Men's World Cup · 2006 · group stage
Japan vs Croatia
A match record linked to its tournament year, national teams, player pages and source-available events.
- Date
- Jun 18, 2006
- Stage
- group stage
- Group
- Group F
- Venue
- Frankenstadion
- City
- Nuremberg
- Attendance
- Not recorded
Goal events
0 recorded goals
The result is recorded, but individual scorer events were not present in the selected source data.
Player sheets
Lineups and squad entries
Squad selection is not the same as an on-field appearance; substitutes are labeled separately.
Japan
Starting lineup
- #5 Tsuneyasu Miyamoto center back
- #7 Hidetoshi Nakata right midfielder
- #8 Mitsuo Ogasawara left midfielder
- #9 Naohiro Takahara center forward
- #10 Shunsuke Nakamura attacking midfielder
- #13 Atsushi Yanagisawa center forward
- #14 Alessandro Santos left back
- #15 Takashi Fukunishi center midfielder
- #21 Akira Kaji right back
- #22 Yuji Nakazawa center back
- #23 Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi goal keeper
Substitutes who appeared
- #16 Masashi Oguro midfielder
- #17 Junichi Inamoto midfielder
- #20 Keiji Tamada forward
Croatia
Starting lineup
- #1 Stipe Pletikosa goal keeper
- #2 Darijo Srna right midfielder
- #3 Josip Šimunić center back
- #4 Robert Kovač center back
- #5 Igor Tudor center midfielder
- #7 Dario Šimić center back
- #8 Marko Babić left midfielder
- #9 Dado Pršo center forward
- #10 Niko Kovač center midfielder
- #17 Ivan Klasnić center forward
- #19 Niko Kranjčar attacking midfielder
Substitutes who appeared
- #14 Luka Modrić midfielder
- #18 Ivica Olić forward
- #22 Ivan Bošnjak forward
Disciplinary record
5 recorded cards
| Minute | Player | Card | Team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21' | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto | Yellow card | Japan |
| 32' | Robert Kovač | Yellow card | Croatia |
| 42' | Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi | Yellow card | Japan |
| 69' | Darijo Srna | Yellow card | Croatia |
| 72' | Alessandro Santos | Yellow card | Japan |
Source: Fjelstul match dataset (pinned CSV). See source notes for provenance and coverage.