European club football has seen players from various parts of the world playing together for their clubs and many of them have become very good friends. However, time has come to turn those friends into foes with World Cup Football 2010 coming nearer.
There are 32 teams taking part in this competition with a view to winning the most prestigious title in world football. In doing so, many players would find their club mates in the opposition side and would now have to stop them in their pursuit.
Here is a list of those friends who are going to face each other as an opponent in the Group stage of the tournament:
| Group | Teams | Friends Turning to Foes | Clubs |
| A | Mexico vs France | Rafael Márquez (Mexico) vs Thierry Henry (France) | Barcelona |
| A | Rafael Márquez (Mexico) vs Éric Abidal (France) | Barcelona |
| A | Carlos Vels (Mexico) vs Diaby, Sagna, Clichy, Gallas (France) | Arsenal |
| A | Mexico vs Uruguay | Rafael Márquez (Mexico) vs Martín Cáceres (Uruguay) | Barcelona |
| B | Argentina vs Greece | Javier Mascherano, Maxi Rodríguez (Argentina) vs Sotirios Kyrgiakos (Greece) | Liverpool |
| B | Argentina vs Nigeria | Gabriel Heinze (Arsenal) vs Taye Taiwo (Nigeria) | Olympique Marseille |
| B | Nigeria vs South Korea | Danny Shittu (Nigeria) vs Lee Chung-Yong (South Korea) | Bolton Wanderers |
| B | Lukman Haruna (Nigeria) vs Park Chu-Young (South Korea) | AS Monaco |
| B | Greece vs South Korea | Georgios Samaras (Greece) vs Ki Sung-Yong (South Korea) | Celtic |
| C | England vs USA | Stephen Warnock, James Milner, Emile Heskey (England) vs Brad Guzan (USA) | Aston Villa |
| C | Robert Green and Matthew Upson vs Jonathan Spector | West Ham United |
| C | England vs Algeria | David James (England) vs Nadir Belhadj (Algeria) | Portsmouth |
| C | Algeria vs USA | Madjid Bougherra (Algeria) vs Maurice Edu (USA) | Rangers |
| C | Habib Bellaid (Algeria) vs Ricardo Clark (USA) | Eintracht Frankfurt |
| C | Karim Matmour (Algeria) vs Michael Bradley (USA) | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
| C | Adlène Guedioura (Algeria) vs Marcus Hahnemann (USA) | Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| C | Algeria vs Slovenia | Antar Yahia (Algeria) vs Zlatko Dedič (Slovenia) | Bochum |
| C |
| Rafik Halliche (Algeria) vs Nejc Pečnik (Slovenia) | Nacional Madeira |
| D | Germany vs Serbia | Arne Friedrich (Germany) vs Gojko Kačar (Serbia) | Hertha |
| D | Serdar Tasci, Sami Khedira and Cacau (Germany) vs Zdravko Kuzmanović (Serbia) | Stuttgart |
| D | Ghana vs Australia | John Paintsil (Ghana) vs Mark Schwarzer (Australia) | Fulham |
| D |
| Samuel Inkoom (Ghana) vs Scott Chipperfield (Australia) | FC Basel |
| D | Germany vs Ghana | Stefan Kießling (Germany) vs Hans Sarpei (Ghana) | Bayer Leverkusen |
| D | Ghana vs Serbia | Sulley Muntari (Ghana) vs Dejan Stanković (Serbia) | Inter Milan |
| D | Kwadwo Asamoah (Ghana) vs Aleksandar Luković (Serbia) | Udinese |
| E | Denmark vs Netherlands | Daniel Agger (Denmark) vs Dirk Kuyt and Ryan Babel (Netherlands) | Liverpool |
| E | Simon Poulsen (Denmark) vs Stijn Schaars (Netherlands) | AZ |
| E | Japan vs Denmark | Makoto Hasebe (Japan) vs Thomas Kahlenberg (Denmark) | VfL Wolfsburg |
| F | New Zealand vs Slovakia | Chris Wood (New Zealand) vs Marek Čech (Slovakia) | West Bromwich Albion |
| F | Paraguay vs Slovakia | Roque Santa Cruz (Paraguay) vs Vladimír Weiss (Slovakia) | Manchester City |
| F | Jonathan Santana (Paraguay) vs Peter Pekarík (Slovakia) | VfL Wolfsburg |
| G | Brazil vs Portugal | Kaka (Brazil) vs Cristiano Ronaldo, Pepe (Portugal) | Real Madrid |
| G | Luisão, Ramires (Brazil) vs Fábio Coentrão, Ruben Amorim (Portugal) | Benfica |
| G | Brazil vs Ivory Coast | Elano (Brazil) vs Abdul Kader Keïta (Ivory Coast) | Galatasaray |
| G | Daniel Alves (Brazil) vs Yaya Touré (Ivory Coast) | Barcelona |
| G | Ivory Coast vs Portugal | Salomon Kalou and Didier Drogba (Ivory Coast) vs Paulo Ferreira, Ricardo Carvalho and Deco (Portugal) | Chelsea |
| H | Switzerland vs Chile | Tranquillo Barnetta, Eren Derdiyok (Switzerland) vs Arturo Vidal (Chile) | Bayer Leverkusen |
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| Gökhan Inler, Alexandre Geijo (Switzerland) vs Mauricio Isla and Alexis Sánchez (Chile) | Udinese |
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