Host Country: Germany
Dates: 9 June – 9 July, 2006
Teams: 32 Groups: 8
Champions: Italy (4th title)
Runners-up: France
Host Country Stamp
Germany
A1
- Jürgen Klinsmann
- 1 Jens Lehmann
- 2 Marcell Jansen
- 3 Arne Friedrich
- 4 Robert Huth
- 6 Jens Nowotny
- 7 Bastian Schweinsteiger
- 8 Torsten Frings
- 9 Mike Hanke
- 10 Oliver Neuville
- 11 Miroslav Klose
- 12 Oliver Kahn
- 13 Michael Ballack
- 14 Gerald Asamoah
- 15 Thomas Hitzlsperger
- 16 Philipp Lahm
- 17 Per Mertesacker
- 18 Tim Borowski
- 19 Bernd Schneider
- 20 Lukas Podolski
- 21 Christoph Metzelder
- 22 David Odonkor
- 23 Timo Hildebrand
Costa Rica
A2
- 19 Álvaro Saborío
- 20 Douglas Sequeira
Poland
A3
- 5 Kamil Kosowski
- 6 Jacek Bąk
- 7 Radosław Sobolewski
- 8 Jacek Krzynówek
- 9 Maciej Żurawski
- 13 Sebastian Mila
- 19 Bartosz Bosacki
- 21 Ireneusz Jeleń
- 22 Łukasz Fabiański
Ecuador
A4
- 4 Ulises de la Cruz
- 9 Félix Borja
England
B1
- 1 Paul Robinson
- 2 Gary Neville
- 3 Ashley Cole
- 4 Steven Gerrard
- 5 Rio Ferdinand
- 6 John Terry
- 7 David Beckham
- 8 Frank Lampard
- 9 Wayne Rooney
- 10 Michael Owen
- 11 Joe Cole
- 12 Sol Campell
- 13 David James
- 14 Wayne Bridge
- 15 Jamie Carragher
- 16 Owen Hargreaves
- 17 Jermaine Jenas
- 18 Michael Carrick
- 19 Aaron Lennon
- 20 Stewart Downing
- 21 Peter Crouch
- 22 Scott Carson
- 23 Theo Walcott
Paraguay
B2
- 9 Roque Santa Cruz
- 18 Nelson Valdez
- 19 Julio dos Santos
Trinidad & Tobago
B3
- Leo Beenhakker
- 15 Kenwyne Jones
- 16 Evans Wise
Sweden
B4
- Lars Lagerbäck
- 2 Mikael Nilsson
- 3 Olof Mellberg
- 4 Teddy Lučić
- 6 Tobias Linderoth
- 7 Niclas Alexandersson
- 8 Anders Svensson
- 9 Freddie Ljungberg
- 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović
- 11 Henrik Larsson
- 12 John Alvbåge
- 13 Petter Hansson
- 15 Karl Svensson
- 17 Johan Elmander
- 18 Mattias Jonson
- 19 Daniel Andersson
- 20 Marcus Allbäck
- 21 Christian Wilhelmsson
- 22 Markus Rosenberg
- 23 Rami Shaaban
Argentina
C1
- 2 Roberto Ayala
- 3 Juan Pablo Sorín
- 4 Fabricio Coloccini
- 6 Gabriel Heinze
- 5 Esteban Cambiasso
- 7 Javier Saviola
- 8 Javier Mascherano
- 9 Hernán Crespo
- 10 Juan Román Riquelme
- 12 Leo Franco
- 13 Lionel Scaloni
- 15 Gabriel Milito
- 16 Pablo Aimar
- 19 Lionel Messi
- 20 Julio Cruz
- 21 Nicolás Burdisso
Ivory Coast
C2
- Henri Michel
- 3 Arthur Boka
- 4 Kolo Touré
- 8 Bonaventure Kalou
- 10 Gilles Yapi Yapo
- 11 Didier Drogba
- 15 Aruna Dindane
- 17 Cyril Domoraud
- 19 Yaya Touré
- 20 Guy Demel
- 21 Emmanuel Eboué
Serbia & Montenegro
C3
- 2 Ivan Ergić
- 3 Ivica Dragutinović
- 5 Nemanja Vidić
- 8 Mateja Kežman
- 9 Savo Milošević
- 10 Dejan Stanković
- 12 Saša Ilić
- 15 Milan Dudić
- 19 Nikola Žigić
- 20 Mladen Krstajić
- 21 Danijel Ljuboja
Netherlands
C4
- Marco van Basten
- 1 Edwin van der Sar
- 2 Kew Jaliens
- 3 Khalid Boulahrouz
- 4 Joris Mathijsen
- 5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst
- 6 Denny Landzaat
- 7 Dirk Kuyt
- 8 Phillip Cocu
- 9 Ruud van Nistelrooy
- 10 Rafael van der Vaart
- 11 Arjen Robben
- 13 André Ooijer
- 14 John Heitinga
- 16 Hedwiges Maduro
- 17 Robin van Persie
- 18 Mark van Bommel
- 20 Wesley Sneijder
- 21 Ryan Babel
- 23 Maarten Stekelenburg
Mexico
D1
- 3 Carlos Salcido
- 4 Rafael Márquez
- 5 Ricardo Osorio
- 18 Andrés Guardado
- 22 Francisco Rodríguez
Iran
D2
- 2 Mehdi Mahdavikia
- 7 Ferydoon Zandi
- 8 Ali Karimi
- 9 Vahid Hashemian
- 10 Ali Daei
Angola
D3
- 7 Paulo Figueiredo
- 15 Rui Marques
- 21 Luís Delgado
Portugal
D4
- 2 Paulo Ferreira
- 4 Ricardo Costa
- 5 Fernando Meira
- 7 Luís Figo
- 8 Amando Petit
- 10 Hugo Viana
- 11 Simão
- 13 Miguel
- 16 Ricardo Carvalho
- 17 Cristiano Ronaldo
- 18 Maniche
- 19 Tiago
- 20 Deco
- 21 Nuno Gomes
Italy
E1
Champions
4th Titles
- Marcello Lippi
- 1 Gianluigi Buffon
- 2 Cristian Zaccardo
- 3 Fabio Grosso
- 4 Daniele De Rossi
- 5 Fabio Cannavaro
- 6 Andrea Barzagli
- 7 Alessandro Del Piero
- 8 Gennaro Gattuso
- 9 Luca Toni
- 10 Francesco Totti
- 11 Alberto Gilardino
- 12 Angelo Peruzzi
- 13 Alessandro Nesta
- 14 Marco Amelia
- 16 Mauro Camoranesi
- 18 Filippo Inzaghi
- 19 Gianluca Zambrotta
- 20 Simone Perrotta
- 21 Andrea Pirlo
- 22 Massimo Oddo
- 23 Marco Materazzi
Ghana
E2
- 2 Hans Sarpei
- 4 Samuel Kuffour
- 5 John Mensah
- 8 Michael Essien
- 9 Derek Boateng
- 10 Stephen Appiah
- 14 Matthew Amoah
- 18 Eric Addo
- 20 Otto Addo
United States
E3
- 1 Tim Howard
- 5 John O'Brien
- 6 Steve Cherundolo
- 10 Claudio Reyna
- 16 Josh Wolff
- 17 DaMarcus Beasley
- 18 Kasey Keller
- 19 Marcus Hahnemann
- 21 Landon Donovan
- 22 Oguchi Onyewu
Czech Republic
E4
- Karel Brückner
- 1 Petr Čech
- 2 Zdeněk Grygera
- 3 Pavel Mareš
- 6 Marek Jankulovski
- 7 Libor Sionko
- 8 Karel Poborský
- 9 Jan Koller
- 10 Tomáš Rosický
- 11 Pavel Nedvěd
- 12 Vratislav Lokvenc
- 13 Martin Jiránek
- 14 David Jarolím
- 15 Milan Baroš
- 16 Jaromír Blažek
- 18 Marek Heinz
- 19 Jan Polák
- 20 Jaroslav Plašil
- 21 Tomáš Ujfaluši
- 22 David Rozehnal
- 23 Antonín Kinský
Brazil
F1
- 1 Dida
- 2 Cafu
- 3 Lúcio
- 4 Juan
- 5 Emerson
- 6 Roberto Carlos
- 7 Adriano
- 8 Kaká
- 9 Ronaldo
- 10 Ronaldinho
- 11 Zé Roberto
- 13 Cicinho
- 14 Luisão
- 15 Cris
- 16 Gilberto
- 19 Juninho Pernambucano
- 21 Fred
- 22 Júlio César
- 23 Robinho
Croatia
F2
- 3 Josip Šimunić
- 4 Robert Kovač
- 5 Igor Tudor
- 6 Jurica Vranješ
- 7 Dario Šimić
- 8 Marko Babić
- 9 Dado Pršo
- 10 Niko Kovač
- 12 Joey Didulica
- 14 Luka Modrić
- 17 Ivan Klasnić
- 18 Ivica Olić
- 21 Boško Balaban
- 23 Tomislav Butina
Australia
F3
- Guus Hiddink
- 1 Mark Schwarzer
- 3 Craig Moore
- 7 Brett Emerton
- 10 Harry Kewell
- 12 Ante Covic
- 14 Scott Chipperfield
- 16 Michael Beauchamp
- 18 Zeljko Kalac
- 19 Joshua Kennedy
- 20 Luke Wilkshire
Japan
F4
- Zico
- 4 Yasuhito Endō
- 5 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
- 7 Hidetoshi Nakata
- 9 Naohiro Takahara
- 10 Shunsuke Nakamura
- 13 Atsushi Yanagisawa
- 14 Alessandro Santos
- 17 Junichi Inamoto
- 18 Shinji Ono
- 21 Akira Kaji
- 22 Yuji Nakazawa
France
G1
- 1 Mickaël Landreau
- 2 Jean-Alain Boumsong
- 3 Eric Abidal
- 4 Patrick Vieira
- 5 William Gallas
- 7 Florent Malouda
- 8 Vikash Dhorasoo
- 9 Sidney Govou
- 10 Zinedine Zidane
- 11 Sylvain Wiltord
- 12 Thierry Henry
- 13 Mikaël Silvestre
- 14 Louis Saha
- 15 Lilian Thuram
- 16 Fabien Barthez
- 17 Gaël Givet
- 19 Willy Sagnol
- 20 David Trezeguet
- 21 Pascal Chimbonda
- 22 Franck Ribéry
- 23 Grégory Coupet
Switzerland
G2
- 1 Pascal Zuberbühler
- 2 Johan Djourou
- 3 Ludovic Magnin
- 4 Philippe Senderos
- 5 Xavier Margairaz
- 6 Johann Vogel
- 7 Ricardo Cabanas
- 8 Raphaël Wicky
- 9 Alexander Frei
- 10 Daniel Gygax
- 11 Marco Streller
- 12 Diego Benaglio
- 13 Stéphane Grichting
- 14 David Degen
- 15 Blerim Džemaili
- 16 Tranquillo Barnetta
- 17 Christoph Spycher
- 18 Mauro Lustrinelli
- 19 Valon Behrami
- 20 Patrick Müller
- 21 Fabio Coltorti
- 22 Hakan Yakin
- 23 Philipp Degen
South Korea
G3
- Dick Advocaat
- 7 Park Ji-sung
- 9 Ahn Jung-hwan
- 11 Seol Ki-hyeon
- 12 Lee Young-pyo
- 14 Lee Chun-soo
- 22 Song Chong-gug
Togo
G4
- 4 Emmanuel Adebayor
- 12 Eric Akoto
- 20 Alaixys Romao
- 23 Assimiou Touré
Spain
H1
- 1 Iker Casillas
- 2 Míchel Salgado
- 3 Mariano Pernía
- 4 Carlos Marchena
- 5 Carles Puyol
- 6 David Albelda
- 7 Raúl
- 8 Xavi
- 9 Fernando Torres
- 10 José Antonio Reyes
- 11 Luis García
- 12 Antonio López
- 13 Andrés Iniesta
- 14 Xabi Alonso
- 15 Sergio Ramos
- 16 Marcos Senna
- 17 Joaquín
- 18 Cesc Fàbregas
- 19 Santiago Cañizares
- 21 David Villa
- 23 Pepe Reina
Ukraine
H2
- Oleg Blokhin
- 4 Anatoliy Tymoshchuk
- 7 Andriy Shevchenko
- 10 Andriy Voronin
- 13 Dmytro Chyhrynskyi
Tunisia
H3
- 1 Ali Boumnijel
- 3 Karim Haggui
- 9 Yassine Chikhaoui
- 11 Francileudo Santos
- 12 Jawhar Mnari
- 14 Adel Chedli
- 18 David Jemmali
Saudi Arabia
H4