CONTENTS Alphabetical listing of the nations of the world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Acknowledgements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PA R T O N E – F I FA A N D W O R L D F O O T B A L L Review of the year at FIFA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FIFA tournaments. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FIFA World Player 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . FIFA U-20 Women’s World Championship Russia 2006 FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2006. . . . . . . . . . . FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup Brazil 2006 . . . . . . FIFA U-20 World Cup Canada 2007. . . . . . . . . .

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Egypt . . . . . . . . England . . . . . . . Equatorial Guinea. . . Eritrea . . . . . . . . Spain . . . . . . . . Estonia . . . . . . . . Ethiopia . . . . . . . Fiji . . . . . . . . Finland . . . . . . . . France . . . . . . . . Faroe Islands . . . . . Gabon . . . . . . . . Gambia. . . . . . . . Georgia . . . . . . . . Germany . . . . . . . Ghana . . . . . . . . Guinea-Bissau . . . . Greece . . . . . . . . Grenada . . . . . . . Guatemala . . . . . . Guinea . . . . . . . . Guam . . . . . . . . Guyana . . . . . . . . Haiti . . . . . . . . Hong Kong . . . . . . Honduras . . . . . . . Hungary . . . . . . . Indonesia. . . . . . . India . . . . . . . . Republic of Ireland . . Iran . . . . . . . . Iraq . . . . . . . . Iceland . . . . . . . . Israel . . . . . . . . Italy . . . . . . . . Jamaica . . . . . . . Jordan . . . . . . . . Japan . . . . . . . . Kazakhstan . . . . . . Kenya . . . . . . . . Kyrgyzstan . . . . . . Korea Republic (South Saudi Arabia . . . . . Kuwait . . . . . . . . Laos . . . . . . . . Liberia . . . . . . . . Libya . . . . . . . . St Lucia . . . . . . . Lesotho. . . . . . . . Lebanon . . . . . . . Liechtenstein . . . . .

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Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burma (Myanmar) Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China PR Chinese Taipei (Taiwan) Colombia Comoros

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Congo Congo DR Cook Islands Costa Rica Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic East Timor (Timor-Leste) Ecuador Egypt El Salvador England Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Polynesia (Tahiti) Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Holland (The Netherlands) Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) Jamaica

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CGO COD COK CRC CIV CRO CUB CYP CZE DEN DJI DMA DOM TLS ECU EGY SLV ENG EQG ERI EST ETH FRO FIJ FIN FRA TAH GAB GAM GEO GER GHA GRE GRN GUM GUA GUI GNB GUY HAI NED HON HKG HUN ISL IND IDN IRN IRQ ISR ITA CIV JAM

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Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Korea DPR (North Korea) Korea Republic (South Korea) Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Myanmar (Burma) Namibia Nepal Netherlands (Holland) Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Northern Ireland North Korea (Korea DPR) Norway Oman Pakistan Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay

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JPN JOR KAZ KEN PRK KOR KUW KGZ LAO LVA LIB LES LBR LBY LIE LTU LUX MAC MKD MAD MWI MAS MDV MLI MLT MTN MRI MEX MDA MGL MNE MSR MAR MOZ MYA NAM NEP NED ANT NCL NZL NCA NIG NGA NIR PRK NOR OMA PAK PLE PAN PNG PAR

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Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Rwanda Samoa San Marino São Tomé e Príncipe Saudi Arabia Scotland Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea (Korea Republic) Spain Sri Lanka St Kitts and Nevis St Lucia St Vincent and the Grenadines Sudan

PER PHI POL POR PUR QAT IRL ROU RUS RWA SAM SMR STP KSA SCO SEN SRB SEY SLE SIN SVK SVN SOL SOM RSA KOR ESP SRI SKN LCA VIN SUD

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SUR SWZ SWE SUI SYR TAH TPE TJK TAN THA TLS TOG TGA TRI TUN TUR TKM TCA UGA UKR UAE USA URU VIR UZB VAN VEN VIE WAL YEM ZAM ZIM

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks once again to Mark Gleeson for his huge efforts in getting Africa up to standard. Huge thanks also to Tom Chittick without whom you would not be reading this and to Oliver Greenleaves for his invaluable contribution inputting the stats. Thanks to Cris Freddi for casting his eye over the content to check that it made sense; to Neil McKnight, Daniel Fein, Tom Lewis, Michael Oliver and Roger Lakin for their help. My thanks also to Lorraine Jerram, David Wilson and Rhea Halford at Headline. Information from the Almanack comes from official sources on the internet, but much also comes from the brilliant RSSSF and its network of contributors - thanks to you all. AUTHOR’S NOTE As the Almanack sets off on its own without FIFA, I would like to say a huge thank you to everyone there who helped to get the book established. To Lars Bretscher, Helen de Haan, Andreas Herren, Marius Schneider and Jérôme Champagne thanks for your help in the past and for your continued support. The major innovation in the Almanack this year has been the inclusion of the medals tables and the maps that compliment these tables. In future we would like to include more nations but the historical information is not complete enough yet. If you feel you can help, contact me on [email protected].

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FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP 2006

FIFA CLUB WORLD CUP JAPAN 2006 Quarter-finals Internacional

Semi-finals BRA

Bye

Auckland City

NZL

0

Al Ahly Cairo

EGY

2

América

MEX

1

Jeonbuk Motors

KOR

0

Barcelona

ESP

Final

Internacional

BRA

2

Al Ahly Cairo

EGY

1

Internacional

BRA

1

Barcelona

ESP

0

América

MEX

0

Barcelona

ESP

4

Jeonbuk Motors

KOR

3

Al Ahly Cairo

EGY

2

Auckland City

NZL

0

América

MEX

1

Bye Fifth Place Play-off

Third Place Play-off

F I FA C L U B W O R L D C U P J A PA N 2 0 0 6

First Round Kick-off: 19:20

Toyota Stadium, Toyota

10-12-2006 Attendance: 29 912

0 2

AUCKLAND CITY

41

AL AHLY Flavio

AUCKLAND CITY

1 4 5 6 7 10 11 14 19 20 21

2 3 16

GK MF DF MF DF FW MF FW MF DF DF

NICHOLSON Ross SEAMAN Paul PERRY Jonathan MULROONEY Liam PRITCHETT James YOUNG Grant SYKES Neil (C) JORDAN Keryn COOMBES Chad UHLMANN Greg VAN STEEDEN Riki Tr: JONES Allan Substitutes MF HAYNE Jason DF SIGMUND Ben MF IWAMOTO Teru

51,

Aboutrika

AL AHLY MATCH STATS

56

5 2 28 3 4 35

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Corner Kicks Offside Possession %

21 8 8 2 1 65

93+

84 89

56 MATCH OFFICIALS REFEREE

52

AL GHAMDI Khalil KSA ASSISTANTS

GHULOUM Eisa UAE AL KADRI Hamdi SYR

56 52 56

First Round Kick-off: 19:20

84 93+ 89

4TH OFFICIAL

BATRES Carlos GUA

We palyed very well today for an amateur club. All my players did their jobs very well, especially in the first half. We were down to ten men with an injury when they took the lead. You’re obviously vulnerable when you’ve only got ten players on the field, although that’s not to take anything away from Flavio. Alan Jones

EL HADARY Essam EL SHATER Islam GOMAA Wael (C) MOHAMED Shady EMAD MOTEAB AHMED Shadid ASHOUR Hossam SHAWKY Mohamed MOHAMED SEDIK ABOUTRIKA Mohamed FLAVIO Tr: MANUEL Jose Substitutes SAID Tarek AHMED SEDIK MENSAH Akwety

GK DF DF DF FW DF MF MF DF FW FW

1 2 6 7 9 12 13 17 20 22 23

DF DF MF

3 8 16

We were very nervous in the first half. It was basically as if we were playing against ourselves and not Auckland. In the second half, the goal gave us back our belief, we retained possession much better and looked more solid. At the end of the day, that was the decisive factor in winning. Manuel Jose

National Stadium, Tokyo

11-12-2006 Attendance: 34 197

0 1

JEONBUK MOTORS

AMERICA Ricardo Rojas

JEONBUK MOTORS

21 2 4 5 6 8 11 12 15 16 22

10 14 20

GK DF DF DF DF MF DF MF FW DF MF

KWOUN Sun Tae CHOI Chul Soon CHOI Jin Cheul KIM Young Sun KIM Hyun Su (C) CHUNG Jung Kwan WANG Jung Hyun JEON Kwang Hwan ZECARLO LIM You Hwan KIM Hyeung Bum Tr: CHOI Kang Hee Substitutes MF BOTTI MF LEE Hyun Seung DF KIM In Ho

73

79

AMERICA MATCH STATS

85

29

7 2 16 4 0 37

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Corner Kicks Offside Possession %

18 6 18 3 2 63

86

71 MATCH OFFICIALS

83

REFEREE

DAMON Jerome RSA ASSISTANTS

29 83 85

MOLEFE Enock RSA NTAGUNGIRA Celestin RWA 4TH OFFICIAL

86 71

OCHOA Guillermo CASTRO Jose Antonio ROJAS Oscar DAVINO Duilio LOPEZ Claudio CABANAS Salvador (C) BLANCO Cuauhtemoc FABIANO PEREIRA ROJAS Ricardo VILLA German ARGUELLO Alejandro Tr: TENA Luis Fernando Substitutes VUOSO Matias MOSQUEDA Juan

GK DF DF DF FW FW MF MF DF MF MF

1 3 4 5 7 9 10 11 16 18 20

FW MF

8 13

MOHD SALLEH Subkhiddin MAS

My players gave it their best shot, but we were unable to make anything of the few chances that came our way. You need plenty of experience to become a good player, but at the moment we have a lot of young players who are short on big-tournament experience. Choi Kang Hee

It was a very difficult match as the Koreans were very well organised. They were agile and quick. We didn’t make much of the space offered to us in the first half, but as the game went on we had more of the possession and we finally translated our chances into a goal. Luis Fernando Tena

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Semi-final Kick-off: 19:20

National Stadium, Tokyo

1 2

AL AHLY Flavio

13-12-2006 Attendance: 33 690

INTERNACIONAL

54

Alexandre Prato AL AHLY

1 2 3 4 6 7 13 14 17 22 23

19 8 9

GK DF DF DF DF DF MF MF MF FW FW

EL HADARY Essam EL SHATER Islam SAID Tarek EL NAHAS Emad GOMAA Wael MOHAMED Shady (C) ASHOUR Hossam MOSTAFA Hassan SHAWKY Mohamed ABOUTRIKA Mohamed FLAVIO Tr: MANUEL Jose Substitutes GK ABDELHAMID Amir DF AHMED SEDIK FW EMAD MOTEAB

10 4 12 4 1 51

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Corner Kicks Offside Possession %

16 5 17 5 8 49

63

46 MATCH OFFICIALS REFEREE

MOHD SALLEH Subkhiddin MAS

82 65

ASSISTANTS

AL KADRI Hamdi SYR GHULOUM Eisa UAE

82 75 46

63 82 65

4TH OFFICIAL

AL GHAMDI Khalil KSA

International Stadium, Yokohama

8 10 22

GK DF DF DF MF DF MF MF FW FW FW

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

DF MF FW

15 17 18

14-12-2006 Attendance: 62 316

0 4

BARCELONA

AMERICA

OCHOA Guillermo CASTRO Jose Antonio ROJAS Oscar DAVINO Duilio (C) LOPEZ Claudio CABANAS Salvador FABIANO PEREIRA ROJAS Ricardo VILLA German ARGUELLO Alejandro CUEVAS Nelson Tr: TENA Luis Fernando Substitutes FW VUOSO Matias MF BLANCO Cuauhtemoc MF MENDOZA Raul Alvin

72

We weren’t on top form and half of my players fell below their normal standard, Yet again, what we have seen here is that every team always always has a chance of winning. I think were we were probably slightly lucky winners today. Our two youngest players scored the goals and decided the game. Abel Braga

Gudjohnsen

GK DF DF DF FW FW MF DF MF MF FW

CLEMER CEARA INDIO FABIANO ELLER WELLINGTON MONTEIRO HIDALGO Martin ALEX EDINHO (C) FERNANDAO IARLEY ALEXANDRE PATO Tr: BRAGA Abel Substitutes RUBENS CARDOSO VARGAS Fabian LUIZ ADRIANO

MATCH STATS

AMERICA

1 3 4 5 7 9 11 16 18 20 23

Luiz Adriano

INTERNACIONAL

82 75

I’m proud of the way my players performed today. I’m delighted, because we’ve shown how well an African team can play. Brazil is one of the most advanced football nations. You can’t compare Brazilian and Egyptian football, but what we’ve seen today proves we can hold our own. Manuel Jose

Semi-final Kick-off: 19:20

23,

11,

Marquez

30,

Ronaldinho

65,

Deco

85

BARCELONA MATCH STATS

74 46 74

11 4 12 2 7 47

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Corner Kicks Offside Possession %

22 9 9 6 0 53

61

66 74

MATCH OFFICIALS REFEREE

RUIZ Oscar COL ASSISTANTS

74 46 74

BERRIO Wilson COL YANEZ Rafael VEN 4TH OFFICIAL

It was a very good but getting anything from the game was always going to be difficult. They were letting the ball do the work and they caught us on the break a couple of times in the first half. We lost our shape in the opening 45 minutes instead of taking the pace out of the game. Luis Fernando Tena

DAMON Jerome RSA

74 61 66

VICTOR VALDES MOTTA MARQUEZ Rafael (C) PUYOL Carlos GUDJOHNSEN Eidur GIULY Ludovic RONALDINHO ZAMBROTTA Gianluca VAN BRONCKHORST Giovanni DECO INIESTA Tr: RIJKAARD Frank Substitutes BELLETTI XAVI EZQUERRO

GK MF DF DF FW FW FW DF DF MF MF

1 3 4 5 7 8 10 11 12 20 24

DF MF FW

2 6 18

My team needed quite a while to find their rhythm. I’m happy America weren’t able to expolit this weakness. I only stopped worrying after we went 3-0 up. We were mentally stronger than América today, although we shouldn’t have lost concentration after the opening goals. We’re all suffering from jetlag. Frank Rijkaard

F I FA C L U B W O R L D C U P J A PA N 2 0 0 6

Match for 5th Place Kick-off: 19:20

National Stadium, Tokyo

15-12-2006 Attendance: 23 258

0 3

AUCKLAND CITY

JEONBUK MOTORS Lee Hyun Seung

AUCKLAND CITY

1 4 5 6 7 10 11 14 19 20 22

2 9 16

GK MF DF MF DF FW MF FW MF DF MF

NICHOLSON Ross SEAMAN Paul PERRY Jonathan MULROONEY Liam PRITCHETT James YOUNG Grant SYKES Neil (C) JORDAN Keryn COOMBES Chad UHLMANN Greg LITTLE Bryan Tr: JONES Allan Substitutes MF HAYNE Jason FW URLOVIC Paul MF IWAMOTO Teru

79 77

8 2 30 3 4 40

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Corner Kicks Offside Possession %

10 7 12 5 0 60

88 81 76

MATCH OFFICIALS REFEREE

59

AL GHAMDI Khalil KSA ASSISTANTS

GHULOUM Eisa UAE AL KADRI Hamdi SYR

79 77 59

81 88 76

4TH OFFICIAL

BATRES Carlos GUA

2 1

8 14 20

GK DF DF DF DF DF FW MF MF FW FW

Zecarlo

KWOUN Sun Tae CHOI Jin Cheul KIM Young Sun (C) KIM Hyun Su JANG Ji Hyun CHUNG Jung Kwan LEE Hyun Seung ZECARLO LIM You Hwan KIM In Ho KIM Hyeung Bum Tr: CHOI Kang Hee Substitutes JEON Kwang Hwan SHIN Sang Hoon KIM Young Sin

73p

GK DF DF DF MF MF MF FW DF DF MF

21 4 5 6 7 8 14 15 16 20 22

MF MF MF

12 13 17

17-12-2006 Attendance: 51 641

42 79

ABDELHAMID Amir EL SHATER Islam SAID Tarek EL NAHAS Emad GOMAA Wael MOHAMED Shady (C) EMAD MOTEAB ASHOUR Hossam SHAWKY Mohamed ABOUTRIKA Mohamed FLAVIO Tr: MANUEL Jose Substitutes DF AHMED SEDIK MF MOSTAFA Hassan DF MOHAMED SEDIK

31,

AMERICA Cabanas

AL AHLY

19 2 3 4 6 7 9 13 17 22 23

Kim Hyeung Bum

Taking part in this competition has taught the players a great deal. We already know what it takes to win in Asia, but here I felt we came up short in various respects. Our play is way too erratic and we’ve got to do something about these highs and lows. We need a stronger bench too. Choi Kang Hee

International Stadium, Yokohama

AL AHLY Mohamed Aboutrika 2

17,

JEONBUK MOTORS MATCH STATS

This competition is open to amateurs and professionals alike and I think it’s fantastic. It’s a genuine honour to have been able to take part in this competition. As amateurs we gave it our best shot against professional teams, but we failed to score in either game, although we did better this evening. Allan Jones

Match for 3rd Place Kick-off: 16:20

43

59

AMERICA MATCH STATS

67

75 65

13 3 25 3 1 48

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Corner Kicks Offside Possession %

16 8 10 4 2 52

MATCH OFFICIALS

67 46 86

REFEREE

DAMON Jerome RSA ASSISTANTS

67 65 75

MOLEFE Enock RSA NTAGUNGIRA Celestin RWA 4TH OFFICIAL

We put on a real high quality display. Our style this time was more European than it was last year. Every time we play a club from outside of Africa we pick up valuable experience. I wanted us to to be able to take part in this competition again so that we could show everyone the real Al Ahly, and today we did just that. Manuel Jose

RUIZ Oscar COL

67 46 86

OCHOA Guillermo CASTRO Jose Antonio ROJAS Oscar (C) DAVINO Duilio VUOSO Matias CABANAS Salvador FABIANO PEREIRA MOSQUEDA Juan ROJAS Ricardo ARGUELLO Alejandro CUEVAS Nelson Tr: TENA Luis Fernando Substitutes LOPEZ Claudio BLANCO Cuauhtemoc MENDOZA Raul Alvin

GK DF DF DF FW FW MF MF DF MF FW

1 3 4 5 8 9 11 13 16 20 23

FW MF MF

7 10 22

We had a poor first half. In the second we had more possession and started to create more scoring chances. After we scored the equaliser, we really went for it. We took risks going forward and that left spaces in midfield and at the back which our opponents exploited. Aboutrika really stood out for Ahly. Luis Fernando Tena

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Final

International Stadium, Yokohama

17-12-2006 Attendance: 67 128

Kick-off: 19:20

1 0

INTERNACIONAL Adriano

BARCELONA

82

INTERNACIONAL

1 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 10 11 15

16 17 18

GK DF DF DF MF MF MF FW FW FW DF

CLEMER CEARA INDIO FABIANO ELLER WELLINGTON MONTEIRO ALEX EDINHO FERNANDAO (C) IARLEY ALEXANDRE PATO RUBENS CARDOSO Tr: BRAGA Abel Substitutes MF ADRIANO MF VARGAS Fabian FW LUIZ ADRIANO

BARCELONA MATCH STATS

46

10 2 25 2 5 42

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Corner Kicks Offside Possession %

17 6 15 11 1 58

76

59

88

46 MATCH OFFICIALS

61

REFEREE

BATRES Carlos GUA ASSISTANTS

76 46 61

PASTRANA Carlos HON LEAL Leonel CRC 4TH OFFICIAL

MOHD SALLEH Subkhiddin MAS

This is a great achievement. We outlined an objective and we ran after it. Now we are champions of the world. Barcelona have an excellent team but we played with courage. The players are heroes. We played with three forwards, but were always thinking about marking - the only way to beat them. Abel Braga

46 59 88

VICTOR VALDES MOTTA MARQUEZ Rafael (C) PUYOL Carlos GUDJOHNSEN Eidur GIULY Ludovic RONALDINHO ZAMBROTTA Gianluca VAN BRONCKHORST Giovanni DECO INIESTA Tr: RIJKAARD Frank Substitutes BELLETTI XAVI EZQUERRO

GK MF DF DF FW FW FW DF DF MF MF

1 3 4 5 7 8 10 11 12 20 24

DF MF FW

2 6 18

I have to congratulate Inter, who played as a team and put in a great performance. I feel that they were the better side. At no time were we in control of the game. Every time we got close to their area we ran up against a wall of players. They put in a quality performance. We’re bitterly disappointed. Frank Rijkaard

FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP 2006 FIFA BEACH SOCCER WORLD CUP BRAZIL 2006 First round groups Brazil USA Poland Japan

France Canada Spain Iran

Quarter-finals

Pts 10-6 9-2 10-2 9 4-2 4-8 3 8-5 3 3 USA

POL

CAN

ESP

8-1

7-4 4-0

Pts 6-3 9 6-6 4 6-1 3 1

Argentina Bahrain Nigeria Italy

SOL

BAH

NGA

2-1

5-4 5-5

Brazil Canada

Final

12 1 Brazil Portugal

IRN

Pts 5-4 14-2 10-3 9 Portugal 10-5 3-3 4 Uruguay Solomon Islands 5-2 3 Cameroon 1 URU

Semi-finals

JPN

Bahrain Portugal

7 4

2 6 Brazil Uruguay

CMR

Pts 3-1 9 4-2 4 4-3 4 0

France Japan

3 2 France Uruguay

ITA

Argentina Uruguay

4 1

1 2

0 0p 0 1p 3rd Place Play-off 6 France Portugal 4

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THE NATIONS OF THE WORLD

J P N – J A PA N

413

JPN – JAPAN PL 16

W 9

NATIONAL TEAM RECORD JULY 10TH 2006 TO JULY 12TH 2010 D L F 4 3 26

A 10

% 68.7

Japan has had a chequered history in the AFC Asian Cup. They didn’t enter or failed to qualify for the first eight tournaments before making their first appearance at the finals in 1988. Four years later they were champions and so completely have they dominated the competition since then, that their failure to win a fourth title in 2007 was seen as a major disappointment. Having taken over from Zico after the World Cup finals in Germany, new coach Ivica Osim was straight in at the deep end as the Japanese first had to secure qualification for the finals - which they did with relative ease - and then prepare for the defence of the title that they won in China three years previously. Based in Hanoi for the tournament, Japan had a tricky tie against hosts Vietnam to secure a place in the quarter-finals, but showing the form of true champions they won 4-1 to set up a dream tie against Australia. The win over Vietnam proved to be their last of the tournament, although they did knock-out the Australians on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Japan’s semi-final against Saudi Arabia was a classic, pitting against each other the two teams that had won all of the previous six tournaments. In a see-saw match it was the Saudis who emerged as 3-2 winners to end Japanese dreams of a INTERNATIONAL HONOURS Qualified for the FIFA World Cup™ 1998 2002 2006 Qualified for the FIFA Women’s World Cup 1991 1995 1999 2003 Asian Cup 1992 2000 2004 AFC U-16 Championship 1994 AFC Champions League Furukawa 1987, Jubilo Iwata 1999

hat-trick of titles. In domestic football, winning the J.League had become something of an obsession for Urawa Reds, one of the best supported clubs in the world. Over three quarters of a million fans attended their home games in the 2006 season - an average of 45,573 - and they finally saw their dreams come true. The League went down to the final afternoon with Urawa at home to second placed Gamba Osaka, the defending champions. Gamba needed to win by three clear goals but that was never on the cards with Urawa’s 3-2 victory clinching the long awaited title. Victory was certainly sweet for their German coach Guido Buchwald who had seen his Urawa side finish second in the previous two seasons and who was stepping down at the end of the year to return home. Before he went, however, he steered Urawa Reds to the Emperor’s Cup Final where Gamba once again stood between them and silverware. Although Urawa were outplayed by Gamba for the whole game, Yuichiro Nagai scored a very late winner to clinch the double for Urawa - the first since 2000 and only the second since the J.League started in 1993. The other trophy on offer during the season - the J.League Cup - was won by JEF United Chiba. Japan Football Association (JFA) JFA House, Football Ave., Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-8311, Japan Tel +81 3 38302004 Fax +81 3 38302005 www.jfa.or.jp/e/index.html President: KAWABUCHI Saburo General Secretary: TASHIMA Kohzo Vice-President: OGURA Jinji Treasurer: SAITO Koji Media Officer: TESHIMA Hideto Men’s Coach: OSIM Ivica Women’s Coach: OHASHI Hiroshi JFA formed: 1921 AFC: 1954 FIFA: 1929-46 & 1950 Blue shirts with white trimmings, White shorts, Blue socks

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414

2005 22-05 27-05 3-06 8-06 16-06 19-06 22-06 31-07 3-08 7-08 17-08

Opponents Peru United Arab Emirates Bahrain Korea DPR Mexico Greece Brazil Korea DPR China PR Korea Republic Iran

7-09 Honduras 8-10 12-10 16-11 2006 10-02 18-02 22-02 28-02 30-03 9-05 13-05 30-05 4-06 12-06 18-06 22-06 9-08 16-08 3-09 6-09 4-10 11-10 15-11 2007 24-03 1-06 5-06 9-07 13-07 16-07 21-07 25-07 28-07

RECENT INTERNATIONAL MATCHES PLAYED BY JAPAN Score Venue Comp Scorers L 0-1 Niigata KC L 0-1 Tokyo KC W 1-0 Manama WCq Ogasawara 34 W 2-0 Manama WCq Yanagisawa 67, Oguro 89 L 1-2 Hanover CCr1 Yanagisawa 12 W 1-0 Frankfurt CCr1 Oguro 76 D 2-2 Cologne CCr1 Nakamura.S 27, Oguro 88 L 0-1 Daejon EAF D 2-2 Daejon EAF Moniwa 59, Tanaka 87 W 1-0 Daejon EAF Nakazawa 86 W 2-1 Yokohama WCq Kaji 28, Oguro 76 W 5-4 Miyagi

Fr

Latvia Ukraine Angola

D 2-2 Riga L 0-1 Kyiv W 1-0 Tokyo

Fr Fr Fr

USA Finland India Bosnia-Herzegovina Ecuador Bulgaria Scotland Germany Malta Australia Croatia Brazil Trinidad & Tobago Yemen Saudi Arabia Yemen Ghana India Saudi Arabia

L W W D W L D D W L D L W W L W L W W

2-3 2-0 6-0 2-2 1-0 1-2 0-0 2-2 1-0 1-3 0-0 1-4 2-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 0-1 3-0 3-1

San Francisco Shizuoka Yokohama Dortmund Oita Osaka Saitama Leverkusen Dusseldorf Kaiserslautern Nuremberg Dortmund Tokyo Niigata Jeddah Sana’a Yokohama Bangalore Sapporo

Peru Montenegro Colombia Qatar UAE Vietnam Australia Saudi Arabia Korea Republic

W W D D W W D L D

2-0 2-0 0-0 1-1 3-1 4-1 1-1 2-3 0-0

Yokohama Shizuoka Saitama Hanoi Hanoi Hanoi Hanoi Hanoi Palembang

Takahara 33, Yanagisawa 2 48 70, Nakamura.S 55, Ogasawara 78 Takahara

5,

Nakamura.S

Att 39 856 53 123 32 000 BCD 24 036 34 314 44 922 23 150 1 827 42 753 66 098

Referee Michel SVK Michel SVK Mohd Salleh MAS De Bleeckere BEL Breeze AUS Fandel GER Daami TUN Tan Hai CHN Tan Hai CHN Shaban KUW

45 198 6 500

52

Granatas POL Lajuks LVA

Matsui 90

52 406

Fr Fr ACq Fr Fr Fr Fr Fr Fr WCr1 WCr1 WCr1 Fr ACq ACq ACq Fr ACq ACq

Maki 62, Nakazawa 90 Kubo 47, Ogasawara 57 Ono 32, Maki 58, Fukunishi 68, Kubo 2 78 90, Sato 82 Takahara 45, Nakata.H 90 Sato 85 Maki 76

37 365 Elizondo ARG 40 702 Lee Gi Young KOR 38 025 Huang CHN 8 120 Wack GER 36 507 Maidin SIN 44 851 Megia Davila ESP 58 648 Itturalde Gonzalez ESP 22 500 Vassaras GRE 10 800 Kircher GER 46 000 Abd El Fatah EGY 41 000 De Bleeckere BEL 65 000 Poulat FRA 47 482 Sun Baojie CHN 40 913 Lee Gi Young KOR 15 000 Maidin SIN 7 000 Al Ghatrifi OMA 52 437 Yu Byung Seob KOR 5 000 Chan Siu Kee HKG 40 965 Shield AUS

Fr KC KC ACr1 ACr1 ACr1 ACqf ACsf AC3p

Maki 19, Takahara 54 Nakazawa 23, Takahara 38

Takahara 2 57 65 Tamada 2 Nakamura.S 26 Tamada 34 Santos 2 17 22 Abe 70, Sato 91+ Ganaha 91+ Bando 2 22 43, Nakamura.K 81 Tanaka.TM 20, Ganaha 2 29 50

60 400 28 635 45 091 5 000 5 000 40 000 25 000 10 000 10 000

Takahara 60 Takahara 2 22 27, Nakamura.S 42p Maki 2 12 59, Nakamura.S 52 Takahara 72. W 4-3p Nakazawa 37, Abe 53 W 6-5p

Nardi AUS Svendsen DEN Vollquartz DEN Breeze AUS Tongkhan THA Breeze AUS Al Fadhli KUW Breeze AUS Al Badwawi UAE

Fr = Friendly match • KC = Kirin Cup • CC = FIFA Confederations Cup • EAF - East Asian Federation Cup • AC = AFC Asian Cup • WC = FIFA World Cup q = qualifier • r1 = first round group • qf = quarter-final • sf = semi-final • 3p = third place play-off • BCD = behind closed doors

JAPAN NATIONAL TEAM RECORDS AND RECORD SEQUENCES Records

Sequence records

Victory

15-0 PHI 1966

Wins

8

Four times

Clean sheets

7

2003-2004

Defeat

2-15 PHI 1917

Defeats

9

1917-1927

Goals scored

14

1966-1968

Player Caps

123 IHARA Masami

Undefeated

12

2000, 2004

Without goal

6

1988, 1989-1990

Player Goals

82

Without win

11

1976-1977

Goals against

31

1960-1966

KAMAMOTO Kunishige

J P N – J A PA N

415

RUS Sapporo

CHN

NORTH KOREA

Akita

SEA OF JAPAN

Sendai KOR Hiroshima Kobe

Tokyo Kashima Nagoya Yokohama

NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN

0

200 miles

Osaka

Fukuoka

0

Capital Tokyo Population 127 463 611 GDP per cap $28 000

200 km

JAPAN; NIPPON-KOKU Language Japanese Area 377835 km2 Density 337 per km2 Dailling code +81 Internet .jp

Formation 1600 % in cities 78% GMT + / - +9

MAJOR CITIES/TOWNS Population ‘000 1 Tokyo 8 403 2 Yokohama 3 632 3 Osaka 2 588 4 Nagoya 2 197 5 Sapporo 1 908 6 Kobe 1 541 7 Kyoto 1 456 8 Fukuoka 1 412 9 Kawasaki 1 328 10 Hiroshima 1 150 11 Saitama 1 100 12 Sendai 1 050 13 Kitakyushu 991 14 Chiba 932 15 Sakai 778 16 Shizuoka 699 17 Niigata 506 18 Oita 453 19 Toyota 366 20 Kashiwa 345 21 Ichihara 286 22 Ibaraki 264 23 Hiratsuka 260 24 Kashima 67

The totals for the major metropolitan areas are: Tokyo 37 037; Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto 17 536; Nagoya 8 833; Fukuoka-Kitakyushu 4 288

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15

Tokyo Verdy 1969 Yokohama F.Marinos Urawa Reds JEF United Cerezo Osaka Kashima Antlers Sanfrecce Hiroshima Jubilo Iwata Shonan Bellmare Kashiwa Reysol Shimizu S-Pulse Nippon Kokan Yokohama Flugels Nagoya Grampus Eight Gamba Osaka

Year 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004

Overall G S B 19 7 1 17 7 1 14 11 5 11 3 4 9 12 1 9 4 4 8 11 2 8 6 3 7 5 3 5 3 5 3 4 1 3 4 3 2 3 2 2 2 1 1

League G S B 7 4 5 5 5 8 5 2 1 4 4 4 1 4 2 1 5 2 1 4 2 3 3 1 3 1 1 5 1 3 1 2 1 1 1

Cup G S 5 3 6 1 6 3 4 2 3 8 2 2 3 9 2 2 3 4 2 2 1 3 1 1 2 1 2 1 1

MEDALS TABLE LC Asia G S B 6 1 1 4 2 1 1 3 5 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1

City Tokyo Yokohama Saitama Ichihara Osaka Ibaraki Hiroshima Iwata Hiratsuka Kashiwa Shimizu

Previously Yomiuri Nissan Mitsubishi Furukawa Yanmar Sumitomo Toyo Kogyo Yamaha Fujita Hitachi

Yokohama Nagoya Osaka

All Nippon Toyota Matsushita

RECENT LEAGUE AND CUP RECORD National Championship Champions Score/Runners-up Runners-up/Third Winners Yokohama Marinos 1-0 1-0 Verdy Kawasaki Nagoya G’pus Eight Kashima Antlers ‡ Nagoya Grampus Eight Verdy Kawasaki Jubilo Iwata 3-2 1-0 Kashima Antlers Kashima Antlers Kashima Antlers 2-1 2-1 Jubilo Iwata Yokohama Flugels Jubilo Iwata 2-1 1-2 4-2p Shimizu S-Pulse Nagoya G’pus Eight Kashima Antlers 0-0 3-0 Yokohama F.Marinos Kashima Antlers Kashima Antlers 2-2 1-0 Jubilo Iwata Shimizu S-Pulse Jubilo Iwata † Kyoto Purple Sanga Yokohama F.Marinos † Jubilo Iwata Yokohama F.Marinos 1-0 0-1 4-2p Urawa Reds Tokyo Verdy 1969

Stadium Ajinomoto International Saitama 2002 Ichihara Nagai Kashima Big Arch Yamaha Hiratsuka Hitachi Kashiwa Nihondaira

Cap’ty 50 000 72 370 63 700 16 933 50 000 39 026 50 000 16 893 18 500 15 900 20 339

DoF 1969 1972 1950 1946 1957 1947 1938 1970 1968 1940 1991

Mizuho-ku 17 000 Expo’70 23 000

1980

Cup Score 3-0 3-0 3-0 2-1 2-0 3-2 3-2 2-1 1-0 2-1

Runners-up S’frecce Hiroshima S’frecce Hiroshima Yokohama Flugels Shimizu S-Pulse S’frecce Hiroshima Shimizu S-Pulse Cerezo Osaka Kashima Antlers Cerezo Osaka Jubilo Iwata

2005 Gamba Osaka 60 Urawa Reds 59 Kashima Antlers 59 Urawa Reds 2-1 Shimizu S-Pulse 2006 Urawa Reds 72 Kawasaki Frontale 67 Gamba Osaka 66 Urawa Reds 1-0 Gamba Osaka † Both stages won by the same team so no play-off was required • ‡ Played on a single stage league system with no play-off

PA R T T W O – T H E N AT I O N S O F T H E W O R L D

416

Kyoto

Cerezo

Avispa

Albirex

Ventforet

Tokyo

Omiya

JEF United

Sanfrecce

Marinos

Oita

A Pts

Nagoya

F

Antlers

L

Shimizu

D

Jubilo

W

Gamba

Pl

Kawasaki

Urawa Reds

JAPAN 2006 J.LEAGUE DIVISION 1

Urawa Reds ‡ Kawasaki Frontale ‡ Gamba Osaka Shimizu S-Pulse Jubilo Iwata Kashima Antlers Nagoya Grampus Eight Oita Trinita Yokohama F-Marinos Sanfrecce Hiroshima JEF United Chiba Omiya Ardija FC Tokyo Albirex Niigata Ventforet Kofu Avispa Fukuoka Cerezo Osaka Kyoto Sanga

34 22 6 6 67 28 72 2-2 3-2 1-0 3-1 4-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 2-1 2-0 2-0 4-0 3-1 3-0 2-1 3-0 3-0 34 20 7 7 84 55 67 0-2 3-2 2-2 3-4 3-2 4-2 2-1 1-1 3-3 2-2 3-1 2-2 6-0 2-0 2-1 1-0 2-0 34 20 6 8 80 48 66 1-1 4-0 3-0 2-2 1-0 5-1 1-3 1-1 3-2 1-0 3-1 1-0 3-0 2-0 2-2 3-1 3-2 34 18 6 10 60 41 60 2-1 4-3 2-3 2-0 1-2 2-0 4-1 1-0 3-0 1-2 1-1 2-0 1-1 4-0 4-0 1-0 1-0 34 17 7 10 68 51 58 3-2 1-2 3-2 1-0 3-3 2-2 2-3 3-1 3-0 3-1 2-1 4-1 7-0 2-0 1-1 3-1 1-1 34 18 4 12 62 53 58 2-2 2-4 3-1 3-1 3-0 2-1 0-1 0-3 0-2 0-4 2-1 3-2 5-1 3-1 4-1 2-0 1-0 34 13 9 12 51 49 48 1-0 0-2 3-3 1-1 3-1 0-0 0-3 1-1 2-3 2-1 2-0 1-2 3-1 5-1 2-0 3-2 1-1 34 13 8 13 47 45 47 2-1 1-1 0-2 3-3 1-2 2-0 0-1 1-2 1-1 0-3 1-2 0-1 4-0 3-2 0-0 1-1 2-1 34 13 6 15 49 43 45 1-3 1-2 3-4 2-3 0-1 2-1 2-1 0-1 2-1 1-1 1-2 1-1 2-0 3-0 0-0 3-1 4-1 34 13 6 15 50 56 45 1-4 1-3 1-3 1-2 2-1 3-4 0-0 0-1 3-0 2-4 1-0 5-2 2-1 1-3 1-0 1-1 1-0 34 13 5 16 57 58 44 2-0 1-2 1-2 1-3 0-0 0-1 2-3 2-1 0-2 0-1 1-3 3-4 1-3 2-2 2-2 2-1 2-0 34 13 5 16 43 55 44 0-2 1-5 0-2 1-0 2-1 0-3 1-4 2-2 2-1 0-1 4-2 0-1 1-2 4-1 2-2 2-0 1-0 34 13 4 17 56 65 43 0-0 5-4 3-2 0-1 3-1 2-4 2-1 2-0 1-2 0-2 2-3 1-2 1-4 1-3 5-1 2-3 2-1 34 12 6 16 46 65 42 2-1 2-1 1-0 4-2 0-2 0-1 2-1 3-3 1-0 1-1 1-2 1-2 2-0 3-0 0-1 2-2 1-1 34 12 6 16 42 64 42 1-1 1-0 3-2 0-2 1-1 2-1 2-1 2-0 1-0 1-0 2-3 3-2 1-3 0-4 1-1 0-1 3-1 34 5 12 17 32 56 27 0-1 1-2 1-1 1-2 2-1 2-1 0-1 0-2 1-3 0-2 1-3 1-1 0-0 2-0 1-1 1-0 4-5 34 6 9 19 44 70 27 1-2 1-3 1-6 1-1 2-3 2-2 1-1 0-2 2-0 4-2 3-2 0-1 1-5 3-1 2-3 0-0 2-2 34 4 10 20 38 74 22 1-5 2-7 1-4 2-1 1-3 1-2 0-1 1-1 0-4 2-2 1-2 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-1 2-1 4-4 4/03/2006 - 2/12/2006 • ‡ Qualified for the AFC Champions League • Relegation play-off: Vissel Kobe 0-0 1-1 Avispa Fukuoka Top scorers: WASHINGTON, Urawa Reds 26; MAGNO ALVES, Gamba Osaka 26; JUNINHO, Kawasaki 20; Hisato SATO, Sanfrecce 18; LUCAS, FC Tokyo 18; Kazuki GANAHA, Kawasaki 18; CHO Jae Jin, Shimizu 16; Ryuji BANDO, Gamba Osaka 16; UESLEI, Sanfrecce 16

FIFA/COCA-COLA WORLD RANKING 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 43

36

31

21

14

20

57

38

34

22

29

17

15

47

High 9

Low

02/98 62 02/00

2006–2007 08/06 09/06 10/06 11/06 12/06 01/07 02/07 03/07 04/07 05/07 06/07 07/07 48

47

46

47

47

46

41

42

46

44

40

36

Tokushima

Thespa

Bellmare

Mito

Ehime

Montedio

A Pts

Verdy

F

Consadole

L

Vegalta

D

Sagan

W

Vissel

Pl

Kashiwa

J.LEAGUE DIVISION 2

Yokohama

JAPAN 2006

2-0 1-0 2-1 0-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 3-1 1-2 3-0 0-0 1-2 1-0 2-1 2-0 2-0 2-0 3-2 2-0 1-1 1-0 0-2 1-0 0-0 Yokohama FC 48 26 15 7 61 32 93 0-1 3-0 2-0 2-5 2-1 2-1 2-1 2-3 4-1 4-1 1-3 2-1 1-0 3-1 1-1 3-1 1-1 4-0 2-1 2-0 4-0 2-1 Kashiwa Reysol 48 27 7 14 84 60 88 2-1 3-3 0-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 1-2 1-1 3-1 2-1 4-2 1-0 1-0 1-0 4-0 2-0 1-0 2-2 0-3 3-2 3-0 4-1 Vissel Kobe † 48 25 11 12 78 53 86 0-0 1-2 1-1 3-4 1-5 1-0 0-1 4-0 1-2 2-0 2-0 1-2 4-1 0-0 0-0 1-0 2-0 2-1 2-1 0-1 2-1 2-0 Sagan Tosu 48 22 13 13 64 49 79 0-0 0-1 2-2 2-1 1-3 0-1 0-2 0-0 3-0 1-2 1-1 0-0 3-1 1-1 4-1 3-1 2-2 4-2 5-1 5-2 1-0 1-1 Vegalta Sendai 48 21 14 13 75 43 77 0-0 1-1 0-1 2-0 0-0 2-1 3-0 0-1 4-0 2-0 2-2 1-1 3-1 1-1 0-1 3-1 4-1 1-5 3-0 2-2 4-2 6-0 Consadole Sapporo 48 20 12 16 77 67 72 0-1 1-2 1-2 2-1 1-6 1-4 2-2 0-2 1-1 3-1 0-1 1-0 1-0 1-4 0-1 1-4 2-0 3-1 3-2 1-1 4-1 4-2 Tokyo Verdy 1969 48 21 8 19 69 75 71 0-2 1-1 2-3 4-1 0-2 5-2 1-1 3-2 2-0 1-1 2-0 1-2 2-2 2-0 3-0 5-1 2-1 1-1 2-1 3-0 2-1 2-1 Montedio Yamagata 48 17 14 17 68 57 65 1-2 2-3 3-0 1-0 0-0 1-1 1-1 1-3 0-3 1-0 0-1 0-0 2-3 0-1 1-1 0-1 1-2 1-2 0-0 1-0 1-0 3-3 Ehime FC 48 14 11 23 51 63 53 1-0 2-2 0-1 3-1 0-2 0-0 1-2 0-2 1-2 1-2 2-1 1-0 0-0 1-2 0-2 2-2 3-0 3-2 2-1 1-1 2-1 2-0 Mito Hollyhock 48 14 9 25 48 69 51 1-0 1-2 0-1 0-1 1-3 1-2 0-0 2-2 0-2 0-0 3-1 0-1 0-1 1-2 1-1 2-0 0-1 0-1 4-3 2-1 5-0 2-4 Shonan Bellmare 48 13 10 25 61 87 49 0-2 0-1 1-2 0-3 2-0 2-2 0-1 1-2 1-0 0-3 2-1 1-6 2-0 3-0 1-1 1-0 1-3 0-2 1-3 1-0 0-2 1-0 Thespa Kusatsu 48 9 15 24 54 86 42 0-0 1-1 0-4 1-1 3-2 1-1 3-4 0-0 0-0 0-2 2-2 0-2 0-4 1-1 3-1 1-1 2-1 2-5 1-0 3-1 2-2 0-0 Tokushima Vortis 48 8 11 29 43 92 35 1-1 0-2 1-0 0-0 3-0 1-2 0-0 1-2 0-4 1-3 0-0 0-0 2-0 2-2 1-4 0-5 0-2 0-1 0-0 1-2 1-1 2-1 2-1 3-1 4/03/2006 - 2/12/2006 • † Qualified for play-off • No clubs relegated • Promotion play-off: Vissel Kobe 0-0 1-1 Avispa Fukuoka Top scorers: BORGES, Vegalta 26; HULK, Consadole 25; LEANDRO, Montedio 23; Tatsunori ARAI, Sagan 23; DIEGO, Kashiwa 21; ALEMAO, Yokohama 18

J P N – J A PA N

417

Honda Lock

Ryutsu

Mitsubishi

Sagawa P

Kariya

Ryukyu

JEF Club

Tottori

Arte

Sony

Tochigi

Alo’s

A Pts

Yokogawa

F

Rosso

L

YKK

D

Sagawa O

W

Sagawa T

Pl

Honda

JAPAN 2006 8TH JAPAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE (JFL) (3)

Honda FC Sagawa Express Tokyo Sagawa Express Osaka YKK AP Rosso Kumamoto Yokogawa Musashino Tochigi SC Alo’s Hokuriku Sony Sendai Arte Takasaki SC Tottori JEF United Club FC Kariya FC Ryukyu Sagawa Printing Ryutsu Keizai Univ. Mitsubishi Mizushima Honda Lock

34 26 5 3 77 36 83 0-3 2-3 2-2 2-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 0-0 4-1 3-3 4-1 2-0 1-0 3-0 4-1 2-0 2-1 34 23 6 5 84 23 75 1-1 1-0 0-0 0-1 1-2 1-2 1-0 0-1 3-1 2-0 3-0 1-1 5-0 1-0 5-1 3-0 2-0 34 23 3 8 68 29 72 0-2 2-2 0-1 1-0 2-1 2-1 1-0 5-0 1-0 3-1 6-0 3-2 1-0 3-0 4-2 2-1 2-1 34 19 10 5 68 34 67 0-1 0-3 2-1 3-1 1-1 1-1 0-0 1-1 5-1 2-1 1-0 2-2 1-0 5-1 2-1 3-0 7-1 34 20 6 8 64 39 66 1-2 2-3 1-0 2-1 2-2 0-1 2-1 3-1 3-2 1-1 1-0 3-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 4-0 2-0 34 17 9 8 58 38 60 0-1 3-4 0-0 2-3 1-1 1-1 0-0 2-1 1-2 2-0 1-0 2-0 5-0 2-0 3-1 1-0 3-0 34 17 9 8 50 35 60 3-2 0-0 0-2 3-0 1-3 4-0 1-2 3-2 1-2 3-2 2-1 0-0 3-2 2-1 3-1 1-0 0-0 34 16 9 9 53 30 57 1-2 3-3 0-2 2-1 1-2 2-2 2-1 4-2 0-1 0-0 1-0 2-0 0-0 3-1 1-1 4-0 4-1 34 10 7 17 48 65 37 2-3 0-1 2-1 0-3 2-1 0-2 0-4 0-0 2-1 0-0 2-4 1-1 1-0 1-1 0-2 4-0 2-3 34 10 7 17 36 62 37 1-2 1-0 1-2 0-2 0-2 1-5 0-0 0-3 2-6 2-2 2-4 1-0 3-1 1-0 2-0 0-4 0-0 34 7 15 12 61 62 36 3-4 0-3 0-0 2-2 2-2 1-3 1-1 1-1 2-1 1-1 3-4 3-4 1-1 2-1 4-1 3-0 7-0 34 11 2 21 52 68 35 0-3 1-3 0-1 0-3 3-1 4-1 2-2 1-2 4-1 2-1 3-4 1-3 0-1 0-3 1-2 1-2 3-1 34 8 8 18 46 63 32 1-2 0-6 0-1 1-3 2-3 0-1 0-2 1-0 2-3 1-1 1-3 2-1 2-1 2-2 5-1 2-3 3-2 34 6 11 17 29 57 29 1-5 0-6 1-1 2-2 1-2 0-0 0-0 2-4 1-2 1-1 3-3 0-1 1-0 2-0 3-0 0-0 0-0 34 7 8 19 32 61 29 1-4 1-3 0-4 1-1 2-4 1-1 2-0 0-1 0-0 0-2 3-1 2-1 0-2 0-0 1-0 1-1 1-3 34 8 4 22 48 83 28 1-2 0-8 2-5 0-2 1-2 2-3 0-1 0-3 3-0 3-0 2-1 3-5 2-2 4-2 1-2 3-2 2-2 34 7 6 21 32 74 27 0-0 0-5 0-6 0-4 0-3 0-2 1-2 0-1 4-2 0-1 2-2 1-1 3-2 0-0 3-1 0-4 4-2 34 5 7 22 39 86 22 4-6 0-1 2-1 1-2 1-5 2-3 0-1 0-5 2-6 1-1 1-1 0-3 1-1 0-1 2-3 3-1 2-1 19/03/2006 - 3/12/2006 • None of the top three clubs qualified for promotion • Relegation play-off: FC Gifu 4-0 1-4 Honda Lock • The two Sagawa Express clubs from Tokyo and Osaka merged for the 2007 season Top scorers: Tetsuya OKUBO, Sagawa Tokyo 26; Junya NITTA, Honda FC 23; Yosuke KOBAYASHI, Yokogawa 23

J.LEAGUE YAMAZAKI NABISCO CUP 2006 Quarter–finals Semi–finals Final

Group Stage Group A

Pts

Urawa Reds Yokohama F.Marinos Avispa Fukuoka FC Tokyo

16 10 5 2

Group B

Pts

JEF United Chiba

2 2

Kawasaki Frontale Kashima Antlers Oita Trinita Kyoto Purple Sanga

15 9 9 3

Kawasaki Frontale *

2 3

Group C

Pts

JEF United Chiba Shimizu S-Pulse Albirex Niigata Sanfrecce Hiroshima

13 8 6 5

Group D

Pts

Gamba Osaka

0 0

Cerezo Osaka Jubilo Iwata Ventforet Kofu Omiya Ardija Nagoya Grampus Eight

12 10 8 7 3

Kashima Antlers *

0 2

JEF United Chiba

5 3

Cerezo Osaka *

2 2

Urawa Reds *

4 1

Kawasaki Frontale

3 2 JEF United Chiba

2

Kashima Antlers

0

Yokohama F.Marinos * 2 2 Jubilo Iwata

CUP FINAL

1 0 Yokohama F.Marinos

0 2

Kashima Antlers *

1 1

Gamba Osaka qualified directly for the knock-out stage due to AFC Champions League commitments • * Home team in the first leg

National Stadium, Tokyo 3-11-2006, Att: 44 704, Ref: Kamikawa Scorers - Mizuno 80, Abe 82 for JEF Utd JEF - Okamoto - Mizumoto, Nakajima, Saito Mizuno, Abe, Sato, Yamagishi, Hanyu (Kudo 83) - Haas (Sakamoto 28), Maki. Tr: Osim Kashima - Sogahata - Araiba, Iwamasa, Oiwa (Motoyama 85), Fabio Santos, Aoki, Masuda, Nozawa, Fukai (Koroki 85), Yanagisawa, Alex Mineiro (Tashiro 85). Tr: Paulo Autori

THE FIFA BIG COUNT OF 2006 Number of players

Male

Female

4 500 506

304 644

Total Referees and Assistant Referees Admin, Coaches, Technical, Medical

189 603

Professionals

976

Amateurs 18+

292 562

Number of clubs

60 000 1 000

Youth under 18

629 140

Number of teams

29 132

Unregistered

3 000 000

Clubs with women’s teams

1 000

Total players

4 805 150

Players as % of population

3.77%

418

PA R T T W O – T H E N AT I O N S O F T H E W O R L D EMPEROR’S CUP 2006

Third Round

Shizuoko FC Mito Hollyhock *

Fourth Round

1 0

Urawa Reds * Shizuoka FC

Kyoto Sanga Avispa Fukuoka *

YKK AP Vissel Kobe *

4 2

Kashiwa Reysol * Hosei University

3 0

Tochigi SC Tokyo Verdy 1969 *

1 0

Banditonce Kobe Yokohama FC *

1 0

Vegalta Sendai * Rosso Kumamoto

1 0

Honda FC * Kochi University

1 0

Consadole Sapporo * Nippon Steel Oita

3 1

Tokushima Vortis * Miyazaki S-K University

4 1

Sagan Tosu * Ritsumeikan University

4 3

Montedio Yamagata * Mitsubishi Mizushima

6 2

Ehime FC * Biwako Seikei

2 0

Thespa Kusatsu * FC Gifu

3 0

Shonan Bellmare * Kansai University

4 1

Fifth Round 5 0

2 1

Kashiwa Reysol Jubilo Iwata *

1 8p 1 9p

Omiya Ardija * Jubilo Iwata

0 1

Shimizu S-Pulse * FC Tokyo

3 2

Nagoya Grampus Eight Kashima Antlers *

1 2

6 4

Banditonce Kobe FC Tokyo *

0 7

Nagoya Grampus Eight * Vegalta Sendai

1 0

Honda FC Kashima Antlers *

0 4

Consadole Sapporo JEF United Ichihara/Chiba *

1 0

Tokushima Vortis Albirex Niigata *

0 2

Kawasaki Frontale * Sagan Tosu

3 0

Montedio Yamagata Ventforet Kofu *

2 3

Yokohama F-Marinos * Ehime FC

1 0

Thespa Kusatsu Oita Trinita *

1 4

Sanfrecce Hiroshima * Cerezo Osaka

3 0

Shonan Bellmare Gamba Osaka * J.2 clubs join in the third round • J.League clubs join in the fourth round • * Home team

3 0

1 3p 1 4p

Omiya Ardija * YKK AP

Shimizu S-Pulse * Tochigi SC

Urawa Reds * Avispa Fukuoka

1 2

Consadole Sapporo * Albirex Niigata

2 8p 2 7p

Kawasaki Frontale * Ventforet Kofu

2 5

Yokohama F-Marinos Oita Trinita *

1 4p 1 2p

Sanfrecce Hiroshima Gamba Osaka *

2 4

J P N – J A PA N

419

EMPEROR’S CUP 2006 Quarter–finals

Urawa Reds * Jubilo Iwata

Semi–finals

3 10p 3 9p

Urawa Reds Kashima Antlers

Shimizu S-Pulse Kashima Antlers *

Final

2 1

2 3

Urawa Reds ‡ Gamba Osaka

Consadole Sapporo Ventforet Kofu *

2 0

Consadole Sapporo Gamba Osaka ††

Yokohama F-Marinos Gamba Osaka *

1 0

1 3

† Played at the National Stadium, Tokyo †† Played at Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka ‡ Qualified for the AFC Champions League

1 2

EMPEROR’S CUP FINAL 2006 National Stadium, Tokyo, 1-01-2007, Att: 46 880 Urawa Reds 1 Yuichiro Nagai 88 Gamba Osaka 0 Urawa - Ryota TSUZUKI - Hajime HOSOGAI•, Hideki UCHIDATE, NENE•, Tadaaki HIRAKAWA (Makoto HASEBE 62) - Keita SUZUKI (Satoshi HORINOUCHI 88), Shinji ONO (Masayuki OKANO 76), Takahito SOMA - Nobuhisa YAMADA, Robson PONTE, Yuichiro NAGAI. Tr: BUCHWALD Guido Gamba - Naoki MATSUYO - Noritada SANEYOSHI, Tsuneyasu MIYAMOTO, Satoru YAMAGUCHI, Akira KAJI• - Tomokazu MYOJIN, Yasuhito ENDO, Akihiro IENAGA•, Takahiro FUTAGAWA - Ryuji BANDO, MAGNO ALVES. Tr: Akira NISHINO

420

PA R T T W O – T H E N AT I O N S O F T H E W O R L D URAWA REDS 2006

Date Opponents Score Comp Scorers 25-02-2006 Gamba Osaka W 3-1 N SC Horinouchi 9, Washington 17, Ponte 51 4-03-2006 Gamba Osaka D 1-1 A JL Washington 2 11-03-2006 Jubilo Iwata W 3-1 H JL Tanaka.MT 33, Santos 42, Ponte 61 18-03-2006 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 4-1 A JL Santos 28, Ponte 32, Suzuki 62, Washington 66 21-03-2006 Cerezo Osaka W 3-0 H JL Ono 47, Washington 57, Tanaka.MT 79 25-03-2006 Yokohama F.Marinos W 3-1 A JL Yamada 43, Washington 48, Hasebe 89 29-03-2006 FC Tokyo W 2-0 H JLCgA Escudero 62, Sakai 89 2-04-2006 Nagoya Grampus Eight D 0-0 H JL 9-04-2006 Avispa Fukuoka W 1-0 A JL Tanaka.MT 89 15-04-2006 Kyoto Purple Sanga W 3-0 H JL Hasebe 55, Washington 2 72 84 12-04-2006 Avispa Fukuoka W 3-1 H JLCgA Horinouchi 25, Yamada 55, Tamaka.MT 83 22-04-2006 Shimizu S-Pulse L 1-2 A JL Washington 42 26-04-2006 Avispa Fukuoka W 3-1 A JLCgA Ono 18, Nagai 27, Hirakawa 38 29-04-2006 Omiya Ardija W 2-0 H JL Washington 32, Nagai 89 3-05-2006 JEF United Chiba L 0-2 A JL 7-05-2006 Kashima Antlers W 4-0 H JL Ono 2 3 46, Washington 2 17 87 14-05-2006 Yokohama F.Marinos W 2-1 A JLCgA Nagai 13, Washington 58 17-05-2006 FC Tokyo D 0-0 A JLCgA 21-05-2006 Yokohama F.Marinos W 4-2 H JLCgA Washington 3 23 43 70, Soma 32 3-06-2006 Kawasaki Frontale W 4-3 H JLCqf Washington 4 9 49 68 73 7-06-2006 Kawasaki Frontale L 1-2 A JLCqf Washington 31 19-07-2006 Albitrex Niigata L 1-2 A JL Yamada 85 22-07-2006 Kawasaki Frontale W 2-0 A JL Tanaka.T 30, Nagai 76 26-07-2006 Oita Trinita W 1-0 H JL Tanaka.T 78 29-07-2006 Ventforet Kofu D 1-1 A JL Santos 75 12-08-2006 FC Tokyo W 4-0 H JL Ono 5, Santos 2 55 71, Tanaka.T 88 19-08-2006 Kashima Antlers D 2-2 A JL Ono 71, Washington 89 23-08-2006 Albirex Niigata W 3-1 H JL Washington 3 22 35 89 26-08-2006 Cerezo Osaka W 2-1 A JL Horinouchi 16, Nagai 68 30-08-2006 Oita Trinita L 1-2 A JL Washington 76 10-09-2006 Omiya Ardija W 2-0 A JL Washington 44, Nagai 89 16-09-2006 Sanfrecce Hiroshima W 2-1 H JL Tanaka.MT 35, Yamada 86 23-09-2006 Shimizu S-Pulse W 1-0 H JL Washington 16 30-09-2006 Kyoto Purple Sanga W 5-1 A JL Tanaka.MT 14, Hirakawa 22, Tanaka.T 40, Yamada 46, Soma 83 7-10-2006 JEF United Chiba W 2-0 H JL Washington 16, Tanaka.MT 58 15-10-2006 Avispa Fukuoka W 2-1 H JL Tanaka.MT 20, Washington 45 21-10-2006 Kawasaki Frontale D 2-2 H JL Washington 19, Ponte 52 28-10-2006 Jubilo Iwata L 2-3 A JL Washington 2 48 70 4-11-2006 Shizuoka FC W 5-0 H ECr4 Tanaka.T 2 5 58, Hasebe 23, Washington 2 47 90 11-11-2006 Yokohama F.Marinos W 1-0 H JL Yamada 33 18-11-2006 Nagoya Grampus Eight L 0-1 A JL 23-11-2006 Ventforet Kofu W 3-0 H JL Washington 2 46 68, Yamada 64 26-11-2006 FC Tokyo D 0-0 A JL 2-12-2006 Gamba Osaka W 3-2 H JL Ponte 27, Washington 2 44 59 16-12-2006 Avispa Fukuoka W 3-0 H ECr5 Ponte 94, Washington 109, Nagai 119 23-12-2006 Jubilo Iwata D 3-3 H ECqf Nagai 55, Ono 2 64 81. W 10-9p 29-12-2006 Kashima Antlers W 2-1 N ECsf Ono 41, Ponte 83 1-01-2007 Gamba Osaka W 1-0 N ECf Nagai 88 SC = XEROX Super Cup • JL = J.League • JLC = J.League Cup • EC = Emperor’s Cup gA = Group A • r4 = fourth round • r5 = fifth round • qf = quarter-final • sf = semi-final • f = final H = Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama • H = Urawa Komaba, Saitama • A = Saitama Stadium 2002, Saitama• N = National Stadium, Tokyo

Att 35 674 20 916 56 512 16 742 43 815 50 572 16 065 44 625 21 545 40 657 14 695 23 406 7 614 54 774 17 438 56 982 34 310 19 098 43 129 19 292 16 342 38 592 23 005 16 040 17 000 50 195 34 236 34 417 23 386 27 843 35 059 39 123 48 378 16 492 48 952 17 541 50 134 16 162 13 636 52 582 32 109 57 781 41 528 62 241 17 675 27 242 35 782 46 880

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KAZ – KAZAKHSTAN PL 15

NATIONAL TEAM RECORD JULY 10TH 2006 TO JULY 12TH 2010 D L F 6 6 13

W 3

A 18

% 40

FIFA/COCA-COLA WORLD RANKING 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 -

153

163

156

107

102

123

120

98

117

136

147

137

135

High

Low

98 12/01 166 05/96

2006–2007 08/06 09/06 10/06 11/06 12/06 01/07 02/07 03/07 04/07 05/07 06/07 07/07 141

120

135

135

135

142

145

143

116

115

119

118

March 24, 2007 may well go down as a significant landmark in the development of football in Kazakhstan. The 2-1 victory over Serbia was the national team’s first competitive victory since joining UEFA and concrete evidence of the improvements made since the move. That the victory came against one of the traditional powers of the European game - albeit in a reduced state from the old Yugoslavia - was even more satisfying for Arno Pijpers’ team. The result was not a one-off either as the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifiers also saw Kazakhstan draw away in Belgium whilst Azerbaijan were held home and away. Kazakhstan also scored in nine consecutive matches INTERNATIONAL HONOURS None

between December 2006 and June 2007 - a new national team record. There were encouraging signs too at club level with Kairat managing to beat Hungary’s Fehérvár in the UEFA Cup, although they were knocked out on away goals. FK Astana (previously Zhenis), also managed by Pijpers, won the 2006 championship thanks largely to an excellent youth programme that is also beginning to reap dividends for the national team. They just missed out on the double, however, losing to FK Almaty - a team created only in 2003 - in the Cup Final. Almaty’s 3-1 victory, thanks to a Jafar Irismetov hat trick, meant a first trophy for the club from the capital. THE FIFA BIG COUNT OF 2006 Number of players Professionals

Male

Female

437 820

72 600 1 450

Total Referees and Assistant Referees Admin, Coaches, Technical, Medical

210 2 950

Amateurs 18+

5 250

Number of clubs

43

Youth under 18

20 500

Number of teams

300

Unregistered

79 600

Clubs with women’s teams

2

Total players

510 420

Players as % of population

3.35%

The Football Union of Kazakhstan (FSK) Satpayev Street 29/3, Almaty 480 072, Kazakhstan Fax +7 3272 921885 [email protected] www.fsk.kz President: AKPAYEV Tlekbek General Secretary: AKHMETOV Askar Vice-President: PIJPERS Arno Treasurer: TBD Media Officer: KAMASHEV Timur Men’s Coach: PIJPERS Arno Women’s Coach: JAMANTAYEV Aitpay FSK formed: 1914 AFC: 1994-2002, UEFA: 2002 FIFA: 1994 Blue shirts with yellow trimmings, Blue shorts, Yellow socks or Yellow shirts with blue trimmings, Yellow shorts, Blue socks

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RECENT INTERNATIONAL MATCHES PLAYED BY KAZAKHSTAN 2002 Opponents Score Venue Comp Scorers 7-07 Estonia D 1-1 Almaty Fr Litvinenko 38 2003 12-02 Malta D 2-2 Ta’Qali Fr Zhumaskaliyev 72, Tarasov 83 27-04 Faroe Islands L 2-3 Toftir Fr Lunev 56, Mumanov 76 29-04 Faroe Islands L 1-2 Tórshavn Fr Lovchev 6p 6-06 Poland L 0-3 Poznan Fr 20-08 Portugal L 0-1 Chaves Fr 2004 18-02 Latvia L 1-3 Larnaca Fr Aksenov 23 19-02 Armenia D 3-3 Paphos Fr Zhumaskaliyev 2 53 75, Finonchenko 76. W 3-2p 21-02 Cyprus L 1-2 Larnaca Fr Uzdenov 68 28-04 Azerbaijan L 2-3 Almaty Fr Karpovich 55, Lunev 77 8-09 Ukraine L 1-2 Almaty WCq Karpovich 34 9-10 Turkey L 0-4 Istanbul WCq 13-10 Albania L 0-1 Almaty WCq 17-11 Greece L 1-3 Piraeus WCq Baltiyev 88 2005 29-01 Japan L 0-4 Yokohama Fr 26-03 Denmark L 0-3 Copenhagen WCq 4-06 Ukraine L 0-2 Kyiv WCq 8-06 Turkey L 0-6 Almaty WCq 17-08 Georgia L 1-2 Almaty WCq Kenzhekhanov 23 3-09 Albania L 1-2 Tirana WCq Nizovtsev 62 7-09 Greece L 1-2 Almaty WCq Zhalmagambetov 53 8-10 Georgia D 0-0 Tbilisi WCq 12-10 Denmark L 1-2 Almaty WCq Kuchma 86 2006 14-02 Jordan D 0-0 Amman Fr 28-02 Finland D 0-0 Larnaca Fr W 3-1p 1-03 Greece L 0-2 Nicosia Fr 2-07 Tajikistan W 4-1 Almaty Fr Zhumaskaliev 22, Familtsev 40, Kuchma 63, Tleshev 90 5-07 Kyrgyzstan W 1-0 Almaty Fr Baltiev 20p 16-08 Belgium D 0-0 Brussels ECq 6-09 Azerbaijan D 1-1 Baku ECq Byakov 36 7-10 Poland L 0-1 Almaty ECq 11-10 Finland L 0-2 Almaty ECq 15-11 Portugal L 0-3 Coimbra ECq 24-12 Singapore D 0-0 Bangkok Fr 26-12 Vietnam L 1-2 Bangkok Fr Finonchenko 57 28-12 Thailand D 2-2 Bangkok Fr Rodionov 66, Ashirbekov 70 2007 7-02 China PR L 1-2 Suzhou Fr Suyumagambetov 14 7-03 Kyrgyzstan W 2-0 Shymkent Fr Byakov 3, Chichulin 68 9-03 Azerbaijan W 1-0 Shymkent Fr Finonchenko 80 11-03 Uzbekistan D 1-1 Shymkent Fr Suyumagambetov 13 24-03 Serbia W 2-1 Almaty ECq Ashirbekov 47, Zhumaskaliyev 61 2-06 Armenia L 1-2 Almaty ECq Baltiev 88p 6-06 Azerbaijan D 1-1 Almaty ECq Baltiev 53 Fr = Friendly match • EC = UEFA EURO 2008 • WC = FIFA World Cup • q = qualifier • BCD = behind closed doors

Att 15 000

Referee Kapanin KAZ

200 Rogalla SUI 420 Jakobsson ISL 800 Bergmann ISL 6 000 Fisker DEN 8 000 Rodriguez Santiago ESP 500 100 300 20 000 23 000 39 900 12 300 31 838

Constantinou CYP Loizou CYP Lajaks LVA Chynybekov KGZ Alves Garcia POR Hrinak SVK Stuchlik AUT Kostadinov BUL

46 941 20 980 45 000 20 000 9 000 3 000 18 000 BCD 8 050

Gilewski POL Lehner AUT Kassai HUN Havrilla SVK Slupik POL Tudor ROU Hyytia FIN Trivkovic CRO

2 000

Kailis CYP

15 495 8 500 22 000 17 863 29 500

Courtney NIR Szabó HUN Trivkovic CRO Briakos GRE Rogalla SUI

19 600 17 100 11 800

Hrinák SVK Kralovec CZE Toussaint LUX

KAZAKHSTAN NATIONAL TEAM RECORDS AND RECORD SEQUENCES Records

Sequence records

Victory

7-0

PAK 1997

Wins

4

1997

Clean sheets

3

1994-1995

Defeat

0-6

TUR 2005

Defeats

13

2004-2005

Goals scored

9

2006-2007

Player Caps

34

BALTIYEV Ruslan

Undefeated

7

2001-2003

Without goal

5

1994-1995

Player Goals

12

ZUBAREV Viktor

Without win

29

2001-2006

Goals against

16

2002-

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423

400 km

RUS

Petropavl

Kostanay Pavlodar Astana Semey Aktobe Oskemen Karagandy

Uralsk Atyrau

ARAL SEA

Aktau

Taraz Almaty Shymkent KGZ UZB

P CAS SE IAN

AZE

Baykonyr Kyzylorda

A

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CHN

TJK

AFG

PAK

REPUBLIC OF KAZAKHSTAN; QAZAQSTAN RESPUBLIKASY Capital Astana Language Kazakh, Russian Independence 1991 Population 15 233 244 Area 2 717 300 km2 Density 5 per km2 % in cities 60% GDP per cap $6300 Dailling code +7 Internet .kz GMT + / - +4

1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 11 12 13

Kairat Almaty Irtysh Pavlodar FK Astana (Ex Zhenis) FK Semey FK Taraz Vostock Oskemen FK Aktobe Kaisar Kyzylorda FK Almaty Dostyk Almaty Tobol Kostanay Yesil-Bogatyr Petropavl FK Atyrau Ekibastuzetc Ordabasy Shymkent

Overall G S B 7 2 3 6 5 3 6 2 1 4 1 2 4 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 2 2 2

League G S B 2 3 5 3 3 3 1 3 1 1 2 1 1

2 3 2 1 2 2 1

MEDALS TABLE Cup Asia/Eur G S G S B City 5 2 Almaty 1 2 Pavlodar 3 2 Astana 1 Semey 1 2 Taraz 1 2 Oskemen 1 Aktobe 1 1 Kyzylorda 1 Almaty 1 Almaty 1 Kostanay 1 Petropavl Atyrau Ekibastuz 1 Shymkent

MAJOR CITIES/TOWNS Population ‘000 1 Almaty 1 227 2 Shymkent 420 3 Karagandy 404 4 Taraz 366 5 Astana 356 6 Pavlodar 330 7 Oskemen 320 8 Semey 291 9 Aktobe 264 10 Uralsk 235 11 Kostanay 231 12 Petropavl 194 13 Temirtau 169 14 Akmechet 169 15 Aktau 167 16 Atyrau 147 17 Ekibastuz 145 18 Kokshetau 123 19 Rudni 117 20 Taldykorgan 107 21 Zhezkazgan 104 22 Turkistan 100 23 Balkhash 81 24 Sarkand 76

Stadium Almaty Centralny Centralny Kazhimukan Munaitpasov Spartak Centralny Vostock Centralny Gany Muratbayeva Almaty Centralny

Cap’ty 26 400 12 000 12 343 11 000 12 000 12 000 13 200 7 000 26 400

DoF 1952 1965 1964

Centralny 5 800 Avangard 12 000 Munayshy 9 000 Shakhtyor 6 300 Munaytpasova 30 000

1967 1968 1980 1979 1998

1961 1963 1967 1968 2003

RECENT LEAGUE AND CUP RECORD Championship Cup Year Champions Pts Runners-up Pts Third Pts Winners Score Runners-up 1995 Yelimay Semey 67 Taraz Zhambul 62 Shakhtyor Karagandy 60 Yelimay Semipal’sk 1-0 Ordabasy Shymkent 1996 Taraz Zhambul 76 Irtysh Pavlodar 74 Yelimay Semey 74 Kairat Almaty 2-0 Vostock Oskemen 1997 Irtysh Pavlodar 56 FC Taraz 56 Kairat Almaty 53 Not played due to season readjustment 1998 Yelimay Semey 63 Batyr Ekibastuz 59 Irtysh Pavlodar 57 Irtysk Pavlodar 2-1 Kaysar Kzyl-Orda 1999 Irtysh Pavlodar 76 Yesil Petropavlovsk 72 Kairat Almaty 64 Kaysar Kzyl-Orda 1-1 2-0p Vostock Oskemen 2000 Zhenis Astana 74 Yesil Petropavlovsk 74 Irtysh Pavlodar 60 Kairat Almaty 5-0 Yesil Petropavlovsk 2001 Zhenis Astana 1-1 5-4p Irtysh Pavlodar 2001 Zhenis Astana 81 FK Atyrau 70 Yesil Petropavlovsk 69 Kairat Almaty 3-1 Zhenis Astana 2002 Irtysh Pavlodar 71 FK Atyrau 63 Tobol Kostanay 52 Zhenis Astana 1-0 Irtysh Pavlodar 2003 Irtysh Pavlodar 78 Tobol Kostanay 76 Zhenis Astana 64 Kairat Almaty 3-1 Tobol Kostanai 2004 Kairat Almaty 83 Irtysh Pavlodar 79 Tobol Kostanay 77 FC Taraz 1-0 Kairat Almaty 2005 Aktobe Lento 70 Tobol Kostanay 69 Kairat Almaty 62 Zhenis Astana 2-1 Kairat Almaty 2006 FK Astana 64 FK Aktobe 60 Tobol Kostanay 56 FK Almaty 3-1 FK Astana Irtysh beat Taraz 1-0 in a play-off in 1997 • Zhenis beat Petropavlovsk 2-0 in a play-off in 2000 • Two cup competitions were held in 2001

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424

F

A Pts

KAZAKHSTAN 2006 CONFERENCE NORTH–EAST (2) Pl W D L F A Pts Avangard Petropavl Asbest Jitikara Bolat Temirtau FK Semey Kazakmis Satpayev Shakhter-Yunost Aksu Stepnogorsk Irtysh-2 Pavlodar Rahat Astana Vostock-2 Oskemen Tobol-2 Kostanay Energetik-2 Pavlodar Batyr Ekibastuz 4/05/2006 - 8/10/2006

24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24 24

16 15 12 12 12 11 10 10 9 9 4 4 2

3 5 8 7 5 5 6 4 6 5 4 2 0

5 4 4 5 7 8 8 10 9 10 16 18 22

39 37 25 46 36 41 32 38 27 33 20 17 13

19 17 12 25 35 25 28 28 26 37 41 47 64

Energetik

Atyrau

L

Yesil

D

Taraz

W

Kairat

2-3 5-0 5-1 2-1 3-0 2-0 2-3 1-2 2-1 3-0 2-1 1-0 3-0 2-0

Pl

Irtysh

FK Astana † 30 19 7 4 45 23 64 1-0 0-2 4-1 1-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 3-1 0-1 0-0 3-1 2-0 3-2 FK Aktobe ‡ 30 18 6 6 48 21 60 2-2 2-0 0-0 3-0 3-0 2-1 1-0 2-0 2-0 1-0 2-0 3-0 3-0 Tobol Kostanay 30 16 8 6 43 22 56 1-0 2-1 3-1 1-1 0-1 3-0 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 1-0 4-1 1-0 Shakhter Karagandy 30 15 5 10 35 24 50 0-1 0-0 1-0 1-0 1-2 1-1 1-0 3-0 2-1 5-0 2-0 3-2 3-1 FK Almaty ‡ 30 13 9 8 36 29 48 1-3 4-2 0-0 1-0 1-0 3-0 2-1 1-0 2-1 0-0 1-1 1-0 1-0 Irtysh Pavlodar 30 13 8 9 34 24 47 0-1 1-2 1-0 1-0 3-2 0-0 1-0 2-2 3-0 1-0 5-0 1-1 0-0 Kairat Almaty 30 12 10 8 39 30 46 1-2 1-2 0-0 1-0 3-2 1-1 3-1 0-0 0-0 2-0 4-0 1-0 2-1 Ekibastuzetc 30 12 6 12 29 28 42 0-0 1-0 2-1 0-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-1 1-0 2-0 1-0 3-1 4-1 Vostock Oskemen 30 9 8 13 33 40 35 2-3 1-2 1-1 1-2 1-1 1-0 1-1 1-0 2-1 3-2 1-0 2-0 1-0 FK Taraz 30 9 6 15 32 34 33 1-2 1-1 2-3 1-0 1-2 1-1 1-2 2-0 2-2 1-0 3-0 3-2 3-0 Okzhetpes Kokshetau 30 8 9 13 23 36 33 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-0 0-1 0-2 1-4 2-1 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-1 1-0 Yesil-Bogatyr Petropavl 30 8 9 13 20 37 33 1-1 0-1 1-2 2-1 1-1 1-0 1-1 2-1 1-0 2-1 1-1 1-0 0-1 Ordabasy Shymkent 30 8 8 14 29 36 32 0-1 2-0 0-2 0-0 0-0 3-1 0-0 0-1 1-0 0-0 2-1 0-0 3-0 FK Atyrau 30 8 5 17 25 47 29 0-1 3-2 2-1 0-2 2-1 0-2 0-1 3-1 3-2 1-0 1-2 0-0 0-0 Kaisar Kyzylorda 30 8 4 18 29 53 28 0-1 0-2 1-1 0-1 1-2 0-0 2-1 0-1 3-1 1-0 3-1 1-1 1-2 1-1 Energetik Pavlodar 30 6 10 16 28 44 26 0-2 1-1 1-2 1-0 1-1 2-3 0-2 2-2 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 3-0 5-0 8/04/2006 - 4/11/2006 • † Qualified for the UEFA Champions League • ‡ Qualified for the UEFA Cup • Matches in bold awarded 3-0 Top scorers: Jafar IRISMETOV, FK Almaty 17; Andrey FINONCHENKO, Shakhter 16; Sergiu ROGACIOV, Aktobe 16

Tobol

Kaisar

Ordabasy

Okzhetpes

Vostock

Ekibast’ts

Shakhter

Almaty

Aktobe

SUPER LEAGUE

Astana

KAZAKHSTAN 2006

3-1 1-0 3-0 1-0 0-1 0-1 3-1 1-0 3-1 2-1 3-1 2-0 5-1 1-1 2-1

2-1

KAZAKHSTAN 2006 CONFERENCE SOUTH–WEST (2) Pl W D L F A Pts Zhetysu Taldykorgan Kaspiy Aktau Gornyak Khromtau Cesna Almaty Temirzholshy Almaty Zhayik Uralsk Zhambil Taraz Aktobe-Zhas Munayli Atyrau Ordabasy-2 Shymkent Koksu Taldykorgan Universitet Turkistan Kaisar-Jas Kyzylorda Zhastar Uralsk 4/05/2006 - 8/10/2006

51 50 44 43 41 38 36 34 33 32 16 14 6

26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26 26

25 19 17 16 15 16 9 10 6 7 6 5 4 3

1 3 1 4 5 1 8 3 7 3 2 4 3 3

0 4 8 6 6 9 9 13 13 16 18 17 19 20

119 63 40 64 39 56 35 43 25 34 32 29 23 12

14 20 25 30 25 31 30 50 48 65 59 57 71 89

76 60 52 52 50 49 35 33 25 24 20 19 15 12

FOOTBALL CUP OF KAZAKHSTAN 2006 Second round FK Almaty * FK Taraz

3 2

FK Atyrau * Tobol Kostanay

0 2

Energetik Pavlodar Kairat Almaty *

Quarter–finals

Semi–finals

FK Almaty

2 1

Tobol Kostanay *

2 0

3 4p 3 3p Energetik Pavlodar *

0 1

Irtysh Pavlodar

2 0

Yesil-Bogatyr Petropavl Irtysh Pavlodar *

0 1

Shakhter Karagandy * Zhetysu Taldykorgan

4 1

Ordabasy Shymkent FK Aktobe *

1 5

Okzhetpes Kokshetau Ekibastuzetc *

3 1

Vostock-2 Oskemen FK Astana *

0 3

Shakhter Karagandy

1 1

FK Aktobe *

2 0

Final

FK Almaty

1 2

Irtysh Pavlodar *

3 0

3

FK Astana

1

CUP FINAL Shakhter Karagandy *

2 1

FK Astana

2 1

Okzhetpes Kokshetau* 0 0 FK Astana

FK Almaty

0 1 * Home team in first leg • ‡ Qualified for the UEFA Cup

Centralny, Almaty 8-11-2006, Att: 4 700, Ref: Hrinák (SVK) Scorers - Irismetov 3 45 103 108 for Almaty; Jalmaghambetov 85 for Astana

PA R T T H R E E

THE CONTINENTAL CONFEDERATIONS

CONMEBOL

909

CONMEBOL CONFEDERACION SUDAMERICANA DE FUTBOL In the 1980s the Copa América was in very real danger of disappearing from the calendar. In an effort to revive its fortunes, the South American football confederation decided that, from 1987, the tournament would do a tour of the continent with all ten members of the South American confederation taking a turn to host the competition. It was a decision that saved the Copa América, and in 2007 Venezuela brought that cycle to an end as hosts for the first time in their history. The tournament was a resounding success with capacity crowds enjoying some of the most entertaining football in the history of the Copa América. Argentina, in particular, were a joy to watch, scoring 16 goals in their first five games as they set out to win the title for the first time since 1993. In the final they faced a Brazil team under new coach Carlos Dunga, and without Kaká and Ronaldinho, but that made little difference as the Brazilians ran out comfortable 3-0 winners, countering Argentina’s flair with the kind of pragmatic football that won Brazil the World Cup in 1994 when THE FIFA BIG COUNT OF 2006 FOR SOUTH AMERICA Number of players

Male

Female

24 703

3 074

Total Referees and Assistant Referees Admin, Coaches, Technical, Medical

32 000

Professionals

25 000

Amateurs 18+

980 000

Number of clubs

136 000 47 000

Youth under 18

2 346 000

Number of teams

162 000

Unregistered

24 018 000

Clubs with women’s teams

1 000

Total involved in football

27 946 000

Players as % of population

7.47%

Dunga was captain. For Argentina, defeat left a famous generation of players, including Veron, Crespo, Ayala and Zanetti, without a single international trophy to show for their efforts. There was better news for Argentina in the Copa Libertadores when Boca Juniors beat Grêmio in the final to move to within one win of Independiente’s record haul of seven titles. Boca have now established themselves as the top club on the continent with four victories in eight editions of the Copa Libertadores since the start of the decade, the most sustained period of success that any club has managed to achieve since the early 1970s. South America’s other major club tournament was won by Pachuca who beat Chile’s Colo Colo in the final of the Copa Sudamericana - the first time a Mexican club has won a South American club title since they were first invited to compete in 1998. On the world stage there was success for Argentina in the FIFA U–20 World Cup and for Internacional in the FIFA Club World Cup, where they beat European champions Barcelona 1-0 in the final. Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL) Autopista Aeropuerto Internacional y Leonismo Luqueño, Luque, Gran Asuncion, Paraguay Tel +595 21 645781 Fax +595 21 645791 [email protected] www.conmebol.com President: LEOZ Nicolás, Dr PAR General Secretary: DELUCA Eduardo ARG CONMEBOL Formed: 1916 CONMEBOL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE President: LEOZ Nicolás, Dr PAR Vice-President: FIGUEREDO Eugenio URU General Secretary: DELUCA Eduardo ARG

Treasurer: OSUNA Romer BOL

DIRECTORS OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

ESQUIVEL Rafael VEN CHEDID Nabí Abí BRA

DELFINO Nicolás PER CHIRIBOGA Luis ECU ABDALAH José CHI

HARRISON Oscar PAR FINA Alvaro COL

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PAR

CHI

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SOUTH AMERICAN TOURNAMENTS COPA AMERICA Year Host Country Winners Score Runners-up Venue 1910 Argentina †† Argentina 4-1 Uruguay ‡ Racing Club, Buenos Aires 1916 Argentina † Uruguay 0-0 Argentina ‡ Racing Club, Buenos Aires 1917 Uruguay Uruguay 1-0 Argentina ‡ Parque Pereira, Montevideo 1919 Brazil Brazil 1-0 Uruguay § Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro 1920 Chile Uruguay 1-1 Argentina * Sporting Club, Vina del Mar 1921 Argentina Argentina 1-0 Brazil * Sportivo Barracas, Buenos Aires 1922 Brazil Brazil 3-0 Paraguay § Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro 1923 Uruguay Uruguay 2-0 Argentina ‡ Parque Central, Montevideo 1924 Uruguay Uruguay 0-0 Argentina ‡ Parque Central, Montevideo 1925 Argentina Argentina 2-2 Brazil ‡ Bombonera, Buenos Aires 1926 Chile Uruguay 2-0 Argentina * Sport de Nunoa, Santiago 1927 Peru Argentina 3-2 Uruguay * Estadio Nacional, Lima 1929 Argentina Argentina 4-1 Paraguay * San Lorenzo, Buenos Aires 1935 Peru † Uruguay 3-0 Argentina ‡ Estadio Nacional, Lima 1937 Argentina Argentina 2-0 Brazil ‡ San Lorenzo, Buenos Aires 1939 Peru Peru 2-1 Uruguay ‡ Estadio Nacional, Lima 1941 Chile † Argentina 1-0 Uruguay * Estadio Nacional, Santiago 1942 Uruguay Uruguay 1-0 Argentina ‡ Centenario, Montevideo 1945 Chile † Argentina 3-1 Brazil * Estadio Nacional, Santiago 1946 Argentina † Argentina 2-0 Brazil ‡ Monumental, Buenos Aires 1947 Ecuador Argentina 6-0 Paraguay * Estadio Capwell, Guayaquil 1949 Brazil Brazil 7-0 Paraguay § Sao Januario, Rio de Janeiro 1953 Lima Paraguay 3-2 Brazil § Estadio Nacional, Lima 1955 Chile Argentina 1-0 Chile ‡ Estadio Nacional, Santiago 1956 Uruguay † Uruguay 1-0 Argentina ‡ Centenario, Montevideo 1957 Peru Argentina 3-0 Brazil ‡ Estadio Nacional, Lima 1959 Argentina Argentina 1-1 Brazil ‡ Monumental, Buenos Aires 1959 Ecuador † Uruguay 5-0 Argentina * Modelo, Guayaquil 1963 Bolivia Bolivia 5-4 Brazil ‡ Felix Capriles, Cochabamba 1967 Uruguay Uruguay 1-0 Argentina ‡ Centenario, Montevideo 1975 Peru 0-1 2-0 1-0 Colombia Bogota, Lima, Caracas 1979 Paraguay 3-0 0-1 0-0 Chile Asuncion, Santiago, Buenos Aires 1983 Uruguay 2-0 1-1 Brazil Montevideo & Salvador 1987 Argentina Uruguay 1-0 Chile Monumental, Buenos Aires 1989 Brazil Brazil 1-0 Uruguay ‡ Maracana, Rio de Janeiro 1991 Chile Argentina 3-2 Brazil * Estadio Nacional, Santiago 1993 Ecuador Argentina 2-1 Mexico Monumental, Guayaquil 1995 Uruguay Uruguay 1-1 5-3p Brazil Centenario, Montevideo 1997 Bolivia Brazil 3-1 Bolivia Hernando Siles, La Paz 1999 Paraguay Brazil 3-0 Uruguay Defensores del Chaco, Asuncion 2001 Colombia Colombia 1-0 Mexico El Campin, Bogota 2004 Peru Brazil 2-2 4-2p Argentina Estadio Nacional, Lima 2007 Venezuela Brazil 3-0 Argentina Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo † Extraordinario tournaments are recognised as official tournaments though the teams did not compete for the Copa America • †† Unofficial tournament that is not part of the official records • ‡ Tournament played on a league system. The final game was between the top two teams ** Tournament played on a league system. The game listed between the top two teams was not the final match in the tournament • § Tournament played on a league system. The game listed was a play-off after the top two teams finished level on points.

Following the demise of the British International Championship, the Copa América is now the longest-running international competition in the world, dating back to 1916 though some historians like to point to a tournament played in 1910 that was referred to at the time as the “South American Championship”. Argentina and Uruguay have always been the most enthusiastic proponents of the Copa América and each has been champions 14 times lending credence to the belief among many

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South Americans that the real home of football on the continent lies around the River Plate estuary and the cities of Montevideo and Buenos Aires and not further north in Brazil. In the first 33 editions spanning 73 years the Brazilians won the title just three times and never outside of Rio de Janeiro. Aside from these three, Peru in 1939 and 1975, and Paraguay in 1953 and 1979, have been champions twice while Bolivia in 1963 and Colombia in 2001 have both won the title once. Only Venezuela, Ecuador and Chile have failed to win it. Historically the tournament has usually been played on a league system although since the 1970s a group stage followed by knock-out rounds has been the preferred format. Another innovation has been the invitation extended to Mexico to take part since 1993, along with another guest, most commonly Costa Rica or the USA. Now held every two years the Copa América has finally caught the imagination of the Brazilians and in recent years they have been the most successful nation winning three of the past four editions and their 1997 triumph in Bolivia was their first away from home. The past three FIFA World Cup qualifying campaigns in South America, in which each of the ten nations plays each other home and away, has to a certain extent cast a shadow over the Copa América. It is difficult to argue against the fact that the top team, at the end of what amounts to a three-year campaign, should be regarded as the best team on the continent rather than the Copa America champions. However, the Copa América remains an important landmark in the fixture list and it rarely fails to entertain. SOUTH AMERICAN WOMEN’S CHAMPIONSHIP Year 1991 1995 1998 2003 2006

Host Country Brazil Brazil Argentina Peru Argentina

Winners Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Argentina

Score 6-1 2-0 7-1 3-2 2-0

Runners-up Chile Argentina Argentina Argentina Brazil

Venue ‡ Maringá Uberlândia Mar del Plata ** Lima ‡ Mar de Plata

‡ Tournament played on a league system. The final game was between the top two teams • ** Tournament played on a league system. The game listed between the top two teams was not the final match in the tournament. SOUTH AMERICAN WOMEN’S U-20 CHAMPIONSHIP Year Host Country 2004 2006 Chile

Winners Brazil Brazil

Score 5-2 1-0

Runners-up Paraguay Argentina

Venue Sausalito, Viña del Mar

‡ Tournament played on a league system. The final game was between the top two teams

The South American Women’s Championship was introduced in 1991 as a qualifying tournament for the FIFA Women’s World Cup and has been played as such ever since. Brazil have dominated since the start, a pattern that has continued in the under 20 competition which was introduced in 2004 to tie in with the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup. SOUTH AMERICA PRE-OLIMPICO Year Host Country Winners Runners-up 1960 Peru Argentina Peru 1964 Peru Argentina Brazil 1968 Colombia Brazil Colombia 1971 Colombia Brazil Colombia 1976 Brazil Brazil Uruguay 1980 Colombia Argentina Colombia 1984 Ecuador Brazil Chile 1987 Bolivia Brazil Argentina 1992 Paraguay Paraguay Colombia 1996 Argentina Brazil Argentina 2000 Brazil Brazil Chile 2004 Chile Argentina Paraguay Open to non-professionals only prior to 1984 • The 1987 tournament was open to any player who had not played in a FIFA World Cup™ match • Since 1992 it has been an U-23 tournament

SUDAMERICANA SUB-17 Year 1985 1986 1988 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999 2002 2003 2005 2007

Host Country Argentina Peru Ecuador Paraguay Colombia Peru Paraguay Uruguay Peru Bolivia Venezuela Ecuador

Winners Argentina Bolivia Brazil Brazil Colombia Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Argentina Brazil Brazil

Runners-up Brazil Brazil Argentina Uruguay Chile Argentina Argentina Paraguay Argentina Brazil Uruguay Colombia

From 1985-1988 the championship was a U-16 tournament but since 1991 it has operated as an U-17 championship

S O U T H A M E R I C A N TO U R N A M E N T S SUDAMERICANA SUB-20

SUDAMERICANA SUB-20 Winners Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay Argentina Paraguay Brazil Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay Brazil Brazil

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Year 1954 1958 1964 1967 1971 1974 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985

Host Country Venezuela Chile Colombia Paraguay Paraguay Chile Peru Venezuela Uruguay Ecuador Bolivia Paraguay

Runners-up Brazil Argentina Paraguay Paraguay Uruguay Uruguay Chile Brazil Argentina Brazil Uruguay Paraguay

Year 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997

Winners Racing Club Boca Juniors Olimpia Cruzeiro Cruzeiro São Paulo FC Independiente Independiente Velez Sarsfield River Plate

Country ARG ARG PAR BRA BRA BRA ARG ARG ARG ARG

Year 1998 1999 2000 2001

Winners Palmeiras Flamengo Vasco da Gama San Lorenzo

Country BRA BRA BRA ARG

Year 1998 1999 2000 2001

Winners Atlético Nacional Medellin América Cali Atlético Nacional Medellin Millonários

Country COL COL COL COL

Year 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Winners Atlético Mineiro Botafogo São Paulo FC Rosario Central Lanús Atlético Mineiro Santos Talleres Córdoba

Country BRA BRA BRA ARG ARG BRA BRA ARG

Year 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Winners San Lorenzo Cienciano Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Pachuca

Country ARG PER ARG ARG MEX

Year 1987 1988 1991 1992 1995 1997 1999 2001 2003 2005 2007

Host Country Colombia Argentina Venezuela Colombia Bolivia Chile Argentina Ecuador Uruguay Colombia Paraguay

Winners Colombia Brazil Brazil Brazil Brazil Argentina Argentina Brazil Argentina Colombia Brazil

Runners-up Brazil Colombia Argentina Uruguay Argentina Brazil Uruguay Argentina Brazil Brazil Argentina

SUPERCOPA JOAO HAVELANGE Score 2-1 1-1 0-0 0-0 5-3p 3-0 3-3 0-2 3-0 4-0 0-1 2-2 2-2 5-3p 1-1 1-0 2-0 0-1 1-0 2-0 0-0 2-1

Country BRA ARG URU ARG ARG BRA ARG BRA BRA BRA

Runners-up Cruzeiro Independiente Nacional Montevideo River Plate Racing Club Flamengo Boca Juniors Flamengo Cruzeiro São Paulo FC

Country BRA BRA BRA BRA

Runners-up Cruzeiro Palmeiras Palmeiras Flamengo

Country COL COL COL ECU

Runners-up Deportivo Cali Independiente Santa Fé Millonarios Emelec

Country PAR URU URU BRA COL ARG ARG BRA

Runners-up Olimpia Peñarol Peñarol Atlético Mineiro Independiente Santa Fé Lanús Rosario Central CSA

Country COL ARG BOL MEX CHI

Runners-up Atlético Nacional Medellin River Plate Bolivar Pumas UNAM Colo Colo

COPA MERCOSUR Score 1-2 3-1 1-0 4-3 2-0 0-1 4-3 0-0 1-1 4-3p

COPA MERCONORTE Score 3-1 1-0 1-2 1-0 0-0 2-1 1-1 1-1 3-1p

COPA CONMEBOL Score 2-0 0-1 1-1 2-2 3-1p 6-1 0-3 0-4 4-0 4-3p 2-0 0-1 4-1 1-1 1-0 0-0 2-4 3-0

COPA SUDAMERICANA Score 4-0 0-0 3-3 1-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 1-1 4-3p 1-1 2-1

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Year 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

Winners Peñarol Peñarol Santos Santos Independiente Independiente Peñarol Racing Club Estudiantes LP Estudiantes LP Estudiantes LP Nacional Montevideo Independiente Independiente Independiente Independiente Cruzeiro Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Olimpia Nacional Montevideo Flamengo Peñarol Grêmio Independiente Argentinos Juniors River Plate Peñarol Nacional Montevideo Atlético Nacional Medellín Olimpia Colo Colo São Paulo FC São Paulo FC Velez Sarsfield Grêmio River Plate Cruzeiro Vasco da Gama Palmeiras Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Olimpia Boca Juniors Once Caldas São Paulo FC Internacional Boca Juniors

Country Score Country URU 1-0 1-1 PAR URU 1-0 1-1 BRA BRA 2-1 2-3 3-0 URU BRA 3-2 2-1 ARG ARG 0-0 1-0 URU ARG 1-0 1-3 4-1 URU URU 2-0 2-3 4-2 ARG ARG 0-0 0-0 2-1 URU ARG 2-1 1-3 2-0 BRA ARG 1-0 2-0 URU ARG 1-0 0-0 URU URU 0-1 1-0 2-0 ARG ARG 0-0 2-1 PER ARG 1-1 0-0 2-1 CHI ARG 1-2 2-0 1-0 BRA ARG 0-1 3-1 2-0 CHI BRA 4-1 1-2 3-2 ARG ARG 1-0 0-1 0-0 5-4p BRA ARG 0-0 4-0 COL PAR 2-0 0-0 ARG URU 0-0 1-0 BRA BRA 2-1 0-1 2-0 CHI URU 0-0 1-0 CHI BRA 1-1 2-1 URU ARG 1-0 0-0 BRA ARG 1-0 0-1 1-1 5-4p COL ARG 2-1 1-0 COL URU 0-2 2-1 1-0 COL URU 0-1 3-0 ARG COL 0-2 2-0 5-4p PAR PAR 2-0 1-1 ECU CHI 0-0 3-0 PAR BRA 1-0 0-1 3-2p ARG BRA 5-1 0-2 CHI ARG 1-0 0-1 5-3p BRA BRA 3-1 1-1 COL ARG 0-1 2-0 COL BRA 0-0 1-0 PER BRA 2-0 2-1 ECU BRA 0-1 2-1 4-3p COL ARG 2-2 0-0 4-2p BRA ARG 1-0 0-1 3-1p MEX PAR 0-1 2-1 4-2p BRA ARG 2-0 3-1 BRA COL 0-0 1-1 2-0p ARG BRA 1-1 4-0 BRA BRA 2-1 2-2 BRA ARG 3-0 2-0 BRA

Runners-up Olimpia Palmeiras Peñarol Boca Juniors Nacional Montevideo Peñarol River Plate Nacional Montevideo Palmeiras Nacional Montevideo Peñarol Estudiantes LP Universitario Colo Colo São Paulo FC Union Española River Plate Cruzeiro Deportivo Cali Boca Juniors Internacional PA Cobreloa Cobreloa Peñarol Grêmio América Cali América Cali América Cali Newell's Old Boys Olimpia Barcelona Olimpia Newell's Old Boys Universidad Catolica São Paulo FC Atlético Nacional Medellin América Cali Sporting Cristal Barcelona Deportivo Cali Palmeiras Cruz Azul São Caetano Santos Boca Juniors Atlético Paranaense São Paulo FC Grêmio

There are currently two club tournaments held in South America with the Copa Libertadores held in the first half of the year and the Copa Sudamericana towards the end. The Copa Libertadores is the senior of the two and has been held annually since 1960. The Copa Sudamericana is the latest in a long line of secondary tournaments following on from the Supercopa João Havelange, the Copa Mercosur and the Copa Merconorte. In the 1990s there was even a third tournament, the Copa CONMEBOL, but that lasted just eight years.

S O U T H A M E R I C A N TO U R N A M E N T S COPA AMERICA MEDALS TABLE Country G S B F SF 1 Argentina 14 12 4 3 4 2 Uruguay 14 6 7 4 8 3 Brazil 8 11 7 6 8 4 Paraguay 2 5 8 1 2 5 Peru 2 4 1 4 6 Colombia 1 1 3 2 6 7 Bolivia 1 1 1 1 8 Chile 4 5 2 3 9 Mexico 2 3 2 5 10 Honduras 1 1 11 Ecuador 1 United States 1 42 42 42 22 42 This table represents the Gold (winners), Silver (runners-up) and Bronze (semi-finalists) placings of nation in the Copa América, along with the number of appearances in the final and semi-finals. It does not include the 1910 tournament and does not distinguish between official and extraordinario tournaments

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COPA LIBERTADORES MEDALS TABLE Country G S B F Argentina 21 8 30 29 Brazil 13 13 20 26 Uruguay 8 7 17 15 Paraguay 3 3 13 6 Colombia 2 7 18 9 Chile 1 5 13 6 Peru 2 6 2 Ecuador 2 9 2 Mexico 1 4 1 Bolivia 3 Venezuela 3 48 48 136 96

SF 59 46 32 19 27 19 8 11 5 3 3 232

This table represents the Gold (winners), Silver (runners-up) and Bronze (semi-finalists) placings of clubs representing the above countries in the Copa Libertadores, along with the number of appearances in the final and semi-finals

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

COPA LIBERTADORES Country Independiente Boca Juniors Peñarol Nacional Montevideo Olimpia São Paulo FC Estudiantes La Plata River Plate Grêmio Santos FC Cruzeiro

MEDALS TABLE G S ARG 7 ARG 6 3 URU 5 4 URU 3 3 PAR 3 3 BRA 3 3 ARG 3 1 ARG 2 2 BRA 2 2 BRA 2 1 BRA 2 1

B 5 3 10 6 5 2 1 11 2 3 2

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COPA SUDAMERICANA MEDALS TABLE Country G S B F Argentina 3 1 1 4 Mexico 1 1 1 2 Peru 1 1 Bolivia 1 1 1 Colombia 1 1 1 Chile 1 1 1 Brazil 3 Ecuador 1 Uruguay 1 5 5 10 10

SF 5 3 1 2 2 2 3 1 1 20

This table represents the Gold (winners), Silver (runners-up) and Bronze (semi-finalists) placings of clubs representing the above countries in the Copa Merconorte, along with the number of appearances in the final and semi-finals

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COPA SUDAMERICANA Country Boca Juniors Cienciano Pachuca San Lorenzo Atlético Nacional Medellin Bolivar Colo Colo Pumas UNAM River Plate Atlético Paranaense Internacional LDU Quito Nacional Montevideo São Paulo FC Universidad Catolica Toluca Velez Sarsfield

MEDALS TABLE G S ARG 2 PER 1 MEX 1 ARG 1 COL 1 BOL 1 CHI 1 MEX 1 ARG 1 BRA BRA ECU URU BRA CHI MEX ARG 5 5

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PAST SOUTH AMERICAN PLAYER OF THE YEAR AWARDS Historically there have been two different awards for South American Footballer of the Year. From 1971 until 1992 El Mundo newspaper in Caracas awarded the accolade which was open to South Americans playing anywhere in the world. Since 1986 El Pais of Montevideo has given the award to the best South American playing within the Americas. PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1971 TOSTAO Cruzeiro BRA PASTORIZA Omar Independiente ARG ARTIME Luis Nacional ARG CUBILLAS Teófilo Alianza PER GERSON São Paulo FC BRA PELE Santos BRA MAZURKIEWICZ Lad. Atlético MG URU JAIRZINHO Botafogo BRA RIVELINO Roberto Corinthians BRA CHUMPITAZ Hector Universitario PAR

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PLAYER OF CUBILLAS Teófilo PELE JAIRZINHO TOSTAO ADEMIR da Guia M. CASTILLO Julio ALONSO Norberto FIGUEROA Elias FISCHER Rodolfo REINOSO Carlos

THE YEAR 1972 Alianza PER Santos BRA Botafogo BRA Vasco BRA Palmeiras BRA Peñarol URU River Plate ARG Internacional CHI Botafogo ARG América, Mex CHI

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PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1973 PELE Santos BRA BRINDISI Miguel Huracán ARG RIVELINO Roberto Corinthians BRA MORENA Fernando Peñarol URU CASZELY Carlos Colo Colo CHI FIGUEROA Elias Internacional CHI JAIRZINHO Botafogo BRA SOTIL Hugo CF Barcelona PER AYALA Ruben Atlético Madrid ARG Two players with five votes

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PA S T S O U T H A M E R I C A N P L AY E R O F T H E Y E A R A W A R D S PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1974 FIGUEROA Elias Internacional CHI MARINHO Francisco Botafogo BRA BABINGTON Carlos Wattenschied ARG PEREIRA Luis Palmeiras BRA PELE Santos BRA MORENA Fernando Peñarol URU BOCHINI Ricardo Independiente ARG HOUSEMAN Rene Huracán ARG CASZELY Carlos Levante CHI RIVELINO Fluminense BRA

PLAYER OF ZICO RIVELINO Roberto FIGUEROA Elias PELE FILLOL Ubaldo BOCHINI Ricardo CUBILLAS Teófilo GATTI Hugo BERTONI Daniel HOUSEMAN Rene

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THE YEAR 1977 Flamengo BRA Fluminense BRA Palestino CHI NY Cosmos BRA River Plate ARG Independiente ARG Alianza PER Boca Juniors ARG Independiente ARG Huracán ARG

PLAYER OF THE YEAR MARADONA Diego Argentinos J ZICO Flamengo VICTORINO Waldemar Nacional FILLOL Ubaldo River Plate PAZ Ruben Peñarol PASSARELLA Daniel River Plate TONINHO CEREZO Atlético MG SOCRATES Corinthians RODRIGUES Rodolfo Nacional ROMERO Julio Cesar NY Cosmos

1980 ARG BRA URU ARG URU ARG BRA BRA URU PAR

PLAYER OF SOCRATES FILLOL Ubaldo EDER MORENA Fernando DIOGO Victor GARECA Ricardo RODRIGUEZ Rodolfo AGUILERA Ramon JUNIOR PAZ Ruben

1983 BRA ARG BRA URU URU ARG URU URU BRA URU

THE YEAR Corinthians Argentinos J Atlético MG Peñarol Peñarol Boca Juniors Santos Nacional Flamengo Peñarol

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1986 MARADONA Diego Napoli ARG CARECA São Paulo FC BRA SANCHEZ Hugo Real Madrid MEX BURRUCHAGA Jorge FC Nantes ARG ROMERO Julio Cesar Fluminense PAR VALDANO Jorge Real Madrid ARG FRANCESCOLI Enzo Racing Paris URU JOSIMAR Botafogo BRA RUGGERI Oscar River Plate ARG NEGRETE Manuel Sporting CL MEX

PLAYER OF FIGUEROA Elias ALONSO Norberto MORENA Fernando NELINHO PEREIRA Luis SOTIL Hugo SCOTTA Horacio CUBILLAS Teófilo BOCHINI Ricardo LEIVINHA

THE YEAR 1975 Internacional CHI River Plate ARG Peñarol URU Cruzeiro BRA Atlético Madrid BRA CF Barcelona ARG San Lorenzo ARG FC Porto PER Independiente ARG Atlético Madrid BRA

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PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1976 FIGUEROA Elias Palestino CHI ZICO Flamengo BRA RIVELINO Roberto Fluminense BRA GATTI Hugo Boca Juniors ARG PEREIRA Luis Atlético Madrid BRA MORENA Fernando Peñarol URU PASSARELLA Daniel River Plate ARG PAULO CESAR Fluminense BRA ALONSO Norberto River Plate ARG LEIVINHA Atlético Madrid BRA

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PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1978 KEMPES Mario Valencia ARG FILLOL Ubaldo River Plate ARG DIRCEU Guimaraes América, Mex BRA PASSARELLA Daniel River Plate ARG CUBILLAS Teófilo Alianza PER FIGUEROA Elias Palestino CHI BOCHINI Ricardo Independiente ARG CUETO César Alianza PER RIVELINO Roberto Fluminense BRA ARDILES Osvaldo Tottenham ARG

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PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1979 MARADONA Diego Argentinos J ARG ROMERO Julio Cesar Sp. Luqueño PAR FALCAO Roberto Internacional BRA FILLOL Ubaldo River Plate ARG ZICO Flamengo BRA MORENA Fernando Rayo Vallecano URU CASZELY Carlos Colo Colo CHI PASSARELLA Daniel River Plate ARG KEMPES Mario Valencia ARG DIAZ Ramón River Plate ARG

80 40 29 26 15 13 11 9 9 7

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1981 ZICO Flamengo BRA MARADONA Diego Boca Juniors ARG JUNIOR Flamengo BRA URIBE Julio Sporting Cristal PER YANEZ Patricio San Luis CHI PASSARELLA Daniel River Plate ARG FALCAO Roberto Roma BRA SOCRATES Corinthians BRA FIGUEROA Elias Ft Lauderdale CHI PAZ Ruben Peñarol URU

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PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1984 FRANCESCOLI Enzo River Plate URU FILLOL Ubaldo Flamengo ARG BOCHINI Ricardo Independiente ARG RODRIGUEZ Rodolfo Santos URU GARECA Ricardo Boca Juniors ARG DE LEON Hugo Grêmio URU BURRUCHAGA Jorge Independiente ARG MARCICO Alberto FC Oeste ARG DIOGO Victor Palmeiras URU MORENA Fernando Peñarol URU

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1987 VALDERRAMA Carlos Deportivo Cali COL CABANAS Roberto América Cali PAR ALZAMENDI Antonio River Plate URU AGUIRRE Diego Peñarol URU ROJAS Roberto Colo Colo CHI MARANGONI Claudio Independiente ARG PERDOMO Jose Peñarol URU LETELIER Juan Carlos Cobreloa CHI REDIN Bernardo Deportivo Cali COL RODRIGUEZ Rodolfo Santos URU

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1982 ZICO Flamengo BRA FALCAO Roberto Roma BRA MARADONA Diego Barcelona ARG MORENA Fernando Peñarol URU JUNIOR Flamengo BRA SOCRATES Corinthians BRA PASSARELLA Daniel Fiorentina ARG SANCHEZ Hugo Atlético Madrid MEX

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PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1985 ROMERO Julio Cesar Fluminense PAR FRANCESCOLI Enzo River Plate URU BORGHI Claudio Argentinos J ARG CABANAS Roberto América Cali PAR CASAGRANDE Walter Corinthians BRA FERNANDEZ Roberto América Cali PAR ZICO Flamengo BRA BATISTA Daniel Argentinos J ARG RENATO GAUCHO Grêmio BRA RODRIGUEZ Rodolfo Santos URU

PLAYER OF PAZ Ruben DE LEON Hugo GEOVANI SILVA TAFFAREL Claudio FABBRI Nestor REDIN Bernardo BATISTA Daniel URIBE Julio POLILLA

THE YEAR 1988 Racing Club URU Nacional URU Vasco BRA Internacional BRA Racing Club ARG Deportivo Cali COL River Plate ARG Sporting Cristal PER River Plate BRA

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PLAYER OF MARADONA Diego SOSA Ruben BEBETO ROMARIO CARECA HIGUITA Rene BATISTA Daniel ALEMAO DUNGA Carlos REDIN Bernardo

THE YEAR 1989 Napoli ARG Lazio URU Vasco BRA PSV BRA Napoli BRA At. Nacional COL River Plate ARG Napoli BRA Fiorentina BRA Deportivo Cali COL

PLAYER OF THE YEAR MARADONA Diego Napoli CANIGGIA Claudio Atalanta HIGUITA Rene At. Nacional CARECA Napoli ALEMAO Napoli GOYCOECHEA Sergio Racing Club SANCHEZ Hugo Real Madrid CONEJO Luis Albacete VALDERRAMA Carlos Montpellier

PLAYER OF MARADONA Diego BEBETO RAI BATISTUTA Gabriel CANIGGIA Claudio FONSECA Daniel ROMARIO CABANAS Roberto ZAMORANO Ivan MULLER

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1986 ALZAMENDI Antonio River Plate URU CARECA São Paulo FC BRA ROMERO Julio Cesar Fluminense PAR

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1989 BEBETO Vasco BRA MAZINHO Vasco BRA HIGUITA Rene At. Nacional COL OSTOLAZA Santiago Nacional URU BATISTA Sergio River Plate ARG DE LEON Hugo Nacional URU AGUINAGA Alex Necaxa ECU SIMON Juan Boca Juniors ARG DOMINGUEZ Alfonso Peñarol URU MORENO Carlos Independiente ARG

1990 ARG ARG COL BRA BRA ARG MEX CRC COL

THE YEAR 1992 Sevilla ARG Deportivo LC BRA São Paulo FC BRA Fiorentina ARG Roma ARG Napoli URU PSV BRA Boca Juniors PAR Real Madrid CHI São Paolo FC BRA

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1987 VALDERRAMA Carlos Deportivo Cali COL TRASANTE Obdulio Peñarol URU PERDOMO José Peñarol URU DOMINGUEZ Alfonso Peñarol URU ALZAMENDI Antonio River Plate URU JOSIMAR Flamengo BRA GUTIERREZ Nelson River Plate URU AGUIRRE Diego Peñarol URU PAZ Ruben Racing Club URU 2 players with 9 votes

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PLAYER OF AMARILLA Raúl DA SILVA Ruben ALVAREZ Leonel HIGUITA René BASUALDO Fabian

THE YEAR Olimpia River Plate At. Nacional At. Nacional River Plate

1990 PAR URU COL COL ARG

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1991 BATISTUTA Gabriel Fiorentina ARG CANIGGIA Claudio Atalanta ARG ZAMORANO Ivan Sevilla CHI ROCHA Ricardo Real Madrid BRA RUGGERI Oscar Vélez ARG RODRIGUEZ Leonardo Toulon ARG LATORRE Diego Boca Juniors ARG VALDERRAMA Carlos Real Valladolid COL

32 31 25 24 21 18 17 14 13 10

56 27 25 23 23 18 17 15 10

57 32 25 25 23

PLAYER OF PAZ Ruben DE LEON Hugo SALDANHA José

THE YEAR Racing Club Nacional Nacional

1988 URU URU URU

PLAYER OF THE YEAR RUGGERI Oscar DIAZ Ramón TOLEDO Patricio ASTRADA Leonardo BORRELLI Juan José TILICO Mario MENDOZA Gabriel BASUALDO Fabian DEL SOLAR José Three players with 12 votes

1991 ARG ARG CHI ARG ARG BRA CHI ARG PER

44 28 23 21 18 18 15 13 13

PA S T S O U T H A M E R I C A N P L AY E R O F T H E Y E A R A W A R D S PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1992 RAI São Paulo FC BRA GOYCOECHEA Sergio Olimpia ARG ACOSTA Alberto Newell’s OB ARG GAMBOA Fernando San Lorenzo ARG CAFU São Paulo FC BRA RENATO Gaúcho Cruzeiro BRA JUNIOR Flamengo BRA BOIADEIRO Boca Juniors BRA MARCICO Alberto Cruzeiro ARG ISLAS Luis Independiente ARG

55 24 20 20 18 17 14 13 13 10

PLAYER OF THE YEAR FRANCESCOLI Enzo River Plate MARADONA Diego Boca Juniors EDMUNDO Flamengo ROMARIO Flamengo CHILAVERT Jose Luis Vélez

1995 URU ARG BRA BRA PARA

34 28 24 23 21

PLAYER OF THE YEAR PALERMO Martin Boca Juniors GAMARRA Carlos Corinthians CHILAVERT Jose Luis Vélez ARCE Francisco Palmeiras SERNA Mauricio Boca Juniors FELIPE Vasco GALLARDO Marcelo River Plate MARCELINO Corinthians BERMUDEZ Jorge Boca Juniors CAGNA Diego Boca Juniors

1998 ARG PAR PAR PAR COL BRA ARG BRA COL ARG

73 70 63 44 41 27 27 24 22 21

PLAYER OF THE YEAR RIQUELME Juan Boca Juniors CORDOBA Oscar Boca Juniors ROMARIO Vasco ARCE Francisco Palmeiras SORIN Juan Pablo Cruzeiro YEPES Mario River Plate ORTEGA Ariel River Plate LEMBO Alejandro Nacional SERNA Mauricio Boca Juniors Two players with 20 votes

2001 ARG COL BRA PAR ARG COL ARG URU COL

88 59 41 39 37 36 31 29 27

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2004 TEVEZ Carlos Boca Juniors ARG MASCHERANO Javier River Plate ARG GONZALEZ Luis River Plate ARG ROBINHO Santos BRA HENAO Juan Carlos Once Caldas COL CARDOZO José Toluca PAR LEO Santos BRA ELANO Santos BRA LUGANO Diego São Paulo FC URU SCHIAVI Rolando Boca Juniors ARG

76 56 37 37 32 26 24 23 22 22

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1993 VALDERRAMA Carlos Atlético Junior COL ETCHEVERRY Marco Colo Colo BOL CAFU São Paulo FC BRA RINCON Freddy Palmeiras COL ALVAREZ Leonel América Cali COL MULLER São Paulo FC BRA GOYCOECHEA Sergio Olimpia ARG PEREA Luis Carlos Ind. Medellin COL KANAPKIS Fernando Mandiyu URU MARADONA Diego Newell’s OB ARG

46 30 28 28 18 18 12 11 11 11

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1996 CHILAVERT Jose Luis Vélez PAR FRANCESCOLI Enzo River Plate URU ORTEGA Ariel River Plate ARG VALDERRAMA Carlos Tampa Bay COL ARCE Francisco Grêmio PAR GAMARRA Carlos Cerro Porteño PAR SALAS Marcelo River Plate CHI ACUNA Roberto Independiente PAR SORIN Juan Pablo River Plate ARG AYALA Celso River Plate PAR

80 69 41 41 27 26 23 18 18 17

PLAYER OF THE YEAR SAVIOLA Javier River Plate ARCE Francisco Palmeiras RIQUELME Juan Boca Juniors CHILAVERT Jose Luis Vélez Cordoba Ivan San Lorenzo ALEX Palmeiras AIMAR Pablo River Plate VAMPETA Corinthians Three players with 22 votes

1999 ARG PAR ARG PAR COL BRA ARG BRA

55 45 42 36 33 28 27 23

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2002 CARDOZO José Toluca PAR ORTEMAN Sergio Olimpia URU LEMBO Alejandro Nacional URU D’ALESSANDRO Andrés River Plate ARG KAKA São Paulo FC BRA MILITO Gabriel Independiente ARG ARCE Francisco Palmeiras PAR SAJA Sebastian San Lorenzo ARG DELGADO Marcelo Boca Juniors ARG ROBINHO Santos BRA

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2005 TEVEZ Carlos Corinthians ARG LUGANO Diego São Paulo FC URU CICINHO São Paulo FC BRA ROGERIO Ceni São Paulo FC BRA PALACIO Rodrigo Boca Juniors ARG GAGO Fernando Boca Juniors ARG GUSTAVO NERY Corinthians BRA GAMARRA Carlos Palmeiras PAR BILOS Daniel Boca Juniors ARG MASCHERANO Javier Corinthians ARG

919

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1994 CAFU São Paulo FC BRA CHILAVERT Jose Luis Vélez PAR LOPEZ Gustavo Independiente ARG RAMBERT Sebastian Independiente ARG

36 35 22 21

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 1997 SALAS Marcelo River Plate CHI SOLANO Nolberto Boca Juniors PER CHILAVERT Jose Luis Vélez PAR AYALA Celso River Plate PAR GALLARDO Marcelo River Plate ARG FRANCESCOLI Enzo River Plate URU DENILSON São Paulo FC BRA BERMUDEZ Jorge Boca Juniors COL ASTRADA Leonardo River Plate ARG EDMUNDO Vasco BRA

87 39 37 36 35 28 27 26 23 23

PLAYER OF ROMARIO RIQUELME Juan CORDOBA Oscar PALERMO Martin AIMAR Pablo SERNA Mauricio SORIN Juan Pablo ARCE Francisco BERMUDEZ Jorge GAMARRA Carlos

THE YEAR Vasco Boca Juniors Boca Juniors Boca Juniors River Plate Boca Juniors Cruzeiro Palmeiras Boca Juniors Flamengo

2000 BRA ARG COL ARG ARG COL ARG PAR COL PAR

67 64 53 53 38 38 37 36 36 32

39 32 30 29 27 25 24 23 18 16

PLAYER OF THE YEAR TEVEZ Carlos Boca Juniors CARDOZO José Toluca DIEGO Santos BATTAGLIA Sebastián Boca Juniors RODRIGUEZ Clemente Boca Juniors SCHIAVI Rolando Boca Juniors ALEX Cruzeiro ROBINHO Santos ABBONDANZIERI Rob. Boca Juniors SOSA Marcelo Danubio

2003 ARG PAR BRA ARG ARG ARG BRA BRA ARG URU

73 39 33 26 18 17 16 14 14 13

77 54 37 31 36 25 25 22 21 21

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 2006 FERNANDEZ Matías Colo Colo CHI PALACIO Rodrigo Boca Juniors ARG GAGO Fernando Boca Juniors ARG ROGERIO CENI São Paulo FC BRA FERNANDAO Internacional BRA SUAZO Humberto Colo Colo CHI VERON Juan Seb. Estudiantes ARG IBARRA Hugo Boca Juniors ARG DIAZ Daniel Boca Juniors ARG HIGUAIN Gonzalo River Plate ARG

62 53 50 45 36 36 29 24 23 23

920

PA R T T H R E E – T H E C O N T I N E N TA L C O N F E D E R AT I O N S

COPA AMERICA VENEZUELA 2007

COPA AMERICA VENEZUELA 2007 First round groups Group A

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Pts

Venezuela

5

Peru

4

Brazil

6

Uruguay

4

Chile

1

Bolivia

2

Venezuela

1

Uruguay

4

Brazil

2

5p

Uruguay

2

4p

Group B

Pts

Mexico

7

Brazil

6

Brazil

3

Chile

4

Argentina

0

Ecuador

0

Group C

Mexico

6

Paraguay

0

Pts

Argentina

9

Paraguay

6

Peru

0

Colombia

3

Argentina

4

USA

0

Mexico

0

Argentina

3

C O PA A M E R I C A V E N E Z U E L A 2 0 0 7 GROUP A Venezuela Peru Uruguay Bolivia

1 2 3 4

PL 3 3 3 3

W 1 1 1 0

D 2 1 1 2

L 0 1 1 1

F 4 5 1 4

Metropolitano, Mérida 26-06-2007, 18:05, 23 000, Amarilla PAR

URU

PER

Villalta 27, Mariño 70, Guerrero 89 URUGUAY

CARINI Fabián DIOGO Carlos LUGANO Diego (c) GODIN Diego RODRIGUEZ Darío PEREZ Diego GARCIA Pablo CANOBBIO Fabián ESTOYANOFF Fabián FORLAN Diego SANCHEZ Vicente Tr: TABAREZ Oscar 9 VARGAS Gonzalo 13 ABREU Sebastián 7 RODRIGUEZ Christian

VEN

55 80

66

77

80 66 46

55 80 77

BOLIVIA

GALARZA Sergio HOYOS Miguel Angel RALDES Ronald PENA Juan Manuel (c) ALVAREZ Lorgio REYES Leonel GARCIA Ronald MOJICA Gualberto VACA Joselito ARCE Juan Carlos MORENO Jaime Tr: SANCHEZ Erwin 11 CABRERA Diego 20 LIMA Sacha 22 PENA Darwin

1 2 5 3 22 8 4 18 17 9 14 10 13 16

VEGA Renny REY José Manuel MEA VITALI Miguel CICHERO Alejandro VERA Luis (c) MALDONADO Giancarlo PAEZ Ricardo DE ORNELAS Fernando ROJAS Jorge ARANGO Juan GONZALEZ Héctor Tr: PAEZ Richard 13 VIELMA Leonel 14 GUERRA Alejandro 7 TORREALBA José 1 3 5 6 8 9 11 15 17 18 20

URU

VEN

Sánchez 58

Cichero 48, Arismendi 79

URUGUAY

56

71 29 62

62 29 71

89 82 89 82 56

CARINI Fabián DIOGO Carlos (c) LUGANO Diego SCOTTI Andrés RODRIGUEZ Darío PEREIRA Maximiliano PEREZ Diego GARCIA Pablo RODRIGUEZ Christian FORLAN Diego SANCHEZ Vicente Tr: TABAREZ Oscar GODIN Diego ESTOYANOFF Fabián GONZALEZ Ignacio

2 2

Pizarro 2 34 85 BUTRON Leao GALLIQUIO John RODRIGUEZ Alberto VILLAMARIN Edgar VILCHEZ Wálter DE LA HAZA Paolo MARINO Juan Carlos ISMODES Damián FARFAN Jefferson PIZARRO Claudio (c) GUERRERO Paolo Tr: URIBE Julio Cesar 6 HERRERA Jhoel 55 11 ZUNIGA Ysrael 20 JIMENEZ Roberto

BOLIVIA

77 72 59

59 70 74

72 59 77

74 70 59

GALARZA Sergio HOYOS Miguel Angel RALDES Ronald (c) PENA Juan Manuel ALVAREZ Lorgio REYES Leonel GARCIA Ronald MOJICA Gualberto VACA Joselito ARCE Juan Carlos MORENO Jaime Tr: SANCHEZ Erwin CABRERA Diego GALINDO Gonzalo PENA Darwin

12 14 16 2 4 5 6 8 10 17 9 11 18 22

2 0

8 11 20

1 20 3 6 21 5 8 18 11 9 15

VEGA Renny GONZALEZ Héctor REY José Manuel CICHERO Alejandro ROUGA Andrés MEA VITALI Miguel VERA Luis (c) ARANGO Juan PAEZ Ricardo MALDONADO Giancarlo DE ORNELAS Fernando Tr: PAEZ Richard 10 GONZALEZ César 16 PEREZ Edder 19 ARISMENDI Daniel

PER PERU

51 37

75 14

74 78 63

67

74 37 63

51 67 75

BUTRON Leao ACASIETE Santiago VILLALTA Miguel RODRIGUEZ Alberto GALLIQUIO John GARCIA Pedro BAZALAR Juan Carlos FARFAN Jefferson VILCHEZ Wálter GUERRERO Paolo (c) PIZARRO Claudio Tr: URIBE Julio Cesar MARINO Juan Carlos ISMODES Damian MENDOZA Andrés

1 3 2 5 22 18 8 17 4 9 14 10 19 16

Metropolitano, Mérida 3-07-2007, 20:50, 42 000, Simon BRA

BOL

VEN

0 0

URU

Moreno 24, Campos 45

PERU

1 22 5 15 4 13 10 19 17 14 9

BOL Moreno 38, Arce 84

VENEZUELA

1 14 2 19 6 16 15 5 7 21 21

Metropolitano, Mérida 3-07-2007, 18:35, 35 000, Chandia CHI

PER

BOL 2-2 2-2 1-0

Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal 30-06-2007, 18:20, 42 000, Archundia MEX

0 1

12 14 16 2 4 5 6 8 10 17 9

URU 0-0 3-0

2 2

VENEZUELA

BUTRON Leao VILLALTA Miguel RODRIGUEZ Alberto ACASIETE Santiago GALLIQUIO John BAZALAR Juan Carlos VILCHEZ Walter GARCIA Pedro FARFAN Jefferson GUERRERO Paolo (c) PIZARRO Claudio Tr: URIBE Julio Cesar MARINO Juan Carlos DE LA HAZA Paolo MENDOZA Andrés

Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal 30-06-2007, 16:05, 18 000, Toledo USA

BOL

PER 2-0

Maldonado 20, Páez 55

PERU

46 80

PTS 5 4 4 2

Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal 26-06-2007, 20:50, 42 000, Reinoso ECU

0 3

1 14 2 8 6 15 5 18 11 21 22

A 2 4 3 5

921

BOLIVIA

55

70 44

80 67 58

78 44 70

80 58 67

SUAREZ Hugo HOYOS Miguel Angel (c) PENA Juan Manuel RALDES Ronald ALVAREZ Lorgio REYES Leonel MOJICA Gualberto CAMPOS Jhasmany VACA Joselito ANDAVERIS Augusto MORENO Jaime Tr: SANCHEZ Erwin ORTIZ Jorge Antonio ARCE Juan Carlos GALINDO Gonzalo

VENEZUELA

1 14 2 16 4 5 8 21 10 19 9 15 17 18

1 20 6 3 16 8 5 10 18 15 9

VEGA Renny GONZALEZ Héctor CICHERO Alejandro REY José Manuel PEREZ Edder VERA Luis (c) MEA VITALI Miguel GONZALEZ César ARANGO Juan DE ORNELAS Fernando MALDONADO Giancarlo Tr: PAEZ Richard 14 GUERRA Alejandro 7 TORREALBA José 22 FERNANDEZ Pedro

URUGUAY

75 65 57

67 79

65 57 75

79 67

CARINI Fabián FUCILE Jorge (c) LUGANO Diego SCOTTI Andrés RODRIGUEZ Darío PEREIRA Maximiliano PEREZ Diego GARCIA Pablo RODRIGUEZ Christian SANCHEZ Vicente FORLAN Diego Tr: TABAREZ Oscar ABREU Sebastián RECOBA Alvaro

1 4 2 19 6 16 15 5 7 22 21 13 10

PA R T T H R E E – T H E C O N T I N E N TA L C O N F E D E R AT I O N S

922

1 2 3 4

GROUP B Mexico Brazil Chile Ecuador

PL 3 3 3 3

W 2 2 1 0

D 1 0 1 0

L 0 1 1 3

F 4 4 3 3

A 1 2 5 6

Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz 27-06-2007, 18:35, 35 000, Ruiz COL

ECU

2 3

Valencia 16, Benítez 23 ECUADOR

72 46 46 46 72 46

CHI

BRA

0 2

1 2 13 15 11 17 18 10 14 8 9 5 21 22

12 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

DONI MAICON ALEX COSTA JUAN MINERO GILBERTO ELANO GILBERTO SILVA (c) VAGNER LOVE DIEGO ROBINHO Tr: DUNGA Carlos 13 DANIEL ALVES 20 ANDERSON 21 AFONSO

Monumental, Maturín 1-07-2007, 16:05, 42 000, Torres PAR

CHI

MEX

CHILE

19

78

74

45 45

78 69

78 45 45

74 69 78

54 46 77 46

19 77 46

26

54 26 46

0 0

OCHOA Guilermo CASTRO Israel MAGALLON Jonny (c) MARQUEZ Rafael PINTO Fausto ARCE Fernando CORREA Jaime TORRADO Gerardo MORALES Ramón CACHO Juan Carlos CASTILLO Nery Tr: SANCHEZ Hugo CASTRO José Antonio BRAVO Omar LOZANO Jaime

2 1

13 5 2 4 3 20 8 6 11 12 21 15 19 16

1 2 5 8 15 19 14 18 11 10 8 13 16 22

1 5 2 4 3 20 8 6 11 12 21

SANCHEZ Oswaldo CASTRO Israel MAGALLON Jonny MARQUEZ Rafael (c) PINTO Fausto ARCE Fernando CORREA Jaime TORRADO Gerardo MORALES Ramón CACHO Juan Carlos CASTILLO Nery Tr: SANCHEZ Hugo 14 PINEDA Gonzalo 10 BLANCO Cuauhtémoc 19 BRAVO Omar

ECU Méndez 84

MEXICO

BRAVO Claudio ORMENO Alvaro RIFFO Miguel FUENTES Ismael CONTREREAS Pablo JARA Gonzalo SANUEZA Arturo MELENDEZ Rodrigo GONZALEZ Mark (c) VALDIVIA Jorge SUAZO Humberto Tr: ACOSTA Nelson VARGAS Jorge ITURRA Manuel LORCA Juan

José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz 4-07-2007, 18:35, 30 000, Amarilla PAR

MEX

MEXICO

Castillo 21, Bravo 79

BRAZIL

MEX

Monumental, Maturín 1-07-2007, 18:20, 42 000, Ortube BOL

Robinho 3 36p 84 87 DONI MAICON JUAN ALEX COSTA GILBERTO GILBERTO SILVA (c) MINERO ELANO ANDERSON ROBINHO VAGNER LOVE Tr: DUNGA Carlos 13 DANIEL ALVES 17 JOSUE 19 JULIO BAPTISTA

ECU 2-1 1-0 3-2

Castilo 23, Morales 28 BRAZIL

BRAVO Claudio PETRIC Nicolás ITURRA Manuel (c) VALDIVIA Jorge GONZALEZ Mark CABION José VILLANUEVA Carlos RIFFO Miguel SANUEZA Arturo FUENTES Ismael ROCO Sebastian Tr: ACOSTA Nelson ORMENO Alvaro FIERRO Gonzalo LORCA Juan

3 0

CHI 0-0 3-0

Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz 27-06-2007, 20:50, 40 000, Pezzotta ARG

CHILE

MORA Cristhian DE LA CRUZ Ulises HURTADO Iván (c) BAGUI Oscar ESPINOZA Giovanny CASTILLO Segundo TENORO Edwin MENDEZ Edison VALENCIA Luis Antonio BENITEZ Christian TENORIO Carlos 75 Tr: SUAREZ Luis Fernando 10 CAICEDO Felipe 75

12 2 4 3 6 8 5 7 20 11 9

BRA 2-0

Suazo 2 20 80, Villanueva 86

12 4 3 15 17 14 20 8 16 11 21

BRA

PTS 7 6 4 0

ECUADOR

71 46 83 64 78

78

83 78 64

78 46 71

MORA Cristhian DE LA CRUZ Ulises (c) HURTADO Iván ESPINOZA Giovanny BAGUI Oscar CASTILLO Segundo TENORIO Edwin MENDEZ Edison VALENCIA Luis Antonio BENITEZ Christian TENORIO Carlos Tr: SUAREZ Luis Fernando BORJA Felix REASCO Neicer AYOVI Walter

12 4 3 17 15 14 20 8 16 11 21 9 18 19

José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz 4-07-2007, 20:50, 34 000, Pezzotta ARG

CHI

BRA

1 0

ECU

Robinho 56p MEXICO

13 15 2 14 22 8 18 16 7 10 19

OCHOA Guillermo CASTRO José Antonio MAGALLON Jonny PINEDA Gonzalo RODRIGUEZ Francisco CORREA Jaime GUARDADO Andres LOZANO Jaime MEDINA Alberto BLANCO Cuauhtémoc (c) BRAVO Omar Tr: SANCHEZ Hugo 17 BAUTISTA Adolfo 9 LANDIN Luis Angel 20 ARCE Fernando

CHILE

81 46 70 77 75 46 75 81

70 77

BRAVO Claudio CONTERAS Pablo FUENTES Ismael ROCO Sebastián TELLO Rodrigo FIERRO Gonzalo ITURRA Manuel (c) SANUEZA Arturo VILLANUEVA Carlos LORCA Juan SUAZO Humberto Tr: ACOSTA Nelson Fernandez Matias GONZALEZ Mark

BRAZIL

1 15 4 3 7 20 16 14 21 22 8 14 11

12 13 3 4 6 8 5 17 19 11 9

DONI DANIEL ALVES ALEX COSTA JUAN GILBERTO GILBERTO SILVA (c) MINERO JOSUE JULIO BAPTISTA ROBINHO VAGNER LOVE Tr: DUNGA Carlos 14 ALEX SILVA 10 DIEGO 16 KLEBER

ECUADOR

80 58 76 73 60 80 73 58

76 60

ELIZAGA Marcelo BAGUI Oscar GUAGUA Jorge Daniel ESPINOZA Giovanny REASCO Neicer (c) MENDEZ Edison CASTILLO Segundo AYOVI Walter VALENCIA Luis Antonio BORJA Felix BENITEZ Christian Tr: SUAREZ Luis Fernando CAICEDO Feipe TENORIO Carlos

1 15 2 17 18 8 14 19 16 9 11 10 21

C O PA A M E R I C A V E N E Z U E L A 2 0 0 7 GROUP C Argentina Paraguay Colombia USA

1 2 3 4

PL 3 3 3 3

W 3 2 1 0

D 0 0 0 0

L 0 1 2 3

F 9 8 3 2

José Encarnación ‘Pachencho’ Romero, Maracaibo 28-06-2007, 18:35, 30 000, Larrionda URU

PAR

5 0

COL

ARG

COLOMBIA

78 70 83 70 83 78

63 56 76 63 76 56

(c) CALERO Miguel VALLEJO Gerardo CORDOBA Iván YEPES Mario ARIZALA Javier VARGAS Fabián VIAFARA Jhon DOMINGUEZ Alvaro FERREIRA David RODALLEGA Hugo PEREA Edixon Tr: PINTO Jorge Luis MARIN Vladimir REY Luis Gabriel TORRES Macnelly

1 3 USA

KELLER Kasey (c) MOOR Drew DEMERIT Jay FEILHABER Benny CONRAD Jimmy BORNSTEIN Jonathan OLSEN Ben CLARK Ricardo KLJESTAN Sacha JOHNSON Eddie TWELLMAN Taylor Tr: BRADLEY Bob 7 CALIFF Danny 21 MAPP Justin 25 NGUYEN Lee

13 18 20

ABBONDANZIERI Roberto ZANETTI Javier AYALA Roberto (c) MILITO Gabriel HEINZE Gabriel MASCHERANO Javier CAMBIASSO Esteban VERON Juan Sebastián RIQUELME Juan Román MESSI Lionel CRESPO Hernán Tr: BASILE Alfio 5 GAGO Fernando 11 TEVEZ Carlos 16 AIMAR Pablo 1 8 2 15 6 14 19 20 10 18 9

PAR

ARG

64

71 80

64 71 80

77 73 73 77 54

(c) VILLAR Justo VERON Darío CACERES Julio César DA SILVA Paulo BONET Carlos MOREL Claudio BARRTEO Edgar RIVEROS Cristian SANTANA Jonathan CARDOZO Oscar SANTA CRUZ Roque Tr: MARTINO Gerardo CABANAS Salvador VERA Enrique BOBADILLA Aldo

1 0

62 80

79 69 87 79 58

69 62 80

(c) KELLER Kasey WYNNE Marvell DEMERIT Jay FEILHABER Benny CONRAD Jimmy BORNSTEIN Jonathan OLSEN Ben CLARK Ricardo MAPP Justin JOHNSON Eddie TWELLMAN Taylor Tr: BRADLEY Bob GOMEZ Herculez GAVEN Eddie BECKERMAN Kyle

18 2 3 5 12 13 14 19 21 9 20 8 11 17

4 2

7 20 22

1 8 2 15 6 14 19 20 10 18 9

ABBONDANZIERI Roberto ZANETTI Javier AYALA Roberto (c) MILITO Gabriel HEINZE Gabriel MASCHERANO Javier CAMBIASSO Esteban VERON Juan Sebastián RIQUELME Juan Román MESSI Lionel CRESPO Hernán Tr: BASILE Alfio 21 MILITO Diego 13 GONZALEZ Luis 11 TEVEZ Carlos

COL Perea 10, Castrillón 76 COLOMBIA

90 61 80 76 84 21

67

21 80 84

67 61 76

(c) CALERO Miguel VALLEJO Gerardo CORDOBA Iván PEREA Luis ARIZALA Javier VARGAS Fabián VIAFARA Jhon BANGUERO Jorge FERREIRA David RODALLEGA Hugo PEREA Edixon Tr: PINTO Jorge Luis CHITIVA Andrés CASTRILLON Jaime TORRES Macnelly

1 4 2 14 5 6 15 21 8 11 7 10 17 20

Metropolitano, Barquisimeto 5-07-2007, 20:50, 37 000, Larrionda URU

USA

ARG

1 0

PAR

Mascherano 79

COLOMBIA

ZAPATA Robinson ZUNIGA Juan Camilo PEREA Luis (c) YEPES Mario ARIZALA Javier BANGUERO Jorge VIAFARA Jhon CASTRILLON Jaime TORRES Macnelly VALOYES César RODALLEGA Hugo Tr: PINTO Jorge Luis 13 MARIN Vladimir 8 FERREIRA David 10 CHITIVA Andres

58 87

ARGENTINA

1 2 5 14 6 3 8 16 19 18 9

Castrillón 15 12 22 14 3 5 21 15 17 20 19 11

USA

Crespo 20p, Riquelme 2 34 45, Milito.D 91+

Metropolitano, Barquisimeto 5-07-2007, 18:35, 37 000, Andarcia VEN

COL

USA

Pachencho Romero, Maracaibo 2-07-2007, 20:50, 35 000, Simon BRA

PARAGUAY

54

USA 4-1 3-1 1-0

Johnson 9p

ARGENTINA

1 4 2 3 5 6 15 9 8 11 7

Barreto 29, Cardozo 56, Cabañas 92+

Clark 35 18 15 3 5 12 13 14 19 16 9 20

COL 4-2 5-0

4 1

La Carolina, Barinas 2-07-2007, 18:35, 23 000, Rivera PER

USA

PAR 1-0

Crespo 2 11 60, Aimar 76, Tevez 84

PARAGUAY

VILLAR Justo (c) VERON Darío CACERES Julio César DA SILVA Paulo BONET Carlos MOREL Claudio BARRTEO Edgar RIVEROS Cristian SANTANA Jonathan CARDOZO Oscar SANTA CRUZ Roque Tr: MARTINO Gerardo 7 CABANAS Salvador 17 LOPEZ Dante 20 VERA Enrique

PTS 9 6 3 0

José Encarnación ‘Pachencho’ Romero, Maracaibo 28-06-2007, 20:50, 34 500, Chandia CHI

Santa Cruz 3 30 46 80, Cabañas 2 84 88 1 2 5 14 6 3 8 16 19 18 9

A 3 2 9 8

923

USA

87

65 55 85 78 55 85 78

46 72 65 46 72

GUZAN Brad BOSWELL Bobby PEARCE Heath MOOR Drew (c) CALIFF Danny MAPP Justin BECKERMAN Kyle CLARK Ricardo KLJESTAN Sacha GOMEZ Herculez JOHNSON Eddie Tr: BRADLEY Bob DAVIES Charlie GAVEN Eddie NGUYEN Lee

ARGENTINA

23 4 6 15 7 21 17 19 16 8 9 10 11 25

1 4 17 3 8 13 5 19 16 7 11

ABBONDANZIERI Roberto IBARRA Hugo BURDISSO Nicolás DIAZ Daniel ZANETTI Javier (c) GONZALEZ Luis GAGO Fernando CAMBIASSO Esteban AIMAR Pablo PALACIO Rodrigo TEVEZ Carlos Tr: BASILE Alfio 2 AYALA Roberto 14 MASCHERANO Javier 18 MESSI Lionel

PARAGUAY

66 81 67 85

69 58

85 66 67

69 58 81

BOBADILLA Aldo VERON Darío (c) CACERES Julio César MANZUR Julio GONZALEZ Edgar VERA Enrique SANTANA Jonathan TORRES Aureliano DOS SANTOS Julio CABANAS Salvador CUEVAS Nelson Tr: MARTINO Gerardo BARRTEO Edgar LOPEZ Dante SANTA CRUZ Roque

22 2 5 4 15 20 19 11 10 7 21 8 17 9

PA R T T H R E E – T H E C O N T I N E N TA L C O N F E D E R AT I O N S

924

QUARTER–FINALS José Antonio Anzoátegui, Puerto La Cruz 7-07-2007, 20:50, 25 000, Larrionda URU

CHI

1 6

Suazo 76

BRA

VEN

Juan 16, Baptista 23, Robinho 2 27 50, Josué 68, Vágner Love 85

Arango 41

CHILE

1 2 15 4 19 20 16 11 17 8 22

BRAVO Claudio ORMENO Alvaro CONTREREAS Pablo FUENTES Ismael JARA Gonzalo FIERRO Gonzalo ITURRA Manuel GONZALEZ Mark SANUEZA Arturo (c) SUAZO Humberto LORCA Juan Tr: ACOSTA Nelson 6 CABION José 10 VALDIVIA Jorge 14 FERNANDEZ Matías

Pueblo Nuevo, San Cristóbal 7-07-2007, 18:05, 42 000, Chandia CHI

BRAZIL

71 73 46 66 65 56 56 46 66

71 73 65

1 4

VENEZUELA

DONI MAICON ALEX COSTA JUAN GILBERTO MINERO (c) GILBERTO SILVA JOSUE JULIO BAPTISTA ROBINHO VAGNER LOVE Tr: DUNGA Carlos ELANO NALDO AFONSO

12 2 3 4 6 5 8 17 19 11 9 7 15 21

1 20 3 6 17 5 8 18 11 9 15

VEGA Renny GONZALEZ Héctor REY José Manuel CICHERO Alejandro ROJAS Jorge MEA VITALI Miguel VERA Luis (c) ARANGO Juan PAEZ Ricardo David MALDONADO Giancarlo DE ORNELAS Fernando Tr: PAEZ Richard 14 GUERRA Alejandro 10 GONZALEZ Cesar 19 ARISMENDI Daniel

Monumental, Maturín 8-07-2007, 16:05, 50 000, Pezzotta ARG

MEX

6 0

89 76

71 46 76 71 46

79 89 79

CARINI Fabián (c) LUGANO Diego SCOTTI Andrés RODRIGUEZ Darío PEREIRA Maximiliano GARCIA Pablo PEREZ Diego RODRIGUEZ Christian FUCILE Jorge FORLAN Diego RECOBA Alvaro Tr: TABAREZ Oscar GODIN Diego GONZALEZ Ignacio

1 2 19 6 16 5 15 7 4 21 10 8 20

PAR

ARG

4 0

PER

Riquelme 2 47 85, Messi 61, Mascherano 75

MEXICO

SANCHEZ Oswaldo CASTRO Israel MARQUEZ Rafael (c) MAGALLON Jonny PINTO Fausto ARCE Fernando CORREA Jaime TORRADO Gerardo GUARDADO Andrés CASTILLO Nery CACHO Juan Carlos Tr: SANCHEZ Hugo 10 BLANCO Cuauhtémoc 17 BAUTISTA Adolfo 19 BRAVO Omar

URUGUAY

Metropolitano, Barquisimeto 8-07-2007, 18:50, 37 000, Simon BRA

Castillo 2 5p 38, Torrado 27, Arce 79, Blanco 87p, Bravo 91+ 1 5 4 2 3 20 8 6 18 21 12

URU Forlán 2 38 91+, García 64, Rodriguez 86

PARAGUAY

3 46

80 4 67

54 65 80 54 65

4 67 46

BOBADILLA Aldo VERON Darío (c) CACERES Julio Cesar DA SILVA Paulo BONET Carlos RIVEROS Cristian MOREL Claudio BARRTEO Edgar SANTANA Jonathan CARDOZO Oscar SANTA CRUZ Roque Tr: MARTINO Gerardo ZAYAS Joel CABANAS Salvador VERA Enrique

ARGENTINA

22 2 5 14 6 16 3 8 19 18 9 12 7 20

1 8 2 15 6 14 19 20 10 18 21

ABBONDANZIERI Roberto ZANETTI Javier AYALA Roberto (c) MILITO Gabriel HEINZE Gabriel MASCHERANO Javier CAMBIASSO Esteban VERON Juan Sebastián RIQUELME Juan Román MESSI Lionel MILITO Diego Tr: BASILE Alfio 5 GAGO Fernando 11 TEVEZ Carlos 16 AIMAR Pablo

PERU

64 83 71 74 46

55

71 46 83

64 74 55

BUTRON Leao VILLALTA Miguel Angel ACASIETE Santiago VILLAMARIN Edgar GALLIQUIO John DE LA HAZA Paolo BAZALAR Juan Carlos VILCHEZ Wálter MARINO Juan Carlos (c) PIZARRO Claudio GUERRERO Paolo Tr: URIBE Julio Cesar ZUNIGA Ysrael MENDOZA Andrés GARCIA Pedro

1 2 3 15 22 13 8 4 10 14 9 11 16 18

SEMI–FINALS José Encarnación ‘Pachencho’ Romero, Maracaibo 10-07-2007, 20:50, 40 000, Ruiz COL

URU

2 2

Forlán 45, Abreu 70

4 OS 5

P

URUGUAY

1 2 19 6 16 5 15 7 4 21 10

CARINI Fabián LUGANO Diego (c) SCOTTI Andrés RODRIGUEZ Darío PEREIRA Maximiliano GARCIA Pablo PEREZ Diego RODRIGUEZ Christian FUCILE Jorge FORLAN Diego RECOBA Alvaro Tr: TABAREZ Oscar 3 GARGANO Walter 13 ABREU Sebastián 20 GONZALEZ Ignacio

Polideportivo Cachamay, Puerto Ordaz 11-07-2007, 20:50, 40 000, Chandia CHI

BRA

MEX

75 73 73 46

79

75 46 46

73 73 79

DONI MAICON JUAN ALEX COSTA GILBERTO (c) GILBERTO SILVA MINERO JOSUE JULIO BAPTISTA ROBINHO VAGNER LOVE Tr: DUNGA Carlos DIEGO FERNANDO AFONSO

MEXICO

12 2 4 3 6 8 5 17 19 11 9 10 18 21

ARG

Heinze 44, Messi 61, Riquelme 66p

BRAZIL

46

0 3

Maicon 13, Baptista 45 1 5 4 2 3 20 6 8 18 21 12

SANCHEZ Oswaldo CASTRO Israel MARQUEZ Rafael (c) MAGALLON Jonny PINTO Fausto ARCE Fernando TORRADO Gerardo CORREA Jaime GUARDADO Andrés CASTILLO Nery CACHO Juan Carlos Tr: SANCHEZ Hugo 7 MEDINA Alberto 14 PINEDA Gonzalo 19 BRAVO Omar

ARGENTINA

46 83

78 86

46

78

46 83 46

78 78 86

ABBONDANZIERI Roberto ZANETTI Javier (c) AYALA Roberto MILITO Gabriel HEINZE Gabriel MASCHERANO Javier CAMBIASSO Esteban VERON Juan Sebastián RIQUELME Juan Román MESSI Lionel TEVEZ Carlos Tr: BASILE Alfio GAGO Fernando PALACIO Rodrigo AIMAR Pablo

1 8 2 15 6 14 19 20 10 18 11 5 7 16

C O PA A M E R I C A V E N E Z U E L A 2 0 0 7

925

SEMI-FINAL PENALTY SHOOT-OUT URUGUAY V BRAZIL BRAZIL WON 5-4

Robinho ; Forlán ; Juan ; Scotti ; Gilberto Silva ; González ; Afonso ; Rodríguez ; Diego ; Abreu ; Fernando ; García ; Gilberto ; Lugano 

THIRD PLACE PLAY–OFF Olimpico, Caracas 14-07-2007, 17:05, 30 000, Reinoso ECU

URU

1 3

Abreu 22

MEX

Blanco 38p, Bravo 68, Guardado 76 URUGUAY

1 17 2 19 5 16 20 7 4 21 13

MEXICO

CARINI Fabián VALDEZ Carlos LUGANO Diego (c) SCOTTI Andrés GARCIA Pablo PEREIRA Maximiliano GONZALEZ Ignacio RODRIGUEZ Cristian FUCILE Jorge FORLAN Diego ABREU Sebastián Tr: TABAREZ Oscar 8 GARGANO Walter 18 CANOBBIO Fabián 22 SANCHEZ Vicente

36 79

64

74 78 74 88 79 74 74

78 88 64

OCHOA Guillermo CASTRO José Antonio MAGALLON Jonny RODRIGUEZ Francisco PINTO Fausto (c) BLANCO Cuauhtémoc TORRADO Gerardo LOZANO Jaime MORALES Ramón CASTILLO Nery BRAVO Omar Tr: SANCHEZ Hugo CORREA Jaime LANDIN Luis Angel GUARDADO Andrés

13 15 2 22 3 10 6 16 11 21 19 8 9 18

COPA AMERICA 2007 FINAL José Encarnación ‘Pachencho’ Romero, Maracaibo 15-07-2007, 17:05, 42 000

3 0

BRAZIL Julio Baptista 4, Ayala OG

40,

Daniel Alves

ARGENTINA

69

BRAZIL

12 2 3 4 6 7 5 17 19 11 9

10 13 18

GK DF DF DF DF MF MF MF FW FW FW

DONI MAICON ALEX COSTA JUAN (c) GILBERTO ELANO MINEIRO JOSUE JULIO BAPTISTA ROBINHO VAGNER LOVE Tr: DUNGA Carlos Substitutes MF DIEGO MF DANIEL ALVES MF FERNANDO

ARGENTINA MATCH STATS

34

3 2 37 4 1

Shots Shots on Goal Fouls Committed Corner Kicks Caught offside Possession % (C)Captain

5 1 21 9 3 67

MATCH OFFICIALS

91+ 90

59

REFEREE

AMARILLA Carlos PAR ASSISTANTS

91+ 34 90

RIAL Walter URU SANCHEZ Luis VEN 4TH OFFICIAL

My players demonstrated that they’re capable of great things. Argentina were the favourites of the press and everyone but the game is decided over 90 minutes. We came to the rescue of the Brazilian worker, who wakes up in the morning and returns home late at night, whose only satisfaction is seeing Brazil win a football match. Carlos Dunga

67 59

ABBONDANZIERI Roberto ZANETTI Javier (c) AYALA Roberto MILITO Gabriel HEINZE Gabriel MASCHERANO Javier VERON Juan Sebastián RIQUELME Juan Román CAMBIASSO Esteban MESSI Lionel TEVEZ Carlos Tr: BASILE Alfio Substitutes GONZALEZ Luis AIMAR Pablo

GK DF DF DF DF MF MF MF MF FW FW

1 8 2 15 6 14 20 10 19 18 11

MF MF

13 16

We knew we had to be awake today, but instead we were caught falling asleep. It makes you angry being unable to win and close out an exceptional tournament. Carlos Tevez We are totally ruined. A loss like this you feel deep in your soul. Esteban Cambiasso