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2006 FIFA World Cup statistics

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These are the statistics for the 2006 FIFA World Cup which took place in Germany.

Contents

Goalscorers

Miroslav Klose was given the Golden Boot award for scoring five goals in the World Cup.

5 goals
  • Miroslav Klose
    • 3 goals
    2 goals
    1 goal
    Own goals
  • Cristian Zaccardo (against the United States)
  • Carlos Gamarra (against England)
  • Petit (against Germany)
  • Brent Sancho (against Paraguay)

    • Assists

    Juan Román Riquelme provided the most assists during the tournament.

    4 assists
    3 assists
    2 assists
    1 assist

    Source: FIFA

    Scoring

    Overall
  • Total number of goals scored: 147
  • Average goals per match: 2.30
  • Total number of braces: 15
    Bartosz Bosacki, Omar Bravo, Tim Cahill, Aruna Dindane, Miroslav Klose (2), Lukas Podolski, Maxi Rodríguez, Ronaldo, Tomáš Rosický, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Luca Toni, Fernando Torres, David Villa, Paulo Wanchope
  • Total number of hat-tricks: 0
  • Total number of penalty kicks awarded: 17
  • Total number of penalty kicks scored: 13
    Stephen Appiah, Aruna Dindane, Bonaventure Kalou, Craig Moore, Cristiano Ronaldo, Andriy Shevchenko, Simão, Fernando Torres, Francesco Totti, David Villa (2), Zinedine Zidane (2)
  • Total number of penalty kicks missed or saved: 4
    Omar Bravo, Asamoah Gyan, Henrik Larsson, Darijo Srna
  • Penalty kick success rate: 7001764700000000000♠76.47%
  • Own goals scored: 4
    Carlos Gamarra, Petit, Brent Sancho, Cristian Zaccardo
    • Timing
  • First goal of the tournament: Philipp Lahm for Germany against Costa Rica
  • First brace of the tournament: Miroslav Klose for Germany against Costa Rica
  • Last goal of the tournament: Marco Materazzi for Italy against France
  • Last brace of the tournament: Bastian Schweinsteiger for Germany against Portugal
  • Fastest goal in a match from kickoff: 2nd minute (1:08)
    Asamoah Gyan for Ghana against Czech Republic
  • Fastest goal in a match after coming on as a substitute: 2 minutes
    Sami Al-Jaber for Saudi Arabia against Tunisia (introduced in the 82nd minute), Fred for Brazil against Australia (introduced in the 88th minute)
  • Latest goal in a match without extra time: 90+5th minute
    Francesco Totti for Italy against Australia
  • Latest goal in a match with extra time: 120+1st minute
    Alessandro Del Piero for Italy against Germany
  • Latest winning goal in a match without extra time: 90+5th minute
    Francesco Totti for Italy against Australia
  • Latest winning goal in a match with extra time: 119th minute
    Fabio Grosso for Italy against Germany
  • Shortest time difference between two goals scored by the same team in a match: 3 minutes (2:07)
    Fabio Grosso and Alessandro Del Piero for Italy against Germany
    • Teams
  • Most goals scored by a team: 14
    Germany
  • Fewest goals scored by a team: 0
    Trinidad and Tobago
  • Most goals conceded by a team: 10
    Serbia and Montenegro
  • Fewest goals conceded by a team: 0
    Switzerland
  • Best goal difference: +10
    Italy
  • Worst goal difference: –8
    Serbia and Montenegro
  • Most goals scored in a match by both teams: 6
    Germany 4–2 Costa Rica, Argentina 6–0 Serbia and Montenegro
  • Most goals scored in a match by one team: 6
    Argentina against Serbia and Montenegro
  • Most goals scored in a match by the losing team: 2
    Costa Rica against Germany, Serbia and Montenegro against Ivory Coast
  • Biggest margin of victory: 6 goals
    Argentina 6–0 Serbia and Montenegro
  • Most clean sheets achieved by a team: 5
    Italy
  • Fewest clean sheets achieved by a team: 0
    Australia, Costa Rica, Iran, Ivory Coast, Poland, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, South Korea, Togo, Tunisia, United States
  • Most clean sheets given by an opposing team: 3
    Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine
  • Fewest clean sheets given by an opposing team: 0
    Italy, Ivory Coast, Spain
  • Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a team: 4
    Italy, Switzerland
  • Most consecutive clean sheets given by an opposing team: 3
    Trinidad and Tobago
    • Individual
  • Most goals scored by an individual: 5
    Miroslav Klose
  • Most assists given by an individual: 4
    Juan Román Riquelme
  • Most goals and assists produced by an individual: 6
    Miroslav Klose (5 goals, 1 assist)
  • Most clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper: 5
    Gianluigi Buffon
  • Fewest clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper: 0
    Kossi Agassa, Boubacar Barry, Artur Boruc, Ali Boumnijel, Kelvin Jack, Dragoslav Jevrić, Oliver Kahn, Zeljko Kalac, Kasey Keller, Lee Woon-Jae, Ebrahim Mirzapour, José Porras, Mark Schwarzer, Jean-Jacques Tizié, Justo Villar, Mabrouk Zaid
  • Most consecutive clean sheets achieved by a goalkeeper: 4
    Gianluigi Buffon, Pascal Zuberbühler
  • Most goals scored by one player in a match: 2
    Miroslav Klose for Germany against Costa Rica, Paulo Wanchope for Costa Rica against Germany, Omar Bravo for Mexico against Iran, Tomáš Rosický for Czech Republic against United States, Tim Cahill for Australia against Japan, Ronaldo for Brazil against Japan, David Villa for Spain against Ukraine, Fernando Torres for Spain against Tunisia, Miroslav Klose for Germany against Ecuador, Bartosz Bosacki for Poland against Costa Rica, Maxi Rodríguez for Argentina against Serbia and Montenegro, Aruna Dindane for Ivory Coast against Serbia and Montenegro, Lukas Podolski for Germany against Sweden, Luca Toni for Italy against Ukraine, Bastian Schweinsteiger for Germany against Portugal
  • Oldest goal scorer: 35 years, 3 months and 24 days
    Carlos Gamarra (own goal) for Paraguay against England
  • Youngest goal scorer: 18 years, 11 months and 23 days
    Lionel Messi for Argentina against Serbia and Montenegro

    • Wins and losses

  • Most wins: 5 – Germany, Italy
  • Fewest wins: 0 – Angola, Costa Rica, Croatia, Iran, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Serbia and Montenegro, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, United States
  • Most losses: 3 – Costa Rica, Serbia and Montenegro, Togo
  • Fewest losses: 0 – Argentina, England, France, Italy, Switzerland
  • Most draws: 3 – France
  • Fewest draws: 0 – Brazil, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Paraguay, Poland, Serbia and Montenegro, Spain, Togo
  • Most points in the group stage: 9 – Brazil, Germany, Portugal, Spain
  • Fewest points in the group stage: 0 – Costa Rica, Serbia and Montenegro, Togo

    • Man of the Match

    Andrea Pirlo was awarded three Man of the Match awards, more than any other player.

    Clean sheets

    Gianluigi Buffon was the winner of the Yashin Award.

    Discipline

  • Total number of yellow cards: 345
  • Average yellow cards per match: 5.39
  • Total number of red cards: 28
  • Average red cards per match: 0.44
  • First yellow card of the tournament:
    Danny Fonseca for Costa Rica against Germany
  • First red card of the tournament:
    Avery John for Trinidad and Tobago against Sweden
  • Fastest yellow card from kick off: 3 minutes
    Jacek Krzynówek for Poland against Germany, Denis Caniza for Paraguay against Sweden
  • Fastest yellow card after coming on as a substitute: 1 minute
    Albert Nađ for Serbia and Montenegro against Ivory Coast (introduced in the 16th minute), Haykel Guemamdia for Tunisia against Spain (introduced in the 80th minute), Louis Saha for France against Brazil (introduced in the 86th minute)
  • Latest yellow card in a match without extra time: 90+4 minutes
    Denny Landzaat for Netherlands against Ivory Coast
  • Latest yellow card in a match with extra time: 119 minutes
    Francisco Fonseca for Mexico against Argentina
  • Fastest dismissal from kick off: 28 minutes
    Daniele De Rossi for Italy against United States
  • Fastest dismissal of a substitute: 30 minutes
    Albert Nađ for Serbia and Montenegro against Ivory Coast (introduced in the 16th minute)
  • Latest dismissal in a match without extra time: 90+3 minutes
    Josip Šimunić for Croatia against Australia
  • Latest dismissal in a match with extra time: 110 minutes
    Zinedine Zidane for France against Italy
  • Shortest time difference between two yellow cards given to the same player: 3 minutes
    Josip Šimunić for Croatia against Australia (booked in the 90th minute and again in the 90+3rd minute)
  • Most yellow cards (team): 24
    Portugal
  • Most red cards (team): 2
    Croatia, Czech Republic, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal, Serbia and Montenegro, United States
  • Fewest yellow cards (team): 5
    Saudi Arabia, United States
  • Most yellow cards (player): 4
    Costinha, Asamoah Gyan
  • Most red cards (player): 1
    Jean-Paul Abalo, Khalid Boulahrouz, Giovanni van Bronckhorst, Costinha, Leandro Cufré, Deco, Daniele De Rossi, Cyril Domoraud, Brett Emerton, Asamoah Gyan, Ziad Jaziri, Avery John, Mateja Kežman, Teddy Lučić, André Macanga, Pablo Mastroeni, Marco Materazzi, Albert Nađ, Luis Ernesto Pérez, Jan Polák, Eddie Pope, Wayne Rooney, Dario Šimić, Josip Šimunić, Radosław Sobolewski, Tomáš Ujfaluši, Vladyslav Vashchuk, Zinedine Zidane
  • Most yellow cards (match): 16
    Portugal vs Netherlands
  • Most red cards (match): 4
    Portugal vs Netherlands
  • Fewest yellow cards (match): 1
    Germany vs Costa Rica, Switzerland vs Ukraine
  • Most cards in one match: 16 yellow cards and 4 red cards
    Portugal vs Netherlands

    • Multiple World Cups

    Scoring at three or more World Cups
    Appearing in four World Cups

    Overall results

    Bold numbers indicate the maximum values in each column.

    By team

    Team(s) rendered in italics represent(s) the host nation(s). The competition's winning team is rendered in bold.
    (1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
    (2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
    (3) – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

    By confederation

    Host nation(s) are situated in the region(s) rendered in italics.
    (1) – Total games lost not counted in total games played (total games lost = total games won)
    (2) – Total number of games drawn (tied) for all teams = Total number of games drawn (tied) ÷ 2 (both teams involved)
    (3) – As per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

    References

    2006 FIFA World Cup statistics Wikipedia
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