2005 MATCHES
INTERCONTINENTAL
Authors: Neil Morrison & Jean-Michel Cazal.
15/01/2005, Los Angeles (USA), Memorial Coliseum, 20000
Friendly International
COLOMBIA 2 (Jairo Castillo 41' pen, Edixon Perea 75')
SOUTH KOREA 1 (Chung Kyung-Ho 3')
Colombia: David González; Edwin García (Hayder Palacios 69'), Andrés González,
Samuel Vanegas, Miguel Rojas; David Ferreira, John Viáfara [c] (Andrés
Casañas 69'), Juan Carlos Ramírez, Héctor Hurtado (Edixon Perea 46');
Jairo Castillo, Elkin Soto.
South Korea: Lee Woon-Jae [c]; Kim Jin-Kyu, You Kyoung-Youl, Park Jae-Hong (Kim Chi-Gon
61'), Kim Dong-Jin; Oh Beom-Seok (Park Kyu-Seon 74'), Kim Sang-Shik (Kim
Nam-Il 46'), Kim Jung-Woo (Kim Do-Heon 46'); Namkung Do, Kim Dong-Hyun
(Choi Sung-Kuk 85'), Chung Kyung-Ho (Lee Dong-Gook 46').
Referee: Arkadiusz 'Alex' Prus (USA).
Coaches: Colombia: Reinaldo Rueda.
South Korea: Johannes Bonfrere (Netherlands).
Cards: Colombia: Miguel Rojas [Y 3'], Andrés Casañas [Y 89'], Jairo Castillo
[R 90+'].
South Korea: Kim Dong-Jin [Y 5'], Park Jae-Hong [Y 32'].
17/01/2005, Los Angeles (USA), Memorial Coliseum, 15000
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GUATEMALA 1 (Carlos Ruíz 3')
COLOMBIA 1 (Héctor Hurtado 84')
Guatemala: Miguel Klee; Néstor Martínez, Nelson Morales, Pablo Melgar, Ángel Sanabria
(Andrés Rivera 69'); Mario Rodríguez (Carlos Figueroa 69'), Fredy
Thompson, Carlos Castillo (Carlos Quiñónez 77'), Gonzalo Romero (José
Zacarías Antonio 79'); Carlos Ruíz [c], Juan Carlos Plata (Edwin Villatoro
46').
Colombia: Bréiner Castillo; Hayder Palacios, Samuel Vanegas, Pablo Pachón, César
Fawcett (Miguel Rojas 46'); Alexander Jaramillo (Héctor Hurtado 62'),
Andrés Casañas, John Viáfara [c] (Juan Carlos Ramírez 83'), Macnelly
Torres (Elkin Soto 74'); Milton Rodríguez, Edixon Perea (David Ferreira
62').
Referee: Terry Vaughn (USA).
Coaches: Colombia: Reinaldo Rueda.
Guatemala: Ramón Maradiaga (Honduras).
Cards: Colombia: John Viáfara [Y 12'], Pablo Pachón [Y 26'].
Guatemala: Carlos Figueroa [Y 75'].
19/01/2005, Los Angeles (USA), Memorial Coliseum, 9000
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PARAGUAY 1 (José Cardozo 45+' pen)
SOUTH KOREA 1 (Kim Jin-Kyu 47')
Paraguay: Justo Villar; Pedro Sarabia, Paulo da Silva, Julio Manzur, Jorge Núñez;
Carlos Bonet (Edgar González 88'), Ángel Ortiz, Julio dos Santos, Mauro
Monges; Nelson Cuevas (Juan Samudio 90+'), José Cardozo [c].
South Korea: Kim Young-Kwang; Kim Jin-Kyu (Park Dong-Hyuk 72'), You Kyung-Youl, Park
Jae-Hong, Kim Dong-Jin; Kim Do-Heon (Kim Sang-Shik 80'), Kim Nam-Il [c],
Park Kyu-Seon; Namkung Do (Choi Sung-Kuk 77'), Lee Dong-Gook, Kim Dong-
Hyun (Chung Kyung-Ho 60').
Referee: Brian Hall (USA).
Coaches: Paraguay: Aníbal Ruiz (Uruguay).
South Korea: Johannes Bonfrere (Netherlands).
Cards: Paraguay: Ángel Ortiz [Y 15'], Mauro Monges [Y 60'].
South Korea: You Kyung-Youl [Y 20'], Kim Nam-Il [Y 45'], Kim Dong-Jin
[Y 76'].
21/01/2005, Port of Spain, Hasely Crawford Stadium, 500
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TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 1 (Scott Sealy 41')
AZERBAIJAN 0
Trinidad/Tobago: Daurance Williams; Atiba Charles, Derek King [c], Anton Pierre, Marlon
Rojas; Leslie Fitzpatrick (Cyd Gray 61'), Anthony Rougier, Jose Luis
Seabra (Densil Theobald 82'); Scott Sealy (Angus Eve 61'), Cornell Glen
(Nigel Pierre 82'), Gary Glasgow.
Azerbaijan: Rauf Mehdiyev; Samir Abbasov (Rail Məlikov 65'); Mahir Şükürov (Vasif
Haqverdiyev 73'), Rafael Əmirbəyov, Aftandil Hacıyev (Rəşad Abdullayev
75'), İlqar Əbdürrəhmanov (Daniel Axtyamov 46'); İsmayıl Məmmədov, Aslan
Kərimov, Aqil Məmmədov (Vüqar Nadirov 46'); Kənan Kərimov, Nadir Nəbiyev.
Referee: Ramesh Ramdhan (Trinidad/Tobago).
Coaches: Trinidad/Tobago: Bertille St. Clair.
Azerbaijan: Carlos Alberto Torres (Brazil).
Cards: Trinidad & Tobago: Derek King [Y].
Azerbaijan: none.
Note: Vüqar Quliyev might have been an extra substitute for Azerbaijan.
22/01/2005, Kuwait, National Stadium, 200
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KUWAIT 1 (Bashar Abdullah 27')
NORWAY 1 (Raymond Kvisvik 49')
Kuwait: Khalid Al-Fadhli [c]; Ahmad Al-Shemmari, Khaled Al-Shemmari, Ali Asel,
Walid Ali Jumah (Mohammed Eissa Kamal 59'); Nawaf Al-Mutairi (Hussein Al-
Shemmari 59'), Yousuf Al-Youha, Nohayr Al-Shemmari (Nawaf Al-Shuwaye 89'),
Abdulrahman Al-Dawood (Nawaf Al-Humaidan 90'); Faraj Laheeb (Mohammed Al-
Khamis 59'), Bashar Abdullah (Fahad Al-Hamad 90').
Norway: Espen Johnsen; Jon Inge Høiland (Frode Kippe 77'), Christer Basma [c],
Ragnvald Soma, Jarl André Storbæk; Øivind Storflor (Roger Risholt 77'),
Petter Rudi, Ardian Gashi, Raymond Kvisvik (Thomas Holm 64'); Bengt
Sæternes (Lars Iver Strand 46'), Ole Martin Årst.
Referee: Qasem Shaban (Kuwait).
Coaches: Kuwait: Slobodan Pavković (Serbia/Montenegro).
Norway: Åge Hareide.
Cards: Kuwait: none.
Norway: Ragnvald Soma [Y 83'].
22/01/2005, Carson (USA), Home Depot Center, 9941
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SWEDEN 1 (Markus Rosenberg 86')
SOUTH KOREA 1 (Chung Kyung-Ho 70')
Sweden: Eddie Gustafsson; Christoffer Andersson, Fredrik Risp, Teddy Lucic,
Mikael Dorsin; Niclas Alexandersson [c], Daniel Andersson, Martin
Ericsson, Tobias Hysén (Petter Andersson 72'); George Mourad (Markus
Rosenberg 72'), Fredrik Berglund.
South Korea: Lee Woon-Jae; Kim Jin-Kyu, You Kyung-Youl, Park Jae-Hong, Kim Dong-Jin;
Park Kyu-Seon, Kim Nam-Il (Kim Jung-Woo 87'), Kim Sang-Shik (Kim Do-Heon
71'); Namkung Do (Choi Sung-Kuk 65'), Lee Dong-Gook (Kim Dong-Hyun 78'),
Chung Kyung-Ho.
Referee: Kevin Stott (USA).
Coaches: Sweden: Lars Lagerbäck.
South Korea: Johannes Bonfrere (Netherlands).
Cards: Sweden: Mikael Dorsin [Y 59'].
South Korea: Park Kyu-Seon [Y 62'], Park Jae-Hong [Y 88'].
23/01/2005, Los Angeles (USA), Memorial Coliseum, 25000
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PARAGUAY 2 (Nelson Cuevas 14', Julio dos Santos 74')
GUATEMALA 1 (Andrés Rivera 36')
Paraguay: Justo Villar (Aldo Bobadilla 46'); Ismael Martínez, Pedro Sarabia, Julio
Manzur, Jorge Núñez; Carlos Bonet, Ángel Ortiz (Edgar Gonzalez 89'), Julio
Dos Santos, Mauro Monges (Aureliano Torres 68'); Nelson Cuevas, Juan
Samudio.
Guatemala: Paulo Motta; Néstor Martínez, Víctor Hernández, Gustavo Cabrera, Elton
Brown (Maynor Dávila 46'); Carlos Figueroa (Mario Navas 70'), Carlos
Quiñónez (Guillermo Ramírez 46'), José Zacarías Antonio, Andrés Rivera
(Pablo Melgar 63'); Carlos Ruíz (Hernán Sandoval 78'), Dwight Pezzarossi
(Edwin Villatoro 78').
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (USA).
Coaches: Paraguay: Aníbal Ruiz (Uruguay).
Guatemala: Ramón Maradiaga (Honduras).
Cards: Paraguay: Juan Samudio [Y 28'], Julio Manzur [Y 60'].
Guatemala: Néstor Martínez [Y 9'], Carlos Quiñónez [Y 15'],
Elton Brown [Y 17'], Maynor Dávila [Y 54'],
Carlos Ruíz [Y 75'], José Zacarías Antonio [Y 76'].
23/01/2005, Marabella, Mannie Ramjohn Stadium, 1000
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TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 2 (Nigel Pierre 21', Conrad Smith 67')
AZERBAIJAN 0
Trinidad/Tobago: Daurance Williams; Atiba Charles, Derek King, Anton Pierre, Avery John
(Marlon Rojas 69'); Cyd Gray, Anthony Rougier (Angus Eve 46'), Jose Luis
Seabra (Michael Celestine 82'), Leslie Fitzpatrick (Conrad Smith 55');
Scott Sealey (Cornell Glen 55'), Nigel Pierre (Densil Theobald 89').
Azerbaijan: Rauf Mehdiyev (Mikayıl Yusifov 46'); Samir Abbasov (Rail Məlikov 46');
Rafael Əmirbəyov (Vüqar Quliyev 46'), Aftandil Hacıyev, Rəşad Abdullayev,
İlqar Əbdürrəhmanov; İsmayıl Məmmədov (Vüqar Nadirov 25' (Vasif
Haqverdiyev 46')), Aslan Kərimov, Aqil Məmmədov (Daniel Axtyamov 46');
Kənan Kərimov, Nadir Nəbiyev.
Referee: Ted Gordon (Trinidad/Tobago).
Coaches: Trinidad/Tobago: Bertille St. Clair.
Azerbaijan: Carlos Alberto Torres (Brazil).
Note: Aftandil Hacıyev missed a penalty at 65'.
25/01/2005, Manama, National Stadium, 4000
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BAHRAIN 0
NORWAY 1 (Raymond Kvisvik 49')
Bahrain: Ali Hassan Al-Thani; Sayed Mohamed Adnan Mahfoodh, Hussain Ali Baba,
Mohamed Juma Basheer (Abdulla Al-Marzouqi 46'), Mahmoud Jalal Al-Wedaye;
Mohammed Hubail (Saleh Farhan 46'), Rashed Al-Dossary [c] (Hussain Ali
Nooroz Hassan Ali 84'), Hussain Salman Maki (Ahmed Hassan Taleb 73'),
Salman Isa Ghuloom (Hussain Ali Ahmed 73'); Duaij Nasser Abbas, Rashid
Jamal Salem (Mohamed Ahmed Salmeen 46').
Norway: Espen Johnsen; Christer Basma [c] (Thomas Holm 46'), Trond Andersen
(Ragnvald Soma 79'), Frode Kippe, Erlend Hanstveit; Øivind Storflor
(Espen Hoff 46'), Petter Rudi (Roger Risholt 46'), Ardian Gashi,
Raymond Kvisvik (Espen Søgård 67'); Lars Iver Strand; Bengt Sæternes
(Ole Martin Årst 46').
Referee: Abdulla Al-Bannai (UAE).
Coaches: Bahrain: Srečko Juričić (Croatia).
Norway: Åge Hareide.
Cards: Bahrain: Rashid Jamal Salem [Y 76'], Mahmoud Jalal Al-Wedaye [Y 78'].
Norway: Ardian Gashi [Y 32'], Ole Martin Årst [Y 69' YR 90'],
Espen Hoff [Y 78'], Roger Risholt [Y 82'].
26/01/2005, Ambato, Estadio Bellavista, 5000
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ECUADOR 2 (Otilino Tenorio 88', 90+')
PANAMA 0
Ecuador: Edwin Villafuerte; Erick De Jesús, Iván Hurtado [c] (Jorge Guagua 60'),
Renán Calle (Juan Triviño 60'), Oscar Bagüí (Leonardo Soledispa 61'); Luis
Saritama (Antonio Valencia 46'), Edwin Tenorio (Fricson George 46'),
Marlon Ayoví (Luis Caicedo 51'), Cristian Lara; Walter Calderón (Roberto
Mina 54'), Iván Kaviedes (Otilino Tenorio 46').
Panama: Jaime Penedo; Luis Moreno, Víctor Miranda (José Justavino 82'), Joel
Solanilla, Luis Henríquez; Roberto Stewart, Gabriel Gómez (Juan Carlos
Cubillas 63'), Engin Mitre, William Aguilar (Armando Gun 70'); Ricardo
Phillips (Luis Tejada 58'), Roberto Brown.
Referee: Luis Vasco (Ecuador).
Coaches: Ecuador: Luis Suárez (Colombia).
Panama: José Hernández (Colombia).
Cards: Ecuador: Iván Kaviedes [Y].
Panama: Jaime Penedo [Y], José Justavino [Y].
26/01/2005, San Diego (USA), Petco Park, 35521
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MEXICO 0
SWEDEN 0
Mexico: Oscar Pérez; Hugo Sánchez; Salvador Carmona (Mario Méndez 46'), Francisco
Rodríguez, Carlos Salcido, Jaime Lozano (Gonzalo Pineda 73'); Antonio
Naelson 'Zinha' (Luis Ernesto Pérez 73'), Pavel Pardo, Rafael García
(Daniel Osorno 59'); Francisco Fonseca, Jared Borgetti (Alberto Medina
64').
Sweden: Jonas Sandqvist; Fredrik Lundqvist, Olof Persson, Teddy Lucic,
Mattias Nylund; Niclas Alexandersson [c] (Petter Andersson 83'),
Daniel Andersson, Stefan Ishizaki, Tobias Hysén (Dusan Djuric 46');
Johan Elmander (Fredrik Berglund 77'), Markus Rosenberg
(George Mourad 76').
Referee: Brian Hall (USA).
Coaches: Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Sweden: Lars Lagerbäck.
Cards: None.
28/01/2005, Amman, International Stadium, 8000
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JORDAN 0
NORWAY 0
Jordan: Firas Taleb; Faisal Ibrahim Shaikh, Mohammad Khamis, Bashar Bani Yaseen,
Basem Fathi; Khaled Saad Al-Maltah, Moayyed Abu Kishik, Qusai Abu Alia,
Hasan Abdul Fattah Mahmoud; Mustafa Shehadeh, Thaer Bawab Fayed (Anas Al-
Zboun 60').
Norway: Espen Johnsen (Knut Borch 46'); Jarl André Storbæk, Ragnvald Soma
(Øivind Storflor 46'), Frode Kippe, Erlend Hanstveit; Trond Andersen [c],
Petter Rudi (Espen Søgård 71'), Ardian Gashi (Roger Risholt 46'), Raymond
Kvisvik; Thomas Holm (Lars Iver Strand 71'); Bengt Sæternes.
Referee: Hassan Al-Shoufi (Syria).
Coaches: Jordan: Mahmoud El-Gohary (Egypt).
Norway: Åge Hareide.
Cards: Jordan: none.
Norway: Raymond Kvisvik [Y 74'].
29/01/2005, Babahoyo, Estadio Rafael Vera Yépez, 8000
Friendly International
ECUADOR 2 (Otilino Tenorio 45+', 53')
PANAMA 0
Ecuador: Damián Lanza; Erick De Jesús (Juan Triviño), Iván Hurtado [c], Jorge
Guagua (Renán Calle), Fricson George; Antonio Valencia (Luis Saritama),
Edwin Tenorio, Marlon Ayoví (Luis Caicedo), Iván Kaviedes (Oscar Bagüí);
Otilino Tenorio, Roberto Mina (Cristian Lara).
Panama: Jaime Penedo; Luis Moreno, Roberto Stewart (Víctor Miranda 46'), Joel
Solanilla, Luis Henríquez; Ricardo Phillips (José Justavino 85'), Juan
Carlos Cubillas, Engin Mitre (Gabriel Gómez 54'), William Aguilar; Roberto
Brown, Luis Tejada.
Referee: Pedro Ramos (Ecuador).
Coaches: Ecuador: Luis Suárez (Colombia).
Panama: José Hernández (Colombia).
Cards: Ecuador: Luis Caicedo [R 74'].
Panama: Victor Miranda [Y 65'], Luis Moreno [Y 68'], Roberto Brown
[R 74'].
29/01/2005, Yokohama, International Stadium, 46941
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JAPAN 4 (Keiji Tamada 5', 60', Naoki Matsuda 11', Alessandro Santos 24')
KAZAKHSTAN 0
Japan: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; Akira Kaji, Makoto Tanaka (Keisuke Tsuboi 88'),
Naoki Matsuda, Yuji Nakazawa [c]; Mitsuo Ogasawara, Takashi Fukunishi
(Yuki Abe 46'), Yasuhito Endo (Masashi Motoyama 88'), Alessandro Santos;
Keiji Tamada (Toshiya Fujita 88'), Takayuki Suzuki (Masashi Oguro 77'),
Kazakhstan: Aleksandr Mokin; Samat Smakov [c] (Maksim Azovski 46'); Kairat Utabayev
(Piraly Aliyev 54'), Igor Avdeyev, Igor Soloshenko (Yegor Azovski 46'),
Dmitriy Lyapkin; Dias Kamelov (Maksim Zhalmagambetov 46'), Anton
Chichulin, Maksat Baizhanov; Sergei Larin (Denis Rodionov 46'), Maksim
Shevchenko (Rinat Dubinski 73').
Referee: Park Sang-Goo (South Korea).
Coaches: Japan: Arthur Coimbra 'Zico' (Brazil).
Kazakhstan: Sergei Timofeyev.
Cards: Japan: Mitsuo Ogasawara [Y 78'].
Kazakhstan: Igor Soloshenko [Y 30'], Dias Kamelov [Y 35'],
Anton Chichulin [Y 90+'].
02/02/2005, İstanbul (Turkey), Atatürk Olimpiyat Stadı, 100
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HUNGARY 0
SAUDI ARABIA 0
Hungary: Lajos Szűcs; Péter Stark (Gábor Gyepes 87'), Péter Lipcsei, Roland Juhász,
Vilmos Vanczák (Szabolcs Huszti 60'); Balázs Nikolov (Péter Simek 68'),
Balázs Tóth (Dénes Rósa 46'), Leandro de Almeida, Ottó Vincze; Krisztián
Kenesei (Péter Rajczi 60'), Zsombor Kerekes (Péter Kovács 46').
Saudi Arabia: Mabrouk Zayed; Mansour Al-Thagafi (Ahmed Al-Bahri 78'), Ridha Takar
Fallatah, Hamad Al-Montasheri, Hussein Solaimani; Khaled Al-Thaker, Saud
Khariri (Taiseer Al-Jassam 63'), Hadi Al-Sharify, Manaf Abu Shgeir (Nassir
Al-Shamrani 63'); Mohammad Al-Shalhoub (Saad Al-Zahrani 75'), Yasser Al-
Qahtani (Mohammad Khoja 75').
Referee: Selçuk Dereli (Turkey).
Coaches: Hungary: Lothar Matthäus (Germany).
Saudi Arabia: Gabriel Calderón (Argentina).
Cards: Hungary: Balázs Tóth [Y 18'], Leandro de Almeida [Y 41'], Péter Lipcsei
[Y 48'].
Saudi Arabia: Mansour Al-Thagafi [Y 67'], Ridha Takar Fallatah [Y 68'].
02/02/2005, Tehran, Azadi Stadium, 15000
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IRAN 2 (Ali Daei 38', Arash Borhani 74')
BOSNIA/HERZEGOVINA 1 (Elvir Bolić 18')
Iran: Mehdi Rahmati; Hossein Kaebi (Sattar Zare 73'), Jalal Kameli-Mofrad,
Mohammad Nosrati, Ali Badavi (Amir Hossein Sadeghi 78'); Gholamreza
Enayati (Moharam Navidkia 46'), Yahya Golmohammadi (Mojtaba Jabbari 76'),
Javad Nekounam, Javad Kazemian (Abbas Aghaei 82'); Arash Borhani, Ali Daei
[c].
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Kenan Hasagić; Hasan Salihamidžić [c] (Ivan Medvid 64'), Emir Spahić,
Branimir Bajić (Velimir Vidić 88'), Ninoslav Milenković; Vladan Grujić,
Ivica Grlić (Bulend Biščević 80'), Nedim Halilović, Elvir Baljić (Dušan
Kerkez 82'); Elvir Bolić, Dragan Blatnjak (Senijad Ibričić 76').
Referee: Masoud Moradi (Iran).
Coaches: Iran: Branislav 'Branko' Ivanković (Croatia).
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Blaž Slišković.
Cards: Iran: Hossein Kaebi [Y 49'].
Bosnia/Herzegovina: Emir Spahić [Y 14'], Branimir Bajić [Y 47'],
Hasan Salihamidžić [Y 57'].
04/02/2005, Seoul, Sangam World Cup Stadium, 16054
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SOUTH KOREA 0
EGYPT 1 (Emad Motaeb 14')
South Korea: Lee Woon-Jae (Kim Yong-Dae 46'); Park Dong-Hyuk, Yoo Sang-Chul (You Kyung-
Youl 46'), Park Jae-Hong, Kim Dong-Jin; Park Kyu-Seon, Kim Nam-Il (Kim
Jung-Woo 82'), Kim Sang-Shik (Kim Do-Heon 60'); Lee Chun-Soo, Lee Dong-
Gook (Cho Jae-Jin 46'), Chung Kyung-Ho (Namkung Do 69').
Egypt: Nader El-Sayed; Mohamed Barakat, Wael Gomaa, Emad El-Nahhas, Ahmed Abou
Messalem (Abdullah Ragab 81'); Hosni Abd Rabo, Mohamed Abou Traika,
Mohamed Shawky, Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek (Ahmed Fathi 56'); Emad Motaeb, Amr
Zaki (Abdel Halim Ali 77').
Referee: Huang Junjie (China).
Coaches: South Korea: Johannes Bonfrere (Netherlands).
Egypt: Hassan Shehata.
Cards: South Korea: Park Dong-Hyuk [Y 77'].
Egypt: Amr Zaki [Y 62'].
09/02/2005, Hong Kong, Hong Kong Stadium, 23425
Carlsberg Cup
HONG KONG 1 (Lee Sze-Ming 85')
BRAZIL 7 (Lúcimar Ferreira 'Lúcio' 20', Roberto Carlos da Silva 30', Ricardo de
Oliveira 45+', 57', Ronaldo de Assis 'Ronaldinho' 49', Robson de Souza
'Robinho' 77', Alexsandro de Souza 79' pen)
Hong Kong: Fan Chun-Yip (Xiao Guoji 74'); Lee Wai-Man; Szeto Man-Chun (Luk Koon-Pong
68'), Man Pei-Tak, Feng Ji-Zhi (Ng Wai-Chiu 56'), Poon Yiu-Cheuk; Law
Chun-Bong (Lee Sze-Ming 53'), Lau Chi-Keung, Cheung Sai-Ho (Chan Siu-Ki
46'); Wong Chun-Yue (Chu Siu-Kei 53'), Au Wai-Lun.
Brazil: Júlio César de Espindola; Marcos de Morais 'Cafu' (Juliano Belletti 60'),
Lúcimar Ferreira 'Lúcio', Juan dos Santos, Roberto Carlos da Silva
(Gilberto Melo 60'); Antônio Reis 'Juninho' (Elano Blumer 67'), Ronaldo de
Assis 'Ronaldinho' (Alexsandro de Souza 61'), Émerson da Rosa, José 'Zé'
Roberto (Renato Flôrencio 75'); Robson de Souza 'Robinho', Ricardo de
Oliveira (Júlio Baptista 67').
Referee: Zhou Weixin (China).
Coaches: Hong Kong: Lai Sun-Cheung.
Brazil: Carlos Alberto Parreira.
09/02/2005, Cairo, Military Academy Stadium, 5000
Friendly International
EGYPT 4 (Emad Motaeb 40', 51', Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek 53', Osama Hosny 80')
BELGIUM 0
Egypt: Abdel Wahed El-Sayed; Ahmed Fathi, Wael Gomaa, Emad El-Nahhas (Abdel Zaher
El-Sakka 60'), Tarek El-Said [c]; Hosni Abd Rabo, Mohamed Abou Traika
(Mohamed Barakat 58'), Mohamed Shawky, Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek (Hassan
Mostafa 71'); Emad Motaeb (Osama Hosny 67'), Amr Zaki (Abdel Halim Ali
58').
Belgium: Sylvio Proto; Olivier De Cock (Olivier Doll 60'), Philippe Clément, Timmy
Simons [c], Peter Van der Heyden; Vincent Kompany (Koen Daerden 60'), Yves
Vanderhaeghe, Walter Baseggio (Roberto Bisconti 60'); Thomas Buffel (Tom
Soetaers 74'), Emile Mpenza, Mbo Mpenza (Luigi Pieroni 64').
Referee: Reda El-Beltagy (Egypt).
Coaches: Egypt: Hassan Shehata.
Belgium: Aimé Anthuenis.
Cards: Egypt: Ahmed Wahed El-Sayed [Y 70'].
Belgium: Yves Vanderhaeghe [Y 27'], Koen Daerden [Y 90+'].
09/02/2005, Düsseldorf, LTU Arena, 52000
Friendly International
GERMANY 2 (Torsten Frings 28' pen, Kevin Kuranyi 45')
ARGENTINA 2 (Hernan Crespo 40' pen, 81')
Germany: Jens Lehmann; Patrick Owomoyela, Per Mertesacker, Christian Wörns [c],
Thomas Hitzlsperger; Bernd Schneider, Torsten Frings, Fabian Ernst,
Bastian Schweinsteiger (Christian Schulz 75'); Kevin Kuranyi, Gerald
Asamoah (Paul Freier 29').
Argentina: Roberto Abbondanzieri; Javier Zanetti, Nicolás Burdisso, Gabriel Milito
(Esteban Cambiasso 46'), Gabriel Heinze; Lionel Scaloni (Maximiliano
Rodríguez 46'), Juan Román Riquelme, Aldo Duscher (Luciano Galletti 78'),
Juan Pablo Sorín [c]; Hernán Crespo, Javier Saviola.
Referee: Stefano Farina (Italy).
Coaches: Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
Argentina: José Pekerman.
Cards: Germany: Torsten Frings [Y 56'].
Argentina: Gabriel Heinze [Y 48'], Luciano Galletti [Y 82'].
09/02/2005, Belfast, Windsor Park, 11156
Friendly International
NORTHERN IRELAND 0
CANADA 1 (Olivier Occean 31')
Northern Ireland: Maik Taylor (Roy Carroll 46'); Chris Baird, Aaron Hughes [c], Colin
Murdock (Andy Kirk 46'), George McCartney; Steve Davis, Keith Gillespie
(Steve Jones 78'), Tommy Doherty (Phil Mulryne 46'), Tony Capaldi
(Stephen Craigan 79'); Jeff Whitley, David Healy (Andy Smith 81').
Canada: Greg Sutton: Marco Reda, Gabriel Gervais, Kevin McKenna [c] (Mike
Klukowski 46'), Josh Simpson; Patrice Bernier, Daniel Imhof, Adrian
Sérioux (Jaime Peters 88'), Jim Brennan (Iain Hume 87'); Olivier Occean,
Dwayne de Rosario.
Referee: Joseph Attard (Malta).
Coaches: Northern Ireland: Lawrie Sanchez.
Canada: Frank Yallop.
Cards: Northern Ireland: none.
Canada: Gabriel Gervais [Y 20' YR 22'].
09/02/2005, Durban, ABSA Stadium, 30000
Friendly International
SOUTH AFRICA 1 (Benedict McCarthy 12')
AUSTRALIA 1 (Scott Chipperfield 71')
South Africa: Calvin Marlin; Cyril Nzama, Aaron Mokoena [c], Nasief Morris, Thabiso
Rammile; Steven Pienaar (Siyabonga Nomvete 79'), Quinton Fortune, Benedict
Vilakazi (Siphiwe Mkhonza 89'), Delron Buckley (Gift Leremi 46'); Benedict
McCarthy (Sibusiso Zuma 57'), Shaun Bartlett (Sandile Ndlovu 64').
Australia: Mark Schwarzer; Tony Vidmar, Craig Moore [c], Tony Popovic, Lucas Neill;
Brett Emerton (Archie Thompson 67'), Vince Grella (Luke Wilkshire 71'),
Marco Bresciano (Jon McKain 75'), Daniel Tiatto (Scott Chipperfield 57');
Jason Culina (Mile Sterjovski 57'); Paul Agostino (Max Vieri 67').
Referee: Lim Kee Chong (Mauritius).
Coaches: South Africa: Stuart Baxter (England).
Australia: Frank Farina.
Cards: South Africa: none.
Australia: Marco Bresciano [Y 55'].
09/02/2005, Dubai, Rashid Stadium, 1200
Friendly International
UAE 1 (Ismail Matar Al-Mekhaini 21')
SWITZERLAND 2 (Daniel Gygax 9', Patrick Müller 79')
UAE: Ismail Rabea; Khalid Ali Al-Hamadi, Abdullah Salem Al-Junaibi (Mohamed
Khamis Saleh 43'), Mohamed Qassim Al-Boloushi (Majid Maqdemi 46'), Saleh
Obaid Al-Arifi; Fahad Masoud (Ali Al-Wahaibi 46'), Yousuf Abdulaziz Al-
Saidi, Subait Khater Al-Makhbani, Abdul Rahim Jumaa Al-Junaibi; Ismail
Matar Al-Mekhaini, Salem Saad Al-Abadla.
Switzerland: Pascal Zuberbühler; Bernt Haas (Philipp Degen 46'), Patrick Müller,
Stéphane Henchoz (Stéphane Grichting 46'), Christoph Spycher; Daniel
Gygax, Ricardo Cabanas (Hakan Yakin 77'), Johann Vogel [c] (Benjamin
Huggel 68'), Ludovic Magnin (Johann Lonfat 46'); Alexander Frei, Johann
Vonlanthen (Alexandre Rey 61').
Referee: Abdullah Al-Hilali (Oman).
Coaches: UAE: Aad de Mos (Netherlands).
Switzerland: Jakob Kuhn.
Cards: UAE: Fahad Masoud [Y 36'], Salem Saad Al-Abadla [Y 83'].
Switzerland: Stéphane Henchoz [Y 32'], Philipp Degen [Y 75'].
09/02/2005, Maracaibo, Estadio José 'Pachencho' Romero, 8000
Friendly International
VENEZUELA 3 (Ricardo Páez 20', Massimo Margiotta 33', Giancarlos Maldonado 82')
ESTONIA 0
Venezuela: Rafael Dudamel (Gilberto Angelucci 46'); Héctor González, José Manuel Rey
(Andreé González 46'), Alejandro Cichero, Jorge Rojas; Ricardo Páez (Luis
Vallenilla 63'), Leopoldo Jiménez (Miguel Mea Vitali 63'), Leonel Vielma,
Gabriel Urdaneta (Jonay Hernández 63'); Rafael Castellín, Massimo
Margiotta (Giancarlos Maldonado 69').
Estonia: Artur Kotenko; Teet Allas, Alo Bärengrub, Enar Jääger, Ragnar Klavan
(Dmitri Kruglov 46'); Sergei Terehhov (Joel Lindpere 57'), Taavi Rähn,
Martin Reim [c], Indrek Zelinski (Vjatšeslav Zahovaiko 46'); Andres Oper,
Kristen Viikmäe (Ingemar Teever 46').
Referee: Luis Vasco (Ecuador).
Coaches: Venezuela: Richard Páez.
Estonia: Jelle Goes (Netherlands).
Cards: Venezuela: Rafael Castellín [Y 57'], Héctor González [Y 90'].
Estonia: Enar Jääger [Y 68'], Joel Lindpere [Y 90+'].
16/02/2005, Heredia, Estadio Eladio Rosabal Cordero, 1000
Friendly International
COSTA RICA 1 (Ever Alfaro 46')
ECUADOR 2 (Marlon Ayoví 61' pen, Jorge Guagua 87')
Costa Rica: José Francisco Porras; Alexander Castro (Roy Myrie 50'), Berny Peña,
Michael Umaña, Junior Díaz; Cristian Badilla, Douglas Sequeira (Roy Miller
81'), Dany Fonseca (Geiner Segura 46'), Alonso Solis (Erick Scott 85');
Ever Alfaro (Johnny Cubero 51'), Whayne Wilson
Ecuador: Edwin Villafuerte; Néicer Reasco, Jorge Guagua, Geovanny Espinoza, Paúl
Ambrossi; Edison Méndez, Edwin Tenorio (Wilfredo Vinces 55'), Marlon Ayoví
[c], Walter Ayoví (Luis Saritama 81'); Antonio Valencia, Otilino Tenorio
(Cristian Lara 88').
Referee: Edgar Durán (Costa Rica).
Coaches: Costa Rica: Jorge Pinto (Colombia).
Ecuador: Luis Suárez (Colombia).
Cards: Costa Rica: Douglas Sequeira [Y 34'], José Francisco Porras [Y 43'],
Whayne Wilson [Y 72'].
Ecuador: Edwin Tenorio [Y 19'], Paúl Ambrossi [Y 74'].
23/02/2005, Culiacán, Estadio Carlos González y González, 10000
Friendly International
MEXICO 1 (Francisco Fonseca 56')
COLOMBIA 1 (Edixon Perea 59')
Mexico: Oscar Pérez (Moisés Muñoz 71'); Salvador Carmona [c] (Héctor Altamirano
46'), Francisco Rodríguez, Aarón Galindo, Carlos Salcido (Gonzalo Pineda
46'); Luis Ernesto Pérez (Daniel Osorno 46'), Israel López, Antonio
Naelson 'Zinha' (Juan Pablo Rodríguez 60'), Jaime Lozano (Fernando Arce
62'); Francisco Fonseca, Alberto Medina (Omar Bravo 63').
Colombia: Bréiner Castillo; Yulián Anchico, Andrés Orozco, Humberto Mendoza,
Aquivaldo Mosquera; Víctor Pacheco (Aldo Ramírez 72') John Javier Restrepo
(Andrés Casañas 70'), Juan Carlos Ramírez, Edwin García; Luis Gabriel Rey
(Héctor Hurtado 64'), Léider Preciado (Edixon Perea 46').
Referee: Jorge Gasso (Mexico).
Coaches: Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Colombia: Reinaldo Rueda.
Cards: Mexico: Israel López [Y 52'], Fernando Arce [Y 84'].
Colombia: Juan Carlos Ramírez [Y 19'], John Javier Restrepo [Y 45'],
Edwin García [Y 47'].
Note: Jaime Lozano missed a penalty at 33'.
09/03/2005, Los Angeles (USA), Memorial Coliseum, 51345
Friendly International
MEXICO 1 (Fabricio Fuentes 23' OG)
ARGENTINA 1 (Rolando Zárate 67')
Mexico: Oscar Pérez; Francisco Rodríguez, Hugo Sánchez, Ricardo Osorio, Carlos
Salcido; Héctor Altamirano (Mario Méndez 75'), Antonio Naelson 'Zinha'
(Omar Bravo 71'), Pavel Pardo [c] (Israel López 77'), Ramón Morales
(Rafael García 71'); Francisco Fonseca (Oribe Peralta 86'), Cuauhtémoc
Blanco (Omar Briseño 64').
Argentina: Germán Lux; Eduardo Tuzzio, Fabricio Fuentes, Daniel Díaz, Víctor Zapata;
Lucas Castromán (Fernando Belluschi 46'), Martín Romagnoli, Javier
Mascherano [c], Federico Insúa (Lisandro López 61'); Rodrigo Palacio (José
Sosa 85'), Rolando Zárate (Sebastián Romero 75').
Referee: Brian Hall (USA).
Coaches: Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Argentina: José Pekerman.
Cards: Mexico: none.
Argentina: Víctor Zapata [Y 11'], Javier Mascherano [Y 32'].
Note: Argentina fielded a home-based team with only Lux and Mascherano from the
World Cup squad.
09/03/2005, Fullerton, Titan Stadium, 7086
Friendly International
USA 3 (Pat Noonan 25', Chad Marshall 33', Clint Mathis 66')
COLOMBIA 0
USA: Jon Busch; Brian Mullan, Chad Marshall, Ritchie Kotschau, Chris Albright;
Steve Ralston (Eddie Gaven 76'), Clint Dempsey, Pablo Mastroeni [c] (Nat
Borchers 86'), Pat Noonan (Kyle Martino 83'); Clint Mathis (Taylor
Twellman 68'), Eddie Johnson (Brian Ching 71').
Colombia: Juan Carlos Henao; Camilo Zúñiga (Andrés Casañas 46'), Andrés Orozco,
Humberto Mendoza, Aquivaldo Mosquera (Julián De la Cuesta 46'); Víctor
Pacheco (Hugo Rodallega 61'), John Javier Restrepo, Juan Carlos Ramírez
[c] (John Viáfara 46'), César Fawcett; Luis Gabriel Rey (Aldo Ramírez
77'), Edixon Perea (Héctor Hurtado 46').
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico).
Coaches: USA: Bruce Arena.
Colombia: Reinaldo Rueda.
Cards: USA: Chad Marshall [Y 11'], Pablo Mastroeni [Y 30'],
Ritchie Kotschau [Y 49'], Taylor Twellmann [R 76'].
Colombia: John Javier Restrepo [Y 9'], Juan Carlos Ramírez [Y 14'],
Andrés Casañas [Y 82'].
12/03/2005, Kuwait, 1500
Friendly International
KUWAIT 0
FINLAND 1 (Njazi Kuqi 16')
Kuwait:
Finland: Mikko Kavén; Ari Nyman (Sampsa Timoska 82'), Toni Kuivasto, Jukka Sauso,
Jani Sarajärvi (Tuomo Könönen 21'), Mika Nurmela, Jari Ilola
(Fredrik Nordback 89'), Jarkko Wiss, Henri Scheweleff
(Niklas Tarvajärvi 69'), Mikko Hyyrynen (Keijo Huusko 61'), Njazi Kuqi
(Jarno Heinikangas 84').
Referee:
Coaches: Kuwait: Slobodan Pavković (Serbia/Montenegro).
Finland: Antti Muurinen.
Cards: Kuwait:
Finland: Mika Nurmela [Y].
14/03/2005, Dammam, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd Stadium
Friendly International
SAUDI ARABIA 0
EGYPT 1 (Emad Motaeb 64')
Saudi Arabia:
Egypt: Abdel Wahed El-Sayed (Nader El-Sayed); Ahmed Fathi, Wael Gomaa, Emad El-
Nahhas, Ahmed Abou Mesallem; Samir Sabry (Abdullah Ragab), Mohamed Abou
Traika (Mahmoud Fathallah), Mohamed Shawky, Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek (Hassan
Mostafa); Abdel Halim Ali (Emad Motaeb), Amr Zaki (Mohamed Mohsen
Abougreisha).
Referee:
Coaches: Saudi Arabia: Gabriel Calderón (Argentina).
Egypt: Hassan Shehata.
18/03/2005, Al-Ain (UAE)
Friendly International
KUWAIT 3 (Ali Asel 70', Bader Al-Mutawwa 79', Ahmed Al-Subaih 89')
ARMENIA 1 (Hamlet V. Mkhitaryan 88' pen)
Kuwait:
Armenia: Edel Bete; Valeri Aleksanyan, Sargis Hovsepyan, Robert Arzumanyan,
Aleksandr Tadevosyan (Ararat Arakelyan); David Grigoryan (Artavazd
Karamyan), Rafael Nazaryan (Levon Pachajyan), Romeo Jenebyan (Agvan
Mkrtchyan), Hamlet V. Mkhitaryan; Arman Karamyan (Andrei Movsesyan), Aram
Voskanyan.
Referee:
Coaches: Kuwait: Slobodan Pavković (Serbia/Montenegro).
Armenia: Bernard Casoni (France).
Cards:
18/03/2005, Dammam, Prince Mohammad bin Fahd Stadium
Friendly International
SAUDI ARABIA 1 (Yousri Al-Basha 49')
FINLAND 4 (Toni Kuivasto 4', Njazi Kuqi 71', 78', Mika Nurmela 76')
Saudi Arabia:
Finland: Henri Sillanpää; Ari Nyman (Mikko Hyyrynen 88'), Toni Kuivasto,
Sampsa Timoska (Jukka Sauso 74'), Tuomo Könönen; Fredrik Nordback
(Jarkko Wiss 53'), Jari Ilola, Jarno Heinikangas, Mika Nurmela;
Niklas Tarvajärvi (Henri Scheweleff 46'), Keijo Huusko (Njazi Kuqi 46').
Referee:
Coaches: Saudi Arabia: Gabriel Calderón (Argentina).
Finland: Antti Muurinen.
Cards: Finland: Toni Kuivasto [Y], Njazi Kuqi [Y].
Note: Henri Sillanpää saved a penalty from Sami Al-Jaber at 65'.
20/03/2005, Dubai (UAE), Al-Makhtoum Stadium, 400
Friendly International
SOUTH KOREA 1 (Kim Sang-Shik 55')
BURKINA FASO 0
South Korea: Kim Young-Gwang; Park Dong-Hyuk, Yoo Sang-Chul [c], Park Jae-Hong, Kim
Dong-Jin; Park Kyu-Seon, Kim Sang-Shik, Kim Jung-Woo (Kim Chi-Gon 56'); Lee
Chun-Soo (Cho Jae-Jin 59' (You Kyung-Youl 81')), Namkung Do, Chung Kyung-
Ho.
Burkina Faso: Siaka Coulibaly; Henri Traoré, Jacob Diallo, Arouna Bancé, Jeannot
Bouyain; Benjamin Balima, Amara Ouattara, Djomagan Fofana, Valentin Dah;
Aboubacar Sangaré, Hermann Ouédraogo (Constant Kambou 76').
Referee: Salah Amin (UAE).
Coaches: South Korea: Johannes Bonfrere (Netherlands).
Burkina Faso: Sidiki Diarra.
Cards: South Korea: Park Kyu-Seon [Y 16'], Park Dong-Hyuk [Y 82'].
Burkina Faso: Hermann Ouédraogo [Y 23'], Arouna Bancé [Y 87'].
Note: Burkina Faso used their under-21 team, so South Korea used mainly reserve
players. However, the match is official for South Korea, and is a full
FIFA international.
26/03/2005, Sydney, Telstra Stadium, 30258
Friendly International
AUSTRALIA 2 (Marco Bresciano 23', Ahmad Elrich 73')
IRAQ 1 (Mohammed Nassir Shakroun 12')
Australia: Mark Schwarzer; Lucas Neill, Craig Moore [c], Tony Popovic, Stan
Lazaridis (Tony Vidmar 46'); Brett Emerton (Jason Culina 71'), Josip
Skoko, Marco Bresciano (Jon McKain 63'), Scott Chipperfield (Mile
Sterjovski 63'); Tim Cahill (Ahmad Elrich 71'); John Aloisi.
Iraq: Sarmad Rasheed; Haidar Abdul-Amir, Haidar Abdul-Razzaq Hassan, Ahmed
Kadhim Asad [c], Yassir Raad; Wisam Zaki, Haitham Kadhim Tahir (Muayad
Khalid 63'), Nashat Akram Abid-Ali, Hawar Mulla-Mohammed; Mahdi Karim Ajil
(Safwan Mohammed 86'), Mohammed Nassir Shakroun (Ali Jabir 80').
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand).
Coaches: Australia: Frank Farina.
Iraq: Akram Salman Ahmed.
Cards: Australia: Tim Cahill [Y 20'], Mile Sterjovski [Y 88'].
Iraq: Yassir Raad [Y 66'], Haidar Abdul-Razzaq Hassan [Y 77'].
26/03/2005, Lárnaka, GSZ
Friendly International
CYPRUS 2 (Constantinos Charalambides 9', Yiannakis Okkas 28')
JORDAN 1 (Mahmoud Shelbayeh 85')
Cyprus: Antonis Georgallides (Nicos Panayiotou 20'); Marios Elia, Loukas Louka,
Lambros Lambrou, Alexis Garpozis (Stelios Okkarides 58'); Constantinos
Charalambides (Petros Filaniotis 81'), Constantinos Makrides, Assimakis
Krassas (Chrysostomos Michael 58'), Marinos Satsias (Efstathios Aloneftis
58'); Yiannakis Okkas [c] (Yiasemakis Yiasoumi 64'), Michalis Constantinou
(Demos Goumenos 59').
Jordan: Firas Taleb; Faisal Ibrahim Shaikh [c], Shadi Al-Khatib, Ammar
Al-Sharaida, Basim Fathi; Mustafa 'Abouromeh' Shehadeh (Abdullah Al-Disi),
Amjad Al-Sheibi, Moayyed Abou Kiskhik (Yazin Zarawi), Hassan Abdul-Fattah
Mahmoud; Anas Al-Zboun, Mahmoud Shelbayeh (Ahmed Hayel).
Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus).
Coaches: Cyprus: Angelos Anastasiadis (Greece).
Jordan: Mahmoud El-Gohary (Egypt).
26/03/2005, Barcelos, Estádio Cidade de Barcelos, 13000
Friendly International
PORTUGAL 4 (Manuel Fernandes 8', Pedro Resendes 'Pauleta' 12', Hélder Postiga 82',
Nuno Ribeiro 'Gomes' 90+')
CANADA 1 (Kevin McKenna 85')
Portugal: Joaquim Silva 'Quim'; Paulo Ferreira, Fernando Meira (Luis Boa Morte 71'),
Jorge Andrade, Nuno Valente (Miguel Monteiro 46'); Nuno Ribeiro 'Maniche'
(Ricardo Costa 46'), Manuel Fernandes, Anderson de Souza 'Deco', Simão
Sabrosa (Hugo Viana 46'), Cristiano Ronaldo Aveiro (Hélder Postiga 46'),
Pedro Resendes 'Pauleta' (Nuno Ribeiro 'Gomes' 46').
Canada: Lars Hirschfeld; Marco Reda, Atiba Hutchinson (Jaime Peters 78'), Kevin
McKenna [c], Mike Klukowski; Paul Stalteri, Daniel Imhof (Chris Pozniak
86'), Julian de Guzman, Jim Brennan (Tomasz Radzinski 46'); Olivier Occean
(Patrice Bernier 68'), Dwayne de Rosario.
Referee: Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine).
Coaches: Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).
Canada: Frank Yallop.
Cards: Portugal: none.
Canada: Dwayne de Rosario [Y 42'], Julian de Guzman [Y 67'].
26/03/2005, Salamanca, Estadio Helmántico, 17000
Friendly International
SPAIN 3 (Fernando Torres 3' pen, Xavi Hernández 32', Joaquín Sánchez 53')
CHINA 0
Spain: Iker Casillas [c]; Carles Puyol (Sergio Ramos 46'), Pablo Ibañez, Juan
'Juanito' Gutiérrez, Asier Del Horno; Joaquín Sánchez (Luis García 55'),
Xavi Hernández (Juan Carlos Valerón 46'), David Albelda (Pablo Orbáiz
46'), Ivan De la Peña; Fernando Torres (Miguel Angel Ferrer 'Mista' 46'),
Albert Luque (José Antonio Reyes 46').
China: Liu Yunfei; Li Weifeng [c]; Wei Xin, Du Wei (Zhang Yaokun 56'), Ji Mingyi,
Zhang Yonghai (Sun Xiang 56'); Xu Yunlong (Zou Yougen 28' (Hu Zhaojun
64'), Shao Jiayi (Shi Jun 90'), Chen Yongqiang, Zhao Junzhe; Li Yi (Zheng
Bin 84').
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal).
Coaches: Spain: Luis Aragonés.
China: Zhu Guanghu.
Cards: Spain: José Antonio Reyes [Y 75'].
China: Wei Xin [Y 31'], Zhang Yonghai [Y 33'].
29/03/2005, Perth, Subiaco Oval, 13719
Friendly International
AUSTRALIA 3 (Ante Milicic 24', Hamka Hamzah 57' OG, David Zdrilic 85')
INDONESIA 0
Australia: Zeljko Kalac; Tony Vidmar, Craig Moore [c] (Tony Popovic 46'), Ljubo
Milicevic, Stan Lazaridis (Lucas Neill 60'); Brett Emerton (Ahmad Elrich
46'), Jon McKain, Jason Culina (Jade North 76'), Luke Wilkshire (Simon
Colosimo 60'); Ante Milicic (David Zdrilic 76'), Mile Sterjovski.
Indonesia: Hendro Kartiko; Ismed Sofyan (Jack Komboy 82'), Hamka Hamzah, Firmansyah
Agus, Ortisan Salossa (Mahyadi Panggabean 62'); Mohammad Mauly Lessy
(Zainal Arifin Yandri 89'), Syamsul Bachri, Ponaryo Astaman [c], Firman
Utina (Jimi Suparno 62'); Ilham Jaya Kesuma (Kurniawan Dwi Yulianto 14'),
Agus Indra Kurniawan (Christian Worabai 82');
Referee: Hirofumi Yamanishi (Japan).
Coaches: Australia: Frank Farina.
Indonesia: Peter Withe (England).
Cards: Australia: Simon Colosimo [Y 72'].
Indonesia: Ponaryo Astaman [Y 55'].
Note: The second goal-scorer is also reported as Ante Milicic; Hamzah
bundled the ball into his own net under pressure from Milicic.
29/03/2005, Dublin, Lansdowne Road, 35222
Friendly International
IRELAND 1 (Clinton Morrison 82')
CHINA 0
Ireland: Patrick Kenny; Alan Maybury, Richard Dunne, Kenny Cunningham [c] (Andy
O'Brien 46'), John O'Shea; Andy Reid, Graham Kavanagh, Kevin Kilbane
(Roy Keane 66'), Damien Duff (Liam Miller 46'); Robbie Keane (Clinton
Morrison 62'), Stephen Elliott (Gary Doherty 74').
China: Li Leilei; Li Weifeng [c]; Wei Xin (Wang Liang 46'), Zhang Yonghai (Zhang
Yaokun 75'), Ji Mingyi, Sun Xiang; Hu Zhaojun (Zheng Bin 86'), Chen
Yongqiang (Li Yan 38'), Shao Jiayi (Du Wei 64'), Zhao Junzhe; Li Yi (Shi
Jun 46').
Referee: Adrian Casha (Malta).
Coaches: Ireland: Brian Kerr.
China: Zhu Guanghu.
Cards: None.
27/04/2005, São Paulo, Estádio Municipal Paulo Machado de Carvalho 'Pacaembu', 38000
Friendly International (40th anniversary of Rede Globo de Televisão / Romário's farewell)
BRAZIL 3 (Ânderson Beraldo 5', Romário Faria 17', Edinaldo Libanio 'Grafite' 65')
GUATEMALA 0
Brazil: Marcos Reis (Rogerio Céni 46'); Cicero de Cezare 'Cicinho' (Gabriel dos
Santos 63'), Ânderson Beraldo, Fabiano Eler dos Santos (Gláuber Berti
81'), Leonardo Bastos; Márcio Rodrigues 'Magrão' (Márcio da Silva
'Marcinho' 37'), Carlos da Silva 'Mineiro', Ricardo Rodrigues
'Ricardinho', Carlos Alberto de Jesús (Fernando da Costa 'Fernandão' 46');
Robson de Souza 'Robinho' (Frederico Guedes 'Fred' 46'), Romário Faria
(Edinaldo Libanio 'Grafite' 38').
Guatemala: Miguel Ángel Klée (Paulo César Motta 80'); Néstor Martínez, Gustavo
Cabrera, Pablo Melgar (Maynor González 80'), Denis Chen (Nelson Morales
46'); Gonzalo Romero, Fredy Thompson (Carlos Figueroa 66'), Julio Girón
(Rigoberto Gómez 46'), Ángel Sanabria (Maynor Dávila 66'); Hernán
Sandoval, Carlos Castillo (Roberto Aragón 80').
Referee: Martín Vázquez (Uruguay).
Coaches: Brazil: Carlos Alberto Parreira.
Guatemala: Ramón Maradiaga (Honduras).
Cards: Brazil: Romário Faria [Y 18'].
Guatemala: Julio Girón [Y 37'].
Note: Brazil fielded a home-based team with 11 newcomers.
27/04/2005, Chicago (USA), Soldier Field, 54427
Friendly International
MEXICO 1 (Ramon Morales 51')
POLAND 1 (Paweł Brożek 71')
Mexico: José de Jesús Corona; Rafael Medina (Mario Méndez 78'), Francisco
Rodríguez, Ricardo Osorio, Gonzalo Pineda; Luis Ernesto Pérez (Omar
Trujillo 46'), Juan Pablo Rodríguez, Miguel Zepeda (Antonio Naelson
'Zinha' 46'), Ramón Morales (Aarón Galindo 72'); Francisco Fonseca (Oribe
Peralta 76'), Omar Bravo (Alberto Medina 46').
Poland: Artur Boruc; Marcin Baszczyński, Arkadiusz Głowacki, Tomasz Kłos [c],
Dariusz Dudka; Marcin Zając (Marcin Burkhardt 44'), Radosław Sobolewski
(Jarosław Bieniuk 89'), Przemysław Kaźmierczak (Konrad Gołoś 46'),
Tomasz Kiełbowicz; Paweł Brożek (Piotr Giza 84'), Bartosz Ślusarski
(Patryk Rachwał 76').
Referee: Michael Kennedy (USA).
Coaches: Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Poland: Paweł Janas.
Cards: Mexico: Francisco Rodríguez [Y 16'].
Poland: Tomasz Kiełbowicz [Y 18'], Tomasz Kłos [Y 26'],
Marcin Baszczyński [Y 42'].
22/05/2005, Niigata, Big Swan Stadium, 39856
Kirin Cup
JAPAN 0
PERU 1 (Gustavo Vassallo 90+')
Japan: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; Atsuhiro Miura, Makoto Tanaka, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
[c], Keisuke Tsuboi; Mitsuo Ogasawara, Takashi Fukunishi (Junichi Inamoto
69'), Yasuhito Endo, Alessandro Santos; Takayuki Suzuki (Masashi Motoyama
79'), Keiji Tamada (Masashi Oguro 53').
Peru: Juan Flores; Javier Tenemás (Miguel Cevasco 61'), Luis Guadalupe, Miguel
Villalta, Giuliano Portilla; José Mendoza, Juan Carlos Bazalar [c], Juan
Carlos La Rosa (Carlos Ismodes 90+'), Carlos Lobatón (William Chiroque
58'); Piero Alva (Hilden Salas 79'), Miguel Mostto (Gustavo Vassallo 84').
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia).
Coaches: Japan: Arthur Coimbra 'Zico' (Brazil).
Peru: Freddy Ternero.
Cards: Japan: Takashi Fukunishi [Y 25'], Takayuki Suzuki [Y 28'].
Peru: Juan Carlos La Rosa [Y 30'], Javier Tenemás [Y 54'].
Note: Peru fielded young reserve players, as the date was not on the
'FIFA calendar'.
24/05/2005, Toyota (Japan), Toyota Stadium, 6536
Kirin Cup
UAE 0
PERU 0
UAE: Ismail Rabea; Omran Al-Jasmi, Mohammed Khamis Saleh, Adel Naseeb Al-Shehi,
Saleh Obaid Al-Arifi; Hayder Allo Ali, Yousuf Abdulaziz Al-Saidi (Redha
Abdul Hadi Al-Jaberi 90+'), Nawaf Mubarak Al-Darmaki, Ali Abbas
Al-Hawasin; Ismail Matar Al-Mekhaini, Faisal Khalil Al-Junaibi [c]
(Salem Saad Al-Abadla 68').
Peru: Juan Flores; José Mendoza, Luis Guadalupe, Miguel Villalta, Giuliano
Portilla; William Chiroque (Miguel Cevasco 46'), Juan Carlos Bazalar [c],
Juan Carlos La Rosa, Carlos Lobatón (Carlos Ismodes 46'); Piero Alva
(Hilden Salas 73'), Gustavo Vassallo (Miguel Mostto 79').
Referee: Yuichi Nishimura (Japan).
Coaches: UAE: Jumaa Rabea Al-Shuwhaihi.
Peru: Freddy Ternero.
Cards: UAE: Haydar Allo Ali [Y 35'].
Peru: Carlos Lobatón [Y 39'], Piero Alva [Y 66'].
Note: Peru fielded young reserve players, as the date was not on the
'FIFA calendar'.
24/05/2005, Oslo, Ullevaal, 21251
Friendly International
NORWAY 1 (Frode Johnsen 78')
COSTA RICA 0
Norway: Espen Johnsen; Jon Inge Høiland (Marius Johnsen 46'), Brede Paulsen
Hangeland, Bård Borgersen, André Bergdølmo; Jan Gunnar Solli, Martin
Andresen [c] (Kristofer Hæstad 46'), Tommy Svindal Larsen (Raymond Kvisvik
54'), Morten Gamst Pedersen; Bengt Sæternes (Frode Johnsen 46'), Steffen
Iversen (Ole Martin Årst 46').
Costa Rica: Álvaro Mesén [c]; Víctor Cordero; Cristian Bolaños (Jervis Drummond 60'),
Mauricio Wright, Michael Umaña, Leonardo González; José Luis López, Jafet
Soto (Alonso Solís 73'), Cristian Badilla (Rónald Gómez 60'); Oscar Rojas,
Paulo Cesar Wanchope.
Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands).
Coaches: Norway: Åge Hareide.
Costa Rica: Alexandre Guimarães.
Cards: None.
25/05/2005, Caracas, Estadio Olímpico, 5500
Friendly International
VENEZUELA 1 (Giancarlo Maldonado 5')
PANAMA 1 (Roberto Brown 34')
Venezuela: Rafael Dudamel (Gilberto Angelucci 46'); Héctor González, Juan Fuenmayor,
Leonel Vielma, Rennier Rodríguez; Giovanni Pérez (Jesús Gómez 59'), Andreé
González, Luis Vera (Miguel Mea Vitali 78'), Ricardo Páez (Pedro Fernández
74'); Giancarlo Maldonado (Cristian Cásseres 46'), Ruberth Morán (Paúl
Ramírez 59').
Panama: Oscar McFarlane; Joel Jiménez (Cecilio Garcés 90+'), Jaime Cox, Joel
Solanilla, Amílcar Henríquez (Leonel Parrish 72'); Ricardo Phillips
(Gustavo Ávila 76'), Alberto Blanco, Gabriel Gómez, Julio Medina (José
Justavino 90'); Roberto Brown, Orlando Rodríguez (Neftalí Díaz 62').
Referee: Gustavo Brand (Venezuela).
Coaches: Venezuela: Richard Páez.
Panama: José Hernández (Colombia).
Cards: Venezuela: Leonel Vielma [Y 84'], Miguel Mea Vitali [Y 89'].
Panama: Gabriel Gómez [Y 39'], Ricardo Phillips [Y 41'],
Julio Medina [Y 78'].
27/05/2005, Kuwait, Peace and Friendship Stadium
Friendly International
KUWAIT 0
EGYPT 1 (Ahmed Hassan 52')
Kuwait:
Egypt: Nader El-Sayed (Abdel Wahed El-Sayed); Ahmed Fathi, Wael Gomaa (Emad El-
Nahhas), Besheer El-Tabei, Tarek El-Sayed; Mohamed Barakat (Mohamed Mohsen
Abougreisha 56'), Hosni Abd Rabo, Mohamed Shawky, Ahmed Hassan (Hazem Emam
60'); Mohamed Abou Traika, Abdel Halim Ali (Mohamed Zidan 67').
Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Delawar (Bahrain).
Coaches: Kuwait: Slobodan Pavković (Serbia/Montenegro).
Egypt: Hassan Shehata.
Cards: Kuwait: Bader Al-Mutawa [R 33'].
Egypt:
Note: Abdel Wahed El-Sayed saved a penalty from Nohayr Al-Shemmari at 82'.
28/05/2005, Chicago, Soldier Field, 47637
Friendly International
USA 1 (Clinton Dempsey 79')
ENGLAND 2 (Kieran Richardson 4', 44')
USA: Kasey Keller [c]; Steve Cherundolo, Eddie Pope (Carlos Bocanegra 73'),
Cory Gibbs, Greg Vanney; Steve Ralston (Bobby Convey 73'), Kerry Zavagnin,
Landon Donovan, Clinton Dempsey (Clyde Simms 90+'); Josh Wolff, Brian
McBride (Conor Casey 82').
England: David James; Glen Johnson, Wes Brown, Sol Campbell [c] (Zat Knight 46'),
Ashley Cole (Jermain Defoe 63'); Jermaine Jenas, Michael Carrick, Kieran
Richardson (Phil Neville 59'), Joe Cole; Alan Smith, Andy Johnson
(Luke Young 76').
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico).
Coaches: USA: Bruce Arena.
England: Sven-Göran Eriksson (Sweden).
Cards: USA: Edward Pope [Y 31'], Cory Gibbs [Y 42'].
England: Ashley Cole [Y 35'].
29/05/2005, Tehran, Azadi Stadium, 25000
Friendly International
IRAN 2 (Fereydoon Zandi 9', Javad Nekounam 30')
AZERBAIJAN 1 (Alim Qurbanov 68')
Iran: Ebrahim Mirzapour; Hossein Kaebi (Ali Badavi 61'), Yahya Golmohammadi
(Jalal Kameli-Mofrad 65'), Mohammad Nosrati, Sattar Zare; Mehdi Mahdavikia
(Javad Kazemian 46'), Javad Nekounam, Ali Karimi (Eman Mobali 46'),
Fereydoon Zandi; Vahid Hashemian (Arash Borhani 46'), Ali Daei (Gholamreza
Enayati 61').
Azerbaijan: Cahangir Həsənzadə; Rəşad Sadıqov; Mahir Şükürov, Kamal Quliyev, Aftandil
Hacıyev, İlqar Əbdürrəhmanov; Aslan Kərimov, Emin Quliyev, Alim Qurbanov,
Fərrux İsmayılov (Qurban Qurbanov 69'), Zaur Ramazanov (Nadir Nəbiyev
76').
Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait).
Coaches: Iran: Branislab 'Branko' Ivanković (Croatia).
Azerbaijan: Carlos Alberto Torres (Brazil).
Cards: Iran: Javad Kazemian [Y 55'].
Azerbaijan: none.
31/05/2005, East Rutherford (USA), Giants Stadium, 50807
Friendly International
ENGLAND 3 (Michael Owen 36', 44', 58')
COLOMBIA 2 (Mario Yepes 45', Aldo Ramírez 78')
England: David James (Robert Green 46'); Glen Johnson, Phil Neville, Zat Knight,
Ashley Cole; David Beckham [c] (Kieran Richardson 73'), Jermaine Jenas,
Michael Carrick, Joe Cole (Luke Young 86'); Peter Crouch (Alan Smith 73'),
Michael Owen (Jermain Defoe 73').
Colombia: Farid Mondragón; Hayder Palacio (Aldo Ramírez 73'), Luis Amaranto Perea,
Mario Yepes [c] (Humberto Mendoza 80'), Jair Benítez; Héctor Hurtado
(Fabián Vargas 46'), John Viáfara (Yulián Anchico 59'), John Javier
Restrepo (Óscar Díaz 73'), Elkin Soto; Luis Gabriel Rey, Juan Pablo Ángel
(Edixon Perea 59').
Referee: Brian Hall (USA).
Coaches: England: Sven-Göran Eriksson (Sweden).
Colombia: Reinaldo Rueda.
Cards: England: none.
Colombia: Mario Yepes [Y 37'].
11/06/2005, East Rutherford (USA), Giants Stadium, 27583
Friendly International
ECUADOR 1 (Marlon Ayoví 18' pen)
ITALY 1 (Luca Toni 6')
Ecuador: Cristian Mora; Ulises De la Cruz (Paúl Ambrossi 80'), Iván Hurtado [c],
Geovanny Espinoza (Jorge Guagua 82'), Néicer Reasco; Cristian Lara
(Cristian Gómez 52'), Edwin Tenorio, Marlon Ayoví (David Quiroz 80'),
Walter Ayoví; Johnny Baldeón (Antonio Valencia 46'), Carlos Tenorio
(Agustín Delgado 46').
Italy: Flavio Roma; Cristian Zaccardo, Andrea Barzagli, Dario Dainelli
(Roberto Baronio 46'), Fabio Grosso; Marco Cassetti (Vincenzo Iaquinta
88'), Simone Barone, Carmine Coppola (Giandomenico Mesto 56'); Franco
Brienza (Antonio Langella 46'), Luca Toni (Cristiano Lucarelli 46'), David
Di Michele (Giorgio Chiellini 67').
Referee: Terry Vaughn (USA).
Coaches: Ecuador: Luis Suárez (Colombia).
Italy: Marcello Lippi.
Cards: Ecuador: Néicer Reasco [Y 36'], Walter Ayoví [Y 65'].
Italy: Manuel Coppola [Y 15'], Simone Barone [Y 37'],
Antonio Langella [Y 58'].
Note: Italy fielded a reserve team. Cristiano Lucarelli missed a penalty at 80'.
15/06/2005, Köln (Germany), Rhein-Energie Stadion, 28033
Confederations Cup (Group A)
ARGENTINA 2 (Juan Román Riquelme 33' pen, Javier Saviola 57')
TUNISIA 1 (Haykel Guemamdia 72' pen)
Argentina: Germán Lux; Gonzalo Rodríguez, Fabricio Coloccini, Gabriel Heinze, Juan
Pablo Sorín [c] (Javier Zanetti 79'); Mario Santana, Juan Román Riquelme,
Lucas Bernardi, Maximiliano Rodríguez; Luciano Galletti, Javier Saviola
(Carlos Tévez 66').
Tunisia: Khaled Fadhel; Hatem Trabelsi [c] (Amir Haj Messaoud 46'), Radhi Jaïdi,
Karim Saïdi, Anis Ayari; Jaouhar Mnari, Slim Benachour, Adel Chédly, Imed
Mhadhebi (Francileudo dos Santos 46'); Karim Sdiri, Haykel Guemamdia
(Ziad Jaziri 78').
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy).
Coaches: Argentina: José Pekerman.
Tunisia: Roger Lemerre (France).
Cards: Argentina: Gonzalo Rodríguez [Y 17'], Germán Lux [Y 71'].
Tunisia: Hatem Trabelsi [Y 32'], Radhi Jaïdi [Y 80'].
Note: Imed Mhadhebi missed a penalty at 18'.
15/06/2005, Frankfurt am Main, Waldstadion, 46466
Confederations Cup (Group A)
GERMANY 4 (Kevin Kuranyi 17', Per Mertesacker 23', Michael Ballack 60' pen,
Lukas Podolski 88')
AUSTRALIA 3 (Josip Skoko 21', John Aloisi 31', 90+')
Germany: Oliver Kahn; Arne Friedrich, Robert Huth, Per Mertesacker, Thomas
Hitzlsperger; Bernd Schneider (Sebastian Deisler 76'), Torsten Frings,
Michael Ballack [c], Bastian Schweinsteiger (Fabian Ernst 83'); Kevin
Kuranyi (Gerald Asamoah 68'), Lukas Podolski.
Australia: Mark Schwarzer; Kevin Muscat, Craig Moore [c], Tony Popovic (Jon McKain
57'), Lucas Neill; Brett Emerton, Ljubo Milicevic, Josip Skoko, Scott
Chipperfield (Archie Thompson 82'); Tim Cahill (Jason Culina 74'); John
Aloisi.
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay).
Coaches: Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
Australia: Frank Farina.
Cards: Germany: Robert Huth [Y 20'], Bastian Schweinsteiger [Y 52'],
Arne Friedrich [Y 69'], Michael Ballack [Y 90+'].
Australia: Ljubo Milicevic [Y 38'].
16/06/2005, Hannover (Germany), FIFA WM-Stadion, 24036
Confederations Cup (Group B)
MEXICO 2 (Antonio Naelson 'Zinha' 39', Francisco Fonseca 64')
JAPAN 1 (Atsushi Yanagisawa 12')
Mexico: Oswaldo Sánchez; Ricardo Osorio, Aarón Galindo, Carlos Salcido, Jaime
Lozano (Gonzalo Pineda 46'); Salvador Carmona, Pavel Pardo [c], Gerardo
Torrado (Luis Pérez 46'), Antonio Naelson 'Zinha'; Francisco Fonseca (Juan
Pablo Rodríguez 86'), Jared Borgetti.
Japan: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; Akira Kaji, Makoto Tanaka, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto [c],
Takayuki Chano (Keiji Tamada 82'); Hidetoshi Nakata, Takashi Fukunishi,
Shunsuke Nakamura (Junichi Inamoto 59'), Alessandro Santos; Mitsuo
Ogasawara (Masashi Oguro 68'), Atsushi Yanagisawa.
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia).
Coaches: Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Japan: Arthur Coimbra 'Zico' (Brazil).
Cards: Mexico: none.
Japan: Akira Kaji [Y 90+'].
16/06/2005, Leipzig (Germany), Zentralstadion, 42507
Confederations Cup (Group B)
BRAZIL 3 (Adriano Ribeiro 41', Robson de Souza 'Robinho' 46', Antônio Reis
'Juninho' 81')
GREECE 0
Brazil: Nelson Silva 'Dida'; Cicero de Cezare 'Cicinho', Lucimar Ferreira 'Lúcio',
José Roque Júnior [c], Gilberto Melo; Ricardo Leite 'Kaká' (Antônio Reis
'Juninho' 77'), Émerson da Rosa, Ronaldo de Assis 'Ronaldinho' (Renato
Florêncio 71'), José 'Zé' Roberto da Silva; Robson de Souza 'Robinho',
Adriano Ribeiro (Ricardo de Oliveira 71').
Greece: Antonis Nikopolidis; Yiourkas Seitaridis (Loukas Vyntra 46'), Ioannis
Goumas, Angelos Basinas, Sotirios Kyryiakos; Georgios Karagounis, Kostas
Katsouranis, Theodoros Zagorakis [c] (Ioannis Amanatidis 73'), Stylianos
Yiannakopoulos; Angelos Charisteas, Zisis Vryzas (Dimitris Papadopoulos
46').
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia).
Coaches: Brazil: Carlos Alberto Parreira.
Greece: Otto Rehhagel (Germany).
Cards: Brazil: Gilberto Melo [Y 84'].
Greece: Georgios Karagounis [Y 32'], Sotiris Kyryiakos [Y 80'].
18/06/2005, Köln, Rhein-Energie Stadion, 44377
Confederations Cup (Group A)
GERMANY 3 (Michael Ballack 74' pen, Bastian Schweinsteiger 80', Mike Hanke 88')
TUNISIA 0
Germany: Jens Lehmann; Arne Friedrich, Per Mertesacker, Robert Huth, Thomas
Hitzlsperger (Bernd Schneider 68'); Sebastian Deisler, Torsten Frings,
Michael Ballack [c], Bastian Schweinsteiger; Gerald Asamoah (Kevin Kuranyi
62'), Lukas Podolski (Mike Hanke 87').
Tunisia: Ali Boumnijel; Hatem Trabelsi [c], Radhi Jaïdi, Wissem Abdi, José Clayton
Menezes; Jaouhar Mnari, Mehdi Nafti, Kaies Ghodhbane (Hamed Namouchi 59'),
Adel Chédly; Ziad Jaziri (Chaouki Ben Saâda 83'), Francileudo dos Santos.
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica).
Coaches: Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
Tunisia: Roger Lemerre (France).
Cards: Germany: Arne Friedrich [Y 22'].
Tunisia: Radhi Jaïdi [Y 5'], Wissem Abdi [Y 73'].
18/06/2005, Nürnberg (Germany), Frankenstadion, 25618
Confederations Cup (Group A)
ARGENTINA 4 (Luciano Figueroa 12', 53', 89', Juan Román Riquelme 32' pen)
AUSTRALIA 2 (John Aloisi 61' pen, 70')
Argentina: Germán Lux; Javier Zanetti, Fabricio Coloccini (Gonzalo Rodríguez 86'),
Walter Samuel, Gabriel Heinze; Lucas Bernardi, Juan Román Riquelme, Juan
Pablo Sorín [c], Mario Santana (Esteban Cambiasso 66'); Javier Saviola
(Pablo Aimar 73'), Luciano Figueroa.
Australia: Mark Schwarzer; Kevin Muscat (Mark Viduka 46'), Craig Moore [c], Tony
Vidmar, Lucas Neill; Brett Emerton, Ljubo Milicevic (Jon McKain 56'),
Josip Skoko (Jason Culina 74'), Scott Chipperfield; Tim Cahill; John
Aloisi.
Referee: Shamsul Maidin (Singapore).
Coaches: Argentina: José Pekerman.
Australia: Frank Farina.
Cards: Argentina: Walter Samuel [Y 10']
Australia: Lucas Neill [Y 31'], Brett Emerton [Y 43'], Tim Cahill [Y 49'],
Craig Moore [Y 90+'].
19/06/2005, Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Waldstadion, 34314
Confederations Cup (Group B)
JAPAN 1 (Masashi Oguro 76')
GREECE 0
Japan: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; Akira Kaji, Makoto Tanaka, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto [c],
Alessandro Santos; Mitsuo Ogasawara (Yasuhito Endo 74'), Hidetoshi Nakata,
Takashi Fukunishi, Shunsuke Nakamura (Koji Nakata 89'); Atsushi
Yanagisawa, Keiji Tamada (Masashi Oguro 65').
Greece: Antonis Nikopolidis; Angelos Basinas; Vassilis Lakis (Dimitris
Papadopoulos 59'), Efstathios Tavlaridis (Vassilis Tsiartas 31'), Sotiris
Kyryiakos, Panayiotis 'Takis' Fyssas; Georgios Karagounis, Kostas
Katsouranis, Stylianos Yiannakopoulos; Angelos Charisteas, Zisis Vryzas
[c] (Theofanis Gekas 46').
Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany).
Coaches: Japan: Arthur Coimbra 'Zico' (Brazil).
Greece: Otto Rehhagel (Germany).
Cards: Japan: Shunsuke Nakamura [Y 7'], Atsushi Yanagisawa [Y 63'],
Alessandro Santos [Y 83'].
Greece: Georgios Karagounis [Y 54'].
19/06/2005, Hannover (Germany), FIFA WM-Stadion, 43677
Confederations Cup (Group B)
MEXICO 1 (Jared Borgetti 59')
BRAZIL 0
Mexico: Oswaldo Sánchez; Ricardo Osorio, Aarón Galindo, Carlos Salcido, Gonzalo
Pineda (Mario Méndez 69'); Salvador Carmona, Pavel Pardo [c], Antonio
Naelson 'Zinha', Ramón Morales (Alberto Medina 73'); Francisco Fonseca
(Luis Ernesto Pérez 46'), Jared Borgetti.
Brazil: Nelson Silva 'Dida'; Cicero de Cezare 'Cicinho', Lucimar Ferreira 'Lúcio',
José Roque Júnior [c], Gilberto Melo; Ricardo Leite 'Kaká' (Antônio Reis
'Juninho' 76'), Émerson da Rosa (Renato Flôrencio 66'), Ronaldo de Assis
'Ronaldinho', José 'Zé' Roberto da Silva; Robson de Souza 'Robinho',
(Ricardo de Oliveira 67'), Adriano Ribeiro.
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy).
Coaches: Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Brazil: Carlos Alberto Parreira.
Cards: Mexico: Gonzalo Pineda [Y 51'], Oswaldo Sánchez [Y 80'].
Brazil: Roque Júnior [Y 28'].
Note: Dida saved a penalty from Jared Borgetti at 32'.
19/06/2005, Changsha, Helong Sports Center, 20000
Friendly International
CHINA 2 (Zhang Yaokun 28', Sun Xiang 80')
COSTA RICA 2 (Mauricio Solís 57', Rónald Gómez 75')
China: Li Leilei; Li Weifeng [c]; Wei Xin (Jiao Zhe 78'), Zhang Yaokun, Ji Mingyi,
Sun Xiang (Li Jinyu 85'); Du Wei (Zou Jie 68'), Li Yan (Zheng Bin 58'),
Zheng Zhi, Zhao Junzhe; Li Yi (Xie Hui 73').
Costa Rica: Álvaro Mesén; Hárold Wallace (Víctor Cordero 78'), Gabriel Badilla,
Mauricio Wright, Junior Díaz; Jafet Soto (Pablo Brenes 70'), Mauricio
Solís, Dany Fonseca (Geiner Segura 70'), Cristian Bolaños; Bryan Ruíz,
Rónald Gómez.
Referee: Lee Gi-Young (South Korea).
Coaches: China: Zhu Guanghu.
Costa Rica: Alexandre Guimarães.
Cards: China: Zhao Junzhe [Y 39'].
Costa Rica: Mauricio Wright [Y 23'], Mauricio Solís [Y 31'],
Junior Díaz [Y 61'], Rónald Gómez [Y 87'].
21/06/2005, Leipzig (Germany), Zentralstadion, 23952
Confederations Cup (Group A)
TUNISIA 2 (Francileudo dos Santos 26', 70')
AUSTRALIA 0
Tunisia: Hamdi Kasraoui; Hatem Trabelsi [c], Karim Saïdi, Jaouhar Mnari, Anis Ayari;
Hamed Namouchi, Mehdi Nafti, Chaouki Ben Saâda (Kaies Ghodhbane 69'), Adel
Chédly (Issam Jomaâ 55'); Francileudo dos Santos (Ziad Jaziri 89'), Haykel
Guemamdia.
Australia: Michael Petkovic; Lucas Neill, Craig Moore [c], Tony Vidmar, Simon
Colosimo; Jason Culina, Jon McKain, Josip Skoko (Tim Cahill 61'), Scott
Chipperfield (Ljubo Milicevic 38'); Mark Viduka (Archie Thompson 46'),
John Aloisi.
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile).
Coaches: Tunisia: Roger Lemerre (France).
Australia: Frank Farina.
Cards: Tunisia: Chaouki Ben Saâda [Y 28'], Anis Ayari [Y 88'],
Mehdi Nafti [Y 90'].
Australia: Jon McKain [Y 25'], Simon Colosimo [Y 39'], Tim Cahill [Y 62'],
Archie Thompson [Y 90'].
21/06/2005, Nürnberg, Frankenstadion, 42088
Confederations Cup (Group A)
GERMANY 2 (Kevin Kuranyi 29', Gerald Asamoah 51')
ARGENTINA 2 (Juan Román Riquelme 32', Esteban Cambiasso 74')
Germany: Timo Hildebrand; Andreas Hinkel, Per Mertesacker, Robert Huth,
Thomas Hitzlsperger; Sebastian Deisler, Bernd Schneider [c]
(Torsten Frings 46'), Fabian Ernst, Bastian Schweinsteiger (Marco
Engelhardt 70'); Kevin Kuranyi, Gerald Asamoah (Mike Hanke 58').
Argentina: Germán Lux; Javier Zanetti, Fabricio Coloccini, Walter Samuel (Mario
Santana 62'), Gabriel Heinze; Lucas Bernardi (Pablo Aimar 53'), Juan
Román Riquelme, Esteban Cambiasso, Juan Pablo Sorín [c]; Carlos Tévez
(César Delgado 80'), Luciano Figueroa.
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia).
Coaches: Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
Argentina: José Pekerman.
Cards: Germany: Kevin Kuranyi [Y 7'], Sebastian Deisler [Y 40'],
Bastian Schweinsteiger [Y 48'], Marco Engelhardt [Y 83'].
Argentina: Walter Samuel [Y 28'], Lucas Bernardi [Y 41'].
22/06/2005, Frankfurt am Main (Germany), Waldstadion, 31285
Confederations Cup (Group B)
GREECE 0
MEXICO 0
Greece: Antonis Nikopolidis; Loukas Vyntra, Ioannis Goumas, Michalis Kapsis
(Efstathios Tavlaridis 74'), Panayiotis 'Takis' Fyssas; Theodoros
Zagorakis [c], Angelos Basinas, Stylianos Yiannakopoulos; Angelos
Charisteas, Ioannis Amanatidis (Theophanis Gekas 46'), Zisis Vryzas
(Dimitris Papadopoulos 61').
Mexico: Oswaldo Sánchez; Mario Méndez, Ricardo Osorio, Carlos Salcido, Gonzalo
Pineda; Luis Ernesto Pérez, Juan Pablo Rodríguez, Pavel Pardo [c] (Alberto
Medina 46'), Jaime Lozano (Rafael Márquez 73'); Francisco Fonseca (Gerardo
Torrado 61'), Ramón Morales.
Referee: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay).
Coaches: Greece: Otto Rehhagel (Germany).
Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Cards: Greece: Ioannis Amanatidis [Y 8'], Efstathios Tavlaridis [Y 85'].
Mexico: Pavel Pardo [Y 39'], Juan Pablo Rodríguez [Y 47'].
22/06/2005, Köln (Germany), Rhein-Energie Stadion, 44922
Confederations Cup (Group B)
JAPAN 2 (Shunsuke Nakamura 27', Masashi Oguro 88')
BRAZIL 2 (Robinho de Souza 'Robinho' 10', Ronaldo de Assis 'Ronaldinho' 32')
Japan: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi, Akira Kaji, Makoto Tanaka, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto [c],
Alexsandro Santos, Mitsuo Ogasawara (Koji Nakata 46'), Hidetoshi Nakata,
Takashi Fukunishi, Shunsuke Nakamura, Keiji Tamada (Masashi Oguro 46'),
Atsushi Yanagisawa (Takayuki Suzuki 73').
Brazil: Nelson Silva 'Dida'; Cicero de Cezare 'Cicinho', Lucimar Ferreira 'Lúcio',
Juan dos Santos, Gilberto Melo; Ricardo Leite 'Kaká' (Renato Flôrencio
62'), Gilberto da Silva, Ronaldo de Assis 'Ronaldinho'[c], José 'Zé'
Roberto da Silva (Edu 78'); Robson de Souza 'Robinho', Adriano Ribeiro
(Júlio Baptista 62').
Referee: Mourad Daâmi (Tunisia).
Coaches: Japan: Arthur Coimbra 'Zico' (Brazil).
Brazil: Carlos Alberto Parreira.
Cards: Japan: Alessandro Santos [Y 28'], Hidetoshi Nakata [Y 35'],
Akira Kaji [Y 55'].
Brazil: Cicero de Cezare 'Cicinho' [Y 56'], José 'Zé' Roberto da Silva
[Y 66'].
22/06/2005, Guangzhou, Tianhe Stadium, 15000
Friendly International
CHINA 2 (Zheng Zhi 44' pen, Xie Hui 55')
COSTA RICA 0
China: Li Leilei; Li Weifeng [c]; Du Wei (Li Yan 67'), Zhang Yonghai (Zhang Yaokun
46'), Ji Mingyi, Sun Xiang (Zheng Bin 89'); Jiao Zhe (Wang Liang 28'),
Zheng Zhi, Zhao Junzhe; Li Jinyu, Xie Hui (Zhang Shuo 82').
Costa Rica: Donny Grant; Mauricio Wright (Hárold Wallace 46'), Gabriel Badilla, Víctor
Cordero, Carlos Castro; Geiner Segura (Dany Fonseca 46'), Mauricio Solís,
Jafet Soto, Pablo Brenes (Cristian Bolaños 59'); Bryan Ruíz, Rónald
Gómez.
Referee: Yu Byung-Seob (South Korea).
Coaches: China: Zhu Guanghu.
Costa Rica: Alexandre Guimarães.
Cards: China: Xie Hui [Y 55'], Du Wei [Y 62'].
Costa Rica: Mauricio Solís [Y 32'], Mauricio Wright [Y 43'],
Jafet Soto [Y 62'], Víctor Cordero [Y 74'].
25/06/2005, Nürnberg, Frankenstadion, 42187
Confederations Cup
GERMANY 2 (Lukas Podolski 22', Michael Ballack 45+' pen)
BRAZIL 3 (Adriano Ribeiro 21', 76', Ronaldo de Assis 'Ronaldinho' 43' pen)
Germany: Jens Lehmann; Arne Friedrich, Per Mertesacker, Robert Huth, Bernd
Schneider; Sebastian Deisler (Mike Hanke 84'), Torsten Frings,
Michael Ballack [c], Fabian Ernst (Tim Borowski 87'); Kevin Kuranyi
(Gerald Asamoah 64'), Lukas Podolski.
Brazil: Nelson Silva 'Dida'; Maicon Sisenando (Cicero de Cezare 'Cicinho' 46'),
Lucimar Ferreira 'Lúcio', José Roque Júnior [c], Gilberto Melo; Ricardo
Leite 'Kaká' (Renato Flôrencio 78'), Émerson da Rosa, Ronaldo de Assis
'Ronaldinho', José Roberto da Silva; Robson de Souza 'Robinho' (Júlio
Baptista 87'), Adriano Ribeiro.
Referee: Carlos Chandía (Chile).
Coaches: Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
Brazil: Carlos Alberto Parreira.
Cards: Germany: Sebastian Deisler [Y 25'], Fabian Ernst [Y 86'].
Brazil: José Roque Júnior [Y 13'], Cicero de Cezare 'Cicinho' [Y 46'],
Émerson da Rosa [Y 66'], Adriano Ribeiro [Y 72'].
26/06/2005, Hannover (Germany), FIFA WM-Stadion, 40718
Confederations Cup
ARGENTINA 1 (Luciano Figueroa 110')
MEXICO 1 (Carlos Salcido 104')
Argentina won 6-5 on penalties.
Argentina: Germán Lux; Javier Zanetti, Fabricio Coloccini, Gabriel Heinze, Juan Pablo
Sorín [c]; Mario Santana (Pablo Aimar 76'), Gabriel Milito (Maximiliano
Rodríguez 66'), Juan Román Riquelme, Esteban Cambiasso; Javier Saviola,
Luciano Figueroa (Luciano Galletti 116').
Mexico: Oswaldo Sánchez; Ricardo Osorio; Mario Méndez, Carlos Salcido, Gonzalo
Pineda, Jaime Lozano (Luis Ernesto Pérez 56'); Antonio Naelson 'Zinha'
(Gerardo Torrado 94'), Pavel Pardo [c], Rafael Márquez; Jared Borgetti,
Ramón Morales (Alberto Medina 72').
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy).
Coaches: Argentina: José Pekerman.
Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Cards: Argentina: Gabriel Milito [Y 10'], Fabricio Coloccini [Y 70'],
Javier Saviola [R 90'].
Mexico: Rafael Márquez [Y 21' YR 90+'], Gonzalo Pineda [Y 49'],
Alberto Medina [Y 102'], Carlos Salcido [Y 106'].
Penalties: 0-1 Luis Ernesto Pérez, 1-1 Juan Román Riquelme, 1-2 Pavel Pardo,
2-2 Maximiliano Rodríguez, 2-3 Jared Borgetti, 3-3 Pablo Aimar,
3-4 Carlos Salcido, 4-4 Luciano Galletti, 4-5 Gonzalo Pineda,
5-5 Juan Pablo Sorín, 5-5 Ricardo Osorio (save), 6-5 Esteban Cambiasso.
29/06/2005, Leipzig, Zentralstadion, 43335
Confederations Cup
GERMANY 4 (Lukas Podolski 37', Bastian Schweinsteiger 41', Robert Huth 79',
Michael Ballack 97')
MEXICO 3 (Francisco Fonseca 40', Jared Borgetti 58', 85')
After Extra Time.
Germany: Oliver Kahn; Andreas Hinkel, Per Mertesacker, Robert Huth, Bernd
Schneider; Sebastian Deisler (Gerald Asamoah 67'), Torsten Frings, Michael
Ballack [c], Bastian Schweinsteiger (Fabian Ernst 83'); Mike Hanke, Lukas
Podolski (Kevin Kuranyi 74').
Mexico: Oswaldo Sánchez; Mario Méndez (Alberto Medina 58'), Ricardo Osorio, Carlos
Salcido, Gonzalo Pineda; Luis Ernesto Pérez, Pavel Pardo [c], Antonio
Naelson 'Zinha', Ramón Morales (Rafael Márquez Lugo 81'); Francisco
Fonseca (Juan Pablo Rodríguez 46'), Jared Borgetti.
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia).
Coaches: Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Cards: Germany: Mike Hanke [R 53'], Torsten Frings [Y 67'], Gerald Asamoah
[Y 88'].
Mexico: Luis Ernesto Pérez [Y 20'], Alberto Medina [Y 92'],
Ricardo Osorio [Y 96'].
06/07/2005, Miami (USA), Orange Bowl, 10311
CONCACAF Gold Cup (Group A)
PANAMA 1 (Luis Tejada 70')
COLOMBIA 0
Panama: Jaime Penedo; Luis Moreno, José Anthony Torres, Felipe Baloy, Carlos
Rivera; Ricardo Phillips, Gabriel Gómez, Engin Mitre (Alberto Blanco 46'),
Julio Medina (Gustavo Ávila 85'); Julio César Dely Valdes [c] (Jorge Luis
Dely Valdes 88'), Luis Tejada.
Colombia: Farid Mondragón [c]; Yulián Anchico, José De la Cuesta, Humberto Mendoza,
Oscar Passo; Tressor Moreno (Aldo Ramírez 46'), Jairo Patiño, Juan Carlos
Ramírez, Héctor Hurtado (Abel Aguilar 70'); Wason Rentería, Martín
Arzuaga (Oscar Briceño 80').
Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala).
Coaches: Panama: José Hernández (Colombia).
Colombia: Reinaldo Rueda.
Cards: Panama: Luis Moreno [Y 38'], Jaime Penedo [Y 67'], Carlos Rivera [Y 72'],
Julio Medina [Y 75'], Alberto Blanco [Y 80'], Felipe Baloy
[Y 90+'].
Colombia: Wason Rentería [Y 38'], Humberto Mendoza [Y 49'].
08/07/2005, Carson (USA), Home Depot Center, 27000
CONCACAF Gold Cup (Group C)
SOUTH AFRICA 2 (Phil Evans 28', Elrio van Heerden 41')
MEXICO 1 (Francisco Rodríguez 83')
South Africa: Calvin Marlin; Lehlohonolo 'Lucky' Lekgwathi, Siboniso Gaxa, Ricardo
Katza, Lucas Thwala; Lebohang Mokoena (Reagan Noble 65'), Elrio van
Heerden (Craig Bianchi 90+'), Siyabonga Siphika, Phil Evans; Lungisani
Ndlela, Siyabonga Nomvete (Gift Leremi 71').
Mexico: José de Jesús Corona; Francisco Rodríguez, Ricardo Osorio, Carlos Salcido,
Gonzalo Pineda; Héctor Altamirano, Antonio Naelson 'Zinha' (Omar Bravo
53'), Israel López (Luis Ernesto Pérez 71'), Rafael García (Alberto Medina
46'); Rafael Márquez Lugo, Jared Borgetti.
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (El Salvador).
Coaches: South Africa: Stuart Baxter (England).
Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Cards: South Africa: Lungisani Ndlela [Y 20'], Siyabonga Siphika [Y 75'],
Gift Leremi [Y 90+'].
Mexico: Francisco Rodríguez [Y 33'], Jared Borgetti [Y 56'].
10/07/2005, Miami (USA), Orange Bowl, 17292
CONCACAF Gold Cup (Group A)
HONDURAS 2 (Wílmer Velásquez 79', 82')
COLOMBIA 1 (Tressor Moreno 30' pen)
Honduras: Víctor Coello; Erick Vallecillo, Junior Izaguirre, Maynor Figueroa, Iván
Guerrero; Oscar García, Astor Henríquez (Wilson Palacios 72'), Elvis
Turcios, Mario Berríos (Luis Guifarro 62'); Milton Núñez, Wilmer
Velásquez [c].
Colombia: Farid Mondragón [c]; Hayder Palacio, José De la Cuesta, Humberto Mendoza,
Jair Benítez; Tressor Moreno, Jairo Patiño (Abel Aguilar 46'), Juan
Carlos Ramírez, Jaime Castrillón; Wason Rentería (Macnelly Torres 76'),
Martín Arzuaga (César Valoyes 67').
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico).
Coaches: Honduras: José De la Paz 'Chelato Uclés'.
Colombia: Reinaldo Rueda.
Cards: Honduras: Erick Vallecillo [Y 29'], Maynor Figueroa [Y 60'].
Colombia: Jaime Castrillón [Y 70'], Hayder Palacio [Y 71'],
César Valoyes [Y 80'], Tressor Moreno [R 85'].
10/07/2005, Los Angeles (USA), Memorial Coliseum, 30710
CONCACAF Gold Cup (Group C)
JAMAICA 3 (Jermaine Hue 36', Damion Stewart 43', Teofore Bennett 80')
SOUTH AFRICA 3 (Abram Raselemane 35', Lungisani Ndela 41', Siyabonga Nomvete 56')
Jamaica: Donovan Ricketts; Jermaine Taylor; Tyrone Sawyers (Damani Ralph 76'),
Damion Stewart, Tyrone Marshall (Omar Daley 83'), Robert Scarlett; Andrew
Williams [c], Khari Stephenson, Jermaine Hue; Ricardo Fuller, Jermaine
Johnson (Teofore Bennett 65').
South Africa: Thabang Radebe; Lehlohonolo 'Lucky' Lekgwathi, Siboniso Gaxa, Ricardo
Katza, Lucas Thwala; Phil Evans, Abram Raselemane (Craig Bianchi 56'),
Siyabonga Siphika (Bongani Nkosi 46'), Elrio van Heerden; Siyabonga
Nomvete (Reagan Noble 87'), Lungisani Ndlela.
Referee: Kevin Stott (USA).
Coaches: Jamaica: Wendell Downswell.
South Africa: Stuart Baxter (England).
Cards: Jamaica: Robert Scarlett [Y 29'], Damion Stewart [Y 60'].
South Africa: Siboniso Gaxa [Y 41' YR 49'], Siyabonga Nomvete [Y 73'].
12/07/2005, Miami (USA), Orange Bowl, 11000
CONCACAF Gold Cup (Group A)
COLOMBIA 2 (Brent Rahim 76' OG, Héctor Hurtado 79')
TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 0
Colombia: Farid Mondragón [c]; Yulián Anchico, José De la Cuesta, Humberto Mendoza,
Oscar Passo; Jairo Patiño (Héctor Hurtado 67'), Juan Fernando Leal
(Wason Rentería 52'), Aldo Ramírez, Abel Aguilar, Martín Arzuaga (Juan
Carlos Ramírez 81'), Jaime Castrillón.
Trinidad/Tobago: Kelvin Jack; Cyd Gray, Marvin Andrews (Atiba Charles 75'), Dennis
Lawrence, Avery John; Collin Samuel, Christopher Birchall, Silvio Spann;
Cornell Glen (Brent Rahim 46'), Stern John [c], Jason Scotland (Angus Eve
46').
Referee: Marco Rodríguez (Mexico).
Coaches: Colombia: Reinaldo Rueda.
Trinidad/Tobago: Leo Beenhakker (Netherlands).
Cards: Colombia: Farid Mondragón [Y 48'].
Trinidad/Tobago: Christopher Birchall [Y 48'], Kelvin Jack [Y 57'],
Avery John [Y 87'].
Note: The first goal-scorer is also reported as Abel Aguilar.
13/07/2005, Houston (USA), Reliant Stadium, 45311
CONCACAF Gold Cup (Group C)
SOUTH AFRICA 1 (Siyabonga Nkosi 45')
GUATEMALA 1 (Gonzalo Romero 37')
South Africa: Calvin Marlin, Lehlohonolo 'Lucky' Lekgwathi, Craig Bianchi, Ricardo
Katza, Peter Petersen; Elrio van Heerden (Gift Leremi 82'), Abram
Raselemane (Daine Klate 66'), Siyabonga Nkosi, Phil Evans, Lungisani
Ndlela, Siyabonga Nomvete (Reagan Noble 81').
Guatemala: Paulo Motta; Elmer Ponciano, Gustavo Cabrera (Nelson Morales 73'), Pablo
Melgar, Ángel Sanabria; Carlos Figueroa, Rigoberto Gómez, Julio Girón,
Maynor Dávila; Gonzalo Romero (José Zacarías Antonio 65'); Carlos Ruíz.
Referee: Kevin Stott (USA).
Coaches: South Africa: Stuart Baxter (England).
Guatemala: Ramón Maradiaga (Honduras).
Cards: South Africa: Craig Bianchi [Y 66'], Lucky Lekgwathi [Y 76'],
Lungisani Ndlela [Y 83'].
Guatemala: Ángel Sanabria [Y 68'], Elmer Ponciano [Y 83'].
17/07/2005, Houston (USA), Reliant Stadium, 60050
CONCACAF Gold Cup
COLOMBIA 2 (Jaime Castrillón 59', Abel Aguilar 75')
MEXICO 1 (Gonzalo Pineda 64')
Colombia: Farid Mondragón; Yulián Anchico, José De la Cuesta, Humberto Mendoza,
Oscar Passo; Tressor Moreno, Jairo Patiño (Juan Carlos Ramírez 90+'), Juan
Fernando Leal (Héctor Hurtado 72'), Abel Aguilar; Wason Rentería (Martín
Arzuaga 72'), Jaime Castrillón.
Mexico: Moises Muñoz; Mario Méndez (Omar Bravo 61'), Francisco Rodríguez, Ricardo
Osorio, Carlos Salcido; Luis Ernesto Pérez, Gerardo Galindo, Antonio
Naelson 'Zinha' (Aarón Padilla 64'), Gonzalo Pineda; Rafael Márquez Lugo
(Héctor Altamirano 33'), Alberto Medina.
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (El Salvador).
Coaches: Colombia: Reinaldo Rueda.
Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Cards: Colombia: Jairo Patiño [Y 23'], Tressor Moreno [Y 37'], Yulián Anchico
[Y 42'], Jaime Castrillón [Y 56'], Héctor Hurtado [Y 89'].
Mexico: Gerardo Galindo [Y 28'], Antonio Naelson 'Zinha' [Y 62'],
Luis Ernesto Pérez [Y 80'], Alberto Medina [Y 83' YR 90+'].
17/07/2005, Houston (USA), Reliant Stadium, 60050
CONCACAF Gold Cup (Quarter final)
PANAMA 1 (Jorge Luis Dely Valdes 47')
SOUTH AFRICA 1 (Lungisani Ndlela 68')
Panama won 5-3 on penalties.
Panama: Jaime Penedo; Ubaldo Guardia (Román Torres 101'), José Anthony Torres,
Felipe Baloy, Carlos Rivera; Ricardo Phillips, Alberto Blanco, Gabriel
Gómez, Luis Henríquez (Ángel Rodríguez 99'); Jorge Luis Dely Valdés
(Gustavo Ávila 105'), Luis Tejada.
South Africa: Calvin Marlin; Lehlohonolo 'Lucky' Lekgwathi, Siboniso Gaxa, Ricardo
Katza, Lucas Thwala; Elrio van Heerden (Abram Raselemane 66'), Phil
Evans, Siyabonga Nkosi, Daine Klate (Reagan Noble 82'); Lungisani Ndlela,
Siyabonga Nomvete (Stanley Kgatle 118').
Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica).
Coaches: Panama: José Hernández (Colombia).
South Africa: Stuart Baxter (England).
Cards: Panama: Ubaldo Guardia [Y 18'], Ricardo Phillips [Y 112'].
South Africa: Lucas Thwala [Y 33'], Reagan Noble [Y 94'].
Penalties: 1-0 Luis Tejada, 1-1 Phil Evans, 2-1 Ángel Rodríguez, 2-2 Siboniso Gaxa,
3-2 Felipe Baloy, 3-2 Ricardo Katza (save), 4-2 Alberto Blanco, 4-3
Lehlohonolo 'Lucky' Lekgwathi, 5-3 Gabriel Gómez.
21/07/2005, East Rutherford (USA), Giants Stadium, 41721
CONCACAF Gold Cup (Semi final)
PANAMA 3 (Ricardo Phillips 12', 73', Jorge Luis Dely Valdés 26')
COLOMBIA 2 (Jairo Patiño 63', 89')
Panama: Jaime Penedo; Luis Moreno, José Anthony Torres, Felipe Baloy, Carlos
Rivera; Ricardo Phillips, Alberto Blanco, Gabriel Gómez (Engin Mitre 64'),
Julio Medina (Luis Henríquez 70'); Jorge Luis Dely Valdés (Ubaldo Guardia
56'), Luis Tejada.
Colombia: Farid Mondragón; Yulián Anchico, José De la Cuesta, Humberto Mendoza,
Oscar Passo; Jairo Patiño, Juan Fernando Leal (Aldo Ramírez 36'), Abel
Aguilar, Jaime Castrillón (Jair Benítez 46'); Tressor Moreno, Wason
Rentería (Martín Arzuaga 64').
Referee: Rodolfo Sibrián (El Salvador).
Coaches: Panama: José Hernández (Colombia).
Colombia: Reinaldo Rueda.
Cards: Panama: Alberto Blanco [Y 13'], Luis Moreno [Y 16' YR 53'].
Felipe Baloy [Y 21'], Engin Mitre [Y 79'],
Ricardo Phillips [Y 90'], Jaime Penedo [Y 90+'].
Colombia: Juan Fernando Leal [Y 33'], Humberto Mendoza [R 40'].
29/07/2005, Genève (Switzerland), Stade de Genève
First Arab International Tournament
EGYPT 5 (Mohamed Abou Traika 60', 84', Ossama Hosny 66', Amr Zaki 72', 89')
QATAR 0
Egypt: Abdel Wahed El-Sayed; Hassan Mostafa, Wael Gomaa (Abdullah Ragab), Emad
El-Nahhas, Tarek El-Sayed (Mohamed Abdel Wahab); Mohamed Abou Traika,
Samir Sabry, Mohamed Shawky, Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek (Ossama Hosny); Emad
Motaeb (Abdel Halim Ali), Amr Zaki.
Qatar:
Referee:
Coaches: Egypt: Hassan Shehata.
Qatar: Džemaludin Mušović (Bosnia/Herzegovina).
31/07/2005, Genève (Switzerland), Stade de Genève
First Arab International Tournament (final)
EGYPT 0
UAE 0
Egypt won 5-4 on penalties.
Egypt: Essam El-Hadary; Hassan Mostafa, Wael Gomaa, Emad El-Nahhas (Amir Azmi
Megahed 68'), Tarek El-Sayed; Mohamed Abou Traika (Ahmed Eid Abdel Malek
68'), Hosni Abd Rabo, Mohamed Shawky (Ahmed Fathi 46'), Ossama Hosny
(Abdel Halim Ali 57'); Amr Zaki, Emad Motaeb.
UAE: Ismail Rabea; Mohamed Qassim Al-Boloushi; Ali Al-Wahaibi, Sami Rubaiya,
Adel Naseeb Al-Shehi, Saleh Obaid Al-Harifi; Yousuf Abdul Aziz Al-Saidi,
Nawaf Mubarak Al-Darmaki, Shehab Ahmad; Ismail Matar Al-Mekhaini, Salim
Saad Al-Abadla.
Referee: Claudio Circhetta (Switzerland).
Coaches: Egypt: Hassan Shehata.
UAE: Dick Advocaat (Netherlands).
Cards: Egypt: Mohamed Shawky [Y 19']
UAE: Nawaf Mubarak [Y 62']
Penalties: 1-0 Hosni Abd Rabo, 1-1 Yousuf Abdul Aziz Al-Saidi, 2-1 Abdel Halim Ali,
2-2 Nawaf Mubarak Al-Darmaki, 3-2 Emad Motaeb, 3-3 Shehab Ahmad,
4-3 Amr Zaki, 4-4 Ali Al-Wahaibi, 5-4 Wael Gomaa, 5-4 Ismail Matar
Al-Mekhaini (save).
Note: No extra-time was played.
12/08/2005, Lautoka, Churchill Park, 8000
Friendly International
FIJI 1 (Esala Masi 14' pen)
INDIA 0
Fiji: Simione Tamanisau; Lorima Dau; Alvin Avinesh, Luke Vidovi, Apisalome
Turuva, Avinesh Swamy; Josaia Bukalidi (Taniela Waqa), Esala Masi [c],
Salesh Kumar (Petero Daunisaka 88'); Kiniviliame Naika, Thomas Vulivuli
(Osea Vakatalesau 77').
India: Veeraswamy Palanivalu Satish Kumar; Irungbam Surkumar Singh, Selwyn
Bibiano Fernandes, Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep, Manju Nanjangud
Shivananju; Shylo Malswam Tulunga, Sukhjinder Singh (Sukhwinder Singh
75'), Shanmugam Venkatesh [c], Debabrata Roy (Subhas Chakraborty); Vimal
Pariyar, Manjit Singh (Sunil Chetri 64').
Referee: Neil Fox (New Zealand).
Coaches: Fiji: Lee Sterrey (Australia).
India: Sukhvinder Singh.
Cards: Fiji: none.
India: Selwyn Bibiano Fernandes [Y 14'], Vimal Pariyar [Y],
Manju Nanjangud Shivananju [Y 56'].
Note: Veeraswamy Palanivalu Satish Kumar saved a penalty from Esala Masi at 55'.
13/08/2005, Lemesós, Tsirion, 500
Friendly International
CYPRUS 2 (Yiasemakis Yiasoumi 63', 79')
IRAQ 1 (Mohammed Nassir Shakroun 17')
Cyprus: Michalis Morfis; Stavros Georgiou [c] (Georgios Theodotou 53'), Loukas
Louka, Stelios Okkarides (Andreas Constantinou 58'), Alexis Garpozis;
Constantinos Charalambides, Eleftherios Eleftheriou (Chrysis Michael 46'),
Nicos Nicolaou (Christos Marangos 46'), Elias Charalambous (Constantinos
Makrides 46'); Yiasemakis Yiasoumi, Efstathios Aloneftis (Georgios
Nicolaou 63').
Iraq: Wisam Kasid; Haidar Abdul-Amir (Khalid Musher 90'), Ali Hussein Rahema,
Ahmed Kadhim Asad [c], Basim Abbas Kati; Mahdi Karim Ajil, Nashat Akram
Abid Ali (Wisam Zaki 73'), Haitham Kadhim Tahir, Hawar Mulla-Mohammed
Taher; Mohammed Nassir Shakroun (Nawaf Falah 87'), Younis Mahmoud Khalaf.
Referee: Panicos Kailis (Cyprus).
Coaches: Cyprus: Angelos Anastasiadis (Greece).
Iraq: Akram Salman Ahmed.
Cards: None.
14/08/2005, Suva, Post Fiji Stadium, 11000
Friendly International
FIJI 2 (Luke Vidovi 25', Esala Masi 61')
INDIA 1 (Irungbam Surkumar Singh 10')
Fiji: Simione Tamanisau; Lorima Dau; Luke Vidovi, Alvin Avinesh, Apisalome
Turuva, Petero Daunisaka; Kiniviliame Naika (Avinesh Swamy), Esala Masi
[c] (Taniela Waqa), Salesh Kumar (Stephen Morrell); Pita Baletoga (Josaia
Bukalidi 65'), Osea Vakatalesau (Thomas Vulivuli 65').
India: Veeraswamy Palanivalu Satish Kumar; Irungbam Surkumar Singh, Selwyn
Bibiano Fernandes, Naduparambil Pappachan Pradeep, Habibur Rehman Mondal;
Shylo Malswam Tulunga (Subhas Chakraborty), Shanmugam Venkatesh [c],
Debabrata Roy; Vimal Pariyar (Sukhwinder Singh), Sunil Chetri, Manjit
Singh (Surajit Bose).
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand).
Coaches: Fiji: Lee Sterrey (Australia).
India: Sukhvinder Singh.
Cards: Fiji: Lorima Dau [Y].
India: none.
17/08/2005, Split, Stadion Poljud, 32000
Friendly International
CROATIA 1 (Niko Kranjčar 32')
BRAZIL 1 (Ricardo Rodrigues 'Ricardinho' 42')
Croatia: Tomislav Butina (Stipe Pletikosa 60'); Stjepan Tomas (Dario Šimić 46'),
Igor Tudor, Robert Kovač, Josip Šimunić; Darijo Srna, Niko Kranjčar
(Anthony Šerić 84'), Niko Kovač [c] (Jurica Vranješ 87'), Marko Babić;
Ivica Olić (Eduardo da Silva 51'), Ivan Klasnić (Boško Balaban 78').
Brazil: Nelson Silva 'Dida'; Marcos de Morais 'Cafu' [c], Lucimar Ferreira 'Lúcio'
(Luís da Silva 'Luisão' 84'), Juan dos Santos, Roberto Carlos da Silva;
Ricardo Leite 'Kaká' (Antônio Reis 'Juninho' 66'), Émerson da Rosa,
Ricardo Rodrigues 'Ricardinho' (Robson de Souza 'Robinho' 46'), José 'Zé'
Roberto da Silva (Renato Flôrencio 66'); Adriano Ribeiro (Júlio Baptista
76'), Ronaldo de Lima (Ricardo de Oliveira 76').
Referee: Florian Meyer (Germany).
Coaches: Croatia: Zlatko Kranjčar.
Brazil: Carlos Alberto Parreira.
Cards: Croatia: none.
Brazil: Lucimar Ferreira 'Lúcio' [Y 72'].
17/08/2005, Montpellier, Stade de La Mosson, 31457
Friendly International
FRANCE 3 (William Gallas 28', Zinedine Zidane 62', Thierry Henry 66')
IVORY COAST 0
France: Grégory Coupet; Willy Sagnol, Lilian Thuram (Sébastien Squillaci 23'),
Jean-Alain Boumsong, William Gallas; Vikash Dhorasoo, Claude Makelele
(Alou Diarra 89'), Zinedine Zidane [c], Florent Malouda (Jérôme Rothen
71'); Sylvain Wiltord (David Trezeguet 80'), Thierry Henry (Djibril Cissé
71').
Ivory Coast: Jean-Jacques Tizié; Marc Zoro (Emmanuel Eboué 46'), Habib 'Kolo' Touré,
Cyril Domoraud [c], Arthur Boka; Gilles Yapi, Didier Zokora (Guy Demel
70'), Bonaventure Kalou (Emerse Faé 46'), Siaka Tiéné (Romaric N'Dri 46');
Aruna Dindané, Didier Drogba (Bakary Koné 78').
Referee: Paolo Bertini (Italy).
Coaches: France: Raymond Domenech.
Ivory Coast: Henri Michel (France).
Cards: France: Claude Makelele [Y 17'].
Ivory Coast: Marc Zoro [Y 8'].
17/08/2005, Budapest, Puskás Ferenc-Stadion, 27000
Friendly International
HUNGARY 1 (Sándor Torghelle 29')
ARGENTINA 2 (Maximiliano Rodríguez 19', Gabriel Heinze 62')
Hungary: Gábor Király; László Bodnár, László Éger, Roland Juhász, Vilmos Vanczák
(Norbert Tóth 87'); Zoltán Böőr (Krisztián Kenesei 69'), Ákos Takács,
Szabolcs Huszti, Péter Halmosi (Tamás Priskin 69'); Sándor Torghelle
(Zsombor Kerekes 69'), Zoltán Gera.
Argentina: Leonardo Franco; Lionel Scaloni, Roberto Ayala, Gabriel Heinze, Juan Pablo
Sorín; Luis González (Pablo Zabaleta 82'), Lucas Bernardi, Andrés
D'Alessandro (Mario Santana 90'), Maximiliano Rodríguez; Lisandro López
(Lionel Messi 64'), Hernán Crespo.
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany).
Coaches: Hungary: Lothar Matthäus (Germany).
Argentina: José Pekerman.
Cards: Hungary: László Bodnár [Y 16'], Vilmos Vanczák [Y 65'].
Argentina: Lionel Scaloni [Y 36'], Maximiliano Rodríguez [Y 52'],
Lionel Messi [R 65'].
17/08/2005, Reykjavík, Laugardalsvöllur, 3302
Friendly International
ICELAND 4 (Grétar Rafn Steinsson 25', Arnar Þór Viðarsson 42',
Heiðar Helguson 67', Veigar Páll Gunnarsson 73')
SOUTH AFRICA 1 (Delron Buckley 28')
Iceland: Árni Gautur Arason; Grétar Rafn Steinsson (Bjarni Ólafur Eiríksson 64'),
Kristján Örn Sigurðsson (Gylfi Einarsson 46'), Indriði Sigurðsson
(Haraldur Freyr Guðmundsson 80'), Auðun Helgason; Stefán Gíslason, Tryggvi
Guðmundsson (Veigar Páll Gunnarsson 57'), Kári Árnason (Gunnar Heiðar
Þorvaldsson 53'), Arnar Þór Viðarsson (Jóhannes Þór Harðarson 70'); Eiður
Smári Guðjohnsen [c], Heiðar Helguson.
South Africa: Hans Vonk; Lehlohonolo 'Lucky' Lekgwathi, Aaron Mokoena (Bevan Fransman
35'), Nasief Morris, Ricardo Katza; Steven Pienaar, Mbulelo Mabizela,
Benedict Vilakazi (Elrio van Heerden 75'), Delron Buckley (Phil Evans
46'); Benedict McCarthy (Lungisani Ndlela 46'), Sibusiso Zuma.
Referee: David McKeon (Ireland).
Coaches: Iceland: Ásgeir Sigurvinsson and Logi Ólafsson.
South Africa: Stuart Baxter (England).
Cards: Iceland: Heiðar Helguson [Y 30'].
South Africa: Lungisani Ndlela [Y 72'].
17/08/2005, Amman
Friendly International
JORDAN 0
ARMENIA 0
Armenia: Edel Bete; Valeri Aleksanyan, Sargis Hovsepyan [c], Robert Arzumanyan,
Aleksandr Tadevosyan; Hamlet V. Mkhitaryan (Aram Voskanyan 66'), Romik
Khachatryan (Rafael Nazaryan 46'), Karen Aleksanyan, Aghvan Mkrtchyan
(Yeghishe Melikyan 80'); Ara Hakopyan (Armen Shahgeldyan 60'), Aram
Hakopyan (Nshan Erzrumyan 75').
Referee:
Coaches: Jordan: Mahmoud El-Gohary (Egypt).
Armenia: Henk Wisman (Netherlands).
Cards: Jordan:
Armenia: Romik Khachatryan [Y 15'].
17/08/2005, Ciudad del Este, Estadio Antonio Oddone Sarubbi, 12000
Friendly International
PARAGUAY 3 (Edgar Barreto 23', Nelson Haedo 45+', Julio dos Santos 75')
EL SALVADOR 0
Paraguay: Justo Villar (Derlis Gómez 46'); Denis Caniza, Julio César Cáceres, Carlos
Gamarra (Juan Daniel Cáceres 60'), Jorge Núñez; Carlos Bonet (Cristian
Riveros 46'), Edgar Barreto (Raúl Román 86'), Carlos Paredes, Julio dos
Santos; Nelson Haedo (Domingo Salcedo 76'), Salvador Cabañas (César
Ramírez 46').
El Salvador: Juan José Gómez; Alexander Escobar (Jorge Sánchez 46'), Víctor Velázquez,
José Rafael Tobar, Deris Umanzor (Giovanni Romero 70'); Dennis Alas, Isaac
Zelaya, Gilberto Murgas, Cristian Álvarez (Víctor Merino 46'); Manuel
Martínez, Juan Alexander Campos.
Referee: Ricardo Grance (Paraguay).
Coaches: Paraguay: Aníbal Ruiz (Uruguay).
El Salvador: Miguel Aguilar.
Cards: Paraguay: Denis Caniza [Y 43']
El Salvador: Víctor Velázquez [Y 75'].
17/08/2005, Ponta Delgada, Estádio do São Miguel, 20000
Friendly International
PORTUGAL 2 (Fernando Meira 50', Hélder Postiga 70')
EGYPT 0
Portugal: Joaquim Silva 'Quim'; Domingos Alexandre Costa 'Alex', Ricardo Carvalho,
Jorge Andrade (Fernando Meira 46'), Paulo Ferreira (Marco Caneira 46');
Luís Caiero 'Figo' (João Alves 62'), Tiago Mendes, Armando Teixeira
'Petit' (João Moutinho 46'), Hugo Viana (Luis Boa Morte 62'); Hélder
Postiga, Pedro Resendes 'Pauleta' [c] (Ricardo Quaresma 46').
Egypt: Abdel Wahed El-Sayed (Essam El-Hadary 48'); Ahmed Fathi, Wael Gomaa, Emad
El-Nahhas (Abdel Zaher El-Saqua 61'), Tarek El-Sayed (Amir Azmi Megahed
72'); Hosni Abd Rabo, Mohamed Shawky, Hossam Ghali (Mohamed Abou Traika
61'); Amr Zaki, Emad Motaeb, Ahmed Hossam 'Mido' [c] (Abdul Halim Ali
80').
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland).
Coaches: Portugal: Luiz Felipe Scolari (Brazil).
Egypt: Hassan Shehata.
Cards: Portugal: none.
Egypt: Ahmed Hossam 'Mido' [Y 60'], Abdel Halim Ali [Y 90']
17/08/2005, Gijón, Estadio El Molinón, 23348
Friendly International
SPAIN 2 (Pablo García 25' OG, Vicente Rodríguez 38' pen)
URUGUAY 0
Spain: José Manuel Reina; Míchel Salgado (Sergio Ramos 60'), Carles Puyol, Carlos
Marchena, Asier Del Horno (Antonio López 72'); Joaquín Sánchez (Luis
García 60'), Xabi Alonso (Sergio González 46'), Xavi Hernández, Vicente
Rodríguez; Raúl González [c] (Albert Luque 69'), Fernando Morientes
(Fernando Torres 46').
Uruguay: Fabián Carini; Gustavo Varela (Diego Pérez 78'), Diego López, Gonzalo
Sorondo, Guillermo Rodríguez; Fabián Estoyanoff (Álvaro Recoba 46'), Pablo
García [c], Javier Delgado (Oscar Morales 60'), Gonzalo Castro (Mario
Regueiro 46'); Richard Morales (Marcelo Zalayeta 70'), Diego Forlán
(Marcelo Tejera 66').
Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal).
Coaches: Spain: Luis Aragonés.
Uruguay: Jorge Fossati.
Cards: Spain: Míchel Salgado [Y 39'].
Uruguay: Guillermo Rodríguez [Y 72'].
24/08/2005, Tehran, Azadi Stadium, 15000
Friendly International
IRAN 4 (Sayed Mohammad Alavi 7', Javad Nekounam 41', 90+', Ali Daei 57')
LIBYA 0
Iran: Ebrahim Mirzapour; Hossein Kaebi (Hadi Shakouri 62'), Yahya Golmohammadi,
Mohammad Nosrati, Sattar Zare; Eman Mobali (Mojtaba Jabbari 46'), Javad
Nekounam, Sayed Mohammad Alavi (Maysam Maneie 75'), Alireza Vahedi-
Nikbakht (Andranik Taymoorian 46'); Javad Kazemian (Arash Borhani 46'),
Ali Daei (Edmond Bizik 76').
Libya: Samir Aboud; Walid Osman, Younus Al-Shibani, Walid Jalal, Naji Shushan;
Ahmed Osman, Abdul Salam Ezwae, Khaled Mohamed Hussein, Najib Aboussalam;
Nader Kara, Mohamed Esnani. [Subs used: Marei Suliman El-Ramli, Salem
Rewani].
Referee: Abdul Rahman Al-Delawar (Bahrain).
Coaches: Iran: Branislav 'Branko' Ivanković (Croatia).
Libya: Ilija Lončarević (Croatia).
Cards: Iran: Hadi Shakouri [Y 87'], Edmond Bizik [Y 90+'].
Libya: Abdul Salam Ezwae [Y 17'], Marei Suliman El-Ramli [R 65'].
03/09/2005, Santander, Estadio El Sardinero, 11978
Friendly International
SPAIN 2 (Raúl Tamudo 7', Fernando Morientes 69')
CANADA 1 (Sandro Grande 73')
Spain: José Manuel Reina; Sergio Ramos, Pablo Ibañez, Juan Gutiérrez 'Juanito',
Antonio López; Luis García (Vicente Rodríguez 67'), Ivan De la Peña (Xavi
Hernández 74'), Pablo Orbáiz (Xabi Alonso 46'), Albert Luque (Joaquín
Sánchez 55'); Fernando Torres [c] (Raúl González 55'), Raúl Tamudo
(Fernando Morientes 55').
Canada: Kenny Stamatopoulos; Adam Braz, Kevin McKenna [c], Atiba Hutchinson, Mike
Klukowski; Adrian Serioux, Julian de Guzman, Patrice Bernier (Sandro
Grande 71'); Dwayne de Rosario (Rocco Placentino 85'), Tomasz Radzinski,
Ali Gerba (Josh Simpson 66').
Referee: Claude Colombo (France).
Coaches: Spain: Luis Aragonés.
Canada: Frank Yallop.
07/09/2005, Bremen, Weserstadion, 28100
Friendly International
GERMANY 4 (Lukas Podolski 12', 48', 55', Tim Borowski 47')
SOUTH AFRICA 2 (Shaun Bartlett 26' pen, Benedict McCarthy 49')
Germany: Jens Lehmann; Patrick Owomoyela, Lukas Sinkiewicz, Per Mertesacker,
Marcell Jansen; Sebastian Deisler (Bernd Schneider 46'), Tim Borowski,
Michael Ballack [c], Bernd Schweinsteiger (Fabian Ernst 68'); Miroslav
Klose (Kevin Kuranyi 77'), Lukas Podolski (Gerald Asamoah 77').
South Africa: Hans Vonk; Lehlohonolo 'Lucky' Lekgwathi, Aaron Mokoena [c], Ricardo
Katza, Thabiso Rammile (Mbulelo Mabizela 65'); Sibusiso Zuma (Lerato
Chabangu 86'), Phil Evans, Benedict Vilakazi (Siyabonga Nkosi 79'),
Delron Buckley (Lungisani Ndlela 79'); Elrio van Heerden (Arthur Zwane
90'); Shaun Bartlett (Benedict McCarthy 46').
Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland).
Coaches: Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
South Africa: Stuart Baxter (England).
Cards: Germany: none.
South Africa: Thabiso Rammile [Y 45+'].
07/09/2005, Rifu, Miyagi Stadium, 45198
Friendly International
JAPAN 5 (Naohiro Takahara 33', Atsushi Yanagisawa 48', 70',
Shunsuke Nakamura 55' pen, Mitsuo Ogasawara 78')
HONDURAS 4 (Wilmer Velásquez 8', 27', 50', Saúl Martínez 45+')
Japan: Seigo Narazaki; Akira Kaji, Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Yuji Nakazawa, Alessandro
Santos; Hidetoshi Nakata, Junichi Inamoto (Mitsuo Ogasawara 64'), Koji
Nakata, Shunsuke Nakamura (Makoto Tanaka 87'); Atsushi Yanagisawa (Keiji
Tamada 71'), Naohiro Takahara (Masashi Oguro 79').
Honduras: Junior Morales; Junior Izaguirre (Erick Vallecillo 86'), Samuel Caballero,
Maynor Figueroa, Iván Guerrero; Oscar García, Amado Guevara, Denis Ferrera
(Carlos Oliva 77'), Mario Berríos (Elmer Marín 66'); Wilmer Velásquez
(Eddy Vega 77'), Saúl Martínez.
Referee: Kwon Jong-Chul (South Korea).
Coaches: Japan: Arthur Coimbra 'Zico' (Brazil).
Honduras: José De la Paz 'Chelato Uclés'.
Cards: Japan: Alessandro Santos [Y 29'].
Honduras: Denis Ferrera [Y 40'], Samuel Caballero [Y 55'].
23/09/2005, Dubai, Al-Ahli stadium
Friendly International
UAE 0
BENIN 0
UAE: Ismail Rabea; Omran Al-Jasmi, Mohammad Qassim Al-Boloushi, Adil Naseeb Al-
Shehi (Khalaf Salim), Basheer Saeed Al-Hammadi; Hayder Allo Ali, Yousuf
Abdul Aziz Al-Saidi (Salim Khamis Faraj), Nawaf Mubarak Al-Darmaki (Yousuf
Moussa Al-Boloushi), Ali Abbas Al-Hawasin; Ismail Matar Al-Mekhaini (Salim
Saad Al-Abadla), Faisal Khalil Al-Junaibi (Saeed Al-Kas).
Benin: Rachad Chitou; De Gaulle Hountoto, Seidath Tchomogo, Charaf Chitou, Anicet
Adjamonsi; Bachirou Osseni, Romuald Bocco, Coffi Agbessi, Oscar Olou;
Razack Otomoyossi, Emmanuel Balogoun.
Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait).
Coaches: UAE: Jumaa Rabie.
Benin:
08/10/2005, Rīga, Skonto stadions, 6500
Friendly International
LATVIA 2 (Vīts Rimkus 67', Andrejs Rubins 89')
JAPAN 2 (Naohiro Takahara 5', Shunsuke Nakamura 53' pen)
Latvia: Aleksandrs Koliņko; Aleksandrs Isakovs, Artūrs Zakreševskis, Igors N.
Stepanovs, Dzintars Zirnis (Kristaps Blanks 87'); Viktors Morozs, Vitālijs
Astafjevs [c] (Aleksejs Višņakovs 46'), Andrejs Rubins, Juris Laizāns
(Vladimirs Koļesničenko 84'); Genādijs Soloņicins (Mihails Zemļinskis 33'
(Vīts Rimkus 46')), Māris Verpakovskis (Gatis Kalniņš 62').
Japan: Yoichi Doi; Yuichi Komano, Makoto Tanaka, Teruyuki Moniwa, Koji Nakata;
Hidetoshi Nakata (Masashi Motoyama 86'), Junichi Inamoto, Daisuke Matsui
(Keisuke Tsuboi 76'), Shunsuke Nakamura (Alessandro Santos 76'); Atsushi
Yanagisawa (Yoshito Okubo 65'), Naohiro Takahara (Takayuki Suzuki 86').
Referee: Jacek Granat (Poland).
Coaches: Latvia: Jurijs Andrejevs.
Japan: Arthur Coimbra 'Zico' (Brazil).
Cards: Latvia: Artūrs Zakreševskis [Y 50'].
Japan: Yoshito Okubo [Y 88'].
09/10/2005, London (England), Craven Cottage, 6517
Friendly International
AUSTRALIA 5 (Marco Bresciano 3', Archie Thompson 29', Mark Viduka 48',
John Aloisi 58', Joel Griffiths 85')
JAMAICA 0
Australia: Zeljko Kalac; Tony Vidmar (Josip Skoko 53'), Lucas Neill, Michael Thwaite,
Scott Chipperfield; Luke Wilkshire (Ahmad Elrich 79'), Brett Emerton
(Vince Grella 71'), Marco Bresciano (Tim Cahill 79'), Jason Culina; Mark
Viduka (John Aloisi 57'), Archie Thompson (Joel Griffiths 71').
Jamaica: Shawn Sawyers; Claude Davis (Jermaine Taylor 46'); Omar Daley, Tyrone
Marshall, Damion Stewart (Fabian Dawkins 62'), Robert Scarlett (Garfield
Reid 53'); Jermaine Johnson (Damani Ralph 50'), Nicholy Finlayson (Desmond
Breckenridge 53'), Ricardo Gardner; Luton Shelton, Ricardo Fuller (Jason
Morrison 61').
Referee: Mike Riley (England).
Coaches: Australia: Guus Hiddink (Netherlands).
Jamaica: Wendell Downswell.
Cards: None.
12/10/2005, Hamburg, AOL Arena, 48734
Friendly International
GERMANY 1 (Torsten Frings 51' pen)
CHINA 0
Germany: Oliver Kahn [c]; Arne Friedrich, Per Mertesacker (Robert Huth 46'),
Christoph Metzelder, Bastian Schweinsteiger (Thomas Hitzlsperger 89');
Sebastian Deisler, Tim Borowski, Torsten Frings, Bernd Schneider; Oliver
Neuville (Patrick Owomoyela 90'), Lukas Podolski (Kevin Kuranyi 52').
China: Li Leilei; Du Wei, Li Weifeng [c], Ji Mingyi, Sun Xiang (Zheng Bin 90+');
Sun Jihai (Wang Liang 83'), Li Yan, Li Tie, Zheng Zhi (Xu Liang 80'); Shao
Jiayi (Cao Yang 59'); Xie Hui (Dong Fangzhuo 46' (Zou Jie 90+')).
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal).
Coaches: Germany: Jürgen Klinsmann.
China: Zhu Guanghu.
Cards: None.
12/10/2005, Kyiv, Olimpiyskiy, 20000
Friendly International
UKRAINE 1 (Andriy Husyn 89' pen)
JAPAN 0
Ukraine: Maksym Startsev; Oleh Shelayev (Oleksandr Radchenko 46'), Oleksandr
Yatsenko, Vladyslav Vaschuk, Andriy Nesmachniy; Oleksandr Rykun (Serhiy
Nazarenko 46' (Andriy Rusol 90+')), Anatoliy Tymoschuk [c] (Oleksandr
Maksymov 65'), Andriy Husyn, Serhiy Shyschenko (Ruslan Rotan 46');
Andriy Vorobei, Oleksiy Bielik (Oleh Venglynskiy 46').
Japan: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; Yuichi Komano, Keisuke Tsuboi (Yoshito Okubo 90+'),
Teruyuki Moniwa, Alessandro Santos (Shinji Murai 68'); Hidetoshi Nakata
[c], Junichi Inamoto, Koji Nakata, Shunsuke Nakamura (Daisuke Matsui 69');
Naohiro Takahara (Takayuki Suzuki 46'), Atsushi Yanagisawa (Yoshinobu
Minowa 57').
Referee: Romāns Lajuks (Latvia).
Coaches: Ukraine: Oleh Blokhin.
Japan: Arthur Coimbra 'Zico' (Brazil).
Cards: Ukraine: Oleh Shelayev [Y 40'], Oleksandr Yatsenko [Y 66'], Maksym
Startsev [Y 89'].
Japan: Junichi Inamoto [Y 23'], Alessandro Santos [Y 52'], Koji
Nakata [R 54'].
26/10/2005, Guadalajara, Estadio Jalisco, 38000
Friendly International
MEXICO 3 (Carlos Salcido 17', Diego Martínez 48' pen, Luis Ernesto Pérez 52')
URUGUAY 1 (Sebastián Abreu 18')
Mexico: Oswaldo Sánchez [c]; Ricardo Osorio; Mario Méndez (Luis Ernesto Pérez
46'), Francisco Rodríguez, Joel Huiqui (Gonzalo Pineda 46'), Carlos
Salcido; Juan Pablo Rodríguez (Israel López 63'), Diego Martínez, Jaime
Lozano (Daniel Osorno 46'); Francisco Fonseca (Omar Bravo 63'), Guillermo
Franco.
Uruguay: Sergio Navarro; Carlos García, Diego Godín, Guillermo Rodríguez, Pablo
Lima (Pablo Melo 81'); Maximiliano Pereira (Darío Flores 70'), Martín
Ligüera (Sebastián Vázquez 46'), Omar Pouso [c] (Gabriel Alcoba 73'),
Richard Núñez (Sergio Blanco 52'); Vicente Sánchez (Gonzalo Castro 46'),
Sebastián Abreu (Pablo Granoche 57').
Referee: Hugo León (Mexico).
Coaches: Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Uruguay: Jorge Fossati.
Cards: Mexico: Mario Méndez [Y 23'], Juan Pablo Rodríguez [Y 55'],
Daniel Osorno [Y 71'], Diego Martínez [Y 78'].
Uruguay: Vicente Sánchez [Y 35'], Sebastián Abreu [Y 38'], Carlos
García [Y 45+'], Diego Godín [Y 67'], Sergio Blanco [Y 78'],
Guillermo Rodríguez [Y 78'], Pablo Granoche [Y 90+'].
Note: Uruguay were without their European-based players and included seven based
in Mexico.
27/10/2005, Riffa, National Stadium
Friendly International
BAHRAIN 5 (Abdullah Al-Dakheel 44', Ahmed Al-Hujairi 82', Mahmoud Abbas 83',
Abdullah Al-Marzooqi 88', Abdulrahman Mubarak 89')
PANAMA 0
Bahrain: Sayed Mohammed Jaffer; Ghazi Al-Kuwari, Abdullah Al-Marzooqi, Ibrahim Al-
Mishkhas, Ahmed Al-Hujairi; Saleh Farhan, Hussain Salman Maki, Rashed Al-
Dossary [c], Fawzi Ayesh; Ahmed Hassan Taleb, Abdullah Al-Dakheel.
[Subs: Ismail Abdullatif, Abdulrahman Mubarak, Mahmoud Abbas].
Panama: José Calderón; Celso Polo, José Anthony Torres, Raúl Loo, Amílcar
Henríquez; Gustavo Ávila, James Brown, Engin Mitre, Luis Gallardo;
Cristian Vega, Anthony Basile.
Referee:
Coaches: Bahrain: Luka Peruzović (Croatia).
Panama: José Hernández (Colombia).
Note: Abdullah Al-Marzooqi and Rashed Al-Dossary were the only regular Bahrain
players available. Panama fielded a weakened team, without any foreign
based professionals.
09/11/2005, Fort-de-France (Martinique), Stade d'Honneur de Dillon, 16216
Friendly International
FRANCE 3 (Nicolas Anelka 49', Djibril Cissé 80', Thierry Henry 87')
COSTA RICA 2 (Álvaro Saborio 14', Dany Fonseca 41')
France: Fabien Barthez; William Gallas, Lilian Thuram [c], Gaël Givet (Jérôme
Rothen 72'), Eric Abidal (Anthony Réveillère 15'); Sylvain Wiltord (Sidney
Govou 64'), Alou Diarra, Vikash Dhorasoo, Florent Malouda; Nicolas Anelka
(Djibril Cissé 72'), Thierry Henry.
Costa Rica: José Francisco Porras; Jervis Drummond, Douglas Sequeira (Pablo Salazar
88'), Luis Marín [c], Leonardo González (Carlos Castro 84'); Hárold
Wallace (Roy Myrie 64'), Wálter Centeno, Dany Fonseca (Randall Azofeifa
80'), Carlos Hernández (Cristian Bolaños 64'); Rónald Gómez, Álvaro
Saborio (Bryan Ruíz 74').
Referee: Gilberto Alcalá (Mexico).
Coaches: France: Raymond Domenech.
Costa Rica: Alexandre Guimarães.
Cards: None.
11/11/2005, Tehran (Iran), Azadi Stadium, 2500
Tehran Tournament
PARAGUAY 4 (Dante López 13', 51', Carlos Bonet 57', Julio dos Santos 67')
TOGO 2 (Mamam Chérif Touré 33' pen, Souleymane Robert Jr. 35')
Paraguay: Miguel Cárdenas; Ignacio Paniagua, Pedro Benítez, Julio Manzur, Delio
Toledo; José Montiel (Carlos Bonet 46'), Roberto Acuña, Cristian Riveros,
Julio dos Santos (Jorge Núñez 87'); Juan Samudio (Santiago Salcedo 70'),
Dante López (Luis Núñez 90+').
Togo: Nimini Ouro Tchanirou; Abdul Gafar Mamah, Jean-Paul Abalo, Ludovic
Assémoassa, Richmond Forson; Kuami Agboh, Alexis Romao, Kassim Gouyazou,
Mamam Cherif Touré; Sherif Coubadja, Souleymane Robert Jr..
[Subs: Mamam Souley, Kodjo Djoumasséssé, Alirou Aoudou, Lorie Badawassi].
Referee: Mohsen Torky (Iran).
Coaches: Paraguay: Aníbal Ruiz (Uruguay).
Togo: Stephen Keshi (Nigeria).
Cards: Paraguay: Dante López [Y 42'].
Togo:
11/11/2005, Tehran, Azadi Stadium, 27000
Tehran Tournament
IRAN 1 (Vahid Hashemian 15')
MACEDONIA B 2 (Nikola Karčev 9', Ardijan Nuhii 42')
Iran: Ebrahim Mirzapour (Vahid Talebloo 46'); Hossein Kaebi (Mehdi Amirabadi
85'), Yahya Golmohammadi (Mohammad Nosrati 68'), Rahman Rezaei, Sattar
Zare; Mehdi Mahdavikia, Javad Nekounam, Ali Karimi, Fereydoon Zandi (Mehdi
Rajabzadeh 82'); Vahid Hashemian (Arash Borhani 69'), Ali Daei [c]
(Gholamreza Enayati 69').
Macedonia B: Sašo Ilić; Vasko Božinovski, Nikola Karčev, Vančo Šikov, Robert Petrov;
Toni Banduliev, Borče Manevski (Daniel Ivanovski 87'), Blagojče
Gjorgjioski (Bojan Markoski 72'), Vančo Trajčov (Moharem Bajremi 90+');
Ardijan Nuhii (Sašo Krstev 65'), Goran Maznov (Riste Naumov 82').
Referee: Abdul-Rahman Ad-Delawar (Bahrain).
Coaches: Iran: Branislav 'Branko' Ivanković (Croatia).
Macedonia B: Mirsad Jonuz.
Cards: Iran: Fereydoon Zandi [Y].
Macedonia B: Vasko Božinovski [Y], Sašo Krstev [Y], Robert Petrov [Y].
Note: Not a full FIFA international.
12/11/2005, Le Mans (France), Stade Léon Bollée, 5377
Friendly International
IVORY COAST 2 (Arouna Koné 49', Bakary Koné 90+')
ROMANIA 1 (Adrian Iencsi 52')
Ivory Coast: Gérard Gnanhouan; Emmanuel Eboué, Habib 'Kolo' Touré (Raoul Kouakou 62'),
Blaise Kouassi, Arthur Boka; Gilles Yapi, Didier Zokora, Yaya Touré (Siaka
Tiéné 46'), Romaric N'Dri (Bonaventure Kalou 73'); Arouna Koné (Bakary
Koné 73'), Didier Drogba [c] (Gauthier Kanga Akalé 62').
Romania: Bogdan Lobonţ; Valentin Bădoi (Flavius Stoican 87'), Gabriel Tamaş, Adrian
Iencsi, Răzvan Raţ (Mihai Neşu 80'); Sorin Paraschiv (Costin Lazăr 56'),
Răzvan Cociş (Laurenţiu Roşu 80'), Dorinel Munteanu (Gabriel Boştină 69'),
Adrian Mutu [c]; Bănel Nicoliţă (Nicolae Dică 56'), Ionuţ Mazilu (Daniel
Niculae 56').
Referee: Frédéric Fautrel (France).
Coaches: Ivory Coast: Henri Michel (France).
Romania: Victor Piţurcă.
Cards: None.
Note: Romania was allowed to make a 7th substitution after Valentin Bădoi was
injured at 83'.
12/11/2005, Glasgow, Hampden Park, 26708
Friendly International
SCOTLAND 1 (Andy Webster 37')
USA 1 (Josh Wolff 9' pen)
Scotland: Craig Gordon; Steven Pressley (Steven Caldwell 46'); Christian Dailly [c],
David Weir (Gary Caldwell 46'), Andy Webster, Graham Alexander; Darren
Fletcher, Paul Hartley, Nigel Quashie (Scott Brown 74'); Garry O'Connor
(Shaun Maloney 74'), Neil McCann (James McFadden 64').
USA: Kasey Keller [c]; Steve Cherundolo, Carlos Bocanegra (Jimmy Conrad 80'),
Gregg Berhalter, Jonathan Spector; Eddie Gaven (Santino Quaranta 46'),
Brian Carroll, Kerry Zavagnin (Ben Olsen 46'), DaMarcus Beasley (Heath
Pearce 77'); Josh Wolff (Chris Rolfe 58'), Brian Ching.
Referee: Alberto Undiano (Spain).
Coaches: Scotland: Walter Smith.
USA: Bruce Arena.
Cards: Scotland: Christian Dailly [Y 8'], Gary Caldwell [Y 63'].
USA: none.
12/11/2005, Seoul, World Cup Stadium, 59113
Friendly International
SOUTH KOREA 2 (Ahn Jung-Hwan 7', Kim Young-Chul 52')
SWEDEN 2 (Johan Elmander 9', Markus Rosenberg 57')
South Korea: Lee Woon-Jae [c]; Cho Won-Hee, Choi Jin-Cheul, Kim Young-Chul, Kim Dong-
Jin; Lee Young-Pyo, Lee Ho, Park Ji-Sung; Park Chu-Young (Kim Do-Heon
70'), Ahn Jung-Hwan, Seol Ki-Hyeon.
Sweden: Eddie Gustafsson; Alexander Östlund, Fredrik Risp (Daniel Majstorovic
60'), Teddy Lucic, Mikael Dorsin; Niclas Alexandersson, Anders Svensson
(Daniel Andersson 72'), Tobias Linderoth [c], Tobias Hysén; Johan Elmander
(Fredrik Berglund 78'), Marcus Allbäck (Markus Rosenberg 44').
Referee: Wan Daxue (China).
Coaches: South Korea: Dick Advocaat (Netherlands).
Sweden: Lars Lagerbäck.
Cards: South Korea: Ahn Jung-Hwan [Y 81'].
Sweden: Marcus Allbäck [Y 36'], Tobias Linderoth [Y 63'],
Johan Elmander [Y 69'], Alexander Östlund [Y 87'].
12/11/2005, Port of Spain, Hasely Crawford Stadium, 24991
World Cup Qualifying (Play-off)
TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 1 (Christopher Birchall 76')
BAHRAIN 1 (Salman Issa Ghuloom 72')
Trinidad/Tobago: Kelvin Jack; Silvio Spann, Marvin Andrews, Dennis Lawrence, Avery John;
Carlos Edwards, Christopher Birchall, Russell Latapy (Jason Scotland 64'),
Aurtis Whitley; Stern John (Kenwyne Jones 81'), Dwight Yorke.
Bahrain: Hassan Ali Al-Thani; Abdullah Al-Marzooqi, Hussain Ali Baba, Sayed Adnan
Mahfoodh, Mahmoud Jalal Al-Wedaye; Rashed Al-Dossary, Mohammed Hubail,
Mohamed Salmeen [c], Salman Issa Ghuloom (Fawzi Ayesh 90'); Husain Ali
Ahmed (Alaa Hubail 46'), Talal Yousuf Mohamed (Ahmed Hassan Taleb 77').
Referee: Mark Shield (Australia).
Coaches: Trinidad/Tobago: Leo Beenhakker (Netherlands).
Bahrain: Luka Peruzović (Croatia).
Cards: Trinidad/Tobago: none.
Bahrain: Abdullah Al-Marzooqi [Y 39'], Mohamed Salmeen [Y 67'].
12/11/2005, Montevideo, Estadio Centenario, 55000
World Cup Qualifying (Play-Off)
URUGUAY 1 (Darío Rodríguez 36')
AUSTRALIA 0
Uruguay: Fabián Carini; Carlos Diogo, Diego López (Guillermo Rodríguez 63'), Paolo
Montero [c], Darío Rodríguez; Diego Pérez, Pablo García, Álvaro Recoba;
Marcelo Zalayeta (Fabián Estoyanoff 63'), Richard Morales, Diego Forlán
(Darío Silva 19').
Australia: Mark Schwarzer; Tony Vidmar, Lucas Neill, Tony Popovic, Scott
Chipperfield; Brett Emerton, Vince Grella, Jason Culina, Archie Thompson
(Marco Bresciano 52'); Harry Kewell, Mark Viduka [c] (John Aloisi 80').
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark).
Coaches: Uruguay: Jorge Fossati.
Australia: Guus Hiddink (Netherlands).
Cards: Uruguay: Darío Silva [Y 24'], Darío Rodríguez [Y 90+'].
Australia: Scott Chipperfield [Y 32'], Tony Vidmar [Y 73'].
12/11/2005, Genève (Switzerland), Stade de Genève, 29000
Friendly International
ENGLAND 3 (Wayne Rooney 39', Michael Owen 87', 90+')
ARGENTINA 2 (Hernán Crespo 35', Walter Samuel 54')
England: Paul Robinson; Luke Young (Peter Crouch 82'), Rio Ferdinand, John Terry,
Wayne Bridge (Paul Konchesky 46'); David Beckham [c], Ledley King (Joe
Cole 58'), Frank J. Lampard, Steven Gerrard; Michael Owen, Wayne Rooney.
Argentina: Roberto Abbondanzieri; Javier Zanetti, Roberto Ayala (Fabricio Coloccini
75'), Walter Samuel, Juan Pablo Sorín [c]; Maximiliano Rodríguez, Martín
Demichelis, Juan Román Riquelme (Luis González 85'), Esteban Cambiasso;
Hernán Crespo (Javier Saviola 70'), Carlos Tévez (Julio Cruz 81').
Referee: Philippe Leuba (еSwitzerland).
Coaches: England: Sven-Göran Eriksson (Sweden).
Argentina: José Pekerman.
Cards: England: Luke Young [Y 27'], Frank J. Lampard [Y 48'], Joe Cole [Y 67'].
Argentina: Walter Samuel [Y 33'], Maximiliano Rodríguez [Y 80'].
Note: It is also reported that the second Argentinian goal was scored by
Roberto Ayala, but video replay indicates he only touched the ball after
it had already crossed the goal-line from Walter Samuel's header.
12/11/2005, Abu Dhabi, Zayed Sports City, 8000
Friendly International
UAE 0
BRAZIL 8 (Ricardo Leite 'Kaká' 20', Adriano Ribeiro 53' pen, Frederico Guedes
'Fred' 58', 86', Lucimar Ferreira 'Lúcio' 65', Antônio Reis 'Juninho'
70', 80', Cicero de Cezare 'Cicinho' 90+')
UAE: Ismail Rabea (Moutaz Abdullah 82'); Humaid Fakher, Ali Massari Al-Daheri,
Basheer Saeed Al-Hammadi (Adel Naseeb Al-Shehi 74'), Saleh Obaid Al-Harifi
(Subait Khater Al-Makhbani 30'); Ali Al-Wahaibi (Yousef Abdul Aziz Al-
Saidi 85'), Abdul Rahim Jumaa Al-Junaibi (Salem Saad Al-Abadla 76'), Ali
Abbas Al-Hawasin, Hayder Allo Ali; Ismail Matar Al-Mekhaini, Faisal Khalil
Al-Junaibi (Nawaf Mubarak Al-Darmaki 72').
Brazil: Nelson Silva 'Dida'; Marcos de Morais 'Cafu' (Cicero de Cezare 'Cicinho'
63'), Lucimar Ferreira 'Lúcio', Juan dos Santos (José Roque Júnior 46'),
Roberto Carlos da Silva (Gustavo Nery 46'); Ricardo Leite 'Kaká', Émerson
da Rosa (Gilberto da Silva 63'), Ronaldinho de Assis (Ricardo Rodrigues
'Ricardinho', 59'), José 'Zé' Roberto da Silva (Edmílson 46'); Robson de
Souza 'Robinho' (Frederico Guedes 'Fred' 46'), Adriano Ribeiro (Antônio
Reis 'Juninho' 59').
Referee: Esam Abd El-Fatah (Egypt).
Coaches: UAE: Badr Saleh.
Brazil: Carlos Alberto Parreira.
Cards: UAE: Humaid Faker [Y 51'], Ali Abbas Al-Hawasin [R 69'].
Brazil: Robson de Souza 'Robinho' [Y 41'], Gilberto da Silva [Y 73'],
Antônio Reis 'Juninho' [Y].
13/11/2005, Tehran, Azadi Stadium, 12000
Tehran Tournament
IRAN 2 (Ali Daei 11' pen, Vahid Hashemian 59' pen)
TOGO 0
Iran: Ebrahim Mirzapour; Hossein Kaebi, Yahya Golmohammadi, Rahman Rezaei
(Mohammad Nosrati 46' (Andranik Taymoorian 84')), Sattar Zare (Mehdi
Amirabadi 70'); Mehdi Mahdavikia, Javad Nekounam (Mohammad Alavi 66'), Ali
Karimi (Moharram Navidkia 46'), Fereydoon Zandi; Vahid Hashemian, Ali Daei
(Arash Borhani 66').
Togo: Nimini Ouro Tchagnirou; Mamam Souley, Jean-Paul Abalo, Eric Akoto,
Richmond Forson; Kuami Agboh (Alirou Aoudou 70'), Alexis Romao, Kassim
Gouyazou, Mamam Chérif Touré; Sherif Coubadja, Lorie Badawassi (Souleymane
Robert Jr. 51').
Referee: Abdul-Rahman Ad-Delawar (Bahrain).
Coaches: Iran: Branislav 'Branko' Ivanković (Croatia).
Togo: Stephen Keshi (Nigeria).
Cards: Iran: none.
Togo: Kassim Gouyazou [Y 59'].
13/11/2005, Tehran (Iran), Azadi Stadium, 500
Tehran Tournament
PARAGUAY 1 (Dante López 11')
MACEDONIA B 0
Paraguay: Derlis Gómez; Ignacio Paniagua, Julio Manzur, Ángel Martínez, Delio
Toledo; José Montiel (Carlos Bonet 46'), Roberto Acuña, Cristian Riveros
(Luis Núñez 86'), Julio dos Santos (Edgar Robles 65'); Dante López,
Santiago Salcedo (Juan Samudio 71').
Macedonia B: Sašo Ilić; Vasko Božinovski, Nikola Karčev, Vančo Šikov, Robert Petrov;
Toni Banduliev, Borče Manevski (Vulnet Emini 62'), Blagojče Gjorgjioski
(Riste Naumov 52'), Vančo Trajčov; Ardijan Nuhii (Vlade Lazarevski 70'),
Goran Maznov.
Referee: Navid Mozafari (Iran).
Coaches: Paraguay: Aníbal Ruiz (Uruguay).
Macedonia B: Mirsad Jonuz.
Cards: Paraguay: Derlis Gómez [Y], Luis Núñez [Y 87'].
Macedonia B: Toni Banduliev [Y 37'], Vančo Trajčov [Y], Vulnet Emini [Y].
Note: Not a full FIFA international.
13/11/2005, Nanjing, Wutaisha Stadium, 30000
Friendly International
CHINA 0
SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 2 (Nenad Đorđević 49', Nikola Žigić 65')
China: Li Leilei; Ji Mingyi, Li Weifeng [c], Zhang Yaokun, Sun Xiang (Xu Liang
76'); Sun Jihai, Shao Jiayi (Zou Jie 68'), Li Tie, Li Yan (Chen Tao 41');
Xie Hui (Gao Lin 59'), Cao Yang (Zhao Junzhe 85').
Serbia/Montenegro: Dragoslav Jevrić (Oliver Kovačević 82'); Nenad Đorđević, Marko Baša, Đorđe
Jokić, Aleksandar Luković; Ognjen Koroman (Nenad Kovačević 55'), Dragan
Mladenović (Saša Ilić 73'), Albert Nađ, Zvonimir Vukić (Branko Bošković
65'); Mateja Kežman (Nikola Žigić 46'), Savo Milošević [c] (Danijel Ljuboja
46').
Referee: Park Sang-Gu (South Korea).
Coaches: China: Zhu Guanghu.
Serbia/Montenegro: Ilija Petković.
Cards: China: Sun Xiang [Y].
Serbia/Montenegro: Ognjen Koroman [Y], Albert Nađ [Y].
13/11/2005, Barcelona (Spain), Miniestadi, 9000
Friendly International
POLAND 3 (Tomasz Kłos 2', Euzebiusz Smolarek 58', Sebastian Mila 90')
ECUADOR 0
Poland: Artur Boruc (Jerzy Dudek 66'); Marcin Baszczyński, Tomasz Kłos [c]
(Jacek Bąk 46'), Mariusz Jop, Michał Żewłakow (Tomasz Rząsa 46');
Kamil Kosowski (Grzegorz Rasiak 61'), Radosław Sobolewski, Arkadiusz
Radomski, Jacek Krzynówek (Sebastian Mila 81'); Euzebiusz Smolarek, Tomasz
Frankowski.
Ecuador: Damián Lanza; Ulises De la Cruz (Luis Saritama 79'), Segundo Castillo,
José Cortéz, Paúl Ambrossi (Fricson George 65'); Edison Méndez (Cristian
Lara 73'), Edwin Tenorio (Luis Caicedo 75'), Marlon Ayoví [c], Antonio
Valencia (Néicer Reasco 56'); Agustín Delgado, Félix Borja (Walter
Calderón 56').
Referee: Xavier Moreno (Spain).
Coaches: Poland: Paweł Janas.
Ecuador: Luis Suárez (Colombia).
Cards: Poland: Jacek Krzynówek [Y 21'].
Ecuador: Segundo Castillo [Y 39'], Damián Lanza [Y 64'].
Note: Jacek Krzynówek missed a penalty at 64'.
14/11/2005, Jeddah, Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
Friendly International
SAUDI ARABIA 1 (Nawaf Al-Temyat 36')
GHANA 3 (Sulley Muntari 41', Asamoah Gyan 45', 72')
Saudi Arabia:
Ghana: George Owu; Dan Quaye, Samuel Osei Kuffour, John Mensah [c], Daniel
Edusei; Laryea Kingston, Anthony Obodai, Sulley Muntari, Yakubu Abubakari;
Matthew Amoah, Asamoah Gyan.
Referee:
Coaches: Saudi Arabia: Gabriel Calderón (Argentina).
Ghana: Ratomir Dujković (Serbia/Montenegro).
16/11/2005, Sydney, Telstra Stadium, 82698
World Cup Qualifying (Play-Off)
AUSTRALIA 1 (Marco Bresciano 34')
URUGUAY 0
Australia won 4-2 on penalties.
Australia: Mark Schwarzer; Tony Vidmar, Lucas Neill, Tony Popovic (Harry Kewell 32'),
Scott Chipperfield; Brett Emerton (Josip Skoko 110'), Vince Grella, Jason
Culina, Marco Bresciano (John Aloisi 96'); Mark Viduka [c], Tim Cahill.
Uruguay: Fabián Carini; Diego Lugano, Paolo Montero [c] (Marcelo Sosa 81'), Darío
Rodríguez, Guillermo Rodríguez; Carlos Diogo, Gustavo Varela, Pablo
García, Mario Regueiro (Fabián Estoyanoff 98'); Richard Morales, Álvaro
Recoba (Marcelo Zalayeta 73').
Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain).
Coaches: Australia: Guus Hiddink (Netherlands).
Uruguay: Jorge Fossati.
Cards: Australia: Tony Popovic [Y 28'], Tony Vidmar [Y 40'], Jason Culina
[Y 54'], Harry Kewell [Y 86'].
Uruguay: Mario Regueiro [Y 45'], Carlos Diogo [Y 45+'], Darío Rodríguez
[Y 68'], Pablo García [Y 76'], Richard Morales [Y 110'].
Penalties: 1-0 Harry Kewell, 1-0 Darío Rodríguez (save), 2-0 Lucas Neill,
2-1 Gustavo Varela, 3-1 Tony Vidmar, 3-2 Fabián Estoyanoff,
3-2 Mark Viduka (miss), 3-2 Marcelo Zalayeta (save), 4-2 John Aloisi.
16/11/2005, Riffa, National Stadium, 35000
World Cup Qualifying
BAHRAIN 0
TRINIDAD/TOBAGO 1 (Dennis Lawrence 49')
Bahrain: Hassan Ali Al-Thani; Sayed Adnan Mahfoodh, Hussain Ali Baba, Mohamed Jumaa
Bashir, Mahmoud Jalal Al-Wedaye; Talal Yusuf Mohamed, Rashed Al-Dossary,
Mohammed Hubail, Salman Issa Ghuloom (Fawzi Ayesh 80'); Husain Ali Ahmed,
Alaa Hubail.
Trinidad/Tobago: Kelvin Jack; Cyd Gray, Marvin Andrews, Dennis Lawrence, Avery John; Carlos
Edwards (Ian Cox 83'), Christopher Birchall (Silvio Spann 21'), Aurtis
Whitley, Dwight Yorke; Kenwyne Jones (Russell Latapy 77'), Stern John.
Referee: Oscar Ruiz (Colombia).
Coaches: Bahrain: Luka Peruzović (Croatia).
Trinidad/Tobago: Leo Beenhakker (Netherlands).
Cards: Bahrain: Mohammed Hubail [Y 44'], Alaa Hubail [Y 73'], Hussain Ali Baba
[R 90+'].
Trinidad/Tobago: Dwight Yorke [Y 53'], Cyd Gray [Y 59'], Russell Latapy
[Y 89'].
16/11/2005, Houston (USA), Reliant Stadium, 35526
Friendly International
BULGARIA 3 (Yanko Valkanov 5', Valeri Bojinov 34', Dimitar Berbatov 80')
MEXICO 0
Bulgaria: Stoyan Kolev; Daniel Bojkov, Nikolai Domakinov, Yanko Valkanov (Aleksandar
Tunchev 79'), Asen Karaslavov; Georgi Iliev (Marcho Dafchev 89'), Stilian
Petrov [c] (Blagoi Georgiev 86'), Martin Petrov (Martin Kamburov 89');
Valeri Bojinov, Zdravko Lazarov (Svetoslav Todorov 64'), Dimitar Berbatov
(Tsvetan Genkov 87').
Mexico: Oswaldo Sánchez; Óscar Rojas, Francisco Rodríguez, Ricardo Osorio, Carlos
Salcido; Luis Ernesto Pérez, Pavel Pardo, Antonio Naelson 'Zinha' (Juan
Pablo Rodríguez 70'), Diego Martínez (Omar Bravo 46'); Francisco Fonseca
(Daniel Osorno 46'), Guillermo Franco.
Referee: Brian Hall (USA).
Coaches: Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Bulgaria: Hristo Stoichkov.
Cards: Mexico: none.
Bulgaria: Nikolai Domakinov [Y 51'], Stoyan Kolev [Y 84'].
16/11/2005, Changsha, Helong Stadium, 12000
Friendly International
CHINA 0
BULGARIA B 0
China: Li Leilei; Ji Mingyi, Li Weifeng [c], Zhang Yaokun, Sun Xiang; Wang Liang,
Chen Tao (Li Yan 75'), Li Tie (Zhang Shuai 63'), Cao Yang (Hao Junmin
88'); Dong Fangzhuo (Li Yi 71'), Gao Lin (Xie Hui 80').
Bulgaria B: Zdravko Zdravkov; Malin Orachev, Ivo Trenchev, Steliyan Popchev, Yordan
Varbanov; Georgi Peev (Angel Stoykov 69'), Krasimir Chomakov, Svetoslav
Petrov (Vladimir Kabranov 90'), Zoran Yankovich (Todor Simov 87'); Georgi
Bachev (Georgi Vladimirov 64'), Metodi Stoynev (Yavor Vandev 62').
Referee: Lee Jong-Kuk (South Korea).
Coaches: China: Zhu Guanghu.
Bulgaria B: Dimitar Penev.
Cards: China: Cao Yang [Y 10'].
Bulgaria B: Svetoslav Petrov [Y 90+'].
Note: Not a full FIFA international.
16/11/2005, Tbilisi, Mikhail Meshki, 10000
Friendly International
GEORGIA 3 (Georgi Demetradze 4', 64', Shota Arveladze 75')
JORDAN 2 (Moayyed Salim Mansour 35', Khaled Saad Al-Maltah 59')
Georgia: Nukri Revishvili; Kakhaber Mzhavanadze, Ilia Kandelaki, Zurab
Khizanishvili, Kakhaber Kaladze [c]; Jaba Kankava, Georgi Ganugrava
(Vladimir Burduli 81'), Gogita Gogua (David Kvirkvelia 74'); David Mujiri,
Shota Arveladze (Mikhail Ashvetia 81'), Georgi Demetradze (Vitali
Daraselia 78').
Jordan: Loai El-Amayreh; Bashar Bani Yaseen; Faisal Ibrahim Shaikh, Mohammad
Khamees (Moayyed Abou Kishik 84'), Hatem Aqel, Khaled Saad Al-Maltah;
Qusai Abu Alia, Hassouneh Qassem Al-Sheikh, Ahmad Ghazi; Mahmoud Shelbayeh
(Ahmad Hayel 71'), Moayyed Salim Mansour (Anas Al-Zboun 87').
Referee:
Coaches: Georgia: Gaioz Darsadze.
Jordan: Mahmoud El-Gohary (Egypt).
Cards: Georgia: Gogita Gogua [Y 54'], Georgi Demetradze [Y 69'], Jaba Kankava
[Y 90'].
Jordan: Qusai Abu Alia [Y 79'].
16/11/2005, Genève (Switzerland), Stade de Genève, 15000
Friendly International
ITALY 1 (Aimo Diana 86')
IVORY COAST 1 (Didier Drogba 69')
Italy: Christian Abbiati (Marco Amelia 71'); Cristian Zaccardo (Massimo Oddo
46'), Andrea Barzagli, Marco Materazzi, Fabio Grosso (Gianluca Zambrotta
63'); Simone Barone, Andrea Pirlo (Gennaro Gattuso 46'), Daniele De Rossi
(Aimo Diana 46'); Vincenzo Iaquinta, Alberto Gilardino (Luca Toni 46'),
Alessandro Del Piero (Mauro Camoranesi 46').
Ivory Coast: Boubacar Barry; Marc Zoro, Habib 'Kolo' Touré, Abdoulaye Meité, Arthur
Boka (Saka Tiéné 78'); Gilles Yapi (Bonaventure Kalou 46'), Didier Zokora,
Yaya Touré (Abdoulaye Djiré 73'); Arouna Koné (Romaric N'Dri 73'), Didier
Drogba (Kandia Traoré 81'), Aruna Dindané (Bakary Koné 46').
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland).
Coaches: Italy: Marcello Lippi.
Ivory Coast: Henri Michel (France).
Cards: Italy: none.
Ivory Coast: Abdoulaye Meité [Y 42'], Yaya Touré [Y 60'].
16/11/2005, Tokyo, National Stadium, 52406
Friendly International
JAPAN 1 (Daisuke Matsui 89')
ANGOLA 0
Japan: Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi; Yuichi Komano, Makoto Tanaka (Daisuke Matsui 66'),
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto, Yuji Nakazawa; Hidetoshi Nakata, Junichi Inamoto (Yuki
Abe 80'), Shunsuke Nakamura, Alessandro Santos; Atsushi Yanagisawa,
Naohiro Takahara (Masashi Oguro 79').
Angola: João Ricardo Ferreira; Jacinto Pereira, Alex, João Pereira 'Jamba', Luís
Delgado; António Mendonça (José Baptista 'Zé Kalanga' 79'), Paulo
Figueiredo (Simão Bendinha 87'), Marcos Miloy, Edson Nobre (Santana 89');
Fabrice Maceio 'Akwá' (Arsenio Cabungula 'Love' 62'), Norberto Mulenessa
'Maurito' (Flávio Amado 69').
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia).
Coaches: Japan: Arthur Coimbra 'Zico' (Brazil).
Angola: Luís Gonçalves.
Cards: Japan: Daisuke Matsui [Y 73'], Yuichi Komano [Y 78'].
Angola: none.
16/11/2005, Hesperange, Stade Alphonse Theis 'Holleschbierg'
Friendly International
LUXEMBOURG 0
CANADA 1 (Iain Hume 69')
Luxembourg: Stéphane Gillet, Tom Schnell, Eric Hoffmann, Claude Reiter, Ben Federspiel,
Alphonse Leweck, René Peters, Sébastien Remy, Mario Mutsch
(Dan Collette 59'), Paul Mannon (Gilles Bettmer 66'), Aurélien Joachim.
Canada: Kenny Stamatopoulos; Chris Pozniak, Atiba Hutchinson, Kevin McKenna [c],
Ante Jazic (Josh Simpson 59'); Dwayne de Rosario, Ive Sulentic (Jaime
Peters 64'), Daniel Imhof (Patrice Bernier 46'), Jim Brennan; Stephen
Ademolu (William Johnson 84'), Iain Hume.
Referee: Paulo Manuel Costa (Portugal).
Coaches: Luxembourg: Guy Hellers.
Canada: Frank Yallop.
Cards: None.
16/11/2005, Doha, Sheikh Jassim bin Hamad Stadium
Friendly International
QATAR 0
ARGENTINA 3 (Juan Román Riquelme 70', Julio Ricardo Cruz 71', Roberto Ayala 73')
Qatar: Mohamed Saqr; Saad Al-Shemmari, Bilal Mohammed Rajab, Ibrahim Al-Ghanem
(Younis Al-Rahmati 57'), Majdi Abdullah Siddiq; Ali Mejbel Fartoos,
Abdullah Obaid Koni, Wesam Rizik Abdulmajid, Hussein Yasser Mohammadi;
Sayed Ali Beshir (Meshal Abdullah 81'), Adel Lami (Ali Nasser Saleh 75').
Argentina: Roberto Abbondanzieri; Martín Demichelis (Fabricio Coloccini 46'), Roberto
Ayala, Walter Samuel (Gabriel Milito 81'), Juan Pablo Sorín [c];
Maximiliano Rodríguez, Sebastián Battaglia, Juan Román Riquelme, Daniel
Bilos (Julio Cruz 60'); Javier Saviola (Luis González 60'), Lionel Messi
(Carlos Tévez 81').
Referee: Saad Kamil Al-Fadhli (Kuwait).
Coaches: Qatar: Džemaludin Mušović (Bosnia/Herzegovina).
Argentina: José Pekerman.
16/11/2005, Bucureşti, Steaua, 500
Friendly International
ROMANIA 3 (Daniel Niculae 17', Florentin Petre 49', Laurenţiu Roşu 90+')
NIGERIA 0
Romania: Dănuţ Coman; Flavius Stoican (Valentin Bădoi 85'), Gabriel Tamaş, Dorin
Goian, Răzvan Raţ [c] (Mihai Neşu 75'); Răzvan Cociş, Costin Lazăr (Sorin
Paraschiv 46'), Nicolae Dică (Laurenţiu Roşu 66'), Gabriel Boştină; Bănel
Nicoliţă (Florentin Petre 46'), Daniel Niculae (Ionuţ Mazilu 46').
Nigeria: Dele Aiyenugba; Paul Obiefule, Sam Sodje, Nojim Raji, Mutiu Adegoke;
Abiodun Agunbiade (Ema Onu 59'), Sani Kaita, David Tyakase, Jamiu Nosiru;
Sam Ledor, Benedict Akwuegbu [c].
Referee: Veaceslav Banari (Moldova).
Coaches: Romania: Victor Piţurcă.
Nigeria: Daniel Amokachi.
Cards: Romania: none.
Nigeria: Mutiu Adegoke [Y 80'], Paul Obiefule [Y 90'].
Note: Nigeria were without head coach Augustine Eguavoen, and had only 12
players.
16/11/2005, Seoul, World Cup Stadium, 40127
Friendly International
SOUTH KOREA 2 (Choi Jin-Cheul 4', Lee Dong-Gook 66')
SERBIA/MONTENEGRO 0
South Korea: Lee Woon-Jae [c]; Cho Won-Hee, Choi Jin-Cheul, Kim Young-Chul, Kim Dong-
Jin (Kim Jin-Kyu 52'); Lee Eul-Yong, Kim Jung-Woo, Park Ji-Sung, Lee
Young-Pyo; Cha Du-Ri (Chung Kyung-Ho 88'), Lee Dong-Gook (Ahn Jung-Hwan
71').
Serbia/Montenegro: Dragoslav Jevrić (Oliver Kovačević 82'); Nenad Đorđević, Marko Baša,
Đorđe Jokić, Bojan Neziri (Branko Bošković 46'); Nenad Kovačević (Ognjen
Koroman 46'), Dragan Mladenović (Albert Nađ 74'), Aleksandar Luković
Zvonimir Vukić (Saša Ilić 74'); Mateja Kežman (Nikola Žigić 46'), Savo
Milošević [c] (Danijel Ljuboja 46').
Referee: Yang Zhiqiang (China).
Coaches: South Korea: Dick Advocaat (Netherlands).
Serbia/Montenegro: Ilija Petković.
Cards: South Korea: Kim Jin-Kyu [Y 78'].
Serbia/Montenegro: Nenad Kovačević [Y 37'], Ognjen Koroman [Y 55'],
Nenad Đorđević [Y 90'].
24/11/2005, Jeddah, Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium
Friendly International
SAUDI ARABIA 1 (Abdul-Latif Al-Ghannam 53')
PARAGUAY XI 0
Saudi Arabia:
Paraguay XI: Julio López; Diego Rodríguez, Sergio Torales, Armando González, Cristian
Ojeda; Luis Libardi, Kevin Díaz, Víctor Gómez, José Leguizamon; Diego
Agüero, Inocencio Zárate.
[Subs used: Miguel Álvarez, Óscar Díaz, Armando Brítez, Carlos Leite,
Diego Caneza, Víctor Ferreira.]
Referee:
Coaches: Saudi Arabia: Gabriel Calderón (Argentina).
Paraguay XI: Gabriel González and Gabino Román.
Notes: Paraguay XI was a selection consisting mainly of players from Asunción
clubs in the third division (división de ascenso).
Not a full FIFA international.
02/12/2005, Sharjah, Sharjah stadium
Friendly International
UAE 1 (Nawaf Mubarak Al-Darmaki 55')
LIBYA 1 (Omar Dawood 38')
UAE: Moutaz Abdullah; Humaid Fakher, Mohammad Khamis Saleh, Omran Al-Jasmi, Ali
Massari Al-Daheri; Abdul Rahim Jumaa Al-Junaibi, Yousuf Moussa
Al-Boloushi, Subait Khater Al-Makhbani (Nawaf Mubarak Al-Darmaki 46'),
Hilal Saeed Al-Saidi (Ali Abbas Al-Hawasin 46'); Faisal Khalil Al-Junaibi,
Salem Saad Al-Abadla.
Libya:
Referee:
Coaches: UAE: Dominique Bathenay (France).
Libya: Ilija Lončarević (Croatia).
14/12/2005, Phoenix (USA), Chase Field, 40000
Friendly International
MEXICO 2 (Francisco Fonseca 33', Joel Huiqui 52')
HUNGARY 0
Mexico: José de Jesús Corona (Guillermo Ochoa 46'); Claudio Suárez (Hugo Sánchez
69'); Alberto Rodríguez, Francisco Rodríguez (José Antonio Castro 46'),
Joel Huiqui, José Antonio Olvera (Andrés Guardado 69'); Juan Pablo
Rodríguez (Alonso Sandoval 55'), Gerardo Torrado, Omar Bravo; Francisco
Fonseca (Alberto Medina 66'), Adolfo Bautista.
Hungary: Balázs Rabóczki; Krisztián Vermes, Attila Böjte, Zoltán Balog, Vilmos
Vanczák; Dénes Rósa, Ákos Koller, Krisztián Vadócz, Dániel Tőzsér (Tamás
Priskin 66'); Péter Rajczi (István Ferenczi 59'), Róbert Feczesin (Csaba
Regedei 71').
Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela (USA).
Coaches: Mexico: Ricardo La Volpe (Argentina).
Hungary: Lothar Matthäus (Germany).
Cards: Mexico: Joel Huiqui [Y 23'].
Hungary: Dénes Rósa [R 10'], Tamás Priskin [Y 71'].
18/12/2005, Miami (USA), FIU University Park Soccer Field, 250
Friendly International
HUNGARY 3 (Krisztián Vadócz 10', Róbert Feczesin 32', István Ferenczi 80')
ANTIGUA/BARBUDA 0
Hungary: Balázs Rabóczki (Géza Vlaszák 85'); Krisztián Vermes (Csaba Regedei 39'),
Attila Böjte, Ákos Koller (Zoltán Balog 87'), Vilmos Vanczák [c] (Zoltán
Takács 87'); Róbert Feczesin (Vince Kapcsos 80'), Krisztián Vadócz, Dániel
Tőzsér, Tamás Priskin (Árpád Majoros 66'); Péter Rajczi (Gábor Bori 46'),
Illés Sitku (István Ferenczi 56').
Antigua/Barbuda: Elvis Anthony (Theo Nathaniel 82'); Edlorn Williams, Ashton Cyrillien,
George Dublin [c], Ashorn Martin (Verton Harris 54'); Neil Schyan Jeffers,
Troy Simon (Desmond Bleau 63'), Ranja Christian, Andrew Demian (Lennox
Julian 38'); Patrick Pereira (James Anderson 71'), Peter Byers (Tamorley
Thomas 66').
Referee: Reginald Rutty (USA).
Coaches: Hungary: Lothar Matthäus (Germany).
Antigua/Barbuda: Derrick Edwards.
Cards: Hungary: Krisztián Vermes [Y 36'].
Antigua/Barbuda: Patrick Pereira [Y 39'], Ranja Christian [Y 40'],
Ashton Cyrillien [Y 42'], Ashorn Martin [Y 54'].
24/12/2005, Phang Nga, Phang Nga Stadium
King's Cup
THAILAND U23 1 (Winothai Teerathep 56')
LATVIA 1 (Genādijs Soloņicins 19')
Thailand U23:
Latvia: Andrejs Piedels; Kaspars Gorkšs (Oskars Kļava 19'), Māris Smirnovs,
Deniss Ivanovs, Dzintars Zirnis; Genādijs Soloņicins, Vitālijs Astafjevs
[c], Aleksejs Višņakovs (Ģirts Karlsons 75'), Andrejs Rubins (Kristaps
Blanks 90'); Viktors Dobrecovs (Andrejs Štolcers 60'), Andrejs
Prohorenkovs (Gatis Kalniņš 88').
Referee:
Coaches: Thailand U23: Chanvit Pholchivin.
Latvia: Jurijs Andrejevs.
Cards: Thailand U23:
Latvia: Genādijs Soloņicins [Y 47'], Andrejs Rubins [Y 60'].
Note: Thailand fielded their under-23 SEA Games team; however, the match is a
full FIFA international.
26/12/2005, Phuket (Thailand), Surakul Stadium
King's Cup
LATVIA 1 (Ģirts Karlsons 65')
NORTH KOREA 1 (An Chol-Hyok 28')
Latvia: Andrejs Piedels; Dzintars Zirnis, Māris Smirnovs, Deniss Ivanovs, Oskars
Kļava; Genādijs Soloņicins (Aleksejs Višņakovs 46'), Vitālijs Astafjevs
[c] (Kristaps Blanks 88'), Viktors Morozs, Andrejs Rubins (Viktors
Dobrecovs 90+'); Ģirts Karlsons (Gatis Kalniņš 75'), Andrejs Prohorenkovs.
North Korea:
Referee:
Coaches: Latvia: Jurijs Andrejevs.
North Korea:
Cards: Latvia: Andrejs Prohorenkovs [R 14'].
North Korea:
27/12/2005, Cairo (Egypt), Cairo International Stadium
LG Cup
SENEGAL A' 2 (Massar Camara 22', Bayall Sall 90')
ECUADOR 1 (Félix Borja 40')
Senegal:
Ecuador: Edwin Villafuerte; Erick De Jesús, Carlos Castro (Renán Calle), Jorge
Guagua, Fricson George (Leonardo Soledispa); Luis Saritama (Roberto Mina),
Segundo Castillo, Luis Caicedo (David Quiroz), Cristian Lara (Cristian
Benitez); Félix Borja (Pablo Palacios), Iván Kaviedes.
Referee:
Coaches: Senegal A': Alassane Dia.
Ecuador: Luis Suárez (Colombia).
Cards: Senegal A': Jacob Val [R 30'].
Ecuador:
Note: Not a full FIFA international. Senegal fielded a reserve team consisting
mainly of under-23 players plus a few uncapped foreign-based players.
Ecuador had only 2 foreign-based players (Kaviedes and Mina).
28/12/2005, Phuket (Thailand), Surakul Stadium
King's Cup
LATVIA 2 (Ģirts Karlsons 54', Gatis Kalniņš 90+')
OMAN B 1 (Hassan Zahir Rajab Al-Maghni 90')
Latvia: Andrejs Piedels; Dzintars Zirnis, Māris Smirnovs, Deniss Ivanovs, Oskars
Kļava; Genādijs Soloņicins, Vitālijs Astafjevs [c] (Aleksejs Višņakovs
46'), Viktors Morozs, Andrejs Rubins (Andrejs Štolcers 89'); Ģirts
Karlsons (Gatis Kalniņš 80'), Viktors Dobrecovs (Kristaps Blanks 65').
Oman B:
Referee:
Coaches: Latvia: Jurijs Andrejevs.
Oman B: Mohammed Jumaa.
Cards: Latvia: Viktors Dobrecovs [Y 44'], Viktors Morozs [Y 44'],
Genādijs Soloņicins [Y 55'], Kristaps Blanks [Y 85'].
Oman B:
Notes: Vitālijs Astafjevs missed a penalty.
Not a full FIFA international. The Oman team consisted mainly of under-19
players and a few reserve players from the West Asian Games team.
29/12/2005, Cairo (Egypt), Cairo International Stadium
LG Cup
UGANDA 2 (Geoffrey Massa 47', Martin Muwanga 54')
ECUADOR 1 (Iván Kaviedes 2')
Uganda:
Ecuador: Edwin Villafuerte; Erick De Jesús (Renán Calle 64'), Carlos Castro, Jorge
Guagua, Leonardo Soledispa; Luis Saritama (Cristian Lara 54'), Segundo
Castillo (David Quiroz 62'), Luis Caicedo, Iván Kaviedes (Roberto Mina
75'); Cristian Benítez (Pablo Palacios 54'), Félix Borja.
Referee:
Coaches: Uganda: Mohammed Abbas (Egypt).
Ecuador: Luis Suárez (Colombia).
30/12/2005, Phuket (Thailand), Surakul Stadium
King's Cup (Final)
LATVIA 2 (Ģirts Karlsons 38', Andrejs Prohorenkovs 40')
NORTH KOREA 1 (Hong Yong-Jo 47')
Latvia: Andrejs Piedels; Dzintars Zirnis, Māris Smirnovs, Deniss Ivanovs, Oskars
Kļava; Aleksejs Višņakovs (Kristaps Blanks 52'), Vitālijs Astafjevs [c],
Viktors Morozs, Andrejs Rubins; Ģirts Karlsons (Gatis Kalniņš 61'),
Andrejs Prohorenkovs (Andrejs Štolcers 77').
North Korea:
Referee:
Coaches: Latvia: Jurijs Andrejevs.
North Korea:
Cards: Latvia: Ģirts Karlsons [Y 55'], Dzintars Zirnis [Y 67'],
Andrejs Štolcers [Y 86'].
North Korea: