2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A explained

Group A of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup took place between 15 June and 21 June 2005. Germany won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Argentina. Tunisia and Australia failed to advance.

Standings

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Matches

Argentina v Tunisia


GK	12
CB	16	Fabricio Coloccini
CB	13
CB	6	Gabriel Heinze
RM	19	Maxi Rodríguez
CM	17	Lucas Bernardi
LM	3	Juan Pablo Sorín (c)
RW	22	Luciano Galletti
AM	8	Juan Román Riquelme
LW	18	Mario Santana
CF	9
Substitutions:
FW	7
DF	4
Manager:
José Pékerman

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GK	16	Khaled Fadhel
RB	6	Hatem Trabelsi (c)
CB	2	Karim Saidi
CB	15
LB	19	Anis Ayari
RM	12	Jawhar Mnari
CM	14	Adel Chedli
LM	18	Selim Benachour
RW	3	Karim Essediri
LW	7
CF	9
Substitutions:
DF	23
FW	11
FW	5
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:
Juan Román Riquelme (Argentina)^[1]

Assistant referees

Alessandro Griselli (Italy)
Cristiano Copelli (Italy)
Fourth official

Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Germany v Australia


GK	1	Oliver Kahn
RB	3
CB	4
CB	17	Per Mertesacker
LB	16	Thomas Hitzlsperger
RM	19
CM	8	Torsten Frings
CM	13	Michael Ballack (c)
LM	7
CF	22
CF	20	Lukas Podolski
Substitutions:
FW	14
MF	10
MF	15
Manager:
Jürgen Klinsmann

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GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
CB	2	Kevin Muscat
CB	3	Craig Moore (c)
CB	6
DM	4	Lucas Neill
RM	7	Brett Emerton
CM	20
CM	8	Josip Skoko
LM	11
SS	10
CF	15	John Aloisi
Substitutions:
DF	17
MF	19
FW	22
Manager:
Frank Farina

Man of the Match:
Michael Ballack (Germany)^[2]

Assistant referees

Amelio Andino (Paraguay)
Manuel Bernal (Paraguay)
Fourth official

Mourad Daami (Tunisia)

Tunisia v Germany


GK	1	Ali Boumnijel
RB	6	Hatem Trabelsi (c)
CB	4
CB	15
LB	20	José Clayton
RM	8	Mehdi Nafti
CM	12	Jawhar Mnari
CM	10
LM	14	Adel Chedli
CF	5
CF	11	Francileudo Santos
Substitutions:
FW	13
FW	17
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

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GK	12	Jens Lehmann
RB	3
CB	4	Robert Huth
CB	17	Per Mertesacker
LB	16
RM	10	Sebastian Deisler
CM	8	Torsten Frings
CM	13	Michael Ballack (c)
LM	7	Bastian Schweinsteiger
CF	14
CF	20
Substitutions:
FW	22
MF	19
FW	9
Manager:
Jürgen Klinsmann

Man of the Match:
Michael Ballack (Germany)^[3]

Assistant referees

Anthony Garwood (Jamaica)
Joseph Taylor (Trinidad and Tobago)
Fourth official

Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Australia v Argentina


GK	1	Mark Schwarzer
RB	2
CB	3	Craig Moore (c)
CB	5	Tony Vidmar
LB	4
CM	20
CM	8
RW	7
AM	10
LW	11	Scott Chipperfield
CF	15	John Aloisi
Substitutions:
FW	9
DF	17
MF	19
Manager:
Frank Farina

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GK	12	Germán Lux
RB	4	Javier Zanetti
CB	16
CB	2
LB	6	Gabriel Heinze
RM	18
CM	17	Lucas Bernardi
CM	8	Juan Román Riquelme
LM	3	Juan Pablo Sorín (c)
CF	21	Luciano Figueroa
CF	9
Substitutions:
MF	5
MF	10
DF	13
Manager:
José Pékerman

Man of the Match:
Luciano Figueroa (Argentina)^[4]

Assistant referees

Prachya Permpanich (Thailand)
Bengech Allaberdyev (Turkmenistan)
Fourth official

Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Australia v Tunisia


GK	12	Michael Petkovic
RB	4	Lucas Neill
CB	3	Craig Moore (c)
CB	5	Tony Vidmar
LB	14
RM	19	Jason Culina
CM	8
CM	17
LM	11
CF	9
CF	15	John Aloisi
Substitutions:
DF	20
FW	22
MF	10
Manager:
Frank Farina

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GK	22	Hamdi Kasraoui
RB	6	Hatem Trabelsi (c)
CB	2	Karim Saidi
CB	12	Jawhar Mnari
LB	19
RM	13	Hamed Namouchi
CM	8	Mehdi Nafti
CM	17
LM	14
CF	11
CF	9	Haykel Guemamdia
Substitutions:
FW	21
MF	10
FW	5
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:
Francileudo Santos (Tunisia)^[5]

Assistant referees

Cristian Julio (Chile)
Mario Vargas (Chile)
Fourth official

Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Argentina v Germany


GK	12	Germán Lux
RB	4	Javier Zanetti
CB	16	Fabricio Coloccini
CB	2
LB	6	Gabriel Heinze
RM	8	Juan Román Riquelme
CM	17
CM	5	Esteban Cambiasso
LM	3	Juan Pablo Sorín (c)
CF	21	Luciano Figueroa
CF	7
Substitutions:
MF	10
MF	18
FW	11
Manager:
José Pékerman

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GK	23	Timo Hildebrand
RB	2	Andreas Hinkel
CB	4	Robert Huth
CB	17	Per Mertesacker
LB	16	Thomas Hitzlsperger
CM	15	Fabian Ernst
CM	7
RW	14
AM	10
LW	19	Bernd Schneider (c)
CF	22
Substitutions:
MF	8
FW	9
MF	6
Manager:
Jürgen Klinsmann

Man of the Match:
Juan Román Riquelme (Argentina)^[6]

Assistant referees

Roman Slyško (Slovakia)
Martin Balko (Slovakia)
Fourth official

Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Notes and References

News: ARG-TUN (Match 1), Anhauser Busch Man of the Match: Juan Roman Riquelme (ARG) . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 15 June 2005 . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060105034903/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050615/1/3vqi.html . 5 January 2006.
News: GER-AUS (Match 2), Anhauser Busch Man of the Match: Michael Ballack (GER) . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 15 June 2005 . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060105031849/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050615/1/3vr9.html . 5 January 2006.
News: TUN-GER (Match 5), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Michael Ballack (GER) . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 18 June 2005 . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051128083051/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050618/1/3x98.html . 28 November 2005.
News: AUS-ARG (Match 6), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Luciano Figueroa (ARG) . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 18 June 2005 . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051130155850/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050618/1/3xt1.html . 30 November 2005.
News: AUS-TUN (Match 9), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Santos (TUN) . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 21 June 2005 . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051129010832/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050621/1/3z2p.html . 29 November 2005.
News: ARG-GER (Match 10), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Juan Riquelme (ARG) . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 21 June 2005 . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20060105024556/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050621/1/3z23.html . 5 January 2006.