 São Paulo qualified for the FIFA Club World Championship as the reigning Copa Libertadores winners . They had won the 2005 Copa Libertadores beating Atlético Paranaense 5 – 1 over two @-@ legs in the final . It would be São Paulo 's first appearance in the competition , although they had won the forerunner to the competition , the Intercontinental Cup twice , in 1992 and 1993 . 
