Saudi Arabia v Spain, 23 June 2006

Score	1-0 to Spain
Referee	Coffi Codjia
Competition	FIFA World Cup Finals group H
Venue	Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern
Attendance	46,000

View Saudi Arabia v Spain head to head

KICK-OFF: 3.00pm BST This was Saudi Arabia's first meeting with Spain at 'A' international level although they did meet at the 1996 Olympics and in the 1985 World Youth Cup.

1 Spain

Manager: Luis Aragones

Goals:

Juanito

Starting lineup:

Goalkeeper Mabrouk Zaid

Defender Hamad Al Montashari

Defender Ahmed Dokhi

Defender Hussein Sulaimani

Defender Redah Tukar

Midfielder Abdulaziz Al-Khathran

Midfielder Khaled Aziz

Midfielder Saud Khariri

Midfielder Mohammed Noor

Forward Saad Al Harthi

Forward Sami Al-Jaber (captain)

Starting lineup:

Cañizares Goalkeeper

Antonio López Defender

Juanito Defender

Marchena Defender

Míchel Salgado Defender

Albelda Midfielder

Cesc Fàbregas Midfielder

Iniesta Midfielder

Joaquín Midfielder

Raúl Forward (captain)

Reyes Forward

Substitutions:

Nawaf Al-Temyat for Khaled Aziz	13
Malek Mouath for Sami Al-Jaber	68
Mohammad Massad for Hussein Sulaimani	81

Substitutions:

David Villa for Raúl	46
Xavi for Cesc Fàbregas	66
Fernando Torres for Reyes	70

Cards:

Sami Al-Jaber	27	Y
Nawaf Al-Temyat	77	Y

Cards:

Albelda	30	Y
Reyes	35	Y
Marchena	75	Y

On the bench:

Defender Mohammad Massad

Midfielder Nawaf Al-Temyat

Forward Malek Mouath

On the bench:

Midfielder Xavi

Forward David Villa

Forward Fernando Torres

Comments:

Saudi Arabia finish bottom of Group H. Hussein Sulimani made his 100th appearance for Saudi Arabia in this game.

Comments:

Spain finish as winners of Group H with a 100% record. This is the third time they have won all three group games at a World Cup finals following 1950 and 2002. Spain remain unbeaten in their last 25 matches and have yet to lose under coach Luis Aragones. Their longest unbeaten run is 31 matches between September 1994 and January 1998.