The 2005 FIFA Club World Championship (officially known as the FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup Japan 2005 for sponsorship reasons) was the second FIFA Club World Championship, a football competition organised by FIFA for the champion clubs of the six continental confederations. It was the first to be held after by the merger between the Intercontinental Cup and the FIFA Club World Championship (which had been played in a first edition in 2000).
The tournament was held in Japan from 11 to 18 December 2005 and won by Brazilian club São Paulo, who defeated English side Liverpool 1–0 in the final.
This would be the only edition of the tournament until the 2022 edition where the CONCACAF representative didn't come from Mexico.
Background The 2005 tournament was created as a merger between the Intercontinental Cup and the earlier FIFA Club World Championships. The previous of these had been running as an annual tournament between the champions of Europe and South America since 1960; the latter had undergone just one tournament, the 2000 FIFA Club World Championship. The 2001 tournament had been cancelled when FIFA's marketing partner ISL went bankrupt. To celebrate the marriage between the two competitions, a new trophy was introduced by FIFA.
As a result of this merger, the tournament was conceived as being smaller than the original Club World Championship, which had lasted two weeks, yet building on the one game format of the Intercontinental Cup. Six clubs were invited to take part in the tournament, one representing each regional football confederation. The competition's name, which was the simple union between the name of the two previous merging competitions, was evidently too long, and was going to be reduced the following year, becoming the FIFA Club World Cup.
Format The competition was a knockout tournament so each team played two or three matches. The champions of the four "weaker" confederations played in the quarter-finals; the losers played in a fifth place play-off. The winners were then joined by the European and South American champions in the semi-finals; the losers played in a third place play-off.
The matches were held in Tokyo's National (Olympic) Stadium, Toyota Stadium in Toyota, Aichi, near Nagoya and the International Stadium in Yokohama, where the final was played. For marketing purposes it was known as the FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup.
Qualified teams It was all six clubs' first appearance in the FIFA Club World Championship.
TeamConfederationQualificationParticipationEntering in the semi-finals LiverpoolUEFA2004–05 UEFA Champions League winnersDebut São PauloCONMEBOL2005 Copa Libertadores winnersDebutEntering in the quarter-finals Al AhlyCAF2005 CAF Champions League winnersDebut Al-IttihadAFC2005 AFC Champions League winnersDebut SaprissaCONCACAF2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winnersDebut Sydney FCOFC2005 Oceania Club Championship winnersDebut
Venues Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup.
YokohamaTokyoToyota International Stadium Yokohama National Stadium Toyota Stadium Capacity: 72,327 Capacity: 57,363 Capacity: 45,000
Squads
Match officials ConfederationRefereeAssistant refereesAFC Toru Kamikawa Yoshikazu Hiroshima Kim Dae-YoungCAF Mohamed Guezzaz Jean Marie Endeng ZogoCONCACAF Benito Archundia Arturo Velázquez Héctor VergaraCONMEBOL Carlos Eugênio Simon Carlos Chandia Cristian Julio Mario VargasUEFA Graham Poll Glenn Turner Philip Sharp Alain Sars Frédéric Arnault Vincent Texier
Matches
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Match for fifth place
Match for third place
Final
Goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Amoroso São Paulo2 Peter Crouch Liverpool Mohammed Noor Al-Ittihad Álvaro Saborío Saprissa5 Hamad Al-Montashari Al-Ittihad1 Christian Bolaños Saprissa David Carney Sydney FC Steven Gerrard Liverpool Rónald Gómez Saprissa Joseph-Désiré Job Al-Ittihad Mohammed Kallon Al-Ittihad Mineiro São Paulo Emad Moteab Al Ahly Rogério Ceni São Paulo Dwight Yorke Sydney FC
Reaction The tournament was quite well received, although some commentators have stated that, excluding São Paulo and Liverpool, the quality of football was quite poor leading to a view that it might have been better retaining the two continent format of the European/South American Cup.
Awards
Adidas Golden BallToyota AwardAdidas Silver BallAdidas Bronze Ball Rogério Ceni(São Paulo) Steven Gerrard(Liverpool) Christian Bolaños(Saprissa)FIFA Fair Play Award Liverpool
References
External links
FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup Japan 2005, FIFA.com 2005 FIFA Club World Championship Official Site (Archived) FIFA Technical Report