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 2004 Copa América final also won by Brazil. It was Brazil's second win at the Confederations Cup. After winning the 2005 tournament, Brazil became the first country to be the reigning champion of both major FIFA tournaments (the World Cup and the Confederations Cup), as well as champion of their respective confederation twice by winning the 2004 Copa América.

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
Konföderationen-Pokal 2005
Tournament details
Host countryGermany
Dates15–29 June
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)Brazil Adriano (5 goals)
Best player(s)Brazil Adriano
Fair play award Greece
2003
2009

Qualified teams

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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 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-up[a] 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

Venues

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Frankfurt
Commerzbank-Arena
(Waldstadion)
50°4′6.86″N 8°38′43.65″E / 50.0685722°N 8.6454583°E / 50.0685722; 8.6454583 (Commerzbank Arena)
Capacity: 48,132
 
Cologne
RheinEnergieStadion
(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne)
50°56′0.59″N 6°52′29.99″E / 50.9334972°N 6.8749972°E / 50.9334972; 6.8749972 (RheinEnergie Stadion)
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 / 52.3600667°N 9.7311972°E / 52.3600667; 9.7311972 (AWD-Arena) 51°20′44.86″N 12°20′53.59″E / 51.3457944°N 12.3482194°E / 51.3457944; 12.3482194 (Zentralstadion) 49°25′34″N 11°7′33″E / 49.42611°N 11.12583°E / 49.42611; 11.12583 (EasyCredit-Stadion)
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

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

Match officials

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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

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Group stage

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Group A

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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: [citation needed]
(H) Hosts
Argentina  2–1  Tunisia
Report
Attendance: 28,033
Germany  4–3  Australia
Report
Attendance: 46,466

Tunisia  0–3  Germany
Report
Australia  2–4  Argentina
Report
Attendance: 25,618

Australia  0–2  Tunisia
Report
Attendance: 23,952
Argentina  2–2  Germany
Report
Attendance: 42,088

Group B

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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: [citation needed]
Japan  1–2  Mexico
Report
Attendance: 24,036
Brazil  3–0  Greece
Report
Attendance: 42,507

Greece  0–1  Japan
Report
Attendance: 34,314
Mexico  1–0  Brazil
Report
Attendance: 43,677

Greece  0–0  Mexico
Report
Attendance: 31,285
Japan  2–2  Brazil
Report
Attendance: 44,922

Knockout stage

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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

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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

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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

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Brazil  4–1  Argentina
Adriano   11', 63'
Kaká   16'
Ronaldinho   47'
Report Aimar   65'
Attendance: 45,591

Awards

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

Source: FIFA[3]

Statistics

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Goalscorers

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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

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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) Hosts

Notes

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  1. ^ Argentina 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]

References

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  1. ^ "Argentina seal sixth FIFA Confederations Cup berth". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 22 July 2004. Archived from the original on March 8, 2018. Retrieved 2 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Kaiserslautern declines Confederations Cup role". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 27 May 2004. Archived from the original on August 26, 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  3. ^ "FIFA Confederations Cup Germany 2005 | Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). Archived from the original on September 30, 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Awards". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on June 11, 2013. Retrieved 24 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Statistics – Players – Top goals". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original on June 17, 2013. 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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