2006 FA Community Shield

The 2006 FA Community Shield was a football match played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 13 August 2006 between the 2005–06 Premier League champions Chelsea and 2005–06 FA Cup winners Liverpool. 
Liverpool won the match 2–1, with goals from John Arne Riise and Peter Crouch. Chelsea's goal was scored by their new signing Andriy Shevchenko.
The match was the last Community Shield to be played at the Millennium Stadium during the reconstruction of Wembley Stadium in London. 56,275 people attended the match, which was refereed by Martin Atkinson.
==Match details==
	
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GK 	23 	Carlo Cudicini 	 	
RB 	14 	Geremi 	 	
CB 	26 	John Terry (c) 	 	
CB 	6 	Ricardo Carvalho 	 	
LB 	20 	Paulo Ferreira 	 	
RM 	13 	Michael Ballack 	 	
CM 	5 	Michael Essien 	 	
CM 	8 	Frank Lampard 	 	
LM 	16 	Arjen Robben 	 	
CF 	7 	Andriy Shevchenko 	 	
CF 	11 	Didier Drogba 	 	
Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	Substitutes: 	 	
GK 	40 	Henrique Hilário 	 	
DF 	18 	Wayne Bridge 	 	
DF 	44 	Michael Mancienne 	 	
MF 	12 	John Obi Mikel 	 	
MF 	19 	Lassana Diarra 	 	
MF 	24 	Shaun Wright-Phillips	 	
FW 	21 	Salomon Kalou 	 	
Manager: 	Manager: 	Manager: 	 	
José Mourinho	José Mourinho	José Mourinho 	José Mourinho	
Match officials
*Assistant referees:
**Roger East (Wiltshire)
**Shaun Proctor-Green (Lincolnshire)
*Fourth official: Mark Clattenburg (County Durham)
Man of the match
*Mohamed Sissoko (Liverpool)	
Match rules
*90 minutes.
*Penalty shoot-out if scores level.
*Seven named substitutes.
==See also==
*2005–06 FA Premier League
*2005–06 FA Cup
==External links==
*Community Shield 2006 at TheFA.com
*LFC History Match Report
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