Football World Cup 2006 / Group F

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Results of Group F of the Football World Cup 2006 :

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. BrazilBrazil Brazil  3  3  0  0 007: 100  +6 09
 2. AustraliaAustralia Australia  3  1  1  1 005: 500  ± 0 04th
 3. CroatiaCroatia Croatia  3  0  2  1 002: 300  −1 02
 4th JapanJapan Japan  3  0  1  2 002: 700  −5 01

Australia - Japan 3: 1 (0: 1)

Australia Japan Lineup
AustraliaAustralia
Monday, June 12, 2006 at 3 p.m. in Kaiserslautern ( Fritz Walter Stadium )
Spectators: 46,000 (sold out)
Referee: Essam Abd el-Fatah ( Egypt ) EgyptEgypt 
Match report
JapanJapan
Line up Australia against Japan
Mark Schwarzer - Lucas Neill , Craig Moore (61st Joshua Kennedy ), Scott Chipperfield - Brett Emerton , Vince Grella , Jason Culina , Luke Wilkshire (75th John Aloisi ) - Harry Kewell , Mark Bresciano (53rd Tim Cahill ), Mark Viduka Coach: Guus Hiddink ( Netherlands ) (C)Captain of the crew
NetherlandsNetherlands 
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - Keisuke Tsuboi (56. Teruyuki Moniwa , 90. + 1 ' Masashi Oguro ), Tsuneyasu Miyamoto , Yuji Nakazawa - Yūichi Komano , Hidetoshi Nakata , Takashi Fukunishi , Alessandro dos Santos - Shunsuke Nakamura - Atsushi Yanagisawa (79. Shinji Ono ) , Naohiro Takahara Coach: Zico ( Brazil ) (C)Captain of the crew
BrazilBrazil 

goal1: 1 Cahill (84th)
goal2: 1 Cahill (89th)
goal3: 1 Aloisi (90th + 2 ')
goal 0: 1 Nakamura (26.)
yellow cards Grella (33.), Moore (57.), Cahill (68.), Aloisi (75.) yellow cards Miyamoto (31st), Takahara (40th), Moniwa (68th)
  • Tim Cahill scores Australia's first ever goal at a World Cup
  • Australia's first victory in World Cup history
Player of the Match: Tim Cahill (Australia)

Particularities:

  • first game between a participant from Oceania and a participant from Asia at a soccer world championship

Brazil - Croatia 1: 0 (1: 0)

Brazil Croatia Lineup
BrazilBrazil
Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Berlin ( Olympiastadion )
Spectators: 72,000 (sold out)
Referee: Benito Archundia ( Mexico ) MexicoMexico 
Match report
CroatiaCroatia
Line up Brazil against Croatia
Dida - Cafu , Lúcio , Juan , Roberto Carlos - Emerson , Kaká , Ronaldinho , Zé Roberto - Adriano , Ronaldo (69th Robinho ) Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira(C)Captain of the crew
Stipe Pletikosa - Dario Šimić , Josip Šimunić , Robert Kovač - Darijo Srna , Igor Tudor , Niko Kovač (41st Jerko Leko ), Niko Kranjčar , Marko Babić - Dado Pršo , Ivan Klasnić Trainer: Zlatko Kranjčar(C)Captain of the crew
goal 1: 0 Kaká (44th)
yellow cards Emerson (42nd) yellow cards N. Kovač (32.), R. Kovač (67.), Tudor (90.)
Player of the Match: Kaká (Brazil)

Japan 0-0 Croatia

Japan Croatia Lineup
JapanJapan
Sunday, June 18, 2006 at 3 p.m. in Nuremberg ( Frankenstadion )
Spectators: 41,000 (sold out)
Referee: Frank De Bleeckere ( Belgium ) BelgiumBelgium 
Match report
CroatiaCroatia
Line up Japan against Croatia
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - Akira Kaji , Tsuneyasu Miyamoto , Yuji Nakazawa , Alessandro dos Santos - Mitsuo Ogasawara , Hidetoshi Nakata , Takashi Fukunishi (46. Junichi Inamoto ) - Shunsuke Nakamura - Naohiro Takahara (85. Masashi Oguro ), Atsushi Yanagisawa (61. Keiji Tamada ) Coach: Zico ( Brazil ) (C)Captain of the crew
BrazilBrazil 
Stipe Pletikosa - Dario Šimić , Robert Kovač , Josip Šimunić - Darijo Srna (87th Ivan Bošnjak ), Igor Tudor (70th Ivica Olić ), Niko Kovač , Marko Babić - Niko Kranjčar (78th Luka Modrić ) - Dado Pršo , Ivan Klasnić Coach: Zlatko Kranjčar(C)Captain of the crew
yellow cards Miyamoto (21st), Kawaguchi (42nd), Alex (72nd) yellow cards R. Kovač (32nd), Srna (69th)
Missed penalty Kawaguchi saves Srna's penalty kick (22.)
Player of the Match: Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan)

Brazil - Australia 2: 0 (0: 0)

Brazil Australia Lineup
BrazilBrazil
Sunday, June 18, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in Munich ( Allianz Arena )
Spectators: 66,000 (sold out)
Referee: Markus Merk ( Germany ) GermanyGermany 
Match report
AustraliaAustralia
Line up Brazil against Australia
Dida - Cafu , Lúcio , Juan , Roberto Carlos - Emerson (72nd Gilberto Silva ), Zé Roberto - Kaká , Ronaldinho - Adriano (88th Fred ), Ronaldo (72nd Robinho ) Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira(C)Captain of the crew
Mark Schwarzer - Craig Moore (69th John Aloisi ), Tony Popovic (41st Mark Bresciano ), Lucas Neill , Scott Chipperfield - Vince Grella , Emerton , Jason Culina , Mile Sterjovski - Tim Cahill (56th Harry Kewell ), Mark Viduka coach : Guus Hiddink ( Netherlands ) (C)Captain of the crew
NetherlandsNetherlands 
goal1-0 Adriano (49th)
goal2-0 Fred (90th)
yellow cards Cafu (29th), Ronaldo (31st), Robinho (83rd) yellow cards Emerton (12th), Čulina (39th)
Player of the Match: Zé Roberto (Brazil)

Japan - Brazil 1: 4 (1: 1)

Japan Brazil Lineup
JapanJapan
Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Dortmund ( Westfalenstadion )
Spectators: 65,000 spectators (sold out)
Referee: Éric Poulat ( France ) FranceFrance 
Match report
BrazilBrazil
Line up Japan against Brazil
Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi - Akira Kaji , Keisuke Tsuboi , Yuji Nakazawa , Alessandro dos Santos - Junichi Inamoto , Hidetoshi Nakata , Mitsuo Ogasawara (56. Kōji Nakata ), Shunsuke Nakamura - Seiichiro Maki (60 Naohiro Takahara (66. Masashi Oguro )), Tamada Coach: Zico ( Brazil ) (C)Captain of the crew
BrazilBrazil 
Dida (82nd Rogério Ceni ) - Cicinho , Lúcio , Juan , Gilberto - Gilberto Silva , Juninho , Kaká (71st Zé Roberto ), Ronaldinho (71st Ricardinho ) - Robinho , Ronaldo Coach: Carlos Alberto Parreira(C)Captain of the crew
goal 1-0 Tamada (34th)
goal1: 1 Ronaldo (45. + 1 ')
goal1: 2 Juninho (53.)
goal1: 3 Gilberto (59.)
goal1: 4 Ronaldo (81.)
yellow cards Kaji (40th) yellow cards Gilberto (44.)
  • For the 10th time in a row, the Brazilians won a World Cup (World Cup record). The last defeat they conceded in the 1998 World Cup final against France (0: 3)
  • Brazil remained without conceding a goal (World Cup record) for 461 minutes until the 0: 1 by Tamada, the last goal conceded by Michael Owen (23rd) in the 2002 World Cup quarter-finals to mean 1-0 for England
  • With his 14th World Cup goal in the 81st minute, Ronaldo and Gerd Müller led the "eternal" World Cup goalscorer list
Player of the Match: Ronaldo (Brazil)

Croatia - Australia 2: 2 (1: 1)

Croatia Australia Lineup
CroatiaCroatia
Thursday, June 22, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Stuttgart ( Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion )
Spectators: 52,000 (sold out)
Referee: Graham Poll ( England ) EnglandEngland 
Match report
AustraliaAustralia
Line up Croatia against Australia
Stipe Pletikosa - Dario Šimić , Stjepan Tomas (83rd Ivan Klasnić ), Josip Šimunić - Darijo Srna , Igor Tudor , Niko Kovač , Marko Babić - Niko Kranjčar (65th Jerko Leko ) - Ivica Olić (74th Luka Modrić ), Dado Pršo Coach: Zlatko Kranjčar(C)Captain of the crew
Zeljko Kalac - Craig Moore , Scott Chipperfield (75th Joshua Kennedy ), Brett Emerton , Lucas Neill - Vince Grella (63rd John Aloisi ), Jason Culina , Mile Sterjovski (71st Mark Bresciano ), Tim Cahill , Harry Kewell - Mark Viduka Coach: Guus Hiddink ( Netherlands ) (C)Captain of the crew
NetherlandsNetherlands 
goal1: 0 Srna (2nd)

goal2: 1 N. Kovač (56th)

Penalty kick1: 1 Moore (38th, hand penalty)

goal2: 2 Kewell (79th)
yellow cards Šimić (32nd), Tudor (38th), Šimunić (61th, 90th), Pletikosa (70th) yellow cards Emerton (81st)
Yellow-red cards Šimić (85th, repeated foul play), Šimunić (90th + 3 ', unsportsmanlike conduct) Yellow-red cards Emerton (87th, repeated foul play)
  • The Croatian Šimunić was accidentally not removed from the field after the second yellow card (90th) by the referee, this was only done with a later third yellow card (90th + 3 ')
  • for the first time a team from Oceania qualifies for the round of 16 of a World Cup
Player of the Match: Harry Kewell (Australia)