2006 FIFA World Cup Group H explained

Play in Group H of the 2006 FIFA World Cup began on 14 June and completed on 23 June 2006. Spain won the group and advanced to the round of 16, along with Ukraine. Tunisia and Saudi Arabia failed to advance.

Standings

Spain advanced to play France (runners-up of Group G) in the round of 16.
Ukraine advanced to play Switzerland (winners of Group G) in the round of 16.

Matches

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Spain vs Ukraine


GK	1	Iker Casillas (c)
RB	15	Sergio Ramos
CB	22	Pablo Ibáñez
CB	5	Carles Puyol
LB	3	Mariano Pernía
RM	16	Marcos Senna
CM	14
LM	8	Xavi
RF	21
CF	11
LF	9	Fernando Torres
Substitutions:
MF	6
FW	7
MF	18
Manager:
Luis Aragonés


GK	1	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
RB	5
CB	17
CB	6
LB	2	Andriy Nesmachnyi
RM	9
CM	4	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
CM	14
LM	21
SS	10	Andriy Voronin
CF	7	Andriy Shevchenko (c)
Substitutions:
MF	8
FW	16
FW	11
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin

Man of the Match:
Xavi (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)
Matthias Arnet (Switzerland)
Fourth official:
Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Fifth official:
Cristiano Copelli (Italy)

Tunisia vs Saudi Arabia


GK	1	Ali Boumnijel
RB	6	Hatem Trabelsi
CB	15	Radhi Jaïdi
CB	3
LB	18	David Jemmali
RM	13	Riadh Bouazizi (c)
CM	12	Jawhar Mnari
LM	14
AM	20	Hamed Namouchi
CF	5	Ziad Jaziri
CF	9
Substitutions:
MF	8
MF	10
DF	2
Manager:
Roger Lemerre


GK	21	Mabrouk Zaid
RB	2	Ahmed Dokhi
CB	3	Redha Tukar
CB	4	Hamad Al-Montashari
LB	13	Hussein Sulaimani (c)
RM	6	Omar Al-Ghamdi
CM	16	Khaled Aziz
LM	14	Saud Kariri
AM	8
AM	18
CF	20
Substitutions:
FW	23
MF	7
FW	9
Manager:
Marcos Paquetá

Man of the Match:
Ziad Jaziri (Tunisia)

Assistant referees:
Nathan Gibson (Australia)
Ben Wilson (Australia)
Fourth official:
Carlos Chandía (Chile)
Fifth official:
Christian Julio (Chile)

Saudi Arabia vs Ukraine


GK	21	Mabrouk Zaid
RB	2
CB	3	Redha Tukar
CB	4	Hamad Al-Montashari
LB	13	Hussein Sulaimani (c)
RM	6
CM	7
CM	16	Khaled Aziz
CM	8
LM	14
CF	20	Yasser Al-Qahtani
Substitutions:
FW	23
DF	12
FW	9
Manager:
Marcos Paquetá


GK	1	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
CB	22
CB	6	Andriy Rusol
CB	2
RM	9	Oleh Husyev
CM	11
CM	4	Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
CM	8	Oleh Shelayev
LM	19
SS	10
CF	7	Andriy Shevchenko (c)
Substitutions:
MF	21
MF	14
FW	15
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin

Man of the Match:
Maksym Kalynychenko (Ukraine)

Assistant referees:
Philip Sharp (England)
Glenn Turner (England)
Fourth official:
Toru Kamikawa (Japan)
Fifth official:
Yoshikazu Hiroshima (Japan)

Spain vs Tunisia


GK	1	Iker Casillas (c)
RB	15	Sergio Ramos
CB	22	Pablo Ibáñez
CB	5
LB	3	Mariano Pernía
RM	16
CM	14	Xabi Alonso
LM	8	Xavi
RF	21
CF	11
LF	9	Fernando Torres
Substitutions:
FW	7
MF	18
MF	17
Manager:
Luis Aragonés


GK	1	Ali Boumnijel
RB	6
CB	15
CB	3	Karim Haggui
LB	19
RM	13	Riadh Bouazizi (c)
CM	20	Hamed Namouchi
CM	8	Mehdi Nafti
CM	12
LM	14
CF	5
Substitutions:
DF	4
MF	10
FW	7
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:
Xabi Alonso (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Aristeu Tavares (Brazil)
Edmílson Corona (Brazil)
Fourth official:
Carlos Chandía (Chile)
Fifth official:
Christian Julio (Chile)

Saudi Arabia vs Spain


GK	21	Mabrouk Zaid
RB	2	Ahmed Dokhi
CB	3	Redha Tukar
CB	4	Hamad Al-Montashari
LB	12	Abdulaziz Khathran
RM	8	Mohammed Noor
CM	14	Saud Kariri
CM	16
LM	13
CF	11	Saad Al-Harthi
CF	9	Sami Al-Jaber (c)
Substitutions:
MF	18
FW	23
DF	19
Manager:
Marcos Paquetá


GK	19	Santiago Cañizares
RB	2	Míchel Salgado
CB	20	Juanito
CB	4
LB	12	Antonio López
CM	18
CM	6
CM	13	Andrés Iniesta
RF	17	Joaquín
CF	7	Raúl (c)
LF	10
Substitutions:
FW	21
MF	8
FW	9
Manager:
Luis Aragonés

Man of the Match:
Juanito (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Celestin Ntagungira (Rwanda)
Aboudou Aderodjou (Benin)
Fourth official:
Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
Fifth official:
Brahim Djezzar (Algeria)

Ukraine vs Tunisia


GK	1	Oleksandr Shovkovskyi
CB	22
CB	6
CB	2	Andriy Nesmachnyi
RM	9	Oleh Husyev
CM	11
CM	4
CM	8
LM	19
SS	10	Andriy Voronin
CF	7	Andriy Shevchenko (c)
Substitutions:
FW	16
MF	14
FW	15
Manager:
Oleg Blokhin


GK	1	Ali Boumnijel
RB	6	Hatem Trabelsi
CB	15
CB	3	Karim Haggui
LB	19	Anis Ayari
RM	13	Riadh Bouazizi (c)
CM	8
CM	20	Hamed Namouchi
CM	12	Jawhar Mnari
LM	14
CF	5
Substitutions:
FW	11
FW	17
MF	10
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:
Anatoliy Tymoshchuk (Ukraine)

Assistant referees:
Amelio Andino (Paraguay)
Manuel Bernal (Paraguay)
Fourth official:
Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Fifth official:
Hamdi Al Kadri (Syria)