Liverpool in Europe - 2005/06 FIFA Club World Championship

Round:

S/F

2005 CLUB WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Stadium:

International Stadium

Date:

Thursday, 15th December 2005

Attendance:

43,902

Time:

19:20 (local time)

Referee:

Carlos Chandia

Coach:

Hernan Medford

Coach:

Rafael Benitez

VALIDATED

DEPORTIVO SAPRISSA

LIVERPOOL

Jose Porras (C)

12.

Pepe Reina

Christian Bolanos

Sami Hyypia

Victor Cordero

John Arne Riise

Ronald Gonzalez

Steven Gerrard (C)

32 0:2

Jervis Drummond

Djibril Cisse

Walter Centeno

14.

Xabi Alonso

11.

Ronald Gomez

15.

Peter Crouch

3 0:1 58 0:3

12.

Alvaro Saborio

17.

Josemi Rey

16.

Gabriel Badilla

21.

Djimi Traore

19.

Randall Azofeifa

22.

Mohamed Sissoko

23.

Tray Bennett

23.

Jamie Carragher

Allan Aleman

Saborio 83

Jerzy Dudek

10.

Alonso Solis

Bennett 46

13.

Scott Carson

20.

Gerold Drummond

Gomez 76

Stephen Warnock

Steve Finnan

Harry Kewell

10.

Luis Garcia

Hyypia 72

11.

Florent Sinama Pongolle

Gerrard 64

16.

Dietmar Hamann

Alonso 79

19.

Fernando Morientes


International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan	Distance from Anfield Stadium: 9488 km - 5895 miles

2005 Champions League Winners

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Official FIFA team sheet. There was no programme issued for individual matches.

Match ticket which was distributed through the clubs.

Match ticket which was distributed locally.

Liverpool official roster - English version.

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Liverpool official roster - Japanese version.



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Match issued shirt of unused substitute Deportivo Juan Esquivel.

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Deportivo Saprissa - 2005 CONCACAF Champions Cup Winners - lineup before the match

FORM GUIDE

Josemi in action during Liverpool FC vs Deportivo Saprissa game in the 2005 Club World Championship semifinal in Tokyo. Liverpool won 3-0 and we wouldn't mind a similar result today.
Do you remember the goalscorers from that game? pic.twitter.com/VWbmKKH4gH
— LFChistory.net (@LFChistory) December 18, 2019

¡Final!

SAPRISSA 0-3 Liverpool pic.twitter.com/lxbf5k2nbO
— SᴀᴘʀɪᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛᴏS (@Saprimomentos) April 12, 2020

Saprissa 0-2 Liverpool
😓 pic.twitter.com/iMKO9OgZbd
— SᴀᴘʀɪᴍᴏᴍᴇɴᴛᴏS (@Saprimomentos) April 11, 2020

Saprissa vs liverpool 2005 pic.twitter.com/gtfdUAPoGy
— Ramiro Arango (@ramiro_arango) August 9, 2019

Deportivo Saprissa vs Liverpool 🇯🇵💜🇱🇻#QueLindoSerMorado #SaprissaSomosTodos #MoradosViajeros #Saprissa pic.twitter.com/8fCmsLYpij
— Morados Viajeros Saprissa 😈 (@moradosviajeros) April 11, 2020

La afición del Saprissa rinde homenaje al Liverpool por su título. #YNWA pic.twitter.com/RDfrt3xB6V
— TD Más (@tdmas_cr) June 30, 2020

O adversário do São Paulo na final do Mundial 2005 está confirmado. O favoritíssimo Liverpool não tomou conhecimento da zebra Saprissa, da Costa Rica, e venceu de forma tranquila: 3 a 0, com dois gols de Crouch e um de Gerrard. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/KWOUKlsv7k
— Projeto Tóquio (@projetotoquio92) December 15, 2020

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Photographs courtesy of Jim Clarke

Image courtesy of Andy Marsden

One hundred page monthly Brazilian magazine Placar, dated December 2005, previews the tournament with a nine page feature.

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In the other semi-final, Sao Paulo of Brazil (representing Conmebol) won 3:2 against Al Ittihad of Saudi Arabia (representing the Asian FA) to set up a Final against Liverpool on the following Sunday.

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