2006 FIFA World Cup Group H#Saudi Arabia vs Spain

{{Short description|Football tournament group stage}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2018}}

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

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Matches

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

=Spain vs Ukraine=

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|date = 14 June 2006

|time = 15:00

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|score = 4–0

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|attendance = 43,000

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GK1Iker Casillas (c)
RB15Sergio Ramos
CB22Pablo Ibáñez
CB5Carles Puyol
LB3Mariano Pernía
RM16Marcos Senna
CM14Xabi Alonso{{suboff|55}}
LM8Xavi
RF21David Villa{{suboff|55}}
CF11Luis García{{suboff|77}}
LF9Fernando Torres
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF6David Albelda{{subon|55}}
FW7Raúl{{subon|55}}
MF18Cesc Fàbregas{{subon|77}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Luis Aragonés

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GK1Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB5Volodymyr Yezerskiy{{yel|52}}
CB17Vladyslav Vashchuk{{sent off|0|47}}
CB6Andriy Rusol{{yel|17}}
LB2Andriy Nesmachnyi
RM9Oleh Husyev{{suboff|46}}
CM4Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
CM14Andriy Husin{{suboff|46}}
LM21Ruslan Rotan{{suboff|63}}
SS10Andriy Voronin
CF7Andriy Shevchenko (c)
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF8Oleh Shelayev{{subon|46}}
FW16Andriy Vorobey{{subon|46}}
FW11Serhii Rebrov{{subon|63}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Oleg Blokhin

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{{wikinewsart|Spain beat Ukraine 4-0 in Group H}}

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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=

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|attendance = 66,000

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GK1Ali Boumnijel
RB6Hatem Trabelsi
CB15Radhi Jaïdi
CB3Karim Haggui{{yel|35}}
LB18David Jemmali
RM13Riadh Bouazizi (c){{yel|36}}{{suboff|55}}
CM12Jawhar Mnari
LM14Adel Chedli{{yel|65}}{{suboff|69}}
AM20Hamed Namouchi
CF5Ziad Jaziri
CF9Yassine Chikhaoui{{yel|79}}{{suboff|82}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF8Mehdi Nafti{{subon|55}}
MF10Kaies Ghodhbane{{subon|69}}
DF2Karim Essediri{{subon|82}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Roger Lemerre

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GK21Mabrouk Zaid
RB2Ahmed Dokhi
CB3Redha Tukar
CB4Hamad Al-Montashari
LB13Hussein Sulaimani (c)
RM6Omar Al-Ghamdi
CM16Khaled Aziz
LM14Saud Kariri
AM8Mohammed Noor{{suboff|74}}
AM18Nawaf Al-Temyat{{suboff|67}}
CF20Yasser Al-Qahtani{{suboff|82}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW23Malek Mouath{{subon|67}}
MF7Mohammed Ameen{{subon|74}}
FW9Sami Al-Jaber{{subon|82}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Marcos Paquetá

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{{wikinewsart|Saudi Arabia and Tunisia share dramatic draw in Group H}}

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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=

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GK21Mabrouk Zaid
RB2Ahmed Dokhi{{yel|41}}{{suboff|55}}
CB3Redha Tukar
CB4Hamad Al-Montashari
LB13Hussein Sulaimani (c)
RM6Omar Al-Ghamdi{{yel|57}}
CM7Mohammed Ameen{{suboff|55}}
CM16Khaled Aziz
CM8Mohammed Noor{{suboff|77}}
LM14Saud Kariri{{yel|73}}
CF20Yasser Al-Qahtani
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FW23Malek Mouath{{subon|55}}
DF12Abdulaziz Khathran{{subon|55}}
FW9Sami Al-Jaber{{subon|77}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Marcos Paquetá

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GK1Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
CB22Vyacheslav Sviderskyi{{yel|89}}
CB6Andriy Rusol
CB2Andriy Nesmachnyi{{yel|22}}
RM9Oleh Husyev
CM11Serhii Rebrov{{suboff|71}}
CM4Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
CM8Oleh Shelayev
LM19Maksym Kalynychenko{{yel|77}}
SS10Andriy Voronin{{suboff|79}}
CF7Andriy Shevchenko (c){{suboff|86}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF21Ruslan Rotan{{subon|71}}
MF14Andriy Husin{{subon|79}}
FW15Artem Milevskyi{{subon|86}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Oleg Blokhin

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{{wikinewsart|Ukraine beats Saudi Arabia 4-0 in Group H}}

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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=

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|time = 21:00

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GK1Iker Casillas (c)
RB15Sergio Ramos
CB22Pablo Ibáñez
CB5Carles Puyol{{yel|30}}
LB3Mariano Pernía
RM16Marcos Senna{{suboff|46}}
CM14Xabi Alonso
LM8Xavi
RF21David Villa{{suboff|57}}
CF11Luis García{{suboff|46}}
LF9Fernando Torres
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW7Raúl{{subon|46}}
MF18Cesc Fàbregas{{yel|89}}{{subon|46}}
MF17Joaquín{{subon|57}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Luis Aragonés

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GK1Ali Boumnijel
RB6Hatem Trabelsi{{yel|40}}
CB15Radhi Jaïdi{{yel|70}}
CB3Karim Haggui
LB19Anis Ayari{{yel|32}}{{suboff|57}}
RM13Riadh Bouazizi (c){{suboff|57}}
CM20Hamed Namouchi
CM8Mehdi Nafti
CM12Jawhar Mnari{{yel|90+3}}
LM14Adel Chedli{{suboff|80}}
CF5Ziad Jaziri{{yel|85}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
DF4Alaeddine Yahia{{subon|57}}
MF10Kaies Ghodhbane{{subon|57}}
FW7Haykel Guemamdia{{yel|81}}{{subon|80}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Roger Lemerre

|}

{{wikinewsart|Spain passes Tunisia test to win 3-1 in Group H}}

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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=

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|date = 23 June 2006

|time = 16:00

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GK21Mabrouk Zaid
RB2Ahmed Dokhi
CB3Redha Tukar
CB4Hamad Al-Montashari
LB12Abdulaziz Khathran
RM8Mohammed Noor
CM14Saud Kariri
CM16Khaled Aziz{{suboff|13}}
LM13Hussein Sulaimani{{suboff|81}}
CF11Saad Al-Harthi
CF9Sami Al-Jaber (c){{yel|27}}{{suboff|68}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
MF18Nawaf Al-Temyat{{yel|77}}{{subon|13}}
FW23Malek Mouath{{subon|68}}
DF19Mohammad Massad{{subon|81}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|BRA}} Marcos Paquetá

|valign="top"|

|valign="top" width="50%"|

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GK19Santiago Cañizares
RB2Míchel Salgado
CB20Juanito
CB4Carlos Marchena{{yel|75}}
LB12Antonio López
CM18Cesc Fàbregas{{suboff|66}}
CM6David Albelda{{yel|30}}
CM13Andrés Iniesta
RF17Joaquín
CF7Raúl (c){{suboff|46}}
LF10José Antonio Reyes{{yel|35}}{{suboff|70}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW21David Villa{{subon|46}}
MF8Xavi{{subon|66}}
FW9Fernando Torres{{subon|70}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Luis Aragonés

|}

{{wikinewsart|Spain edge out Saudi Arabia 1-0 in Group H}}

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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=

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|date = 23 June 2006

|time = 16:00

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|score = 1–0

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|attendance = 72,000

|referee = Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) }}

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GK1Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
CB22Vyacheslav Sviderskyi{{yel|18}}
CB6Andriy Rusol{{yel|65}}
CB2Andriy Nesmachnyi
RM9Oleh Husyev
CM11Serhii Rebrov{{suboff|55}}
CM4Anatoliy Tymoshchuk{{yel|61}}
CM8Oleh Shelayev{{yel|47}}
LM19Maksym Kalynychenko{{suboff|75}}
SS10Andriy Voronin
CF7Andriy Shevchenko (c){{suboff|88}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW16Andriy Vorobey{{subon|55}}
MF14Andriy Husin{{subon|75}}
FW15Artem Milevskyi{{subon|88}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|Oleg Blokhin

|valign="top"|

|valign="top" width="50%"|

style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center
width="25"|width="25"|
GK1Ali Boumnijel
RB6Hatem Trabelsi
CB15Radhi Jaïdi{{yel|90}}
CB3Karim Haggui
LB19Anis Ayari
RM13Riadh Bouazizi (c){{yel|43}}{{suboff|79}}
CM8Mehdi Nafti{{suboff|90+1}}
CM20Hamed Namouchi
CM12Jawhar Mnari
LM14Adel Chedli{{suboff|79}}
CF5Ziad Jaziri{{sent off|2|9|45+1}}
colspan=3|Substitutions:
FW11Francileudo Santos{{subon|79}}
FW17Chaouki Ben Saada{{subon|79}}
MF10Kaies Ghodhbane{{subon|90+1}}
colspan=3|Manager:
colspan="4"|{{flagicon|FRA|1974}} Roger Lemerre

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{{wikinewsart|Ukraine advance after win against Tunisia in Group H}}

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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