1997 FIFA Confederations Cup Matches:

Semifinals:

December 19, 1997 (Riyadh, Brazil 2-Czech Republic 0)

December 19, 1997 (Riyadh, Australia 1-Uruguay 0)

Third Place:

December 21, 1997 (Riyadh, Czech Republic 1-Uruguay 0)

Final:

December 21, 1997 (Riyadh, Brazil 6-Australia 0)

Date: December 19, 1997

Competition: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup-Semifinals

Result: Brazil 2-Czech Republic 0

Venue: Riyadh - King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 28,000

Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Nigeria)

Linesmen: Paul Smith (New Zealand), Vladimir Fernandez (El Salvador)

Kick-off time: 15:15

Goalscorers:

(Brazil): Romario 53, Ronaldo 82

(Czech Republic): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (53^rd minute, Brazil): From the middle, Dunga passed to Juninho who crossed for Romario to score from the edge of the box.

2:0 (82^nd minute, Brazil): From the middle, Dunga sent a long cross on left side touchline to Denilson. He sent a low cross for Ronaldo to score.

Lineups:

Brazil:

1- Nelson de Jesus Silva ‘Dida’ (Cruzeiro Esporte Clube- Belo Horizonte)

2- Evangelista Moraes ‘Cafu’ (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)

3-‘Aldair’ Nascimento dos Santos (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)

4- Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Júnior ‘Júnior Baiano’ (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro) (14- Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro) 68^th)

6- Roberto Carlos da Silva (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri Dunga (Jubilo Iwata / Japan)

19- Osvaldo Giroldo Junior ‘Juninho Paulista’ (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain)

11-‘Romário’ de Souza Faria (Valencia Club de Fútbol / Spain)

10- Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

(18- Denilson De Oliveira (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo) 46^th)

8- Flavio da Conceição (Real Club Deportivo de La Coruña / Spain) (16- Carlos César Sampaio Campos (Yokohama Flugels / Japan) 88^th)

9- Luis Nazario De Lima ‘Ronaldo’ (Internazionale Football Club -Milano / Italy)

Coach: Jorge Mario Lobo Zagallo

Booked: Junior Baiano 21, Cafu 24, Aldair 34, Carlos Dunga 78

Other Substitutes:

7- José Roberto da Gama de Oliveira ‘Bebeto’ (Cruzeiro Esporte Clube- Belo Horizonte)

12- Rogério Mücke Ceni (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)

13- José Marcelo Ferreira ‘Zé Maria’ (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)

15- José Roberto da Silva Junior ‘Zé Roberto’ (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

20- Rivaldo Vito Borba Ferreira (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

21- ‘Rodrigo Fabri’ (Associação Portuguesa de Desportos – São Paulo)

Team Captain:

Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri Dunga

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Czech Republic:

1- Pavel Srnicek (Newcastle United Football Club / England)

5- Michal Hornak (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

6- Zdenek Svoboda (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

12- Karel Rada (Trabzonspor Kulübü / Turkey)

13- Petr Vlcek (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

15- Eduard Lasota (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha) (8- Karel Poborsky (Manchester United Football Club / England) 81^st)

7- Jiri Nemec (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany)

17- Vladimir Smicer (Racing Club de Lens / France)

9- Pavel Kuka (1. Fußball- Club e.V. Kaiserslautern / Germany)

4- Pavel Nedved (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma / Italy) (2- Ivo Ulich (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha) 73^rd)

11- Radek Bejbl (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain) (3- Lubos Kozel (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha) 89^th)

Coach: Dusan Uhrin

Booked: Pavel Nedved 7, Petr Vlcek 64, Jiri Nemec 68

Other Substitutes:

10- Horst Siegl (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

14 - Radek Sloncik (Fotbal Club Baník Ostrava)

16- Vratislav Lokvenc (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

18- Milan Fukal (Jablonec 97 Fotbalovy Klub)

19- Martin Frydek (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V. / Germany)

20- Ladislav Maier (Fotbal Club Slovan Lieberec)

Team Captain: Jiri Nemec

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: Red Shirts, White Shorts, Blue Socks

Photo From: FIFA Report- 1997 Arábia Saudita

(December 19, 1997, FIFA Confederations Cup, Brazil 2-Czech Republic 0)

Photo From: Onze-Mondial, Issue 113, June 1998

(December 19, 1997, FIFA Confederations Cup, Brazil 2-Czech Republic 0)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czech Republic squad, December 19, 1997, FIFA Confederations Cup, Brazil 2-Czech Republic 0)

Date: December 19, 1997

Competition: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup-Semifinals

Result: Australia 1-Uruguay 0 (after Overtime, Match ended after Golden Goal in the 92^nd minute)

Venue: Riyadh - King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 22,000

Referee: Nikolai Levnikov (Russia)

Linesmen: Jacques Poudevigne (France), Mohamed Al-Musawi (Oman)

Kick-off time: 19:00

Goalscorers:

(Australia): Harry Kewell 92

(Uruguay): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (92^nd minute, Australia): Harry Kewell scored from a long range shot from outside of box.

Lineups:

Australia:

1-Mark Bosnich (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)

4-Milan Ivanovic (Adelaide City)

5-Alexander Tobin (Adelaide City)

21-Kevin Muscat (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England)

14-Tony Vidmar (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow / Scotland)

3-Stan Lazaridis (West Ham United Football Club-London / England)

6-Ned Zelic (Association de La Jeunesse Auxerroise / France)

10-Aurelio Vidmar (Club Deportivo Tenerife / Spain) (15-Josip Skoko (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split / Croatia) 81^st)

8-Craig Foster (Portsmouth Football Club / England)

11-Harry Kewell (Leeds United Football Club / England)

9-Mark Viduka (Nogometni Klub Croatia Zagreb/ Croatia)

Coach: Terry Venables (England)

Booked: Kevin Muscat 29

Other Substitutes:

20-Zeljko Kalac (Sydney United)

2-Steve Horvat (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split / Croatia)

7-Robbie Slater (Southampton Football Club / England)

12-Matthew Bingley (Vissel Kobe / Japan)

13-Robert Hooker (Sydney United)

16-Paolo Timboli (South Melbourne)

17-Damian Mori (Adelaide City)

18-John Aloisi (Portsmouth Football Club / England)

19-Ernest Tapai (Perth Glory)

Team Captain: Alexander Tobin

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks

Uruguay:

12- Claudio Sebastián Flores Banega (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

2- Luis Diego López Breijo (Real Racing Club de Santander / Spain)

4- Gustavo Emilio Méndez Techera (Vicenza Calcio / Italy)

3- Ronald Paolo Montero Iglesias (Juventus Football Club –Torino / Italy)

6- Edgardo Alberto Adinolfi Duarte (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

8- Líber Ernesto Vespa Lagarralde (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires / Argentina)

5- Gonzalo De Los Santos Da Rosa (Unión Deportiva Mérida / Spain)

7- Pablo Gabriel García Pérez (Montevideo Wanderers Football Club)

10- Andrés Nicolás Olivera (Valencia Club de Fútbol / Spain)

9- Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

20- Alvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy) (11- Debray Darío Silva Pereira (Cagliari Calcio / Italy) 81^st)

Coach: Victor Haroldo Pua

Booked: Marcelo Zalayeta 4, Gustavo Mendez 5

Other Substitutes:

1- Carlos Daniel Nicola Jaumandreu (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

13- Pablo Fernando Hernández Roetti (Defensor Sporting Club Montevideo)

14- Christian Fabián Callejas Rodríguez (Danubio Futbol Club Montevideo)

15- Carlos Richard Díaz (Defensor Sporting Club Montevideo)

16- César Eduardo Pellegrín García (Danubio Futbol Club Montevideo)

17- Walter Fabián Coelho Alves (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

18- Martín Sebastián Rivas Fernández (Danubio Futbol Club Montevideo)

19- Antonio Pacheco D'Agosti (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

Team Captain: Ronald Paolo Montero Iglesias

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Ennere

Uniform Colors: Sky Blue Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Photo From: FIFA Report- 1997 Arábia Saudita

(December 19, 1997, FIFA Confederations Cup, Uruguay 0-Australia 1)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2698, December 23, 1997

(December 19, 1997, FIFA Confederations Cup, Uruguay 0-Australia 1)

Date: December 21, 1997

Competition: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup-Third Place

Result: Czech Republic 1-Uruguay 0

Venue: Riyadh - King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 27,000

Referee: Lucien Bouchardeau (Nigeria)

Linesmen: Lencie Fred (Vanuatu), Vladimir Fernandez (El Salvador)

Kick-off time: 17:50

Goalscorers:

(Czech Republic): Eduard Lasota 62

(Uruguay): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (62^nd minute, Czech Republic): Kuka’s shot was parried by Claudio Flores and Eduard Lasota tapped in the rebound.

Lineups:

Czech Republic:

1- Pavel Srnicek (Newcastle United Football Club / England)

13- Petr Vlcek (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

6- Zdenek Svoboda (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

12- Karel Rada (Trabzonspor Kulübü / Turkey)

11- Radek Bejbl (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain) (15- Eduard Lasota (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha) 58^th)

7- Jiri Nemec (Fußball Club Schalke von 1904- Gelsenkirchen / Germany)

4- Pavel Nedved (Società Sportiva Lazio-Roma / Italy)

9- Pavel Kuka (1. Fußball -Club e.V.Kaiserslautern / Germany)

18- Milan Fukal (Jablonec 97 Fotbalovy Klub)

17- Vladimir Smicer (Racing Club de Lens / France) (8- Karel Poborsky (Manchester United Football Club / England) 77^th)

16- Vratislav Lokvenc (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha) (5- Michal Hornak (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha) 87^th)

Coach: Dusan Uhrin

Booked: Zdenek Svoboda 29, Jiri Nemec 35, Milan Fukal 75, Karel Poborsky 82

Other Substitutes:

2- Ivo Ulich (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

3- Lubos Kozel (Sportovni Klub Slavia Praha)

10- Horst Siegl (Atleticky Club Sparta Praha)

14 - Radek Sloncik (Fotbal Club Baník Ostrava)

19- Martin Frydek (Turn und Sportverein Bayer 04 Leverkusen e.V. / Germany)

20- Ladislav Maier (Fotbal Club Slovan Lieberec)

Team Captain: Jiri Nemec

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Puma

Uniform Colors: White Shirts, White Shorts, White Socks

Uruguay:

12- Claudio Sebastián Flores Banega (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

2- Luis Diego López Breijo (Real Racing Club de Santander / Spain) (13- Pablo Fernando Hernández Roetti (Defensor Sporting Club Montevideo) 66^th)

4- Gustavo Emilio Méndez Techera (Vicenza Calcio / Italy)

3- Ronald Paolo Montero Iglesias (Juventus Football Club –Torino / Italy)

6- Edgardo Alberto Adinolfi Duarte (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

8- Líber Ernesto Vespa Lagarralde (Asociacion Atletica Argentinos Juniors- Buenos Aires / Argentina) (11- Debray Darío Silva Pereira (Cagliari Calcio / Italy) 78^th)

5- Gonzalo De Los Santos Da Rosa (Unión Deportiva Mérida / Spain) (14- Christian Fabián Callejas Rodríguez (Danubio Futbol Club Montevideo) 46^th)

7- Pablo Gabriel García Pérez (Montevideo Wanderers Football Club)

10- Andrés Nicolás Olivera (Valencia Club de Fútbol / Spain)

20- Alvaro Alexander Recoba Rivero (Internazionale Football Club- Milano / Italy)

9- Marcelo Danubio Zalayeta (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

Coach: Victor Haroldo Pua

Booked: Gonzalo De Los Santos 30, Nicolas Olivera 37, Dario Silva 90

Other Substitutes:

1- Carlos Daniel Nicola Jaumandreu (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

15- Carlos Richard Díaz (Defensor Sporting Club Montevideo)

16- César Eduardo Pellegrín García (Danubio Futbol Club Montevideo)

17- Walter Fabián Coelho Alves (Club Nacional de Football Montevideo)

18- Martín Sebastián Rivas Fernández (Danubio Futbol Club Montevideo)

19- Antonio Pacheco D'Agosti (Club Atlético Peñarol Montevideo)

Team Captain: Ronald Paolo Montero Iglesias

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Ennere

Uniform Colors: Sky Blue Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks

Photo From: FIFA Report- 1997 Arábia Saudita

(December 21, 1997, FIFA Confederations Cup, Czech Republic 1-Uruguay 0)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czech Republic squad, December 21, 1997, FIFA Confederations Cup, Czech Republic 1-Uruguay 0)

Date: December 21, 1997

Competition: 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup-Final

Result: Brazil 6-Australia 0

Venue: Riyadh - King Fahd International Stadium, Saudi Arabia

Attendance: 65,000

Referee: Pirom Un-Praset (Thailand)

Linesmen: Mohamed Al-Musawi (Oman), Jacques Poudevigne (France)

Kick-off time: 21:00

Goalscorers:

(Brazil): Ronaldo 15, 28, 59, Romario 38, 53, 75 pen

(Australia): None

Summary of goals:

1:0 (15^th minute, Brazil): Ronaldo passed to Denilson on the left side, he passed it back inside the box to Ronaldo to score.

2:0 (28^th minute, Brazil): Juninho lobbed a ball inside the box, the Australian defenders hesitated and Ronaldo poked it past Bosnich.

3:0 (38^th minute, Brazil): Cafu’s cross from the right side was volleyed in by Romario.

4:0 (53^rd minute, Brazil): Cafu’s cross from the right side was headed across by Ronaldo to Romario who trapped and scored.

5:0 (59^th minute, Brazil): Dunga sent a long cross from his own half to Ronaldo who trapped and scored.

6:0 (75^th minute, Brazil): Mark Bosnich fouled Ronaldo fouled in the box. Romario scored from the ensuing penalty kick.

Lineups:

Brazil:

1- Nelson de Jesus Silva ‘Dida’ (Cruzeiro Esporte Clube- Belo Horizonte)

2- Evangelista Moraes ‘Cafu’ (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)

3-‘Aldair’ Nascimento dos Santos (Associazione Sportiva Roma / Italy)

4- Raimundo Ferreira Ramos Júnior ‘Júnior Baiano’ (Clube de Regatas Flamengo- Rio de Janeiro)

6- Roberto Carlos da Silva (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri Dunga (Jubilo Iwata / Japan)

16- Carlos César Sampaio Campos (Yokohama Flugels / Japan)

19- Osvaldo Giroldo Junior ‘Juninho Paulista’ (Club Atlético de Madrid / Spain)

18- Denilson De Oliveira (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)

9- Luis Nazario De Lima ‘Ronaldo’ (Internazionale Football Club -Milano / Italy)

11-‘Romário’ de Souza Faria (Valencia Club de Fútbol / Spain)

Coach: Jorge Mario Lobo Zagallo

Booked: Ronaldo 71

Other Substitutes:

7- José Roberto da Gama de Oliveira ‘Bebeto’ (Cruzeiro Esporte Clube- Belo Horizonte)

10- Leonardo Nascimento de Araujo (Associazione Calcio Milan / Italy)

12- Rogério Mücke Ceni (São Paulo Futebol Clube- São Paulo)

13- José Marcelo Ferreira ‘Zé Maria’ (Associazione Calcio Parma / Italy)

14- Marcelo Gonçalves Costa Lopes (Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas- Rio de Janeiro)

15- José Roberto da Silva Junior ‘Zé Roberto’ (Real Madrid Club de Fútbol / Spain)

17- Dorival Guidoni Júnior ‘Doriva’ (Clube Atlético Mineiro- Belo Horizonte)

20- Rivaldo Vito Borba Ferreira (Fútbol Club Barcelona / Spain)

21- ‘Rodrigo Fabri’ (Associação Portuguesa de Desportos – São Paulo)

Team Captain:

Carlos Caetano Bledorn Verri Dunga

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Nike

Uniform Colors: Yellow Shirts, Blue Shorts, White Socks

Australia:

1-Mark Bosnich (Aston Villa Football Club-Birmingham / England)

2-Steve Horvat (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split / Croatia) (12-Matthew Bingley (Vissel Kobe / Japan) 56^th)

4-Milan Ivanovic (Adelaide City)

5-Alexander Tobin (Adelaide City)

14-Tony Vidmar (Rangers Football Club-Glasgow / Scotland) (21-Kevin Muscat (Crystal Palace Football Club-London / England) 30^th)

3-Stan Lazaridis (West Ham United Football Club-London / England)

6-Ned Zelic (Association de La Jeunesse Auxerroise / France)

10-Aurelio Vidmar (Club Deportivo Tenerife / Spain) (18-John Aloisi (Portsmouth Football Club / England) 30^th)

8-Craig Foster (Portsmouth Football Club / England)

11-Harry Kewell (Leeds United Football Club / England)

9-Mark Viduka (Nogometni Klub Croatia Zagreb/ Croatia)

Coach: Terry Venables (England)

Sent off : Mark Viduka 24

Other Substitutes:

20-Zeljko Kalac (Sydney United)

7-Robbie Slater (Southampton Football Club / England)

13-Robert Hooker (Sydney United)

15-Josip Skoko (Hrvatski Nogometni Klub Hajduk Split / Croatia)

16-Paolo Timboli (South Melbourne)

17-Damian Mori (Adelaide City)

19-Ernest Tapai (Perth Glory)

Team Captain: Alexander Tobin

Official Kit Supplier/Designer: Adidas

Uniform Colors: Green Shirts, Black Shorts, Black Socks