2006 FIFA World Cup Group C

Last updated

Play in Group C of the 2006 FIFA World Cup began on 10 June 2006 and ended on 21 June. Argentina won the group and advanced to the round of 16, along with the Netherlands. The two sides tied on points in the standings, but Argentina won the tie-break on goal difference and ended the group in first with the Netherlands in second place. The Ivory Coast and Serbia and Montenegro failed to advance.

Contents

Upon completion of the draw for the tournament, many football pundits remarked that this group appeared to be the "group of death", despite the fact that only Argentina had qualified for the previous World Cup.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 321081+77Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 321031+27
3Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast 31025613
4Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro 300321080
Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Tie-breaking criteria

Matches

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Argentina vs Ivory Coast

Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg2–1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
  • Crespo Soccerball shade.svg24'
  • Saviola Soccerball shade.svg38'
Report
Kit left arm arg06h.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body arg06h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm arg06h.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts arg06h.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks arg06h.png
Kit socks long.svg
Argentina
Kit left arm thingreenborder.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body civ0608h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm thingreenborder.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts civh06.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks puma 2006 green.png
Kit socks long.svg
Ivory Coast
GK1 Roberto Abbondanzieri
RB21 Nicolás Burdisso
CB2 Roberto Ayala
CB6 Gabriel Heinze Yellow card.svg 48'
LB3 Juan Pablo Sorín (c)
RM18 Maxi Rodríguez
CM8 Javier Mascherano
LM5 Esteban Cambiasso
AM10 Juan Román Riquelme Sub off.svg 90+3'
CF7 Javier Saviola Yellow card.svg 41'Sub off.svg 75'
CF9 Hernán Crespo Sub off.svg 64'
Substitutions:
FW14 Rodrigo Palacio Sub on.svg 64'
MF22 Lucho González Yellow card.svg 81'Sub on.svg 75'
MF16 Pablo Aimar Sub on.svg 90+3'
Manager:
José Pékerman
ARG-CIV 2006-06-10.svg
GK1 Jean-Jacques Tizié
RB21 Emmanuel Eboué Yellow card.svg 62'
CB4 Kolo Touré
CB12 Abdoulaye Méïté
LB3 Arthur Boka
CM19 Yaya Touré
CM5 Didier Zokora
RW18 Abdul Kader Keïta Sub off.svg 77'
AM8 Bonaventure Kalou Sub off.svg 55'
LW2 Kanga Akalé Sub off.svg 62'
CF11 Didier Drogba (c)Yellow card.svg 90+1'
Substitutions:
FW15 Aruna Dindane Sub on.svg 55'
FW14 Bakari Koné Sub on.svg 62'
FW9 Arouna Koné Sub on.svg 77'
Manager:
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Henri Michel

Man of the Match:
Javier Saviola (Argentina)

Assistant referees:
Peter Hermans (Belgium)
Walter Vromans (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Éric Poulat (France)
Fifth official:
Vincent Texier (France)

Serbia and Montenegro vs Netherlands

Serbia and Montenegro  Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg0–1Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
Report
Zentralstadion, Leipzig
Attendance: 43,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body scga06.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts scgh06.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Serbia and Montenegro
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body collar.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks 2 stripes white.png
Kit socks long.svg
Netherlands
GK1 Dragoslav Jevrić
RB14 Nenad Đorđević Sub off.svg 43'
CB6 Goran Gavrančić Yellow card.svg 90'
CB20 Mladen Krstajić
LB3 Ivica Dragutinović Yellow card.svg 81'
RM10 Dejan Stanković Yellow card.svg 34'
CM4 Igor Duljaj
CM17 Albert Nađ
LM11 Predrag Đorđević
CF9 Savo Milošević (c)Sub off.svg 46'
CF8 Mateja Kežman Sub off.svg 67'
Substitutions:
MF7 Ognjen Koroman Yellow card.svg 64'Sub on.svg 43'
FW19 Nikola Žigić Sub on.svg 46'
FW21 Danijel Ljuboja Sub on.svg 67'
Manager:
Ilija Petković
SCG-NED 2006-06-11.svg
GK1 Edwin van der Sar (c)
RB14 John Heitinga Yellow card.svg 85'
CB13 André Ooijer
CB4 Joris Mathijsen Sub off.svg 86'
LB5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst Yellow card.svg 56'
RM18 Mark van Bommel Sub off.svg 60'
CM20 Wesley Sneijder
LM8 Phillip Cocu
RF17 Robin van Persie
CF9 Ruud van Nistelrooy Sub off.svg 69'
LF11 Arjen Robben
Substitutions:
MF6 Denny Landzaat Sub on.svg 60'
FW7 Dirk Kuyt Sub on.svg 69'
DF3 Khalid Boulahrouz Sub on.svg 86'
Manager:
Marco van Basten

Man of the Match:
Arjen Robben (Netherlands)

Assistant referees:
Christian Schräer (Germany)
Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)
Fourth official:
Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
Fifth official:
Brahim Djezzar (Algeria)

Argentina vs Serbia and Montenegro

Argentina  Flag of Argentina.svg6–0Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
Report
Kit left arm arg06a.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body arg06a.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm arg06a.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts arg06h.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks arg06a.png
Kit socks long.svg
Argentina
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body scga06.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts scgh06.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Serbia and Montenegro
GK1 Roberto Abbondanzieri
RB21 Nicolás Burdisso
CB2 Roberto Ayala
CB6 Gabriel Heinze
LB3 Juan Pablo Sorín (c)
DM8 Javier Mascherano
RW22 Lucho González Sub off.svg 17'
AM10 Juan Román Riquelme
LW18 Maxi Rodríguez Sub off.svg 75'
CF7 Javier Saviola Sub off.svg 59'
CF9 Hernán Crespo Yellow card.svg 36'
Substitutions:
MF5 Esteban Cambiasso Sub on.svg 17'
FW11 Carlos Tevez Sub on.svg 59'
FW19 Lionel Messi Sub on.svg 75'
Manager:
José Pékerman
ARG-SCG 2006-06-16.svg
GK1 Dragoslav Jevrić
RB4 Igor Duljaj
CB6 Goran Gavrančić
CB15 Milan Dudić
LB20 Mladen Krstajić Yellow card.svg 42'
RM7 Ognjen Koroman Yellow card.svg 7'Sub off.svg 50'
CM17 Albert Nađ Yellow card.svg 27'Sub off.svg 46'
CM11 Predrag Đorđević
LM10 Dejan Stanković
CF9 Savo Milošević (c)Sub off.svg 70'
CF8 Mateja Kežman Red card.svg 65'
Substitutions:
MF2 Ivan Ergić Sub on.svg 46'
FW21 Danijel Ljuboja Sub on.svg 50'
MF18 Zvonimir Vukić Sub on.svg 70'
Manager:
Ilija Petković

Man of the Match:
Juan Román Riquelme (Argentina)

Assistant referees:
Cristiano Copelli (Italy)
Alessandro Stagnoli (Italy)
Fourth official:
Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
Fifth official:
Dramane Danté (Mali)

Netherlands vs Ivory Coast

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg2–1Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  Ivory Coast
Report
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body collar.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks 2 stripes white.png
Kit socks long.svg
Netherlands
Kit left arm thingreenborder.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body civ0608a.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm thingreenborder.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts civh06.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks puma 2006 green.png
Kit socks long.svg
Ivory Coast
GK1 Edwin van der Sar (c)
RB14 John Heitinga Sub off.svg 46'
CB13 André Ooijer
CB4 Joris Mathijsen Yellow card.svg 35'
LB5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst
RM18 Mark van Bommel Yellow card.svg 58'
CM20 Wesley Sneijder Sub off.svg 50'
LM8 Phillip Cocu
RF11 Arjen Robben Yellow card.svg 34'
CF9 Ruud van Nistelrooy Sub off.svg 73'
LF17 Robin van Persie
Substitutions:
DF3 Khalid Boulahrouz Sub on.svg 46'
MF10 Rafael van der Vaart Sub on.svg 50'
MF6 Denny Landzaat Yellow card.svg 90+4'Sub on.svg 73'
Manager:
Marco van Basten
NED-CIV 2006-06-16.svg
GK1 Jean-Jacques Tizié
RB21 Emmanuel Eboué
CB4 Kolo Touré
CB12 Abdoulaye Méïté
LB3 Arthur Boka Yellow card.svg 66'
CM19 Yaya Touré
CM5 Didier Zokora Yellow card.svg 25'
CM22 Romaric Sub off.svg 62'
RF14 Bakari Koné Sub off.svg 62'
CF11 Didier Drogba (c)Yellow card.svg 41'
LF9 Arouna Koné Sub off.svg 73'
Substitutions:
MF10 Gilles Yapi Yapo Sub on.svg 62'
FW15 Aruna Dindane Sub on.svg 62'
MF2 Kanga Akalé Sub on.svg 73'
Manager:
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Henri Michel

Man of the Match:
Arjen Robben (Netherlands)

Assistant referees:
José Navia (Colombia)
Fernando Tamayo (Ecuador)
Fourth official:
Marco Rodríguez (Mexico)
Fifth official:
José Luis Camargo (Mexico)

Netherlands vs Argentina

Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg0–0Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina
Report
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body collar.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks 2 stripes white.png
Kit socks long.svg
Netherlands
Kit left arm arg06h.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body arg06h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm arg06h.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts arg06h.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks arg06h.png
Kit socks long.svg
Argentina
GK1 Edwin van der Sar (c)
RB2 Kew Jaliens
CB3 Khalid Boulahrouz
CB13 André Ooijer Yellow card.svg 42'
LB15 Tim de Cler Yellow card.svg 48'
RM10 Rafael van der Vaart
CM20 Wesley Sneijder Sub off.svg 86'
LM8 Phillip Cocu
RF17 Robin van Persie Sub off.svg 67'
CF9 Ruud van Nistelrooy Sub off.svg 56'
LF7 Dirk Kuyt Yellow card.svg 28'
Substitutions:
FW21 Ryan Babel Sub on.svg 56'
MF6 Denny Landzaat Sub on.svg 67'
MF16 Hedwiges Maduro Sub on.svg 86'
Manager:
Marco van Basten
NED-ARG 2006-06-21.svg
GK1 Roberto Abbondanzieri
RB21 Nicolás Burdisso Sub off.svg 24'
CB2 Roberto Ayala (c)
CB15 Gabriel Milito
LB17 Leandro Cufré
RM18 Maxi Rodríguez
CM8 Javier Mascherano Yellow card.svg 90'
LM5 Esteban Cambiasso Yellow card.svg 57'
AM10 Juan Román Riquelme Sub off.svg 80'
CF19 Lionel Messi Sub off.svg 70'
CF11 Carlos Tevez
Substitutions:
DF4 Fabricio Coloccini Sub on.svg 24'
FW20 Julio Cruz Sub on.svg 70'
MF16 Pablo Aimar Sub on.svg 80'
Manager:
José Pékerman

Man of the Match:
Carlos Tevez (Argentina)

Assistant referees:
Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain)
Pedro Medina Hernández (Spain)
Fourth official:
Carlos Chandía (Chile)
Fifth official:
Rodrigo González (Chile)

Ivory Coast vs Serbia and Montenegro

Bonaventure Kalou scored the winning goal for the Ivory Coast with a penalty kick in the 86th minute. Ivory Coast penalty.jpg
Bonaventure Kalou scored the winning goal for the Ivory Coast with a penalty kick in the 86th minute.
Ivory Coast  Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg3–2Flag of Yugoslavia (1992-2003); Flag of Serbia and Montenegro (2003-2006).svg  Serbia and Montenegro
Report
Kit left arm thingreenborder.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body civ0608h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm thingreenborder.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts civh06.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks puma 2006 orange.png
Kit socks long.svg
Ivory Coast
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body scgh06.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts scgh06.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Serbia and Montenegro
GK23 Boubacar Barry
RB21 Emmanuel Eboué
CB6 Blaise Kouassi
CB17 Cyril Domoraud (c)Yellow card.svg 41' Yellow-red card.svg 90+2'
LB3 Arthur Boka
RM18 Abdul Kader Keïta Yellow card.svg 33'Sub off.svg 73'
CM5 Didier Zokora
CM19 Yaya Touré
LM2 Kanga Akalé Sub off.svg 60'
CF15 Aruna Dindane Yellow card.svg 43'
CF9 Arouna Koné
Substitutions:
FW14 Bakari Koné Sub on.svg 60'
FW8 Bonaventure Kalou Sub on.svg 73'
Manager:
Flag of France (lighter variant).svg Henri Michel
CIV-SCG 2006-06-21.svg
GK1 Dragoslav Jevrić
RB14 Nenad Đorđević
CB6 Goran Gavrančić Yellow card.svg 57'
CB15 Milan Dudić Yellow card.svg 35'
LB20 Mladen Krstajić Sub off.svg 16'
RM10 Dejan Stanković (c)
CM4 Igor Duljaj Yellow card.svg 37'
CM22 Saša Ilić
CM11 Predrag Đorđević
LM2 Ivan Ergić
CF19 Nikola Žigić Sub off.svg 67'
Substitutions:
MF17 Albert Nađ Yellow card.svg 17' Yellow-red card.svg 45+1'Sub on.svg 16'
FW9 Savo Milošević Sub on.svg 67'
Manager:
Ilija Petković

Man of the Match:
Aruna Dindane (Ivory Coast)

Assistant referees:
José Luis Camargo (Mexico)
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)
Fourth official:
Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco)
Fifth official:
Brahim Djezzar (Algeria)

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2006 FIFA World Cup</span> Association football tournament in Germany

The 2006 FIFA World Cup, also branded as Germany 2006, was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship tournament. It was held from 9 June to 9 July 2006 in Germany, which had won the right to host the event in July 2000. Teams representing 198 national football associations from all six populated continents participated in the qualification process which began in September 2003. Thirty-one teams qualified from this process along with hosts Germany for the finals tournament. It was the second time that Germany staged the competition and the first as a unified country along with the former East Germany with Leipzig as a host city, and the 10th time that the tournament was held in Europe.

Play in Group B of the 2006 FIFA World Cup began on 10 June and completed on 20 June 2006. England won the group, and advanced to the round of 16, along with Sweden. Paraguay and Trinidad and Tobago were eliminated.

Group D of the 2006 FIFA World Cup began on 11 June and completed on 21 June 2006. Portugal won the group, and advanced to the round of 16, along with Mexico. Angola and Iran failed to advance.

Group E of the 2006 FIFA World Cup began on 12 June and completed on 22 June 2006. Eventual champions Italy won the group and advanced to the round of 16 along with second-placed Ghana. The Czech Republic and the United States failed to advance. Due to the calibre of the teams involved, this was one of two groups at the 2006 World Cup considered to be a group of death.

Play in Group F of the 2006 FIFA World Cup began on 12 June and completed on 22 June 2006. Brazil won the group and advanced to the round of 16, along with runners-up Australia. Croatia and Japan failed to advance. Australia's win against Japan was the first by a team from the Oceania Football Confederation. Australia were representing the Asian Football Confederation in their World Cup victories against Serbia in the 2010 FIFA World Cup, Tunisia and Denmark in the 2022 FIFA World Cup. It is also the only time that a team from the OFC has advanced to the last 16 of the tournament, as in 1974 Australia qualified as one of only 16 teams in the tournament.

Group G of the 2006 FIFA World Cup began on 13 June and completed on 23 June 2006. Switzerland won the group and advanced to the round of 16, along with France, who went on to reach the final. South Korea and Togo failed to advance. Switzerland were the only team not to concede a goal during the group stage of the tournament and would become the first team to be knocked out of a World Cup without conceding, losing on penalties after a 0–0 draw with Ukraine in the round of 16.

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.

The knockout stage was the second and final stage of the 2006 FIFA World Cup, following the group stage. The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage to compete in a single-elimination style tournament. A match was played between the two losing teams of the semi-finals to determine which team finished in third place.

Group F at the 1998 FIFA World Cup comprised Germany and Yugoslavia of UEFA, Iran of the Asian Football Confederation and the United States from the CONCACAF region.

The 2006 season was the 84th season of competitive football in Ecuador.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Australia at the FIFA World Cup</span> Participation of Australias national football team in the FIFA World Cup

This article summarises the results and overall performances of Australia at the FIFA World Cup.

Angola have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 2006, since becoming a member of FIFA in 1980. They were eliminated in the Group Stage after a defeat by Portugal and two draws with Mexico and Iran. In their last match, Flávio scored Angola's first and only goal of the tournament.

Ivory Coast, also known as Côte d'Ivoire, have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on three occasions in 2006, 2010 and 2014.

Togo have appeared in the finals of the FIFA World Cup on one occasion in 2006.

This is a record of the Netherlands at the FIFA World Cup. The Netherlands entered qualification for 19 of the 22 FIFA World Cup tournaments to date, qualifying 11 times. They have a record of 3 World Cup final appearances without winning the tournament.

The United States men's national soccer team (USMNT) have participated in eleven editions of the FIFA World Cup, an international soccer competition contested by men's national teams representing members of FIFA. The tournament is held every four years by the top qualifying teams from the continental confederations under FIFA. The United States is a member of CONCACAF, which governs the sport in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, and has the second-most World Cup appearances from the confederation behind Mexico.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Switzerland at the FIFA World Cup</span> Overview of the performance of Switzerland at the FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, sometimes called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship has been awarded every four years since the first tournament in 1930, except in 1942 and 1946 due to World War II.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group E was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Romania, Denmark, Poland, Montenegro, Armenia, and Kazakhstan.

Group A was one of two groups in the second group stage of the 1974 FIFA World Cup finals. It was the first time that this stage of the competition was played in a group format. Matches were played in three cities between 26 June and 3 July 1974. The group was composed of the winners of Groups 1 and 3 from the first group stage, and the runners-up of Groups 2 and 4.

The 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group G was one of the ten UEFA groups in the World Cup qualification tournament to decide which teams would qualify for the 2022 FIFA World Cup finals tournament in Qatar. Group G consisted of six teams: Gibraltar, Latvia, Montenegro, the Netherlands, Norway and Turkey. The teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.