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2006 FIFA World Cup Group F#Croatia vs Australia

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Play in Group F of the 2006 FIFA World Cup began on 12 June and completed on 22 June 2006. Brazil won the group and advanced to the round of 16, along with runners-up Australia. Croatia and Japan failed to advance. Australia's win against Japan was the first (and so far only) by a team from the Oceania Football Confederation, having switched to the Asian Football Confederation after the tournament. It is also the only time that a team from the OFC has advanced to the second round of the tournament, as in 1974 Australia went out in the first round.

Standings

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Matches

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

=Australia vs Japan=

{{see also|Australia–Japan football rivalry}}

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|date = 12 June 2006

|time = 15:00

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|score = 3–1

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|stadium = Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern

|attendance = 46,000

|referee = Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)

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GK1Mark Schwarzer
CB3Craig Moore{{yel|58}}{{suboff|61}}
CB2Lucas Neill
CB14Scott Chipperfield
RM20Luke Wilkshire{{suboff|75}}
CM7Brett Emerton
CM13Vince Grella{{yel|33}}
CM23Mark Bresciano{{suboff|53}}
LM5Jason Culina
CF10Harry Kewell
CF9Mark Viduka (c)
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MF4Tim Cahill{{yel|69}}{{subon|53}}
FW19Joshua Kennedy{{subon|61}}
FW15John Aloisi{{yel|78}}{{subon|75}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|NED}} Guus Hiddink

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GK23Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
CB19Keisuke Tsuboi{{suboff|56}}
CB5Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c){{yel|31}}
CB22Yuji Nakazawa
RM3Yūichi Komano
CM7Hidetoshi Nakata
CM15Takashi Fukunishi
LM14Alex
AM10Shunsuke Nakamura
CF9Naohiro Takahara{{yel|40}}
CF13Atsushi Yanagisawa{{suboff|79}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF2Teruyuki Moniwa{{yel|68}}{{subon|56}}{{suboff|90+1}}
MF18Shinji Ono{{subon|79}}
FW16Masashi Oguro{{subon|90+1}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Zico

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{{wikinewsart|Australian late scores down Japan 3-1 in Group F}}

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Man of the Match:


Tim Cahill (Australia)

Assistant referees:


Dramane Danté (Mali)


Mamadou N'Doye (Senegal)


Fourth official:


Éric Poulat (France)


Fifth official:


Vincent Texier (France)

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=Brazil vs Croatia=

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|attendance = 72,000

|referee = Benito Archundia (Mexico)

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GK1Dida
RB2Cafu (c)
CB3Lúcio
CB4Juan
LB6Roberto Carlos
CM5Emerson{{yel|42}}
CM11Zé Roberto
AM8Kaká
AM10Ronaldinho
CF7Adriano
CF9Ronaldo{{suboff|70}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW23Robinho{{subon|70}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Carlos Alberto Parreira

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GK1Stipe Pletikosa
CB7Dario Šimić
CB4Robert Kovač{{yel|67}}
CB3Josip Šimunić
RM2Darijo Srna
CM5Igor Tudor{{yel|90}}
CM10Niko Kovač (c){{yel|32}}{{suboff|41}}
LM8Marko Babić
AM19Niko Kranjčar
CF17Ivan Klasnić{{suboff|56}}
CF9Dado Pršo
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF16Jerko Leko{{subon|41}}
FW18Ivica Olić{{subon|56}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Zlatko Kranjčar

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{{wikinewsart|Brazil trot to 1-0 win over Croatia in Group F}}

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Man of the Match:


Kaká (Brazil)

Assistant referees:


José Ramírez (Mexico)


Héctor Vergara (Canada)


Fourth official:


Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)


Fifth official:


Brahim Djezzar (Algeria)

=Japan vs Croatia=

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|attendance = 41,000

|referee = Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

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GK23Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi{{yel|42}}
RB21Akira Kaji
CB5Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c){{yel|21}}
CB22Yuji Nakazawa
LB14Alex{{yel|72}}
RM7Hidetoshi Nakata
CM15Takashi Fukunishi{{suboff|46}}
LM8Mitsuo Ogasawara
AM10Shunsuke Nakamura
CF9Naohiro Takahara{{suboff|85}}
CF13Atsushi Yanagisawa{{suboff|61}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF17Junichi Inamoto{{subon|46}}
FW20Keiji Tamada{{subon|61}}
MF16Masashi Oguro{{subon|85}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Zico

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GK1Stipe Pletikosa
CB7Dario Šimić
CB4Robert Kovač{{yel|32}}
CB3Josip Šimunić
RM2Darijo Srna{{yel|69}}{{suboff|87}}
CM5Igor Tudor{{suboff|70}}
CM10Niko Kovač (c)
LM8Marko Babić
AM19Niko Kranjčar{{suboff|78}}
CF17Ivan Klasnić
CF9Dado Pršo
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW18Ivica Olić{{subon|70}}
MF14Luka Modrić{{subon|78}}
FW22Ivan Bošnjak{{subon|87}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|CRO}} Zlatko Kranjčar

|}

{{wikinewsart|Croatia and Japan share point in Group F}}

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Man of the Match:


Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan)

Assistant referees:


Peter Hermans (Belgium)


Walter Vromans (Belgium)


Fourth official:


Kevin Stott (United States)


Fifth official:


Gregory Barkey (United States)

=Brazil vs Australia=

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|time = 18:00

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|score = 2–0

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|stadium = Allianz Arena, Munich

|attendance = 66,000

|referee = Markus Merk (Germany)

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GK1Dida
RB2Cafu (c){{yel|29}}
CB3Lúcio
CB4Juan
LB6Roberto Carlos
CM5Emerson{{suboff|72}}
CM11Zé Roberto
AM8Kaká
AM10Ronaldinho
CF7Adriano{{suboff|88}}
CF9Ronaldo{{yel|31}}{{suboff|72}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF17Gilberto Silva{{subon|72}}
FW23Robinho{{yel|83}}{{subon|72}}
FW21Fred{{subon|88|
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|-

|colspan=3|Manager:

|-

|colspan="4"|Carlos Alberto Parreira

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GK1Mark Schwarzer
CB3Craig Moore{{suboff|69}}
CB2Lucas Neill
CB6Tony Popovic{{suboff|41}}
RM7Brett Emerton{{yel|13}}
CM13Vince Grella
LM14Scott Chipperfield
RW5Jason Culina{{yel|39}}
AM4Tim Cahill{{suboff|56}}
LW21Mile Sterjovski
CF9Mark Viduka (c)
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF23Mark Bresciano{{subon|41}}
FW10Harry Kewell{{subon|56}}
FW15John Aloisi{{subon|69}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|NED}} Guus Hiddink

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{{wikinewsart|Brazil beat Australia with two second half goals in Group F}}

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Man of the Match:


Zé Roberto (Brazil)

Assistant referees:


Christian Schräer (Germany)


Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)


Fourth official:


Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)


Fifth official:


Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)

=Japan vs Brazil=

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|time = 21:00

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|score = 1–4

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410043?date=2006-06-22 Report]

|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}

|goals1 =

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|stadium = Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

|attendance = 65,000

|referee = Éric Poulat (France)

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GK23Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
RB21Akira Kaji{{yel|40}}
CB19Keisuke Tsuboi
CB22Yuji Nakazawa (c)
LB14Alex
RM8Mitsuo Ogasawara{{suboff|56}}
CM7Hidetoshi Nakata
CM17Junichi Inamoto
LM10Shunsuke Nakamura
CF11Seiichiro Maki{{suboff|60}}
CF20Keiji Tamada
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF6Kōji Nakata{{subon|56}}
FW9Naohiro Takahara{{subon|60}}{{suboff|66}}
FW16Masashi Oguro{{subon|66}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Zico

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GK1Dida (c){{suboff|82}}
RB13Cicinho
CB3Lúcio
CB4Juan
LB16Gilberto{{yel|44}}
RM8Kaká{{suboff|71}}
CM19Juninho
CM17Gilberto Silva
LM10Ronaldinho{{suboff|71}}
CF23Robinho
CF9Ronaldo
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF11Zé Roberto{{subon|71}}
MF20Ricardinho{{subon|71}}
GK12Rogério Ceni{{subon|82}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Carlos Alberto Parreira

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{{wikinewsart|Brazil defeat Japan 4-1 in Group F}}

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Man of the Match:


Ronaldo (Brazil)

Assistant referees:


Lionel Dagorne (France)


Vincent Texier (France)


Fourth official:


Jerome Damon (South Africa)


Fifth official:


Enock Molefe (South Africa)

=Croatia vs Australia=

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|date = 22 June 2006

|time = 21:00

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|score = 2–2

|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410044?date=2006-06-22 Report]

|team2 = {{fb|AUS}}

|goals1 =

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|stadium = Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

|attendance = 52,000

|referee = Graham Poll (England)

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GK1Stipe Pletikosa{{yel|70}}
CB7Dario Šimić{{sent off|2|32|85}}
CB13Stjepan Tomas{{suboff|83}}
CB3Josip Šimunić{{sent off|3|61|90|90+3}}Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match: the referee (Graham Poll) failed to send him off the pitch after the second yellow, and was only red carded after the third yellow. The original FIFA match report listed all three yellow cards, however was revised shortly after, with the second yellow card (90') not being recorded; it is unknown whether this was for consistency in the reports, or whether the card was retrospectively overturned.
RM2Darijo Srna
CM5Igor Tudor{{yel|38}}
CM10Niko Kovač (c)
LM8Marko Babić
AM19Niko Kranjčar{{suboff|65}}
CF18Ivica Olić{{suboff|74}}
CF9Dado Pršo
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF16Jerko Leko{{subon|65}}
MF14Luka Modrić{{subon|74}}
FW17Ivan Klasnić{{subon|83}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Zlatko Kranjčar

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GK18Zeljko Kalac
CB3Craig Moore
CB2Lucas Neill
CB14Scott Chipperfield{{suboff|75}}
RM21Mile Sterjovski{{suboff|71}}
CM13Vince Grella{{suboff|63}}
CM7Brett Emerton{{sent off|2|81|87}}
LM5Jason Culina
AM4Tim Cahill
AM10Harry Kewell
CF9Mark Viduka (c)
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW15John Aloisi{{subon|63}}
MF23Mark Bresciano{{subon|71}}
FW19Joshua Kennedy{{subon|75}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|NED}} Guus Hiddink

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{{wikinewsart|Australia draws with Croatia 2-2, advances to next round in Group F}}

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Man of the Match:


Harry Kewell (Australia)

Assistant referees:


Philip Sharp (England)


Glen Turner (England)


Fourth official:


Kevin Stott (United States)


Fifth official:


Gregory Barkey (United States)

See also

Notes

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{{2006 FIFA World Cup}}

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Category:Brazil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Category:Australia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Category:Japan at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Category:Croatia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup