# 2006 FIFA World Cup Group H

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

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Spain | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | +7 | 9 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Ukraine | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 6 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | −3 | 1 | |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 1 | |
* 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

| Spain | 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 | Xabi Alonso | 55' |
| LM | 8 | Xavi |
| RF | 21 | David Villa | 55' |
| CF | 11 | Luis García | 77' |
| LF | 9 | Fernando Torres |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 6 | David Albelda | 55' |
| FW | 7 | Raúl | 55' |
| MF | 18 | Cesc Fàbregas | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Luis Aragonés ||
| GK | 1 | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi |
| RB | 5 | Volodymyr Yezerskiy | 52' |
| CB | 17 | Vladyslav Vashchuk | 47' |
| CB | 6 | Andriy Rusol | 17' |
| LB | 2 | Andriy Nesmachnyi |
| RM | 9 | Oleh Husyev | | 46' |
| CM | 4 | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk |
| CM | 14 | Andriy Husin | | 46' |
| LM | 21 | Ruslan Rotan | | 63' |
| SS | 10 | Andriy Voronin |
| CF | 7 | Andriy Shevchenko (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Oleh Shelayev | | 46' |
| FW | 16 | Andriy Vorobey | | 46' |
| FW | 11 | Serhii Rebrov | | 63' |
| Manager: ||
| Oleg Blokhin ||
* Spain beat Ukraine 4-0 in Group H
* 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

| Tunisia | Saudi Arabia |
| GK | 1 | Ali Boumnijel |
| RB | 6 | Hatem Trabelsi |
| CB | 15 | Radhi Jaïdi |
| CB | 3 | Karim Haggui | 35' |
| LB | 18 | David Jemmali |
| RM | 13 | Riadh Bouazizi (c) | 36' | 55' |
| CM | 12 | Jawhar Mnari |
| LM | 14 | Adel Chedli | 65' | 69' |
| AM | 20 | Hamed Namouchi |
| CF | 5 | Ziad Jaziri |
| CF | 9 | Yassine Chikhaoui | 79' | 82' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Mehdi Nafti | | 55' |
| MF | 10 | Kaies Ghodhbane | | 69' |
| DF | 2 | Karim Essediri | | 82' |
| 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 | Mohammed Noor | 74' |
| AM | 18 | Nawaf Al-Temyat | 67' |
| CF | 20 | Yasser Al-Qahtani | 82' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 23 | Malek Mouath | 67' |
| MF | 7 | Mohammed Ameen | 74' |
| FW | 9 | Sami Al-Jaber | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Marcos Paquetá ||
* Saudi Arabia and Tunisia share dramatic draw in Group H
* 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

| Saudi Arabia | Ukraine |
| GK | 21 | Mabrouk Zaid |
| RB | 2 | Ahmed Dokhi | 41' | 55' |
| CB | 3 | Redha Tukar |
| CB | 4 | Hamad Al-Montashari |
| LB | 13 | Hussein Sulaimani (c) |
| RM | 6 | Omar Al-Ghamdi | 57' |
| CM | 7 | Mohammed Ameen | | 55' |
| CM | 16 | Khaled Aziz |
| CM | 8 | Mohammed Noor | | 77' |
| LM | 14 | Saud Kariri | 73' |
| CF | 20 | Yasser Al-Qahtani |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 23 | Malek Mouath | | 55' |
| DF | 12 | Abdulaziz Khathran | | 55' |
| FW | 9 | Sami Al-Jaber | | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Marcos Paquetá ||
| GK | 1 | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi |
| CB | 22 | Vyacheslav Sviderskyi | 89' |
| CB | 6 | Andriy Rusol |
| CB | 2 | Andriy Nesmachnyi | 22' |
| RM | 9 | Oleh Husyev |
| CM | 11 | Serhii Rebrov | | 71' |
| CM | 4 | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk |
| CM | 8 | Oleh Shelayev |
| LM | 19 | Maksym Kalynychenko | 77' |
| SS | 10 | Andriy Voronin | | 79' |
| CF | 7 | Andriy Shevchenko (c) | | 86' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 21 | Ruslan Rotan | | 71' |
| MF | 14 | Andriy Husin | | 79' |
| FW | 15 | Artem Milevskyi | | 86' |
| Manager: ||
| Oleg Blokhin ||
* Ukraine beats Saudi Arabia 4-0 in Group H
* 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

| Spain | Tunisia |
| GK | 1 | Iker Casillas (c) |
| RB | 15 | Sergio Ramos |
| CB | 22 | Pablo Ibáñez |
| CB | 5 | Carles Puyol | 30' |
| LB | 3 | Mariano Pernía |
| RM | 16 | Marcos Senna | | 46' |
| CM | 14 | Xabi Alonso |
| LM | 8 | Xavi |
| RF | 21 | David Villa | | 57' |
| CF | 11 | Luis García | | 46' |
| LF | 9 | Fernando Torres |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 7 | Raúl | | 46' |
| MF | 18 | Cesc Fàbregas | 89' | 46' |
| MF | 17 | Joaquín | | 57' |
| Manager: ||
| Luis Aragonés ||
| GK | 1 | Ali Boumnijel |
| RB | 6 | Hatem Trabelsi | 40' |
| CB | 15 | Radhi Jaïdi | 70' |
| CB | 3 | Karim Haggui |
| LB | 19 | Anis Ayari | 32' | 57' |
| RM | 13 | Riadh Bouazizi (c) | | 57' |
| CM | 20 | Hamed Namouchi |
| CM | 8 | Mehdi Nafti |
| CM | 12 | Jawhar Mnari | 90+3' |
| LM | 14 | Adel Chedli | | 80' |
| CF | 5 | Ziad Jaziri | 85' |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 4 | Alaeddine Yahia | | 57' |
| MF | 10 | Kaies Ghodhbane | | 57' |
| FW | 7 | Haykel Guemamdia | 81' | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Roger Lemerre ||
* Spain passes Tunisia test to win 3-1 in Group H
* 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

| Saudi Arabia | 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 | Khaled Aziz | | 13' |
| LM | 13 | Hussein Sulaimani | | 81' |
| CF | 11 | Saad Al-Harthi |
| CF | 9 | Sami Al-Jaber (c) | 27' | 68' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 18 | Nawaf Al-Temyat | 77' | 13' |
| FW | 23 | Malek Mouath | | 68' |
| DF | 19 | Mohammad Massad | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Marcos Paquetá ||
| GK | 19 | Santiago Cañizares |
| RB | 2 | Míchel Salgado |
| CB | 20 | Juanito |
| CB | 4 | Carlos Marchena | 75' |
| LB | 12 | Antonio López |
| CM | 18 | Cesc Fàbregas | | 66' |
| CM | 6 | David Albelda | 30' |
| CM | 13 | Andrés Iniesta |
| RF | 17 | Joaquín |
| CF | 7 | Raúl (c) | | 46' |
| LF | 10 | José Antonio Reyes | 35' | 70' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 21 | David Villa | | 46' |
| MF | 8 | Xavi | | 66' |
| FW | 9 | Fernando Torres | | 70' |
| Manager: ||
| Luis Aragonés ||
* Spain edge out Saudi Arabia 1-0 in Group H
* 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

| Ukraine | Tunisia |
| GK | 1 | Oleksandr Shovkovskyi |
| CB | 22 | Vyacheslav Sviderskyi | 18' |
| CB | 6 | Andriy Rusol | 65' |
| CB | 2 | Andriy Nesmachnyi |
| RM | 9 | Oleh Husyev |
| CM | 11 | Serhii Rebrov | | 55' |
| CM | 4 | Anatoliy Tymoshchuk | 61' |
| CM | 8 | Oleh Shelayev | 47' |
| LM | 19 | Maksym Kalynychenko | | 75' |
| SS | 10 | Andriy Voronin |
| CF | 7 | Andriy Shevchenko (c) | | 88' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 16 | Andriy Vorobey | | 55' |
| MF | 14 | Andriy Husin | | 75' |
| FW | 15 | Artem Milevskyi | | 88' |
| Manager: ||
| Oleg Blokhin ||
| GK | 1 | Ali Boumnijel |
| RB | 6 | Hatem Trabelsi |
| CB | 15 | Radhi Jaïdi | 90' |
| CB | 3 | Karim Haggui |
| LB | 19 | Anis Ayari |
| RM | 13 | Riadh Bouazizi (c) | 43' | 79' |
| CM | 8 | Mehdi Nafti | | 90+1' |
| CM | 20 | Hamed Namouchi |
| CM | 12 | Jawhar Mnari |
| LM | 14 | Adel Chedli | | 79' |
| CF | 5 | Ziad Jaziri | 9' 45+1' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 11 | Francileudo Santos | | 79' |
| FW | 17 | Chaouki Ben Saada | | 79' |
| MF | 10 | Kaies Ghodhbane | | 90+1' |
| Manager: ||
| Roger Lemerre ||
* Ukraine advance after win against Tunisia in Group H
* 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)