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2005 FA Premier League Asia Trophy
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | FA Premier League Asia Cup |
| year | 2005 |
| country | Thailand |
| num_teams | 4 |
| confederations | 2 |
| venues | 1 |
| cities | 1 |
| champion_other | ENG Bolton Wanderers |
| count | 1 |
| second_other | THA Thailand |
| third_other | ENG Manchester City |
| fourth_other | ENG Everton |
| matches | 4 |
| goals | 7 |
| top_scorer | Seven players |
| (1 goal each) | |
| prevseason | 2003 |
| nextseason | 2007 |
(1 goal each) The FA Premier League Asia Cup 2005 was the second edition of the Premier League Asia Trophy, a four-team football (soccer) tournament held every two years. The second edition was competed by Thailand national football team, Bolton Wanderers, Everton and Manchester City at the 49,749-capacity Rajamangala Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The semi-finals took place on 20 July and both third-place play-off and final on 26 July 2005.
Both semifinals were decided on spot kicks with the scores levelled on 1–1 at full-time. Thailand defeated Everton 5–3 while Bolton Wanderers edged Manchester City 5–4 on the spot-kicks.
The third place play-off was also decided via spot-kicks after a 1–1 stalemate. Manchester City beat Everton 4–2 on spot-kicks. The final was won through a penalty converted by Diouf on the 79th minute as Bolton Wanderers clinched the title with a slim 1–0 win over Thailand.
Competition format
The competition used a knock-out format. On 20 July 2005, Thailand played Everton while Bolton played Man. City. The winners competed in the final while the losers competed for 3rd place play-off, both on 23 July 2005.
Results
|20 July 2005 – Thailand (Rajamangala Stadium)|THA Thailand|1 (5) |ENG Everton|1 (3) |20 July 2005 - Thailand (Rajamangala Stadium)|ENG Bolton Wanderers|1 (5) |ENG Manchester City|1 (4) |27 July 2005 – Thailand (Rajamangala Stadium)|THA Thailand|0 |ENG Bolton Wanderers|1 |26 July 2005 – Thailand (Rajamangala Stadium)|ENG Manchester City|1 (4) |ENG Everton|1 (2)
Semi-finals
08:00 UTC
Teeratep
Pichitphong
Chakrit
Jakkrit
McFadden
Yobo
Kilbane
08:00 UTC Diouf Vaz Tê Fadiga Campo Flood Sun Jihai Bermingham Wright-Phillips}}
Third place play-off
08:00 UTC
Mills
Thatcher
Flood
Ferguson
Bent
Kilbane
Final
08:00 UTC
Goalscorers
;1 goal
- THA Pichitphong Choeichiu
- ENG Marcus Bent
- ENG Joey Barton
- ENG Kevin Davies
- ENG Andrew Cole
- ENG James Beattie
- SEN El Hadji Diouf
References
References
- (24 July 2005). "Bolton top Thailand, Man City edge Everton in Asia friendlies". Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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