Trinidad Tobago

The Players


1	- Shaka Hislop
2	- Ian Cox
3	- Avery John
4	- Marvin Andrews
5	- Brent Sancho
6	- Dennis Lawrence
7	- Christopher Birchall
8	- Cyd Gray
9	- Aurtis Whitley
10	- Russell Latapy
11	- Carlos Edwards
12	- Collin Samuel
13	- Cornell Glenn
14	- Stern John
15	- Kenwyne Jones
16	- Evans Wise
17	- Atiba Charles
18	- Densill Theobold
19	- Dwight Yorke
20	- Jason Scotland
21	- Kelvin Jack
22	- Clayton Ince
23	- Anthony Wolfe

The Games

First round (Group B):

Trinidad Tobago vs Sweden - 10 June, 1700 BST, Dortmund

Trinidad Tobago vs England - 15 June, 1700 BST, Nuremberg

Trinidad Tobago vs Paraguay - 20 June, 2000 BST, Kaiserslautern

Factoids

How they got there: Beat the likes of St Kitts & Nevis to get into a group of six with the USA, Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama. Came fourth, then beat Bahrain 2-1 over a two-legged play-off.

Qualifying star: The Wrexham defender Dennis Lawrence became a legend the moment his powerful header hit the Bahrain net in Manama to book Trinidad a finals place.

Manager: Dutch coach Leo Beenhakker took over after a poor start to the group and organised and moulded an inexperienced squad into World Cup finalists.

Captain: Dwight Yorke. The country's greatest ever footballer came out of international retirement in 2005 to inspire his team from a central-midfield role.

World Cup history: Non-existent. First time qualifiers.

Stars of the team: Can only be Yorke. The 33-year-old ended his career in England with a whimper but he has genuine top-level experience and when his heart is in it is still a class performer.

Strengths: The tactically astute Beenhakker gets the best out of a limited group of players and Yorke and Stern John both know where the back of the net is.

Weaknesses: Most of the players play at a low standard for their clubs and the leap to performing on the biggest stage of all could prove difficult to bridge.

Did you know: Trinidad is the smallest country at the 2006 World Cup finals, with a population of just 1.3 million.

World ranking: 47

Wordcup Statistics

Year	Country	Placed

1930	Uruguay	-
1934	Italy	-
1938	France	-
1950	Brazil	-
1954	Switzerland	-
1958	Sweden	-
1962	Chile	-
1966	England	-
1970	Mexico	-
1974	Germany	-
1978	Argentina	-
1982	Spain	-
1986	Mexico	-
1990	Italy	-
1994	USA	-
1998	France	-
2002	Korea/Japan	-

What are the odds

Odds: 1000/1

Odds supplied by William Hill.