SQUAD FOR JAPAN ANNOUNCED

The 23-man list of Chelsea players available for selection by Rafael Benitez during the Club World Cup has been submitted to FIFA.

The names are below.

Chelsea begin action in the tournament with a match against Ulsan Hyundai or Monterrey on Thursday 13 December, kick-off 7.30pm local (10.30am UK time).

All the teams competing are now known with Japanese side Sanfrecce Hiroshima to play Auckland City in a play-off for the quarter-finals, the winners to then play African champions Al-Ahly for the right to face Corinthians in the other half of the draw to Chelsea.

The full Chelsea squad is:

Goalkeepers
1 Petr CECH
22 Ross TURNBULL
40 HILARIO

Defenders
2 Branislav IVANOVIC
3 Ashley COLE
4 DAVID LUIZ
19 Paulo FERREIRA
24 Gary CAHILL
26 John TERRY
28 Cesar AZPILICUETA
34 Ryan BERTRAND

Midfielders
6 Oriol ROMEU
7 RAMIRES
8 Frank LAMPARD
11 OSCAR
12 John MIKEL Obi
17 Eden HAZARD
21 Marko MARIN
35 Lucas PIAZON

Forwards
9 Fernando TORRES
10 Juan MATA
13 Victor MOSES
23 Daniel STURRIDGE

The squads submitted by the other clubs and the full fixtures are available on FIFA’s website.