2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

The 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the seventh FIFA Confederations Cup. It was held in Germany between 15 June and 29 June 2005, as a prelude to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The tournament was won by 2002 FIFA World Cup winners Brazil, who defeated Argentina 4–1 in the final at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. The final was a rematch of the Copa América final also won by Brazil. It was Brazil's second win at the Confederations Cup.

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
Konföderationen-Pokal 2005
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
Dates15–29 June 2005
Teams8 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)5 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Brazil (2nd title)
Runners-up Argentina
Third place Germany
Fourth place Mexico
Tournament statistics
Matches played16
Goals scored56 (3.5 per match)
Attendance603,106 (37,694 per match)
Top scorer(s) Adriano (5 goals)
Best player(s) Adriano
Fair play award Greece

Qualified teams
2005 FIFA Confederations Cup participating teams
Team Confederation Qualification method Date qualification secured Participation no.
 Germany UEFA Hosts 7 July 2000 2nd
 Brazil CONMEBOL 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2004 Copa América winners 30 June 2002 5th
 Mexico CONCACAF 2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners 27 July 2003 5th
 Tunisia CAF 2004 African Cup of Nations winners 14 February 2004 1st
 Greece UEFA UEFA Euro 2004 winners 4 July 2004 1st
 Argentina CONMEBOL 2004 Copa América runners-up1 21 July 2004 3rd
 Japan AFC 2004 AFC Asian Cup winners 7 August 2004 4th
 Australia OFC 2004 OFC Nations Cup winners 12 October 2004 3rd

1Argentina were awarded a spot in the competition because Brazil had won both the 2002 FIFA World Cup and the 2004 Copa América. Since both competitions award their winners a place in the Confederations Cup, the runners-up in the Copa América 2004 were called to play.[1]

Venues
Frankfurt
Commerzbank-Arena
(Waldstadion)
50°4′6.86″N 8°38′43.65″E
Capacity: 48,132
Cologne
RheinEnergieStadion
(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne)
50°56′0.59″N 6°52′29.99″E
Capacity: 46,120
Hanover Leipzig Nuremberg
AWD-Arena
(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover)		 Zentralstadion Frankenstadion
52°21′36.24″N 9°43′52.31″E 51°20′44.86″N 12°20′53.59″E 49°25′34″N 11°7′33″E
Capacity: 44,652 Capacity: 44,200 Capacity: 41,926

Originally, Kaiserslautern's Fritz-Walter-Stadion was also intended as a venue. However, on 27 May 2004, city authorities withdrew from the bidding process, citing added costs to complete the stadium on time as the reason for the withdrawal.[2]

All five venues were reused for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Match ball

The official match ball for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup was the Adidas Pelias 2.

Match officials
Confederation Referee Assistants
AFC Shamsul Maidin (Singapore) Prachya Permpanich (Thailand)
Bengech Allaberdyev (Turkmenistan)
CAF Mourad Daami (Tunisia) Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia)
Ali Tomusange (Uganda)
CONCACAF Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) Anthony Garwood (Jamaica)
Joseph Taylor (Trinidad and Tobago)
CONMEBOL Carlos Chandía (Chile) Cristian Julio (Chile)
Mario Vargas (Chile)
Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay) Amelio Andino (Paraguay)
Manuel Bernal (Paraguay)
OFC Matthew Breeze (Australia) Matthew Cream (Australia)
Jim Ouliaris (Australia)
UEFA Herbert Fandel (Germany) Carsten Kadach (Germany)
Volker Wezel (Germany)
Roberto Rosetti (Italy) Alessandro Griselli (Italy)
Cristiano Copelli (Italy)
Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) Roman Slyško (Slovakia)
Martin Balko (Slovakia)

Squads
Main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup squads

Group stage

Group A
Main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Germany (H) 3 2 1 0 9 5 +4 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Argentina 3 2 1 0 8 5 +3 7
3  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
4  Australia 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
Source:
(H) Host.
15 June 2005
Argentina 2–1 Tunisia
Germany 4–3 Australia
18 June 2005
Tunisia 0–3 Germany
Australia 2–4 Argentina
21 June 2005
Australia 0–2 Tunisia
Argentina 2–2 Germany

Group B
Main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mexico 3 2 1 0 3 1 +2 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  Brazil 3 1 1 1 5 3 +2 4
3  Japan 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Greece 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
Source:
16 June 2005
Japan 1–2 Mexico
Brazil 3–0 Greece
19 June 2005
Greece 0–1 Japan
Mexico 1–0 Brazil
22 June 2005
Greece 0–0 Mexico
Japan 2–2 Brazil

Knockout stage
Main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage
 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
25 June – Nuremberg
 
 
 Germany2
 
29 June – Frankfurt
 
 Brazil3
 
 Brazil4
 
26 June – Hanover
 
 Argentina1
 
 Mexico1 (5)
 
 
 Argentina (p)1 (6)
 
Third place
 
 
29 June – Leipzig
 
 
 Germany (a.e.t.)4
 
 
 Mexico3

Semi-finals
Germany 2–3 Brazil
Podolski  23'
Ballack  45+3' (pen.)		 Report Adriano  21', 76'
Ronaldinho  43' (pen.)
Attendance: 42,187
Mexico 1–1 (a.e.t.) Argentina
Salcido  104' Report Figueroa  110'
Penalties
Pérez
Pardo
Borgetti
Salcido
Pineda
Osorio 		5–6 Riquelme
Rodríguez
Aimar
Galletti
Sorín
Cambiasso
Attendance: 40,718

Third place play-off
Germany 4–3 (a.e.t.) Mexico
Podolski  37'
Schweinsteiger  41'
Huth  79'
Ballack  97'		 Report Fonseca  40'
Borgetti  58', 85'
Attendance: 43,335

Final
Main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Final
Brazil 4–1 Argentina
Adriano  11', 63'
Kaká  16'
Ronaldinho  47'		 Report Aimar  65'
Attendance: 45,591

Awards
Golden Ball winner Golden Shoe winner
Adriano Adriano
Silver Ball winner Silver Shoe winner
Riquelme Michael Ballack
Bronze Ball winner Bronze Shoe winner
Ronaldinho John Aloisi
FIFA Fair Play Trophy
 Greece

Source: FIFA[3]

Statistics

Goalscorers

Adriano received the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals.[4] In total, 56 goals were scored by 29 players, with none credited as own goals.[5]

5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Tournament ranking

Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Final result
1 B  Brazil 5 3 1 1 12 6 +6 10 Champions
2 A  Argentina 5 2 2 1 10 10 0 8 Runners-up
3 A  Germany (H) 5 3 1 1 15 11 +4 10 Third place
4 B  Mexico 5 2 2 1 7 6 +1 8 Fourth place
5 B  Japan 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 Eliminated in
group stage
6 A  Tunisia 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 3
7 B  Greece 3 0 1 2 0 4 −4 1
8 A  Australia 3 0 0 3 5 10 −5 0
Source: FIFA[6]
(H) Host.

References
  1. "Argentina seal sixth FIFA Confederations Cup berth". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 22 July 2004. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. "Kaiserslautern declines Confederations Cup role". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 27 May 2004. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  3. "FIFA Confederations Cup Germany 2005 | Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  4. "Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  5. "Statistics – Players – Top goals". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  6. "Statistical Kit: FIFA Confederations Cup (FCC 2017 post-event edition) – Ranking by tournament" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 10 July 2017. p. 21. Archived (PDF) from the original on 28 September 2019. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
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