Goldman Sachs Trust II N-CSRSCertified semi-annual shareholder report (management investment company)

EX-99.906CERT

Certification Under Section 906

of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

James A. McNamara, President/Chief Executive Officer, and Joseph F. DiMaria, Principal Financial Officer of the Goldman Sachs Trust II (the “Registrant”), each certify to the best of his knowledge that:

This certification is being furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 30a-2(b) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and 18 U.S.C. § 1350 and is not being filed as part of the FormN-CSR with the Securities and Exchange Commission.