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.
Qualified teams
TeamConfederationQualification methodDate qualification securedParticipation no.UEFAHosts7 July 20002ndCONMEBOL2002 FIFA World Cup winners 30 June 20025thCONCACAF2003 CONCACAF Gold Cup winners27 July 20035thCAF2004 African Cup of Nations winners14 February 20041stUEFAUEFA Euro 2004 winners4 July 20041stCONMEBOL2004 Copa América runners-up21 July 20043rdAFC2004 AFC Asian Cup winners7 August 20044thOFC2004 OFC Nations Cup winners12 October 20043rd
Venues FrankfurtCommerzbank-Arena(Waldstadion)Capacity: 48,132CologneRheinEnergieStadion(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Cologne)Capacity: 46,120HanoverLeipzigNurembergAWD-Arena(FIFA World Cup Stadium, Hanover)ZentralstadionFrankenstadion 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.
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 ConfederationRefereeAssistantsAFCShamsul Maidin (Singapore)Prachya Permpanich (Thailand)Bengech Allaberdyev (Turkmenistan)CAFMourad Daami (Tunisia)Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia)Ali Tomusange (Uganda)CONCACAFPeter Prendergast (Jamaica)Anthony Garwood (Jamaica)Joseph Taylor (Trinidad and Tobago)CONMEBOLCarlos Chandía (Chile)Cristian Julio (Chile)Mario Vargas (Chile)Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)Amelio Andino (Paraguay)Manuel Bernal (Paraguay)OFCMatthew Breeze (Australia)Matthew Cream (Australia)Jim Ouliaris (Australia)UEFAHerbert 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
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Third place play-off
Final
Awards Golden BallGolden Shoe Adriano AdrianoSilver BallSilver Shoe Juan Román Riquelme Michael BallackBronze BallBronze Shoe Ronaldinho John AloisiFIFA Fair Play Trophy
Statistics
Goalscorers Adriano received the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 56 goals were scored by 29 players, with none credited as own goals.
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
Notes
References
External links
FIFA Confederations Cup Germany 2005, FIFA.com
FIFA Technical Report