Special report: 2006 FIFA World Cup

    GELSENKIRCHEN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- Argentina will play Serbia and Montenegro at a Group C match here on Friday.

    Location: Arena Auf Schale, Gelsenkirchen, Germany

    Time: Friday June 16, 1500 local time

    World Cup Capacity: 52,000

    Squad:

    Argentina

    Goalkeepers: 1-Roberto Abbondanzieri (Boca Juniors, Argentina),12-Leonardo Franco (Atletico Madrid, Spain), 23-Oscar Ustari (Independiente, Argentina)

    Defenders: 2-Roberto Ayala (Valencia, Spain), 3-Juan Sorin (Villarreal, Spain), 4-Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo La Coruna, Spain), 6-Gabriel Heinze (Manchester Utd., England), 13-Lionel Scaloni (West Ham, England), 15-Gabriel Milito (Zaragoza, Spain), 17-Leandro Cufre (AS Rome, Italy), 21-Nicolas Burdisso (Inter, Italy)

    Midfielders: 5-Esteban Cambiasso (Inter, Italy), 8-Javier Mascherano (Corinthians, Brazil), 10-Juan Riquelme (Villarreal, Spain), 18-Maxi Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid, Spain), 16-Pablo Aimar(Valencia, Spain), 22-Luis Gonzalez (Porto, Portugal)

    Forwards: 7-Javier Saviola (Sevilla FC, Spain), 9-Hernan Crespo(Chelsea, England), 11-Carlos Tevez (Corinthians, Brazil), 14-Rodrigo Palacio (Boca Juniors, Argentina), 19-ionel Messi (Barcelona, Spain), 20-Julio Cruz (Inter, Italy)

    Coach: Jose Pekerman

    Serbia and Montenegro

    Goalkeepers: 1-Dragoslav Jevric (Ankaraspor, Turkey), 12-OliverKovacevic (CSKA Sofia, Belgium), 23-Vladimir Stojkovic (Crvena Zvezda, Serbia and Montenegro)

    Defenders: 3-Ivica Dragutinovic (Sevilla FC, Spain), 5-Nemanja Vidic (Manchester Utd., England), 6-Goran Gavrancic (Dynamo Kyiv, Ukraine), 13-Dusan Basta (Crvena Zvezda, Serbia and Montenegro), 14-Nenad Djordjevic (Partizan, Serbia and Montenegro), 15-Milan Dudic (Crvena Zvezda, Serbia and Montenegro), 16-Dusan Petkovic (OFK Beograd, Serbia and Montenegro), 20-Mladen KIrstajic (Schalke04, Germany)

    Midfielders: 2-Ivan Ergic (Basel, Switzerlands), 4-Igor Duljaj (Shakhtar Donetsk, Ukraine), 7-Ognjen Koroman (Portsmouth, England), 10-Dejan Stankovic (Inter, Italy), 11-Predrag Djordjevic(Olympiakos, Greece), 17-Albert Nadj (Partizan, Serbia and Montenegro), 18-Zvonimir Vukic (Partizan, Serbia and Montenegro), 22-Sasa Ilic (Galatasaray, Turkey)

    Forwards: 8-Mateja Kezman (Atletico Madrid, Spain), 9-Savo Milosevic (Osasuna, Spain), 19-Nikola Zigic (Crvena Zvezda, Serbiaand Montenegro), 21-Danijel Ljuboja (VfB Stuttgart, Germany)

    Coach: Ilija Petkovic

    Suspended: None

    Injured: Nemanja Vidic (Serbia and Montenegro)

    Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

    Linesmen: Cristiano Copelli (Italy), Alessandro Stagnoli (Italy)Enditem