2006 FIFA World Cup Group F

Football tournament June 2018 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.Saaid Hamdan https://www.rsssf.org/tables/2006full.html World Cup 2006 – Match Details RSSSF 7 February 2007 30 April 2026 Australia's win against Japan was the first (and so far only) by a team from the Oceania Football Confederation, having switched to the Asian Football Confederation after the tournament. It was also the only time that a team from the OFC had advanced to the second round of the tournament, as in 1974 Australia went out in the first round. Standings main WDL standings complete FIFA 200 BRA AUS CRO JPN KO KO Tie-breaking criteria 3 0 0 7 1 1 1 1 5 5 0 2 1 2 3 0 1 2 2 7 BRA AUS CRO JPN Q green1 Advance to knockout stage Brazil advanced to play Ghana (runners-up of Group E) in the round of 16. Australia advanced to play Italy (winner of Group E) in the round of 16. Matches All times local (CEST/UTC+2) Australia vs Japan Australia–Japan football rivalry This fixture was Australia's first game in the World Cup finals since 1974.Maasdorp James 12 Jun 2016 Looking back: Socceroos beat Japan in 2006 World Cup, 10 years on ABC News https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-06-12/socceroos-beat-japan-in-world-cup-10-years-on/7499910 Prior to the game, Japan officials had reportedly suggested that Australia were an aggressive team prone to "dirty tackles".The Guardian van Happen Jan 13 Jun 2006 Cahill's call to action inspires Socceroos' dramatic finale https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jun/13/worldcup2006.match1 Japan won against Australia 1–0 in Semifinal 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Australia had the best of the chances early in the first half, with Japan goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi saving twice from Australia striker Mark Viduka in the opening five minutes. In the 25th minute, Kawaguchi performed a fine save from a powerful strike taken by Mark Bresciano. Shortly after, Japan took the lead in controversial circumstances after 26 minutes when Socceroos keeper Mark Schwarzer was impeded as he was trying to collect Shunsuke Nakamura's cross.12 June 2006 BBC Sport - World Cup 2006 'Deserved' win delights Hiddink http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/teams/australia/5043868.stm Late in the second half, with Australia pressing forward for an equalizer, Kawaguchi failed to claim a long throw in from Lucas Neill. Substitute Tim Cahill, who was reportedly recovering from knee ligament damage that threatened to rule him out of the tournament, struck the loose ball to score Australia's first World Cup finals goal.12 June 2006 BBC Sport - World Cup 2006 Australia 3-1 Japan http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4852706.stm Minutes later, Cahill found space on the edge of the penalty box and struck from long range, with the ball hitting the left post and bouncing into the goal on the right side netting, putting Australia ahead. Deep into injury time, substitute John Aloisi ran through the Japan defence and scored Australia's third goal via a low left-footed strike, sealing Australia's and an Oceanian's team first ever win at the World Cup. After the game, Australia coach Guus Hiddink expressed delight with the resilience shown by his players, however was adamant that Japan's opening goal should not have stood. Schwarzer revealed that the Egyptian referee Essam Abdel-Fatah had apologised for allowing Japan's opening goal to stand instead of granting a free-kick, and expressed relief that his decision did not affect the final outcome of the game. Japan coach Zico remarked that referees should not have to make such apologies and that FIFA need to sort out such incidents.ABC News 16 Jun 2006 Zico angry over Cahill penalty comments https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-06-16/zico-angry-over-cahill-penalty-comments/1779406 This was Japan's third straight failure at winning their opening fixture at the World Cup finals, having lost in 1998 to Argentina 1–0 and drawing in 2002 to Belgium 2–2. main F1 2006 6 12 y 15:00 AUS 2006 FIFA World Cup Group F#Australia vs Japan 3–1 JPN Cahill 84 89 Aloisi 90+2 Nakamura 26 Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern 46,000 Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410012 Australia vs Japan First stage 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410012/index.html 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Australia v Japan FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171228224847/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410012/index.html 28 December 2017 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/w/pdf/12_0612_kai_aus-jpn_fulltime__1150126102.pdf Match Report – Group F – Australia v Japan FIFA 12 June 2006 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260413053844/http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/w/pdf/12_0612_kai_aus-jpn_fulltime__1150126102.pdf 13 April 2026 _aus06h _aus06h _aus06h _shorts _aus06hl FFDF00 FFDF00 FFDF00 006040 FFDF00 Australia _JFA_06h _JFA_06h _JFA_06h _JFA_06h _adidaswhitel 000080 000080 000080 FFFFFF 000080 Japan GK 1 Mark SchwarzerCB 3 Craig Moore 58 61CB 2 Lucas NeillCB 14Scott ChipperfieldRM 20Luke Wilkshire 75CM 7 Brett EmertonCM 13Vince Grella 33CM 23Mark Bresciano 53LM 5 Jason CulinaCF 10Harry KewellCF 9 Mark Viduka (c)Substitutions:MF 4 Tim Cahill 69 53FW 19Joshua Kennedy 61FW 15John Aloisi 78 75Manager:NED Guus Hiddink GK 23Yoshikatsu KawaguchiCB 19Keisuke Tsuboi 56CB 5 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c) 31CB 22Yuji NakazawaRM 3 Yūichi KomanoCM 7 Hidetoshi NakataCM 15Takashi FukunishiLM 14AlexAM 10Shunsuke NakamuraCF 9 Naohiro Takahara 40CF 13Atsushi Yanagisawa 79Substitutions:DF 2 Teruyuki Moniwa 68 56 90+1MF 18Shinji Ono 79FW 16Masashi Oguro 90+1Manager:BRA Zico Australian late scores down Japan 3-1 in Group F Man of the Match: Tim Cahill (Australia) Assistant referees: Dramane Danté (Mali) Mamadou N'Doye (Senegal) Fourth official: Éric Poulat (France) Fifth official: Vincent Texier (France) Brazil vs Croatia Brazil came into their opening match against Croatia as defending champions, having won their fifth World Cup at the 2002 edition of the tournament, and were favourites to win the tournament.BBC Sport 13 June 2006 Brazil 1-0 Croatia http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4852868.stm Just before half-time, Kaká's curling left-footed strike put the Brazilians ahead. With the win, Brazil became the first team in World Cup history to win eight consecutive matches.ABC News 14 June 2006 Kaka goal gives Brazil record-breaking win https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-06-14/kaka-goal-gives-brazil-record-breaking-win/1777674 main F2 2006 6 13 y 21:00 BRA 2006 FIFA World Cup Group F#Brazil vs Croatia 1–0 CRO Kaká 44 Olympiastadion, Berlin 72,000 Benito Archundia (Mexico) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410011 Brazil vs Croatia First stage 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410011/index.html 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Brazil v Croatia FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171228214848/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410011/index.html 28 December 2017 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/w/pdf/11_0613_brl_bra-cro_fulltime__1150232715.pdf Match Report – Group F – Brazil v Croatia FIFA 13 June 2006 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260413053934/http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/w/pdf/11_0613_brl_bra-cro_fulltime__1150232715.pdf 13 April 2026 _Brazil_home_2006 _brah06 _Brazil_home_2006 _white stripes _whitestripe FFDA00 FFDA00 FFDA00 0000ff 0000ff Brazil _CroatiaTeam2006h _cro06H _CroatiaTeam2006h _nikefootballbluelogo _CroatiaTeam2006a red FFFFFF red FFFFFF FFFFFF Croatia GK 1 DidaRB 2 Cafu (c)CB 3 LúcioCB 4 JuanLB 6 Roberto CarlosCM 5 Emerson 42CM 11Zé RobertoAM 8 KakáAM 10RonaldinhoCF 7 AdrianoCF 9 Ronaldo 70Substitutions:FW 23Robinho 70Manager:Carlos Alberto Parreira GK 1 Stipe PletikosaCB 7 Dario ŠimićCB 4 Robert Kovač 67CB 3 Josip ŠimunićRM 2 Darijo SrnaCM 5 Igor Tudor 90CM 10Niko Kovač (c) 32 41LM 8 Marko BabićAM 19Niko KranjčarCF 17Ivan Klasnić 56CF 9 Dado PršoSubstitutions:MF 16Jerko Leko 41FW 18Ivica Olić 56Manager:Zlatko Kranjčar Brazil trot to 1-0 win over Croatia in Group F Man of the Match: Kaká (Brazil) Assistant referees: José Ramírez (Mexico) Héctor Vergara (Canada) Fourth official: Mohamed Guezzaz (Morocco) Fifth official: Brahim Djezzar (Algeria) Japan vs Croatia The last time the two sides met, Croatia defeated Japan 1–0 in the 1998 edition of the tournament in which Croatia went on to finish in third place. With both teams having lost their opening fixtures, Croatian captain Niko Kovač told the Vecernji List that the fixture was “naše biti ili ne biti” (“our to be or not to be”),Mackey Rob NY Times 18 June 2006 FINAL: Japan 0 - Croatia 0 - The New York Times https://archive.nytimes.com/worldcup.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/06/18/live-at-9-am-est-japan-vs-croatia/?eafs_enabled=false with the same outlet reporting for the Japanese the headline “Zico: Presing od prve minute” (“Zico: Pressing from the first minute”). Croatia's best opportunity to score came mid-way through the first half when Dado Pršo was fouled by defender Tsuneyasu Miyamoto. Darijo Srna stepped up to take the spot kick, but his strike was parried away by Japan goalkeeper Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi.ABC News 18 June 2006 Croatia miss penalty in Japan stalemate https://www.abc.net.au/news/2006-06-19/croatia-miss-penalty-in-japan-stalemate/1780826 main F3 2006 6 18 y 15:00 JPN 2006 FIFA World Cup Group F#Japan vs Croatia 0–0 CRO Frankenstadion, Nuremberg 41,000 Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410028 Japan vs Croatia First stage 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410028/index.html 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Japan v Croatia FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171229065329/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410028/index.html 29 December 2017 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/w/pdf/28_0618_nur_jpn-cro_fulltime__1150642564.pdf Match Report – Group F – Japan v Croatia FIFA 18 June 2006 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260413054259/http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/w/pdf/28_0618_nur_jpn-cro_fulltime__1150642564.pdf 13 April 2026 _JFA_06h _JFA_06h _JFA_06h _JFA_06a _adidaswhitel 000080 000080 000080 000080 000080 Japan _CroatiaTeam2006h _cro06H _CroatiaTeam2006h _nikefootballbluelogo _CroatiaTeam2006h red FFFFFF red FFFFFF FFFFFF Croatia GK 23Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi 42RB 21Akira KajiCB 5 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c) 21CB 22Yuji NakazawaLB 14Alex 72RM 7 Hidetoshi NakataCM 15Takashi Fukunishi 46LM 8 Mitsuo OgasawaraAM 10Shunsuke NakamuraCF 9 Naohiro Takahara 85CF 13Atsushi Yanagisawa 61Substitutions:MF 17 Junichi Inamoto 46FW 20 Keiji Tamada 61MF 16 Masashi Oguro 85Manager:BRA Zico GK 1 Stipe PletikosaCB 7 Dario ŠimićCB 4 Robert Kovač 32CB 3 Josip ŠimunićRM 2 Darijo Srna 69 87CM 5 Igor Tudor 70CM 10Niko Kovač (c)LM 8 Marko BabićAM 19Niko Kranjčar 78CF 17Ivan KlasnićCF 9 Dado PršoSubstitutions:FW 18Ivica Olić 70MF 14Luka Modrić 78FW 22Ivan Bošnjak 87Manager:CRO Zlatko Kranjčar Croatia and Japan share point in Group F Man of the Match: Hidetoshi Nakata (Japan) Assistant referees: Peter Hermans (Belgium) Walter Vromans (Belgium) Fourth official: Kevin Stott (United States) Fifth official: Gregory Barkey (United States) Brazil vs Australia Both teams headed into the fixture having won their opening games. The two teams had met each other 7 times prior,11v11 Australia national football team: record v Brazil https://www.11v11.com/teams/australia/tab/opposingTeams/opposition/Brazil/ with their most recent game being a 1–0 win to Australia at the 2001 FIFA Confederations Cup. Australia's well-organised defence frustrated Brazil, who created only one opening in the first half when Ronaldo flicked the ball over his head and into the path of Kaká, whose shot went wide of Australia's goal.Ingle Sean The Guardian 19 Jun 2006 Brazil's luck makes up for a lack of fire https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jun/19/worldcup2006.match4 Early in the second half, striker Adriano put Brazil ahead with a low strike just outside the penalty box. Despite the setback, Australia pushed forward, with Harry Kewell volleying just over the Brazilian goal, and Mark Bresciano shooting via a bicycle kick which was saved by Dida. Late in the second half, Brazil substitute Fred scored the second goal for Brazil via a rebound, and the game finished 2–0, securing Brazil's position to the round of 16. After the final whistle, Harry Kewell complained to referee Markus Merk, alleging that he awarded Brazil so many free kicks that even the Brazilians became embarrassed.Fox Sports 16 March 2017 Harry Kewell on Shootout: Brazil ‘embarrassed’ v Australia at 2006 World Cup due to referee's calls https://www.foxsports.com.au/football/socceroos/harry-kewell-on-shootout-brazil-embarrassed-v-australia-at-2006-world-cup-due-to-referees-calls/news-story/07723e0018122b8c0914b27a2b94a19f FIFA subsequently commenced disciplinary procedures against Kewell, alleging that he repeatedly insulted Merk,Socceroos 21 Jun 2006 Kewell to face disciplinary hearing https://socceroos.com.au/news/kewell-face-disciplinary-hearing but the disciplinary committee eventually cleared Kewell of any wrongdoing.van Happen Jan 21 Jun 2006 Merk angers Fifa as Kewell is cleared of verbal abuse https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jun/21/worldcup2006.sport12 The Guardian main F4 2006 6 18 y 18:00 BRA 2006 FIFA World Cup Group F#Brazil vs Australia 2–0 AUS Adriano 49 Fred 90 Allianz Arena, Munich 66,000 Markus Merk (Germany) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410027 Brazil vs Australia First stage 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410027/index.html 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Brazil v Australia FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171229063011/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410027/index.html 29 December 2017 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/w/pdf/27_0618_muc_bra-aus_fulltime__1150653326.pdf Match Report – Group F – Brazil v Australia FIFA 18 June 2006 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260413054306/http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/w/pdf/27_0618_muc_bra-aus_fulltime__1150653326.pdf 13 April 2026 _Brazil_home_2006 _brah06 _Brazil_home_2006 _white stripes FFDA00 FFDA00 FFDA00 0000ff FFFFFF Brazil _aus06a _aus06a _aus06a _shorts _aus06al 000040 000040 000040 000040 000040 Australia GK 1 DidaRB 2 Cafu (c) 29CB 3 LúcioCB 4 JuanLB 6 Roberto CarlosCM 5 Emerson 72CM 11Zé RobertoAM 8 KakáAM 10RonaldinhoCF 7 Adriano 88CF 9 Ronaldo 31 72Substitutions:MF 17Gilberto Silva 72FW 23Robinho 83 72FW 21Fred 88Manager:Carlos Alberto Parreira GK 1 Mark SchwarzerCB 3 Craig Moore 69CB 2 Lucas NeillCB 6 Tony Popovic 41RM 7 Brett Emerton 13CM 13Vince GrellaLM 14Scott ChipperfieldRW 5 Jason Culina 39AM 4 Tim Cahill 56LW 21Mile SterjovskiCF 9 Mark Viduka (c)Substitutions:MF 23Mark Bresciano 41FW 10Harry Kewell 56FW 15John Aloisi 69Manager:NED Guus Hiddink Brazil beat Australia with two second half goals in Group F Man of the Match: Zé Roberto (Brazil) Assistant referees: Christian Schräer (Germany) Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) Fourth official: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico) Fifth official: Leonel Leal (Costa Rica) Japan vs Brazil Brazil came into the fixture having already qualified for the round of 16, with opening wins against Croatia and Australia. Brazil had come under criticism for lack of flair in their performances, and their star player Ronaldo, who was the top scorer at the previous World Cup, had yet to score and was close to being benched.BBC Sport 22 June 2006 Japan 1-4 Brazil http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4853416.stm This fixture was Ronaldo's 17th successive World Cup match, the longest streak by a current player at that time. Japan took a surprise early lead after 34 minutes against the highly-fancied Brazilians when Keiji Tamada's left-foot strike beat Dida on his near post. Just before half-time, Brazil striker Ronaldo equalized via a close-range header. After the break, Brazil doubled their advantage via a long-range strike taken by Juninho Pernambucano. Gilberto later scored via an acute angle, and Ronaldo again scored via a long-range strike into the bottom corner to secure a 4–1 victory for Brazil. With the victory, Brazil completed 10 successive victories at the World Cup. Japan's goal was the first time Brazil had conceded in 461 minutes of football. Ronaldo's 13th and 14th World Cup goals equalled the all-time record of 14 set by West Germany's Gerd Müller, and he also became the 20th player to score at three different World Cups. main F5 2006 6 22 y 21:00 JPN 2006 FIFA World Cup Group F#Japan vs Brazil 1–4 BRA Tamada 34 Ronaldo 45+1 81 Juninho 53 Gilberto 59 Westfalenstadion, Dortmund 65,000 Éric Poulat (France) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410043 Japan vs Brazil First stage 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410043/index.html 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Japan v Brazil FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171228223115/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410043/index.html 28 December 2017 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/w/pdf/43_0622_dor_jpn-bra_fulltime__1151009864.pdf Match Report – Group F – Japan v Brazil FIFA 22 June 2006 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260413054723/http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/w/pdf/43_0622_dor_jpn-bra_fulltime__1151009864.pdf 13 April 2026 _JFA_06h _JFA_06h _JFA_06h _JFA_06a _adidaswhitel 000080 000080 000080 000080 000080 Japan _Brazil_home_2006 _brah06 _Brazil_home_2006 _blue line FFDA00 FFDA00 FFDA00 FFFFFF FFFFFF Brazil GK 23Yoshikatsu KawaguchiRB 21Akira Kaji 40CB 19Keisuke TsuboiCB 22Yuji Nakazawa (c)LB 14AlexRM 8 Mitsuo Ogasawara 56CM 7 Hidetoshi NakataCM 17Junichi InamotoLM 10Shunsuke NakamuraCF 11Seiichiro Maki 60CF 20Keiji TamadaSubstitutions:DF 6 Kōji Nakata 56FW 9 Naohiro Takahara 60 66FW 16Masashi Oguro 66Manager:BRA Zico GK 1 Dida (c) 82RB 13CicinhoCB 3 LúcioCB 4 JuanLB 16Gilberto 44RM 8 Kaká 71CM 19JuninhoCM 17Gilberto SilvaLM 10Ronaldinho 71CF 23RobinhoCF 9 RonaldoSubstitutions:MF 11Zé Roberto 71MF 20Ricardinho 71GK 12Rogério Ceni 82Manager:Carlos Alberto Parreira Brazil defeat Japan 4-1 in Group F Man of the Match: Ronaldo (Brazil) Assistant referees: Lionel Dagorne (France) Vincent Texier (France) Fourth official: Jerome Damon (South Africa) Fifth official: Enock Molefe (South Africa) Croatia vs Australia The fixture was marred by numerous referring mistakes and controversies, resulting in referee Graham Poll being dismissed from the remainder of the tournament.BBC Sport 28 June 2006 Ref Poll sent home from World Cup http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/5108722.stm Shortly after, Poll announced his retirement from international football altogether.The Guardian Lutz Tom 30 Jun 2006 Poll retires from international game https://www.theguardian.com/football/2006/jun/29/worldcup2006.sport26 In an interview in 2022, former Australia forward John Aloisi recalled the fixture being 'pure chaos'.Bungard Nine.com.au Matt 17 November 2022 EXCLUSIVE: John Aloisi recalls 'pure chaos' that rocked World Cup in Socceroos' clash with Croatia https://www.nine.com.au/sport/football/fifa-world-cup-looking-back-at-socceroos-draw-with-croatia-in-2006-20221117-p5j2fm.html With the draw against Croatia, Australia progressed from the group stages of the World Cup for the first time in their history, and coach Guus Hiddink for the third time in his career, after Netherlands in 1998 and South Korea in 2002.BBC Sport 22 June 2006 Croatia 2-2 Australia http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/world_cup_2006/4853428.stm main F6 2006 6 22 y 21:00 CRO 2006 FIFA World Cup Group F#Croatia vs Australia 2–2 AUS Srna 2 N. Kovač 56 Moore 38 pen. Kewell 79 Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart 52,000 Graham Poll (England) https://www.fifa.com/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410044 Croatia vs Australia First stage 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany FIFA 1 May 2026 http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410044/index.html 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany – Matches – Croatia v Australia FIFA 1 May 2026 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20171228222218/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/matches/round=97410100/match=97410044/index.html 28 December 2017 http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/w/pdf/44_0622_stu_cro-aus_fulltime__1151070016.pdf Match Report – Group F – Croatia v Australia FIFA 22 June 2006 1 May 2026 live https://web.archive.org/web/20260413054706/http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/fifa/06/w/pdf/44_0622_stu_cro-aus_fulltime__1151070016.pdf 13 April 2026 _CroatiaTeam2006h _cro06H _CroatiaTeam2006h _nikefootballbluelogo _CroatiaTeam2006h red FFFFFF red FFFFFF 0000FF Croatia _aus06h _aus06h _aus06h _shorts _aus06hl FFDF00 FFDF00 FFDF00 006040 FFDF00 Australia GK 1 Stipe Pletikosa 70CB 7 Dario Šimić 2 32 85CB 13Stjepan Tomas 83CB 3 Josip Šimunić 3 61 90 90+3note Šimunić was given three yellow cards in the match: the referee (Graham Poll) failed to send him off the pitch after the second yellow, only doing so after the third. The original FIFA match report listed all three yellow cards, but was revised shortly after, with the second yellow card (90') not being recorded.RM 2 Darijo SrnaCM 5 Igor Tudor 38CM 10Niko Kovač (c)LM 8 Marko BabićAM 19Niko Kranjčar 65CF 18Ivica Olić 74CF 9 Dado PršoSubstitutions:MF 16Jerko Leko 65MF 14Luka Modrić 74FW 17Ivan Klasnić 83Manager:Zlatko Kranjčar GK 18Zeljko KalacCB 3 Craig MooreCB 2 Lucas NeillCB 14Scott Chipperfield 75RM 21Mile Sterjovski 71CM 13Vince Grella 63CM 7 Brett Emerton 2 81 87LM 5 Jason CulinaAM 4 Tim CahillAM 10Harry KewellCF 9 Mark Viduka (c)Substitutions:FW 15John Aloisi 63MF 23Mark Bresciano 71FW 19Joshua Kennedy 75Manager:NED Guus Hiddink Australia draws with Croatia 2-2, advances to next round in Group F Man of the Match: Harry Kewell (Australia) Assistant referees: Philip Sharp (England) Glen Turner (England) Fourth official: Kevin Stott (United States) Fifth official: Gregory Barkey (United States) See also Australia at the FIFA World Cup Brazil at the FIFA World Cup Croatia at the FIFA World Cup Japan at the FIFA World Cup Notes note References Match reports Report F Category:Brazil at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Category:Australia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Category:Japan at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Category:Croatia at the 2006 FIFA World Cup Category:Football in Rhineland-Palatinate Category:Kaiserslautern Category:21st century in Rhineland-Palatinate Category:Football competitions in Berlin Category:2006 in Berlin Category:Football in Middle Franconia Category:Sports competitions in Nuremberg Category:21st century in Nuremberg Category:2006 in Bavaria Category:2000s in Munich Category:Football competitions in Munich Category:Football in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:2000s in North Rhine-Westphalia Category:Sports competitions in Dortmund Category:21st century in Dortmund Category:Football in Stuttgart Category:2000s in Baden-Württemberg Category:Sports competitions in Stuttgart Category:21st century in Stuttgart