Editing 2010 FIFA World Cup (section)

==Squads==
[[File:FIFA World Cup 2010 Brazil North Korea 3.jpg|thumb|The Brazilian and North Korean teams before their group stage match]]
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As with the [[2006 FIFA World Cup squads|2006 tournament]], each team's squad for the 2010 World Cup consisted of 23 players. Each participating national association had to confirm their final 23-player [[2010 FIFA World Cup squads|squad]] by 1 June 2010. Teams were permitted to make late replacements in the event of serious injury, at any time up to 24 hours before their first game.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/WorldCup/67/17/65/671765_DOWNLOAD.pdf |publisher=[[UEFA]] |title=2010 FIFA World Cup Regulations |author=FIFA| access-date= 1 December 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910045029/https://www.uefa.com/MultimediaFiles/Download/competitions/WorldCup/67/17/65/671765_DOWNLOAD.pdf |archive-date=10 September 2008 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Of the 736 players participating in the tournament, over half played their club football in five European domestic leagues; those in England (117 players), Germany (84), Italy (80), Spain (59) and France (46).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://theglobalherald.com/fifa-world-cup-2010-where-the-players-are-based/4339/ |title=Where the players are based |work=The Global Herald |date=8 June 2010 |access-date=1 December 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008110006/http://theglobalherald.com/fifa-world-cup-2010-where-the-players-are-based/4339/ |archive-date=8 October 2011 }}</ref> The English, German and Italian squads were made up of entirely home based players, while only Nigeria had no players from clubs in their own league. In all, players from 52 national leagues entered the tournament. [[FC Barcelona]] of Spain was the club contributing the most players to the tournament, with 13 players of their side travelling, 7 with the Spanish team, while another 7 clubs contributed 10 players or more.

In another first for South Africa 2010, one squad included three siblings. [[Jerry Palacios|Jerry]], [[Johnny Palacios|Johnny]], and [[Wilson Palacios]] made history thanks to their inclusion in Honduras's 23-man list.<ref name="South Africa 2010 in numbers">{{Cite web|url=https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/statistics/news/newsid=1273493/index.html |title=South Africa 2010 in numbers |publisher=FIFA |website=FIFA.com |date=13 July 2010 |access-date=18 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100716182542/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/statistics/news/newsid%3D1273493/index.html |archive-date=16 July 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Unusually, the game between [[Germany national football team|Germany]] and [[Ghana national football team|Ghana]] had two brothers playing for opposite nations, with [[Jérôme Boateng]] and [[Kevin-Prince Boateng]] playing respectively.