Football for Hope

Football for Hope

Football for Hope was a FIFA-sponsored football match played between Ronaldinho XI team and Shevchenko XI team on February 15, 2005 at the Nou Camp stadium, Barcelona in support of the relief effort after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.

Organised by FIFA and UEFA in consultation with the Royal Spanish Football Federation, and with support from FC Barcelona who provided their stadium and staff free of charge, this benefit match for the victims of the tsunami saw an XI led by Ronaldinho, the 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year, beat a team captained by Andriy Shevchenko, the 2004 European Footballer of the Year, by 6 goals to 3.

Fifa hopes to raise £7 million in support of the tsunami victims, around a third through the game itself. All proceeds from the Football For Hope match will go to the FIFA/Asian Football Confederation Tsunami Solidarity Fund.

The Match

The game itself, which was watched by some 35,000 spectators, was a typical charity affair with a predictable pace, although the fans were entertained by a feast of goals.

Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o and Senegal's Henri Camara both hit two goals, which along with strikes from Ronaldinho and the South Korean Cha Du-Ri helped the FIFA World Player of the Year's team to victory, with Alessandro Del Piero, Gianfranco Zola and David Suazo scoring for Shevchenko's side.

hevchenko XI

Note: All club affiliations for both sides reflect those existing at the time of the match.

*Coaches:
*Marcello Lippi, Italy - Italian national team
*Arsène Wenger, France - Arsenal

*Goalkeepers:
*Gianluigi Buffon, Italy - Juventus
*1 - Iker Casillas, Spain - Real Madrid
*12 - Francesco Toldo, Italy - Inter Milan

*Defenders:
*4 - Kakha Kaladze, Georgia - AC Milan
*Christian Karembeu, France - Bastia
*2 - Vincent Kompany, Belgium - Anderlecht
*16 - Samuel Kuffour, Ghana - Bayern Munich
*Paolo Maldini, Italy - AC Milan
*3 - Paolo Montero, Uruguay - Juventus
*5 - Carles Puyol, Spain - Barcelona
*Jaap Stam, Netherlands - AC Milan
*15 - Lilian Thuram, France - Juventus

*Midfielders/ Attackers:
*Roberto Baggio, Italy - retired
*Michael Ballack, Germany - Bayern Munich
*23 - David Beckham, England - Real Madrid
*13 - Sebastian Deisler, Germany - Bayern Munich
*9 - Alessandro Del Piero, Italy - Juventus
*6 - Steven Gerrard, England - Liverpool
*8 - Ludovic Giuly, France - Barcelona
*14 - Thierry Henry, France - Arsenal
*15 - Jari Litmanen, Finland - Malmö
*Pavel Nedvěd, Czech Republic - Juventus
*11 - Raúl, Spain - Real Madrid
*Sergei Semak, Russia - CSKA Moscow
*7 - Andriy Shevchenko, Ukraine - AC Milan
*20 - David Suazo, Honduras - Cagliari
*Francesco Totti, Italy - AS Roma
*Patrick Vieira, France - Arsenal
*17 - Johann Vogel, Switzerland - PSV
*10 - Zinedine Zidane, France - Real Madrid
*18 - Gianfranco Zola, Italy - Cagliari
*19 - Hakan Şükür, Turkey - Galatasaray

Ronaldinho XI

Coaches:
*Carlos Alberto Parreira, Brazil - Brazilian national team
*Frank Rijkaard, Netherlands - Barcelona

Goalkeepers:
*1 - Dida, Brazil - AC Milan
*12 - Idriss Kameni, Cameroon - Espanyol

Defenders:
*2 - Cafú, Brazil - AC Milan
*3 - Iván Córdoba, Colombia - Inter Milan
*Cris, Brazil - Lyon
*Gabriel Heinze, Argentina - Manchester United
*15 - Radhi Jaidi, Tunisia - Bolton Wanderers
*Lúcio, Brazil - Bayern Munich
*4 - Rafael Márquez, Mexico - Barcelona
*19 - Lucas Radebe, South Africa - Leeds United
*Javier Zanetti, Argentina - Inter Milan
*5 - Rigobert Song, Cameroon - Galatasaray

Midfielders/ Attackers:
*Adriano, Brazil - Inter Milan
*18 - DaMarcus Beasley, USA - PSV
*16 - Delron Buckley, South Africa - Arminia Bielefeld
*17 - Henri Camara, Senegal - Southampton
*Esteban Cambiasso, Argentina - Inter Milan
*11 - Cha Du-Ri, South Korea - Eintracht Frankfurt
*20 - Deco, Portugal - Barcelona
*Didier Drogba, Côte d'Ivoire - Chelsea
*Brett Emerton, Australia - Blackburn Rovers
*Michael Essien, Ghana - Lyon
*9 - Samuel Eto'o, Cameroon - Barcelona
*Juninho, Brazil - Lyon
*22 - Kaká, Brazil - AC Milan
*Li Tie, China - Everton
*8 - Mehdi Mahdavikia, Iran - Hamburg
*13 - Obafemi Martins, Nigeria - Inter Milan
*7 - Hidetoshi Nakata, Japan - Fiorentina
*21 - Park Ji-Sung, South Korea - PSV
*Ronaldo, Brazil - Real Madrid
*10 - Ronaldinho, Brazil - Barcelona

See also

* [http://www.fifa.com/en/fairplay/tsunami/index/0,4052,105373,00.html?articleid=105373 Report on the match from FIFA]


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