The FA Premier League Asia Cup 2005 was the second edition of the

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, a four-team football (soccer) tournament held every two years. The second edition was competed by

Thailand national football team The Thailand national football team ( th, ฟุตบอลทีมชาติไทย, , ) represents Thailand in senior international football and is controlled by the Football Association of Thailand. In the regional competition, Thail ...

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, Everton and

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at the 49,749-capacity

Rajamangala Stadium The Rajamangala National Stadium ( th, ราชมังคลากีฬาสถาน; , ) is the national stadium of Thailand. It is part of the Hua Mak Sports Complex, and is located in Hua Mak Subdistrict, Bang Kapi, Bangkok. It officia ...

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. 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.

defeated Everton 5–3 while

edged

5–4 on the spot-kicks. The third place play-off was also decided via spot-kicks after a 1–1 stalemate.

beat Everton 4–2 on spot-kicks. The final was won through a penalty converted by Diouf on the 79th minute as

clinched the title with a slim 1–0 win over

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

Semi-finals

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Third place play-off

Final

Goalscorers

;1 goal *

Pichitphong Choeichiu Pichitphong Choeichiu ( th, พิชิตพงษ์ เฉยฉิว, born August 28, 1982) is a Thai retired professional footballer who plays as a midfielder currently head coach for Thai League 3 club Rongseemaechaithanachotiwat Phayao ...

Marcus Bent Marcus Nathan Bent (born 19 May 1978) is a retired English professional footballer. A former England under-21 international, the journeyman striker played 573 games and scored 113 goals for fourteen different clubs. His numerous transfer fees ...

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Kevin Davies Kevin Cyril Davies (born 26 March 1977) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Chesterfield, Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Millwall, Bolton Wanderers and Preston North End. He managed Southport in the 201 ...

* Andrew Cole * James Beattie *

El Hadji Diouf El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (; born 15 January 1981) is a Senegalese former professional footballer. Throughout his career, Diouf played as a winger or a forward. Having started his professional football career in France with Sochaux, Rennes an ...

References

External links

FA Premier League Asia Trophy 2005 (Toffeeweb.com)FA Premier League Asia Trophy 2005 (Goalzz.com)
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