FIFA CONFEDERA TIONS CUP GERMANY 2005 “FESTIV AL OF

“FESTIVAL OF CHAMPIONS” 15.06. – 29.06.2005
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“Our city can’t wait for the FIFA
Confederations Cup 2005 because ...
For more than four years we have been preparing intensively for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
During this time, FIFA and our Organising Committee have been carrying out innumerable
activities at all levels and in all organisational fields. Now, at last, football is back in the
spotlight. We look forward to being able to welcome eight distinguished teams to the 2005
FIFA Confederations Cup.
World champions Brazil join Olympic Gold medallists Argentina, Euro 2004 title holders
Greece and the reigning champions of all the other FIFA confederations. Together with
World Cup runners-up and hosts Germany, this represents a first-class field of contenders
that can only increase anticipation for the World Cup next year.
As for myself, the event will bring back many memories of my time on and off the field,
and many personal encounters with the teams taking part. For instance, I competed twice
against Argentina as a player and five times as a team manager, including twice in World
Cup finals.
... there will be a great atmosphere in our
wonderful new stadium, and the international city of Frankfurt is the perfect host
for the continental champions.”
... the people of Hanover enjoy being
hosts and are looking forward to welcoming visitors from all over the world. As a
trade fair city and former World’s Fair
host, the motto of the 2006 World Cup, “A
Time to Make Friends”, is our everyday
experience in Hanover.”
Petra Roth
Mayor of Frankfurt
... a year before the World Cup we can
already offer football fans an unforgettable
experience and demonstrate that Cologne
is always a good host.”
Fritz Schramma
Mayor of Cologne
Herbert Schmalstieg
This ‘Festival of Champions’ represents an important opportunity to measure the progress
of the German national side, who under Jürgen Klinsmann have recovered their momentum
and verve. As World Cup hosts they are missing out on the rigour but also the vital experience of the qualifying campaign. In addition, the Confederations Cup is even more of a
ground-breaking challenge for our Organising Committee.
Nearly all our World Cup facilities are ready to be tested, especially in Frankfurt, which is
the hub of the tournament from both a sporting and organisational point of view. The 16
Confederations Cup matches represent only
a quarter of the World Cup fixture schedule.
Afterwards we will have a clearer idea of
what fine-tuning of preparations needs to
be carried out by June next year.
Mayor of Hanover
Best wishes,
... we have a terrific opportunity to show
that we can be both good hosts and
highly professional organisers. The TV
pictures and commentary that will go
around the world will definitely make a
lot of people curious about our city and
its people, and we will surely benefit
from that in the long term. And perhaps
it will also give the local football scene
the long-awaited boost it needs to make
a breakthrough.”
Wolfgang Tiefensee
Mayor of Leipzig
Franz Beckenbauer
... we Nurembergers look forward to any
opportunity to welcome visitors from
other parts of Germany or abroad and to
celebrate spontaneously with them. We
are hoping for top-quality football,
especially at the Germany-Argentina
match, and obviously hope we will be
able to see the future world champions
in action at the Franken-Stadion. We
expect interesting encounters, on the
pitch, in the stands and throughout the
city.”
Dr. Ulrich Maly
Mayor of Nuremberg
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Famous stars and proven winners (left to right):
Argentina’s midfield dynamo Pablo Aimar, Greece’s
European Championship-winning coach Otto
Rehhagel, Mexico’s captain Rafael Márquez, and
Brazil’s legendary coach Carlos Alberto Parreira.
THAN EVER
Curtain rises on the ‘Festival of Champions’
Otto Rehhagel can already see himself hoisting the precious trophy aloft. “It looks wonderful,” he remarked, “and very easy to raise into
the air!” The coach of reigning European champions Greece spoke in mid-February at the Team Workshop for the 2005 FIFA Confederations
Cup, when representatives of the eight participating teams met in Frankfurt to take note of the tournament rules and regulations and to
finalise procedures for this top-quality competition.
Rehhagel hopes to get his hands on the
prestigious trophy again on 29 June in
Frankfurt, at the end of the final in the new
Waldstadion. “As European champions we
have a special responsibility at this tournament, where we will be competing against
opposition of the highest class,” he says.
“My players know that as European champions they are on show. Since our opponents in this tournament are stronger than
ever before, this will be a very important
learning process in the development of my
team.”
The curtain will be raised on the ‘Festival of
Champions’ at the Opening Match between
Germany and Australia on 15 June, and the
organisers from FIFA and the co-ordinators
from the Local Organising Committee can
point to a starting lineup that is more
attractive than at any previous tournament.
World and South American champions
Brazil lead an all-star cast. “We can’t deny
that we are one of the favourites,” says
Brazilian coach Carlos Alberto Parreira.
“This tournament is important principally
as the perfect preparation for the World
Cup in a year’s time. That’s why we will
take it very seriously and field our
strongest team.”
José Pekerman, coach of reigning Olympic
champions Argentina, also has the cup in
his sights. For the South Americans, the
tournament represents the third stage of
“Operation Recovery” following the disappointing first-round exit at the 2002 FIFA
World Cup™. Argentina’s comeback was
kicked off by the Olympic victory in Athens.
Pekerman aims to follow that up with a
home win over Brazil in a World Cup qualifier in June, just before the team’s departure for Germany, followed by a successful
performance in the Confederations Cup. He
then hopes to make his team’s rehabilitation complete by triumphing at the 2006
FIFA World Cup in Germany.
Hosts Germany complete the quartet of
favourites. The 2002 World Cup runners-up
failed piteously at Euro 2004, but since
Jürgen Klinsmann took up the reins the
team has made a remarkable return to form.
Victory in the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
will be seen as a stepping stone toward a
fourth world title at the 2006 FIFA World
Cup. “After draws in the past couple of
matches against Argentina and Brazil, we
must now start winning against the really
big teams,” insists Klinsmann (see interview on pages 8 and 9).
As early as the group stage, the contests
between the world and European champions in Leipzig and between Olympic champions and World Cup runners-up in Nuremberg will provide thrilling showdowns
between the leading lights of South American
and European football. The ‘Festival of
Champions’ will also provide a stage for
some of the greatest stars of the world
game.
Brazil’s lineup, for example, will boast the
2002 FIFA World Cup winners Ronaldo,
Roberto Carlos, Kaká, Dida, Cafú, Kleberson
and Roque Junior, not forgetting 2004 FIFA
World Player of the Year Ronaldinho (see
story on page 7). Argentinian aces Ayala,
Aimar, Crespo, Tevez, D’Alessandro, Samuel
and Riquelme, Greece’s European Championship heroes Dellas, Zagorakis and Charisteas,
and Germans Ballack, Kahn and Kuranyi will
all grace the competition too.
What has always made the FIFA Confederations Cup particularly exciting has been
the performance of the so-called outsiders.
The less favoured teams will be looking to
follow in the footsteps of Australia in 1997,
Japan in 2001 and Cameroon in 2003 in
progressing to the final, or even in winning
the competition, as Mexico did back in
1999.
Japan are coached by Zico and boast a
number of well-known overseas players
such as Hamburg’s Takahara, while Australia
can call upon seasoned stars of the English
Premiership including Kewell, Viduka, Cahill
and Schwarzer. African champions Tunisia
are bringing their Brazilian-born striker
Santos, and Mexico can rely on their thoroughbred forward Borgetti to find the net.
The reigning champions of Asia, Oceania,
Africa and CONCACAF (North and Central
America) have the class and the strength to
take the game to the supposed favourites.
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MATCH SCHEDULE
2004 WORLD PLAYER OF THE YEAR TO APPEAR AT FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP 2005
Final in Frankfurt
The smiling face of football:
Ronaldinho Gaúcho
GROUP B
GROUP A
DATE
GERMANY
BRAZIL
AUSTRALIA
GREECE
ARGENTINA
JAPAN
TUNISIA
MEXICO
MATCH VENUE
TIME
TEAMS
GROUP MATCHES
WED. 15.06.05 1
2
COLOGNE
FRANKFURT
18.00
21.00
ARGENTINA
GERMANY
– TUNISIA
– AUSTRALIA
THU. 16.06.05 3
4
HANOVER
LEIPZIG
18.00
20.45
JAPAN
BRAZIL
– MEXICO
– GREECE
SAT. 18.06.05 5
6
COLOGNE
18.00
NUREMBERG 20.45
GERMANY
AUSTRALIA
– TUNISIA
– ARGENTINA
SUN. 19.06.05 7
8
HANOVER
FRANKFURT
BRAZIL
GREECE
– MEXICO
– JAPAN
TUE. 21.06.05 9
10
LEIPZIG
20.45
NUREMBERG 20.45
AUSTRALIA
GERMANY
– TUNISIA
– ARGENTINA
WED. 22.06.05 11
12
FRANKFURT
COLOGNE
GREECE
BRAZIL
– MEXICO
– JAPAN
20.45
18.00
20.45
20.45
SEMI-FINALS
SAT. 25.06.05 13
NUREMBERG 18.00
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WINNERS GROUP A
SUN. 26.06.05 14
HANOVER
18.00
RUNNERS-UP GROUP B
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WINNERS GROUP B
RUNNERS-UP GROUP A
THIRD-PLACE MATCH
WED. 29.06.05 15
LEIPZIG
17.45
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LOSERS MATCH 13
LOSERS MATCH 14
FINAL
WED. 29.06.05 16
FRANKFURT
20.45
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WINNERS MATCH 13
WINNERS MATCH 14
Ronaldinho Gaúcho
Born 21 March 1980
in Porto Alegre (Brazil)
Club: FC Barcelona
Honours: 2002 FIFA World Cup winner, U-17
world champion 1997, Copa America winner
1999, World Player of the Year 2004 (Photo)
The effortlessness of his movement
and the easy smile on his lips must be
the two outstanding features of
Ronaldinho. Together they make the
Brazilian a phenomenon without parallel on the global football stage today.
The finest player of his generation,
Ronaldinho is the inspiration behind a
Barcelona side which has emerged out
of the sporting wilderness to become
Spain’s champions-elect. According to
Pelé, his compatriot is “a true artist
with the ball”, while Maradona argues,
“Ronaldinho’s versatility makes him
stand out from other world-class
players.”
‘Ronnie’ is a master of all trades: a tricky
dribbler, striker, playmaker and free-kick
specialist all rolled into one. “His consistency as a finisher is there for all to see,”
says Frank Rijkaard, his coach at Barcelona.
“But the ease with which he beats opponents and brings his colleagues into the
play continues to astonish me.” Quite
simply, Ronaldinho makes top-class football
look like child’s play.
“I live and breathe football, 24 hours a day.
With the ball I have grown-up. My whole
life revolves around football. Give me a
ball, and I’m happy.” That’s Ronaldinho, the
smiling face of football.
Yet his childhood was far from easy.
Growing up in Restinga, a poor district of
Porto Alegre, the eight-year-old Ronaldo de
Assis Moreira – his formal name – lost his
father João da Silva through a tragic accident in January 1989. Since then, his mother, Dona Marguelita, has been the central
figure in his life.
Already a world champion and leading
goalscorer at the FIFA U-17 World
Championship in Egypt in 1997, Ronaldinho
Gaúcho (his full nickname) made his senior
international breakthrough in 1999. At the
Copa America his first goal for the national
side against Venezuela was hailed as one
of the all-time greats. Then just weeks later
he was crowned as the best player and top
goalscorer at the Confederations Cup in
Mexico. By 2001 he was on his way from
Gremio Porto Alegre to Paris St.-Germain.
At the 2002 FIFA World Cup™, Ronaldinho
became world champion alongside the
other two ‘Rs’, Ronaldo and Rivaldo. In the
quarter-final against England he set up
Rivaldo’s equaliser with a magical dribble
and pass, then scored the goal that
clinched a 2-1 victory with a delicatelyplaced free kick. In the later stages, he was
somewhat overshadowed by Ronaldo,
whose goals decided the 1-0 win in the
semi-final against Turkey and the 2-0 final
victory against Germany.
Now Ronaldinho is aiming to reach the
peak of his powers and his career in
Germany. The 2005 Confederations Cup will
represent both a test of strength and a
staging post for Brazil on the way to
defending their title next year. Fans not
only in his homeland but elsewhere are
convinced that Ronaldinho will place his
unmistakable stamp on the 2006 FIFA
World Cup™ – with easy grace and that
ever-present smile.
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JÜRGEN KLINSMANN ON GERMANY AND THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP 2005
“It’s time we started beating the big teams!”
We didn’t have much choice in the matter,
to be honest. We’d rather have cut one of
the friendlies and taken a short break, but
we’ll do what we have to do, although it’ll
be a very long month for the players at the
end of the season. We’ll need to keep them
upbeat with plenty of leisure activity.
Jürgen Klinsmann, how important is the
FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 for German
football?
It’s a great opportunity to show the world a
few things. How much we’re looking forward to the 2006 World Cup here in
Germany, for example, the progress we’ve
made on the infrastructure, and the outstanding programme we’ve put together.
With all the negative publicity surrounding
the betting scandal, the tournament has
taken on even greater importance for
German football because it’s a chance to
restate our credentials and qualities. We
need to be seen as highly creative hosts.
How seriously do you think Brazil and
Argentina, two of the favourites for the FIFA
World Cup, will take this summer’s event?
Rising star set to shine: Lukas Podolski.
Is the Confederations Cup a real dress
rehearsal for the FIFA World Cup?
What is the value of this competitive
tournament for your team, given you
qualify automatically for the 2006 FIFA
World Cup™?
Obviously not in terms of the build-up. The
pre-tournament programme is completely
different. At the World Cup we’ll have a
permanent base, for example. But the same
fundamental principles apply to the tournament itself. We’ll want to open with a win
and relieve some of the pressure right at
the start, just like at a World Cup. The
pressure in 2006 will be a lot greater, of
course.
It’s worth a lot more to us than to the other
teams for that very reason, the fact we
don’t have to qualify. It’s vital we find out
how the team adapts to the rhythm of a
tournament and how well they focus.
So will you field your full coaching and
consulting team, including the psychologists and the American fitness coaches?
Leading from the front: captain Michael Ballack.
From our point of view, the Confederations
Cup is a dry run for the World Cup. So yes,
the full coaching team will be present the
whole time, including the sports psychologist and at least one of the Americans. We
want to move forward in establishing new
structures and our own DFB culture.
I’m assuming both will take the
Confederations Cup extremely seriously and
turn up with first-choice squads. These
matches are always highlights for a coach.
There’s a lot of prestige at stake. Otto
Rehhagel and European champions Greece
will have a point or two to make. The same
applies to Zico with Asian champions Japan
and Roger Lemerre with African champions
Tunisia, and it goes for Mexico and
Australia too.
Analyst and decision-maker: Germany boss Jürgen Klinsmann.
We’ve settled on 33 candidates for the 23strong World Cup squad. That’s how it’ll
stay, unless a shooting star along the lines
of Wayne Rooney or Lukas Podolski suddenly bursts onto the scene.
Could we see old hands such as Hamann
and Neuville making comebacks at the
Confederations Cup?
It’s time a few of the younger players got a
feel for the special atmosphere at a tournament. But after the Confederations Cup,
selection will be on merit alone, regardless
of age. Didi Hamann and Oliver Neuville are
as much a part of the squad of 33 as
Christoph Metzelder, Frank Baumann and
Markus Babbel. We need a blend of experience, creativity and youthful flair.
Germany have tumbled to 18th in the FIFA
World Rankings. Where would you classify
your team?
What will you do with your goalkeepers?
Will you rotate or settle on Kahn as first
choice and Lehmann behind him?
I regard the ranking as a bad joke because
you’re comparing apples and oranges. They
use a lower coefficient for our friendlies
than for other teams’ qualifiers, so even if
we won all our games, we’d still slide down
the list. The World Cup hosts should really
be kept off the rankings. Realistically, I’m
sure we’re in the top eight or even the top
six. But we’ve only drawn with the big
teams recently. It’s time we started beating
them.
Rotation. Both need experience of the
tournament situation.
You seem very confident. Why?
Are you happy with the warm-up programme? You have a five-day training camp
in Munich and a match against Bayern,
followed by an international in Northern
Ireland and a home meeting with Russia.
You’ve handed debuts to eight players in
your first eight months. Will we see more
new faces at the Confederations Cup?
The coaching staff believes all our players,
including our stars, still have room for
improvement. Every single one could give
20 to 30 percent more. That’s what we’re
working on.
It will be Michael Ballack’s first tournament
as captain. What do you want from him?
To keep doing what he’s doing. Support his
team mates, stay positive, and willingly
shoulder responsibility. He’s a natural and
does it instinctively. It’s tremendous.
Many successful coaches look for contract
extensions a year or so before their existing
deal ends. Would that apply to you if you
do well at the Confederations Cup?
No. We’ve agreed to sit down and talk after
the 2006 World Cup. The coaching staff and
I will be judged exclusively on the World
Cup. It would be great to win the
Confederations Cup, but the 2006 World
Cup is the only thing that counts when we
look at how I’ve done. I’m not someone
who needs long-term security.
ARGENTINA
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THE STAR
THE STAR
Fans at Boca Juniors wasted no
time in labelling Juan Román
Riquelme “the new Maradona”
soon after his debut on 10
November 1996. Riquelme’s
vision and outrageous skill
with the ball propelled Boca to
a string of glorious triumphs,
including the Argentine
domestic crown three times,
the Libertadores Cup twice and the Intercontinental
Trophy once. Following a difficult spell in Barcelona,
Riquelme settled into a regular berth at Villarreal in
2002 and is now celebrated as one of the leading
midfield maestros in La Liga. Argentine boss José
Pekerman has kept faith in the gifted player, and
Riquelme, also hailed simply as ‘Román’, remains a
fixture for his country.
A goalkeeper’s ability to
inspire and lift his team
mates is well-documented:
witness Russia’s Lev Yashin
and Paraguay’s Jose Luis
Chilavert, to name but two.
Australia custodian Mark
Schwarzer, whose parents hail
from Germany, is a prime
example of that special breed.
After eight years with Middlesbrough in the
Premiership, and twelve between the sticks for the
national side, Schwarzer is one of his country’s most
popular players and a key figure in coach Frank Farina’s
plans. He has kept a clean sheet in eleven of his 30
internationals, largely thanks to his lightning-quick
reflexes.
“The curtain came down on
the golden age of Argentina
and Diego Maradona in this
World Cup Final. Argentina
deservedly won in Mexico four
years previously, and the right
team also won the Final in
Rome. The penalty tucked
away by Andreas Brehme was
certainly controversial, but we
were unquestionably the better
team over the 90 minutes and
deserved to win the trophy. Our keeper Bodo Illgner
basically didn’t have a save to make. I’m now looking
forward to watching a new Argentine generation
featuring a number of superb talents such as Román
Riquelme.”
Roberto Abbondanzieri
Leonardo Franco
Boca Juniors (ARG)
Atlético Madrid (ESP)
19.08.1972
25.05.1977
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Nicolás Burdisso
Fabricio Coloccini
Leandro Cufré
Gabriel Heinze
Gabriel Milito
Diego Placente
Gonzalo Rodríguez
Inter Milan (ITA)
RC Deportivo La Coruña (ESP)
AS Rom (ITA)
Manchester United (ENG)
Real Zaragoza (ESP)
Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Villarreal CF (ESP)
12.04.1981
22.01.1982
09.05.1978
19.03.1978
07.09.1980
27.04.1977
10.04.1984
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12
2
19
10
21
5
Lucas Bernardi
Pablo Aimar
Esteban Cambiasso
Aldo Pedro Duscher
Javier Mascherano
Juan Román Riquelme
Lionel Scaloni
Santiago Solari
Juan Pablo Sorín
Javier Zanetti
Andrés D’Alessandro
AS Monaco (FRA)
Valencia CF (ESP)
Inter Milan (ITA)
RC Deportivo La Coruña (ESP)
River Plate (ARG)
Villarreal CF (ESP)
RC Deportivo La Coruña (ESP)
Real Madrid (ESP)
Villarreal CF (ESP)
Inter Milan (ITA)
VfL Wolfsburg (GER)
27.09.1977
03.11.1979
18.08.1980
22.03.1979
08.06.1984
24.06.1978
16.05.1978
07.10.1976
05.05.1976
10.08.1973
15.04.1981
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31
11
2
12
17
4
12
57
92
19
Carlos Tevez
Hernán Crespo
Luciano Martín Galletti
Javier Saviola
César Delgado
Corinthians (BRA)
AC Milan (ITA)
Real Zaragoza (ESP)
AS Monaco (FRA)
Cruz Azul (MEX)
05.02.1984
05.07.1975
09.04.1980
11.12.1981
18.08.1981
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23
16
Honours since have included a Confederations
Cup Final appearance in 1997, although
that ended in a 6-0 thumping from Brazil.
The team finished third in 2001 with a
shock 1-0 revenge victory over the
Brazilians in the third-place play-off.
February 2003 saw a landmark 3-1 success
against England at Upton Park in London.
The Australians’ seven international victories in 2004 came against fellow Oceania
nations, plus South Africa.
What can Australia produce at the highest
international level? How good are they
compared to the best in the world? The
‘Festival of Champions’ should provide
Oceania’s finest with an array of valuable
pointers.
Name
Club
Date of Birth
Caps
Mark Schwarzer
Zeljko Kalac
Middlesbrough (ENG)
Perugia (ITA)
06.10.1972
16.12.1972
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49
Tony Popovic
Jade North
Lucas Neill
Kevin Muscat
Craig Moore
Stephen Laybutt
Tony Vidmar
Vince Grella
Crystal Palace (ENG)
Newcastle United Jets (AUS)
Blackburn Rovers (ENG)
Millwall (ENG)
Borussia Mönchengladbach (GER)
KAA Gent (BEL)
Cardiff City (WAL)
Parma (ITA)
04.07.1973
07.01.1982
09.03.1978
07.08.1973
12.12.1975
03.09.1977
04.07.1970
05.10.1979
49
10
11
47
26
18
82
14
Brett Emerton
Simon Colosimo
Scott Chipperfield
Tim Cahill
Marco Bresciano
Stan Lazaridis
Josip Skoko
Danny Tiatto
Luke Wilkshire
Blackburn Rovers (ENG)
Perth Glory (AUS)
FC Basel (SUI)
Everton (ENG)
Parma (ITA)
Birmingham City (ENG)
Genclerbirligi (TUR)
Leicester City (ENG)
Bristol City (ENG)
22.02.1979
08.01.1979
30.12.1975
06.12.1979
11.02.1980
16.08.1972
10.12.1975
22.05.1973
02.10.1981
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22
34
5
16
65
36
27
3
Harry Kewell
Paul Agostino
Jason Culina
John Aloisi
Archie Thompson
Mark Viduka
Liverpool (ENG)
TSV München (GER)
Twente Enschede (NL)
Club Atlético Osasuna (ESP)
Lierse (BEL)
Middlesbrough (ENG)
22.09.1978
09.06.1975
05.08.1980
05.02.1976
23.10.1978
09.10.1975
18
20
1
32
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KEEPER
Caps
Australia have only qualified for
one FIFA World Cup Finals, back in 1974
in West Germany, when current stars Harry
Kewell and Mark Viduka were not even
born. Coach Zvonimir Rasic selected exclusively from home-based players back then,
but his team fell 2-0 to East Germany and
3-0 to West Germany, before holding Chile
to a goalless draw.
DEFENDER
Date of Birth
KEEPER
Club
THE TEAM
MIDFIELD
FIFA World Cup ambassador Rudi Völler on
Argentina – Germany 0:1 (1990 FIFA World Cup Final)
Name
DEFENDER
THE HISTORY
Argentina currently top the South American
FIFA World Cup qualifying table and lie third
MIDFIELD
Born on 3 September 1949 in
Villa Dominguez, José Néstor
Pekerman ranks as one of the
best youth coaches in the
world after leading the
Argentine U-20 team to 1995,
1997 and 2001 FIFA World
Youth Championship glory. In
addition to his gift for youthful
talent, Pekerman is revered for
his leadership and team-building skills. He stepped up
to the senior hot seat following Marcelo Bielsa’s shock
resignation in September 2004 and is now enjoying
testing his abilities in the top job. The former
Argentinos Juniors midfielder can only profit from his
inside knowledge of the current line-up from their
days together at World Youth Championships.
The 2004 Athens Olympics
gold medal aside, Argentina’s star ensemble
has not celebrated a major international
triumph since 1993, and that is far too long
for the 14-time Copa América and two-time
FIFA World Cup winners. Twelve years on,
José Pekerman’s team appear poised to
fulfil a frustrated nation’s long-awaited
dream.
FORWARD
THE COACH
in the FIFA World Ranking. An iconic generation featuring Gabriel Batistuta, Claudio
Caniggia and Diego Simeone has faded
from the scene to make way for a clutch of
prodigiously skilled successors including
Juan Román Riquelme, Carlos Tevez, Pablo
Aimar, Javier Saviola and Andres
D’Alessandro. The new hopefuls will be
marshalled by old hands Hernan Crespo,
Javier Zanetti and Juan Pablo Sorin, who all
boast extensive international experience.
This reservoir of talent naturally makes
Argentina one of the favourites for the FIFA
Confederations Cup 2005.
FORWARD
THE TEAM
THE COACH
Born on 5 September 1964 in
Darwin, Frank Farina was the
first native Australian to
become national coach when
he took the helm in August
1999. He is aiming to emulate
Zvonimir Rasic’s achievement
and become the second
coach to lead the Aussies to a
FIFA World Cup finals. Farina
guided his men to the
Oceania Nations Cup in 2000
and 2004 and won third place at the 2001
Confederations Cup. The former Club Bruges, Bari,
Strasbourg and Lille striker rates the upcoming
Confederations Cup, and especially the opening game
against Germany, as an extremely important test.
THE HISTORY
FIFA World Cup ambassador Jürgen Grabowski on
West Germany – Australia 3:0 (1974 FIFA World Cup)
“Australia were a completely
unknown quantity. That was
and still is the only time
we’ve met. They were a hardrunning team and proved a
tougher proposition than we’d
expected. Wolfgang Overath
set us on the path to victory
with a dream goal into the
corner. In the end we won
comfortably but not without a
struggle. They had no foreignbased players then, but now
they could field two teams
made up of players based in Europe. Australia are a
force to be reckoned with in world football nowadays.”
BRAZIL
12
GERMANY
13
THE STAR
THE STAR
Ronaldo has come a long way
since the days of the carefree,
whirlwind young striker with a
brace on his top teeth. Nowadays, ‘el Phenomeno’ is a true
star who has experienced the
highest highs and the lowest
lows in an incident-packed
career. His astounding comeback at the 2002 FIFA World
Cup™ finally banished the last remaining questions
surrounding his mystifyingly poor performance in the
1998 Final in Paris. Voted 2002 World Player of the
Year, he finished as the leading scorer in the Spanish
Liga in 2003-4. The Real Madrid centre-forward tasted
1997 Confederations Cup glory while on Inter Milan’s
books. Ronaldo is Brazil’s current leading scorer with
59 goals in 91 internationals and seems destined for a
starring role at the “Festival of Champions”.
Michael Ballack has witnessed
it all over the last five years,
from the highs of the 2002
FIFA World Cup™ to the bitter
lows of EURO 2000 and 2004,
but now the Germany captain
aims to repay the faith shown
in him by boss Jürgen Klinsmann and lead his country to
ultimate glory at the 2006
FIFA World Cup. Rudi Völler spoke for a host of experts
when he described the 28-year-old as “Europe’s best
attacking midfielder,” an assertion born out by a tally
of 22 goals in 50 internationals. More than anything
else, as the midfield boss and personification of a new
leadership style, Ballack’s aggressive play and
attacking drive embody Klinsmann’s vision of the
game.
AC Milan (ITA)
Flamengo (BRA)
Palmeiras (BRA)
07.10.1973
03.09.1979
04.08.1973
72
10
27
Juan
Roque Junior
Lúcio
Luisao
Cafú
Belletti
Roberto Carlos
Gilberto
Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Bayern München (GER)
Benfica (POR)
AC Milan (ITA)
FC Barcelona (ESP)
Real Madrid (ESP)
Hertha BSC Berlin (GER)
01.02.1979
31.08.1976
08.05.1978
13.02.1981
07.06.1970
20.06.1976
10.04.1973
25.04.1976
28
41
36
12
136
25
116
3
Renato
Emerson
Juninho Pernambucano
Zé Roberto
Júlio Baptista
Alex
Diego
Kleberson
FC Sevilla (ESP)
Juventus (ITA)
Olympique Lyon (FRA)
Bayern München (GER)
FC Sevilla (ESP)
Fenerbahce (TUR)
Porto (POR)
Manchester United (ENG)
15.05.1979
04.04.1976
30.01.1975
06.07.1974
01.10.1981
14.07.1977
28.02.1985
19.06.1979
18
58
27
63
12
47
7
15
Kaká
Robinho
Adriano
Ricardo Oliveira
Ronaldinho Gaúcho
Ronaldo
AC Milan (ITA)
Santos (BRA)
Inter Milan (ITA)
Real Betis (ESP)
FC Barcelona (ESP)
Real Madrid (ESP)
22.04.1982
25.01.1984
17.02.1982
06.05.1980
21.03.1980
22.09.1976
18
2
19
5
53
91
Name
Club
Date of Birth
Caps
KEEPER
Dida
Julio Cesar
Marcos
Germany have scaled peaks and
trudged through valleys in recent years. The
latest itinerary includes another assault on
the summit with the officially declared
target of triumph at the 2006 FIFA World
Cup. A courageous and surprising run to
the 2002 Final against Brazil atoned for a
dismal showing at EURO 2000, but a new
low swiftly followed with another wretched
first-round exit at EURO 2004. Jürgen
Klinsmann took over from Rudi Völler with
a brief to effect emergency surgery. A wave
of new faces and daring tactical experiments introduced by the California-based
boss has restored German fans’ pride in
their team. A crop of eight debutants led
off by 20-year-old Per Mertesacker represents a substantial injection of youth. New
skipper Ballack and Kevin Kuranyi, with
eight goals to his name under Klinsmann,
symbolise an aggressive, attacking and
adventurous style of play, albeit tested in
nothing more than friendlies to date.
Oliver Kahn
Jens Lehmann
Timo Hildebrand
Bayern München (GER)
Arsenal London (ENG)
VfB Stuttgart (GER)
15.06.1969
10.11.1969
05.04.1979
76
22
2
DEFENDER
Caps
THE TEAM
Markus Babbel
Frank Fahrenhorst
Arne Friedrich
Andreas Hinkel
Robert Huth
Per Mertesacker
Patrick Owomoyela
Christian Wörns
VfB Stuttgart (GER)
Werder Bremen (GER)
Hertha BSC Berlin (GER)
VfB Stuttgart (GER)
Chelsea (ENG)
Hannover 96 (GER)
Arminia Bielefeld (GER)
Borussia Dortmund (GER)
08.09.1972
24.09.1972
29.05.1979
26.03.1982
16.08.1984
29.09.1984
05.11.1979
10.05.1972
51
2
24
11
4
5
4
64
MIDFIELD
Date of Birth
KEEPER
“This 1998 FIFA World Cup
warm-up was the most
memorable of my three
international appearances
against Brazil. They were
reigning world champions and
fielded a first-choice lineup in
Stuttgart, but we played
exceptionally well. We even
looked Brazilian at times and
were the better team even
with ten men. After Jürgen
Kohler was sent off, I moved
from libero and man-marked Rivaldo, a duel I’ll never
forget. Ronaldo seized the win right at the end. We
reckoned we were in good shape for the World Cup in
France after that, but we were wrong.”
Club
DEFENDER
FIFA World Cup ambassador Olaf Thon
Germany – Brazil 1:2 (1998)
Name
MIDFIELD
THE HISTORY
2002 FIFA World Cup winners
Brazil appear to have the wherewithal for a
second Confederations Cup triumph. Alongside established stars such as Ronaldo,
Cafu, Roberto Carlos and Dida, all members
of the Confederations Cup winning team in
1997, yet another richly blessed generation
has emerged featuring the likes of Robinho,
Kaká and Adriano. The FIFA Confederations
Cup 2005 is another opportunity for Brazil
to underline their credentials as the undisputed superpower of world football. Boss
FORWARD
Born on 27 February 1943, Rio
de Janeiro native Carlos Alberto
Parreira knows what it is to
bask in a long and triumphant
run with the Brazilian national
team. As fitness coach in 1970,
he played a vital role supporting the FIFA World Cup winning
side featuring Pelé, before
leading Brazil to their fourth
world crown in 1994 in a second spell at the helm
following a debut stint in 1983. “A year before the
World Cup in the same country, we have an extraordinary opportunity to find out where we stand right
now,” the coach has declared. Parreira also travelled
to the FIFA World Cup finals as boss of Kuwait (1982),
the United Arab Emirates (1990) and Saudi Arabia
(1998), and has previously coached leading club sides
including Valencia, Fenerbahce and Fluminense. Now
in his third spell in the top job, he has the FIFA
Confederations Cup and a sixth world crown for Brazil
firmly in his sights.
Carlos Alberto Parreira recently declared his
intention to contest the “Festival of
Champions” with a first-choice squad. The
tournament will not be plain sailing for the
Auriverde though. European champions
Greece and Asian counterparts Japan represent tough opposition, and on 19 June the
South Americans meet bogey side Mexico
in Hanover. Parreira’s men have lost just
four games in the last two years, and two
of them were to the Mexicans. Revenge is
in the air, but Brazil will be chastened by
the memory of an ignominious first-round
exit at the 2003 tournament in France.
Michael Ballack
Tim Borowski
Sebastian Deisler
Fabian Ernst
Paul Freier
Torsten Frings
Thomas Hitzlsperger
Bernd Schneider
Bastian Schweinsteiger
Bayern München (GER)
Werder Bremen (GER)
Bayern München (GER)
Werder Bremen (GER)
Bayer Leverkusen (GER)
Bayern München (GER)
Aston Villa (ENG)
Bayer 04 Leverkusen (GER)
Bayern München (GER)
26.09.1976
02.05.1980
05.01.1980
30.05.1979
26.07.1979
22.11.1976
05.04.1982
17.11.1973
01.08.1984
50
7
22
14
18
36
3
46
11
FORWARD
THE TEAM
THE COACH
Gerald Asamoah
Thomas Brdaric
Miroslav Klose
Kevin Kuranyi
Lukas Podolski
Schalke 04 (GER)
VfL Wolfsburg (GER)
Werder Bremen (GER)
VfB Stuttgart (GER)
1. FC Köln (GER)
03.10.1978
23.01.1975
09.06.1978
02.03.1982
04.06.1985
26
8
45
21
8
THE COACH
As a world-class striker,
Jürgen Klinsmann never
shirked a challenge. As a
passionate individualist he
has always demanded
personal freedom. And as a
major public figure, he has
lived out his own belief in
personal responsibility. These
attributes helped Klinsmann, who was born on 30 July
1964, to a 108-cap international career including
triumph at the 1990 FIFA World Cup and EURO 1996,
and a spell as Germany captain. Taking risks, defending freedom and promoting personal responsibility are
now the cornerstones of his philosophy as Germany
boss, his first-ever shot at a coaching role. “We want
to win the 2006 World Cup,” he declares, identifying
the FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 as a vital pulse
check: “We want to develop our style of play at the
tournament. We’ll attack and score goals.”
THE HISTORY
FIFA World Cup ambassador Michael Preetz
on playing at the Confederations Cup 1999
“Most of us who played at
the time would probably
strike these three matches
from our career records if we
could. We had four weeks off
in the summer, and then
arrived in the heat and
altitude of Mexico with an
experimental team and no
preparation. We knew it was
just to minimize the damage
and even that didn’t work
out. We lost 4-0 to Brazil and
2-0 against the USA before an
austere 2-0 victory against New Zealand. This time the
tournament’s at the end of the season on home soil,
so it’ll be a completely different Germany. They’ll be
properly prepared, totally determined and battling for
places at the 2006 FIFA World Cup.”
GREECE
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15
J A PA N
THE STAR
THE STAR
Theodoros Zagorakis was
voted the best player at Euro
2004 by both a panel of
experts and the fans. They
were quite right too, for the
Greek captain fully deserved
the accolade. Zagorakis has
made more than 100 international appearances in a long
and distinguished career.
Neither particularly renowned as a finisher, nor for his
tricks with the ball, there are few players today with
such an elegant style of play and distinguished
leadership qualities. His remarkable performance at
Euro 2004 earned Zagorakis a transfer from AEK
Athens to Italy’s Serie A, where the 33-year-old
midfielder plays for FC Bologna.
Naohiro Takahara, Japan’s
‘ambassador’ in Germany, is
already well acquainted with
the Confederations Cup stadia.
After a half-year spell with
Boca Juniors prior to the 2002
FIFA World Cup, Takahara
moved to Hamburg, where his
speed and one-on-one strength
have made him a fan’s
favourite. He is now demonstrating that he can take
on the best defenders in the Bundesliga, including
fellow Confederations Cup participants Lucio, Craig
Moore and Diego Placente. In addition, Takahara is the
only player on the Japanese team who has already
scored a goal – on 16 December 2003 against Eintracht Frankfurt – in Frankfurt’s Waldstadion, the venue
for the final of the FIFA Confederations Cup 2005.
Caps
KEEPER
Theofanis Katergiannakis
Konstantinos Chalkias
Antonios Nikopolidis
Cagliari (ITA)
Portsmouth (ENG)
Olympiakos FC (GRE)
16.02.1974
30.05.1974
14.10.1971
6
4
55
DEFENDER
Nikolaos Dabizas
Traianos Dellas
Panagiotis Fyssas
Ioannis Goumas
Michail Kapsis
Sotirios Kyrgiakos
Georgios Seitaridis
Stylianos Venetidis
Loukas Vyntra
Leicester (ENG)
AS Rome (ITA)
Benfica (POR)
Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
Bordeaux (FRA)
Glasgow Rangers (SCO)
Porto (POR)
Olympiakos FC (GRE)
Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
03.08.1973
31.01.1976
12.06.1973
24.05.1975
18.10.1973
23.07.1979
04.06.1981
19.11.1976
05.02.1981
70
26
43
29
20
10
30
42
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Angelos Basinas
Georgios Georgiadis
Stylianos Giannakopoulos
Pantelis Kafes
Georgios Karagounis
Konstantinos Katsouranis
Basilios Lakis
Basilios Tsiartas
Theodoros Zagorakis
Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
Olympiakos FC (GRE)
Bolton Wanderers (ENG)
Olympiakos FC (GRE)
Inter Milan (ITA)
AEK FC (GRE)
Crystal Palace (ENG)
1. FC Köln (GER)
FC Bologna (ITA)
03.01.1976
08.03.1972
12.07.1974
24.06.1978
06.03.1977
21.06.1979
10.09.1976
12.11.1972
27.10.1971
54
61
46
22
40
18
32
68
101
Ioannis Amanatidis
Angelos Charisteas
Dimitrios Papadopoulos
Zisis Vryzas
1. FC Kaiserslautern (GER)
Ajax (NED)
Panathinaikos FC (GRE)
Celta (ESP)
03.12.1981
09.02.1980
20.10.1981
09.11.1973
4
39
11
57
THE HISTORY
FIFA World Cup ambassador Uwe Seeler on
Greece – West Germany 0:3 (1960)
“This qualifying match for the
1962 World Cup was West
Germany’s first international
match against Greece, and for
me one of the hardest. A clash
of heads left me with a deep
cut. Since substitutions were
not allowed in World Cup
matches back then, I had to
play on for a further hour
wearing a thick bandage and
suffering from dizziness. The
Greeks played with great
ability but were often too elaborate. We also had an
outstanding goalkeeper in Hans Tilkowski, who saved
a penalty. We therefore deserved to win because we
played more directly and effectively.”
Name
Club
Date of Birth
Caps
KEEPER
Date of Birth
How would you describe a team
that completely embodies Zico’s footballing
philosophy? Certainly, it would be a team
full of talent, ball wizardry, Samba rhythms
and spirit that promises nothing but attacking football. At present such a national team
only exists in his homeland, but Zico is
shaping Japan to follow in Brazil’s footsteps.
The influx of famous footballers such as
Gary Lineker, Guido Buchwald, Dunga and
Pierre Littbarski was crucial in developing a
strong J-League and boosting the popularity
of football in Japan. The movement in the
other direction of home-grown stars such as
Hidetoshi Nakata to Europe and elsewhere
has also born fruit. Koji Nakata of
Olympique Marseilles, Shinsuke Nakamura
of Reggina, Shinji Ono of Feyenoord and
Naohiro Takahara of Hamburg now all bring
valuable playing experience to the Old
Continent. Japan reached the final of the
Confederations Cup in 2001, and the final 16
of the World Cup a year later. The reigning
Asian champions are now aiming to play in
a third consecutive World Cup in 2006. In
short, Japan are a team of exceptional skill,
daunting physical fitness and greatly
improved technical ability.
Yoichi Doi
Hitoshi Sogahata
Seigo Narazaki
FC Tokyo (JPN)
Kashima Antlers (JPN)
Nagoya Grampus Eight (JPN)
25.07.1973
02.08.1979
15.04.1976
2
4
46
DEFENDER
Club
THE TEAM
Atsuhiro Miura
Makoto Tanaka
Takayuki Chano
Tsuneyasu Miyamoto
Naoki Matsuda
Alessandro Santos
Yuji Nakazawa
Keisuke Tsuboi
Akira Kaji
Vissel Kobe (JPN)
Jubilo Iwata (JPN)
Jubilo Iwata (JPN)
Gamba Osaka (JPN)
Yokohama F. Marinos (JPN)
Urawa Reds (JPN)
Yokohama F. Marinos (JPN)
Urawa Reds (JPN)
FC Tokyo (JPN)
24.07.1974
08.08.1975
23.11.1976
07.02.1977
14.03.1977
20.07.1977
25.02.1978
16.09.1979
13.01.1980
23
17
3
47
40
49
32
22
24
MIDFIELD
Name
MIDFIELD
There is no doubt that Otto
Rehhagel’s team wrote themselves into
football history at Euro 2004. Combining a
realistic and effective style of play, great
passion, and the individual ability of such
players as Angelos Charisteas, Traianos
Dellas and Theodoros Zagorakis, Greece
overcame the favourites from France, the
Czech Republic and Portugal to clinch the
title. For a country that previously boasted
only a single World Cup finals appearance,
the 2004 European Championship victory
represented an all-time greatest football
achievement. The triumph has enabled the
FORWARD
Born 9 August 1938 in Essen,
Germany, Otto Rehhagel, is
one of that rare breed of
coaches able to blend players
of apparently limited potential
into a remarkable team. The
“Greek of the Year 2004” won
the Bundesliga with Werder
Bremen in 1988 and 1993 and
again with newly-promoted
Kaiserslautern in 1998, but his greatest achievement
has to be the European Championship triumph in
2004. Rehhagel successfully harnessed the Greeks’
self-confidence and fighting spirit, and now he wants
to bring that winning combination to the FIFA
Confederations Cup in his homeland. “We can’t wait to
get to know some of the new World Cup stadia in
Germany,” he says. “The Confederations Cup is
another important milestone in the development of my
team.”
national team finally to emerge from the
shadow of the big clubs and to take pride of
place in the minds of the fans. After a poor
start to their World Cup qualifying campaign
with a 2-1 defeat to Albania in Tirana at the
end of 2004, the Greeks have since got back
to winning ways and are now on course for
their second World Cup appearance after
1994. At the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup,
the 360,000 Greeks resident in Germany will
be able to celebrate with all their European
Championship heroes, since Rehhagel has
kept faith with a lineup practically unaltered
from Portugal. As a result, a team already
known for its harmony and understanding
exudes more unity than ever.
Toshiya Fujita
Takashi Fukunishi
Shunsuke Nakamura
Mitsuo Ogasawara
Masashi Motoyama
Koji Nakata
Inamoto Junichi
Shinji Ono
Hidetoshi Nakata
Jubilo Iwata (JPN)
Jubilo Iwata (JPN)
Reggina (ITA)
Kashima Antlers (JPN)
Kashima Antlers (JPN)
Olympique Marseille (FRA)
Cardiff (WAL)
Feyenoord (NED)
FC Fiorentina (ITA)
04.10.1971
01.09.1976
24.06.1978
05.04.1979
20.06.1979
09.07.1979
18.09.1979
27.09.1979
22.01.1977
25
42
46
31
20
47
51
44
61
FORWARD
THE TEAM
THE COACH
Takayuki Suzuki
Naohiro Takahara
Keji Tamada
Masashi Oguro
Kashima Antlers (JPN)
Hamburger SV (GER)
Kashima Reysol (JPN)
Gamba Osaka (JPN)
05.06.1976
04.06.1979
11.04.1980
04.05.1980
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33
21
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THE COACH
Zico’s statue in front of the
stadium in Kashima is proof,
if it were needed, that his
heroic status is not confined
to his native Brazil. The
former Flamengo playmaker,
born on 3 March 1953 in Rio
de Janeiro, remains the alltime record goalscorer in the
city’s legendary Maracana
Stadium. The former star of Flamengo, Udinese,
Sumitomo Metals and Kashima Antlers has been coach
of the Japanese national team since July 2002, and
last year he succeeded in guiding a self-confident side
to victory in the Asian Cup. Brazil’s best player of the
1980’s is particularly looking forward to taking on the
men in green and gold on 22 June 2005 in Cologne.
“It is very special, in fact simply wonderful, to be
playing against Brazil,” Zico says. “And we are coming
to Germany to win.”
THE HISTORY
FIFA World Cup ambassador Guido Buchwald on
Japan – Germany O:3 (2004)
“The Japanese team beaten
by Germany in last
December’s first international
between the two countries
was far from at full strength.
For most teams here the
season was already over, and
without the top players on
the teams contesting the
final, the Yokohama Marinos
and my own Urawa Red
Diamonds, and minus most of
the overseas players as well,
the national team was missing more than half of its
regulars. It will be a quite different Japanese team at
the Confederations Cup, where they will not only play
better but be more successful.”
MEXICO
16
TUNISIA
17
THE STAR
THE STAR
The days of goalpoacher and
Real Madrid icon Hugo
Sánchez are long gone.
Mexico’s new football hero,
Rafael Márquez, also plays in
Spain’s Primera Division, but as
a central defender for Real’s
arch-rival Barcelona. The 26year-old captain of the Mexican
national side is an experienced
professional who made his debut in Mexico’s first
division at the age of 17 and three years later was
voted best defender in the French league with
Monaco. With the “Cules” (Barcelona), Márquez has
confirmed his reputation as a composed, elegant and
solid defender, one of the first names on the
teamsheet for both Barcelona and the Mexican
national side.
THE TEAM
Date of Birth
Caps
Oscar Pérez
Moisés Muñoz
Cruz Azul (MEX)
Monarcas Morelia (MEX)
01.02.1973
01.02.1980
47
4
Rafael Márquez
Héctor Altamirano
Gabriel Briseño
Hugo Sánchez
Carlos Salcido
Francisco Rodríguez
Ricardo Osorio
Salvador Carmona
Mario Méndez
Gonzalo Pineda
FC Barcelona (ESP)
Santos (MEX)
Tigres (MEX)
Tigres (MEX)
Guadalajara (MEX)
Guadalajara (MEX)
Cruz Azul (MEX)
Cruz Azul (MEX)
Toluca (MEX)
Cruz Azul (MEX)
13.02.1979
17.03.1973
30.01.1978
08.05.1981
02.04.1980
20.10.1981
30.03.1980
22.08.1975
01.06.1979
19.10.1982
55
20
18
9
8
12
16
80
15
9
Ramón Morales Higuera
Pavel Pardo
Antonio Matías „Sinha“
Israel López
José Rafael García
Luis Pérez
Fernando Arce
Jaime Lozano
Guadalajara (MEX)
América (MEX)
Toluca (MEX)
Toluca (MEX)
Cruz Azul (MEX)
Monterrey (MEX)
Monarcas Morelia (MEX)
UNAM (MEX)
10.10.1975
26.07.1976
23.05.1976
29.09.1979
14.08.1974
12.01.1981
24.04.1980
29.09.1979
33
108
9
38
23
9
12
Omar Bravo
Cuauhtémoc Blanco
Jared Borgetti
José Francisco Fonseca
Alberto Medina
Guadalajara (MEX)
América (MEX)
Pachuca (MEX)
Cruz Azul (MEX)
Guadalajara (MEX)
04.03.1980
17.01.1973
14.08.1973
02.10.1979
30.04.1979
13
81
58
8
7
Name
Club
Date of Birth
Caps
KEEPER
Club
Ali Bouminjel
Khaled Fadhel
Hamdi Kasraoui
C. Africain (TUN)
Diyarbakispor (TUR)
Esperence S.T. (TUN)
13.04.1966
29.09.1976
18.01.1983
36
9
2
DEFENDER
MIDFIELD
“I managed to score my first
goal for West Germany against
Mexico, in my fourth international. Unfortunately it turned
out to be the only match we
won at the World Cup in
Argentina. Despite the 6-0
scoreline, the Mexicans
impressed me with their very
accomplished style of play.
Today, together with Uruguay
and perhaps Paraguay, they
represent the third force in football in the Americas, as
they will demonstrate during the Confederations Cup.
In general when I think of Mexico, Hugo Sánchez
naturally comes to mind, but that chapter is now
closed. I am sure that they will unveil new stars on
the road to the 2006 World Cup.”
FORWARD
FIFA World Cup ambassador Hansi Müller on
West Germany – Mexico 6:0 (FIFA World Cup 1978)
DEFENDER
THE HISTORY
Name
After two World Cup appearances in
a row in 1998 and 2002 and a welldeserved win in the African Nations Cup
2004 on home soil, the recent progress of
Tunisian football is among the most
impressive of any African nation. Just lately
though, the Carthage Eagles have struggled
to maintain this level of performance,
recording only one win in their first four
qualifying matches for the FIFA World Cup
2006. Nevertheless, Tunisia are still bent on
reaching the World Cup finals in Germany
and defending their honour successfully in
their Confederations Cup debut. The team’s
next goal is already set out: Should they
qualify for a fourth World Cup in Germany,
Khaled Badra
Alaeddine Yahia
Hatem Trabelsi
Karim Saidi
Jose Clayton
Karim Hagui
Anis Ayari
Al Khorayteyyat (QAT)
Saint Etienne (FRA)
Ajax (NED)
Feyenoord (NED)
Esperance S.T. (TUN)
RC Strasbourg (FRA)
Samsunspor (TUR)
08.04.1973
30.08.1975
25.11.1977
24.03.1983
21.03.1974
20.01.1984
16.02.1982
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MIDFIELD
Born on 6 February 1952 in
Buenos Aires, Ricardo Antonio
La Volpe is a former Argentine
international who was the third
goalkeeper in Cesar Luis
Menotti’s World Cup-winning
squad of 1978. After a long
career as coach of numerous
Mexican club teams including
Atlante, Guadalajara, América
and Toluca, La Volpe has been in charge of the
national team since October 2002. He aims to take a
powerful side with plenty of young talent guided by a
couple of more experienced players to the 2006 FIFA
World Cup 2006™. La Volpe hopes that a successful
outing in the Confederations Cup and qualification for
the World Cup will finally silence his most severe critic,
Mexico’s legendary goalscorer Hugo Sánchez.
Mexico are one of the most
regular participants in the world’s top football tournaments. The Central Americans
have already appeared 12 times in World Cup
finals, more often than England or France.
The reasons for the country’s international
success include the strong and wealthy
Mexican league, which has facilitated the
development of a homogenous national
team. However, in the future, opportunities
for domestic talent may be hindered by the
around 100 foreigners playing in the league,
including some 30 Argentinians. The highlight
of Mexico’s international footballing history
KEEPER
THE COACH
to date is the 4-3 victory against Brazil in the
final of the 1999 Confederations Cup the
country hosted. The hero of that match was
Cuahtémoc Blanco, whose Golden Goal set
off unrestrained jubilation in Mexico City’s
sold-out Azteca Stadium. With Blanco and his
experienced team mates Oscar Perez (goalkeeper), Pavel Pardo (midfield) and Jared
Borgetti (forward), as well as European-based
Rafael Marquez of Barcelona and sharpshooter Francisco ‘Kikin’ Fonseca, the Mexicans are
hoping to rediscover the footballing heights
they reached in 1999. And no one in Mexico
doubts that a 13th World Cup appearance
will follow a year later.
Riadh Bouazizi
Jawher Mnari
Adel Chedly
Mehdi Nafti
Slim Ben Achour
Kais Ghodbane
Karim Essediri
Hamed Namouchi
Gatzonspor (TUR)
Esperence S.T. (TUN)
Istres (FRA)
Birgmingham City (ENG)
Paris St. Germain (FRA)
Samsunspor (TUR)
F.C. Trömso (NOR)
Glasgow Rangers (SCO)
08.04.1973
08.11.1976
16.09.1976
28.11.1978
08.09.1981
07.01.1976
29.07.1979
14.02.1984
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FORWARD
THE TEAM
Tunisia want to reach the second round at
last. On all three previous occasions, the
North Africans have gone out at the group
stage. Tunisia did become the first African
country to win a World Cup finals match
with a 3-1 victory over Mexico in 1978. At
the African Nations Cup 2004 the team
impressed as a well-drilled unit, with stars
including the Brazilian-born goalscorer Silva
Dos Santos and several interesting players
like defender Karim Hagui and midfielder
Riadh Bouazizi as distinguished team
members. So far, African participants in the
FIFA Confederations Cup have had no
success, apart from Cameroon reaching the
final in 2003, so the African champions
have some catching up to do.
Zied Jaziri
Haykel Gmemdia
Mohammed Jedidi
Imed Mhedbi
Anis Boussaidi
Chawki Ben Saada
Silva Dos Santos
Gatzonspor (TUR)
C.S. Sfaxien (TUN)
E.S. du Sahel (TUN)
E.S. du Sahel (TUN)
FC Metalurg Donetsk (UKR)
SC Bastia (FRA)
F.C. Sochaux (FRA)
12.07.1978
22.12.1981
10.09.1978
22.03.1976
10.04.1981
01.07.1981
20.03.1979
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Although there was no doubt
about the desire of Silva Dos
Santos to play for Tunisia,
with the start of the 2004
African Nations Cup fast
approaching, the Sochaux
striker was still in possession
of a Brazilian passport. Then,
just in time for the start of
the tournament, Santos
received Tunisian citizenship and became the key
player as his new country unexpectedly won the
tournament on home soil. Dos Santos scored four
goals, the same number as the tournament’s other
leading strikers, Cameroon’s Patrick Mboma, Mali’s
Freddie Kanouté and Nigeria’s Jay-Jay Okocha. His goal
in the final against Morocco, in a Radès Stadium
packed to the rafters, was a magical climax to his first
appearance in a tournament with the Tunisian team.
The strike also ensured the country’s qualification for
the FIFA Confederations Cup 2005 as champions of
Africa.
THE COACH
Born on 18 June 1941 in
Briguebec, Normandy, Roger
Lemerre has now achieved
international success on two
continents. In 1998, he was
Aimé Jacquet’s assistant with
France’s World Cup-winning
squad, and after taking over
as national coach led France
to victory in the 2000
European Championship and the 2001 Confederations
Cup. In October 2002, Lemerre was appointed national
coach of Tunisia, with whom he won the 2004 African
Nations Cup. As a player with Lens, Nancy, Nantes and
Sedan, he made 414 appearances in France’s first
division and won six caps with the national team.
“The Confederations Cup means a great deal to me,
because I have already won it,” he says. “But above
all I would like to take this opportunity to remember
Marc-Vivien Foé” (see page 21).
THE HISTORY
FIFA World Cup ambassador Bernd Hölzenbein on
Tunisia – West Germany 0:0 (FIFA World Cup 1978)
“I was sitting in the stands for
this game and I was fearful
that we might not go through.
Our humiliation at this World
Cup in Argentina would have
been even greater, if that’s
possible, if the defence of our
title had ended in the first
round. At that time, African
football was not really taken
very seriously. However, we
had received a warning
because the Tunisians had
beaten Mexico 3-1, which was the first victory by an
African team at a World Cup. Since then the champions
of Africa, who now happen to be Tunisia, have become
a power in world football. And it won’t be too long
before we see the first world champions from Africa.”
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THE FIVE STADIA
Frankfurt in the spot light
The 16 matches of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup will take place in five of the stadiums
that will be used in next year’s World Cup. The central focus from a sporting and organisational point of view will be Frankfurt’s new Waldstadion, where the tournament will kick off
on 15 June and reach a climax on 29 June. Cologne, Hanover, Leipzig and Nuremberg will
also be able to enjoy top-class football.
Hanover
Stadium, Hanover, reconstruction – cost: €65 million / 44,652 seats
The Niedersachsen Stadium originally built in 1954 has been rebuilt as a football-only arena, and has met
FIFA’s standards for operational readiness since January 2005. The fans will be able to enjoy two exciting group
matches and one of the semi-finals in Hanover’s new temple of football.
Waldstadion, new stadium – cost: €188
million / 48,132 seats
This football-only stadium with a
retractable roof will host the official
opening match between Germany and
Australia, two other attractive group
matches and the final. In addition, the
entire organisational procedures for the
2006 FIFA World Cup™ are being tested
here.
Cologne
Franken-Stadion, reconstruction –
cost: €56 million / 41,926 seats
The only Confederations Cup
stadium to include an athletics
track will stage the GermanyArgentina crunch match, as well
as Australia-Argentina and the
additional highlight of a semifinal.
Stadium, Cologne, reconstruction –
cost: €110 million / 46,120 seats
This dedicated football stadium
was officially inaugurated on 31
March 2004 with the GermanyBelgium international. It is the only
venue in which the three world
champions taking part in the 2005
Confederations Cup, Brazil,
Argentina and Germany, will all
play during the first round.
Leipzig
Zentralstadion, new development – cost: €116 million / 44,199 seats
Nuremberg
The World Cup arena is sometimes described as a “stadium in a stadium”, since it was built within the grasscovered banking of the old Zentralstadion that held 100,000 spectators. The new venue will be the showcase for
the key first-round matches between the world and European champions (Brazil-Greece), the game between the
champions of Africa and Oceania (Tunisia-Australia), as well as the third-place match.
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T H E S H O RT B U T D R A M AT I C H I S TO RY O F T H E F I FA C O N F E D E R AT I O N S C U P
Joyous celebration and terrible tragedy
Although the FIFA Confederations Cup has existed since December 1997 as an official
competition of football’s world governing body, two similar tournaments were staged in the
Saudi Arabian capital Riyadh in 1992 and 1995 under the name ‘Intercontinental
Championship’. The inaugural 1997 tournament, also staged in Riyadh, was watched by
the lowest attendances in the competition so far. The spectacle also suffered from the
overwhelming dominance of world champions Brazil and their strikers Romario and
Ronaldo, each of whom scored a hattrick in the 6-0 whitewash of Australia in the final.
Since then, however, the tournament has grown steadily in popular appeal and sporting
competitiveness.
In 1997, European champions Germany did
not take part, while world champions
France were absent from the 1999 tournament in Mexico. But the participants in the
fifth FIFA Confederations Cup in June this
year will include the champions of
all six FIFA Confederations plus
Olympic champions Argentina
and host nation and World Cup
runners-up Germany. The
However, the 2003 competition was
unquestionably overshadowed by the tragic
death of Marc-Vivien Foé. During the second half of the semi-final against Colombia,
with no one around him, the Cameroon
midfielder suddenly collapsed unconscious
and subsequently died. The final between
France and Cameroon turned into an emotional farewell to the much-admired African
player. “A lion never dies, he’s only sleeping,” read one banner in tribute to Foé.
eight-team tournament has been organised
on an increasingly broad stage geographically. The 1999 competition was staged in a
single city, Riyadh, and in 2001 it was split
between Mexico City and Guadalajara. By
2001, the tournament was held in three
cities in both Japan and South Korea,
while the 2003 event in France saw
matches being held in Paris, Lyon
and St. Etienne. In 2005, for the
first time, five host cities feature
on the match schedule.
1997: Romario (left) and Ronaldo triumph with three goals
The sporting highlights of the four tournaments so far certainly include Romario’s
dazzling goalscoring feats in 1997 and the
nail-biting final of 1999 before a record
110,000 crowd in Mexico City’s Aztec
Stadium. With Ronaldinho in top form, the
Brazilians delivered a great performance,
but Cuauhtémoc Blanco’s Golden Goal for
the host nation clinched the greatest
achievement in the history of Mexican
football.
each in the final.
2001: Japan surprises in the final and as runner-up on the podium.
1997 (Saudi Arabia)
Winners:
Brazil
Final:
Brazil – Australia 6:0 (Riyadh, King
Fahd Stadium, 65,000 spectators)
Best player/Golden Ball:
Denilson (BRA)
Top goalscorer/Golden Boot:
Romario (BRA), 6 goals
Fair Play Award: South Africa
Participants:
Australia, Saudi Arabia, Brazil,
United Arab Emirates, Mexico, Czech
Republic, South Africa and Uruguay
Spectators:
293,500
(average attendance: 18,344)
1999 (Mexico)
Winners:
Mexico
Final:
Mexico – Brazil 4:3 (Mexico City,
Aztec Stadium, 110,000 spectators)
Best player/Golden Ball:
Ronaldinho (BRA)
Top goalscorer: Ronaldinho (BRA), Cuauhtémoc
Blanco (MEX), Marzouk Al Otaibi
(KSA), 6 goals each.
Golden Boot: Ronaldinho (BRA)
Fair Play Award: Brazil
Participants:
Germany, Saudi Arabia, Bolivia,
Brazil, Egypt, USA, Mexico and New
Zealand
Spectators:
970,000 (average attendance: 60,625)
2001 (Korea/Japan)
Winners:
France
Final:
Japan – France 0:1 (Yokohama,
International Stadium, 65,533
spectators)
Best player/Golden Ball:
Robert Pires (FRA)
Top goalscorers: Shaun Murphy (AUS), Patrick Vieira
(FRA), Robert Pires (FRA), Eric
Carrière (FRA), Sylvain Wiltord (FRA),
Takayuki Suzuki (JPN) and Sung
Hong Hwang (KOR), 2 goals each.
Golden Boot: Robert Pires and Eric Carrière
Fair Play Award: Japan
Participants:
Australia, Brazil, Cameroon, Canada,
France, Japan, Mexico and South
Korea
Spectators:
556,723
(average attendance: 34,795)
2003 (France)
Winners:
Final:
France
Cameroon – France 0:1 (Paris, Stade
de France, 51,985 spectators)
Best player/Golden Ball:
Thierry Henry (FRA)
Top goalscorer/ Golden Boot:
Thierry Henry (FRA), 4 goals
Fair Play Award: Japan
Participants:
Brazil, Cameroon, Colombia, France,
Japan, New Zealand, Turkey and
USA
Spectators:
491,700 (average attendance: 30,731)
In 2001, the brilliant Robert Pires helped
world and European champions France on
the way to a tournament victory. Two years
later the French retained their title on home
soil thanks to the world-class performance
of Thierry Henry, and became the only
victor so far to win all their matches in the
tournament.
2003: Thierry Henry
was the star of the
tournament.
FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP:
FACTS AND FIGURES
1999: Mexico celebrates as surprise champion with FIFA president Joseph S. Blatter.
Most appearances:
Brazil:
4 (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003)
Mexico:
3 (1997, 1999, 2001)
Japan:
2 (2001, 2003)
Australia:
2 (1997, 2001)
Saudi Arabia: 2 (1997, 1999)
France:
2 (2001, 2003)
USA:
2 (1999, 2003)
Cameroon:
2 (2001, 2003)
New Zealand: 2 (1999, 2003)
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WORLD CUP ORGANISATION GIVEN DRESS REHEARSAL AT THE FIFA CONFEDERATIONS CUP
PROCEDURES AND REGULATIONS
Dry run for next year’s FIFA World Cup
€2.275 million for
Never before has a FIFA Confederations Cup
boasted such a high-class lineup. Indeed,
in view of the decision that the champions
of Europe and South America will be
exempted from participation in the future, it
is possible that the fifth edition may remain
as the most attractive from a sporting point
of view. For hosts Germany, the ‘Festival of
Champions’ is a hugely important test run
prior to next year’s World Cup.
The tournament boss pitches in:
Chuck Blazer, chairman of the
Organising Committee for the
FIFA Confederations Cup.
The June 2005 competition will be a welcome challenge then, not only for the
coaches and players, but also for the
tournament organisers ahead of the fullscale global tournament twelve months
later. This is especially the case in Frankfurt.
“Here, right next to the German Football
Association headquarters, we are geared up
for a test under World Cup conditions,”
says the Organising Committee’s first vicepresident, Horst R. Schmidt. “The matches
in the Waldstadion should be a proper dry
run.”
So far only the Waldstadion is equipped to
use chip technology for spectator access. It
is planned that 70 chip-reading machines
will be installed at the three main entrances
to the stadium. Subsequently, electronic
access control technology will be installed
in all 12 stadia in time for the World Cup.
The Organising Committee has decided to
use paper tickets with an integrated computer chip that will satisfy both the desire
of fans to collect souvenirs of the World
Cup and at the same time usher in a new
era of hi-tech access control.
It should come as no surprise to find
information technology playing such an
important role already at the 2005 FIFA
Confederations Cup. From ticketing to
journalist accreditation, from the booking of
hotel rooms to the handling of 11,000
applications for jobs as volunteers, communication is carried out primarily over the
internet. Like the 2006 FIFA World Cup™,
the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup relies on
online processes.
The Organising Committee places special
value on the role of volunteers. Turning the
World Cup motto “A time to make friends”
into reality will be principally down to the
helpfulness and friendliness of the volunteers. For the past three years, the
Organising Committee has conducted a
charm offensive to portray Germany as “a
country of smiles”. Every applicant is being
interviewed, and every person accepted as
the winners
a volunteer is being prepared for their job
at the FIFA Confederations Cup with two
training sessions. In Frankfurt alone, 750
volunteers will be deployed, while 300 each
will be in action in Hanover, Leipzig,
Cologne and Nuremberg.
The USA staged the US Cup the year before
the 1994 World Cup, France held Le Tournoi
in 1997, and South Korea and Japan jointly
hosted the FIFA Confederations Cup in
2001. In each case, the event was used as
a dress rehearsal ahead of the main event.
Now, in 2005, the World Cup organisation
will again be put to the test during the FIFA
Confederations Cup. If it is thrilling and
passionate, good-natured and smoothly
organised, the “Festival of Champions” will
pass with flying colours.
RULES AND REGULATIONS:
TICKETS:
• The organiser is FIFA, while the coordinating federation is the DFB
(German Football Association).
• The competition was previously held
every two years, most recently in
2003 in France. In the future, the
tournament will be staged every four
years in the calendar year prior to the
FIFA World Cup, in the country that is
hosting the World Cup.
• The winners receive the FIFA
Confederations Cup as well as a
monetary prize of €2.275 million. The
runners-up will receive €1.94 million,
the third-placed federation €1.7
million, the fourth-placed €1.42
million and all other participants
€853,000 each.
• There will be additional awards for
the team most demonstrating fair
play, the top goalscorer (Golden Boot)
and the best player, as elected by the
accredited media representatives.
• Participating federations must submit
their list of 23 players by 8 June
2005.
• If there is no result at the end of 90
minutes, the semi-finals, third-place
play-off and final will go to two
periods of extra time of 15 minutes
each. If there is still no winner, the
match will be decided through penalty
kicks.
• There are four price categories of
tickets. A single ticket for a group
stage match will cost between €17
and €50, while tickets for the final
will range between €33 and €99.
Tickets may be purchased through the
‘Confederations Cup’ section of the
www.FIFAworldcup.com website.
Admission tickets to the matches will
entitle holders to buy reduced-price
rail tickets under the same conditions, such as the BahnCard25 discount card.
A test case at the FIFA Confederations Cup:
ticketing for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.
Credit:
FIFA Confederations Cup Germany 2005
Editor:
Organising Committee Germany
2006 FIFA World Cup
Otto-Fleck-Schneise 6a, 60528 Frankfurt am Main
Telephone: +49 (0) 69 2006 0
www.FIFAworldcup.com
Chief editor:
Wolfgang Niersbach
OPENING CEREMONY:
• The Germany-Australia match on 15
June will mark the opening of
Frankfurt’s new Waldstadion, after
three years’ construction work, as
well as opening the tournament as a
whole. Spectators in the stadium will
be entertained with a spectacular
opening ceremony for the ‘Festival of
Champions.
TV COVERAGE:
• All 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup
matches will be shown live on the
public television channels, alternating
between ARD and ZDF, as well as the
Premiere pay-TV service. ZDF will
show both semi-finals on 25 and 26
June 2005, while ARD will show the
final.
Editorial co-ordination:
Gerd Graus, Wolfgang Tobien
Editorial department:
Thomas Hackbarth, David Noemi
Layout, technical compilation:
Ruschke und Partner GmbH, 61440 Oberursel
Contribution to this editor:
Foto Kunz, Bongarts, dpa, Imago, Camera 4
All statistical data as of 20 March 2005.