2005 FIFA Club World Championship

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2005 FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup
FIFA Club World Championship Toyota Cup Japan 2005
FIFAクラブワールドチャンピオンシップトヨタカップジャパン2005
2005 FIFA Club World Championship.svg
FIFA CWCTC 2005 official logo
Tournament details
Host countryJapan
Dates11–18 December
Teams6 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)3 (in 3 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo (1st title)
Runners-up Flag of England.svg Liverpool
Third place Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa
Fourth place Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ittihad
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored19 (2.71 per match)
Attendance261,456 (37,351 per match)
Top scorer(s) Amoroso (São Paulo)
Mohammed Noor (Al-Ittihad)
Peter Crouch (Liverpool)
Álvaro Saborío (Saprissa)
2 goals each
Best player(s) Rogério Ceni (São Paulo)
Fair play award Flag of England.svg Liverpool
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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).

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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.

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.

World location map (equirectangular 180).svg
Location of teams of the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship
TeamConfederationQualificationParticipation
Entering in the semi-finals
Flag of England.svg Liverpool UEFA 2004–05 UEFA Champions League winnersDebut
Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo CONMEBOL 2005 Copa Libertadores winnersDebut
Entering in the quarter-finals
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly CAF 2005 CAF Champions League winnersDebut
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ittihad AFC 2005 AFC Champions League winnersDebut
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa CONCACAF 2005 CONCACAF Champions' Cup winnersDebut
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney FC OFC 2005 Oceania Club Championship winnersDebut

Venues

Tokyo, Yokohama and Toyota were the three cities to serve as venues for the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup.

Yokohama Tokyo Toyota
International Stadium Yokohama National Stadium Toyota Stadium
35°30′36.16″N139°36′22.49″E / 35.5100444°N 139.6062472°E / 35.5100444; 139.6062472 (International Stadium Yokohama) 35°40′41.00″N139°42′53.00″E / 35.6780556°N 139.7147222°E / 35.6780556; 139.7147222 (National Olympic Stadium) 35°05′04.02″N137°10′14.02″E / 35.0844500°N 137.1705611°E / 35.0844500; 137.1705611 (Toyota Stadium)
Capacity: 72,327Capacity: 57,363Capacity: 45,000
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2005 FIFA Club World Championship (Japan)

Squads

Match officials

ConfederationRefereeAssistant referees
AFC Flag of Japan.svg Toru Kamikawa Flag of Japan.svg Yoshikazu Hiroshima
Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg Kim Dae-Young
CAF Flag of Morocco.svg Mohamed Guezzaz Flag of Cameroon.svg Jean Marie Endeng Zogo
CONCACAF Flag of Mexico.svg Benito Archundia Flag of Mexico.svg Arturo Velázquez
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Héctor Vergara
CONMEBOL Flag of Brazil.svg Carlos Eugênio Simon
Flag of Chile.svg Carlos Chandia
Flag of Chile.svg Cristian Julio
Flag of Chile.svg Mario Vargas
UEFA Flag of England.svg Graham Poll Flag of England.svg Glenn Turner
Flag of England.svg Philip Sharp
Flag of France.svg Alain Sars Flag of France.svg Frédéric Arnault
Flag of France.svg Vincent Texier

Matches

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
11 December – Tokyo
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ittihad 114 December – Tokyo
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 0 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ittihad 2
Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 318 December – Yokohama
12 December – Toyota Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 1
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney FC 015 December – Yokohama Flag of England.svg Liverpool 0
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa 1 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa 0
Flag of England.svg Liverpool 3
Match for fifth place Match for third place
16 December – Tokyo 18 December – Yokohama
Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 1 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ittihad 2
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney FC 2 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa 3

Quarter-finals

Al-Ittihad Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 1–0 Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
Noor Soccerball shade.svg78' Report
Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 28,281
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Sydney FC Flag of Australia (converted).svg 0–1 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa
Report Bolaños Soccerball shade.svg47'
Toyota Stadium, Toyota
Attendance: 28,538
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Semi-finals

Al-Ittihad Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 2–3 Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo
Noor Soccerball shade.svg33'
Al-Montashari Soccerball shade.svg68'
Report Amoroso Soccerball shade.svg16', 47'
Ceni Soccerball shade.svg57' (pen.)
Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 31,510
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

Saprissa Flag of Costa Rica.svg 0–3 Flag of England.svg Liverpool
Report Crouch Soccerball shade.svg3', 58'
Gerrard Soccerball shade.svg32'

Match for fifth place

Al Ahly Flag of Egypt.svg 1–2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney FC
Moteab Soccerball shade.svg45' Report Yorke Soccerball shade.svg35'
Carney Soccerball shade.svg66'
Olympic Stadium, Tokyo
Attendance: 15,951
Referee: Toru Kamikawa (Japan)

Match for third place

Al-Ittihad Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg 2–3 Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa
Kallon Soccerball shade.svg28'
Job Soccerball shade.svg53' (pen.)
Report Saborío Soccerball shade.svg13', 85' (pen.)
Gómez Soccerball shade.svg89'

Final

São Paulo Flag of Brazil.svg 1–0 Flag of England.svg Liverpool
Mineiro Soccerball shade.svg27' Report

Goalscorers

RankPlayerTeamGoals
1 Flag of Brazil.svg Amoroso Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo 2
Flag of England.svg Peter Crouch Flag of England.svg Liverpool
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Mohammed Noor Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ittihad
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Álvaro Saborío Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa
5 Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Hamad Al-Montashari Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ittihad 1
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Christian Bolaños Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa
Flag of Australia (converted).svg David Carney Flag of Australia (converted).svg Sydney FC
Flag of England.svg Steven Gerrard Flag of England.svg Liverpool
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Rónald Gómez Flag of Costa Rica.svg Saprissa
Flag of Cameroon.svg Joseph-Désiré Job Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ittihad
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Mohammed Kallon Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Al-Ittihad
Flag of Brazil.svg Mineiro Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo
Flag of Egypt.svg Emad Moteab Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly
Flag of Brazil.svg Rogério Ceni Flag of Brazil.svg São Paulo
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Dwight Yorke Flag of Australia (converted).svg 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. [1]

Awards

Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award
Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Flag of Brazil.svg Rogério Ceni
(São Paulo)
Flag of England.svg Steven Gerrard
(Liverpool)
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Christian Bolaños
(Saprissa)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Flag of England.svg Liverpool

References

  1. "CNN.com – Sao Paulo lift World Clubs trophy – Dec 19, 2005". CNN. Retrieved 28 May 2022.