Rasiak has spent the run-up of the World Cup on loan to, Carson has spent the run-up of the tournament on loan to, Larsson has a pre-contract agreement with, Elmander had a pre-contract agreement with. [12] According to Niersbach, the payment had been agreed upon during a meeting between Franz Beckenbauer and FIFA president Blatter, with the money being provided by Dreyfus. In 1950, there was no final; the article is about the decisive match of the final group stage. At the end of the regulation 90 minutes, the score was still level at 1–1, and the match was forced into extra time. Italian goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon made a potentially game-saving save in extra time when he tipped a Zidane header over the crossbar. France only managed a scoreless draw against Switzerland and a 1–1 draw against South Korea. Four years after a 2002 tournament in which teams from North America (United States), Africa (Senegal), and Asia (South Korea) made it deep into the knockout stages and Turkey finished third, all eight seeded teams progressed to the knockout stages, and none of the quarter-finalists were from outside Europe or South America. Groups Seeds. In the final, Marco Materazzi, the Italian centre back, out-jumped Patrick Vieira and headed in the last goal of the 2006 FIFA World Cup. 18-Maxi Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid, Spain) Born: 2.1.81. Portugal had two players suspended for each of the quarter-final and semi-final matches, respectively. Each participating national association had to confirm its 23-player squad by 15 May 2006. Germany and Argentina ended 1–1 after extra time; the hosts edged out the Argentinians 4–2 on penalties to go through to the semifinals (this was the first time Argentina had lost a World Cup penalty shootout: up until this match, both Argentina and Germany had participated in three penalty shootouts, winning all of them). By. Thirteen places were contested by UEFA teams (Europe), five by CAF teams (Africa), four by CONMEBOL teams (South America), four by AFC teams (Asia), and three by CONCACAF teams (North and Central America and Caribbean). Another of the strong Argentine contingent at Inter who has played himself into Argentina's reckoning this season with his first cap for a year in the warm-up against Croatia in March. In total, 147 goals were scored by 110 players, with four of them credited as own goals. Notes: There was no qualification for the 1930 World Cup as places were given by invitation only. Pot D contained unseeded teams from the CONCACAF region and Asia. Caps: 2. The team´s trainer, Jürgen Klinsmann, in February 2007 was furthermore awarded the Bundesverdienstkreuz, not least for his reformed methods of modern training and playing methods, in which he persevered despite harsh criticism. Italy, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and France were the only teams to score more than one goal in a knockout match. FIFA announced the base camps for each participating team. [61], The sponsors of the 2006 World Cup consisted of 15 FIFA Partners.[74]. In order to retrieve the money, the Organizing Committee paid an equivalent sum to the FIFA, allegedly as a German share for the cost of a closing ceremony, which never materialized. Solid ball winner who had loan spells back home with Independiente and River Plate before joining large Argentine contingent at Inter from Real last year. Argentina have called up 16 players largely regarded as certainties in their World Cup squad for a two-day get together in Madrid early next week. To the question "Are you proud to be German?“, 7 % more interviewees answered "Yes" as before the 2006 World Cup. Caps: 5. On the same day, FIFA contradicted Niersbach's statement, saying: "By our current state of knowledge, no such payment of 10 million Franks was registered by FIFA in 2002. Francesco Totti Goals: 29. Caps: 30. Replacement of injured … Saudi Arabia and Tunisia went out of the tournament having 1 point each, thanks to a 2–2 draw against each other. This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Germany, between 9 June and 9 July 2006. Both Volkswagen and Bayer announced investments in Thailand and South Korea, whose respective delegates Worawi Makudi and Chung Jong-Moon were possible voters for Germany. Luca Toni, A total of CHF332 million was awarded to the 32 teams participating in the tournament. With captain Zinedine Zidane suspended, their 2–0 win against Togo was enough for them to advance to the knockout round. Language; Watch; Edit; This article lists the confirmed national football squads for the 2006 FIFA World Cup tournament held in Germany, between 9 June and 9 July 2006. Base camps were used by the 32 national squads to stay and train before and during the World Cup tournament. [21] For example, the Allianz Arena in Munich was known during the competition as FIFA World Cup Stadium, Munich (German: FIFA WM-Stadion München), and even the letters of the company Allianz were removed or covered. Over the duration of the World Cup Fan Fests served as modern market squares where communication and interaction strengthen the feeling of community. Not only in its organisation was the 2006 World Cup the best in history, as FIFA president Sepp Blatter stated,[98] above all Germany could portray itself as a worthy host through its enthusiastic and hospitable public. Goalkeepers : Roberto Abbondanzieri (Boca Juniors), Leonardo Franco (Atletico Madrid), Defenders : Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan), Gabriel Milito (Real Zaragoza), Juan Pablo Sorin (Villarreal), Fabricio Coloccini (Deportivo Coruna), Leandro Cufre (AS Roma), Roberto Ayala (Valencia), Gabriel Heinze (Manchester United), Lionel Scaloni (West Ham United), Midfielders : Maximiliano Rodriguez (Atletico Madrid), Esteban Cambiasso (Inter Milan), Luis Gonzalez (Porto), Juan Roman Riquelme (Villarreal. Spent time in London on loan from Deportivo Coruna. 23-Oscar Ustari (Independiente) Born: 3.7.86. If teams were level on points, they were ranked on the following criteria in order: In the original version of the rules for the final tournament, the ranking criteria were in a different order, with head-to-head results taking precedence over total goal difference. Caps: 99. Michael Ballack Miroslav Klose received the Golden Boot for scoring five goals in the World Cup. Cuts a dashing figure charging out of defence with long curly locks flowing but is prone to reckless defending that often leads to bookings. Italy won the tournament, claiming their fourth World Cup title.  Spain, Angola Ukraine, despite being beaten 4–0 by Spain in their first World Cup game, took advantage of the weaker opponents to beat Saudi Arabia 4–0 and scrape past Tunisia 1–0 thanks to a 70th-minute penalty by Andriy Shevchenko, to reach the Round of 16. 21-Nicolas Burdisso (Inter Milan, Italy) Born: 12.4.81. Penpix of Argentina's World Cup squad May 29, 2006 17:48 IST .  Japan Played in 2001 Champions League final for Valencia and had a key role in their Spanish championship victories in 2002 and 2004. Argentina meet Ivory Coast, Serbia & Montenegro and the Netherlands in Group C at the World Cup in Germany starting on June 9. In late May 2006, immediately prior to the tournament, Montenegro voted in a referendum to become an independent nation and dissolve the loose confederacy then existing between it and Serbia, with Serbia recognizing the results of the referendum in early June. The semi-final between Germany and Italy produced an extra time period that went scoreless until the 118th minute, when Italy scored twice through Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero, putting an end to Germany's undefeated record in Dortmund. Each team who entered the competition received CHF2 million, with the biggest prize being CHF24.5 million, awarded to the winner of the tournament. google_ad_type = "text_image"; 1-Roberto Abbondanzieri (Boca Juniors) Born: 19.8.72. Caps: 21. [18] Germany, the host nation, was granted automatic qualification, with the remaining 31 finals places divided among the continental confederations. The DFB announced they would consider seeking legal action against Der Spiegel. Draw your own conclusions", "FIFA changes World Cup tie-breaking rules", "South African to learn lessons from Germany", "Interview with Match-Fixing Investigator Declan Hill: 'I Am Sure the Game Was Manipulated, "Zinedine Zidane Penalty Kick France V Italy FIFA World Cup Final 2006 HD HQ", "France, Italy dominate World Cup all-star squad", "CHF 24.5 million for the 2006 world champions", "Welcome Fans. [citation needed]. No other player scored more than three goals. It involved four bidding nations after Brazil had withdrawn three days earlier: Germany, South Africa, England and Morocco. Although Turkey, Scotland, and Russia failed to qualify for the finals, their domestic leagues were represented by 12, 11, and 10 players respectively. Versatile striker able to give width to the attack, who can also play in a withdrawn position as an attacking midfielder coming through into scoring positions. For the first time in German history an event scored more visitors than Oktoberfest. [21] Some of the stadia also had a lower capacity for the World Cup, as FIFA regulations ban standing room; nonetheless, this was accommodated as several stadia had a UEFA five-star ranking. Before announcing their final squad, several teams named a provisional squad of 23 to 33 players, but each country's final squad of 23 players had to be submitted by 15 May 2006. Additionally, Belgium failed to qualify for the first time since 1978 and Cameroon failed to qualify for the first time since 1986. { Caps: 70. In any event, the final tournament saw only two pairs of teams level on points: Argentina and the Netherlands at 7 points in Group C; Tunisia and Saudi Arabia at 1 point in Group H. Both of these ties were resolved on total goal difference. Caps: 6. During the tournament, many of them were known by different names, as FIFA prohibits sponsorship of stadia unless the stadium sponsors are also official FIFA sponsors. The finals tournament of the 2006 World Cup began on 9 June. Around 21% of foreigners interviewed at Fan Fests visited Germany to see the World Cup without tickets to any game. Definitive 23-man squads must be named by May 15. Nevertheless, Klinsmann announced after the tournament that he would not extend his contract as trainer of the national team, since he felt completely burned-out and wished to spend more time with his family in California. else [103], 18th FIFA World Cup, held in Germany in 2006, "2006 World Cup" redirects here. Goals: 1. The Italians had spent much of the game with only ten men on the field, following an equally controversial red card shown to centre back Marco Materazzi. Immediately after the 2006 World Cup FIFA announced that it registered the trademark for Fan Fests, takes over the organization and marketing and makes Fan Fests an integral part of future FIFA World Cups. Goals: 1. The tournament also saw English referee Graham Poll mistakenly hand out three yellow cards to Croatia's Josip Šimunić in their match against Australia. Cup! Recovered own form at right time for Germany after last year's injury woes.  Tunisia, Croatia Unlike the past tournaments where ticketless fans were treated as security risks, the World Cup in Germany welcomed all football supporters thus generating positive atmosphere even before the tournament began. Seemed set to have a bright future when he was leading the River Plate attack as an effervescent teenage striker but his Barcelona career turned sour with loan moves to Monaco in 2004-05 season and Sevilla since August.

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