Oliver's Almanack of World Football

2006 Edition

The Almanack of World Football 2006 was published in September 2005 and covers world football in the 2004 and 2004-05 seasons. This was the year of Liverpool’s heroic victory over Milan in the 2005 UEFA Champions League final.

It was also the season that Nigeria’s Enyimba became the first team since 1968 to retain the CAF Champions League when they beat Tunisia’s Etoile du Sahel in the 2004 final. Find out how São Paulo beat Atlético Paranaense in an all-Brazil final in the Copa Libetadores and how Saudi Arabia’s Al Ittihad overturned a 3-1 first leg defeat at home in the AFC Champions Cup final to win the return leg 5-0 in South Korea.

There are match details of every qualifier played in the 2006 FIFA World Cup from the first match in September 2003 to June 2005 - mid-way through the qualifiers. Other tournaments covered include the 2005 CONCACAF Gold Cup which almost saw one of the greatest upsets in the history of the tournament when Panama took hosts America all the way to a penalty shoot-out in the final before losing.

The Almanack of World football 2006 also covers domestic football in all 208 nations affiliated to FIFA. Find out how DC United won the 2004 MLS Cup or how Barcelona won the 2005 Spanish championship – their first for six seasons. Enjoy browsing our unique results bracket to see how Arsenal became the first club to win the FA Cup on penalties and who missed the vital penalty to give them the trophy. If you want to know the score of every Hearts of Oak game on their way to the 2004 title in Ghana, you will find the information in the the Almanack of World Football 2006.