# Football for Hope

Football for Hope was a FIFA-sponsored football match played between the Ronaldinho XI team and the Shevchenko XI team on 15 February 2005 at the Camp Nou in Barcelona in support of the relief effort after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami disaster.
Organised by FIFA and UEFA in consultation with the Royal Spanish Football Federation, and with support from FC Barcelona, who provided their stadium and staff free of charge, this benefit match for the victims of the tsunami saw an XI led by Ronaldinho, the 2004 FIFA World Player of the Year, beat a team captained by Andriy Shevchenko, the 2004 European Footballer of the Year, by six goals to three.
FIFA hoped to raise £7 million in support of the tsunami victims, around a third through the game itself. All proceeds from the Football For Hope match went to the FIFA/Asian Football Confederation Tsunami Solidarity Fund.
In 2011, FIFA won the Sport for Health Award at the Beyond Sport Awards ceremony.

## The match

The game itself, which was watched by some 35,000 spectators, was a typical charity affair with a predictable pace, although the fans were entertained by a feast of goals.
Cameroon's Samuel Eto'o and Senegal's Henri Camara both scored two goals, which, along with strikes from Ronaldinho and the South Korean Cha Du-ri, helped the FIFA World Player of the Year's team to victory. Alessandro Del Piero, Gianfranco Zola and David Suazo scored for Andriy Shevchenko's side.

## Shevchenko XI

*Coaches:
* Marcello Lippi — Italy
* Arsène Wenger — Arsenal
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ESP | Iker Casillas |
| 2 | DF | BEL | Vincent Kompany |
| 3 | DF | URU | Paolo Montero |
| 4 | DF | GEO | Kakha Kaladze |
| 5 | DF | GHA | Samuel Kuffour |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Steven Gerrard |
| 7 | FW | UKR | Andriy Shevchenko |
| 8 | MF | FRA | Ludovic Giuly |
| 9 | MF | ITA | Alessandro Del Piero |
| 10 | MF | FRA | Zinedine Zidane |
| 11 | MF | ESP | Raúl |
| 12 | GK | ITA | Francesco Toldo |
| 13 | MF | GER | Sebastian Deisler |
| 14 | MF | SUI | Johann Vogel |
| 15 | FW | TUR | Hakan Şükür |
| 16 | MF | FIN | Jari Litmanen |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | ITA | Gianfranco Zola |
| 20 | FW | HON | David Suazo |
| 21 | DF | FRA | Lilian Thuram |
| 22 | FW | FRA | Thierry Henry |
| 23 | MF | ENG | David Beckham |
| — | GK | ITA | Gianluigi Buffon |
| — | DF | FRA | Christian Karembeu |
| — | DF | ESP | Carles Puyol |
| — | DF | ITA | Paolo Maldini |
| — | DF | NED | Jaap Stam |
| — | FW | ITA | Roberto Baggio |
| — | MF | GER | Michael Ballack |
| — | FW | ITA | Francesco Totti |
| — | FW | CZE | Pavel Nedvěd |
| — | MF | FRA | Patrick Vieira |
| — | MF | RUS | Sergei Semak |

## Ronaldinho XI

Coaches:
* Carlos Alberto Parreira — Brazil
* Frank Rijkaard — Barcelona
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | BRA | Dida |
| 2 | DF | BRA | Cafu |
| 3 | DF | COL | Iván Córdoba |
| 4 | DF | MEX | Rafael Márquez |
| 5 | DF | RSA | Lucas Radebe |
| 6 | DF | GHA | Samuel Kuffour |
| 7 | MF | JPN | Hidetoshi Nakata |
| 8 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Mahdavikia |
| 9 | FW | CMR | Samuel Eto'o |
| 10 | FW | BRA | Ronaldinho |
| 11 | MF | KOR | Park Ji-sung |
| 12 | GK | CMR | Carlos Kameni |
| 13 | FW | NGA | Obafemi Martins |
| 14 | FW | SEN | Henri Camara |
| 15 | DF | TUN | Radhi Jaïdi |
| 16 | MF | RSA | Delron Buckley |
| 17 | DF | CMR | Rigobert Song |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 18 | MF | USA | DaMarcus Beasley |
| 19 | MF | KOR | Cha Du-ri |
| 20 | MF | POR | Deco |
| 22 | MF | BRA | Kaká |
| — | DF | BRA | Cris |
| — | DF | ARG | Gabriel Heinze |
| — | DF | BRA | Lúcio |
| — | DF | ARG | Javier Zanetti |
| — | FW | BRA | Adriano |
| — | MF | ARG | Esteban Cambiasso |
| — | FW | CIV | Didier Drogba |
| — | MF | AUS | Brett Emerton |
| — | MF | GHA | Michael Essien |
| — | MF | BRA | Juninho |
| — | MF | CHN | Li Tie |
| — | FW | BRA | Ronaldo |