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Play in Group H 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 June 23, 2006. Spain

Spain national football team

The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque...

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

Ukraine national football team

The Ukraine national football team is the national football team of Ukraine and is controlled by the Football Federation of Ukraine. After Ukrainian Independence and breakaway from the Soviet Union, they played their first match against Hungary on 29 April 1992...

. Tunisia

Tunisia national football team

The Tunisia national football team , nicknamed Les Aigles de Carthage , is the national team of Tunisia and is controlled by the Fédération Tunisienne de Football. They have qualified for four FIFA World Cups, the first one in 1978, but have yet to make it out of the first round...

and Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia national football team

Saudi Arabia national football team is the national team of Saudi Arabia and is controlled by the Saudi Arabia Football Federation...

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 H. (Key)

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Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
	3	3	0	0	8	1
9
	3	2	0	1	5	4
6
	3	0	1	2	3	6	−3	1
	3	0	1	2	2	7	−5	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...

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Spain vs Ukraine


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	SPAIN:
GK	1	Iker Casillas Íker Casillas Iker Casillas Fernández is a Spanish football goalkeeper who plays for the Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spanish national team, being the captain of both... (c)
RB	15	Sergio Ramos Sérgio Ramos Sérgio Bruno Antunes Selores Ramos is a Portuguese basketball player.He measures 2.00 metres and plays as a Forward . He announced the end of his international career, after Portugal's exit from the EuroBasket 2007...
CB	22	Pablo Ibáñez Pablo Ibáñez Pablo Ibáñez Tébar , sometimes known as just Pablo, is a Spanish footballer who plays for English Football League Championship club Birmingham City as a central defender....
CB	5	Carles Puyol Carles Puyol Carles Puyol i Saforcada is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team.Mainly a central defender, he can also play on either flank, especially as a right back...
LB	3	Mariano Pernía
RM	16	Marcos Senna Marcos Senna Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva , known as Senna, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a central midfielder.He is known for his passing range and long shooting and is also a penalty specialist.-Club career:...
CM	14	Xabi Alonso Xabi Alonso Xabier "Xabi" Alonso Olano is a Spanish World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Real Madrid as a midfielder.Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad, the main team of his home region Gipuzkoa. After a brief loan period at Eibar he returned to Sociedad where then manager John Toshack appointed...
LM	8	Xavi Xavi Xavier Hernández i Creus , commonly known as Xavi Hernández or simply Xavi , is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona, where he has spent his entire 14-year career....
RW	21	David Villa David Villa David Villa Sánchez , nicknamed , is a Spanish footballer who currently plays as a striker for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national football team. He can also operate as a winger....
LW	9	Fernando Torres Fernando Torres Fernando José Torres Sanz , nicknamed , is a Spanish footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Spain national team as a striker....
CF	11	Luis García Sanz
Substitutions:
MF	6	David Albelda David Albelda David Albelda Aliqués is a Spanish footballer who plays for Valencia CF as a defensive midfielder.He played mainly for local Valencia during his extensive professional career, being team captain for over a decade....
FW	7	Raúl González Raúl González Raúl González Blanco , known simply as Raúl, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for German club Schalke 04....
MF	18	Cesc Fàbregas Cesc Fàbregas Francesc "Cesc" Fàbregas i Soler is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona.Fàbregas started his career as a trainee with Barcelona but was signed by Premier League side Arsenal in September 2003 at the age of 16...
Manager:
Luis Aragonés Luis Aragonés José Luis Aragonés Suárez , usually referred to as Luis Aragonés and sometimes simply as Luis, is a former Spanish footballer and national coach....

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UKRAINE: | GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy RB 5 Volodymyr Yezerskiy

Volodymyr Yezerskiy

Volodymyr Ivanovych Yezerskiy is a professional Ukrainian football defender who plays for Tavriya Simferopol. He also plays for the Ukrainian national team.- Club :...

CB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy

Andriy Nesmachniy

Andriy Mykolayovych Nesmachniy is a Ukrainian footballer who is currently a free agent. He has spent his entire career at FC Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. He is a skillful, attacking left-back who can also play central defense and left midfield...

CB 17 Vladyslav Vashchuk LB 6 Andriy Rusol

Andriy Rusol

Andriy Rusol is a Ukrainian retired footballer, who last time played as a defender for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and the Ukrainian national team.-Club career:...

RM 9 Oleh Husyev

Oleh Husyev

Oleh Anatoliyovych Husyev is a Ukrainian football midfielder for FC Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukrainian national football team. He is a winger who can also play right full-back.- Club career :Husyev started his career for FC Arsenal Kyiv....

CM 14 Andriy Husin

Andriy Husin

Andriy Husin is professional Ukrainian football player and an current head coach of Dynamo-2 Kyiv in Ukrainian First League. He frequently appeared as a member of the Ukraine national football team, and is one of Ukraine's most capped players ever...

CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk LM 21 Ruslan Rotan

Ruslan Rotan

Ruslan Petrovych Rotan is a Ukrainian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and is an international for the Ukrainian national football team.-Career:...

CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko

Andriy Shevchenko

Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team as a striker. He is the third-highest scorer in the history of European club competition with 67 goals as of 2011-03-10, behind Filippo Inzaghi and Raúl. With 175 goals scored with A.C...

Andriy Voronin

Andriy Viktorovych Voronin is a Ukrainian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Dynamo Moscow. His previous clubs include Chornomorets Odessa, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Mainz, Köln, Bayer Leverkusen, and Liverpool. In the 2002–03 season, Voronin became top goalscorer in the...

Substitutions: MF 8 Oleh Shelayev

Oleh Shelayev

Oleh Mykolayovych Shelayev is a professional Ukrainian football player for FC Metalist Kharkiv.- Career :Shelayev plays in a defensive midfield position and was the captain of his club team, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. In December 2008 the club loaned him to FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih...

FW 16 Andriy Vorobey FW 11 Serhiy Rebrov

Serhiy Rebrov

Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov is a retired Ukrainian football forward turned midfielder, currently assistant coach at Dynamo Kyiv reserves team. Rebrov gained international fame as an attacking partner of Andriy Shevchenko at Dynamo Kyiv throughout the 1990s and remains top all-time scorer of the...

Manager:

Oleg Blokhin

Oleh Volodymyrovych "Oleg" Blokhin is a Ukrainian football coach and current head coach of the Ukrainian national team. Blokhin was formerly a standout striker for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet national team...

Man of the Match:

Xavi

Xavier Hernández i Creus , commonly known as Xavi Hernández or simply Xavi , is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona, where he has spent his entire 14-year career....

Assistant referees:

Francesco Buragina

Matthias Arnet

Fourth official:

Roberto Rosetti

Roberto Rosetti is a former Italian football referee. He is fluent in Italian, English and French. He started refereeing in 1983, and took charge of his first match in the Italian Serie A in 1996. He received his FIFA Badge in 2002...

Fifth official:

Cristiano Copelli

Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	TUNISIA:
GK	1	Ali Boumnijel Ali Boumnijel Ali Boumnijel is a retired Tunisian football goalkeeper.The Tunisian international began his career in FC Gueugnon in France, however without playing any games. His first game as a professional footballer came on October 20, 1991 for AS Nancy in a 1:3 loss to AJ Auxerre. Afterwards he returned to...
RB	6	Hatem Trabelsi
CB	15	Radhi Jaïdi Radhi Jaïdi Radhi Ben Abdelmajid Jaïdi is a Tunisian footballer who joined Npower Championship club Southampton in September 2009. He plays as a centre back.-Club career:...
CB	3	Karim Haggui Karim Haggui Karim Haggui is a Tunisian football defender. He currently plays for Hannover 96.- Early career :Haggui started his career in 1998 with AS Kasserine in his home town, eventually moving to Etoile du Sahel two years later and starting his professional career there in 2003...
LB	18	David Jemmali David Jemmali David Jemmali is a French-Tunisian football defender who is currently play with Grenoble Foot 38.Hoping for a selection to the French national team, he turned down several opportunities to represent Tunisia...
RM	20	Hamed Namouchi
CM	12	Jawhar Mnari
CM	13	Riadh Bouazizi (c)
LM	14	Adel Chedli Adel Chedli Adel Ben-Bechir Chedli is a Tunisian football player currently playing for FC Istres.-Football career:He was born and raised in France although joined the Manchester United academy in 1995. After 1 year at the club he earned his only first team experience in a closed doors friendly against...
CF	9	Yassine Chikhaoui Yassine Chikhaoui Yassine Chikhaoui is a Tunisian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for FC Zürich.-Club career:He was signed by FC Zürich on 5 year contract on 23 May 2007....
CF	5	Ziad Jaziri
Substitutions:
MF	8	Mehdi Nafti Mehdi Nafti Mehdi Ben Sadok Nafti is a Tunisian footballer who plays for Real Valladolid in Spain, as a defensive midfielder.During his professional career, he played in four different countries in representation of five teams, namely Toulouse, Racing de Santander and Birmingham City.-Club career:Nafti made...
MF	10	Kaies Ghodhbane
FW	2	Karim Essediri Karim Essediri Karim Essediri is a Tunisia international footballer. He currently plays for Lillestrøm in the Norwegian Premier League.-Career:...
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

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SAUDI ARABIA: | GK 21 Mabrouk Zaid

Mabrouk Zaid

Mabrouk Zaid is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Ittihad.Zaid is a member of the Saudi Arabian national team and was called up to the squad to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup....

RB 2 Ahmed Dokhi

Ahmed Dokhi

Ahmad Al-Dokhi Al-Dossary is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Al-Nassr.Al-Dokhi was part of the Al Hilal team that won the AFC Club Championship and AFC Super Cup in 2000...

CB 3 Redha Tukar

Redha Tukar

Redha Hassan Tukar Fallatah is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al Ittihad....

CB 4 Hamad Al-Montashari

Hamad Al-Montashari

Hamad Al-Montashari is a Saudi Arabian footballer for Al-Ittihad. Al-Montashari, a defender, was declared the 2005 Asian Football Player of the Year, defeating Uzbekistan and FC Dynamo Kyiv striker Maksim Shatskikh. With Al-Ittihad, Al-Montashari has won the 2004 and 2005 AFC Champions...

LB 13 Hussein Sulaimani

Hussein Sulaimani

Hussein Abdulghani Sulaimani is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al-Nassr.He is a regular member of the Saudi Arabian national team...

Khaled Aziz

Khaled Aziz Al-Thaker is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Al Hilal.He plays for the Saudi Arabian national team and was recently called up to the squad to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. His contract ends with Alhilal in 2011-References:...

CM 6 Omar Al-Ghamdi

Omar Al-Ghamdi

Omar Al-Ghamdi is a Saudi Arabian football player who plays as defensive midfielder. He can also play as a left back....

LM 14 Saud Kariri AM 8 Mohammed Noor

Mohammed Noor

Mohammed Noor Al-Hawsawi is a footballer from Saudi Arabia. He plays for the club side Al-Ittihad and has been called the Saudi Patrick Vieira. He is also considered as one of the best players in Asia....

AM 18 Nawaf Al-Temyat CF 20 Yasser Al-Qahtani

Yasser Al-Qahtani

Yasser Saeed Al-Qahtani is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays as a striker currently on loan with U.A.E. Al-Ain FC captains of the Saudi Arabian national team....

Substitutions: FW 23 Malek Mouath

Malek Mouath

Malek Ali Mouath Al-Hawsawi is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Al-Nasr....

MF 7 Mohammed Ameen

Mohammed Ameen

Mohammed Ameen Haidar is a Saudi Arabian football player who is a midfielder for Al Ittihad. He was a member of the Al Ittihad team that won the AFC Champions League and competed in the FIFA Club World Championship 2005....

FW 9 Sami Al-Jaber

Sami Al-Jaber

Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber is a retired football striker from Saudi Arabia well known as playing the majority of his career with Al-Hilal. He is his country's second highest international goalscorer and has appeared in four different World Cup Finals, and scored three goals in 1994 and 1998, and...

Manager:

Marcos Paquetá

Marcos César Dias de Castro, better known as "Marcos Paquetá", born 27 August 1958 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the current coach of the Libya national football team...

Man of the Match:

Ziad Jaziri

Assistant referees:

Nathan Gibson

Ben Wilson

Fourth official:

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:

Christian Julio

Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	SAUDI ARABIA:
GK	21	Mabrouk Zaid Mabrouk Zaid Mabrouk Zaid is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Ittihad.Zaid is a member of the Saudi Arabian national team and was called up to the squad to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup....
RB	2	Ahmed Dokhi Ahmed Dokhi Ahmad Al-Dokhi Al-Dossary is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Al-Nassr.Al-Dokhi was part of the Al Hilal team that won the AFC Club Championship and AFC Super Cup in 2000...
CB	4	Hamad Al-Montashari Hamad Al-Montashari Hamad Al-Montashari is a Saudi Arabian footballer for Al-Ittihad. Al-Montashari, a defender, was declared the 2005 Asian Football Player of the Year, defeating Uzbekistan and FC Dynamo Kyiv striker Maksim Shatskikh. With Al-Ittihad, Al-Montashari has won the 2004 and 2005 AFC Champions...
CB	3	Redha Tukar Redha Tukar Redha Hassan Tukar Fallatah is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al Ittihad....
LB	13	Hussein Sulaimani Hussein Sulaimani Hussein Abdulghani Sulaimani is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al-Nassr.He is a regular member of the Saudi Arabian national team... (c)
RM	6	Omar Al-Ghamdi Omar Al-Ghamdi Omar Al-Ghamdi is a Saudi Arabian football player who plays as defensive midfielder. He can also play as a left back....
CM	16	Khaled Aziz Khaled Aziz Khaled Aziz Al-Thaker is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Al Hilal.He plays for the Saudi Arabian national team and was recently called up to the squad to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. His contract ends with Alhilal in 2011-References:...
LM	14	Saud Kariri
RW	7	Mohammed Ameen Mohammed Ameen Mohammed Ameen Haidar is a Saudi Arabian football player who is a midfielder for Al Ittihad. He was a member of the Al Ittihad team that won the AFC Champions League and competed in the FIFA Club World Championship 2005....
LW	8	Mohammed Noor Mohammed Noor Mohammed Noor Al-Hawsawi is a footballer from Saudi Arabia. He plays for the club side Al-Ittihad and has been called the Saudi Patrick Vieira. He is also considered as one of the best players in Asia....
CF	20	Yasser Al-Qahtani Yasser Al-Qahtani Yasser Saeed Al-Qahtani is a Saudi Arabian footballer who plays as a striker currently on loan with U.A.E. Al-Ain FC captains of the Saudi Arabian national team....
Substitutions:
FW	23	Malek Mouath Malek Mouath Malek Ali Mouath Al-Hawsawi is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Al-Nasr....
DF	12	Abdulaziz Khathran Abdulaziz Khathran Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-Khathran is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Al-Wahda in the Saudi Premier League.-Career:...
FW	9	Sami Al-Jaber Sami Al-Jaber Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber is a retired football striker from Saudi Arabia well known as playing the majority of his career with Al-Hilal. He is his country's second highest international goalscorer and has appeared in four different World Cup Finals, and scored three goals in 1994 and 1998, and...
Manager:
Marcos Paquetá Marcos Paquetá Marcos César Dias de Castro, better known as "Marcos Paquetá", born 27 August 1958 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the current coach of the Libya national football team...

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UKRAINE: | GK 1 Oleksandr Shovkovskiy CB 2 Andriy Nesmachniy

Andriy Nesmachniy

CB 22 Vyacheslav Sviderskyi CB 6 Andriy Rusol

Andriy Rusol

Andriy Rusol is a Ukrainian retired footballer, who last time played as a defender for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and the Ukrainian national team.-Club career:...

CM 8 Oleh Shelayev

Oleh Shelayev

CM 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk RW 9 Oleh Husyev

Oleh Husyev

LW 19 Maksym Kalynychenko

Maksym Kalynychenko

Maksym Serhiyovych Kalynychenko is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder for Tavriya Simferopol, sometimes playing in central midfield or as a winger. Observers have noted his pace, creativity, and accuracy in free kicks / penalties...

AM 11 Serhiy Rebrov

Serhiy Rebrov

SS 10 Andriy Voronin

Andriy Voronin

CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko

Andriy Shevchenko

Ruslan Rotan

Ruslan Petrovych Rotan is a Ukrainian footballer. He plays in midfield for FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and is an international for the Ukrainian national football team.-Career:...

MF 14 Andriy Husin

Andriy Husin

FW 15 Artem Milevskiy

Artem Milevskiy

Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskiy is a Belarusian-Ukrainian professional football second striker who currently plays for FC Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premiere League. He is also a Ukrainian international.- Club career :...

Manager:

Oleg Blokhin

Man of the Match:

Maksym Kalynychenko

Assistant referees:

Philip Sharp

Glenn Turner

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

Spain vs Tunisia


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	SPAIN:
GK	1	Iker Casillas Íker Casillas Iker Casillas Fernández is a Spanish football goalkeeper who plays for the Spanish La Liga club Real Madrid and the Spanish national team, being the captain of both... (c)
RB	15	Sergio Ramos Sérgio Ramos Sérgio Bruno Antunes Selores Ramos is a Portuguese basketball player.He measures 2.00 metres and plays as a Forward . He announced the end of his international career, after Portugal's exit from the EuroBasket 2007...
CB	22	Pablo Ibáñez Pablo Ibáñez Pablo Ibáñez Tébar , sometimes known as just Pablo, is a Spanish footballer who plays for English Football League Championship club Birmingham City as a central defender....
CB	5	Carles Puyol Carles Puyol Carles Puyol i Saforcada is a Spanish footballer who plays for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national team.Mainly a central defender, he can also play on either flank, especially as a right back...
LB	3	Mariano Pernía
RM	16	Marcos Senna Marcos Senna Marcos Antônio Senna da Silva , known as Senna, is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF as a central midfielder.He is known for his passing range and long shooting and is also a penalty specialist.-Club career:...
CM	14	Xabi Alonso Xabi Alonso Xabier "Xabi" Alonso Olano is a Spanish World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Real Madrid as a midfielder.Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad, the main team of his home region Gipuzkoa. After a brief loan period at Eibar he returned to Sociedad where then manager John Toshack appointed...
LM	8	Xavi Xavi Xavier Hernández i Creus , commonly known as Xavi Hernández or simply Xavi , is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona, where he has spent his entire 14-year career....
RW	21	David Villa David Villa David Villa Sánchez , nicknamed , is a Spanish footballer who currently plays as a striker for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national football team. He can also operate as a winger....
LW	9	Fernando Torres Fernando Torres Fernando José Torres Sanz , nicknamed , is a Spanish footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Spain national team as a striker....
CF	11	Luis García Sanz
Substitutions:
FW	7	Raúl González Raúl González Raúl González Blanco , known simply as Raúl, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for German club Schalke 04....
MF	18	Cesc Fàbregas Cesc Fàbregas Francesc "Cesc" Fàbregas i Soler is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona.Fàbregas started his career as a trainee with Barcelona but was signed by Premier League side Arsenal in September 2003 at the age of 16...
MF	17	Joaquín Sánchez
Manager:
Luis Aragonés Luis Aragonés José Luis Aragonés Suárez , usually referred to as Luis Aragonés and sometimes simply as Luis, is a former Spanish footballer and national coach....

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TUNISIA: | GK 1 Ali Boumnijel

Ali Boumnijel

Ali Boumnijel is a retired Tunisian football goalkeeper.The Tunisian international began his career in FC Gueugnon in France, however without playing any games. His first game as a professional footballer came on October 20, 1991 for AS Nancy in a 1:3 loss to AJ Auxerre. Afterwards he returned to...

RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi CB 15 Radhi Jaïdi

Radhi Jaïdi

Radhi Ben Abdelmajid Jaïdi is a Tunisian footballer who joined Npower Championship club Southampton in September 2009. He plays as a centre back.-Club career:...

CB 3 Karim Haggui

Karim Haggui

Karim Haggui is a Tunisian football defender. He currently plays for Hannover 96.- Early career :Haggui started his career in 1998 with AS Kasserine in his home town, eventually moving to Etoile du Sahel two years later and starting his professional career there in 2003...

LB 19 Anis Ayari

Anis Ayari

Anis Ayari is a Tunisian footballer. He currently plays for Étoile du Sahel.-Club career:Ayari debuted as a player with Stade Tunisien in March 2002, playing both defence and midfield. Ayari moved from Stade Tunisien in 2004 to Turkish club Samsunspor...

RM 12 Jawhar Mnari CM 13 Riadh Bouazizi (c) LM 14 Adel Chedli

Adel Chedli

Adel Ben-Bechir Chedli is a Tunisian football player currently playing for FC Istres.-Football career:He was born and raised in France although joined the Manchester United academy in 1995. After 1 year at the club he earned his only first team experience in a closed doors friendly against...

AM 8 Mehdi Nafti

Mehdi Nafti

Mehdi Ben Sadok Nafti is a Tunisian footballer who plays for Real Valladolid in Spain, as a defensive midfielder.During his professional career, he played in four different countries in representation of five teams, namely Toulouse, Racing de Santander and Birmingham City.-Club career:Nafti made...

AM 20 Hamed Namouchi CF 5 Ziad Jaziri Substitutions: DF 4 Alaeddine Yahia

Alaeddine Yahia

Alaeddine Yahia is a French-Tunisian football player who plays for Ligue 1 side Racing Club de Lens in France....

MF 10 Kaies Ghodhbane FW 7 Haykel Guemamdia

Haykel Guemamdia

Haykel Guemamdia is a Tunisia footballer. He currentlyplays as forward for the Tunisian club Club Sportif Sfaxien.Guemamdia had a spell with RC Strasbourg in France's Ligue 1....

Manager:

Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:

Xabi Alonso

Xabier "Xabi" Alonso Olano is a Spanish World Cup-winning footballer who plays for Real Madrid as a midfielder.Alonso began his career at Real Sociedad, the main team of his home region Gipuzkoa. After a brief loan period at Eibar he returned to Sociedad where then manager John Toshack appointed...

Assistant referees:

Aristeu Tavares

Ednílson Corona

Fourth official:

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:

Christian Julio

Saudi Arabia vs Spain


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	SAUDI ARABIA:
GK	21	Mabrouk Zaid Mabrouk Zaid Mabrouk Zaid is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a goalkeeper for Al-Ittihad.Zaid is a member of the Saudi Arabian national team and was called up to the squad to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup....
RB	2	Ahmed Dokhi Ahmed Dokhi Ahmad Al-Dokhi Al-Dossary is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Al-Nassr.Al-Dokhi was part of the Al Hilal team that won the AFC Club Championship and AFC Super Cup in 2000...
CB	3	Redha Tukar Redha Tukar Redha Hassan Tukar Fallatah is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al Ittihad....
CB	4	Hamad Al-Montashari Hamad Al-Montashari Hamad Al-Montashari is a Saudi Arabian footballer for Al-Ittihad. Al-Montashari, a defender, was declared the 2005 Asian Football Player of the Year, defeating Uzbekistan and FC Dynamo Kyiv striker Maksim Shatskikh. With Al-Ittihad, Al-Montashari has won the 2004 and 2005 AFC Champions...
LB	12	Abdulaziz Khathran Abdulaziz Khathran Abdulaziz Mohammed Al-Khathran is a Saudi Arabian footballer. He currently plays as a defender for Al-Wahda in the Saudi Premier League.-Career:...
DM	14	Saud Kariri
RM	16	Khaled Aziz Khaled Aziz Khaled Aziz Al-Thaker is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Al Hilal.He plays for the Saudi Arabian national team and was recently called up to the squad to participate in the 2006 FIFA World Cup. His contract ends with Alhilal in 2011-References:...
LM	13	Hussein Sulaimani Hussein Sulaimani Hussein Abdulghani Sulaimani is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a defender for Al-Nassr.He is a regular member of the Saudi Arabian national team...
AM	8	Mohammed Noor Mohammed Noor Mohammed Noor Al-Hawsawi is a footballer from Saudi Arabia. He plays for the club side Al-Ittihad and has been called the Saudi Patrick Vieira. He is also considered as one of the best players in Asia....
CF	9	Sami Al-Jaber Sami Al-Jaber Sami Abdullah Al-Jaber is a retired football striker from Saudi Arabia well known as playing the majority of his career with Al-Hilal. He is his country's second highest international goalscorer and has appeared in four different World Cup Finals, and scored three goals in 1994 and 1998, and... (c)
CF	11	Saad Al-Harthi Saad Al-Harthi Saad Mish'al Al-Harthi - also transliterated Sa'ad Al-Harthi - is a Saudi Arabian football striker who plays for Saudi Premiership side Al-Nasr. While he is a regular first team member at his club, he has to battle for a spot on the Saudi Arabia national football team. Recently he was chosen as...
Substitutions:
MF	18	Nawaf Al-Temyat
FW	23	Malek Mouath Malek Mouath Malek Ali Mouath Al-Hawsawi is a Saudi Arabian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Al-Nasr....
DF	19	Mohammad Massad Mohammad Massad Mohammad Massad Al-Muwallad Al-Harbi is a Saudi Arabian football player who currently plays as a midfielder for Al Ahli...
Manager:
Marcos Paquetá Marcos Paquetá Marcos César Dias de Castro, better known as "Marcos Paquetá", born 27 August 1958 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is the current coach of the Libya national football team...

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SPAIN: | GK 19 Santiago Cañizares

Santiago Cañizares

José Santiago Cañizares Ruiz is a retired Spanish footballer who played as a goalkeeper.After playing with Real Madrid, mostly as a backup, he finished his career at Valencia CF, where he appeared in more than 400 official games since 1998.In his prime, he was regarded as one of the best...

RB 2 Míchel Salgado

Míchel Salgado

Miguel Ángel "Míchel" Salgado Fernández is a Spanish footballer who plays for Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League, as a right defender.Nicknamed Il Due , he is known for his combative tackling and attacking play...

CB 20 Juanito

Juan Gutiérrez Moreno

Juan Gutiérrez Moreno, aka Juanito , is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid as a central defender.A player of physical display, he is also noted for his excellent aerial ability...

CB 4 Carlos Marchena

Carlos Marchena

Carlos Marchena López is a Spanish footballer who plays for Villarreal CF and the Spanish national team.Mainly a central defender with an aggressive approach, he can also pitch in as a defensive midfielder...

LB 12 Antonio López Guerrero

Antonio López Guerrero

Antonio López Guerrero is a Spanish footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid of the Spanish first division, mainly as a left defender.-Club career:...

RM 17 Joaquín Sánchez CM 6 David Albelda

David Albelda

David Albelda Aliqués is a Spanish footballer who plays for Valencia CF as a defensive midfielder.He played mainly for local Valencia during his extensive professional career, being team captain for over a decade....

CM 18 Cesc Fàbregas

Cesc Fàbregas

Francesc "Cesc" Fàbregas i Soler is a Spanish footballer who plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona.Fàbregas started his career as a trainee with Barcelona but was signed by Premier League side Arsenal in September 2003 at the age of 16...

LM 13 Andrés Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta

Andrés Iniesta Luján is a Spanish football player. He currently plays as a central midfielder for La Liga club FC Barcelona, and the Spanish national team....

CF 7 Raúl González

Raúl González

Raúl González Blanco , known simply as Raúl, is a Spanish footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for German club Schalke 04....

José Antonio Reyes

José Antonio Reyes Calderón is a Spanish professional footballer who plays for Atlético Madrid.Mainly a left winger but also a forward, he made his professional debuts for hometown's Sevilla at only 16, signing with England's Arsenal aged 20.After a relatively successful career abroad, Reyes...

Substitutions: FW 21 David Villa

David Villa

David Villa Sánchez , nicknamed , is a Spanish footballer who currently plays as a striker for FC Barcelona and the Spanish national football team. He can also operate as a winger....

MF 8 Xavi

Xavi

FW 9 Fernando Torres

Fernando Torres

Fernando José Torres Sanz , nicknamed , is a Spanish footballer who plays for Chelsea and the Spain national team as a striker....

Manager:

Luis Aragonés

José Luis Aragonés Suárez , usually referred to as Luis Aragonés and sometimes simply as Luis, is a former Spanish footballer and national coach....

Man of the Match:

Juanito

Juan Gutiérrez Moreno

Juan Gutiérrez Moreno, aka Juanito , is a Spanish footballer who plays for Real Valladolid as a central defender.A player of physical display, he is also noted for his excellent aerial ability...

Assistant referees:

Celestin Ntagungira

Aboudou Aderodjou

Fourth official:

Mohamed Guezzaz

Mohamed Guezzaz is a retired football referee from Morocco, best known for supervising match Spain–Slovenia during the 2002 FIFA World Cup.-References:*...

Fifth official:

Brahim Djezzar

Ukraine vs Tunisia


style="font-size: 90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	UKRAINE:
GK	1	Oleksandr Shovkovskiy
CB	6	Andriy Rusol Andriy Rusol Andriy Rusol is a Ukrainian retired footballer, who last time played as a defender for Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk and the Ukrainian national team.-Club career:...
CB	22	Vyacheslav Sviderskyi
CB	2	Andriy Nesmachniy Andriy Nesmachniy Andriy Mykolayovych Nesmachniy is a Ukrainian footballer who is currently a free agent. He has spent his entire career at FC Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premier League. He is a skillful, attacking left-back who can also play central defense and left midfield...
RM	9	Oleh Husyev Oleh Husyev Oleh Anatoliyovych Husyev is a Ukrainian football midfielder for FC Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukrainian national football team. He is a winger who can also play right full-back.- Club career :Husyev started his career for FC Arsenal Kyiv....
CM	4	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
CM	8	Oleh Shelayev Oleh Shelayev Oleh Mykolayovych Shelayev is a professional Ukrainian football player for FC Metalist Kharkiv.- Career :Shelayev plays in a defensive midfield position and was the captain of his club team, FC Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk. In December 2008 the club loaned him to FC Kryvbas Kryvyi Rih...
LM	19	Maksym Kalynychenko Maksym Kalynychenko Maksym Serhiyovych Kalynychenko is a professional Ukrainian football midfielder for Tavriya Simferopol, sometimes playing in central midfield or as a winger. Observers have noted his pace, creativity, and accuracy in free kicks / penalties...
AM	11	Serhiy Rebrov Serhiy Rebrov Serhiy Stanislavovych Rebrov is a retired Ukrainian football forward turned midfielder, currently assistant coach at Dynamo Kyiv reserves team. Rebrov gained international fame as an attacking partner of Andriy Shevchenko at Dynamo Kyiv throughout the 1990s and remains top all-time scorer of the...
SS	10	Andriy Voronin Andriy Voronin Andriy Viktorovych Voronin is a Ukrainian professional footballer who currently plays as a striker for Dynamo Moscow. His previous clubs include Chornomorets Odessa, Borussia Mönchengladbach, Mainz, Köln, Bayer Leverkusen, and Liverpool. In the 2002–03 season, Voronin became top goalscorer in the...
CF	7	Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Shevchenko Andriy Mykolayovych Shevchenko is a Ukrainian footballer who plays for Dynamo Kyiv and the Ukraine national team as a striker. He is the third-highest scorer in the history of European club competition with 67 goals as of 2011-03-10, behind Filippo Inzaghi and Raúl. With 175 goals scored with A.C... (c)
Substitutions:
FW	16	Andriy Vorobey
MF	14	Andriy Husin Andriy Husin Andriy Husin is professional Ukrainian football player and an current head coach of Dynamo-2 Kyiv in Ukrainian First League. He frequently appeared as a member of the Ukraine national football team, and is one of Ukraine's most capped players ever...
FW	15	Artem Milevskiy Artem Milevskiy Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskiy is a Belarusian-Ukrainian professional football second striker who currently plays for FC Dynamo Kyiv in the Ukrainian Premiere League. He is also a Ukrainian international.- Club career :...
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin Oleg Blokhin Oleh Volodymyrovych "Oleg" Blokhin is a Ukrainian football coach and current head coach of the Ukrainian national team. Blokhin was formerly a standout striker for Dynamo Kyiv and the Soviet national team...

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TUNISIA: | GK 1 Ali Boumnijel

Ali Boumnijel

RB 6 Hatem Trabelsi CB 15 Radhi Jaïdi

Radhi Jaïdi

Radhi Ben Abdelmajid Jaïdi is a Tunisian footballer who joined Npower Championship club Southampton in September 2009. He plays as a centre back.-Club career:...

CB 3 Karim Haggui

Karim Haggui

LB 19 Anis Ayari

Anis Ayari

RM 13 Riadh Bouazizi (c) CM 8 Mehdi Nafti

Mehdi Nafti

CM 12 Jawhar Mnari LM 14 Adel Chedli

Adel Chedli

CF 5 Ziad Jaziri CF 20 Hamed Namouchi Substitutions: FW 11 Francileudo Santos

Francileudo Santos

Francileudo Silva dos Santos , simply known as Santos is a Brazilian-born Tunisian football player.-Career:He was discovered by Belgian club Standard Liège while playing in Brazil for minor club Sampaio Correa...

FW 17 Chaouki Ben Saada

Chaouki Ben Saada

Chaouki Ben Saada is a Tunisian footballer, currently playing for RC Lens in France.-Career:Ben Saada plays as either a midfielder or a striker, and in 170 appearances with Bastia, he scored 16 goals for the team.Despite much interest from bigger clubs, he remained with Bastia...

MF 10 Kaies Ghodhbane Manager:

Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:

Anatoliy Tymoshchuk

Assistant referees:

Amelio Andino

Manuel Bernal

Fourth official:

Marco Rodríguez

Marco Antonio Rodríguez

Marco Antonio Rodríguez Moreno is a Mexican football referee. In his homeland, he is commonly nicknamed "Chiquidrácula" due to his resemblance to a Mexican TV character of child Count Dracula, portrayed by Carlos Espejel...

Fifth official:

Hamdi Al Kadri

External links

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