The 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup final was a football match to determine the winners of the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup. The match was held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France, on 29 June 2003 and was contested by Cameroon and France. France won the match 1–0, with a golden goal in the 97th minute from Thierry Henry when he kneed the ball past Carlos Kameni into the left corner of the net from the right of the six yard box after a pass from Lilian Thuram.
Cameroon wore shirts embroidered with Marc-Vivien Foé's name and dates of birth and death as a tribute to their midfielder who had suffered cardiac arrest and died on the pitch during their semi-final game against Colombia three days earlier. At the trophy presentation, two Cameroon players held a large photo of Foé, on which FIFA officials hung a runner-up medal. When France captain Marcel Desailly was presented with the trophy, he held it in unison with Cameroon captain Rigobert Song.
Route to the final CameroonRoundFranceOpponentResultGroup stageOpponentResult1–0Match 11–01–0Match 22–10–0Match 35–0Team321020273111440431113304301213−21Final standingTeam3300817932014226310243133003111−100OpponentResultKnockout stageOpponentResult1–0Semi-final3–2
Match details
GK 1 Carlos KameniCB 3 Jean-Joël Perrier-DoumbéCB 13Lucien MettomoCB 4 Rigobert Song (c)RM 8 GeremiCM 19Eric Djemba-DjembaCM 7 Modeste M'bami LM 5 Timothée AtoubaRF 16Valéry Mézague CF 11Pius Ndiefi LF 18Mohammadou IdrissouSubstitutions:FW 9 Samuel Eto'o MF 10Achille Emaná Manager: Winfried Schäfer GK 16Fabien BarthezRB 19Willy Sagnol CB 5 William GallasCB 8 Marcel Desailly (c)LB 3 Bixente LizarazuRM 10Ludovic GiulyCM 18Benoît PedrettiCM 6 Olivier Dacourt LM 11Sylvain Wiltord CF 9 Djibril CisséCF 12Thierry HenrySubstitutions:MF 7 Robert Pires DF 15Lilian Thuram MF 17Olivier Kapo Manager: Jacques Santini Assistant referees: Gennady Krasyuk (Russia) Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
Fourth official: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)
References
External links Match report