Football World Cup 2006 / Group A

Results of Group A of the Football World Cup 2006 :

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Germany	3	3	0	0	008: 200	+6	09
2.	Ecuador	3	2	0	1	005: 300	+2	06th
3.	Poland	3	1	0	2	002: 400	−2	03
4th	Costa Rica	3	0	0	3	003: 900	−6	00

Germany - Costa Rica 4: 2 (2: 1)

Germany		Costa Rica		Lineup
	June 9, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in Munich ( Allianz Arena ) Spectators: 66,000 (sold out) Referee: Horacio Elizondo ( Argentina )   Match report
	Jens Lehmann - Arne Friedrich , Per Mertesacker , Christoph Metzelder , Philipp Lahm - Bernd Schneider (90th + 1 ' David Odonkor ), Torsten Frings , Tim Borowski (72nd Sebastian Kehl ), Bastian Schweinsteiger - Miroslav Klose (79th Oliver Neuville ) , Lukas Podolski Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann	José Francisco Porras - Michael Umaña , Douglas Sequeira , Luis Marín - Gilberto Martínez (67th Jervis Drummond ), Mauricio Solís (78th Cristian Bolaños ) - Danny Fonseca - Leonardo González - Walter Centeno , Rónald Gómez (90th + 1 ' Randall Azofeifa ) - Paulo Wanchope Coach: Alexandre Guimarães
	1: 0 Lahm (6th) 2: 1 Klose (17th) 3: 1 Klose (61st) 4: 2 Frings (87th)	1: 1 wanchope (12th) 3: 2 wanchope (73rd)
		Fonseca (30.)
	Player of the Match: Miroslav Klose (Germany)

Particularities:

• Before the kick-off, a minute's silence was observed in memory of the FIFA members who had died since the 2002 World Cup .
• It was the opening game with the highest number of goals since the 1934 World Cup : Italy - USA 7: 1 (3: 0).
• Philipp Lahm scored the first goal of the 2006 World Cup in his “home stadium”.
• It was the first international match between Germany and Costa Rica.

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Poland - Ecuador 0: 2 (0: 1)

Poland		Ecuador		Lineup
	June 9, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Gelsenkirchen ( Veltins-Arena ) Spectators: 52,000 (sold out) Referee: Tōru Kamikawa ( Japan )   Match report
	Boruc - Marcin Baszczyński , Mariusz Jop , Jacek Bąk , michał żewłakow - Arkadiusz Radomski , Radosław Sobolewski (69. ireneusz jeleń ), Jacek Krzynówek (78 Kamil Kosowski ), Miroslaw Szymkowiak , Euzebiusz Smolarek - Maciej Żurawski (84. PaweĹ Brożek ) Coach: Paweł Janas	Cristian Mora - Ulises de la Cruz , Iván Hurtado (70th Jorge Guagua ), Giovanny Espinoza , Neicer Reasco - Edison Méndez , Edwin Tenorio , Segundo Castillo , Antonio Valencia - Agustín Delgado (84th Patricio Urrutia ), Carlos Tenorio (66th Iván Kaviedes ) Coach: Luis Fernando Suárez ( Colombia )
		0: 1 C. Tenorio (24th) 0: 2 Delgado (80th)
	Smolarek (36th)	Hurtado (30th), Méndez (70th)
	Player of the Match: Agustín Delgado (Ecuador)

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Germany - Poland 1: 0 (0: 0)

Germany		Poland		Lineup
	June 14, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Dortmund ( Westfalenstadion ) Spectators: 65,000 (sold out) Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo ( Spain )   Match report
	Jens Lehmann - Arne Friedrich (64th David Odonkor ), Per Mertesacker , Christoph Metzelder , Philipp Lahm - Bernd Schneider , Torsten Frings , Michael Ballack , Bastian Schweinsteiger (77th Tim Borowski ) - Miroslav Klose , Lukas Podolski (71st Oliver Neuville ) Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann	Boruc - Marcin Baszczyński , Jacek Bąk , michał żewłakow (83. Dariusz Dudka ), Bartosz Bosacki - Radosław Sobolewski , Arkadiusz Radomski - Jacek Krzynówek (77. Mariusz Lewandowski ), Euzebiusz Smolarek , ireneusz jeleń (90 + 1 ' PaweĹ Brożek ) - Maciej Żurawski Coach: Paweł Janas
	1: 0 Neuville (90th + 1 ')
	Ballack (58.), Odonkor (67.), Metzelder (70.)	Krzynówek (3rd), Sobolewski (28th) , Boruc (89th)
		Sobolewski (75th, repeated foul play)
	Player of the Match: Philipp Lahm (Germany)

Ecuador - Costa Rica 3: 0 (1: 0)

Ecuador		Costa Rica		Lineup
	June 15, 2006 at 3 p.m. in Hamburg ( Volksparkstadion ) Spectators: 50,000 (sold out) Referee: Coffi Codjia ( Benin )   Match report
	Cristian Mora - Ulises de la Cruz , Iván Hurtado , Giovanny Espinoza (69th Jorge Guagua ), Neicer Reasco - Edison Méndez , Edwin Tenorio , Segundo Castillo , Antonio Valencia (73rd Patricio Urrutia ) - Agustín Delgado , Carlos Tenorio (46th Iván Kaviedes ) Coach: Luis Fernando Suárez ( Colombia )	José Francisco Porras - Michael Umaña , Douglas Sequeira , Luis Marín - Harold Wallace , Mauricio Solís , Danny Fonseca (29th Álvaro Saborío ), Leonardo González (56th Carlos Hernández Valverde ) - Walter Centeno (84th Kurt Bernard ), Rónald Gómez - Paulo Wanchope Coach: Alexandre Guimarães
	1-0 C. Tenorio (8th) 2-0 Delgado (54th) 3-0 Kaviedes (90th + 2 ')
	Castillo (44th), de la Cruz (54th), Mora (60th)	Marín (10th), Solís (28th)
	Player of the Match: Agustín Delgado (Ecuador)

Ecuador - Germany 0: 3 (0: 2)

Ecuador		Germany		Lineup
	June 20, 2006 at 4 p.m. in Berlin ( Olympiastadion ) Spectators: 72,000 (sold out) Referee: Valentin Ivanov ( Russia )   Match report
	Cristian Mora - Ulises de la Cruz , Paul Ambrossi , Jorge Guagua , Giovanny Espinoza - Edwin Tenorio , Marlon Ayoví (68th Patricio Urrutia ), Antonio Valencia (63rd Christian Lara ), Edison Méndez - Iván Kaviedes , Félix Borja (46th Cristian Benítez ) Coach: Luis Fernando Suárez ( Colombia )	Jens Lehmann - Arne Friedrich , Per Mertesacker , Robert Huth , Philipp Lahm - Bernd Schneider (73rd Gerald Asamoah ), Torsten Frings (66th Tim Borowski ), Michael Ballack , Bastian Schweinsteiger - Miroslav Klose (66th Oliver Neuville ), Lukas Podolski Trainer: Jürgen Klinsmann
		0: 1 Klose (4th) 0: 2 Klose (44th) 0: 3 Podolski (57th)
	Valencia (52.)	Borowski (75.)
	Player of the Match: Michael Ballack (Germany)

Particularities:

• It was the first international match between Ecuador and Germany.
• The fastest German World Cup goal since 1978 was scored.

Costa Rica - Poland 1: 2 (1: 1)

Costa Rica		Poland		Lineup
	June 20, 2006 at 4 p.m. in Hanover ( AWD-Arena ) Spectators: 43,000 (sold out) Referee: Shamsul Maidin ( Singapore )   Match report
	José Francisco Porras - Michael Umaña , Luis Marín , Gabriel Badilla - Mauricio Solís , Jervis Drummond (70th Harold Wallace ), Leonardo González - Cristian Bolaños (78th Álvaro Saborío ), Walter Centeno - Ronald Gómez (82nd Carlos Hernández Valverde ), Paulo Wanchope Coach: Alexandre Guimarães	Boruc - Marcin Baszczyński , Bartosz Bosacki , Jacek Bąk , michał żewłakow - Arkadiusz Radomski (64. Mariusz Lewandowski ), Miroslaw Szymkowiak , Jacek Krzynówek , ireneusz jeleń - Euzebiusz Smolarek (85. Grzegorz Rasiak ), Maciej Żurawski (46. PaweĹ Brożek ) Coach: Paweł Janas
	1-0 Gomez (25th)	1: 1 Bosacki (33rd) 1: 2 Bosacki (66th)
	Umaña (17th), Marín (45th + 2 '), Gómez (45th + 2'), Badilla (56th), González (76th)	Radomski (18th), Bąk (24th), Żewłakow (29th), Baszczyński (60th), Boruc (90th + 1 ')
	Player of the Match: Bartosz Bosacki (Poland)