honduras submitted on 5 May while both Australia and Spain submitted on 3 June with the rest, oh just look at the table and stop making things up

Nation	Final squad submission date
Brazil	2014-06-02
Cameroon	2014-06-02
Croatia	2014-05-31
Mexico	2014-05-09
Australia	2014-06-03
Chile	2014-06-01
Netherlands	2014-06-02
Spain	2014-06-03
Colombia	2014-06-02
Greece	2014-05-19
Ivory Coast	2014-06-01
Japan	2014-05-25
Costa Rica	2014-05-31
England	2014-05-22
Italy	2014-06-02
Uruguay	2014-05-31
Ecuador	2014-06-02
France	2014-05-12
Honduras	2014-05-05
Switzerland	2014-05-13
Argentina	2014-06-02
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2014-06-02
Iran	2014-06-01
Nigeria	2014-06-02
Germany	2014-06-02
Ghana	2014-06-01
Portugal	2014-05-19
United States	2014-05-22
Algeria	2014-06-02
Belgium	2014-06-02
Russia	2014-06-02
South Korea	2014-05-08

See the article for the references. Walter Görlitz (talk) 17:18, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

I have no doubt that every single team waited until the last possible moment to submit their official team lists to FIFA, in case of injury or the like, but as Walter has pointed out, the teams all announced their squads on different dates. – PeeJay 17:39, 27 June 2014 (UTC)

Suspensions

What exactly is the scope and the purpose of the "Suspensions" section? Why not just list those individuals, along with Josip Šimunić, at 2014 FIFA World Cup disciplinary record#By individual, to make it a complete and exhaustive list of who was suspended when? --Theurgist (talk) 15:07, 29 June 2014 (UTC)

Nicolás Lodeiro

Shouldn't Nicolás Lodeiro be listed as Botafogo-player instead of Corinthians-player according to the "last competitive match"-rule? --Wikijens (talk) 23:12, 4 July 2014 (UTC)

Player Representation by League System - Is England wrong?

Perhaps I'm missing something but shouldn't the "number of players outside of national team" for England be 88 not 97? There are 22 players in England squad who play in their national league, so shouldn't it be 110 - 22 = 88, not 97 as stated?
Also I have not individually counted the players, but when I do a search in the source for "clubnat=ENG" it comes out as 114 not 110. Again, I might be missing something, but could someone check the statistics for England (and if I'm right, other countries as well?) Mark davo (talk) 11:11, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

I've gone through all of them with "clubnat=", and corrected all of them. I got 120 for England, but there were a few added from Wales as well in that. - 97rob (talk) 14:39, 14 June 2014 (UTC)

20 players per country to be listed is an arbitrary cutoff. Someone has added Netherlands with 18 players. Just bringing it to the attention of those who edit this page. Jeff kuta (talk) 19:48, 6 July 2014 (UTC)

Squad lists

Listing the squads in positions make them easier to view than just having a long list of players in numbers (plus those who like to see a list of numbers still can by clicking the no. Section.) Lukejordan02 (talk) 14:49, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

And those who like to see the lists ordered by position can click on the "Position" column header. Ordering numerically is the order that makes the most logical sense. – PeeJay 14:53, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

If you look at any national teams page you will see it is mapped out the way I have done it on here, if it's good enough for there it is good enough for here and even if they do click on the position column it still makes it one long list rather than 4 divided columns. Lukejordan02 (talk) 15:01, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

That's a good point, but if you look at any World Cup squads articles, you'll see they are listed numerically. You can't compare national team articles with a list article such as this one, as they're different types of article. The style used on one page may not be fit for purpose on another. But anyway, now that you and I have both had our say, let's leave the article as it was and allow other people to make comments. You can't have a consensus with just two people, after all. – PeeJay 15:08, 7 July 2014 (UTC)

"Player X joined Club Y after the tournament"

Can people please stop adding these now? The tournament is over. Any transfers that occur from now on have no bearing on this list, as the clubs listed are all accurate for the entirety of the tournament. Diego Costa's transfer to Chelsea and Patrice Evra's move to Juventus do not need to be listed; Diego Costa was still registered with Atletico Madrid between the start of the tournament and the final, as was Evra with Manchester United. User:MAINEiac4434, I'm (mostly) looking at you here. – PeeJay 21:43, 22 July 2014 (UTC)

I believe any transfer between the tournament and the club's first competitive match is relevant to this page. The World Cup takes place between two club seasons; any player movement of a player included on a World Cup squad between the end of the 2013-14 season and the beginning of the 2014-15 season is relevant; James Rodriguez (who is another player that would fall under your criteria) may have been registered with Monaco for the tournament, but he never played another minute with them. It would be misleading not to mention the fact that he moved to Real following the tournament. Furthermore, should we extend this to teams who were out earlier? Should we not list that Luke Shaw moved to Man United because it happened after England were eliminated?

I honestly don't see any harm in adding notes until the league campaign kicks off. I don't think it's overloading information, and I don't believe it's irrelevant to the page. MAINEiac4434 (talk) 03:20, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

I agree with PeeJay2K3, which doesn't happen often. The problem is that this is a list of the squads. The most important information is for whom the players played their final competitive match before the start of the tournament. If a contract was inked to start before the end of the tournament, that too might be interesting. I don't see anything important about transfers made after the end of the tournament. Walter Görlitz (talk) 04:47, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

The only relevant information is where he played before the tournament. This is how he got into the squad, and also shows in which league a player was playing before the World Cup. Everything is just arbitrary: Do you want to list the new teams of players how announced shortly after the final? Also the new team of end-August transfers? Relevant is only where the player played before the tournament, everything else does not belong here. CorrectKissinTime (talk) 09:55, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

There is definitely value in listing moves that happened during the tournament, as if a player's registration changed during the competition, the club column is inaccurate. However, as you say, the important club is the one the player was with before the tournament, which is why we only put the new club in as a note. Nevertheless, this conversation is about transfers that happened after the tournament, which I'm sure you'll agree are totally irrelevant. – PeeJay 10:50, 23 July 2014 (UTC)

There is no difference whether Toni Kroos announced his move during or after the tournament - either way it is irrelevant for this article. CorrectKissinTime (talk) 22:47, 31 July 2014 (UTC)

Well, no. We've listed him as a Bayern Munich player for the tournament; if he had signed for Real Madrid before the semi-finals, or even just before the final, it wouldn't have been accurate to call him a Bayern Munich player for the whole tournament. Therefore, we add a note to say that he joined a new club during the tournament. Since he signed after, that transfer has no impact on this list and is irrelevant. But transfers that happened during the tournament are. – PeeJay 10:13, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

This is WP:OR. The FIFA is the relevant authority and they list all players with the team where they played before the tournament. CorrectKissinTime (talk) 12:45, 1 August 2014 (UTC)

You're changing your argument now. It's not OR, as all the transfers are suitably sourced. It's all well and good to list players where they were before the tournament, and that's what we've done, but we are providing the reader with extra relevant info by letting them know that a transfer occurred during (or just before) the tournament. – PeeJay 15:22, 1 August 2014 (UTC)