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List of the Saudi National Team's Records at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
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In 2006, the FIFA World Cup was hosted by Germany. The coach of the Saudi national team was Brazilian Marcos Paqueta. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia's group included Tunisia, Ukraine, and Spain. The Saudi national team tied in its first match in Munich against Tunisia with two goals each, scored by players Yasser al-Qahtani and Sami al-Jaber. After that, in the second match, the Saudi national team met Ukraine, only to lose the match by four goals to nil in Hamburg. Spain won its third match against the Kingdom one-zero in the German city of Kaiserslautern, after which the Saudi national team was eliminated from the tournament.

This was the Saudi national team's fourth consecutive appearance in the World Cup finals.

Some of the Saudi national team's records at the 2006 FIFA World Cup

- Matches played: Three.

- Wins: Zero.

- Losses: Two.

- Draws: One.

- Goals scored by the Saudi national team: Two.

- Goals scored against the Saudi national team: Seven.

- Average goals per game: 0.67.

- Number of yellow cards: Five.

- Number of red cards: Zero.

Saudi players that represented the Saudi national team in the 2006 FIFA World Cup

Mabrouk Zaid, Mohammed al-Deayea, Mohammed Khoujah, Hamad al-Montashari, Rehda Tukar, Saud Kariri, Hussein Abdulghani, Mohammed Nour, Ahmed al-Dokhi, Khaled Aziz, Sami al-Jaber, Malek Mouath, Omar al-Ghamdi, Yasser al-Qahtani, Nawaf al-Temyat, Abdulaziz al-Khathran, Mohammed Amin, Saad al-Harthi, Mohammed Massad, Ahmed al-Bahri, Mohammed al-Shalhoub, Mohammed Eid, and Naif al-Qadi.