Football World Cup 2006 / Group D.

Results of Group D of the Football World Cup 2006 :

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Portugal	3	3	0	0	005: 100	+4	09
2.	Mexico	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	04th
3.	Angola	3	0	2	1	001: 200	−1	02
4th	Iran	3	0	1	2	002: 600	−4	01

Mexico - Iran 3: 1 (1: 1)

Mexico		Iran		Lineup
	Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in Nuremberg ( Frankenstadion ) Spectators: 41,000 (sold out) Referee: Roberto Rosetti ( Italy )   Match report
	Oswaldo Sánchez - Rafael Márquez , Ricardo Osorio , Carlos Salcido - Mario Méndez , Pável Pardo , Gonzalo Pineda - Gerardo Torrado (46th Luis Ernesto Pérez ), Omar Bravo - Guillermo Franco (46th Zinha ) - Jared Borgetti (52nd Francisco Fonseca ) Coach: Ricardo La Volpe ( Argentina )	Ebrahim Mirzapour - Hossein Kaabi , Rahman Rezaei , Yahya Golmohammadi , Mohammad Nosrati (81st Arash Borhani ) - Javad Nekounam , Andranik Teymourian - Mehdi Mahdavikia , Ali Karimi (63rd Mehrzad Madanchi ) - Ali Daei - Wahid Branko Ivankić ( Croatia coach: )
	1: 0 Bravo (28th) 2: 1 Bravo (76th) 3: 1 Zinha (79th)	1: 1 Golmohammadi (36th)
	Torrado (18th), Salcido (90th + 1 ')	Nekounam (55.)
	Player of the Match: Omar Bravo (Mexico)

 Wikinews: 2006 World Cup: Mexico defeated Iran 3-1  - news

Angola - Portugal 0: 1 (0: 1)

Angola		Portugal		Lineup
	Sunday, June 11, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Cologne ( FIFA World Cup Stadium ) Spectators: 45,000 (sold out) Referee: Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay )   Match report
	João Ricardo - Locô , Delgado , Jamba , Kali - André Macanga , Zé Kalanga (70th Édson ), Figueiredo (80th Miloy ), Mendonça , Mateus - Akwá (60th Mantorras ) Trainer: Luís Oliveira Gonçalves	Ricardo - Miguel , Fernando Meira , Ricardo Carvalho , Nuno Valente - Petit (72nd Maniche ), Tiago (82nd Hugo Viana ) - Luís Figo , Simão , Pauleta , Cristiano Ronaldo (60th Costinha ) Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil )
		0: 1 Pauleta (4th)
	Jamba (29th), Locô (45th + 3 '), Macanga (52nd)	Cristiano Ronaldo (27th), Nuno Valente (79th)
	for Angola it is the first game in a World Cup
	Player of the Match: Luís Figo (Portugal)

 Wikinews: 2006 World Cup: Portugal defeated Angola 1-0  - news

Mexico 0-0 Angola

Mexico		Angola		Lineup
	Friday, June 16, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Hanover ( FIFA World Cup Stadium ) Spectators: 43,000 (sold out) Referee: Shamsul Maidin ( Singapore )   Match report
	Oswaldo Sánchez - Rafael Márquez , Ricardo Osorio , Carlos Salcido - Mario Méndez , Pável Pardo , Gonzalo Pineda (78th Ramón Morales ), Gerardo Torrado - Zinha (52nd Jesús Arellano ) - Omar Bravo , Guillermo Franco (74th Francisco Fonseca ) coach : Ricardo La Volpe ( Argentina )	João Ricardo - Locô , Delgado , Jamba , Kali - André Macanga , Zé Kalanga (83rd Miloy ), Figueiredo (73rd Rui Marques ), Mendonça , Mateus (68th Mantorras ) - Akwá Trainer: Luís Oliveira Gonçalves
	Pineda (59.)	Delgado (13th), Macanga (44th), Zé Kalanga (50th), João Ricardo (86th)
		Macanga (79th, hand game)
	Player of the Match: João Ricardo (Angola)

Portugal - Iran 2: 0 (0: 0)

Portugal		Iran		Lineup
	Saturday, June 17, 2006 at 3 p.m. in Frankfurt am Main ( FIFA World Cup Stadium ) Spectators: 48,000 (sold out) Referee: Éric Poulat ( France )   Match report
	Ricardo - Miguel , Fernando Meira , Ricardo Carvalho , Nuno Valente - Costinha , Maniche (67th Petit ) - Luís Figo (88th Simão ), Deco (80th Tiago ), Cristiano Ronaldo - Pauleta Coach: Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil )	Ebrahim Mirzapour - Hossein Kaabi , Rahman Rezaei , Yahya Golmohammadi (88th Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh ), Mohammad Nosrati - Javad Nekounam , Andranik Teymourian - Mehdi Mahdavikia , Ali Karimi (65th Ferydoon Zandi ), Mehrzad Madanchi (66 Rasoul Khatibi ) - Wahid Haschemian Coach: Branko Ivanković ( Croatia )
	1-0 Deco (63rd) 2-0 Cristiano Ronaldo (80th, penalty kick)
	Pauleta (45. + 1 '), Deco (48.), Costinha (61.)	Nekounam (20th), Madanchi (32nd), Kaabi (73rd), Golmohammadi (88th)
	With the win, Portugal qualified for a World Cup finals for the first time since 1966
	Player of the Match: Deco (Portugal)

Particularities:

• Before the game, there was a demonstration against the politics of Iran on Frankfurt's Opernplatz with around 500 participants.

Portugal - Mexico 2: 1 (2: 1)

Portugal		Mexico		Lineup
	Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. in Gelsenkirchen ( FIFA World Cup Stadium ) Spectators: 52,000 (sold out) Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ ( Slovakia )   Match report
	Ricardo - Miguel (61st Paulo Ferreira ), Fernando Meira , Ricardo Carvalho , Marco Caneira - Petit , Maniche , Tiago , Luís Figo (80th Boa Morte ) - Simão , Hélder Postiga (69th Nuno Gomes ) Trainer: Luiz Felipe Scolari ( Brazil )	Oswaldo Sánchez - Rafael Márquez , Ricardo Osorio , Carlos Salcido , Mario Méndez (80th Guillermo Franco ) - Pável Pardo , Gonzalo Pineda (69th José Antonio Castro ), Luis Ernesto Pérez , Maza (46th Zinha ) - Omar Bravo , Francisco Fonseca Coach: Ricardo La Volpe ( Argentina )
	1-0 Maniche (6th) 2-0 Simão (24th, hand penalty)	2: 1 Fonseca (29.)
	Miguel (26th), Maniche (69th), Boa Morte (88th), Nuno Gomes (90th + 1 ')	Rodríguez (22nd), Pérez (27th), Márquez (65th), Zinha (87th)
		Pérez (61st, unsportsmanlike conduct)
		Omar Bravo shoots hand penalty over the goal (58.)
	Player of the Match: Francisco Fonseca (Mexico)

Iran - Angola 1: 1 (0: 0)

Iran		Angola		Lineup
	Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at 4 p.m. in Leipzig ( Zentralstadion ) Spectators: 38,000 Referee: Mark Shield ( Australia )   Match report
	Ebrahim Mirzapour - Kaabi (67 Arash Borhani ), Rahman Rezaei , Sohrab Bakhtiarizadeh , Mohammad Nosrati (13 Masoud Shojaei ) - Mehdi Mahdavikia , Andranik Teymourian , Ferydoon Zandi , Mehrzad Madanchi - Ali Daei - Wahid Haschemian (39. Rasoul Khatibi ) coach : Branko Ivanković ( Croatia )	João Ricardo - Locô , Jamba , Delgado , Kali - Zé Kalanga , Figueiredo (73rd Rui Marques ), Miloy , Mendonça , Mateus (23rd Love ) - Akwá (51st Flávio ) Coach: Luís Oliveira Gonçalves
	1: 1 Bakhtiarizadeh (75th)	0: 1 Flávio (60th)
	Madanchi (37th), Teymourian (55th), Zandi (90th + 1 ')	Locô (22nd), Mendonça (45th + 1 '), Zé Kalanga (67th)
		Flávio scored the first goal for Angola in a World Cup
	Player of the Match: Zé Kalanga (Angola)