2003 FIFA Confederations Cup final

The 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup final was a football match to determine the winners of the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup. The match was held at Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France, on 29 June 2003 and was contested by Cameroon and France. France won the match 1–0, with a golden goal in the 97th minute from Thierry Henry when he kneed the ball past Carlos Kameni into the left corner of the net from the right of the six yard box after a pass from Lilian Thuram.^[1][2]

2003 FIFA Confederations Cup final

Event	2003 FIFA Confederations Cup
Cameroon France 0 1
After golden goal extra-time
Date	29 June 2003
Venue	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
Referee	Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
Attendance	51,985
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Cameroon wore shirts embroidered with Marc-Vivien Foé's name and dates of birth and death as a tribute to their midfielder who had suffered cardiac arrest and died on the pitch during their semi-final game against Colombia three days earlier.^[3][4] At the trophy presentation, two Cameroon players held a large photo of Foé, on which FIFA officials hung a runner-up medal. When France captain Marcel Desailly was presented with the trophy, he held it in unison with Cameroon captain Rigobert Song.^[5][6]

Route to the final

Cameroon		Round	France
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Brazil	1–0	Match 1	Colombia	1–0
Turkey	1–0	Match 2	Japan	2–1
United States	0–0	Match 3	New Zealand	5–0
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Cameroon 3 2 1 0 2 0 2 7  Turkey 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4  Brazil 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4  United States 3 0 1 2 1 3 −2 1		Final standing	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  France 3 3 0 0 8 1 7 9  Colombia 3 2 0 1 4 2 2 6  Japan 3 1 0 2 4 3 1 3  New Zealand 3 0 0 3 1 11 −10 0
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
Colombia	1–0	Semi-final	Turkey	3–2

Match details

29 June 2003

21:00 (UTC+2)

Cameroon	0–1 (a.e.t./g.g.)	France
	Report	Henry 97'

Stade de France, Saint-Denis

Attendance: 51,985

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Cameroon

France

GK 1 Carlos Kameni CB 3 Jean-Joël Perrier-Doumbé CB 13 Lucien Mettomo CB 4 Rigobert Song (c) RM 8 Geremi CM 19 Eric Djemba-Djemba CM 7 Modeste M'bami  89' LM 5 Timothée Atouba RF 16 Valéry Mézague  91' CF 11 Pius Ndiefi  67' LF 18 Mohammadou Idrissou Substitutions: FW 9 Samuel Eto'o  67' MF 10 Achille Emaná  91' Manager: Winfried Schäfer

GK 16 Fabien Barthez RB 19 Willy Sagnol  76' CB 5 William Gallas CB 8 Marcel Desailly (c) LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu RM 10 Ludovic Giuly CM 18 Benoît Pedretti CM 6 Olivier Dacourt  44'  90' LM 11 Sylvain Wiltord  65' CF 9 Djibril Cissé CF 12 Thierry Henry Substitutions: MF 7 Robert Pires  65' DF 15 Lilian Thuram  76' MF 17 Olivier Kapo  90' Manager: Jacques Santini

Assistant referees: Gennady Krasyuk (Russia) Yuri Dupanov (Belarus) Fourth official: Carlos Amarilla (Paraguay)