| Charlton Athletic | Manchester United |
|---|
| GK | Scott Carson | | GK | Edwin van der Sar |
| DR | Luke Young | | DR | Patrice Evra |
| DR | Hermann Hreidarsson | | DR | Wes Brown |
| DR | Talal El Karkouri | | DR | John O'Shea |
| DR | Jonathan Fortune | | DR | Rio Ferdinand |
| MD | Matt Holland | | DR | Mikael Silvestre |
| MD | Darren Ambrose | | MD | Darren Fletcher |
| S2 | MD | Amdy Faye | S1 | MD | Ji-Sung Park |
| MD | Bryan Hughes | | AM | Cristiano Ronaldo |
| S1 | FD | Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | S2 | WR | Ryan Giggs |
| FD | Darren Bent | | FD | Louis Saha |
| Substitute | Substitute |
|---|
| S1 | FD | Marcus Bent | S1 | MD | Michael Carrick |
| S2 | WR | Dennis Rommedahl | S2 | FD | Ole Gunnar Solskjaer |
| Manager | Manager |
|---|
| | Iain Dowie | | | Sir Alex Ferguson |