Editing 2006 FIFA World Cup (section)

===Group A===
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup Group A}}
In the opening match of the tournament, Germany and [[Costa Rica national football team|Costa Rica]] played a game which ended 4–2 for the host in the highest scoring opening match in the tournament's history. Germany went on to win the Group A after edging [[Poland national football team|Poland]] and breezing past [[Ecuador national football team|Ecuador]] 3–0. Despite the defeat, Ecuador had already joined the host in the Round of 16 having beaten Poland and Costa Rica 2–0 and 3–0, respectively.
{{:2006 FIFA World Cup Group A|transcludesection=standings}}
{{football box
|date = 9 June 2006
|time = 18:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}
|score = 4–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410001?date=2006-06-09/ Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 =
*[[Philipp Lahm|Lahm]] {{goal|6}}
*[[Miroslav Klose|Klose]] {{goal|17||61}}
*[[Torsten Frings|Frings]] {{goal|87}}
|goals2 =
*[[Paulo Wanchope|Wanchope]] {{goal|12||73}}
|stadium = [[Allianz Arena]], [[Munich]]
|attendance = 66,000
|referee = [[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]])}}

{{football box
|date = 9 June 2006
|time = 21:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|POL}}
|score = 0–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410002?date=2006-06-09 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 =
*[[Carlos Tenorio|C. Tenorio]] {{goal|24}}
*[[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|80}}
|stadium = [[Arena AufSchalke]], [[Gelsenkirchen]]
|attendance = 52,000
|referee = [[Toru Kamikawa]] ([[Japan Football Association|Japan]])}}

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{{football box
|date = 14 June 2006
|time = 21:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|GER}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410017?date=2006-06-14 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POL}}
|goals1 =
*[[Oliver Neuville|Neuville]] {{goal|90+1}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Westfalenstadion]], [[Dortmund]]
|attendance = 65,000
|referee = [[Luis Medina Cantalejo]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])}}

{{football box
|date = 15 June 2006
|time = 15:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410018?date=2006-06-15 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CRC}}
|goals1 =
*[[Carlos Tenorio|C. Tenorio]] {{goal|8}}
*[[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|54}}
*[[Iván Kaviedes|Kaviedes]] {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Volksparkstadion]], [[Hamburg]]
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = [[Coffi Codjia]] ([[Benin Football Federation|Benin]])}}

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{{football box
|date = 20 June 2006
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score = 0–3
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410033?date=2006-06-20 Report]
|team2 =  {{fb|GER}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 =
*[[Miroslav Klose|Klose]] {{goal|4||44}}
*[[Lukas Podolski|Podolski]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium = [[Olympiastadion (Berlin)|Olympiastadion]], [[Berlin]]
|attendance = 72,000
|referee = [[Valentin Ivanov (footballer born 1961)|Valentin Ivanov]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]]) }}

{{football box
|date = 20 June 2006
|time = 16:00
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CRC}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://www.fifa.com/fifaplus/en/match-centre/match/17/9741/10172/97410034?date=2006-06-20 Report]
|team2 = {{fb|POL}}
|goals1 =
*[[Rónald Gómez|Gómez]] {{goal|25}}
|goals2 =
*[[Bartosz Bosacki|Bosacki]] {{goal|33||65}}
|stadium = [[Niedersachsenstadion]], [[Hanover]]
|attendance = 43,000
|referee = [[Shamsul Maidin]] ([[Football Association of Singapore|Singapore]]) }}