Soccer World Cup 2006 / Argentina

This article covers the Argentine national team at the 2006 World Cup in Germany .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Brazil	35:17	34
2	Argentina	29:17	34
3	Ecuador	23:19	28
4th	Paraguay	23:23	28
5	Uruguay	23:28	25th
6th	Colombia	24:16	24
7th	Chile	18:22	22nd
8th	Venezuela	20:28	18th
9	Peru	20:28	18th
10	Bolivia	20:37	14th

Argentina - Chile	2: 2 (2: 0)
1-0 González (31st), 2-0 Aimar (35th), 2-1 Mirošević (60th), 2-2 Navia (77th)
Venezuela - Argentina	0: 3 (0: 3)
0: 1 Aimar (7th), 0: 2 Crespo (25th), 0: 3 Delgado (31st)
Argentina - Bolivia	3: 0 (0: 0)
1-0 D'Alessandro (56th), 2-0 Crespo (61st), Aimar (63rd)
Colombia - Argentina	1: 1 (0: 1)
0: 1 Crespo (26th), 1: 1 Ángel (47th)
Argentina - Ecuador	1: 0 (0: 0)
1-0 Crespo (60th)
Brazil - Argentina	3: 1 (1: 0)
1-0 Ronaldo (16./FE), 2-0 Ronaldo (67./FE), 2: 1 Sorin (79.), 3: 1 Ronaldo (90./FE)
Argentina - Paraguay	0-0
Peru - Argentina	1: 3 (0: 1)
0: 1 Rosales (14th), 1: 1 Soto (62nd), 1: 2 Coloccini (66th), 1: 3 Sorin (90th)
Argentina - Uruguay	4: 2 (3: 0)
1: 0 González (6th), 2: 0 Figueroa (33rd), 3: 0 Zanetti (45th), 4: 0 Figueroa (54th), 4: 1 Rodríguez (63th), 4: 2 Chevantón ( 86./FE)
Chile - Argentina	0-0
Argentina - Venezuela	3: 2 (2: 1)
1: 0 Rey (4./ET), 1: 1 Morán (33.), 2: 1 Riquelme (45.), 3: 1 Saviola (66.), 3: 2 Vielema (72.)
Bolivia - Argentina	1: 2 (0: 0)
1: 0 Castillo (50th), 1: 1 Figueroa (58th), 1: 2 Galletti (63rd)
Argentina - Colombia	1: 0 (0: 0)
1-0 Crespo (65th)
Ecuador - Argentina	2: 0 (0: 0)
1-0 Lara (54th), 2-0 Delgado (90th)
Argentina - Brazil	3: 1 (3: 0)
1-0 Crespo (3rd), 2-0 Riquelme (18th), 3-0 Crespo (40th), 3-1 Roberto Carlos (71st)
Paraguay - Argentina	1: 0 (1: 0)
1-0 Roque Santa Cruz (14th)
Argentina - Peru	2: 0 (0: 0)
1-0 Riquelme (81./FE), 2-0 Guadalupe (90./ET)
Uruguay - Argentina	1: 0 (0: 0)
1-0 Recoba (46th)

Argentine contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Roberto Abbondanzieri	CA Boca Juniors	08/19/1972	5	0	0	0	0
12	Leo Franco	Atlético Madrid	05/20/1977	1	0	0	0	0
23	Óscar Ustari	CA Independiente	07/03/1986	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Roberto Ayala	Valencia CF	04/14/1973	5	1	0	0	0
3	Juan Pablo Sorin	Villarreal CF	05/05/1976	4th	0	2	0	0
4th	Fabricio Coloccini	Deportivo La Coruña	01/22/1982	2	0	0	0	0
6th	Gabriel Heinze	Manchester United	04/19/1978	4th	0	2	0	0
15th	Gabriel Milito	Real Zaragoza	07.09.1980	1	0	0	0	0
17th	Leandro Cufré	AS Roma	05/09/1978	1	0	0	0	1
21st	Nicolás Burdisso	Inter Milan	04/12/1981	3	0	0	0	0
midfield player
5	Esteban Cambiasso	Inter Milan	08/18/1980	5	1	1	0	0
8th	Javier Mascherano	SC Corinthians Paulista	06/08/1984	5	0	2	0	0
10	Juan Román Riquelme	Villarreal CF	06/24/1978	5	0	0	0	0
13	Lionel Scaloni	West Ham United	05/16/1978	1	0	0	0	0
16	Pablo Aimar	Valencia CF	03/11/1979	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Maxi Rodríguez	Atlético Madrid	01/02/1981	5	3	1	0	0
22nd	Lucho González	FC Porto	01/19/1981	3	0	1	0	0
striker
7th	Javier Saviola	Sevilla FC	12/11/1981	3	1	1	0	0
9	Hernán Crespo	Chelsea FC	07/05/1975	4th	3	1	0	0
11	Carlos Tévez	SC Corinthians Paulista	02/05/1984	4th	1	0	0	0
14th	Rodrigo Palacio	CA Boca Juniors	02/05/1982	1	0	0	0	0
19th	Lionel Messi	FC Barcelona	06/24/1987	3	1	0	0	0
20th	Julio Cruz	Inter Milan	10/10/1974	2	0	1	0	0
Trainer
	José Pekerman		09/03/1949

Games of Argentina

Crew quarters

Hotel Herzogspark in Herzogenaurach . There are two training grounds. One is right at the hotel, a second in town.

Preliminary round

• Argentina - Ivory Coast 2-1 (2-0)

• Argentina - Serbia and Montenegro 6: 0 (3: 0)

• Netherlands 0-0 Argentina

For details see Football World Cup 2006 / Group C

Round of 16

Saturday, June 24th, 9 p.m. in Leipzig

• Argentina - Mexico 2-1 aet (1: 1, 1: 1)

Quarter finals

Friday, June 30th, 5 p.m. in Berlin

• Germany - Argentina 1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 2 i. E.

particularities

After his team was eliminated by Germany, José Pekerman announced his resignation as national coach.