This article lists the confirmed national futsal squads for the 1996 FIFA Futsal World Championship tournament held in Spain, between 24 November and 8 December 1996.

Group A

 Spain

Head coach: Javier Lozano Cid

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Jesús Clavería (1968-01-04)4 January 1968 (aged 28) Spain Interviú Boomerang
2 2DF Julio García (1972-05-27)27 May 1972 (aged 24) Spain Interviú Boomerang
3 2DF Santi Herrero (1971-03-27)27 March 1971 (aged 25)
4 2DF Fran Torres (1969-08-12)12 August 1969 (aged 27)
5 3MF Vicentín (1969-06-25)25 June 1969 (aged 27)
6 2DF Joan Linares (1975-02-24)24 February 1975 (aged 21)
7 3MF Pato (1967-03-06)6 March 1967 (aged 29)
8 3MF Javier Lorente (1970-04-21)21 April 1970 (aged 26)
9 4FW Javi Sánchez (1971-01-15)15 January 1971 (aged 25)
10 3MF Javi Rodríguez (1974-03-26)26 March 1974 (aged 22)
11 4FW Arnaldo Ferreira (1968-08-16)16 August 1968 (aged 28)
12 1GK Juanjo (1972-08-24)24 August 1972 (aged 24)

 Ukraine

Head coach: Gennadiy Lisenchuk

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Oleg Zozulya 5 May 1965 (age 31)
2 2DF Iouri Oussakovskii 10 October 1968 (age 28)
3 2DF Serhiy Oussakovskii 10 October 1968 (age 28)
4 3MF Oleg Bezugly 14 January 1969 (age 27)
5 2DF Taras Voniarkha 15 June 1971 (age 25)
6 3MF Vitaliy Brunko 24 October 1976 (age 20)
7 4FW Georgii Melnikov 10 March 1975 (age 21)
8 4FW Olexandr Kosenko 18 January 1970 (age 26)
9 3MF Oleksandre Moskaliuk 9 February 1970 (age 26)
10 4FW Volodymyr Obihod 2 February 1967 (age 29)
11 3MF Igor Moskvychov 6 November 1971 (age 25)
12 1GK Alexandre Kondratenko 2 September 1974 (age 22)

 Egypt

Head coach: Farouk El Sayed

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Yasser Mohamed 7 April 1973 (age 23)
2 3MF Hashim El Desuoky 23 March 1975 (age 21)
3 3MF Mohamed Sayed Ibrahim 2 August 1970 (age 26)
4 2DF Remah Abou Zeid 2 December 1976 (age 19)
5 2DF Tamer Ismail 19 October 1968 (age 28)
6 2DF Mustafa Abdelatif 21 September 1975 (age 21)
7 4FW Mowafak Ibrahim 16 February 1960 (age 36)
8 3MF Hussin Hassan 15 October 1969 (age 27)
9 3MF Salama Ahmed 3 January 1971 (age 25)
10 3MF Badr Mahmoud 15 May 1959 (age 37)
11 4FW Mohamed Saad Mohamed 15 May 1959 (age 37)
12 1GK Abdel Hamid Hassan 27 March 1961 (age 35)

 Australia

Head coach: James Roberts

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Adam Confoy 21 June 1971 (age 25)
2 3MF Rob Perinovic 9 July 1974 (age 22)
3 2DF Elliot Zwangobani 23 October 1973 (age 23)
4 3MF Fortunato Carvalho 9 June 1968 (age 28)
5 2DF Martin Calvert 13 November 1975 (age 21)
6 2DF Paul Roberts 19 December 1973 (age 22)
7 4FW Simon Aitchison 31 August 1972 (age 24)
8 4FW Vince Nastoski 12 March 1965 (age 31)
9 3MF Jamie Amendolia 16 February 1977 (age 19)
10 3MF Jason Wells 27 March 1971 (age 25)
11 4FW Zlatko Momircevski 2 April 1971 (age 25)
12 1GK Jorge Suarez 10 August 1976 (age 20)

Group B

 Netherlands

Head coach: Ron Groenewoud

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 Michel Wentzel 28 June 1966 (age 30)
2 Anton Biloro 19 August 1969 (age 27)
3 Johnny Keur 16 February 1967 (age 29)
4 Hanky Leatemia 13 July 1966 (age 30)
5 Hjalmar Hoekema 16 November 1965 (age 31)
6 Henny Lettinck 5 January 1967 (age 29)
7 Pascal Langenhuijsen 4 June 1971 (age 25)
8 Moes Talha 1 December 1970 (age 25)
9 Edwin Grunholz 15 August 1969 (age 27)
10 Johannes Ludwig 9 May 1962 (age 34)
11 Johannes de Bever 7 April 1965 (age 31)
12 Tom Sier 17 November 1973 (age 23)

 Russia

Head coach: Semen ANDREEV

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 Ilya SAMOKHIN 10 August 1970 (age 26)
2 Konstantin Eremenko 5 August 1970 (age 26)
3 Alexei OUSKOV 12 December 1962 (age 33)
4 Alexander VERIZHNIKOV 16 July 1968 (age 28)
5 Temur ALEKBEROV 22 September 1969 (age 27)
6 Dmitry CHUGUNOV 9 June 1968 (age 28)
7 Vadim IACHINE 27 June 1971 (age 25)
8 Dmitri GORINE 9 May 1972 (age 24)
9 Alexey KISSELEV 1 October 1969 (age 27)
10 Arkadiy BELYI 31 May 1973 (age 23)
11 Mikhail KOCHTCHEEV 9 April 1967 (age 29)
12 Alexei EVTEEV 4 August 1975 (age 21)

 Argentina

Head coach: Fernando LARRANAGA

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 Javier GUISANDE 15 December 1975 (age 20)
2 Leandro PLANAS 28 November 1975 (age 20)
3 Sebastian PACHECO 10 January 1974 (age 22)
4 Diego CASTANARES 29 April 1975 (age 21)
5 Marcelo SCHEAVE 17 December 1969 (age 26)
6 Daniel DICHIARO 14 March 1969 (age 27)
7 Pablo PARILLA 24 July 1973 (age 23)
8 Carlos SANCHEZ 31 January 1975 (age 21)
9 Rodrigo PETILLO 19 May 1977 (age 19)
10 Mariano TALLAFERRO 19 December 1974 (age 21)
11 Leonardo MAGARELLI 21 August 1974 (age 22)
12 Leonardo RUIZ 24 September 1970 (age 26)

 China

Head coach: GENBAO Xu

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 CAI Jian Lin 23 July 1965 (age 31
2 WU Bing 7 February 1968 (age 28)
3 CHENG Yaodong 16 June 1967 (age 29)
4 ZHU Qi 2 June 1972 (age 24)
5 MAO Yijun 28 December 1970 (age 25)
6 SHEN Si 1 May 1973 (age 23)
7 GU Zhao Nian 18 December 1974 (age 21)
8 ZHANG Yong 26 January 1975 (age 21)
9 QI Hong 3 June 1976 (age 20)
10 LIU Jun 25 January 1970 (age 26)
11 ZHANG Yi 4 January 1973 (age 23)
12 WANG Hui 23 September 1978 (age 18)

Group C

 Italy

Head coach: Carlo FACCHIN

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 Francesco FRADELLA
2 Massimo RISCINO
3 Salvatore ZAFFIRO
4 Ivano ROMA
5 Andrea BEARZI
6 Andrea FAMA
7 Massimo QUATTRINI
8 Alfredo ESPOSITO
9 Roberto MATRANGA
10 Massimiliano MANNINO
11 Gabriele CALECA
12 Francesco COPPOLA

 Uruguay

Head coach: Rolando MUNIZ

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 Mauro ROIBAL
2 Jorge COLINA
3 Alvaro PINEIRO
4 Uriol NUNEZ
5 Diego IMPERIO
6 Pablo LAMANNA
7 PICO
8 Silvio RAPELA
9 Andres D ALESSANDRO
10 Claudio GUERRA
11 Daniel VARELA
12 Ariel DI PIERRO

 United States

Head coach: John KOWALSKI

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 Victor Manuel NOGUEIRA
2 George FERNANDEZ
3 Oscar DRAGUICEVICH
4 Jon PARRY
5 Goran HUNJAK
6 Sean BOWERS
7 Jim GABARRA
8 Frank KLOPAS
9 Mark MOSER
10 Franklin McINTOSH
11 Dennis BROSE
12 Otto ORF

 Malaysia

Head coach: Vic Hermans

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 Khairul Azman Mohamed
2 Mohd Raizuwah Idris
3 Zainal Abidin Hassan
4 Anuar Jusoh
5 Lim Seng Kong
6 Rosdee Sulong
7 Mohammad Nazri Yunus
8 Zami Mohd Noor
9 Dollah Salleh
10 Azman Adnan
11 Azrul Amri Burhan
12 Mudzar Mohamad

Group D

 Brazil

Head coach: Takão

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Serginho
2 Bagé
3 Márcio
4 Waginho
5 3MF Manoel Tobias
6 Fininho
7 Sandrinho
8 Danilo
9 Clóvis
10 Chôco
11 Djacir
12 3MF Vander

 Belgium

Head coach: Damien KNABBEN

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 Geert BUVE
2 Youssef EL GUIR
3 Abdelhafid EL GUIR
4 Marcel CLAESEN
5 Pascal DELREE
6 Tim VERGAUWEN
7 Ivan HECHTERMANS
8 Bert MICHIELS
9 Pasquale COCCO
10 Benoit JANSSEN
11 Herman BEYERS
12 Philippe MARCHE

 Iran

Head coach:Reza Mohammadkazemi

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Ahmad Sajjadi Iran Bahman
2 Masoud Estili Iran Zob Ahan
3 Sadegh Varmazyar Iran n/a
4 Reza Zarkhanli Iran Entezam
5 Majid Saleh Iran PAS Tehran
6 Ali Javadi Iran Payam Moghavemat
7 Hossein Hosseini Iran Aboomoslem
8 Hashem Heidari Iran PAS Tehran
9 Hassan Arsalani Iran Sepidrood
10 Mohammad Mehranpour Iran Esteghlal
11 Mehdi Sepiddast Iran Shamoushak
12 Mohammad Ali Yahyavi Iran Esteghlal

 Cuba

Head coach: Clemente REINOSO

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 Alain SOBRINO
2 Boris SANAME
3 Jose CAMEJO
4 Aliet MARTINEZ
5 Fredy HERRERA
6 Pillin GUERRA
7 Alexander MOSQUERA
8 Ernesto RODRIGUEZ
9 Camilo MENDOZA
10 Papi PORTAL
11 Vladimir IBANEZ
12 Dagmar GOMEZ

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