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.^[1]

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	Advance to knockout stage
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 1]}

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
AM	11	Luis García	77'
CF	21	David Villa	55'
CF	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 2]}	Al-Qahtani 57' Al-Jaber 84'

Allianz Arena, 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 Al-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 3]}	Rusol 4' Rebrov 36' Shevchenko 46' Kalynychenko 84'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Saudi Arabia

Ukraine


GK	21	Mabrouk Zaid
RB	2	Ahmed Al-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 4]}	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
AM	11	Luis García		46'
RF	21	David Villa		57'
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 5]}	Juanito 36'

Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern

Attendance: 46,000

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Saudi Arabia

Spain


GK	21	Mabrouk Zaid
RB	2	Ahmed Al-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 6]}

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)

References

↑ Saaid, Hamdan (7 February 2007). "World Cup 2006 – Match Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 30 April 2026.

Match reports

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- "Spain vs Ukraine | First stage | 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
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- "Match Report – Group H – Spain v Ukraine" (PDF). FIFA. 14 June 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2026. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
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- "Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia | First stage | 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
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- "Match Report – Group H – Tunisia v Saudi Arabia" (PDF). FIFA. 14 June 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2026. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
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- "Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine | First stage | 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
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- "Spain vs Tunisia | First stage | 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
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- "Saudi Arabia vs Spain | First stage | 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
- "2006 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Saudi Arabia v Spain". FIFA. Archived from the original on 29 December 2017. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
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- "Ukraine vs Tunisia | First stage | 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.
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[mwB4w] "Match Report – Group H – Spain v Ukraine" (PDF). FIFA. 14 June 2006. Archived (PDF) from the original on 13 April 2026. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

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[mwB5w] "Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia | First stage | 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

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[mwB7s] "Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine | First stage | 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany". FIFA. Retrieved 1 May 2026.

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[1]

[Report 1]

[Report 2]

[Report 3]

[Report 4]

[Report 5]

[Report 6]

2006 FIFA World Cup
Stages	Group stage Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Group F Group G Group H Knockout stage Portugal v Netherlands Final
General information	Qualification Broadcasting Controversies Officials Organizing Committee Seeding Sponsorship Squads
Official symbols	+Teamgeist (match ball) Goleo and Pille (mascots) "The Time of Our Lives" (song) "Celebrate the Day" (anthem) 2006 FIFA World Cup (video game)

2006 FIFA World Cup finalists
Champions	Italy
Runners-up	France
Third place	Germany
Fourth place	Portugal
Quarter-finals	Argentina Brazil England Ukraine
Round of 16	Australia Ecuador Ghana Mexico Netherlands Spain Sweden Switzerland
Group stage	Angola Costa Rica Croatia Czech Republic Iran Ivory Coast Japan Paraguay Poland Saudi Arabia Serbia and Montenegro South Korea Togo Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia United States

Standings

Matches

Spain vs Ukraine

Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine

Spain vs Tunisia

Saudi Arabia vs Spain

Ukraine vs Tunisia

See also

References

Match reports