2005 FIFA Confederations Cup

The 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup football tournament was the seventh FIFA Confederations Cup. It was held in Germany between 15 June and 29 June 2005, as a prelude to the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The tournament was won by 2002 FIFA World Cup winners Brazil, who defeated Argentina 4–1 in the final at the Waldstadion in Frankfurt. The final was a rematch of the Copa América final also won by Brazil. It was Brazil's second win at the Confederations Cup.

Venues
Originally, Kaiserslautern's Fritz-Walter-Stadion was also intended as a venue. However, on 27 May 2004, city authorities withdrew from the bidding process, citing added costs to complete the stadium on time as the reason for the withdrawal.

All five venues were reused for the 2006 FIFA World Cup.

Match ball
The official match ball for the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup was the Adidas Pelias 2.

Awards
Source: FIFA

Goalscorers
Adriano received the Golden Shoe award for scoring five goals. In total, 56 goals were scored by 29 players, with none credited as own goals.


 * 5 goals
 * 🇧🇷 Adriano


 * 4 goals


 * 🇦🇷 Luciano Figueroa
 * 🇦🇺 John Aloisi
 * 🇩🇪 Michael Ballack


 * 3 goals


 * 🇦🇷 Juan Román Riquelme
 * 🇧🇷 Ronaldinho
 * 🇩🇪 Lukas Podolski
 * 🇲🇽 Jared Borgetti


 * 2 goals


 * 🇧🇷 Robinho
 * 🇩🇪 Kevin Kurányi
 * 🇩🇪 Bastian Schweinsteiger
 * 🇯🇵 Masashi Oguro
 * 🇲🇽 Francisco Fonseca
 * 🇹🇳 Francileudo Santos


 * 1 goal


 * 🇦🇷 Pablo Aimar
 * 🇦🇷 Esteban Cambiasso
 * 🇦🇷 Javier Saviola
 * 🇦🇺 Josip Skoko
 * 🇧🇷 Kaká
 * 🇧🇷 Juninho
 * 🇩🇪 Gerald Asamoah
 * 🇩🇪 Mike Hanke
 * 🇩🇪 Robert Huth
 * 🇩🇪 Per Mertesacker
 * 🇯🇵 Shunsuke Nakamura
 * 🇯🇵 Atsushi Yanagisawa
 * 🇲🇽 Carlos Salcido
 * 🇲🇽 Sinha
 * 🇹🇳 Haykel Guemamdia

Tournament ranking
Per statistical convention in football, matches decided in extra time are counted as wins and losses, while matches decided by penalty shoot-outs are counted as draws.