2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Group B explained

Group B of the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup took place between 16 June and 22 June 2005. Mexico won the group, and advanced to the second round, along with Brazil. Japan and Greece failed to advance.

Standings

Matches

Japan v Mexico


GK	23	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
CB	2	Makoto Tanaka
CB	5	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)
CB	3
RM	21
CM	7	Hidetoshi Nakata
CM	15	Takashi Fukunishi
LM	14	Alex
AM	10
AM	8
CF	13	Atsushi Yanagisawa
Substitutions:
MF	18
FW	16
FW	9
Manager:
Zico

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GK	1	Oswaldo Sánchez
CB	5	Ricardo Osorio
CB	2	Aarón Galindo
CB	3	Carlos Salcido
RM	18	Salvador Carmona
CM	6
CM	8	Pável Pardo (c)
LM	21
AM	17
AM	7	Sinha
CF	9	Jared Borgetti
Substitutions:
MF	14
MF	22
MF	20
Manager:
Ricardo La Volpe

Man of the Match:
Sinha (Mexico)^[1]

Assistant referees

Matthew Cream (Australia)
Jim Ouliaris (Australia)
Fourth official

Carlos Chandía (Chile)

Brazil v Greece


GK	1	Dida
RB	13	Cicinho
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	4	Roque Júnior (c)
LB	6
CM	5	Emerson
CM	11	Zé Roberto
LM	10
RW	8
CF	7	Robinho
CF	9
Substitutions:
FW	21
MF	19
MF	18
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira

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GK	1	Antonios Nikopolidis
RB	2
CB	5
CB	18	Giannis Goumas
LB	6	Angelos Basinas
RM	20
CM	7	Theodoros Zagorakis (c)
CM	21	Kostas Katsouranis
LM	8	Stelios Giannakopoulos
CF	9	Angelos Charisteas
CF	15
Substitutions:
DF	3
FW	11
FW	17
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel

Man of the Match:
Robinho (Brazil)^[2]

Assistant referees

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

Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Greece v Japan


GK	1	Antonios Nikopolidis
CB	4
CB	6	Angelos Basinas
CB	5	Sotirios Kyrgiakos
RM	23
CM	21	Kostas Katsouranis
CM	20
LM	14	Takis Fyssas
RW	9	Angelos Charisteas
LW	8	Stelios Giannakopoulos
CF	15	Zisis Vryzas (c)
Substitutions:
MF	10
FW	22
FW	11
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel

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GK	23	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
RB	21	Akira Kaji
CB	2	Makoto Tanaka
CB	5	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)
LB	14
RM	10
CM	7	Hidetoshi Nakata
CM	15	Takashi Fukunishi
LM	8
CF	9
CF	13	Atsushi Yanagisawa
Substitutions:
FW	16
MF	4
MF	6
Manager:
Zico

Man of the Match:
Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan)^[3]

Assistant referees

Carsten Kadach (Germany)
Volker Wezel (Germany)
Fourth official

Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)

Mexico v Brazil


GK	1
RB	18	Salvador Carmona
CB	5	Ricardo Osorio
CB	2	Aarón Galindo
LB	3	Carlos Salcido
RM	11
CM	7	Sinha
CM	8	Pável Pardo (c)
LM	14
CF	17
CF	9	Jared Borgetti
Substitutions:
MF	22
DF	16
FW	19
Manager:
Ricardo La Volpe

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GK	1	Dida
RB	13	Cicinho
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	4	Roque Júnior (c)
LB	6	Gilberto
RM	8
CM	5
CM	11	Zé Roberto
LM	10	Ronaldinho
CF	9	Adriano
CF	7
Substitutions:
FW	21
MF	19
MF	18
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira

Man of the Match:
Oswaldo Sánchez (Mexico)^[4]

Assistant referees

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

Carlos Chandía (Chile)

Greece v Mexico


GK	1	Antonios Nikopolidis
RB	3	Loukas Vyntra
CB	19
CB	18	Giannis Goumas
LB	14	Takis Fyssas
RM	17
CM	7	Theodoros Zagorakis (c)
CM	6	Angelos Basinas
LM	8	Stelios Giannakopoulos
CF	9	Angelos Charisteas
CF	15
Substitutions:
FW	22
FW	11
DF	4
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel

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GK	1	Oswaldo Sánchez
RB	16	Mario Méndez
CB	5	Ricardo Osorio
CB	14	Gonzalo Pineda
LB	3	Carlos Salcido
RM	11	Ramón Morales
CM	8	Pável Pardo (c)
CM	20
LM	21
SS	22	Luis Ernesto Pérez
CF	17
Substitutions:
FW	19
MF	6
DF	4
Manager:
Ricardo La Volpe

Man of the Match:
Oswaldo Sánchez (Mexico)^[5]

Assistant referees

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

Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Japan v Brazil


GK	23	Yoshikatsu Kawaguchi
RB	21
CB	5	Tsuneyasu Miyamoto (c)
CB	2	Makoto Tanaka
LB	14
DM	15	Takashi Fukunishi
RM	8
CM	7	Hidetoshi Nakata
LM	10	Shunsuke Nakamura
SS	13
CF	9
Substitutions:
MF	6
FW	16
FW	11
Manager:
Zico

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GK	12	Marcos
RB	13
CB	3	Lúcio
CB	14	Juan
LB	16	Léo
DM	17	Gilberto Silva
RM	8
CM	10	Ronaldinho (c)
LM	11
SS	7	Robinho
CF	9
Substitutions:
MF	19
MF	20
MF	22
Manager:
Carlos Alberto Parreira

Man of the Match:
Shunsuke Nakamura (Japan)^[6]

Assistant referees

Taoufik Adjengui (Tunisia)
Ali Tomusange (Uganda)
Fourth official

Shamsul Maidin (Singapore)

Notes and References

News: JPN-MEX (Match 3), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Zinha (MEX) . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 16 June 2005 . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051225212314/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050616/1/3wje.html . 25 December 2005.
News: BRA-GRE (Match 4), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Robinho (BRA) . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 16 June 2005 . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051201132044/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050616/1/3wq0.html . 1 December 2005.
News: GRE-JPN (Match 8), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Shunsuke Nakamura (JPN) . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 19 June 2005 . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051207114302/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050619/1/3xyj.html . 7 December 2005.
News: MEX-BRA (Match 7), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Oswaldo Sanchez (MEX) . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 19 June 2005 . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051130145042/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050619/1/3xz8.html . 30 November 2005 .
News: GRE-MEX (Match 11), Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Oswaldo Sanchez (MEX) . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 22 June 2005 . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051128083233/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050622/1/3zat.html . 28 November 2005.
News: JPN-BRA (Match 12) Anheuser Busch Man of the Match: Shunsuke Nakamura (JPN) . FIFA.com . Fédération Internationale de Football Association . 22 June 2005 . 23 June 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20051221163418/http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/050622/1/3zax.html . 21 December 2005.