World Cup Warm-up International Friendlies

— Matches in May 2006

wc	When	Friendly Matches in May 2006	Where

	02⁄05⁄2006	Poland 0 x 1 Lithuania	Poland (Belchatow)
	05⁄05⁄2006	Mexico 1 x 0 Venezuela	United States (Los Angeles)
	09⁄05⁄2006	Japan 1 x 2 Bulgaria	Japan (Osaka) Kirin Cup
	10⁄05⁄2006	Trinidad and Tobago 1 x 1 Peru	Trinidad and Tobago (Port of Spain)
	11⁄05⁄2006	Belgium 2 x 1 Saudi Arabia	Netherlands (Sittard)
	12⁄05⁄2006	Mexico 2 x 1 Democratic Republic of Congo	Mexico (Mexico City)
	13⁄05⁄2006	Japan 0 x 0 Scotland	Japan (Saitama) Kirin Cup
	14⁄05⁄2006	Poland 4 x 0 Faroe Islands	Poland (Wronki)
		Saudi Arabia 1 x 0 Togo	Netherlands (Sittard)
	23⁄05⁄2006	Austria 1 x 4 Croatia	Austria (Vienna)
		South Korea 1 x 1 Senegal	South Korea (Seoul)
		United States 0 x 1 Morocco	United States (Nashville)
	24⁄05⁄2006	Ecuador 1 x 1 Colombia	United States (East Rutherford)
		Norway 2 x 2 Paraguay	Norway (Oslo)
	25⁄05⁄2006	Australia 1 x 0 Greece	Australia (Melbourne)
		Sweden 0 x 0 Finland	Sweden (Göteborg)
	26⁄05⁄2006	Czech Republic 2 x 0 Saudi Arabia	Austria (Innsbruck)
		South Korea 2 x 0 Bosnia and Herzegovina	South Korea (Seoul)
		Turkey 1 x 1 Ghana	Germany (Bochum)
		United States 2 x 0 Venezuela	United States (Cleveland)
	27⁄05⁄2006	Denmark 1 x 1 Paraguay	Denmark (Århus)
		France 1 x 0 Mexico	France (Saint-Denis)
		Germany 7 x 0 Luxembourg	Germany (Freiburg)
		Netherlands 1 x 0 Cameroon	Netherlands (Rotterdam)
		Portugal 4 x 1 Cape Verde Islands	Portugal (Évora)
		Serbia and Montenegro 1 x 1 Uruguay	Serbia and Montenegro (Belgrade)
		Spain 0 x 0 Russia	Spain (Albacete)
		Switzerland 1 x 1 Côte d'Ivoire	Switzerland (Basel)
		Wales 2 x 1 Trinidad and Tobago	Austria (Graz)
	28⁄05⁄2006	Croatia 2 x 2 Iran	Croatia (Osijek)
		Macedonia 2 x 1 Ecuador	Spain (Madrid)
		Ukraine 4 x 0 Costa Rica	Ukraine (Kiev)
		United States 1 x 0 Latvia	United States (East Hartford)
		Brazil 13 x1 Fluminense U-20	Switzerland (Weggis)
	29⁄05⁄2006	Jamaica 1 x 4 Ghana	England (Leicester)
	30⁄05⁄2006	Argentina 2 x 0 Angola	Italy (Salerno)
		Côte d'Ivoire 1 x 1 Chile	France (Vittel)
		Czech Republic 1 x 0 Costa Rica	Czech Republic (Jablonec nad Nisou)
		England 3 x 1 Hungary	England (Manchester)
		Germany 2 x 2 Japan	Germany (Leverkusen)
		Poland 1 x 2 Colombia	Poland (Chorzow)
		Tunisia 3 x 0 Belarus	Tunisia (Radès) LG Cup, Semi Final
		Brazil 8 x 0 FC Luzern (+local players)	Switzerland (Luzern)
	31⁄05⁄2006	France 2 x 0 Denmark	France (Lens)
		Georgia 0 x 1 Paraguay	Austria (Dornbirn)
		Iran 5 x 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina	Iran (Tehran)
		Slovenia 3 x 1 Trinidad and Tobago	Slovenia (Celje
		Switzerland 1 x 1 Italy	Switzerland (Genève)
		Turkey 1 x 0 Saudi Arabia	Germany (Offenbach)

Flags, above: nations playing the 2006 World Cup finals in Germany.

FC Lucern (+local players): Zibung (Greco); Lambert, Meyer (Baden), Dal Santo (Nordine) e Diethelm; Mehmeti, Righetti (Makuka), Scwegler (De Napoli) e Andreoli (Malige); Tchouga (Ratinho) and Tiamoah – Coach: Thomas Wiss

Fluminense U-20 (from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) happened to be at hand, in Weggis, and was thus used for a warm-up match: that U-20 team was in Switzerland (from May 24 to June 4, 2006) for two international tournaments (Blue Stars Youth Cup & Monthey Tournament–the latter won by the Fluminense boys, who were runner-up in the former). Remarkably, the youngsters managed to score a goal, which neither the professional players from Luzern (see right above), nor the New Zealand squad (see next page) did, when they played warm-up matches against Brazil.

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1	GER: Germany	ENG: England	ARG: Argentina	MEX: Mexico	1
2	CRC: Costa Rica	PAR: Paraguay	CIV: Côte d'Ivoire	IRN: Iran	2
3	POL: Poland	TRI: Trinidad and Tobago	SCG: Serbia and Montenegro	ANG: Angola	3
4	ECU: Ecuador	SWE: Sweden	NED: Netherlands	POR: Portugal	4

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1	ITA: Italy	BRA: Brazil	FRA: France	ESP: Spain	1
2	GHA: Ghana	CRO: Croatia	SUI: Switzerland	UKR: Ukraine	2
3	USA: United States	AUS: Australia	KOR: Korea Republic	TUN: Tunisia	3
4	CZE: Czech Republic	JPN: Japan	TOG: Togo	KSA: Saudi Arabia	4

Abbreviations, above: used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook.
Numbers 1-4, above, correspond to the numbering used for the Groups drawing,
in Leipzig (2005), number one being the seed.squad, in each Group.

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