Allstar team : Countries never to make a WC

[vancity eagle]

just out of curiousity what would be an allstar team comprising of players from countries who have never qualified for a world cup. Here's my quick stab at it. However I am missing both fullbacks as I am not sure who to chose.


Strikers:

Kanoute (Mali)
Gudjohnsen (Iceland)


Midfield:

Hleb (Belarus)
Diarra (Mali)
Sissoko (Mali)
Giggs (Wales)

Defence:

Hyppia (Finland)
Gresko (Slovakia)
??
??

Goalie:

Jaskelainen (Finland)

[lanman]

Wales played in the 1958 World Cup

[vancity eagle]

Wales played in the 1958 World Cup

Then I'd replace Giggs with Feindouno (Guinea)

[Antonio81]

Are these current or past players? If past, George Weah(Liberia) would top the list.

Current, Carlos Ruiz(Guatemala)

[The Old Lady Hertha]

Niemi (Finland, Fulham)
Salihamidizic (I'll slot him at RB, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Bayern Munchen)
Hyppia (Finland, Liverpool)
Ryan Nelson (New Zealand, Blackburn Rovers)
Gresko (Slovakia, 1. FC Nurnberg)
Hleb (Belarus, Arsenal FC)
Altin Lala (Albania, Hannover 96)
Momo Sissoko (Mali, Liverpool)
Mamadou Diarra (Mali, Real Madrid CF)
Gudjohnsen (Iceland, FC Barcelona)
Kanoute (Mali, FC Sevilla)

Subs:
Jaaskalainen (Finland, Bolton Wanderers)
Martin Skrtel (Slovakia, Zenit St. Petersburg
Alexander Vasocki (Macedonia, Frankfurt)
Shalrie Joseph (Grenada, NE Revolution)
Mika Vayrynen (Finland, PSV Eindhoven)
Maris Verpakovskis (Latvia, Dynamo Kyiv)
Mirko Vucinic (Montenegro, AS Roma)

Other options:
Maxim Shatsikh (Uzbekistan, Dynamo Kyiv)
Ali Al-Habsi (Oman, Bolton Wanderers)
David Healy (Northern Ireland, Leeds United)
Christopher Samba (DR Congo, Blackburn Rovers :mad: )
Colin Benjamin (Namibia, Hamburger SV)
Edgaras Jankauskas (Lithuania, ??)
Igor Stepanovs (Latvia, ??)
Igor Mitreski (Macedonia, Energie Cottbus)
Ervin Skela (Albania, Energie Cottbus)
Aki Riihilahti (Finland, ??)
Nikolce Noveski (Macedonia, FSV Mainz)
Milorad Pekovic (Montenegro, FSV Mainz)
Marek Mintal, 2005 Bundesliga top scorer (Slovakia, 1. FC Nurnberg)
Robert Vittek (Slovakia, 1. FC Nurnberg)
Sergej Barbarez (Bosnia, Bayer Leverkusen)

Off the top of my head.

[Excape Goat]

Both New Zealand and Northern Ireland played in WC 1982. You should know about New Zealand. :)

[The Old Lady Hertha]

aw fiddlesticks.

Samba in
Ryan Nelson out

[eirebhoy]

Jaaskelainen (Iceland)

[Dead Penguin]

Kaladze must be the best current defender from a country that has never been in the World Cup.

[spoonman]

Maybe Shota Arveladze (AZ Alkmaar & Georgia)

[zenden]

Litmanen should be in there.

[The Old Lady Hertha]

Kaladze must be the best current defender from a country that has never been in the World Cup.

Good catch, and Arveladze as well.

Should be like this then:

---------Jaaskalainen/Niemi-----------
Salihamidizic-Samba-Hyppia--Kaladze
--------Sissoko---Diarra
Lala/Vayrynen--------------------Hleb
-------Kanoute-------Gudjohnsen

[larrygiterdone]

how bout Benjani (Zimbabwe)

[vancity eagle]

Litmanen should be in there.

the guy is too old, who in midfield would he replace ?

[Kebbie Gazauzkas]

Still active players:

Jääskelainen (Finland)

Kaladze (Georgia) Hyypiä (Finland) Cana (Albania) Strasser (Luxembourg)

Hleb (Belarus) Sidi Keita (Mali) Moussa Latoundji (Benin)

Pandev (Macedonia) E. Gudjohnsen (Iceland) Kallon (Sierra Leonne)



Subs: Poom (Estonia), Pahars (Latvia), Alejandro Sichero (Venezuela), Benjani Mwaruwari (Zimbabwe), Ruiz (Guatemala), Kanoute (Mali), Jankauskas (Lithuania), Hreidarsson (Iceland), Pamunkas (Indonesia), Juan Arango (Venezuela), Maznov (Macedonia).

[Perú FC]

All-Star Team: Countries never to make a World Cup

GK Antti Niemi (Finland & Fulham)
GK Jussi Jääskeläinen (Finland & Bolton Wanderers)
DF Adama Coulibaly (Mali & RC Lens)
DF Djimi Traoré (Mali & Portsmouth)
DF Hermann Hreidarsson (Iceland & Portsmouth)
DF José Manuel Rey (Venezuela & AEK Larnaka)
DF Kakha Kaladze (Georgia & AC Milan)
DF Marek Cech (Slovakia & FC Porto)
DF Petri Pasanen (Finland & Werder Bremen)
DF Sami Hyypiä (Finland & Liverpool)
MF Aliaksandr Hleb (Belarus & Arsenal)
MF Hasan Salihamidzic (Bosnia-Herzegovina & Juventus)
MF Juan Arango (Venezuela & Real Mallorca)
MF Mahamadou Diarra (Mali & Real Madrid)
MF Marek Mintal (Slovakia & Nürnberg)
MF Mohamed Sissoko (Mali & Liverpool)
MF Pascal Feindouno (Guinea & Saint-Etienne)
MF Seydou Keita (Mali & Sevilla)
FW Benjani Mwaruwari (Zimbabwe & Portsmouth)
FW Eidur Gudjohnsen (Iceland & Barcelona)
FW Fréderic Kanouté (Mali & Sevilla)
FW Sergej Barbarez (Bosnia-Herzegovina & Bayer Leverkusen)
FW Shota Arveladze (Georgia & Levante)

--------------- Jääskeläinen ---------------
------------ Hyypiä --- Kaladze ------------
-- Pasanen ------------------------ Cech ---
------------- Diarra --- Keita -------------
----- Hleb -------------------- Arango -----
----------- Kanouté ---- Benjani -----------