ChampionsWorld Series

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The ChampionsWorld Series was a club association football exhibition competition hosted in North America, held in the summers of 2003 and 2004.

The entire 2003 competition took place in the United States, with the match between Milan and Juventus doubling up as the 2003 Supercoppa Italiana. The 2004 edition had two games held in Canada.

Country	Team	Current titles
Argentina	Boca Juniors	2003 Copa Libertadores
England	Manchester United	2002–03 FA Premier League
Italy	Juventus	2002–03 Serie A
Italy	Milan	2002–03 UEFA Champions League • 2002–03 Coppa Italia
Mexico	América
Scotland	Celtic
Spain	Barcelona

22 July 2003

Manchester United	4–0	Celtic
Van Nistelrooy 7' Giggs 28' Solskjær 39' Bellion 72'	Report

Seahawks Stadium, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 66,772

Referee: Kevin Terry

25 July 2003

Celtic	1–0	Boca Juniors
Sutton 59'	Report

Cleveland Browns Stadium, Cleveland, Ohio

Attendance: 20,842

Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela

27 July 2003

Manchester United	3–1	América
Van Nistelrooy 47' Forlán 49', 79'	Report	Patiño 87'

Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California

Attendance: 57,365

Referee: Ali Saheli

27 July 2003

Barcelona	2–2	Juventus
Saviola 28', 41'	Report	Di Vaio 86' Miccoli 87'
Penalties
	6–5

Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Massachusetts

Attendance: 57,365

Referee: Kevin Terry

30 July 2003

Barcelona	2–0	Milan
Quaresma 11' Ronaldinho 51'	Report

Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 45,864

Referee: Kevin Terry

31 July 2003

Manchester United	4–1	Juventus
Giggs 24' Scholes 57' Van Nistelrooy 60' Solskjær 79'	Report	Nedvěd 70'

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Attendance: 79,005

Referee: Brian Hall

3 August 2003

Manchester United	3–1	Barcelona
Forlán 25', 37' Van Nistelrooy 85'	Report	Kluivert 10'

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 68,396

Referee: Kevin Stott

3 August 2003

Milan	1–1[Note 1] (a.e.t.)	Juventus
Pirlo 105+2' (pen.)	Report	Trezeguet 105+3'
Penalties
Pirlo Serginho Brocchi Nesta	3–5	Di Vaio Trezeguet Birindelli Camoranesi Ferrara

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Attendance: 54,128

Referee: Pierluigi Collina

Country	Team	Current titles
England	Chelsea
England	Liverpool
England	Manchester United	2003–04 FA Cup
Germany	Bayern Munich
Italy	Milan	2003–04 Serie A
Italy	Roma
Portugal	Porto	2003–04 UEFA Champions League • 2003–04 Primeira Liga
Scotland	Celtic	2003–04 Scottish Premier League • 2003–04 Scottish Cup
Turkey	Galatasaray

24 July 2004

Celtic	2–4	Chelsea
Beattie 27', 68'	Report	Smertin 15' Guðjohnsen 50' Kežman 59', 87'

Qwest Field, Seattle, Washington

Attendance: 30,504

Referee: Kevin Terry

25 July 2004

Manchester United	0–0	Bayern Munich
	Report
Penalties
Smith Bellion Keane O'Shea	2–4	Frings Scholl Ballack Santa Cruz

Soldier Field, Chicago, Illinois

Attendance: 54,128

Referee: Terry Vaughn

26 July 2004

Celtic	1–5	Liverpool
Beattie 72' (pen)	Report	Riise 5' Owen 17' Cissé 62', 76' Henchoz 67'

Rentschler Field, East Hartford, Connecticut

Attendance: 24,271

Referee: Alex Prus

28 July 2004

Manchester United	1–2	Celtic
Smith 35'	Report	Sutton 9' (pen) Beattie 71'

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 55,421

Referee: Kevin Stott

29 July 2004

Chelsea	3–0	Roma
Cole 11' Kežman 63' Drogba 69'	Report

Heinz Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 25,317

Referee: Ricardo Valenzuela

30 July 2004

Porto	1–0	Liverpool
Carlos Alberto 84'	Report

SkyDome, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 40,078

Referee: Silviu Petrescu

31 July 2004

Celtic	0–1	Roma
	Report	Totti 25'

SkyDome, Toronto, Ontario

Attendance: 50,168

Referee: Steve DePiero

31 July 2004

Manchester United	1–1	Milan
Scholes 33'	Report	Shevchenko 90'
Penalties
Forlán Keane Smith G. Neville Eagles Brown Richardson Bardsley Djemba-Djemba Howard	8–9	Shevchenko Crespo Serginho Kaká Costacurta Brocchi Cafu Dida Kaladze Maldini

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Attendance: 74,511

Referee: Kevin Stott

1 August 2004

Porto	1–2	Galatasaray
Maniche 90+3'	Report	Şükür 4' Erdem 86'

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Attendance: 15,408

Referee: Kevin Terry

2 August 2004

Milan	3–2	Chelsea
Cafu 26' Costacurta 76' Shevchenko 87'	Report	Guðjohnsen 19' Drogba 38'

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Attendance: 39,123

Referee: Terry Vaughn

3 August 2004

Roma	1–2	Liverpool
Delvecchio 21'	Report	Cissé 30' Owen 85'

Giants Stadium, East Rutherford, New Jersey

Attendance: 25,028

Referee: Michael Kennedy