1991 FIFA Women's World Cup squads

Below are the rosters for the 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup tournament in China.

Group A

China

Head coach: Shang Ruihua

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Zhong Honglian (1967-10-27)October 27, 1967 (aged 24) Dalian 2 2DF Chen Xia (1969-11-26)November 26, 1969 (aged 21) Guangdong 3 2DF Ma Li (1969-03-03)March 3, 1969 (aged 22) Beijing 4 3MF Li Xiufu (c) (1965-06-28)June 28, 1965 (aged 26) Prima Ham FC 5 2DF Zhou Yang (1971-02-01)February 1, 1971 (aged 20) Dalian 6 2DF Shui Qingxia (1966-12-18)December 18, 1966 (aged 24) Shanghai 7 4FW Wu Weiying (1969-01-19)January 19, 1969 (aged 22) Guangdong 8 3MF Zhou Hua (1969-10-03)October 3, 1969 (aged 22) Dalian 9 3MF Sun Wen (1973-04-06)April 6, 1973 (aged 18) Shanghai 10 3MF Liu Ailing (1967-05-02)May 2, 1967 (aged 24) Beijing 11 4FW Sun Qingmei (1966-06-19)June 19, 1966 (aged 25) Hebei 12 2DF Wen Lirong (1969-10-02)October 2, 1969 (aged 22) Beijing 13 4FW Niu Lijie (1969-04-12)April 12, 1969 (aged 22) Changchun 14 4FW Zhang Yan (1972-08-06)August 6, 1972 (aged 19) Dalian 15 4FW Wei Haiying (1971-01-05)January 5, 1971 (aged 20) Guangdong 16 4FW Zhang Honghong (1969-03-20)March 20, 1969 (aged 22) Beijing 17 3MF Zhu Tao (1974-11-20)November 20, 1974 (aged 16) Beijing 18 1GK Li Sa (1968-01-03)January 3, 1968 (aged 23) Beijing

Denmark

Head coach: Keld Gantzhorn

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Helle Bjerregaard (1968-06-21)June 21, 1968 (aged 23) Rødovre BK 2 2DF Karina Sefron (c) (1967-07-02)July 2, 1967 (aged 24) Malmö FF 3 2DF Jannie Hansen (1963-10-06)October 6, 1963 (aged 28) Rødovre BK 4 2DF Bonny Madsen (1967-08-10)August 10, 1967 (aged 24) Malmö FF 5 2DF Helle Rotbøll (1963-10-08)October 8, 1963 (aged 28) HEI Aarhus 6 2DF Mette Nielsen (1964-06-15)June 15, 1964 (aged 27) Vorup FB 7 3MF Susan Mackensie (1962-12-24)December 24, 1962 (aged 28) HEI Aarhus 8 3MF Lisbet Kolding (1965-04-06)April 6, 1965 (aged 26) HEI Aarhus 9 4FW Annie Gam-Pedersen (1965-07-05)July 5, 1965 (aged 26) Odense BK 10 4FW Helle Jensen (1969-03-23)March 23, 1969 (aged 22) B 1909 11 4FW Hanne Nissen (1970-11-21)November 21, 1970 (aged 20) Odense BK 12 3MF Irene Stelling (1971-07-25)July 25, 1971 (aged 20) HEI Aarhus 13 4FW Annette Thychosen (1968-08-30)August 30, 1968 (aged 23) Odense BK 14 3MF Marianne Jensen (1970-01-14)January 14, 1970 (aged 21) HEI Aarhus 15 3MF Rikke Holm (1972-03-22)March 22, 1972 (aged 19) B 1909 16 1GK Gitte Hansen (1961-09-21)September 21, 1961 (aged 30) B 1909 17 3MF Lotte Bagge (1968-05-21)May 21, 1968 (aged 23) B 1909 18 3MF Janne Rasmussen (1970-07-18)July 18, 1970 (aged 21) B 1909

New Zealand

Head coach: Dave Boardman

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Leslie King (c) (1963-11-13)November 13, 1963 (aged 28) 2 2DF Jocelyn Parr (1967-03-05)March 05, 1967 (aged 24) 3 2DF Cinnamon Chaney (1969-01-10)January 10, 1969 (aged 22) 4 2DF Lynley Pedruco (1960-10-11)October 11, 1960 (aged 31) 5 3MF Deborah Pullen (1961-09-20)September 20, 1961 (aged 30) 6 3MF Lorraine Taylor (1961-09-20)September 20, 1961 (aged 30) 7 3MF Maureen Jacobson (1961-12-07)December 07, 1961 (aged 29) 8 3MF Monique van de Elzen (1967-07-17)July 17, 1967 (aged 24) 9 4FW Wendi Henderson (1971-07-16)July 16, 1971 (aged 20) 10 3MF Donna Baker (1966-02-27)February 27, 1966 (aged 25) 11 4FW Amanda Crawford (1971-02-16)February 16, 1971 (aged 20) 12 3MF Julia Campbell (1965-04-01)April 01, 1965 (aged 26) 13 2DF Kim Nye (1961-05-10)May 10, 1961 (aged 30) 14 2DF Maria George (1965-03-03)March 03, 1965 (aged 26) 15 2DF Terry McCahill (1970-09-01)September 01, 1970 (aged 21) 16 2DF Vivienne Robertson (1955-06-18)June 18, 1955 (aged 36) 17 3MF Lynne Warring (1963-12-01)December 01, 1963 (aged 27) 18 1GK Anne Smith (1951-09-27)September 27, 1951 (aged 40)

Norway

Head coach: Even Pellerud

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Reidun Seth (1966-06-09)June 9, 1966 (aged 25) GAIS 2 3MF Cathrine Zaborowski (1971-08-02)August 2, 1971 (aged 20) Asker 3 2DF Trine Stenberg (1969-12-06)December 6, 1969 (aged 21) Sandviken 4 3MF Gro Espeseth (1972-10-30)October 30, 1972 (aged 19) Sandviken 5 2DF Gunn Nyborg (1960-03-21)March 21, 1960 (aged 31) Asker 6 3MF Agnete Carlsen (1971-01-15)January 15, 1971 (aged 20) SK Sprint/Jeløy 7 3MF Tone Haugen (1964-02-06)February 6, 1964 (aged 27) Trondheims-Ørn 8 2DF Heidi Støre (c) (1963-07-04)July 4, 1963 (aged 28) SK Sprint/Jeløy 9 4FW Hege Riise (1969-07-18)July 18, 1969 (aged 22) Setskog FK 10 4FW Linda Medalen (1965-06-17)June 17, 1965 (aged 26) Asker 11 4FW Birthe Hegstad (1966-07-23)July 23, 1966 (aged 25) Klepp 12 1GK Bente Nordby (1974-07-23)July 23, 1974 (aged 17) Raufoss 13 3MF Liv Strædet (1964-10-21)October 21, 1964 (aged 27) SK Sprint/Jeløy 14 3MF Margunn Humlestøl (1970-01-25)January 25, 1970 (aged 21) Asker 15 3MF Anette Igland (1971-10-02)October 2, 1971 (aged 20) Kaupanger 16 2DF Tina Svensson (1966-11-16)November 16, 1966 (aged 25) Asker 17 4FW Ellen Scheel (1968-11-26)November 26, 1968 (aged 22) Jardar 18 1GK Hilde Strømsvold (1967-08-17)August 17, 1967 (aged 24) Bøler

Group B

Brazil

Head coach: Fernando Pires

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Meg (1956-01-01)January 1, 1956 (aged 35) Radar 2 2DF Rosa Lima (1964-05-02)May 2, 1964 (aged 27) Vasco da Gama 3 2DF Marisa (c) (1966-08-10)August 10, 1966 (aged 25) Radar 4 2DF Elane (1968-06-04)June 4, 1968 (aged 23) Radar 5 3MF Marcia Silva (1962-08-22)August 22, 1962 (aged 29) Radar 6 3MF Fanta (1966-09-14)September 14, 1966 (aged 25) Radar 7 3MF Marilza Silva (1964-03-12)March 12, 1964 (aged 27) Radar 8 2DF Solange (1969-03-29)March 29, 1969 (aged 22) Radar 9 4FW Adriana (1966-12-26)December 26, 1966 (aged 24) Radar 10 4FW Roseli (1969-09-07)September 7, 1969 (aged 22) Radar 11 4FW Cenira (1965-02-12)February 12, 1965 (aged 26) Radar 12 1GK Miriam (1965-05-04)May 4, 1965 (aged 26) Radar 13 3MF Marcia Taffarel (1968-03-12)March 12, 1968 (aged 23) Radar 14 3MF Nalvinha (1965-07-14)July 14, 1965 (aged 26) Radar 15 3MF Pretinha (1975-05-19)May 19, 1975 (aged 16) L.D.N.I. 16 2DF Doralice (1963-10-23)October 23, 1963 (aged 28) Radar 17 3MF Rosangela Rocha (1964-04-01)April 1, 1964 (aged 27) Radar 18 3MF Maria Lucia Lima (1964-04-01)April 1, 1964 (aged 27) Radar

Japan

Head coach: Tamotsu Suzuki

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Masae Suzuki (1957-01-21)January 21, 1957 (aged 34) Nikko Shofen 2 2DF Midori Honda (1961-11-16)November 16, 1961 (aged 30) Yomiuri Belleza 3 2DF Yumi Watanabe (1970-07-02)July 2, 1970 (aged 21) Fujita Tendai 4 2DF Mayumi Kaji (1964-06-28)June 28, 1964 (aged 27) Tazaki Kobe 5 2DF Sayuri Yamaguchi (1966-07-25)July 25, 1966 (aged 25) Suzuyo Shimizu F.C. Lovely Ladies 6 2DF Yoko Takahagi (1969-04-17)April 17, 1969 (aged 22) Tokyo Gakugei 7 2DF Yumi Obe (1975-02-15)February 15, 1975 (aged 16) Nikko Shofen 8 3MF Michiko Matsuda (1966-10-26)October 26, 1966 (aged 25) Prima Ham 9 4FW Akemi Noda (c) (1969-10-13)October 13, 1969 (aged 22) Yomiuri Belleza 10 3MF Asako Takakura (1968-04-09)April 9, 1968 (aged 23) Yomiuri Belleza 11 3MF Futaba Kioka (1965-11-22)November 22, 1965 (aged 25) Suzuyo Shimizu F.C. Lovely Ladies 12 1GK Megumi Sakata (1971-10-18)October 18, 1971 (aged 20) Nissan Ladies 13 2DF Kyoko Kuroda (1970-05-08)May 8, 1970 (aged 21) Prima Ham 14 4FW Etsuko Handa (1965-05-10)May 10, 1965 (aged 26) Suzuyo Shimizu F.C. Lovely Ladies 15 4FW Kaori Nagamine (1968-06-03)June 3, 1968 (aged 23) Reggiana 16 4FW Takako Tezuka (1970-11-06)November 6, 1970 (aged 21) Yomiuri Belleza 17 4FW Yuriko Mizuma (1970-07-22)July 22, 1970 (aged 21) Urawa Motobuto 18 2DF Tamaki Uciyama (1972-12-13)December 13, 1972 (aged 18) Tazaki Kobe

Sweden

Head coach: Gunilla Paijkull

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Elisabeth Leidinge (1957-03-06)March 6, 1957 (aged 34) Jitex BK 2 2DF Malin Lundgren (1967-09-03)September 3, 1967 (aged 24) Malmö FF 3 2DF Anette Hansson (1963-05-02)May 2, 1963 (aged 28) Jitex BK 4 2DF Camilla Fors (1969-04-24)April 24, 1969 (aged 22) Jitex BK 5 2DF Eva Zeikfalvy (1967-04-18)April 18, 1967 (aged 24) Malmö FF 6 3MF Malin Swedberg (1968-09-15)September 15, 1968 (aged 23) Djurgårdens IF 7 3MF Pia Sundhage (c) (1960-02-13)February 13, 1960 (aged 31) Hammarby IF 8 3MF Susanne Hedberg (1972-06-26)June 26, 1972 (aged 19) Sunnanå SK 9 4FW Helen Johansson (1965-07-09)July 9, 1965 (aged 26) Jitex BK 10 4FW Lena Videkull (1962-12-09)December 9, 1962 (aged 28) Malmö FF 11 4FW Anneli Andelén (1968-09-21)September 21, 1968 (aged 23) Öxabäck/Marks IF 12 1GK Ing-Marie Olsson (1966-02-23)February 23, 1966 (aged 25) Malmö FF 13 2DF Maria Ewrelius (1967-08-31)August 31, 1967 (aged 24) Djurgårdens IF 14 2DF Camilla Svensson-Gustafsson (1969-01-20)January 20, 1969 (aged 22) GAIS 15 4FW Helen Nilsson (1970-11-24)November 24, 1970 (aged 20) Sundsvalls DFF 16 3MF Ingrid Johansson (1965-07-09)July 9, 1965 (aged 26) Jitex BK 17 3MF Marie Karlsson (1963-12-04)December 4, 1963 (aged 27) Öxabäck/Marks IF 18 3MF Pernilla Larsson (1969-02-19)February 19, 1969 (aged 22) Gideonsbergs IF

United States

Head coach: Anson Dorrance

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Mary Harvey (1965-06-04)June 4, 1965 (aged 26) 5 UC Berkeley 2 4FW April Heinrichs (c) (1964-02-27)February 27, 1964 (aged 27) 42 University of North Carolina 3 3MF Shannon Higgins (1968-02-20)February 20, 1968 (aged 23) 26 University of North Carolina 4 2DF Carla Werden (Overbeck) (1968-05-09)May 9, 1968 (aged 23) 81 University of North Carolina 5 2DF Lori Henry (1966-03-20)March 20, 1966 (aged 25) 38 University of North Carolina 6 4FW Brandi Chastain (1968-07-21)July 21, 1968 (aged 23) 14 Santa Clara University 7 3MF Tracey Bates (Leone) (1967-05-05)May 5, 1967 (aged 24) 28 University of North Carolina 8 2DF Linda Hamilton (1969-06-04)June 4, 1969 (aged 22) 18 University of North Carolina 9 3MF Mia Hamm (1972-03-17)March 17, 1972 (aged 19) 43 University of North Carolina 10 4FW Michelle Akers (1966-02-01)February 1, 1966 (aged 25) 44 University of Central Florida 11 3MF Julie Foudy (1971-01-23)January 23, 1971 (aged 20) 26 Stanford University 12 4FW Carin Jennings (Gabarra) (1965-01-09)January 9, 1965 (aged 26) 45 UC Santa Barbara 13 3MF Kristine Lilly (1971-07-22)July 22, 1971 (aged 20) 42 University of North Carolina 14 2DF Joy Biefeld (Fawcett) (1968-02-08)February 8, 1968 (aged 23) 40 UC Berkeley 15 4FW Wendy Gebauer (1966-12-25)December 25, 1966 (aged 24) 25 University of North Carolina 16 2DF Debbie Belkin (1966-05-27)May 27, 1966 (aged 25) 48 University of Massachusetts Amherst 17 1GK Amy Allmann (1965-03-25)March 25, 1965 (aged 26) 46 University of Central Florida 18 1GK Kim Maslin-Kammerdeiner (1964-08-12)August 12, 1964 (aged 27) 17 George Mason University

Group C

Chinese Taipei

Head Coach: Chong Tsu-pin

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Hgong Li-chyng (1970-05-23)May 23, 1970 (aged 21) Taiwan PE College 2 3MF Liu Hsiu-mei (1972-11-28)November 28, 1972 (aged 18) Taiwan PE College 3 2DF Chen Shwu-ju (1965-03-02)March 2, 1965 (aged 26) Ming Chuan University 4 2DF Lo Chu-yin (1965-10-06)October 6, 1965 (aged 26) Mulan 5 2DF Chen Hsiu-lin (1973-12-12)December 12, 1973 (aged 17) Jinwen College 6 3MF Chou Tai-ying (c) (1963-08-16)August 16, 1963 (aged 28) Suzuyo Shimizu F.C. Lovely Ladies 7 4FW Lim Meei-chun (1974-01-11)January 11, 1974 (aged 17) Ming Chuan University 8 3MF Sheih Su-jean (1969-02-10)February 10, 1969 (aged 22) Suzuyo Shimizu F.C. Lovely Ladies 9 3MF Wu Su-ching (1970-07-21)July 21, 1970 (aged 21) Taiwan PE College 10 4FW Huang Yu-chuan (1971-02-17)February 17, 1971 (aged 20) Ming Chuan University 11 2DF Hsu Chia-cheng (1969-06-07)June 7, 1969 (aged 22) Suzuyo Shimizu F.C. Lovely Ladies 12 2DF Lan Lan-fen (1973-11-22)November 22, 1973 (aged 17) Ming Chuan University 13 4FW Lim Chao-chun (1972-10-31)October 31, 1972 (aged 19) Taiwan PE College 14 4FW Ko Chiao-lin (1973-09-14)September 14, 1973 (aged 18) Ming Chuan University 15 2DF Wu Min-hsun (1974-09-26)September 26, 1974 (aged 17) Jinwen College 16 3MF Chen Shu-chin (1974-09-19)September 19, 1974 (aged 17) Jinwen College 17 3MF Lim Meei-jih (1972-02-27)February 27, 1972 (aged 19) Ming Chuan University 18 1GK Lin Hiu-fang (1973-10-06)October 6, 1973 (aged 18) Jinwen College

Germany

Head coach: Gero Bisanz

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Marion Isbert (c) (1964-02-25)February 25, 1964 (aged 27) 52 TSV Siegen 2 2DF Britta Unsleber (1966-12-25)December 25, 1966 (aged 24) 38 FSV Frankfurt 3 2DF Birgitt Austermühl (1991-11-16) November 16, 1991 2 TSV Battenberg 4 2DF Jutta Nardenbach (1968-10-13)October 13, 1968 (aged 23) 28 TuS Ahrbach 5 2DF Doris Fitschen (1968-10-25)October 25, 1968 (aged 23) 36 VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg 6 2DF Frauke Kuhlmann (1966-09-27)September 27, 1966 (aged 25) 36 Schmalfelder SV 7 3MF Martina Voss (1967-12-22)December 22, 1967 (aged 23) 41 TSV Siegen 8 3MF Bettina Wiegmann (1971-10-07)October 7, 1971 (aged 20) 16 Grün-Weiß Brauweiler 9 4FW Heidi Mohr (1967-05-29)May 29, 1967 (aged 24) 41 TuS Niederkirchen 10 3MF Silvia Neid (1964-05-02)May 2, 1964 (aged 27) 61 TSV Siegen 11 3MF Beate Wendt (1971-09-21)September 21, 1971 (aged 20) 4 SC Poppenbüttel 12 1GK Elke Walther (1971-04-01)April 1, 1971 (aged 20) 4 VfL Sindelfingen 13 3MF Roswitha Bindl (1965-01-14)January 14, 1965 (aged 26) 5 FC Wacker München 14 3MF Petra Damm (1961-03-20)March 20, 1961 (aged 30) 43 VfR Eintracht Wolfsburg 15 3MF Christina Paul (1965-01-21)January 21, 1965 (aged 26) 7 FC Wacker München 16 4FW Gudrun Gottschlich (1970-05-23)May 23, 1970 (aged 21) 16 KBC Duisburg 17 3MF Sandra Hengst (1973-04-12)April 12, 1973 (aged 18) 4 KBC Duisburg 18 4FW Michaela Kubat (1972-04-10)April 10, 1972 (aged 19) 3 Grün-Weiß Brauweiler

Italy

Head coach: Sergio Guenza

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Stefania Antonini (1970-10-10)October 10, 1970 (aged 21) Reggiana 2 2DF Paola Bonato (1961-01-31)January 31, 1961 (aged 30) Reggiana 3 2DF Marina Cordenons (1969-01-12)January 12, 1969 (aged 22) Pordenone 4 3MF Maria Mariotti (1964-04-27)April 27, 1964 (aged 27) Reggiana 5 2DF Raffaella Salmaso (1968-04-16)April 16, 1968 (aged 23) Milan '82 6 2DF Maura Furlotti (1957-09-12)September 12, 1957 (aged 34) Lazio 7 4FW Silvia Fiorini (1969-12-24)December 24, 1969 (aged 21) Firenze 8 3MF Federica D'Astolfo (1966-10-27)October 27, 1966 (aged 25) Sassari 9 4FW Carolina Morace (c) (1964-02-05)February 5, 1964 (aged 27) Milan '82 10 3MF Feriana Ferraguzzi (1959-02-20)February 20, 1959 (aged 32) Standard Liège 11 3MF Adele Marsiletti (1964-11-07)November 7, 1964 (aged 27) Reggiana 12 1GK Giorgia Brenzan (1967-08-21)August 21, 1967 (aged 24) Sassari 13 2DF Emma Iozzelli (1966-06-12)June 12, 1966 (aged 25) Reggiana 14 2DF Elisabetta Bavagnoli (1963-09-03)September 3, 1963 (aged 28) Milan '82 15 3MF Anna Mega (1962-10-21)October 21, 1962 (aged 29) Reggiana 16 3MF Fabiana Correra (1967-10-01)October 1, 1967 (aged 24) Turris 17 4FW Nausica Pedersoli (1969-04-17)April 17, 1969 (aged 22) Milan '82 18 4FW Rita Guarino (1971-01-31)January 31, 1971 (aged 20) Juventus

Nigeria

Head coach: Jo Bonfrere

No. Pos. Player DoB/Age Caps Club 1 1GK Ann Chijine (1974-02-02)February 2, 1974 (aged 17) Flying Angels 2 2DF Diana Nwaiwu (1973-10-10)October 10, 1973 (aged 18) Kakanfo Babes 3 2DF Ngozi Ezeocha (1973-12-10)December 10, 1973 (aged 17) Princess Jegede 4 4FW Adaku Okoroafor (1974-11-18)November 18, 1974 (aged 16) Flying Angels 5 2DF Omon-Love Branch (1974-10-01)October 1, 1974 (aged 17) Ufuoma Babes 6 3MF Nkechi Mbilitam (1974-05-04)May 4, 1974 (aged 17) Kakanfo Babes 7 4FW Chioma Ajunwa (1971-12-25)December 25, 1971 (aged 19) River Mermaids 8 4FW Rita Nwadike (1974-11-03)November 3, 1974 (aged 17) River Mermaids 9 4FW Ngozi Uche (1973-06-18)June 18, 1973 (aged 18) Ufuoma Babes 10 2DF Mavis Ogun (1973-08-24)August 24, 1973 (aged 18) Ufuoma Babes 11 4FW Gift Showemimo (1974-05-24)May 24, 1974 (aged 17) Kakanfo Babes 12 3MF Florence Omagbemi (1975-02-02)February 2, 1975 (aged 16) Ufuoma Babes 13 3MF Nkiru Okosieme (c) (1972-03-01)March 1, 1972 (aged 19) S.C. Imo State 14 2DF Phoebe Ebimiekumo (1973-01-17)January 17, 1973 (aged 18) Ufuoma Babes 15 3MF Ann Mukoro (1975-04-27)April 27, 1975 (aged 16) Ufuoma Babes 16 1GK Lydia Koyonda (1974-05-29)May 29, 1974 (aged 17) Ufuoma Babes 17 2DF Edith Eluma (1958-09-27)September 27, 1958 (aged 33) Princess Jegede 18 3MF Rachael Yamala (1975-02-12)February 12, 1975 (aged 16) Kakanfo Babes

External links

• 1991 FIFA Women's World Cup - Teams
• Technical report