# 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup Group A

Group A of the 2003 FIFA Confederations Cup took place between 18 and 22 June 2003. France won the group and advanced to the knockout stage, along with group runners-up Colombia. Japan and New Zealand failed to advance.

## Standings

| 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 |

## Results
### New Zealand v Japan

| New Zealand | Japan |
| GK | 12 | Michael Utting |
| DF | 2 | Duncan Oughton | 72' |
| DF | 4 | Chris Zoricich |
| DF | 14 | Ryan Nelsen |
| DF | 20 | Gerard Davis |
| MF | 7 | Ivan Vicelich |
| MF | 8 | Aaran Lines | | 70' |
| MF | 9 | Mark Burton | | 73' |
| MF | 19 | Simon Elliott |
| FW | 11 | Chris Killen | | 80' |
| FW | 16 | Vaughan Coveny |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 21 | Noah Hickey | | 70' |
| MF | 10 | Chris Jackson | | 73' |
| DF | 13 | Christian Bouckenooghe | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Mick Waitt ||
| GK | 1 | Seigo Narazaki |
| DF | 14 | Alessandro Santos | 6' |
| DF | 17 | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto |
| DF | 21 | Keisuke Tsuboi |
| DF | 22 | Nobuhisa Yamada |
| MF | 5 | Junichi Inamoto | 37' |
| MF | 7 | Hidetoshi Nakata |
| MF | 10 | Shunsuke Nakamura |
| MF | 19 | Yasuhito Endō |
| FW | 9 | Yoshito Ōkubo |
| FW | 20 | Naohiro Takahara |
| Manager: ||
| Zico ||

### France v Colombia

| France | Colombia |
| GK | 23 | Grégory Coupet |
| DF | 2 | Philippe Mexès | 10' |
| DF | 3 | Bixente Lizarazu | 90+3' |
| DF | 8 | Marcel Desailly |
| DF | 15 | Lilian Thuram | 90+4' |
| MF | 6 | Olivier Dacourt |
| MF | 17 | Olivier Kapo | | 61' |
| MF | 18 | Benoît Pedretti |
| FW | 9 | Djibril Cissé | | 77' |
| FW | 11 | Sylvain Wiltord |
| FW | 12 | Thierry Henry | 24' | 85' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 7 | Robert Pires | | 61' |
| FW | 22 | Sidney Govou | | 77' |
| FW | 20 | Steve Marlet | | 85' |
| Manager: ||
| Jacques Santini ||
| GK | 1 | Óscar Córdoba |
| DF | 2 | Iván Córdoba | 89' |
| DF | 3 | Mario Yepes |
| DF | 23 | Gonzalo Martínez | | 90+3' |
| MF | 10 | Giovanni Hernández |
| MF | 15 | Rubén Darío Velázquez | 38' |
| MF | 18 | Jorge López Caballero | 6' |
| MF | 20 | Gerardo Bedoya |
| MF | 21 | Jairo Patiño | | 66' |
| FW | 7 | Elson Becerra | 78' |
| FW | 9 | Víctor Aristizábal | 90+4' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 16 | Eudalio Arriaga | | 66' |
| DF | 6 | Gerardo Vallejo | | 90+3' |
| Manager: ||
| Francisco Maturana ||

### Colombia v New Zealand

| Colombia | New Zealand |
| GK | 1 | Óscar Córdoba |
| DF | 2 | Iván Córdoba | 60' |
| DF | 3 | Mario Yepes |
| DF | 23 | Gonzalo Martínez | 16' |
| MF | 10 | Giovanni Hernández |
| MF | 11 | Elkin Murillo | | 46' |
| MF | 15 | Rubén Darío Velázquez | | 8' |
| MF | 18 | Jorge López Caballero |
| MF | 20 | Gerardo Bedoya | | 77' |
| FW | 7 | Elson Becerra | 40' |
| FW | 9 | Víctor Aristizábal |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 21 | Jairo Patiño | | 8' |
| MF | 8 | Arnulfo Valentierra | | 46' |
| FW | 16 | Eudalio Arriaga | | 77' |
| Manager: ||
| Francisco Maturana ||
| GK | 12 | Michael Utting | 66' |
| DF | 2 | Duncan Oughton |
| DF | 5 | Danny Hay |
| DF | 14 | Ryan Nelsen | 38' |
| DF | 20 | Gerard Davis |
| MF | 7 | Ivan Vicelich |
| MF | 17 | Raf de Gregorio |
| MF | 19 | Simon Elliott |
| MF | 21 | Noah Hickey | 33' |
| FW | 11 | Chris Killen | 60' 68' |
| FW | 16 | Vaughan Coveny | | 83' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 15 | Shane Smeltz | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Mick Waitt ||

### France v Japan

| France | Japan |
| GK | 16 | Fabien Barthez |
| DF | 4 | Jean-Alain Boumsong |
| DF | 5 | William Gallas |
| DF | 13 | Mikaël Silvestre |
| DF | 19 | Willy Sagnol | 90' |
| MF | 6 | Olivier Dacourt | | 57' |
| MF | 7 | Robert Pires |
| MF | 14 | Jérôme Rothen | | 66' |
| MF | 21 | Ousmane Dabo |
| FW | 20 | Steve Marlet | | 80' |
| FW | 22 | Sidney Govou | 21' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 18 | Benoît Pedretti | | 57' |
| FW | 11 | Sylvain Wiltord | | 66' |
| FW | 12 | Thierry Henry | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Jacques Santini ||
| GK | 1 | Seigo Narazaki |
| DF | 14 | Alessandro Santos |
| DF | 17 | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto |
| DF | 21 | Keisuke Tsuboi |
| DF | 22 | Nobuhisa Yamada |
| MF | 5 | Junichi Inamoto | 42' | 73' |
| MF | 7 | Hidetoshi Nakata |
| MF | 10 | Shunsuke Nakamura | | 80' |
| MF | 19 | Yasuhito Endō |
| FW | 9 | Yoshito Ōkubo | 33' |
| FW | 20 | Naohiro Takahara |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 16 | Kōji Nakata | | 73' |
| MF | 8 | Mitsuo Ogasawara | | 80' |
| Manager: ||
| Zico ||

### France v New Zealand

| France | New Zealand |
| GK | 1 | Mickaël Landreau |
| DF | 2 | Philippe Mexès |
| DF | 3 | Bixente Lizarazu |
| DF | 8 | Marcel Desailly |
| DF | 15 | Lilian Thuram |
| MF | 10 | Ludovic Giuly |
| MF | 17 | Olivier Kapo |
| MF | 18 | Benoît Pedretti | 68' |
| FW | 9 | Djibril Cissé |
| FW | 11 | Sylvain Wiltord | 76' |
| FW | 12 | Thierry Henry | 74' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 21 | Ousmane Dabo | 68' |
| FW | 20 | Steve Marlet | 74' |
| MF | 7 | Robert Pires | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Jacques Santini ||
| GK | 12 | Michael Utting |
| DF | 4 | Chris Zoricich | 73' |
| DF | 5 | Danny Hay | 81' |
| DF | 13 | Christian Bouckenooghe |
| DF | 14 | Ryan Nelsen |
| DF | 20 | Gerard Davis |
| MF | 9 | Mark Burton | 68' |
| MF | 17 | Raf de Gregorio |
| MF | 19 | Simon Elliott |
| MF | 21 | Noah Hickey |
| FW | 16 | Vaughan Coveny |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 10 | Chris Jackson | 68' |
| DF | 2 | Duncan Oughton | 73' |
| DF | 18 | Scott Smith | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Mick Waitt ||

### Japan v Colombia

| Japan | Colombia |
| GK | 1 | Seigo Narazaki |
| DF | 14 | Alessandro Santos |
| DF | 17 | Tsuneyasu Miyamoto |
| DF | 21 | Keisuke Tsuboi |
| DF | 22 | Nobuhisa Yamada | 11' |
| MF | 7 | Hidetoshi Nakata | 82' |
| MF | 8 | Mitsuo Ogasawara | | 74' |
| MF | 16 | Kōji Nakata |
| MF | 19 | Yasuhito Endō | | 82' |
| FW | 9 | Yoshito Ōkubo | | 67' |
| FW | 20 | Naohiro Takahara |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 18 | Yuichiro Nagai | | 67' |
| MF | 11 | Daisuke Matsui | 87' | 74' |
| MF | 13 | Daisuke Oku | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Zico ||
| GK | 1 | Óscar Córdoba |
| DF | 3 | Mario Yepes |
| DF | 5 | José Mera | 5' |
| DF | 23 | Gonzalo Martínez |
| MF | 10 | Giovanni Hernández |
| MF | 14 | Óscar Díaz | | 46' |
| MF | 18 | Jorge López Caballero |
| MF | 20 | Gerardo Bedoya |
| MF | 21 | Jairo Patiño |
| FW | 9 | Víctor Aristizábal |
| FW | 16 | Eudalio Arriaga | | 76' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Arnulfo Valentierra | | 46' |
| DF | 6 | Gerardo Vallejo | | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Francisco Maturana ||