2005 UEFA Cup Final - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The 2005 UEFA Cup Final was between Sporting CP of Portugal

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

and CSKA Moscow of Russia

Russia

Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

. The match took at place at Sporting's home, Estádio José Alvalade

Estádio José Alvalade

Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Sporting Clube de Portugal, one of the country's biggest clubs. It is the center of a complex called Alvalade XXI , designed by Portuguese architect...

, Lisbon

Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital city and largest city of Portugal with a population of 545,245 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Lisbon extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of 3 million on an area of , making it the 9th most populous urban...

, on 18 May 2005. CSKA Moscow won their first UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

and became the first Russian club to win a major European championship.

Match details


style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">	SPORTING CP:
GK	76	Ricardo Ricardo Pereira Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira, OIH , simply Ricardo, is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Vitória de Setúbal as a goalkeeper....
RB	15	Miguel Garcia
CB	14	Joseph Enakarhire Joseph Enakarhire Joseph Enakarhire is a Nigerian footballer. His main asset is his stamina and adaptability .-Club career:...
CB	22	Beto
LB	37	Rogério Rogério Fidélis Régis Rogério Fidélis Régis, simply Rogério , is a retired Brazilian footballer who played as a right defender or midfielder.-Football career:...
RM	8	Pedro Barbosa Pedro Barbosa Pedro Alexandre dos Santos Barbosa is a retired Portuguese professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder....
CM	26	Fábio Rochemback Fábio Rochemback Fábio Rochemback is a Brazilian professional footballer who currently plays for Grêmio. He is a versatile midfielder who can play in front of the defense, as an attacking midfielder, or even as a winger...
CM	28	João Moutinho João Moutinho João Filipe Iria Santos Moutinho is a Portuguese footballer who plays for F.C. Porto, also being a Portuguese international.Mainly a central midfielder, he can also operate as a holding or attacking midfielder, and on either flank.-Sporting:...
LM	11	Rodrigo Tello Rodrigo Tello Rodrigo Álvaro Tello Valenzuela is a Chilean footballer who plays with Eskişehirspor in Turkey.Left-footed, he usually operates as a left midfielder, but can also appear in the middle, and as an offensive left back...
CF	31	Liédson Liédson Liédson da Silva Muniz , simply Liédson, is a Brazilian-born Portuguese footballer who plays for Sport Club Corinthians Paulista as a striker....
CF	10	Ricardo Sá Pinto Ricardo Sá Pinto Ricardo Manuel Andrade e Silva Sá Pinto is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a forward.He was known for his fighting spirit, best displayed in his Sporting stints - he was dubbed by the club's fans "Ricardo Lion Heart"...
Substitutes:
GK	1	Nélson Nelson Pereira Nélson Alexandre Gomes Pereira, simply Nélson , is a retired Portuguese footballer who played as a goalkeeper.-Club career:After having started his football career with hometown club S.C.U. Torreense, Nélson was primarily used as a backup at Sporting Clube de Portugal, first to Peter Schmeichel,...
DF	4	Anderson Polga Ânderson Polga Ânderson Corrêa Polga is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Sporting Clube de Portugal as a central defender.-Club career:...
DF	27	Custódio
MF	45	Hugo Viana Hugo Viana Hugo Miguel Ferreira Gomes Viana is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting de Braga as a central midfielder.His main assets are good set-pieces and passing skills...
MF	23	Rui Jorge
FW	9	Marius Niculae Marius Niculae Marius Constantin Niculae is a Romanian footballer who plays for FC Dinamo Bucureşti as a centre forward.A Romanian international since the age of 19, he participated at Euro 2008.-Dinamo Bucharest:...
FW	17	Roudolphe Douala Roudolphe Douala Roudolphe Douala M'bele , known as Douala, is a Cameroonian footballer. Mainly a winger, he can also operate as a forward, and played professionally in five countries, mainly in Portugal.-Football career:...
Manager:
José Peseiro José Peseiro José Vítor dos Santos Peseiro is a football manager, who most notably served as an assistant for Carlos Queiroz during his Real Madrid tenure and as a manager for Sporting until his resignation in October 2005....

style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align=center> CSKA MOSCOW: | GK 35

Igor Akinfeev

Igor Vladimirovich Akinfeev is a Russian international football goalkeeper playing in the Russian championship for CSKA Moscow.-CSKA:Akinfeev broke into the CSKA starting lineup at the age of 17, and has been the first-choice goalkeeper at the club ever since, gathering various honors including a...

RB 24

Vasili Berezutskiy CB 4

Sergei Ignashevich (c) CB 6

Aleksei Berezutskiy LB 15

Chidi Odiah

Chidi Odiah is a Nigerian professional football player who currently plays for CSKA Moscow. Odiah has previously played for Sheriff Tiraspol in the Moldovan National Division, Eagle Cement and Julius Berger F.C....

CM 22

Evgeni Aldonin

Evgeni Valerievich Aldonin is an association footballer who plies his trade with CSKA Moscow. The defensive midfielder makes defense his top priority and he is strong in the tackle with a rugged nature. Aldonin started out with SC Rotor Volgograd...

CM 25

Elvir Rahimić

Elvir Rahimic

Elvir Rahimić is a Bosnian football midfielder who plays for PFC CSKA Moscow at Russian Premier League.-Career:...

RW 7

Daniel Carvalho

Daniel Carvalho da Silva

Daniel da Silva Carvalho , more commonly known as Daniel Carvalho is a Brazilian football attacking midfielder well known for his dribbling and free kicks. He plays for Atlético Mineiro.-Club career:...

LW 18

Yuri Zhirkov

Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov is a Russian footballer who plays for Anzhi Makhachkala and the Russian national team.-Early life:Yuri Valentinovich Zhirkov was born in Tambov, on 20 August 1983. His father, Valentin Ivanovich Zhirkov worked at the "Revtrud" factory and his mother was a postwoman. Yuri...

CF 11

Vágner Love

Vagner Love

Vágner Silva de Souza , commonly known as Vágner Love, is a Brazilian football striker who plays for CSKA Moscow.-Palmeiras:...

CF 9

Ivica Olić

Ivica Olic

Ivica Olić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Bayern Munich in Germany and internationally for the Croatian national team.- Early career :Olić was born and raised in the village of Davor near Nova Gradiška, Croatia, Yugoslavia...

Substitutes: GK 1

Veniamin Mandrykin

Veniamin Anatolyevich Mandrykin is a retired Russian professional football goalkeeper.- Career :Mandrykin trained at the youth academy at FC Alania Vladikavkaz and in 1997 turned professional aged seventeen....

MF 2

Deividas Šemberas

Deividas Šemberas is a Lithuanian professional footballer who plays as centre back for Russian Premier League club PFC CSKA Moscow...

MF 8

Rolan Gusev

Rolan Gusev is a former Russian international association football player. He is a right midfielder and is known for his dribbling and crossing....

MF 10

Osmar Ferreyra

Osmar Daniel Malevo Ferreyra is an Argentine football midfielder. He plays for Independiente in the Argentine Primera División.-Club career:...

MF 19

Juris Laizāns

Juris Laizans

Juris Laizāns is a Latvian football midfielder, currently playing for Fakel Voronezh in the Russian First League and Latvia national football team.-Club career:...

MF 40

Aleksandr Salugin

Aleksandr Sergeyevich Salugin is a Russian footballer who plays for FC Nizhny Novgorod in the Russian First Division. Until October 18, 2009, he was the youngest player ever to score a goal in the Russian Premier League...

FW 17

Miloš Krasić

Miloš Krasic

Miloš Krasić is a Serbian professional footballer who plays for Juventus and the Serbian national team.-Playing style:...

Manager:

Valery Gazzaev

Valery Georgievich Gazzaev is a Russian football manager and former footballer who is currently the president of FC Alania Vladikavkaz. As a Soviet footballer he played the position of a striker enjoying successes with his team FC Dynamo Moscow as well as the USSR national football team in the...

Man of the Match:

Elvir Rahimić

Elvir Rahimic

Elvir Rahimić is a Bosnian football midfielder who plays for PFC CSKA Moscow at Russian Premier League.-Career:...

(CSKA Moscow)

Assistant referees:

Michael Tingey (England

The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

)

Glenn Turner (England

The Football Association

)

Fourth official:

Steve Bennett

Steve Bennett (referee)

Stephen Graham Bennett is a former English football referee who operated in the Premier League, and previously for FIFA as an assistant referee and then referee.-Career:...

(England

The Football Association

)

The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.