2009 FIFA Club World Cup

The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was a football tournament played from 9 to 19 December 2009. It was the sixth FIFA Club World Cup and was played in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.[1] Australia, Japan and Portugal also placed bids to host the tournament, but Portugal later withdrew from the process.[2]

2009 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009
presented by Toyota
كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم
الإمارات العربية المتحدة 2009
Tournament details
Host countryUnited Arab Emirates
Dates9–19 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
Champions Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-up Estudiantes
Third place Pohang Steelers
Fourth place Atlante
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored25 (3.13 per match)
Attendance156,350 (19,544 per match)
Top scorer(s) Denilson (4 goals)
Best player(s) Lionel Messi
Fair play award Atlante

Manchester United were the defending champions, but could not defend their title after losing the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final.

The final was played on 19 December 2009 and was won by European champions Barcelona, who came from behind to defeat the South American entrants, Estudiantes, 2–1 after extra time.[3] Mauro Boselli put Estudiantes ahead in the 37th minute, but Pedro equalised with one minute left in normal time before Lionel Messi scored the winning goal five minutes into the second half of extra time. This made Barcelona the first Spanish side to win the FIFA Club World Cup, and it also meant that they had won a total of six competitions in the 2009 calendar year, beating Liverpool's record five trophies won in 2001.

Qualified teams
Location of teams of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.
Team Confederation Qualification
Entered in the semi-finals
Barcelona UEFA Winners of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League
Estudiantes CONMEBOL Winners of the 2009 Copa Libertadores
Entered in the quarter-finals
Atlante CONCACAF Winners of the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League
Pohang Steelers AFC Winners of the 2009 AFC Champions League
TP Mazembe CAF Winners of the 2009 CAF Champions League
Entered in the play-off round
Al-Ahli AFC (Host) Winners of the 2008–09 UAE Pro-League
Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2008–09 OFC Champions League

Venues
Official mascot of the tournament
Closing ceremony of the tournament

All of the matches at the tournament were played in Abu Dhabi, with three matches at the Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium and five at the Zayed Sports City Stadium, including the final and the play-offs for third and fifth place.[4]

Abu Dhabi
Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Zayed Sports City Stadium
24°27′09.95″N 54°23′31.27″E 24°24′57.92″N 54°27′12.93″E
Capacity: 42,056 Capacity: 50,000
2009 FIFA Club World Cup (United Arab Emirates)

Match ball

The Adidas Jabulani, the official match ball of the 2010 FIFA World Cup, served as the match ball of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.

Match officials
Confederation Referee Assistant referees
AFC Matthew Breeze (Australia) Jason Power (Australia)
Benjamin Wilson (Australia)
Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Rafael Ilyasov (Uzbekistan)
Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)
CAF Coffi Codjia (Benin) Alexis Fassinou (Benin)
Desire Gahungu (Burundi)
CONCACAF Benito Archundia (Mexico) Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)
Hector Vergara (Canada)
CONMEBOL Carlos Simon (Brazil) Roberto Braatz (Brazil)
Altemir Hausmann (Brazil)
OFC Peter O'Leary (New Zealand) Brent Best (New Zealand)
Matthew Taro (Solomon Islands)
UEFA Roberto Rosetti (Italy) Stefano Ayroldi (Italy)
Cristiano Copelli (Italy)

Squads
Main article: 2009 FIFA Club World Cup squads

Matches

The official draw was held in Abu Dhabi on 12 November 2009 to decide the opposition to be faced by the three teams that begin the tournament at the quarter-final stage.[5]

Play-off Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
 9 December – Abu Dhabi (MBZ)                        
  Al-Ahli  0   12 December – Abu Dhabi (ZSC)        
  Auckland City  2       Auckland City  0
16 December – Abu Dhabi (ZSC)
    Atlante  3    
  Atlante  1
      Barcelona  3  
19 December – Abu Dhabi (ZSC)
  Barcelona (a.e.t.)  2
11 December – Abu Dhabi (MBZ)
    Estudiantes  1
  TP Mazembe  1
15 December – Abu Dhabi (MBZ)
  Pohang Steelers  2    
  Pohang Steelers  1
Fifth place Third place
      Estudiantes  2  
  TP Mazembe  2   Pohang Steelers (p)  1 (4)
  Auckland City  3   Atlante  1 (3)
16 December – Abu Dhabi (ZSC) 19 December – Abu Dhabi (ZSC)

All times are UAE Time (UTC+4)

Play-off for quarter-finals
Al-Ahli 0–2 Auckland City
Report Dickinson  45'
Coombes  67'
Attendance: 14,856

Quarter-finals
TP Mazembe 1–2 Pohang Steelers
Bedi  28' Report Denilson  50', 78'
Attendance: 9,627
Auckland City 0–3 Atlante
Report Arreola  36'
Bermúdez  69'
Silva  90+1'
Attendance: 7,222
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Semi-finals
Pohang Steelers 1–2 Estudiantes
Denilson  71' Report Benítez  45+2', 53'
Attendance: 22,626
Atlante 1–3 Barcelona
Rojas  5' Report Busquets  35'
Messi  55'
Pedro  67'
Attendance: 40,955

Match for fifth place
TP Mazembe 2–3 Auckland City
Kasongo  60'
Kasusula  67'		 Report Hayne  29', 72'
Van Steeden  90+4'
Attendance: 4,200

Match for third place
Pohang Steelers 1–1 Atlante
Denilson  42' Report Márquez  46'
Penalties
No Byung-jun
Denilson
Shin Hyung-min
Park Hee-chul
Kim Hyung-il 		4–3 Solari
Márquez
Peralta
Silva
Vilar
Attendance: 13,814

Final
Main article: 2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Estudiantes 1–2 (a.e.t.) Barcelona
Boselli  37' Report Pedro  89'
Messi  110'
Attendance: 43,050

Scorers
Denilson of Pohang Steelers (right) during their semi-final against Estudiantes
4 goals
2 goals
1 goal

Prize money
  • Winners: $5 million
  • Runners-up: $4 million
  • Third place: $2.5 million
  • Fourth place: $2 million
  • Fifth place: $1.5 million
  • Sixth place: $1 million
  • Seventh place: $0.5 million
  • Total: $16.5 million

Tournament round-up

Final standings
Pos Team Confederation Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 Barcelona UEFA 220052+3
2 Estudiantes CONMEBOL 2101330
3 Pohang Steelers AFC 3111440
4 Atlante CONCACAF 311154+1
5 Auckland City OFC 3201550
6 TP Mazembe CAF 200235−2
7 Al-Ahli AFC (Host) 100102−2

Awards
Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)		 Juan Sebastián Verón
(Estudiantes)		 Xavi
(Barcelona)
Fair play
Atlante

References
  1. "UAE to stage Club World Cup in 2009 and 2010". Gulfnews.com. 27 May 2008. Archived from the original on 29 May 2008. Retrieved 27 May 2008.
  2. "Organising committee approves tournament format with reintroduction of match for fifth place". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 14 March 2008. Retrieved 20 March 2008.
  3. "Barcelona beat Estudiantes to win the Club World Cup". BBC Sport. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  4. "Host City". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 July 2008. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  5. "Match schedule finalised". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 12 November 2009. Archived from the original on 15 November 2009. Retrieved 12 November 2009.
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