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 and 2004 Copa América 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, which was also won by Brazil. It was Brazil's second win at the Confederations Cup. After winning the 2005 tournament, the 2002 FIFA World Cup and 2004 Copa América, Brazil became the first country to be the reigning World Cup champions, Confederations Cup champions, and continental champions twice, having previously achieved this feat in 1997 when they won the 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 1997 Copa América, and 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup.

2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

Konföderationen-Pokal 2005
Tournament details
Host country	Germany
Dates	15–29 June
Teams	8 (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 played	16
Goals scored	56 (3.5 per match)
Attendance	603,106 (37,694 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Adriano (5 goals)
Best player(s)	Adriano
Fair play award	Greece
← 2003 2009 →

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 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

Frankfurt Cologne Hanover Leipzig Nuremberg		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 v t e	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
Riquelme 33' (pen.) Saviola 57'	Report	Guemamdia 72' (pen.)

15 June 2005

18:00

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 28,033

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Germany	4–3	Australia
Kurányi 17' Mertesacker 23' Ballack 60' (pen.) Podolski 88'	Report	Skoko 21' Aloisi 31', 90+2'

15 June 2005

21:00

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 46,466

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

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Tunisia	0–3	Germany
	Report	Ballack 74' (pen.) Schweinsteiger 80' Hanke 88'

18 June 2005

18:00

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 44,377

Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Australia	2–4	Argentina
Aloisi 61' (pen.), 70'	Report	Figueroa 12', 53', 89' Riquelme 31' (pen.)

18 June 2005

20:45

Frankenstadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 25,618

Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

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Australia	0–2	Tunisia
	Report	Santos 26', 70'

21 June 2005

20:45

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 23,952

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

Argentina	2–2	Germany
Riquelme 33' Cambiasso 74'	Report	Kurányi 29' Asamoah 51'

21 June 2005

20:45

Frankenstadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 42,088

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Group B

Main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B

Pos	Team v t e	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
Yanagisawa 12'	Report	Sinha 39' Fonseca 64'

16 June 2005

18:00

Stadium Hanover, Hanover

Attendance: 24,036

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Brazil	3–0	Greece
Adriano 41' Robinho 46' Juninho 81'	Report

16 June 2005

20:45

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 42,507

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

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Greece	0–1	Japan
	Report	Oguro 76'

19 June 2005

18:00

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 34,314

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Mexico	1–0	Brazil
Borgetti 59'	Report

19 June 2005

20:45

Stadium Hanover, Hanover

Attendance: 43,677

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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Greece	0–0	Mexico
	Report

22 June 2005

20:45

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 31,285

Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Japan	2–2	Brazil
Nakamura 27' Oguro 88'	Report	Robinho 10' Ronaldinho 32'

22 June 2005

20:45

RheinEnergieStadion, Cologne

Attendance: 44,922

Referee: Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

Knockout stage

Main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup knockout stage

	Semi-finals				Final
	25 June – Nuremberg
	Germany	2
					29 June – Frankfurt
	Brazil	3
					Brazil	4
	26 June – Hanover
					Argentina	1
	Mexico	1 (5)
	Argentina (p)	1 (6)
					Third place
					29 June – Leipzig
					Germany (a.e.t.)	4
					Mexico	3

Semi-finals

Germany	2–3	Brazil
Podolski 23' Ballack 45+3' (pen.)	Report	Adriano 21', 76' Ronaldinho 43' (pen.)

25 June 2005

18:00 CEST

Frankenstadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 42,187

Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile)

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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

26 June 2005

18:00 CEST

AWD-Arena, Hanover

Attendance: 40,718

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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'

29 June 2005

18:00 CEST

Zentralstadion, Leipzig

Attendance: 43,335

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Final

Main article: 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup final

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

29 June 2005

20:45 CEST

Waldstadion, Frankfurt

Attendance: 45,591

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Awards

Golden Ball	Golden Shoe
Adriano	Adriano
Silver Ball	Silver Shoe
Juan Román Riquelme	Michael Ballack
Bronze Ball	Bronze Shoe
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

• Adriano

4 goals

• Luciano Figueroa
• John Aloisi
• Michael Ballack

3 goals

• Juan Román Riquelme
• Ronaldinho
• Lukas Podolski
• Jared Borgetti

2 goals

• Robinho
• Kevin Kurányi
• Bastian Schweinsteiger
• Masashi Oguro
• Francisco Fonseca
• Francileudo Santos

1 goal

• Pablo Aimar
• Esteban Cambiasso
• Javier Saviola
• Josip Skoko
• Kaká
• Juninho
• Gerald Asamoah
• Mike Hanke
• Robert Huth
• Per Mertesacker
• Shunsuke Nakamura
• Atsushi Yanagisawa
• Carlos Salcido
• Sinha
• Haykel Guemamdia

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) Hosts

Notes

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]