View source for 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)

{{Infobox international football competition
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| tourney_name   = 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
| year           = 
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| caption        = 
| host countries = 
| dates          = {{nowrap|6 September 2003 – 12 October 2005}}
| num_teams      = 10
| confederations = 1
| matches        = 90
| goals          = 235
| attendance     = 3016252
| top_scorer     = {{fbicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]<br>{{nowrap|(10 goals)}}
| prevseason     = [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2002]]
| nextseason     = [[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)|2010]]
}}
{{Qualification for championships (CONMEBOL)}}
Listed below are the dates and results for the '''[[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification]]''' rounds for '''[[CONMEBOL|South America]]'''.  10 teams took part, all in a single group.  The rules were very simple: the teams would play against each other in a home-and-away basis, with the four teams with most points qualifying to the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]]. The fifth ranked team would have to play-off against the best team from [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC)|Oceania]], with the winner of this play-off also qualifying. For the first time, defending champions [[Brazil national football team|Brazil]] was required to go through the qualifying process and did not automatically qualify for the tournament.

==Standings==
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==Matches==

===Matchday 1===
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{{football box
|id = Ecuador v Venezuela
|date = 6 September 2003
|time = 16:00 [[UTC-5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235438/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33811/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1 = [[Giovanny Espinoza|Espinoza]] {{goal|5}}<br/>[[Carlos Tenorio|C. Tenorio]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance = 14,997
|referee = [[Rubén Selman]] ([[Federación de Fútbol de Chile|Chile]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Argentine v Chile
|date = 6 September 2003
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG|1861}}
|score = 2–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235450/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33813/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = [[Kily González|C. Gonzalez]] {{goal|32}}<br/>[[Pablo Aimar|Aimar]] {{goal|35}}
|goals2 = {{goal|60}} [[Milovan Mirosevic|Mirosević]] <br />{{goal|77}} [[Reinaldo Navia|Navia]] 
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance = 35,372
|referee = [[Ubaldo Aquino]] ([[Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol|Paraguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Peru v Ecuador
|date = 6 September 2003
|time = 20:15 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER}}
|score = 4–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235433/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33809/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1 = [[Nolberto Solano|Solano]] {{goal|34}}<br />[[Andrés Mendoza (Peruvian footballer)|Mendoza]] {{goal|42}}<br />[[Jorge Soto (footballer)|Soto]] {{goal|83}}<br />[[Jefferson Farfán|Farfán]] {{goal|90}}
|goals2 = {{goal|24}} [[Carlos Gamarra|Gamarra]] 
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Lima]]
|attendance = 42,557
|referee = [[Héctor Baldassi]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Uruguay v Bolivia
|date = 7 September 2003
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 5–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090328162555/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33812/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Diego Forlan|Forlan]] {{goal|18}}<br/>[[Javier Chevantón|Chevantón]] {{goal|40||61}}<br/>[[Nelson Abeijon|Abeijon]] {{goal|83}}<br/>[[Carlos Bueno|Bueno]] {{goal|88}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance = 39,253
|referee = [[:fr:Gilberto Hidalgo|Gilberto Hidalgo]] ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Colombia v Brazil
|date = 7 September 2003
|time = 16:15 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023060436/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33810/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 = [[Juan Pablo Ángel|Ángel]] {{goal|38}}
|goals2 = {{goal|22}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]<br/>{{goal|60}} [[Kaká]]
|stadium = [[Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez]], [[Barranquilla]]
|attendance = 47,600
|referee = [[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}

===Matchday 2===
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{{football box
|id = Venezuela v Argentina
|date = 9 September 2003
|time = 19:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score = 0–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071016162958/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33817/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG|1861}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Pablo Aimar|Aimar]] {{goal|7}}<br />[[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|25}}<br />[[César Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|32}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico (Caracas)|Estadio Olímpico]], [[Caracas]]
|attendance = 24,783
|referee = [[Martín Vázquez (referee)|Martín Vázquez]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Chile v Peru
|date = 9 September 2003
|time = 21:15 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071018091748/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33818/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Mauricio Pinilla|Pinilla]] {{goal|35}}<br />[[Arturo Norambuena|Norambuena]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = [[Andrés Mendoza (Peruvian footballer)|Mendoza]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional de Chile|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance = 54,303
|referee = [[Daniel Giménez (footballer, born 1977)|Daniel Giménez]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Bolivia v Colombia
|date = 10 September 2003
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score = 4–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090328164127/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33816/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|COL}}
|goals1 = [[Julio César Baldivieso|Baldivieso]] {{goal|11|pen.}}<br />[[Joaquín Botero|Botero]] {{goal|27||49||59}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance = 23,200
|referee = [[Paulo César de Oliveira]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Paraguay v Uruguay
|date = 10 September 2003
|time = 19:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score = 4–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235454/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33814/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[José Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|26||58||72}}<br />[[Carlos Humberto Paredes|Paredes]] {{goal|53}}
|goals2 = [[Javier Chevantón|Chevantón]] {{goal|24}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance = 15,000
|referee = [[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Brazil v Ecuador
|date = 10 September 2003
|time = 21:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071022052314/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33815/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1 = [[Ronaldinho]] {{goal|13}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Vivaldão]], [[Manaus]]
|attendance = 36,601
|referee = Luis Solórzano ([[Federación Venezolana de Fútbol|Venezuela]]) }}

===Matchday 3===
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{{football box
|id = Uruguay v Chile
|date = 15 November 2003
|time = 15:00 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235509/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33820/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = [[Javier Chevantón|Chevantón]] {{goal|31}}<br />[[Adrián Romero (Uruguayan footballer)|Romero]] {{goal|49}}
|goals2 = [[Rodrigo Meléndez|Meléndez]] {{goal|21}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance = 60,000
|referee = Claudio Martín ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Colombia v Venezuela
|date = 15 November 2003
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235519/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33823/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Juan Arango|Arango]] {{goal|9}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez]], [[Barranquilla]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Carlos Chandía]] ([[Federación de Fútbol de Chile|Chile]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Paraguay v Ecuador
|date = 15 November 2003
|time = 19:15 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235504/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33819/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1 = [[Roque Santa Cruz|Santa Cruz]] {{goal|29}}<br />[[José Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|75}}
|goals2 = [[Edison Méndez|Méndez]] {{goal|58}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance = 12,000
|referee = Juan Carlos Paniagua ([[Federación Boliviana de Fútbol|Bolivia]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Argentina v Bolivia
|date = 15 November 2003
|time = 21:30 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20091020061925/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33822/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Andrés D'Alessandro|D'Alessandro]] {{goal|56}}<br />[[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|61}}<br />[[Pablo Aimar|Aimar]] {{goal|63}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance = 30,042
|referee = [[:fr:Gilberto Hidalgo|Gilberto Hidalgo]] ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Peru v Brazil
|date = 16 November 2003
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071022052319/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33821/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 = [[Nolberto Solano|Solano]] {{goal|57}}
|goals2 = [[Rivaldo]] {{goal|20|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental "U"]], [[Lima]]
|attendance = 70,000
|referee = [[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]]) }}

===Matchday 4===
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{{football box
|id = Venezuela v Bolivia
|date = 18 November 2003
|time = 19:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090328162605/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33824/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[José Manuel Rey|Rey]] {{goal|90}}<br />[[Juan Arango|Arango]] {{goal|90+2}}
|goals2 = [[Joaquín Botero|Botero]] {{goal|60}}
|stadium = [[Estadio José Pachencho Romero]], [[Maracaibo]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = [[:it:Mauricio Reinoso|Mauricio Reinoso]] ([[Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol|Ecuador]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Chile v Paraguay
|date = 18 November 2003
|time = 22:00 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235535/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33827/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Carlos Humberto Paredes|Paredes]] {{goal|30}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional de Chile|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance = 61,923
|referee = [[Gustavo Méndez (referee)|Gustavo Méndez]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Ecuador v Peru
|date = 19 November 2003
|time = 17:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235529/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33826/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance = 34,361
|referee = [[Epifanio González]] ([[Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol|Paraguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Colombia v Argentina
|date = 19 November 2003
|time = 21:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235540/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33828/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}
|goals1 = [[Juan Pablo Ángel|Ángel]] {{goal|47}}
|goals2 = [[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|27}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez]], [[Barranquilla]]
|attendance = 19,034
|referee = [[Carlos Eugênio Simon]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Brazil v Uruguay
|date = 19 November 2003
|time = 21:45 [[UTC−2]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 3–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071020005041/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33825/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Kaká]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|28||87}}
|goals2 = [[Diego Forlán|Forlán]] {{goal|57||76}}<br />[[Gilberto Silva]] {{goal|78|o.g.}}
|stadium = [[Pinheirão]], [[Curitiba]]
|attendance = 28,000
|referee = [[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}

===Matchday 5===
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{{football box
|id = Bolivia v Chile
|date = 30 March 2004
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score = 0–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090328162015/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33831/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Moisés Villarroel (Chilean footballer)|Villarroel]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[Mark González|M. González]] {{goal|59}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = Claudio Martín ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Argentina v Ecuador
|date = 30 March 2004
|time = 20:30 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235556/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33832/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1 = [[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|60}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance = 55,000
|referee = [[Martín Vázquez (referee)|Martín Vázquez]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Uruguay v Venezuela
|date = 31 March 2004
|time = 19:40 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 0–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235547/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33829/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Gabriel Urdaneta|Urdaneta]] {{goal|19}}<br />[[Héctor González (Venezuelan footballer)|H. González]] {{goal|67}}<br />[[Juan Arango|Arango]] {{goal|77}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance = 40,094
|referee = [[René Ortubé]] ([[Federación Boliviana de Fútbol|Bolivia]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Peru v Colombia
|date = 31 March 2004
|time = 21:45 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER}}
|score = 0–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235601/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33833/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|COL}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Freddy Grisales|Grisales]] {{goal|30}}<br />[[Frankie Oviedo|Oviedo]] {{goal|42}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Lima]]
|attendance = 29,325
|referee = [[Márcio Rezende de Freitas]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Paraguay v Brazil
|date = 31 March 2004
|time = 21:45 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071022052324/https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33830/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = [[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]]) }}

===Matchday 6===
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{{football box
|id = Bolivia v Paraguay
|date = 1 June 2004
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090328162025/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33838/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1 = [[Luis Cristaldo|Cristaldo]] {{goal|8}}<br />[[Roger Suárez|Suárez]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2 = [[José Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|33}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance = 23,013
|referee = [[Márcio Rezende de Freitas]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Venezuela v Chile
|date = 1 June 2004
|time = 19:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235611/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33835/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Mauricio Pinilla|Pinilla]] {{goal|83}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo]], [[San Cristóbal, Táchira|San Cristóbal]]
|attendance = 23,040
|referee = [[Carlos Torres (referee)|Carlos Torres]] ([[Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol|Paraguay]]) }}
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{{football box
|id = Uruguay v Peru
|date = 1 June 2004
|time = 21:40 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 1–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235616/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33836/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Diego Forlán|Forlán]] {{goal|72}}
|goals2 = [[Nolberto Solano|Solano]] {{goal|13}}<br />[[Claudio Pizarro|Pizarro]] {{goal|18}}<br />[[Jefferson Farfán|Farfán]] {{goal|61}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = [[Rubén Selman]] ([[Federación de Fútbol de Chile|Chile]]) }}
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{{football box
|id = Ecuador v Colombia
|date = 2 June 2004
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235606/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33834/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|COL}}
|goals1 = [[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|3}}<br />[[Franklin Salas|Salas]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2 = [[Frankie Oviedo|Oviedo]] {{goal|57}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance = 31,484
|referee = [[Héctor Baldassi]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
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{{football box
|id = Brazil v Argentina
|date = 2 June 2004
|time = 21:45 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071020005057/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33903/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}
|goals1 = [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|16|pen.|67|pen.|90+6|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Juan Pablo Sorín|Sorín]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium = [[Mineirão]], [[Belo Horizonte]]
|attendance = 60,000
|referee = [[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]]) }}

===Matchday 7===
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{{football box
|id = Ecuador v Bolivia
|date = 5 June 2004
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score = 3–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090916222643/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33841/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Herman Soliz|Soliz]] {{goal|27|o.g.}}<br />[[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|32}}<br />[[Ulises de la Cruz|de la Cruz]] {{goal|38}}
|goals2 = [[Limberg Gutiérrez (footballer, born 1977)|Gutiérrez]] {{goal|57}}<br />[[José Alfredo Castillo|Castillo]] {{goal|74}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance = 30,020
|referee = Gustavo Brand ([[Federación Venezolana de Fútbol|Venezuela]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Peru v Venezuela
|date = 6 June 2004
|time = 15:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235642/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33843/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Lima]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = [[Jorge Larrionda]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Argentina v Paraguay
|date = 6 June 2004
|time = 15:00 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235637/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33842/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance = 37,000
|referee = [[Carlos Eugênio Simon|Carlos Simon]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Colombia v Uruguay
|date = 6 June 2004
|time = 17:10 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}
|score = 5–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235626/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33840/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Víctor Pacheco (footballer, born 1974)|Pacheco]] {{goal|17||31}}<br />[[Tressor Moreno|Moreno]] {{goal|20}}<br />[[John Restrepo|Restrepo]] {{goal|81}}<br />[[Sergio Herrera (footballer, born 1981)|Herrera]] {{goal|86}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez]], [[Barranquilla]]
|attendance = 7,000
|referee = [[Carlos Amarilla]] ([[Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol|Paraguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Chile v Brazil
|date = 6 June 2004
|time = 21:30 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071022052329/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33839/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 = [[Reinaldo Navia|Navia]] {{goal|89|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[Luís Fabiano]] {{goal|16}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance = 62,503 
|referee = [[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}

===Matchday 8===
----
{{football box
|id = Peru v Argentina
|date = 4 September 2004
|time = 19:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER}}
|score = 1–3
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235704/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33847/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}
|goals1 = [[Jorge Soto (footballer)|Soto]] {{goal|62}}
|goals2 = [[Mauro Rosales|Rosales]] {{goal|14}}<br />[[Fabricio Coloccini|Coloccini]] {{goal|66}}<br />[[Juan Pablo Sorín|Sorín]] {{goal|90+2}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental "U"]], [[Lima]]
|attendance = 28,000
|referee = [[Carlos Eugênio Simon]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Uruguay v Ecuador
|date = 5 September 2004
|time = 15:15 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235658/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33846/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos Bueno|Bueno]] {{goal|57}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance = 28,000
|referee = [[:fr:Gilberto Hidalgo|Gilberto Hidalgo]] ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Brazil v Bolivia
|date = 5 September 2004
|time = 17:10 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090212152119/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33848/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|1}}<br />[[Ronaldinho]] {{goal|12|pen.}}<br />[[Adriano Leite Ribeiro|Adriano]] {{goal|44}}
|goals2 = [[Luis Cristaldo|Cristaldo]] {{goal|48}}
|stadium = [[Estádio do Morumbi]], [[São Paulo]]
|attendance = 60,000
|referee = [[Héctor Baldassi]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Paraguay v Venezuela
|date = 5 September 2004
|time = 18:20 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235647/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33844/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos Gamarra|Gamarra]] {{goal|52}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = [[Gustavo Méndez (referee)|Gustavo Méndez]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Chile v Colombia
|date = 5 September 2004
|time = 21:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235652/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33845/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|COL}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance = 62,523
|referee = [[:it:Wilson de Souza Mendonça|Wilson de Souza Mendonça]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}

===Matchday 9===
----
{{football box
|id = Argentina v Uruguay
|date = 9 October 2004
|time = 15:00 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = 4–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071020014207/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33853/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Lucho González|González]] {{goal|6}}<br />[[Luciano Figueroa|Figueroa]] {{goal|32||54}}<br />[[Javier Zanetti|Zanetti]] {{goal|44}}
|goals2 = [[Cristian Rodríguez|C. Rodríguez]] {{goal|63}}<br />[[Javier Chevantón|Chevantón]] {{goal|86|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance = 50,000
|referee = [[:it:Wilson de Souza Mendonça|Wilson de Souza Mendonça]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Bolivia v Peru
|date = 9 October 2004
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090327060609/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33850/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Joaquín Botero|Botero]] {{goal|56}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance = 23,729
|referee = [[:it:Mauricio Reinoso|Mauricio Reinoso]] ([[Federación Ecuatoriana de Fútbol|Ecuador]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Colombia v Paraguay
|date = 9 October 2004
|time = 17:10 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235715/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33849/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1 = [[Freddy Grisales|Grisales]] {{goal|17}}
|goals2 = [[Diego Gavilán|Gavilán]] {{goal|77}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez]], [[Barranquilla]]
|attendance = 25,000
|referee = [[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Venezuela v Brazil
|date = 9 October 2004
|time = 21:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score = 2–5
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071022052334/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33852/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 = [[Ruberth Morán|Morán]] {{goal|79||90}}
|goals2 = [[Kaká]] {{goal|5||34}}<br />[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|48||50}}<br />[[Adriano Leite Ribeiro|Adriano]] {{goal|75}}
|stadium = [[Estadio José Pachencho Romero]], [[Maracaibo]]
|attendance = 26,133
|referee = [[Carlos Chandía]] ([[Federación de Fútbol de Chile|Chile]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Ecuador v Chile
|date = 10 October 2004
|time = 17:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235727/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33851/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = [[Iván Kaviedes|Kaviedes]] {{goal|49}}<br />[[Edison Méndez|Méndez]] {{goal|64}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance = 27,956
|referee = [[René Ortubé]] ([[Federación Boliviana de Fútbol|Bolivia]]) }}

===Matchday 10===
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{{football box
|id = Bolivia v Uruguay
|date = 12 October 2004
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090328162630/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33856/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance = 24,349
|referee = [[Márcio Rezende de Freitas]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Paraguay v Peru
|date = 13 October 2004
|time = 17:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235733/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33854/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos Humberto Paredes|Paredes]] {{goal|13}}
|goals2 = [[Nolberto Solano|Solano]] {{goal|74|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = [[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Chile v Argentina
|date = 13 October 2004
|time = 20:00 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235752/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33858/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance = 57,671
|referee = [[Carlos Amarilla]] ([[Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol|Paraguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Brazil v Colombia
|date = 13 October 2004
|time = 21:50 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235737/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33855/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|COL}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estádio Rei Pelé]], [[Maceió]]
|attendance = 20,000
|referee = [[Jorge Larrionda]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Venezuela v Ecuador
|date = 14 October 2004
|time = 19:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235747/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33857/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1 = [[Gabriel Urdaneta|Urdaneta]] {{goal|20|pen.}}<br />[[Ruberth Morán|Morán]] {{goal|72||80}}
|goals2 = [[Marlon Ayoví|M. Ayoví]] {{goal|41|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Polideportivo de Pueblo Nuevo]], [[San Cristóbal, Táchira|San Cristóbal]]
|attendance = 13,800
|referee = Eduardo Lecca ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]]) }}

===Matchday 11===
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{{football box
|id = Ecuador v Brazil
|date = 17 November 2004
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071022052339/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33859/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 = [[Edison Méndez|Méndez]] {{goal|77}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance = 38,308
|referee = [[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Colombia v Bolivia
|date = 17 November 2004
|time = 18:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090328162635/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33863/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Mario Yepes|Yepes]] {{goal|18}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez]], [[Barranquilla]]
|attendance = 25,000
|referee = [[Carlos Torres (referee)|Carlos Torres]] ([[Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol|Paraguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Peru v Chile
|date = 17 November 2004
|time = 20:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071018091754/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33861/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = [[Jefferson Farfán|Farfán]] {{goal|56}}<br />[[José Paolo Guerrero|Guerrero]] {{goal|85}}
|goals2 = [[Sebastián González|S. González]] {{goal|90+1}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Lima]]
|attendance = 39,752
|referee = [[Héctor Baldassi]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Uruguay v Paraguay
|date = 17 November 2004
|time = 20:45 [[UTC−2]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235757/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33862/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1 = [[Paolo Montero|Montero]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance = 35,000
|referee = [[Carlos Eugênio Simon|Carlos Simon]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Argentina v Venezuela
|date = 17 November 2004
|time = 21:45 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = 3–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071016163003/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33860/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1 = [[José Manuel Rey|Rey]] {{goal|3|o.g.}}<br />[[Juan Román Riquelme|Riquelme]] {{goal|45+1}}<br />[[Javier Saviola|Saviola]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = [[Ruberth Morán|Morán]] {{goal|31}}<br />[[Leonel Vielma|Vielma]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance = 30,000
|referee = [[:fr:Gilberto Hidalgo|Gilberto Hidalgo]] ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]]) }}

===Matchday 12===
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{{football box
|id = Bolivia v Argentina
|date = 26 March 2005
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090913073945/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33867/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}
|goals1 = [[José Alfredo Castillo|Castillo]] {{goal|49}}
|goals2 = [[Luciano Figueroa|Figueroa]] {{goal|57}}<br />[[Luciano Galletti|Galletti]] {{goal|63}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance = 25,000
|referee = [[Jorge Larrionda]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Venezuela v Colombia
|date = 26 March 2005
|time = 19:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235813/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33865/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|COL}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio José Pachencho Romero]], [[Maracaibo]]
|attendance = 18,000
|referee = [[Carlos Eugênio Simon|Carlos Simon]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Chile v Uruguay
|date = 26 March 2005
|time = 22:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235818/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33866/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Milovan Mirosevic|Mirosević]] {{goal|47}}
|goals2 = [[Mario Regueiro|Regueiro]] {{goal|4}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance = 55,000
|referee = [[Óscar Ruiz (referee)|Óscar Ruiz]] ([[Colombian Football Federation|Colombia]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Brazil v Peru
|date = 27 March 2005
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090213190127/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33868/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Kaká]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estádio Serra Dourada]], [[Goiânia]]
|attendance = 49,163
|referee = [[Carlos Amarilla]] ([[Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol|Paraguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Ecuador v Paraguay
|date = 27 March 2005
|time = 16:10 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score = 5–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235808/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33864/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1 = [[Antonio Valencia|Valencia]] {{goal|32||49}}<br />[[Edison Méndez|Méndez]] {{goal|45+2||47}}<br />[[Marlon Ayoví|M. Ayoví]] {{goal|77|pen.}}
|goals2 = [[José Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|10|pen.}}<br />[[Salvador Cabañas|Cabañas]] {{goal|14}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance = 32,449
|referee = [[Gustavo Méndez (referee)|Gustavo Méndez]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]]) }}

===Matchday 13===
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{{football box
|id = Bolivia v Venezuela
|date = 29 March 2005
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090328164214/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33871/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1 = [[Alejandro Cichero|Cichero]] {{goal|2|o.g.}}<br />[[José Alfredo Castillo|Castillo]] {{goal|25}}<br />[[Joselito Vaca|Vaca]] {{goal|84}}
|goals2 = [[Giancarlo Maldonado|Maldonado]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance = 7,908
|referee = Eduardo Lecca ([[Peruvian Football Federation|Peru]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Paraguay v Chile
|date = 30 March 2005
|time = 19:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235828/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33869/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = [[Gustavo Morínigo|Morínigo]] {{goal|37}}<br />[[José Cardozo|Cardozo]] {{goal|59}}
|goals2 = [[Mauricio Pinilla|Pinilla]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance = 10,000
|referee = [[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Argentina v Colombia
|date = 30 March 2005
|time = 20:00 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235845/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33873/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|COL}}
|goals1 = [[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|65}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = [[Carlos Amarilla]] ([[Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol|Paraguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Peru v Ecuador
|date = 30 March 2005
|time = 20:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER}}
|score = 2–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235835/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33870/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1 = [[José Paolo Guerrero|Guerrero]] {{goal|1}}<br />[[Jefferson Farfán|Farfán]] {{goal|58}}
|goals2 = [[Ulises de la Cruz|de la Cruz]] {{goal|4}}<br />[[Antonio Valencia|Valencia]] {{goal|45}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Lima]]
|attendance = 40,000
|referee = [[Carlos Chandía]] ([[Federación de Fútbol de Chile|Chile]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Uruguay v Brazil
|date = 30 March 2005
|time = 21:30 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071020005046/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33872/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 = [[Diego Forlán|Forlán]] {{goal|48}}
|goals2 = [[Émerson Ferreira da Rosa|Emerson]] {{goal|67}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance = 60,000
|referee = [[Héctor Baldassi]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}

===Matchday 14===
----
{{football box
|id = Colombia v Peru
|date = 4 June 2005
|time = 15:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}
|score = 5–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235906/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33880/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Luis Gabriel Rey|L.G. Rey]] {{goal|29}}<br />[[Elkin Soto|Soto]] {{goal|55}}<br />[[Juan Pablo Ángel|Ángel]] {{goal|58}}<br />[[John Restrepo|Restrepo]] {{goal|75}}<br />[[Edixon Perea Valencia|E. Perea]] {{goal|78}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez]], [[Barranquilla]]
|attendance = 15,000
|referee = [[Carlos Torres (referee)|Carlos Torres]] ([[Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol|Paraguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Ecuador v Argentina
|date = 4 June 2005
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235901/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33879/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}
|goals1 = [[Christian Lara (footballer)|Lara]] {{goal|53}}<br />[[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|89}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance = 37,583
|referee = [[Rubén Selman]] ([[Federación de Fútbol de Chile|Chile]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Venezuela v Uruguay
|date = 4 June 2005
|time = 19:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235850/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33874/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = [[Giancarlo Maldonado|Maldonado]] {{goal|74}}
|goals2 = [[Diego Forlán|Forlán]] {{goal|2}}
|stadium = [[Estadio José Pachencho Romero]], [[Maracaibo]]
|attendance = 12,504
|referee = [[:es:Gabriel Brazenas|Gabriel Brazenas]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Chile v Bolivia
|date = 4 June 2005
|time = 21:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090328163704/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33878/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Luis Fuentes (footballer, born 1971)|Fuentes]] {{goal|8||34}}<br />[[Marcelo Salas|Salas]] {{goal|66}}
|goals2 = [[José Alfredo Castillo|Castillo]] {{goal|83|pen.}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance = 46,729
|referee = [[Márcio Rezende de Freitas]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Brazil v Paraguay
|date = 5 June 2005
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 4–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071022052349/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33881/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1 = [[Ronaldinho]] {{goal|32|pen.|41|pen.}}<br />[[Zé Roberto]] {{goal|70}}<br />[[Robinho]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2 = [[Roque Santa Cruz|Santa Cruz]] {{goal|72}}
|stadium = [[Estádio Beira-Rio]], [[Porto Alegre]]
|attendance = 45,000
|referee = [[Martín Vázquez (referee)|Martín Vázquez]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]]) }}

===Matchday 15===
----
{{football box
|id = Peru v Uruguay
|date = 7 June 2005
|time = 20:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235920/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33883/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional (Lima)|Estadio Nacional]], [[Lima]]
|attendance = 31,515
|referee = [[Héctor Baldassi]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Colombia v Ecuador
|date = 8 June 2005
|time = 15:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235931/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33886/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1 = [[Tressor Moreno|Moreno]] {{goal|5||9}}<br />[[Martín Arzuaga|Arzuaga]] {{goal|70}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez]], [[Barranquilla]]
|attendance = 20,402
|referee = [[Carlos Eugênio Simon]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Chile v Venezuela
|date = 8 June 2005
|time = 19:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 2–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235914/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33882/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1 = [[Luis Antonio Jiménez|Jiménez]] {{goal|31||60}}
|goals2 = [[Ruberth Morán|Morán]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance = 35,506
|referee = [[Carlos Torres (referee)|Carlos Torres]] ([[Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol|Paraguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Paraguay v Bolivia
|date = 8 June 2005
|time = 19:15 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score = 4–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20080623105223/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33884/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Carlos Gamarra|Gamarra]] {{goal|17}}<br />[[Roque Santa Cruz|Santa Cruz]] {{goal|45+1}}<br />[[Julio César Cáceres|Cáceres]] {{goal|54}}<br />[[Jorge Martín Núñez|Núñez]] {{goal|68}}
|goals2 = [[Gonzalo Galindo|Galindo]] {{goal|30}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance = 5,534
|referee = Gustavo Brand ([[Federación Venezolana de Fútbol|Venezuela]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Argentina v Brazil
|date = 8 June 2005
|time = 21:45 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = 3–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071020005051/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33887/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 = [[Hernán Crespo|Crespo]] {{goal|3||40}}<br />[[Juan Román Riquelme|Riquelme]] {{goal|18}}
|goals2 = [[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]] {{goal|71}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance = 49,497
|referee = [[Gustavo Méndez (referee)|Gustavo Méndez]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]]) }}

===Matchday 16===
----
{{football box
|id = Bolivia v Ecuador
|date = 3 September 2005
|time = 15:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score = 1–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090328163720/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33890/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1 = [[Doyle Vaca|Vaca]] {{goal|41}}
|goals2 = [[Agustín Delgado|Delgado]] {{goal|8||49}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance = 8,434
|referee = [[Héctor Baldassi]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Paraguay v Argentina
|date = 3 September 2005
|time = 17:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235946/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33891/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}
|goals1 = [[Roque Santa Cruz|Santa Cruz]] {{goal|14}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance = 32,000
|referee = [[Carlos Eugênio Simon]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Venezuela v Peru
|date = 3 September 2005
|time = 19:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score = 4–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235951/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33892/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Giancarlo Maldonado|Maldonado]] {{goal|17}}<br />[[Juan Arango|Arango]] {{goal|68}}<br />[[José Torrealba|Torrealba]] {{goal|73||79}}
|goals2 = [[Jefferson Farfán|Farfán]] {{goal|63}}
|stadium = [[Estadio José Pachencho Romero]], [[Maracaibo]]
|attendance = 6,000
|referee = [[Márcio Rezende de Freitas]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Brazil v Chile
|date = 4 September 2005
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 5–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071022052355/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33889/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = [[Juan (footballer, born 1979)|Juan]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Robinho]] {{goal|21}}<br />[[Adriano Leite Ribeiro|Adriano]] {{goal|27||29||90+3}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estádio Mané Garrincha]], [[Brasília]]
|attendance = 39,000
|referee = [[Carlos Amarilla]] ([[Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol|Paraguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Uruguay v Colombia
|date = 4 September 2005
|time = 18:20 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 3–2
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235935/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33888/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|COL}}
|goals1 = [[Marcelo Zalayeta|Zalayeta]] {{goal|42||51||86}}
|goals2 = [[Elkin Soto|Soto]] {{goal|79}}<br />[[Juan Pablo Ángel|Ángel]] {{goal|82}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance = 60,000
|referee = [[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}

===Matchday 17===
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{{football box
|id = Ecuador v Uruguay
|date = 8 October 2005
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ECU|1900}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071024000010/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33895/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|URU}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Olímpico Atahualpa]], [[Quito]]
|attendance = 37,270
|referee = [[Márcio Rezende de Freitas]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Colombia v Chile
|date = 8 October 2005
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|COL}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071024000016/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33896/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|CHI}}
|goals1 = [[Luis Gabriel Rey|Rey]] {{goal|24}}
|goals2 = [[Ricardo Francisco Rojas|Rojas]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Metropolitano Roberto Meléndez]], [[Barranquilla]]
|attendance = 22,380
|referee = [[:it:Wilson de Souza Mendonça|Wilson de Souza Mendonça]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Venezuela v Paraguay
|date = 8 October 2005
|time = 17:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|VEN|1930}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071024000021/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33897/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PAR|1990}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Nelson Valdez|Valdez]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium = [[Estadio José Pachencho Romero]], [[Maracaibo]]
|attendance = 13,272
|referee = [[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Bolivia v Brazil
|date = 9 October 2005
|time = 16:00 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BOL}}
|score = 1–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090224131232/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33894/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BRA}}
|goals1 = [[José Alfredo Castillo|Castillo]] {{goal|49}}
|goals2 = [[Juninho Pernambucano|Juninho]] {{goal|25}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Hernando Siles]], [[La Paz]]
|attendance = 22,725
|referee = [[Jorge Larrionda]] ([[Asociación Uruguaya de Fútbol|Uruguay]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Argentina v Peru
|date = 9 October 2005
|time = 19:10 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|ARG}}
|score = 2–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071023235958/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33893/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|PER}}
|goals1 = [[Juan Román Riquelme|Riquelme]] {{goal|81|pen.}}<br />[[Luis Guadalupe|Guadalupe]] {{goal|90+2|o.g.}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Monumental Antonio Vespucio Liberti]], [[Buenos Aires]]
|attendance = 36,977
|referee = [[Carlos Torres (referee)|Carlos Torres]] ([[Asociación Paraguaya de Fútbol|Paraguay]]) }}

===Matchday 18===
----
{{football box
|id = Peru v Bolivia
|date = 12 October 2005
|time = 20:00 [[UTC−5]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PER}}
|score = 4–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20090327060635/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary%3D7302/matches/match%3D33902/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|BOL}}
|goals1 = [[Gustavo Vassallo|Vassallo]] {{goal|11}}<br />[[Santiago Acasiete|Acasiete]] {{goal|38}}<br />[[Jefferson Farfán|Farfán]] {{goal|45||82}}
|goals2 = [[Limberg Gutiérrez (footballer, born 1977)|Gutiérrez]] {{goal|66}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Jorge Basadre]], [[Tacna]]
|attendance = 14,774
|referee = Oscar Sequeira ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Paraguay v Colombia
|date = 12 October 2005
|time = 20:30 [[UTC−4]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|PAR|1990}}
|score = 0–1
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071024000026/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33900/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|COL}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = [[Luis Gabriel Rey|Rey]] {{goal|7}}
|stadium = [[Estadio Defensores del Chaco]], [[Asunción]]
|attendance = 12,374
|referee = [[Márcio Rezende de Freitas]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Brazil v Venezuela
|date = 12 October 2005
|time = 21:30 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|BRA}}
|score = 3–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071022052400/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33899/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|VEN|1930}}
|goals1 = [[Adriano Leite Ribeiro|Adriano]] {{goal|28}}<br />[[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]] {{goal|51}}<br />[[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]] {{goal|61}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Mangueirão]], [[Belém]]
|attendance = 47,000
|referee = [[Héctor Baldassi]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Chile v Ecuador
|date = 12 October 2005
|time = 21:30 [[UTC−3]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|CHI}}
|score = 0–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071024000044/http://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33901/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ECU|1900}}
|goals1 = 
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Nacional Julio Martínez Prádanos|Estadio Nacional]], [[Santiago]]
|attendance = 49,530
|referee = [[Horacio Elizondo]] ([[Argentine Football Association|Argentina]]) }}
----
{{football box
|id = Uruguay v Argentina
|date = 12 October 2005
|time = 22:30 [[UTC−2]]
|team1 = {{fb-rt|URU}}
|score = 1–0
|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20071020014212/http://fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7302/matches/match=33898/report.html Report]
|team2 = {{fb|ARG}}
|goals1 = [[Álvaro Recoba|Recoba]] {{goal|46}}
|goals2 = 
|stadium = [[Estadio Centenario]], [[Montevideo]]
|attendance = 55,000
|referee = [[:it:Wilson de Souza Mendonça|Wilson de Souza Mendonça]] ([[Brazilian Football Confederation|Brazil]]) }}

==Inter-confederation play-offs==
{{main|2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL–OFC play-off)}}

The fifth-placed team then played the winner of the OFC qualifying group, Australia, in a home-and-away play-off. The winner of this play-off qualified for the [[2006 FIFA World Cup]] finals.
{{#lst:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification (inter-confederation play-offs)|playoff2}}

==Qualified teams==
The following four teams from CONMEBOL qualified for the final tournament.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Team
! Qualified as
! Qualified on
! data-sort-type="number"|Previous [[National team appearances in the FIFA World Cup|appearances]] in [[FIFA World Cup]]<sup>'''[[#1|1]]'''</sup>
|-
| {{fb|BRA}} || {{sort|1|Winners}} || {{dts|5 September 2005}} || 17 (all) ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1938 FIFA World Cup|1938]], ''[[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]]'', [[1954 FIFA World Cup|1954]], '''[[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]]''', '''[[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]]''', [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], '''[[1970 FIFA World Cup|1970]]''', [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], [[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]], [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]], '''[[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]]''', [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], '''[[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]]''')
|-
| {{fb|ARG|1861}} || {{sort|2|Runners-up}} || {{dts|8 June 2005|addkey=2}} || 13 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1934 FIFA World Cup|1934]], [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1962 FIFA World Cup|1962]], [[1966 FIFA World Cup|1966]], [[1974 FIFA World Cup|1974]], '''''[[1978 FIFA World Cup|1978]]''''', [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]], '''[[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]]''', [[1990 FIFA World Cup|1990]], [[1994 FIFA World Cup|1994]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|-
| {{fb|ECU|1900}} || {{sort|3|Third place}} || {{dts|8 October 2005}} || 1 ([[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|-
| {{fb|PAR|1990}} || {{sort|4|Fourth place}} || {{dts|8 October 2005}} || 6 ([[1930 FIFA World Cup|1930]], [[1950 FIFA World Cup|1950]], [[1958 FIFA World Cup|1958]], [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], [[1998 FIFA World Cup|1998]], [[2002 FIFA World Cup|2002]])
|}
:<div id="1"><sup>1</sup> '''Bold''' indicates champions for that year. ''Italic'' indicates hosts for that year.</div>

==Goalscorers==
{{Goalscorers
|goals=235 |matches=90

|10 goals=
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldo (Brazilian footballer)|Ronaldo]]

|7 goals=
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Hernán Crespo]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[José Cardozo]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Jefferson Farfán]]

|6 goals=
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Adriano (footballer, born February 1982)|Adriano]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Diego Forlán]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Ruberth Morán]]

|5 goals=
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Joaquín Botero]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[José Alfredo Castillo]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Kaká]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Agustín Delgado]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Edison Méndez]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Javier Chevantón]]

|4 goals=
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Ronaldinho]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Juan Pablo Ángel]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Roque Santa Cruz]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Nolberto Solano]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Juan Arango]]

|3 goals=
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Pablo Aimar]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Luciano Figueroa]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Juan Román Riquelme]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Mauricio Pinilla]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Tressor Moreno]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Luis Gabriel Rey]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Antonio Valencia]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Carlos Gamarra]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Carlos Humberto Paredes]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Marcelo Zalayeta]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Giancarlo Maldonado]]

|2 goals=
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Juan Pablo Sorín]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Luis Cristaldo]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Limberg Gutiérrez (footballer, born 1977)|Limberg Gutiérrez]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Roberto Carlos (footballer)|Roberto Carlos]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Robinho]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Luis Fuentes (footballer, born 1971)|Luis Fuentes]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Luis Antonio Jiménez]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Milovan Mirošević]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Reinaldo Navia]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Freddy Grisales]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Frankie Oviedo]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Víctor Pacheco (footballer, born 1974)|Víctor Pacheco]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[John Restrepo]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Elkin Soto]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Marlon Ayoví]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Ulises de la Cruz]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Paolo Guerrero]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Andrés Mendoza (Peruvian footballer)|Andrés Mendoza]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Jorge Soto (footballer)|Jorge Soto]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Carlos Bueno]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[José Torrealba]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Gabriel Urdaneta]]

|1 goal=
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Fabricio Coloccini]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Andrés D'Alessandro]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[César Delgado]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Luciano Galletti]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Kily González]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Lucho González]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Mauro Rosales]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Javier Saviola]]
*{{fbicon|ARG}} [[Javier Zanetti]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Julio César Baldivieso]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Gonzalo Galindo]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Roger Suárez]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Doyle Vaca]]
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Joselito Vaca]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Emerson (footballer, born 1976)|Emerson]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Juan (footballer, born 1979)|Juan]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Luís Fabiano]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Juninho Pernambucano|Juninho]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Rivaldo]]
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Zé Roberto]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Mark González]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Sebastián González]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Rodrigo Meléndez]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Arturo Norambuena]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Ricardo Francisco Rojas]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Marcelo Salas]]
*{{fbicon|CHI}} [[Moisés Villarroel (Chilean footballer)|Moisés Villarroel]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Martín Arzuaga]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Sergio Herrera (footballer, born 1981)|Sergio Herrera]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Edixon Perea Valencia]]
*{{fbicon|COL}} [[Mario Yepes]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Giovanny Espinoza]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Iván Kaviedes]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Christian Lara (footballer)|Christian Lara]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Franklin Salas]]
*{{fbicon|ECU|1900}} [[Carlos Tenorio]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Julio César Cáceres]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Diego Gavilán]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Gustavo Morínigo]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Jorge Martín Núñez]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Nelson Valdez]]
*{{fbicon|PAR|1990}} [[Salvador Cabañas]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Santiago Acasiete]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Claudio Pizarro]]
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Gustavo Vassallo]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Nelson Abeijon]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Paolo Montero]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Álvaro Recoba]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Mario Regueiro]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Cristian Rodríguez]]
*{{fbicon|URU}} [[Adrián Romero (Uruguayan footballer)|Adrián Romero]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Héctor González (Venezuelan footballer)|Héctor González]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[José Manuel Rey]]
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Leonel Vielma]]

|1 own goal=
*{{fbicon|BOL}} [[Hermán Solíz]] (against Ecuador)
*{{fbicon|BRA}} [[Gilberto Silva]] (against Uruguay)
*{{fbicon|PER}} [[Luis Guadalupe]] (against Argentina)
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[Alejandro Cichero]] (against Bolivia)
*{{fbicon|VEN|1930}} [[José Manuel Rey]] (against Argentina)
}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==See also==
*[[2010 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)]]
*[[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)]]

{{2006 FIFA World Cup qualifiers}}
{{CONMEBOL World Cup}}

[[Category:2006 FIFA World Cup qualification|CONMEBOL]]
[[Category:FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)]]
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