2006 FIFA World Cup Group H

Play in Group H of the 2006 FIFA World Cup completed on June 23, 2006. Spain won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Ukraine. Tunisia and Saudi Arabia failed to advance.

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Detailed results of the 2006 FIFA World Cup Group H. (Key)

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9
 Ukraine 3 2 0 1 5 4 +1 6
 Tunisia 3 0 1 2 3 6 −3 1
 Saudi Arabia 3 0 1 2 2 7 −5 1

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Spain vs Ukraine

14 June 2006
15:00
 Spain  4 – 0  Ukraine Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)
Alonso  13'
Villa  17', 48' (pen.)
Torres  81'		 (Report)
Spain
Ukraine

SPAIN:
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 15 Sergio Ramos
CB 22 Pablo Ibáñez
CB 5 Carles Puyol
LB 3 Mariano Pernía
RM 16 Marcos Senna
CM 14 Xabi Alonso 55'
LM 8 Xavi
RW 21 David Villa 55'
LW 9 Fernando Torres
CF 11 Luis García Sanz 77'
Substitutions:
MF 6 David Albelda 55'
FW 7 Raúl González 55'
MF 18 Cesc Fàbregas 77'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés

UKRAINE:
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy
RB 5 Volodymyr Yezerskiy 52'
CB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy 17'
CB 17 Vladyslav Vashchuk  47'
LB 6 Andriy Rusol
RM 9 Oleh Husyev 46'
CM 14 Andriy Husin 46'
CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
LM 21 Ruslan Rotan 63'
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c)
CF 10 Andriy Voronin
Substitutions:
MF 8 Oleh Shelayev 46'
FW 16 Andriy Vorobey 46'
FW 11 Serhiy Rebrov 63'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin

Man of the Match:
Xavi

Assistant referees:
Francesco Buragina
Matthias Arnet
Fourth official:
Roberto Rosetti
Fifth official:
Cristiano Copelli

Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia

14 June 2006
18:00
 Tunisia  2 – 2  Saudi Arabia FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich
Attendance: 66,000
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)
Jaziri  23'
Jaïdi  90+2'		 (Report) Al-Qahtani  57'
Al-Jaber  84'
Tunisia
Saudi Arabia

TUNISIA:
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB 15 Radhi Jaïdi
CB 3 Karim Haggui 35'
LB 18 David Jemmali
RM 20 Hamed Namouchi
CM 12 Jawhar Mnari
CM 13 Riadh Bouazizi (c) 36' 55'
LM 14 Adel Chedli 65' 69'
CF 9 Yassine Chikhaoui 79' 82'
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri
Substitutions:
MF 8 Mehdi Nafti 55'
MF 10 Kaies Ghodhbane 69'
FW 2 Karim Essediri 82'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

SAUDI ARABIA:
GK 21 Mabrouk Zaid
RB 2 Ahmed Dokhi
CB 3 Redha Tukar
CB 4 Hamad Al-Montashari
LB 13 Hussein Sulaimani (c)
RM 16 Khaled Aziz
CM 6 Omar Al-Ghamdi
LM 14 Saud Kariri
AM 8 Mohammed Noor 74'
AM 18 Nawaf Al-Temyat 67'
CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani 82'
Substitutions:
FW 23 Malek Mouath 67'
MF 7 Mohammed Ameen 74'
FW 9 Sami Al-Jaber 82'
Manager:
Marcos Paquetá

Man of the Match:
Ziad Jaziri

Assistant referees:
Nathan Gibson
Ben Wilson
Fourth official:
Carlos Chandía
Fifth official:
Christian Julio

Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine

19 June 2006
18:00
 Saudi Arabia  0 – 4  Ukraine FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
(Report) Rusol  4'
Rebrov  36'
Shevchenko  46'
Kalynychenko  84'
Saudi Arabia
Ukraine

SAUDI ARABIA:
GK 21 Mabrouk Zaid
RB 2 Ahmed Dokhi 41' 55'
CB 4 Hamad Al-Montashari
CB 3 Redha Tukar
LB 13 Hussein Sulaimani (c)
RM 6 Omar Al-Ghamdi 57'
CM 16 Khaled Aziz
LM 14 Saud Kariri 73'
RW 7 Mohammed Ameen 55'
LW 8 Mohammed Noor 77'
CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani
Substitutions:
FW 23 Malek Mouath 55'
DF 12 Abdulaziz Khathran 55'
FW 9 Sami Al-Jaber 77'
Manager:
Marcos Paquetá

UKRAINE:
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy
CB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy 22'
CB 22 Vyacheslav Sviderskyi 89'
CB 6 Andriy Rusol
CM 8 Oleh Shelayev
CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
RW 9 Oleh Husyev
LW 19 Maksym Kalynychenko 77'
AM 11 Serhiy Rebrov 71'
SS 10 Andriy Voronin 79'
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c) 86'
Substitutions:
MF 21 Ruslan Rotan 71'
MF 14 Andriy Husin 79'
FW 15 Artem Milevskiy 86'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin

Man of the Match:
Maksym Kalynychenko

Assistant referees:
Philip Sharp
Glenn Turner
Fourth official:
Toru Kamikawa
Fifth official:
Yoshikazu Hiroshima

Spain vs Tunisia

19 June 2006
21:00
 Spain  3 – 1  Tunisia Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart
Attendance: 52,000
Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)
Raúl  71'
Torres  76', 90+1' (pen.)		 (Report) Mnari  8'
Spain
Tunisia

SPAIN:
GK 1 Iker Casillas (c)
RB 15 Sergio Ramos
CB 22 Pablo Ibáñez
CB 5 Carles Puyol 30'
LB 3 Mariano Pernía
RM 16 Marcos Senna 46'
CM 14 Xabi Alonso
LM 8 Xavi
RW 21 David Villa 57'
LW 9 Fernando Torres
CF 11 Luis García Sanz 46'
Substitutions:
FW 7 Raúl González 46'
MF 18 Cesc Fàbregas 89' 46'
MF 17 Joaquín Sánchez 57'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés

TUNISIA:
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi 40'
CB 15 Radhi Jaïdi 70'
CB 3 Karim Haggui
LB 19 Anis Ayari 32' 57'
RM 12 Jawhar Mnari 90+3'
CM 13 Riadh Bouazizi (c) 57'
LM 14 Adel Chedli 80'
AM 8 Mehdi Nafti
AM 20 Hamed Namouchi
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri 85'
Substitutions:
DF 4 Alaeddine Yahia 57'
MF 10 Kaies Ghodhbane 57'
FW 7 Haykel Guemamdia 81' 80'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:
Xabi Alonso

Assistant referees:
Aristeu Tavares
Ednílson Corona
Fourth official:
Carlos Chandía
Fifth official:
Christian Julio

Saudi Arabia vs Spain

23 June 2006
16:00
 Saudi Arabia  0 – 1  Spain Fritz Walter Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Attendance: 46,000
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)
(Report) Juanito  36'
Saudi Arabia
Spain

SAUDI ARABIA:
GK 21 Mabrouk Zaid
RB 2 Ahmed Dokhi
CB 3 Redha Tukar
CB 4 Hamad Al-Montashari
LB 12 Abdulaziz Khathran
DM 14 Saud Kariri
RM 16 Khaled Aziz 13'
LM 13 Hussein Sulaimani 81'
AM 8 Mohammed Noor
CF 9 Sami Al-Jaber (c) 27' 68'
CF 11 Saad Al-Harthi
Substitutions:
MF 18 Nawaf Al-Temyat 77' 13'
FW 23 Malek Mouath 68'
DF 19 Mohammad Massad 81'
Manager:
Marcos Paquetá

SPAIN:
GK 19 Santiago Cañizares
RB 2 Míchel Salgado
CB 20 Juanito
CB 4 Carlos Marchena 75'
LB 12 Antonio López Guerrero
RM 17 Joaquín Sánchez
CM 6 David Albelda 30'
CM 18 Cesc Fàbregas 66'
LM 13 Andrés Iniesta
CF 7 Raúl González (c) 46'
CF 10 José Antonio Reyes 35' 70'
Substitutions:
FW 21 David Villa 46'
MF 8 Xavi 66'
FW 9 Fernando Torres 70'
Manager:
Luis Aragonés

Man of the Match:
Juanito

Assistant referees:
Celestin Ntagungira
Aboudou Aderodjou
Fourth official:
Mohamed Guezzaz
Fifth official:
Brahim Djezzar

Ukraine vs Tunisia

23 June 2006
16:00
 Ukraine  1 – 0  Tunisia Olympiastadion, Berlin
Attendance: 72,000
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
Shevchenko  70' (pen.) (Report)
Ukraine
Tunisia

UKRAINE:
GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy
CB 6 Andriy Rusol 65'
CB 22 Vyacheslav Sviderskyi 18'
CB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy
RM 9 Oleh Husyev
CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk 61'
CM 8 Oleh Shelayev 47'
LM 19 Maksym Kalynychenko 75'
AM 11 Serhiy Rebrov 55'
SS 10 Andriy Voronin
CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko (c) 88'
Substitutions:
FW 16 Andriy Vorobey 55'
MF 14 Andriy Husin 75'
FW 15 Artem Milevskiy 88'
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin

TUNISIA:
GK 1 Ali Boumnijel
RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi
CB 15 Radhi Jaïdi 90'
CB 3 Karim Haggui
LB 19 Anis Ayari
RM 13 Riadh Bouazizi (c) 43' 79'
CM 8 Mehdi Nafti 90+1'
CM 12 Jawhar Mnari
LM 14 Adel Chedli 79'
CF 5 Ziad Jaziri  9', 45+1'
CF 20 Hamed Namouchi
Substitutions:
FW 11 Francileudo Santos 79'
FW 17 Chaouki Ben Saada 79'
MF 10 Kaies Ghodhbane 90+1'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk

Assistant referees:
Amelio Andino
Manuel Bernal
Fourth official:
Marco Rodríguez
Fifth official:
Hamdi Al Kadri

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