| Manchester United | Charlton Athletic |
|---|
| GK | Roy Carroll | | GK | Dean Kiely |
| DR | Rio Ferdinand | | DR | Luke Young |
| DR | Mikael Silvestre | | DR | Radostin Kishishev |
| DR | Wes Brown | | DR | Hermann Hreidarsson |
| S2 | MD | Roy Keane | S1 | DR | Chris Perry |
| MD | Paul Scholes | | DR | Talal El Karkouri |
| MD | Quinton Fortune | | MD | Matt Holland |
| S3 | MD | Darren Fletcher | | MD | Danny Murphy |
| WR | Ryan Giggs | S2 | AM | Jerome Thomas |
| FD | Wayne Rooney | S3 | FD | Shaun Bartlett |
| S1 | FD | Ruud van Nistelrooy | | FD | Jonatan 'JJ' Johansson |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | MD | Alan Smith | S1 | DR | Jonathan Fortune |
| S2 | DR | Phil Neville | S2 | DR | Paul Konchesky |
| S3 | DR | John O'Shea | S3 | FD | Francis Jeffers |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Sir Alex Ferguson | | | Alan Curbishley |