2006 FIFA World Cup Group H

Play in Group H of the 2006 FIFA World Cup began on 14 June and completed on 23 June 2006. Spain won the group and advanced to the round of 16, along with Ukraine. Tunisia and Saudi Arabia failed to advance.

Standings

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

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

• Spain advanced to play France (runners-up of Group G) in the round of 16.
• Ukraine advanced to play Switzerland (winners of Group G) in the round of 16.

Matches

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Spain vs Ukraine

14 June 2006

15:00

Spain	4–0	Ukraine
Alonso 13' Villa 17', 48' (pen.) Torres 81'	Report

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 43,000

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Spain

Ukraine

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 RF 21 David Villa  55' CF 11 Luis García  77' LF 9 Fernando Torres Substitutions: MF 6 David Albelda  55' FW 7 Raúl  55' MF 18 Cesc Fàbregas  77' Manager: Luis Aragonés

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

Man of the Match: Xavi (Spain) Assistant referees: Francesco Buragina (Switzerland) Matthias Arnet (Switzerland) Fourth official: Roberto Rosetti (Italy) Fifth official: Cristiano Copelli (Italy)

Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia

14 June 2006

18:00

Tunisia	2–2	Saudi Arabia
Jaziri 23' Jaïdi 90+2'	Report	Al-Qahtani 57' Al-Jaber 84'

FIFA WM Stadion München, Munich

Attendance: 66,000

Referee: Mark Shield (Australia)

Tunisia

Saudi Arabia

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

GK 21 Mabrouk Zaid RB 2 Ahmed Dokhi CB 3 Redha Tukar CB 4 Hamad Al-Montashari LB 13 Hussein Sulaimani (c) RM 6 Omar Al-Ghamdi CM 16 Khaled Aziz 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 (Tunisia) Assistant referees: Nathan Gibson (Australia) Ben Wilson (Australia) Fourth official: Carlos Chandía (Chile) Fifth official: Christian Julio (Chile)

Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine

19 June 2006

18:00

Saudi Arabia	0–4	Ukraine
	Report	Rusol 4' Rebrov 36' Shevchenko 46' Kalynychenko 84'

FIFA WM Stadion Hamburg, Hamburg

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Saudi Arabia

Ukraine

GK 21 Mabrouk Zaid RB 2 Ahmed Dokhi  41'  55' CB 3 Redha Tukar CB 4 Hamad Al-Montashari LB 13 Hussein Sulaimani (c) RM 6 Omar Al-Ghamdi  57' CM 7 Mohammed Ameen  55' CM 16 Khaled Aziz CM 8 Mohammed Noor  77' LM 14 Saud Kariri  73' 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

GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskyi CB 22 Vyacheslav Sviderskyi  89' CB 6 Andriy Rusol CB 2 Andriy Nesmachnyi  22' RM 9 Oleh Husyev CM 11 Serhii Rebrov  71' CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk CM 8 Oleh Shelayev LM 19 Maksym Kalynychenko  77' 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 Milevskyi  86' Manager: Oleg Blokhin

Man of the Match: Maksym Kalynychenko (Ukraine) Assistant referees: Philip Sharp (England) Glenn Turner (England) Fourth official: Toru Kamikawa (Japan) Fifth official: Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan)

Spain vs Tunisia

19 June 2006

21:00

Spain	3–1	Tunisia
Raúl 71' Torres 76', 90+1' (pen.)	Report	Mnari 8'

Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 52,000

Referee: Carlos Simon (Brazil)

Spain

Tunisia

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 RF 21 David Villa  57' CF 11 Luis García  46' LF 9 Fernando Torres Substitutions: FW 7 Raúl  46' MF 18 Cesc Fàbregas  89'  46' MF 17 Joaquín  57' Manager: Luis Aragonés

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 13 Riadh Bouazizi (c)  57' CM 20 Hamed Namouchi CM 8 Mehdi Nafti CM 12 Jawhar Mnari  90+3' LM 14 Adel Chedli  80' 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 (Spain) Assistant referees: Aristeu Tavares (Brazil) Edmílson Corona (Brazil) Fourth official: Carlos Chandía (Chile) Fifth official: Christian Julio (Chile)

Saudi Arabia vs Spain

23 June 2006

16:00

Saudi Arabia	0–1	Spain
	Report	Juanito 36'

Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Saudi Arabia

Spain

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

GK 19 Santiago Cañizares RB 2 Míchel Salgado CB 20 Juanito CB 4 Carlos Marchena  75' LB 12 Antonio López CM 18 Cesc Fàbregas  66' CM 6 David Albelda  30' CM 13 Andrés Iniesta RF 17 Joaquín CF 7 Raúl (c)  46' LF 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 (Spain) Assistant referees: Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda) Aboudou Aderodjou (Benin) Fourth official: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco) Fifth official: Brahim Djezzar (Algeria)

Ukraine vs Tunisia

23 June 2006

16:00

Ukraine	1–0	Tunisia
Shevchenko 70' (pen.)	Report

Olympiastadion, Berlin

Attendance: 72,000

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Ukraine

Tunisia

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

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 20 Hamed Namouchi CM 12 Jawhar Mnari LM 14 Adel Chedli  79' CF 5 Ziad Jaziri  9'  45+1' 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 (Ukraine) Assistant referees: Amelio Andino (Paraguay) Manuel Bernal (Paraguay) Fourth official: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico) Fifth official: Hamdi Al Kadri (Syria)

See also

• Saudi Arabia at the FIFA World Cup
• Spain at the FIFA World Cup
• Tunisia at the FIFA World Cup
• Ukraine at the FIFA World Cup