The 2006 FA Community Shield was a football match played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff on 13 August 2006 between the 2005-06 FA Premier League champions Chelsea and 2005-06 FA Cup winners Liverpool. Liverpool won the match 2–1, with goals coming from John Arne Riise and Peter Crouch. Chelsea's only 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. 56,275 people attended the match, which was refereed by Martin Atkinson.

[edit] Match details

2006-08-13	Chelsea	1 – 2	Liverpool	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff Attendance: 56,275 Referee: Martin Atkinson (West Yorkshire)
	Shevchenko  44'	(Report)	Riise  9' Crouch  80'

Chelsea

Liverpool

CHELSEA: GK 23 Carlo Cudicini RB 14 Geremi 53' CB 26 John Terry (c) CB 6 Ricardo Carvalho LB 20 Paulo Ferreira 81' RM 13 Michael Ballack 7' 26' CM 5 Michael Essien 80' CM 8 Frank Lampard 15' LM 16 Arjen Robben 62' CF 7 Andriy Shevchenko CF 11 Didier Drogba 71' Substitutes: GK 40 Hilário DF 18 Wayne Bridge 53' DF 44 Michael Mancienne 80' MF 12 John Obi Mikel 81' MF 19 Lassana Diarra 68' 62' MF 24 Shaun Wright-Phillips 71' FW 21 Salomon Kalou 26' Manager: José Mourinho

LIVERPOOL: GK 25 José Manuel Reina RB 3 Steve Finnan CB 23 Jamie Carragher (c) CB 5 Daniel Agger LB 6 John Arne Riise RM 16 Jermaine Pennant 60' CM 22 Mohamed Sissoko CM 32 Boudewijn Zenden 60' LM 11 Mark González 56' SS 10 Luis Garcia 66' CF 15 Peter Crouch 89' Substitutes: GK 1 Jerzy Dudek DF 4 Sami Hyypiä DF 12 Fábio Aurélio 56' MF 8 Steven Gerrard 60' MF 14 Xabi Alonso 61' 60' FW 17 Craig Bellamy 66' FW 24 Florent Sinama-Pongolle 89' Manager: Rafael Benítez

[edit] See also

• FA Premier League 2005-06
• FA Cup 2005-06

[edit] External links

• Community Shield 2006 at TheFA.com
• LFC History Match Report