Men's World Cup · 2006 · group stage

Italy vs Ghana

A match record linked to its tournament year, national teams, player pages and source-available events.

2–0

Full-time score

Date: Jun 12, 2006
Stage: group stage
Group: Group E
Venue: Niedersachsenstadion
City: Hanover
Attendance: Not recorded

Goal events

2 recorded goals

Minute	Scorer	Credited team	Note
40'	Andrea Pirlo	Italy	—
83'	Vincenzo Iaquinta	Italy	—

Player sheets

Lineups and squad entries

Squad selection is not the same as an on-field appearance; substitutes are labeled separately.

Italy

Starting lineup

#1 Gianluigi Buffon goal keeper
#2 Cristian Zaccardo right back
#3 Fabio Grosso left back
#4 Daniele De Rossi left midfielder
#5 Fabio Cannavaro center back
#9 Luca Toni center forward
#10 Francesco Totti attacking midfielder
#11 Alberto Gilardino center forward
#13 Alessandro Nesta center back
#20 Simone Perrotta right midfielder
#21 Andrea Pirlo center midfielder

Substitutes who appeared

#7 Alessandro Del Piero forward
#15 Vincenzo Iaquinta forward
#16 Mauro Camoranesi midfielder

Ghana

Starting lineup

#3 Asamoah Gyan center forward
#4 Samuel Kuffour center back
#5 John Mensah center back
#6 Emmanuel Pappoe left back
#8 Michael Essien center midfielder
#10 Stephen Appiah right midfielder
#11 Sulley Muntari left midfielder
#14 Matthew Amoah center forward
#15 John Paintsil right back
#18 Eric Addo center midfielder
#22 Richard Kingson goal keeper

Substitutes who appeared

#7 Illiasu Shilla defender
#12 Alex Tachie-Mensah forward
#19 Razak Pimpong forward

Disciplinary record

5 recorded cards

Minute	Player	Card	Team
10'	Daniele De Rossi	Yellow card	Italy
41'	Sulley Muntari	Yellow card	Ghana
62'	Mauro Camoranesi	Yellow card	Italy
65'	Asamoah Gyan	Yellow card	Ghana
88'	Vincenzo Iaquinta	Yellow card	Italy

Referee: Carlos Eugênio SimonRecord ID: M-2006-11Edition: 2006

Source: Fjelstul match dataset (pinned CSV). See source notes for provenance and coverage.