# 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – AFC second round

The AFC second round of 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification began on 18 February 2004 and finished on 17 November 2004.
The highest-ranked country in each group at the end of the stage progressed to the third round, where the eight remaining teams were divided into two groups of four.

## Format

The 32 teams (25 teams given a bye directly to the second round and 7 winners from the play-off round) were split into five groups of four teams each – with all teams playing home and away against each of the other three teams in the group.
The highest-ranked team in each group qualified for the third round.

## Group 1

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Iran | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 4 | +18 | 15 | Third round | — | 0–1 | 3–1 | 7–0 |
| 2 | Jordan | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 | 12 | | 0–2 | — | 1–0 | 5–0 |
| 3 | Qatar | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 8 | +8 | 9 | | 2–3 | 2–0 | — | 5–0 |
| 4 | Laos | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 33 | −30 | 0 | | 0–7 | 2–3 | 1–6 | — |

## Group 2

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | +13 | 16 | Third round | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | 6–1 |
| 2 | Iraq | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | +10 | 11 | | 1–2 | — | 4–1 | 6–1 |
| 3 | Palestine | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 7 | | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 8–0 |
| 4 | Chinese Taipei | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 26 | −23 | 0 | | 0–1 | 1–4 | 0–1 | — |

## Group 3

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Japan | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 1 | +15 | 18 | Third round | — | 1–0 | 7–0 | 1–0 |
| 2 | Oman | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 3 | +11 | 10 | | 0–1 | — | 0–0 | 7–0 |
| 3 | India | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 4 | | 0–4 | 1–5 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Singapore | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 13 | −10 | 3 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | 2–0 | — |

## Group 4

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Kuwait | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 15 | 2 | +13 | 15 | Third round | — | 1–0 | 4–0 | 6–1 |
| 2 | China | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 15 | | 1–0 | — | 7–0 | 4–0 |
| 3 | Hong Kong | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 15 | −10 | 6 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | — | 2–0 |
| 4 | Malaysia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 | −16 | 0 | | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | — |

## Group 5

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | North Korea | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | Third round | — | 0–0 | 4–1 | 2–1 |
| 2 | United Arab Emirates | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 10 | | 1–0 | — | 1–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Thailand | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 10 | −1 | 7 | | 1–4 | 3–0 | — | 1–1 |
| 4 | Yemen | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 5 | | 1–1 | 3–1 | 0–3 | — |

## Group 6

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Bahrain | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | +11 | 14 | Third round | — | 2–1 | 4–0 | 5–0 |
| 2 | Syria | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 8 | | 2–2 | — | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| 3 | Tajikistan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 7 | | 0–0 | 0–1 | — | 2–1 |
| 4 | Kyrgyzstan | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | −7 | 4 | | 1–2 | 1–1 | 1–2 | — |

## Group 7

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | South Korea | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 2 | +7 | 14 | Third round | — | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| 2 | Lebanon | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | +6 | 11 | | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 3–0 |
| 3 | Vietnam | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | −4 | 4 | | 1–2 | 0–2 | — | 4–0 |
| 4 | Maldives | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | −9 | 4 | | 0–0 | 2–5 | 3–0 | — |

## Group 8

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | | | | |
| 1 | Saudi Arabia | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | +13 | 18 | Third round | — | 3–0 | 3–0 | 3–0 |
| 2 | Turkmenistan | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | −2 | 7 | | 0–1 | — | 3–1 | 2–0 |
| 3 | Indonesia | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | −4 | 7 | | 1–3 | 3–1 | — | 1–0 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | −7 | 2 | | 0–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | — |

## Goalscorers

There were 297 goals scored in 96 matches, for an average of 3.09 goals per match.
8 goals
* Ali Daei
5 goals
* A'ala Hubail
* Ilham Jaya Kesuma
4 goals
* Ali Nasseredine
* Hong Yong-jo
* Badar Al-Maimani
* Mirjalol Qosimov
3 goals
* Mohamed Hubail
* Hao Haidong
* Li Jinyu
* Huang Wei-yi
* Razzaq Farhan
* Qusay Munir
* Takayuki Suzuki
* Badran Al-Shagran
* Bader Al-Mutawa
* Roda Antar
* Roberto Kettlun
* Talal Al-Meshal
* Yasser Al-Qahtani
* Ibrahim Sowed
* Mohamed Omer
* Phan Văn Tài Em
2 goals
* Husain Ali
* Talal Yousef
* Li Xiaopeng
* Shao Jiayi
* Chu Siu Kei
* Renedy Singh
* Arash Borhani
* Reza Enayati
* Vahid Hashemian
* Javad Nekounam
* Ebrahim Taghipour
* Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht
* Ahmad Mnajed
* Salih Sadir
* Takashi Fukunishi
* Tatsuhiko Kubo
* Yuji Nakazawa
* Bashar Abdullah
* Faraj Laheeb
* Musaed Neda
* Ali Ashfaq
* An Yong-hak
* Kim Yong-su
* Mohammed Al-Hinai
* Amad Ali
* Khalifa Ayil
* Ahmed Mubarak
* Taysir Amer
* Safwan Habaib
* Sayed Ali Bechir
* Waleed Hamzah
* Waleed Jassem
* Mubarak Mustafa
* Indra Sahdan Daud
* Kim Do-heon
* Lee Dong-gook
* Yousef Sheikh Al-Eshreh
* Raja Rafe
* Pirmurod Burkhanov
* Kiatisuk Senamuang
* Wladimir Baýramow
* Server Djeparov
* Alexander Geynrikh
* Leonid Koshelev
* Maksim Shatskikh
* Ali Al Nono
1 goal
* Mohamed Husain
* Sayed Mahfoodh
* Duaij Naser Abdulla
* Li Weifeng
* Sun Jihai
* Xu Yunlong
* Yu Genwei
* Wong Chun Yue
* Ng Wai Chiu
* Kwok Yue Hung
* Elie Aiboy
* Ismed Sofyan
* Budi Sudarsono
* Mehdi Mahdavikia
* Nashat Akram
* Saad Attiya
* Hussam Fawzi
* Younis Mahmoud
* Emad Mohammed
* Ahmad Salah Alwan
* Jassim Swadi
* Toshiya Fujita
* Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
* Shunsuke Nakamura
* Mitsuo Ogasawara
* Shinji Ono
* Naohiro Takahara
* Keiji Tamada
* Abdel-Hadi Al-Maharmeh
* Haitham Al-Shboul
* Hatem Aqel
* Awad Ragheb
* Mo'ayyad Salim
* Mustafa Shehdeh
* Mahmoud Shelbaieh
* Fahad Al Hamad
* Hamad Al Harbi
* Khalaf Al-Salamah
* Waleed Ali
* Nawaf Humaidan
* Hussain Seraj
* Vyacheslav Amin
* Valeri Berezovsky
* Sergey Chikishev
* Azamat Ishenbaev
* Emil Kenjisariev
* Phutthadavong Chanthalome
* Visay Phaphouvanin
* Sengphet Thongphachan
* Faisal Antar
* Mahmoud Chahoud
* Khaled Hamieh
* Haitham Zein
* Mohd Amri Yahyah
* Rosdi Talib
* Ibrahim Fazeel
* Ahmed Thoriq
* Ali Umar
* Ri Han-jae
* Ri Hyok-chol
* Sin Yong-nam
* Ahmed Hadid Al-Mukhaini
* Yousuf Shaaban
* Ziyad Al-Kord
* Francisco Atura
* Ahmed Keshkesh
* Imad Zatara
* Meshal Abdullah
* Nayef Mubarak Al-Khater
* Saad Al-Shammari
* Nasser Kamil Mubarak
* Bilal Mohammed
* Wesam Rizik
* Mohammed Salem Al-Mal
* Hussein Abdulghani
* Saad Al-Harthi
* Mohammad Al-Shalhoub
* Fahad Fallata
* Mohammed Noor
* Khairul Amri
* Ahn Jung-hwan
* Cha Du-ri
* Cho Byung-kuk
* Choi Jin-cheul
* Lee Chun-soo
* Chandradasa Karunaratne
* Rathnayake Mudyanselage
* Isuru Perera
* Dudley Steinwall
* Jehad Al Hussain
* Mohamad Yehya Al Rashed
* Meaataz Kailouni
* Mansurdzhon Hakimov
* Akmal Kholmatov
* Yusuf Rabiev
* Sarayoot Chaikamdee
* Therdsak Chaiman
* Nontapan Jeansatawong
* Anon Nanok
* Niweat Siriwong
* Sutee Suksomkit
* Nirut Surasiang
* Döwlet Baýramow
* Nazar Baýramow
* Gurbangeldi Durdyýew
* Begençmuhammet Kulyýew
* Artýom Nazarow
* Guwançmuhammet Öwekow
* Rashid Abdulrahman
* Saleh Obaid
* Mohamed Rashid
* Bakhtiyor Ashurmatov
* Marat Bikmoev
* Vladimir Shishelov
* Anvarjon Soliev
* Nguyễn Minh Hải
* Phạm Văn Quyến
* Radwan Abduljabar
* Akram Al-Selwi
* Saleh Al-Shehri
* Fathi Jaber
1 own goal
* Yahya Golmohammadi (against Qatar)
* Nitsavong Khoupachansy (against Iran)