Italy had the fewest Yellow Cards among teams
playing 5 or more matches in 2006, and
committed the fewest # of Fouls among teams
playing 7 matches,
though the maximun number (2) of Red Cards
Italy's coach, Marcello Lippi, among the Top Coaches
Top 16, above, unshaded – in the Top 8, in italics – the Top 3+4, underlined in italics, the Top 2, in bold type The 16 not making past the 1st Round, in gray shade
Abbreviations, above: used by FIFA, as well as in this eBook.