Football World Cup 2006 / Group G

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Results of Group G of the Football World Cup 2006 :

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. SwitzerlandSwitzerland Switzerland  3  2  1  0 004-000  +4 07th
 2. FranceFrance France  3  1  2  0 003: 100  +2 05
 3. Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea  3  1  1  1 003: 400  −1 04th
 4th TogoTogo Togo  3  0  0  3 001: 600  −5 00

South Korea - Togo 2: 1 (0: 1)

South Korea Togo Lineup
South KoreaSouth Korea
Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 3 p.m. in Frankfurt am Main ( Commerzbank-Arena )
Spectators: 48,000 (sold out)
Referee: Graham Poll ( England ) EnglandEngland 
Match report
TogoTogo
Line-up of South Korea against Togo
Lee Woon-jae - Choi Jin-cheul , Kim Young-chul , Kim Jin-kyu (46th Ahn Jung-hwan ) - Song Chong-gug , Lee Ho , Lee Eul-yong (68th Kim Nam-il ), Lee Young-pyo - Park Ji-sung , Lee Chun-soo - Cho Jae-jin (83rd Kim Sang-shik ) Trainer: Dick Advocaat(C)Captain of the crew
Kossi Agassa - Massamasso Tchangaï , Jean-Paul Abalo , Daré Nibombé , Ludovic Assemoassa (62nd Richmond Forson ) - Alaixys Romao - Yao Junior Sènaya (55th Assimiou Touré ), Mamam Cherif Touré , Moustapha Salifou (86th Yao Aziawonou ) - Mohamed Kader , Emmanuel Adebayor Trainer: Otto Pfister ( Germany ) (C)Captain of the crew
GermanyGermany 

goal1: 1 Lee CS (54th)
goal2: 1 Ahn JH (72nd)
goal 0: 1 squad (33rd)
yellow cards Kim YC (41st), Lee CS (51st) yellow cards Abalo (23rd), Romao (24th), Tchangai (90th + 2 ')
Yellow-red cards Abalo (53rd, repeated foul play)
  • it was South Korea's first World Cup victory abroad
  • this game was Togo's first game at a world championship
Player of the Match: Ahn Jung-Hwan (South Korea)

Particularities:

  • When playing the national anthems, the anthem of South Korea was accidentally played for Togo. FIFA had to officially apologize.

France - Switzerland 0-0

France Switzerland Lineup
FranceFrance
Tuesday, June 13, 2006 at 6:00 p.m. in Stuttgart ( Gottlieb Daimler Stadium )
Spectators: 52,000 (sold out)
Referee: Valentin Ivanov ( Russia ) RussiaRussia 
Match report
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Line up France against Switzerland
Fabien Barthez - Willy Sagnol , Lilian Thuram , William Gallas , Éric Abidal - Claude Makélélé , Patrick Vieira - Franck Ribéry (70th Louis Saha ), Zinédine Zidane , Sylvain Wiltord (84th Vikash Dhorasoo ), Thierry Henry Trainer: Raymond Domenech(C)Captain of the crew
Pascal Zuberbühler - Philipp Degen , Patrick Müller (75th Johan Djourou ), Philippe Senderos , Ludovic Magnin - Johann Vogel , Raphael Wicky (82nd Xavier Margairaz ) - Ricardo Cabanas , Tranquillo Barnetta - Alexander Frei , Marco Streller (57th Daniel Gygax ) Trainer: Jakob "Köbi" Kuhn(C)Captain of the crew
yellow cards Abidal (64th), Zidane (71st), Sagnol (90th + 2 ') yellow cards Magnin (42.), Streller (44.), P. Degen (56.), Cabanas (72.), Frei (90. + 3 ')
  • Switzerland played to zero for the first time at a World Cup, before that they conceded at least one goal in 22 games each time
Player of the Match: Claude Makélélé (France)

France - South Korea 1: 1 (1: 0)

France South Korea Lineup
FranceFrance
Sunday, June 18, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Leipzig ( Zentralstadion )
Spectators: 43,000 (sold out)
Referee: Benito Armando Archundia ( Mexico ) MexicoMexico 
Match report
South KoreaSouth Korea
Line up France against South Korea
Fabien Barthez - Willy Sagnol , Lilian Thuram , William Gallas , Éric Abidal - Patrick Vieira , Claude Makélélé , Florent Malouda (88th Vikash Dhorasoo ), Wiltord (60th Franck Ribéry ) - Zinédine Zidane (90th + 1 ' David Trezeguet ) - Thierry Henry Trainer: Raymond Domenech(C)Captain of the crew
Lee WJ - Kim Dong-jin , Kim Young-chul , Choi Jin-cheul , Lee Young-pyo - Park Ji-sung , Lee Ho (69th Kim SS ), Lee Eul-yong (46th Seol KH ), Lee Chun -soo (72nd Ahn Jung-hwan ), Kim Nam-il - Cho Jae-jin Trainer: Dick Advocaat ( Netherlands ) (C)Captain of the crew
NetherlandsNetherlands 
goal 1-0 Henry (9th)
goal 1: 1 Park JS (81st)
yellow cards Abidal (79th), Zidane (85th) yellow cards Lee Ho (11th), Kim DJ (29th)
  • Thierry Henry scores France’s first goal in a World Cup since the 1998 World Cup final (369 minutes)
Player of the Match: Park Ji-Sung (South Korea)

Togo - Switzerland 0: 2 (0: 1)

Togo Switzerland Lineup
TogoTogo
Monday, June 19, 2006 at 3 p.m. in Dortmund ( Westfalenstadion )
Spectators: 65,000 (sold out)
Referee: Carlos Arecio Amarilla ( Paraguay ) Paraguay 1990Paraguay 
Match report
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Line up Togo against Switzerland
Kossi Agassa - Massamasso Tchangaï , Assimiou Touré , Daré Nibombé , Richmond Forson - Kuami Agboh (25th Moustapha Salifou ), Alaixys Romao , Mamam Cherif Touré (87th Robert Malm ), Thomas Dossevi (69th Yao Junior Sènaya ) - Emmanuel Adebayor , Mohamed Kader Trainer: Otto Pfister ( Germany ) (C)Captain of the crew
GermanyGermany 
Pascal Zuberbühler - Philipp Degen , Patrick Müller , Philippe Senderos , Ludovic Magnin - Raphaël Wicky , Johann Vogel , Tranquillo Barnetta , Ricardo Cabanas (77th Marco Streller ) - Alexander Frei (87th Mauro Lustrinelli ), Daniel Gygax (46th Hakan Yakin ) Trainer: Jakob "Köbi" Kuhn(C)Captain of the crew
goal0: 1 Free (16.)
goal0: 2 Barnetta (88.)
yellow cards Salifou (45.), Adebayor (47.), Romao (53.) yellow cards Bird (90th + 2 ')
Player of the Match: Alexander Frei (Switzerland)

Particularities:

  • The two teams eliminated the 2002 World Cup surprise teams Senegal and Turkey during qualifying. Both teams also met each other in the quarter-finals.

Togo - France 0: 2 (0: 0)

Togo France Lineup
TogoTogo
Friday, June 23, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Cologne ( Rheinenergiestadion )
Spectators: 45,000 (sold out)
Referee: Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay ) UruguayUruguay 
Match report
FranceFrance
Line up Togo against France
Kossi Agassa - Massamasso Tchangaï , Jean-Paul Abalo , Daré Nibombé , Richmond Forson - Moustapha Salifou , Mamam Cherif Touré (59th Adekanmi Olufade ), Yao Junior Sènaya , Yao Aziawonou - Emmanuel Adebayor (75th Thomas Dossevi ), Kader Trainer: Otto Pfister ( Germany ) (C)Captain of the crew
GermanyGermany 
Fabien Barthez - Willy Sagnol , Lilian Thuram , William Gallas , Mickaël Silvestre - Patrick Vieira (81st Alou Diarra ), Claude Makélélé , Florent Malouda (74th Sylvain Wiltord ), Franck Ribéry (77th Sidney Govou ) - David Trezeguet , Thierry Henry Coach: Raymond Domenech(C)Captain of the crew
goal0: 1 Vieira (55th)
goal0: 2 Henry (62nd)
yellow cards Aziawonou (38th), Mamam (44th), Salifou (88th) yellow cards Makelele (30.)
Player of the Match: Patrick Vieira (France)

Switzerland - South Korea 2: 0 (1: 0)

Switzerland South Korea Lineup
SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Friday, June 23, 2006 at 9:00 p.m. in Hanover ( AWD-Arena )
Spectators: 43,000 (sold out)
Referee: Horacio Marcelo Elizondo ( Argentina ) ArgentinaArgentina 
Match report
South KoreaSouth Korea
Line up Switzerland against South Korea
Pascal Zuberbühler - Philipp Degen , Patrick Müller , Philippe Senderos (53rd Johan Djourou ), Christoph Spycher - Raphaël Wicky (88th Valon Behrami ), Johann Vogel , Tranquillo Barnetta , Ricardo Cabanas - Alexander Frei , Hakan Yakin (71st Xavier Margairaz ) Trainer: Jakob "Köbi" Kuhn(C)Captain of the crew
Lee Woon-jae - Kim Dong-jin , Lee Young-pyo (63rd Ahn Jung-hwan ), Choi Jin-cheul , Kim Jin-kyu - Park Ji-sung , Lee Ho , Lee Chun-soo , Kim Nam-il , Park Chu-young (66th Seol Ki-hyeon ) - Cho Jae-jin Trainer: Dick Advocaat ( Netherlands ) (C)Captain of the crew
NetherlandsNetherlands 
goal1: 0 Senderos (23rd)
goal2: 0 Free (77th)
yellow cards Senderos (43.), Yakin (55.), Wicky (69.), Spycher (82.), Djourou (90.) yellow cards Park CY (23rd), Kim JK (37th), Choi JC (78th), Ahn JH (78th), Lee CS (80th)
  • Switzerland was the only team to remain without a goal in the group round
Player of the Match: Alexander Frei (Switzerland)