Six Ajacieden in provisional Holland World Cup squad
21 April: Oranje bosses Marco van Basten and
John van 't Schip have officially presented their provisional
squad of 33 players for this summer's World Cup in
Germany. The list contains the names of six Ajax players,
namely Maarten Stekelenburg, Urby Emanuelson, Hedwiges Maduro,
Wesley Sneijder, Ryan Babel and... (his first call-up!)
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar.
Ten players will drop out in the next three weeks. Most of
the players in the provisional squad are due in the
coastal town of Noordwijk on 09 May for a training camp of
three days. On Monday 15 May Van Basten and Van 't Schip will
announce their definitive squad of 23 players for the World
Cup. On the same day Foppe de Haan, boss of the Young
Oranje (U-21) team, will announce his squad of 22
players for the European Championship for U-21 national teams,
which will be played in Portugal from 23 May to 04
June. It is highly likely that a number of the
younger players who will drop of the Oranje
squad will be added to De Haan's squad.
The provisional Oranje squad of 33 players in full
(players with * behind their names are young enough to
play for Young Oranje and are likely to be added to
Foppe de Haan's squad for Portugal if they drop out of Van
Basten's side):
Goalkeepers
Patrick Lodewijks (Feyenoord)
Edwin van der Sar (Manchester United)
Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax)
Henk Timmer (AZ)
Defenders
Khalid Boulahrouz (Hamburger SV)
Wilfred Bouma (Aston Villa)
Giovanni van Bronckhorst (FC Barcelona)
Tim de Cler (AZ)
Urby Emanuelson (Ajax) *
Kew Jaliens (AZ)
Jan Kromkamp (Liverpool)
Joris Mathijsen (AZ)
André Ooijer (PSV)
Barry Opdam (AZ)
Ron Vlaar (Feyenoord) *
Midfielders
George Boateng (Middlesbrough)
Mark van Bommel (FC Barcelona)
Phillip Cocu (PSV)
Edgar Davids (Tottenham Hotspur)
Nigel de Jong (Hamburger SV) *
Denny Landzaat (AZ)
Hedwiges Maduro (Ajax) *
Wesley Sneijder (Ajax) *
Rafaël van der Vaart (Hamburger SV) *
Forwards
Ryan Babel (Ajax) *
Romeo Castelen (Feyenoord) *
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (Ajax) *
Dirk Kuyt (Feyenoord)
Martijn Meerdink (AZ)
Ruud van Nistelrooy (Manchester United)
Robin van Persie (Arsenal)
Arjen Robben (Chelsea) *
Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (PSV)
(MP)
Source: KNVB.nl, Ajax.nl
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