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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.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.
Brazil were the defending world champions, but were eliminated by France in the quarter-finals. The 2006 World Cup stands as one of the most watched events in television history, garnering an estimated 26.29 billion times viewed compiled over the course of the tournament. The final attracted an estimated audience of 715.1 million people. [1]
In April 2006, France's Zinedine Zidane, who also played for Spanish league side Real Madrid, announced his retirement from football, saying his playing career would end after the World Cup. [20] In May 2006, a match-fixing scandal in Italy's Serie A league was uncovered, mainly surrounding Juventus, [21] a team to which five of the national ...
2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4; S. Template:France squad 2006 FIFA World Cup This page was last edited on 26 April 2019, at 16:02 (UTC). Text ...
[18] [19] As a result, Desailly became the first player not born in France or the overseas departments and territories to occupy the record. He was overtaken by Lilian Thuram, who broke Desailly's record at the 2006 FIFA World Cup in the team's final group stage match against Togo. [20] [21] He would eventually finish with 142 caps. He is the ...
[82] [83] The national team is one of eight sides to have won the World Cup. [84] France won their first World Cup title in 1998 on home soil by defeating Brazil 3–0 in the final match. [85] In 2006, France finished as runners-up losing 5–3 on penalties to Italy. [86]
For individual squads, see 2006 FIFA World Cup squads. Pages in category "2006 FIFA World Cup players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of ...
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