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Play in Group E of the 2006 FIFA World Cup
2006 FIFA World Cup
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

completed on 22 June 2006. Italy

Italy national football team

The Italy National Football Team , represents Italy in association football and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation , the governing body for football in Italy. Italy is the second most successful national team in the history of the World Cup having won four titles , just one fewer than...

won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Ghana

Ghana national football team

The Ghana national football team, popularly known as the Black Stars, is the national association football team of Ghana and is controlled by the Ghana Football Association...

. The Czech Republic

Czech Republic national football team

The Czech Republic national football team represents the Czech Republic in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic, the governing body for football in the Czech Republic. Their current head coach is Michal Bílek...

and the United States

United States men's national soccer team

The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...

failed to advance.

Detailed results of the 2006 FIFA World Cup

2006 FIFA World Cup

The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six...

Group E. (Key)

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	2	1	0	5	1
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	3	2	0	1	4	3
6
	3	1	0	2	3	4	−1	3
	3	0	1	2	2	6	−4	1

All times local (CEST/UTC+2

Central European Summer Time

Central European Summer Time is one of the names of the Daylight saving time offset using the UTC offset of UTC+02:00, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used as a summer daylight saving time in most European countries. During the winter, Central European Time is used...

)

United States vs Czech Republic


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	UNITED STATES:
GK	18	Kasey Keller Kasey Keller Kasey Keller is a retired American soccer player who last played for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer....
RB	6	Steve Cherundolo Steve Cherundolo Steven Emil "Steve" Cherundolo is an American soccer defender who is the captain of Hannover 96 of the German Bundesliga, where he has spent his entire club career. He played for the United States men's national soccer team at the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups.-Early life:Cherundolo grew up in...
CB	22	Oguchi Onyewu Oguchi Onyewu Oguchialu Chijoke Onyewu also known as "Oguchi" Onyewu is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Sporting Clube de Portugal, in Primeira Liga, and the United States national team. Onyewu also holds a Belgian passport....
CB	23	Eddie Pope Eddie Pope George Edward Pope is a retired American soccer player who last played for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer and spent eleven years as a defender for the United States national team. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.-Youth:Born in Greensboro, he attended Southwest Guilford...
LB	7	Eddie Lewis
RM	21	Landon Donovan Landon Donovan Landon Timothy Donovan is an American soccer player for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer in the United States. He usually plays as a withdrawn forward, and can also be used as an attacking midfielder on either wing....
CM	10	Claudio Reyna Claudio Reyna Claudio Reyna is a retired American soccer player and the current USSF US Youth Soccer Technical Director. He was the captain of the United States national team before retiring from international football following the USA's exit from the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He is widely considered one of the... (c)
CM	4	Pablo Mastroeni Pablo Mastroeni Pablo Mastroeni is an Argentine-born American soccer player who currently plays for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer, and for the United States national soccer team.-Youth:...
LM	17	DaMarcus Beasley DaMarcus Beasley DaMarcus Lamont Beasley is an American soccer player who plays for Puebla of the Mexican Primera División. He plays mainly as a winger on the left side of the midfield, but has also been used as a forward and fullback...
CF	20	Brian McBride Brian McBride Brian Robert McBride is a retired American soccer player who finished his career for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer , but spent the majority of his time in MLS playing for the Columbus Crew. For much of his career he played in Europe, notably for Fulham in the English Premier League...
CF	15	Bobby Convey Bobby Convey Robert Francis "Bobby" Convey is an American soccer player.-Youth:Convey attended the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, played club soccer for the Philadelphia Soccer Club Coppa, and was a member of the initial class of the Bradenton Academy that also included current national team...
Substitutions:
FW	9	Eddie Johnson
MF	5	John O'Brien
FW	16	Josh Wolff Josh Wolff Joshua David "Josh" Wolff is an American soccer player currently playing for D.C. United of Major League Soccer.-College:...
Manager:
Bruce Arena Bruce Arena Bruce Arena is a former coach of the United States men's national soccer team as well as a former professional soccer and lacrosse player...

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CZECH REPUBLIC: | GK 1 Petr Čech

Petr Cech

Petr Čech is a Czech footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Czech Republic as a goalkeeper. Čech previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes. He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals...

RB 2 Zdeněk Grygera

Zdenek Grygera

Zdeněk Grygera is a Czech football player who is currently playing for English club Fulham. He is usually a right back or centre back but can play anywhere in defence.-Early career:...

CB 21 Tomáš Ujfaluši

Tomáš Ujfaluši

Tomáš Ujfaluši is a Czech footballer who plays for Galatasaray SK in Turkey.He can operate as either a central or right defender, and has played professionally in the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Spain.-Early years / Hamburg / Fiorentina:...

CB 22 David Rozehnal

David Rozehnal

David Sebastian Klement Rozehnal is a Czech international football player who plays for French club Lille.-Career:...

LB 6 Marek Jankulovski

Marek Jankulovski

Marek Jankulovski is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Czech club Baník Ostrava. His former club was Milan. He was voted the 2007 Czech Player of the Year....

DM 4 Tomáš Galásek (c) RM 8 Karel Poborský

Karel Poborský

Karel Poborský is a former Czech footballer. A right winger, Poborský is the all-time leader in appearances for the Czech national team, and was most noted for his technical ability.-Club career:...

LM 11 Pavel Nedvěd

Pavel Nedved

Pavel Nedvěd is a retired Czech football midfielder. He is one of the most successful Czech players to emerge from the newly formed Czech Republic, winning numerous accolades with Lazio and Juventus, including the last ever Cup Winners' Cup...

AM 10 Tomáš Rosický

Tomáš Rosický

Tomáš Rosický is a Czech footballer who plays for Arsenal and captains the Czech national team. He has a brother named Jiří who is also a footballer...

CF 9 Jan Koller

Jan Koller

Jan Koller is Czech footballer currently playing in AFK Smetanova Lhota.As an international player he played as a striker for the Czech Republic national team. He is the all-time leading goal scorer for either the Czech Republic or the former Czechoslovakia, with 55 goals in 91 caps...

CF 20 Jaroslav Plašil

Jaroslav Plašil

Jaroslav Plašil is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Bordeaux and the Czech Republic national football team.-Early career:...

Substitutions: FW 12 Vratislav Lokvenc

Vratislav Lokvenc

Vratislav Lokvenc is a former Czech football striker who last played for FC Ingolstadt 04.- Career :Before joining Salzburg, Lokvenc played for Hradec Králové , Sparta Prague , Kaiserslautern , and VfL Bochum of the German Bundesliga...

MF 19 Jan Polák

Jan Polák

Jan Polák is a Czech international footballer. He currently plays for the German team Wolfsburg.In his younger days he played for 1. FC Brno and Tatran Bohunice. Formerly a member of the Czech national under-21 side, Polák, alongside players like Petr Čech and Milan Baroš, was a part of the team...

MF 17 Jiří Štajner

Jirí Štajner

Jiří Štajner is a Czech footballer currently playing for FC Slovan Liberec. Eight years a player for Hannover 96, he is extremely popular with Hannover fans and is seen as a cult figure at the club.- Czech Republic :...

Manager:

Karel Brückner

Karel Brückner is a Czech retired football coach.- Coaching career :Brückner began his coaching career in 1973 in the Czech League and was the coach of his home club SK Sigma Olomouc. He later went on to coach Inter Bratislava with which he won the Slovakia Cup in 1985...

Man of the Match:

Tomáš Rosický

Tomáš Rosický is a Czech footballer who plays for Arsenal and captains the Czech national team. He has a brother named Jiří who is also a footballer...

Assistant referees:

Amelio Andino

Bernal Manuel

Fourth official:

Carlos Chandia

Carlos Chandía

Carlos Chandía Alarcón is an international FIFA referee since 2001. His career as a ref started in 1985 within the confines of amateur football in Chile...

Fifth official:

Rodrigo González

Italy vs Ghana


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	ITALY:
GK	1	Gianluigi Buffon Gianluigi Buffon Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team. He has won the FIFA World Cup and is widely considered by fans and experts to be one of most dominant and successful goalkeepers in history...
RB	2	Cristian Zaccardo Cristian Zaccardo Cristian Zaccardo, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for Italian Serie A club Parma...
CB	13	Alessandro Nesta Alessandro Nesta Alessandro Nesta, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Milan. Considered by many as one of the best centre backs to have ever played the game, he is a four-time member of the annual UEFA Team of the Year.-Early life:Nesta was raised in...
CB	5	Fabio Cannavaro Fabio Cannavaro Fabio Cannavaro, Ufficiale OMRI is a former Italian footballer considered one of the greatest defenders of all time and was given the name "Muro di Berlino" which means The Berlin wall by Italian supporters. He spent the majority of his career in Italy... (c)
LB	3	Fabio Grosso Fabio Grosso Fabio Grosso, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. Grosso is primarily a left wingback, but can also play as left back. He is also a free kick, penalty kick and corner kick specialist...
DM	21	Andrea Pirlo Andrea Pirlo Andrea Pirlo, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian World Cup winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus, and for the Italian national team. He is usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker for both Juventus and Italy and is regarded as one of best players in this position...
RM	20	Simone Perrotta Simone Perrotta Simone Perrotta, Ufficiale OMRI is an English-born Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma...
LM	4	Daniele De Rossi Daniele De Rossi Daniele De Rossi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma. He is the current Roma's vice-captain and nicknamed as Capitan Futuro due to his high probabality as heir-apparent to Francesco Totti's captain armband.With Roma he has won the Coppa Italia...
AM	10	Francesco Totti Francesco Totti Francesco Totti, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian footballer who is the captain of Serie A club Roma. His primary position is that of a trequartista, though he has also been successfully utilized as a lone striker. Totti has spent his entire career at Roma, is the number-one goalscorer and the most...
CF	11	Alberto Gilardino Alberto Gilardino Alberto Gilardino, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italian national team....
CF	9	Luca Toni Luca Toni Luca Toni, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. He has had successful spells at top clubs such as Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich, and Roma...
Substitutions:
MF	16	Mauro Camoranesi Mauro Camoranesi Mauro Camoranesi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian Argentine World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Lanús in the Argentine Primera División. He is a midfielder, usually on the right wing...
FW	15	Vincenzo Iaquinta Vincenzo Iaquinta Vincenzo Iaquinta, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus. He is a strong striker who can also play on the wing.-Reggiolo:...
FW	7	Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Del Piero Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus, of which he is also club captain....
Manager:
Marcello Lippi Marcello Lippi Marcello Lippi, Commendatore OMRI is a former Italian World Cup-winning football manager and former player. He served as Italian national team head coach from 16 July 2004 to 12 July 2006 and led Italy to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was re-appointed as Italian head coach in the summer of 2008...

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GHANA: | GK 22 Richard Kingson

Richard Kingson

Richard Paul Franck Kingson is a Ghanaian professional football goalkeeper, who is currently a free agent. He is also known as Faruk Gürsoy and is frequently misnamed Kingston due to "irregularity on his identity documents"...

RB 15 John Paintsil CB 4 Samuel Kuffour

Samuel Kuffour

Samuel Osei Kuffour is a retired Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a defender.Known for his great physical power, he is best remembered for his time with Bayern Munich, whom he represented for over a decade, winning a total of 17 major titles, and playing in nearly 250 official...

CB 5 John Mensah

John Mensah

John Mensah is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for French club Lyon in Ligue 1, although he spent the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons on loan at English club Sunderland in the Premier League...

LB 6 Emmanuel Pappoe RM 18 Eric Addo

Eric Addo

Eric Pappoe Addo is a Ghanaian footballer. He is currently a free agent.Once heralded as a potential African great thanks to his combination of strength, pace and poise early on, Addo, a combative central defender who can also play as a defensive midfielder, had his budding career blighted by knee...

CM 8 Michael Essien

Michael Essien

Michael Kojo Essien is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Ghanaian national team. He is a midfielder who has often been touted as a box-to-box midfielder for his ability to exert boundless energy in supporting offensive and defensive play...

CM 10 Stephen Appiah

Stephen Appiah

Stephen Leroy Appiah is a former Ghana International football midfielder and captain. He is currently a free agent. He has played for several European clubs since 1997 and is currently without a club. Appiah was a member of the Ghana national team, which he has represented at the youth, Olympic,...

Sulley Muntari

Sulleyman Ali "Sulley" Muntari is a Ghanaian international footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for Serie A club Inter Milan in Italy. He has 66 caps for The Black Stars of Ghana.-Early career:...

CF 14 Matthew Amoah

Matthew Amoah

Mathew Amoah is a Ghanaian international striker, who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Mersin İdmanyurdu SK. He formerly played for Vitesse, starting as a youngster in 1998 until 2005.-Vitesse and Fortuna:...

CF 3 Asamoah Gyan

Asamoah Gyan

Asamoah Gyan is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Emirati club Al Ain in the UAE Pro-League , and the Ghana national team....

Substitutions: DF 7 Illiasu Shilla FW 19 Razak Pimpong FW 12 Alex Tachie-Mensah Manager: Ratomir Dujković

Ratomir Dujkovic

Ratomir Dujković is a Serbian football manager and a former player.-Playing career:...

Man of the Match:

Andrea Pirlo

Andrea Pirlo, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian World Cup winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus, and for the Italian national team. He is usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker for both Juventus and Italy and is regarded as one of best players in this position...

Assistant referees:

Aristeu Tavares

Ednílson Corona

Fourth official:

Khalil Al Ghamdi

Fifth official:

Hamdi Al Kadri

Czech Republic vs Ghana


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	CZECH REPUBLIC:
GK	1	Petr Čech Petr Cech Petr Čech is a Czech footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Czech Republic as a goalkeeper. Čech previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes. He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals...
RB	2	Zdeněk Grygera Zdenek Grygera Zdeněk Grygera is a Czech football player who is currently playing for English club Fulham. He is usually a right back or centre back but can play anywhere in defence.-Early career:...
CB	21	Tomáš Ujfaluši Tomáš Ujfaluši Tomáš Ujfaluši is a Czech footballer who plays for Galatasaray SK in Turkey.He can operate as either a central or right defender, and has played professionally in the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy and Spain.-Early years / Hamburg / Fiorentina:...
CB	22	David Rozehnal David Rozehnal David Sebastian Klement Rozehnal is a Czech international football player who plays for French club Lille.-Career:...
LB	6	Marek Jankulovski Marek Jankulovski Marek Jankulovski is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Czech club Baník Ostrava. His former club was Milan. He was voted the 2007 Czech Player of the Year....
DM	4	Tomáš Galásek (c)
RM	8	Karel Poborský Karel Poborský Karel Poborský is a former Czech footballer. A right winger, Poborský is the all-time leader in appearances for the Czech national team, and was most noted for his technical ability.-Club career:...
CM	10	Tomáš Rosický Tomáš Rosický Tomáš Rosický is a Czech footballer who plays for Arsenal and captains the Czech national team. He has a brother named Jiří who is also a footballer...
CM	11	Pavel Nedvěd Pavel Nedved Pavel Nedvěd is a retired Czech football midfielder. He is one of the most successful Czech players to emerge from the newly formed Czech Republic, winning numerous accolades with Lazio and Juventus, including the last ever Cup Winners' Cup...
LM	20	Jaroslav Plašil Jaroslav Plašil Jaroslav Plašil is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Bordeaux and the Czech Republic national football team.-Early career:...
CF	12	Vratislav Lokvenc Vratislav Lokvenc Vratislav Lokvenc is a former Czech football striker who last played for FC Ingolstadt 04.- Career :Before joining Salzburg, Lokvenc played for Hradec Králové , Sparta Prague , Kaiserslautern , and VfL Bochum of the German Bundesliga...
Substitutions:
MF	19	Jan Polák Jan Polák Jan Polák is a Czech international footballer. He currently plays for the German team Wolfsburg.In his younger days he played for 1. FC Brno and Tatran Bohunice. Formerly a member of the Czech national under-21 side, Polák, alongside players like Petr Čech and Milan Baroš, was a part of the team...
MF	17	Jiří Štajner Jirí Štajner Jiří Štajner is a Czech footballer currently playing for FC Slovan Liberec. Eight years a player for Hannover 96, he is extremely popular with Hannover fans and is seen as a cult figure at the club.- Czech Republic :...
FW	7	Libor Sionko Libor Sionko Libor Sionko is a Czech footballer currently playing for Sparta Prague.- Early career :He previously played for Austria Vienna, Grazer AK, Sparta Prague, Banik Ostrava and Rangers. Playing successfully for Sparta in the Czech League and UEFA Champions League, where Sparta in two occasions , got...
Manager:
Karel Brückner Karel Brückner Karel Brückner is a Czech retired football coach.- Coaching career :Brückner began his coaching career in 1973 in the Czech League and was the coach of his home club SK Sigma Olomouc. He later went on to coach Inter Bratislava with which he won the Slovakia Cup in 1985...

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GHANA: | GK 22 Richard Kingson

Richard Kingson

RB 15 John Paintsil CB 5 John Mensah

John Mensah

CB 7 Illiasu Shilla LB 13 Habib Mohamed

Habib Mohamed

Habib Mullah Mohamed or Muhammad is a Ghanaian football left back. He currently plays for Smouha Sporting Club.- Career :...

RM 20 Otto Addo CM 8 Michael Essien

Michael Essien

CM 10 Stephen Appiah

Stephen Appiah

Sulley Muntari

CF 14 Matthew Amoah

Matthew Amoah

CF 3 Asamoah Gyan

Asamoah Gyan

Asamoah Gyan is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who plays as a striker for Emirati club Al Ain in the UAE Pro-League , and the Ghana national team....

Substitutions: MF 9 Derek Boateng

Derek Boateng

Derek Owusu Boateng is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Ghana national team....

MF 18 Eric Addo

Eric Addo

FW 19 Razak Pimpong Manager: Ratomir Dujković

Ratomir Dujkovic

Ratomir Dujković is a Serbian football manager and a former player.-Playing career:...

Man of the Match:

Michael Essien

Assistant referees:

Darío García

Rodolfo Otero

Fourth official:

Jerome Damon

Jerome Damon is a South African football referee.An international referee since 2000, Damon was on stand-by for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and was a referee at the 2004 Africa Cup of Nations, 2006 Africa Cup of Nations, 2008 Africa Cup of Nations and 2010 Africa Cup of Nations.He was preselected as a...

Fifth official:

Enock Molefe

Italy vs United States


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	ITALY:
GK	1	Gianluigi Buffon Gianluigi Buffon Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team. He has won the FIFA World Cup and is widely considered by fans and experts to be one of most dominant and successful goalkeepers in history...
RB	2	Cristian Zaccardo Cristian Zaccardo Cristian Zaccardo, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for Italian Serie A club Parma...
CB	13	Alessandro Nesta Alessandro Nesta Alessandro Nesta, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Milan. Considered by many as one of the best centre backs to have ever played the game, he is a four-time member of the annual UEFA Team of the Year.-Early life:Nesta was raised in...
CB	5	Fabio Cannavaro Fabio Cannavaro Fabio Cannavaro, Ufficiale OMRI is a former Italian footballer considered one of the greatest defenders of all time and was given the name "Muro di Berlino" which means The Berlin wall by Italian supporters. He spent the majority of his career in Italy... (c)
LB	19	Gianluca Zambrotta Gianluca Zambrotta Gianluca Zambrotta is a world cup winning Italian footballer who currently plays as a full back for Serie A club Milan.Zambrotta was decorated as Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2000 and he was made an Officer of the same order in 2006.-Como:Zambrotta began his...
DM	21	Andrea Pirlo Andrea Pirlo Andrea Pirlo, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian World Cup winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus, and for the Italian national team. He is usually deployed as a deep-lying playmaker for both Juventus and Italy and is regarded as one of best players in this position...
RM	20	Simone Perrotta Simone Perrotta Simone Perrotta, Ufficiale OMRI is an English-born Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma...
LM	4	Daniele De Rossi Daniele De Rossi Daniele De Rossi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma. He is the current Roma's vice-captain and nicknamed as Capitan Futuro due to his high probabality as heir-apparent to Francesco Totti's captain armband.With Roma he has won the Coppa Italia...
AM	10	Francesco Totti Francesco Totti Francesco Totti, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian footballer who is the captain of Serie A club Roma. His primary position is that of a trequartista, though he has also been successfully utilized as a lone striker. Totti has spent his entire career at Roma, is the number-one goalscorer and the most...
CF	11	Alberto Gilardino Alberto Gilardino Alberto Gilardino, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italian national team....
CF	9	Luca Toni Luca Toni Luca Toni, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. He has had successful spells at top clubs such as Palermo, Fiorentina, Bayern Munich, and Roma...
Substitutions:
MF	8	Gennaro Gattuso Gennaro Gattuso Gennaro Ivan Gattuso, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian footballer, who plays for Serie A club Milan. He mainly plays as a defensive midfielder. Gattuso is an aggressive, hard tackling player and in his prime, was widely regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world...
FW	7	Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Del Piero Alessandro Del Piero Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus, of which he is also club captain....
FW	15	Vincenzo Iaquinta Vincenzo Iaquinta Vincenzo Iaquinta, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Serie A club Juventus. He is a strong striker who can also play on the wing.-Reggiolo:...
Manager:
Marcello Lippi Marcello Lippi Marcello Lippi, Commendatore OMRI is a former Italian World Cup-winning football manager and former player. He served as Italian national team head coach from 16 July 2004 to 12 July 2006 and led Italy to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was re-appointed as Italian head coach in the summer of 2008...

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UNITED STATES: | GK 18 Kasey Keller

Kasey Keller

Kasey Keller is a retired American soccer player who last played for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer....

RB 6 Steve Cherundolo

Steve Cherundolo

Steven Emil "Steve" Cherundolo is an American soccer defender who is the captain of Hannover 96 of the German Bundesliga, where he has spent his entire club career. He played for the United States men's national soccer team at the 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups.-Early life:Cherundolo grew up in...

CB 23 Eddie Pope

Eddie Pope

George Edward Pope is a retired American soccer player who last played for Real Salt Lake of Major League Soccer and spent eleven years as a defender for the United States national team. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.-Youth:Born in Greensboro, he attended Southwest Guilford...

CB 22 Oguchi Onyewu

Oguchi Onyewu

Oguchialu Chijoke Onyewu also known as "Oguchi" Onyewu is an American soccer player who plays as a defender for Sporting Clube de Portugal, in Primeira Liga, and the United States national team. Onyewu also holds a Belgian passport....

LB 3 Carlos Bocanegra

Carlos Bocanegra

Carlos Manuel Bocanegra is an American soccer player who plays for Scottish Premier League club Rangers and is the captain of the United States national team.-Chicago Fire:...

CM 4 Pablo Mastroeni

Pablo Mastroeni

Pablo Mastroeni is an Argentine-born American soccer player who currently plays for Colorado Rapids in Major League Soccer, and for the United States national soccer team.-Youth:...

CM 10 Claudio Reyna

Claudio Reyna

Claudio Reyna is a retired American soccer player and the current USSF US Youth Soccer Technical Director. He was the captain of the United States national team before retiring from international football following the USA's exit from the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He is widely considered one of the...

Clint Dempsey

Clinton Drew "Clint" Dempsey is an American soccer player who plays for Fulham and the United States national team. Dempsey usually plays as either an attacking midfielder, or a striker....

AM 21 Landon Donovan

Landon Donovan

Landon Timothy Donovan is an American soccer player for the Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer in the United States. He usually plays as a withdrawn forward, and can also be used as an attacking midfielder on either wing....

LW 15 Bobby Convey

Bobby Convey

Robert Francis "Bobby" Convey is an American soccer player.-Youth:Convey attended the William Penn Charter School in Philadelphia, played club soccer for the Philadelphia Soccer Club Coppa, and was a member of the initial class of the Bradenton Academy that also included current national team...

CF 20 Brian McBride

Brian McBride

Brian Robert McBride is a retired American soccer player who finished his career for Chicago Fire in Major League Soccer , but spent the majority of his time in MLS playing for the Columbus Crew. For much of his career he played in Europe, notably for Fulham in the English Premier League...

Substitutions: DF 13 Jimmy Conrad

Jimmy Conrad

James "Jimmy" Conrad is a retired American soccer defender who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-High School and College:...

MF 17 DaMarcus Beasley

DaMarcus Beasley

DaMarcus Lamont Beasley is an American soccer player who plays for Puebla of the Mexican Primera División. He plays mainly as a winger on the left side of the midfield, but has also been used as a forward and fullback...

Manager:

Bruce Arena

Bruce Arena is a former coach of the United States men's national soccer team as well as a former professional soccer and lacrosse player...

Man of the Match:

Kasey Keller

Kasey Keller is a retired American soccer player who last played for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer....

Assistant referees:

Wálter Rial

Pablo Fandino

Fourth official:

Khalil Al Ghamdi

Fifth official:

Hamdi Al Kadri

Czech Republic vs Italy


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	CZECH REPUBLIC:
GK	1	Petr Čech Petr Cech Petr Čech is a Czech footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Czech Republic as a goalkeeper. Čech previously played for Viktoria Plzeň, Chmel Blšany, Sparta Prague, and Rennes. He was voted into the all-star team of Euro 2004 after helping his country reach the semi-finals...
RB	2	Zdeněk Grygera Zdenek Grygera Zdeněk Grygera is a Czech football player who is currently playing for English club Fulham. He is usually a right back or centre back but can play anywhere in defence.-Early career:...
CB	5	Radoslav Kováč Radoslav Kovác Radoslav Kováč is a Czech footballer who plays for FC Basel. He plays midfield and defence. He previously played for Sigma Olomouc Sparta Prague and Spartak Moscow...
CB	22	David Rozehnal David Rozehnal David Sebastian Klement Rozehnal is a Czech international football player who plays for French club Lille.-Career:...
LB	6	Marek Jankulovski Marek Jankulovski Marek Jankulovski is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Czech club Baník Ostrava. His former club was Milan. He was voted the 2007 Czech Player of the Year....
DM	19	Jan Polák Jan Polák Jan Polák is a Czech international footballer. He currently plays for the German team Wolfsburg.In his younger days he played for 1. FC Brno and Tatran Bohunice. Formerly a member of the Czech national under-21 side, Polák, alongside players like Petr Čech and Milan Baroš, was a part of the team...
RM	8	Karel Poborský Karel Poborský Karel Poborský is a former Czech footballer. A right winger, Poborský is the all-time leader in appearances for the Czech national team, and was most noted for his technical ability.-Club career:...
CM	10	Tomáš Rosický Tomáš Rosický Tomáš Rosický is a Czech footballer who plays for Arsenal and captains the Czech national team. He has a brother named Jiří who is also a footballer...
CM	11	Pavel Nedvěd Pavel Nedved Pavel Nedvěd is a retired Czech football midfielder. He is one of the most successful Czech players to emerge from the newly formed Czech Republic, winning numerous accolades with Lazio and Juventus, including the last ever Cup Winners' Cup... (c)
LM	20	Jaroslav Plašil Jaroslav Plašil Jaroslav Plašil is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Bordeaux and the Czech Republic national football team.-Early career:...
CF	15	Milan Baroš Milan Baroš Milan Baroš is a Czech footballer who plays as a striker for Galatasaray and the Czech national football team.In the 2008–09 season, Baroš scored 20 goals in Turkish Süper Lig, the highest total in the league...
Substitutions:
MF	17	Jiří Štajner Jirí Štajner Jiří Štajner is a Czech footballer currently playing for FC Slovan Liberec. Eight years a player for Hannover 96, he is extremely popular with Hannover fans and is seen as a cult figure at the club.- Czech Republic :...
MF	14	David Jarolím David Jarolím David Jarolím is a Czech footballer who currently plays for Hamburger SV. A central midfielder by position, Jarolím is known for his stamina and technical skill.-Club career:...
FW	18	Marek Heinz Marek Heinz Marek Heinz is a Czech football striker who plays for SK Sigma Olomouc in Czech Gambrinus liga....
Manager:
Karel Brückner Karel Brückner Karel Brückner is a Czech retired football coach.- Coaching career :Brückner began his coaching career in 1973 in the Czech League and was the coach of his home club SK Sigma Olomouc. He later went on to coach Inter Bratislava with which he won the Slovakia Cup in 1985...

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ITALY: | GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon

Gianluigi Buffon

Gianluigi "Gigi" Buffon, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Juventus and the Italian national team. He has won the FIFA World Cup and is widely considered by fans and experts to be one of most dominant and successful goalkeepers in history...

RB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta

Gianluca Zambrotta

Gianluca Zambrotta is a world cup winning Italian footballer who currently plays as a full back for Serie A club Milan.Zambrotta was decorated as Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic in 2000 and he was made an Officer of the same order in 2006.-Como:Zambrotta began his...

CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro

Fabio Cannavaro

Fabio Cannavaro, Ufficiale OMRI is a former Italian footballer considered one of the greatest defenders of all time and was given the name "Muro di Berlino" which means The Berlin wall by Italian supporters. He spent the majority of his career in Italy...

Alessandro Nesta

Alessandro Nesta, Ufficiale OMRI , is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Milan. Considered by many as one of the best centre backs to have ever played the game, he is a four-time member of the annual UEFA Team of the Year.-Early life:Nesta was raised in...

LB 3 Fabio Grosso

Fabio Grosso

Fabio Grosso, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who currently plays for Serie A club Juventus. Grosso is primarily a left wingback, but can also play as left back. He is also a free kick, penalty kick and corner kick specialist...

RM 16 Mauro Camoranesi

Mauro Camoranesi

Mauro Camoranesi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian Argentine World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Lanús in the Argentine Primera División. He is a midfielder, usually on the right wing...

CM 20 Simone Perrotta

Simone Perrotta

Simone Perrotta, Ufficiale OMRI is an English-born Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma...

CM 21 Andrea Pirlo

Andrea Pirlo

LM 8 Gennaro Gattuso

Gennaro Gattuso

Gennaro Ivan Gattuso, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian footballer, who plays for Serie A club Milan. He mainly plays as a defensive midfielder. Gattuso is an aggressive, hard tackling player and in his prime, was widely regarded as one of the best defensive midfielders in the world...

SS 10 Francesco Totti

Francesco Totti

Francesco Totti, Ufficiale OMRI, is an Italian footballer who is the captain of Serie A club Roma. His primary position is that of a trequartista, though he has also been successfully utilized as a lone striker. Totti has spent his entire career at Roma, is the number-one goalscorer and the most...

CF 11 Alberto Gilardino

Alberto Gilardino

Alberto Gilardino, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italian national team....

Substitutions: DF 23 Marco Materazzi

Marco Materazzi

Marco Materazzi , is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender, and is currently a free agent.At the beginning of his career, Materazzi played with various Italian teams in Serie B and Serie C, and with Premier League side Everton. He spent two periods with Perugia and signed for...

FW 18 Filippo Inzaghi

Filippo Inzaghi

Filippo Inzaghi, Ufficiale OMRI commonly known as Pippo, is a World Cup and UEFA Champions League-winning Italian footballer who plays for Serie A club Milan....

MF 17 Simone Barone

Simone Barone

Simone Barone, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian footballer.-Club career:Barone started his career making his first team debut in 4 May 1997 for Parma, against Atalanta. He then played for Padova of Serie C1 in 1998, Alzano Virescit of Serie B in 1999.In summer 2000, he joined Chievo in a co-ownership...

Manager:

Marcello Lippi

Marcello Lippi, Commendatore OMRI is a former Italian World Cup-winning football manager and former player. He served as Italian national team head coach from 16 July 2004 to 12 July 2006 and led Italy to win the 2006 FIFA World Cup. He was re-appointed as Italian head coach in the summer of 2008...

Man of the Match:

Marco Materazzi

Assistant referees:

José Ramírez

Héctor Vergara

Fourth official:

Óscar Ruiz

Oscar Ruiz

Óscar Julián Ruiz Acosta is a Colombian football referee. He is also a lawyer.He has been a referee since 1 January 1995, and his international debut was on 12 July 1995 . He officiated in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 FIFA World Cups.His decision was criticized in the Netherlands vs...

Fifth official:

José Navia

Ghana vs United States


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	GHANA:
GK	22	Richard Kingson Richard Kingson Richard Paul Franck Kingson is a Ghanaian professional football goalkeeper, who is currently a free agent. He is also known as Faruk Gürsoy and is frequently misnamed Kingston due to "irregularity on his identity documents"...
RB	15	John Paintsil
CB	5	John Mensah John Mensah John Mensah is a Ghanaian professional footballer who plays as a defender for French club Lyon in Ligue 1, although he spent the 2009-2010 and 2010-2011 seasons on loan at English club Sunderland in the Premier League...
CB	7	Illiasu Shilla
LB	13	Habib Mohamed Habib Mohamed Habib Mullah Mohamed or Muhammad is a Ghanaian football left back. He currently plays for Smouha Sporting Club.- Career :...
DM	8	Michael Essien Michael Essien Michael Kojo Essien is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Ghanaian national team. He is a midfielder who has often been touted as a box-to-box midfielder for his ability to exert boundless energy in supporting offensive and defensive play...
RM	9	Derek Boateng Derek Boateng Derek Owusu Boateng is a Ghanaian professional footballer, who currently plays as a midfielder for Ukrainian club Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in the Ukrainian Premier League and the Ghana national team....
LM	23	Haminu Draman Haminu Draman Haminu Draman is a Ghanaian footballer who plays for French club AC Arles-Avignon as a midfielder.- Football career :He signed a four-year contract with the Russian Cup winners Lokomotiv Moscow on 19 June 2007, for a transfer fee of € 3 million. Draman joined Lokomotiv when the Russian transfer...
AM	10	Stephen Appiah Stephen Appiah Stephen Leroy Appiah is a former Ghana International football midfielder and captain. He is currently a free agent. He has played for several European clubs since 1997 and is currently without a club. Appiah was a member of the Ghana national team, which he has represented at the youth, Olympic,... (c)
CF	14	Matthew Amoah Matthew Amoah Mathew Amoah is a Ghanaian international striker, who plays for Turkish Süper Lig club Mersin İdmanyurdu SK. He formerly played for Vitesse, starting as a youngster in 1998 until 2005.-Vitesse and Fortuna:...
CF	19	Razak Pimpong
Substitutions:
MF	20	Otto Addo
MF	18	Eric Addo Eric Addo Eric Pappoe Addo is a Ghanaian footballer. He is currently a free agent.Once heralded as a potential African great thanks to his combination of strength, pace and poise early on, Addo, a combative central defender who can also play as a defensive midfielder, had his budding career blighted by knee...
FW	12	Alex Tachie-Mensah
Manager:
Ratomir Dujković Ratomir Dujkovic Ratomir Dujković is a Serbian football manager and a former player.-Playing career:...

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UNITED STATES: | GK 18 Kasey Keller

Kasey Keller

Kasey Keller is a retired American soccer player who last played for Seattle Sounders FC in Major League Soccer....

RB 6 Steve Cherundolo

Steve Cherundolo

CB 13 Jimmy Conrad

Jimmy Conrad

James "Jimmy" Conrad is a retired American soccer defender who last played for Chivas USA in Major League Soccer.-High School and College:...

CB 22 Oguchi Onyewu

Oguchi Onyewu

LB 3 Carlos Bocanegra

Carlos Bocanegra

Carlos Manuel Bocanegra is an American soccer player who plays for Scottish Premier League club Rangers and is the captain of the United States national team.-Chicago Fire:...

DM 10 Claudio Reyna

Claudio Reyna

Clint Dempsey

Clinton Drew "Clint" Dempsey is an American soccer player who plays for Fulham and the United States national team. Dempsey usually plays as either an attacking midfielder, or a striker....

LM 7 Eddie Lewis AM 21 Landon Donovan

Landon Donovan

CF 17 DaMarcus Beasley

DaMarcus Beasley

CF 20 Brian McBride

Brian McBride

Substitutions: MF 14 Ben Olsen

Ben Olsen

Benjamin Robert "Ben" Olsen is a former American professional soccer player and the current manager of D.C. United. Born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Olsen grew up playing for FC Delco, an elite club program near Philadelphia...

FW 9 Eddie Johnson MF 15 Bobby Convey

Bobby Convey

Manager:

Bruce Arena

Bruce Arena is a former coach of the United States men's national soccer team as well as a former professional soccer and lacrosse player...

Man of the Match:

Stephen Appiah

Assistant referees:

Christian Schraer

Jan-Hendrik Salver

Fourth official:

Toru Kamikawa

is a former Japanese football referee, debuting in Japan's professional J. League in 1996.Kamikawa was born in Kagoshima, Kagoshima Prefecture...

Fifth official:

Yoshikazu Hiroshima

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