Content deleted Content added
No edit summary Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit |
|||
Line 18:
==Association football==
* May 18 – [[UEFA Cup]] [[2005 UEFA Cup Final|Final]] – [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] became the first [[Russian Premier League|Russian]] club to win a major [[UEFA|European]] club competition, defeating [[Sporting Clube de Portugal|Sporting Lisbon]] 3–1 at [[Estádio José Alvalade|Sporting's home field]] in Lisbon.
* May 25 – [[UEFA Champions League]] [[2005 UEFA Champions League Final|Final]] – [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] defeated A.C. Milan 3–2 on penalties after a 3–3 draw in [[Istanbul]] to win Europe's top prize for the 5th time.
* August 31 – [[Boca Juniors]] ([[Argentina]]) won the [[Recopa Sudamericana]] 2005 4–3 on aggregate over [[Once Caldas]] ([[Colombia]]). (First leg in [[Buenos Aires]] 3–1, second leg in [[Manizales]] 1–2)
* December 11 – Opening game of the first [[FIFA Club World Championship 2005|FIFA World Club Championship]], a six team tournament replacing the former [[European/South American Cup|Intercontinental Cup]]. In the final one week later [[Brazil]]ian team [[São Paulo Futebol Clube|São Paulo]] won the competition narrowly beating [[UEFA Champions League|UEFA Champions]] [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] 1–0.
| |||