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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.
The 2006 FIFA World Cup was the 18th FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football world championship ... though ten players had scored for the team, ...
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At the 2006 FIFA World Cup, Brazil participated for the 18th time in the event. The country remained as the only national team to have participated in every installment of the FIFA World Cup . The Brazilian team reached the quarter-finals, where they were defeated by France , finishing the tournament in the fifth place — for the fourth time ...
England at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. From left to right: Michael Owen, Peter Crouch, John Terry, Frank Lampard, Steven Gerrard, Gary Neville, Ashley Cole, Rio Ferdinand, Paul Robinson and David Beckham. The players of the England national football team in the 2000s have been referred to as a golden generation.
The 2006 FIFA World Player of the Year prize was awarded to the Italian Fabio Cannavaro for the first time. [1] He finished ahead of retired midfielder Zinédine Zidane, who won the Golden Ball at the World Cup and the winner of the 2005 FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho in the final round of voting.
The 2006 FIFA World Cup final was the final match of the 2006 World Cup, the 18th edition of FIFA's competition for national football teams. The match was played at the Olympiastadion in Berlin , Germany, on 9 July 2006, and was contested between Italy and France .
Group A of the 2006 FIFA World Cup was one of eight groups in the opening round of the tournament. The group featured four teams, competition hosts Germany, Costa Rica, Poland and Ecuador. Play began on 9 June with the first game of the tournament between Germany and Costa Rica, with the former attaining a 4–2 victory in the highest scoring ...