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
CityAbu Dhabi
Dates9–19 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsSpain Barcelona (1st title)
Runners-upArgentina Estudiantes
Third placeSouth Korea Pohang Steelers
Fourth placeMexico Atlante
Tournament statistics
Matches played8
Goals scored25 (3.13 per match)
Attendance156,350 (19,544 per match)
Top scorer(s)Denílson (Pohang Steelers)
4 goals
Best player(s)Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Fair play awardMexico Atlante
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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.

Defending champions Manchester United did not qualify as they lost the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final to Barcelona, who went on to win the Club World Cup for the first time. After coming from behind to beat Mexican side Atlante in the semi-finals, they did the same against the South American entrants, Estudiantes, in the final, winning 2–1 after extra time.[1] Mauro Boselli put Estudiantes ahead in the 37th minute, but Pedro equalised with a minute left in normal time before Lionel Messi scored the winning goal five minutes into the second half of extra time.

This win made Barcelona the first Spanish side to win the Club World Cup, and it also meant that they had won six competitions in the 2009 calendar year, beating Liverpool's European record of five trophies won in 2001.

Host bids

On 13 August 2007, FIFA announced that an open tender for the bidding process for the 2009 tournament would be opened in November 2007.[2] The FIFA Executive Committee appointed the United Arab Emirates as hosts for the 2009 and 2010 tournaments on 27 May 2008 during their meeting in Sydney, Australia.[3][4] Australia, Japan and Portugal also placed bids to host the tournament, but Portugal later withdrew from the process.[5]

Qualified teams

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Estudiantes
Barcelona
Pohang Steelers
TP Mazembe
Atlante
Auckland City
Al-Ahli
Location of teams of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup
Team Confederation Qualification Participation
Entering in the semi-finals
Spain Barcelona UEFA Winners of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League 2nd (Previous: 2006)
Argentina Estudiantes CONMEBOL Winners of the 2009 Copa Libertadores 1st
Entering in the quarter-finals
Mexico Atlante CONCACAF Winners of the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League 1st
South Korea Pohang Steelers AFC Winners of the 2009 AFC Champions League 1st
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe CAF Winners of the 2009 CAF Champions League 1st
Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals
United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli AFC (host) Winners of the 2008–09 UAE Pro-League 1st
New Zealand Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2008–09 OFC Champions League 2nd (Previous: 2006)

Venues

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.[6]

Abu Dhabi
Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium Zayed Sports City Stadium
24°27′09.95″N 54°23′31.27″E / 24.4527639°N 54.3920194°E / 24.4527639; 54.3920194 (Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium) 24°24′57.92″N 54°27′12.93″E / 24.4160889°N 54.4535917°E / 24.4160889; 54.4535917 (Zayed Sports City)
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.[7]

Play-off for quarter-finalsQuarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
11 December – Abu Dhabi (MBZ)
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe115 December – Abu Dhabi (MBZ)
South Korea Pohang Steelers2South Korea Pohang Steelers1
9 December – Abu Dhabi (MBZ)Argentina Estudiantes219 December – Abu Dhabi (ZSC)
United Arab Emirates Al-Ahli012 December – Abu Dhabi (ZSC)Argentina Estudiantes1
New Zealand Auckland City2New Zealand Auckland City016 December – Abu Dhabi (ZSC)Spain Barcelona (a.e.t.)2
Mexico Atlante3Mexico Atlante1
Spain Barcelona3
Match for fifth placeMatch for third place
16 December – Abu Dhabi (ZSC)19 December – Abu Dhabi (ZSC)
Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe2South Korea Pohang Steelers (p)1 (4)
New Zealand Auckland City3Mexico Atlante1 (3)

All times are local, GST (UTC+4).

Play-off for quarter-finals

Al-Ahli United Arab Emirates0–2New Zealand Auckland City
Report Dickinson 45'
Coombes 67'
Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 14,856
Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

Quarter-finals

TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo1–2South Korea Pohang Steelers
Bedi 28' Report Denílson 50', 78'
Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 9,627
Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)
Auckland City New Zealand0–3Mexico Atlante
Report Arreola 36'
Bermúdez 69'
Silva 90+1'
Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 7,222
Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Semi-finals

Pohang Steelers South Korea1–2Argentina Estudiantes
Denílson 71' Report Benítez 45+2', 53'
Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 22,626
Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)
Atlante Mexico1–3Spain Barcelona
Rojas 5' Report Busquets 35'
Messi 55'
Pedro 67'
Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 40,955
Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

Match for fifth place

TP Mazembe Democratic Republic of the Congo2–3New Zealand Auckland City
Kasongo 60'
Kasusula 67'		 Report Hayne 29', 72'
Van Steeden 90+4'
Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 4,200
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Match for third place

Pohang Steelers South Korea1–1Mexico Atlante
Denílson 42' Report Márquez 46'
Penalties
No Byung-jun soccer ball with check mark
Denílson soccer ball with check mark
Shin Hyung-min soccer ball with check mark
Park Hee-chul soccer ball with red X
Kim Hyung-il soccer ball with check mark		 4–3 soccer ball with check mark Solari
soccer ball with red X Márquez
soccer ball with red X Peralta
soccer ball with check mark Silva
soccer ball with check mark Vilar
Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 13,814
Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Final

Main article: 2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final
Estudiantes Argentina1–2 (a.e.t.)Spain Barcelona
Boselli 37' Report Pedro 89'
Messi 110'
Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi
Attendance: 43,050
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Goalscorers

Denílson of Pohang Steelers (right) against Estudiantes in the semi-finals
Rank Player Team Goals
1 Brazil Denílson South Korea Pohang Steelers 4
2 Argentina Leandro Benítez Argentina Estudiantes 2
New Zealand Jason Hayne New Zealand Auckland City
Argentina Lionel Messi Spain Barcelona
Spain Pedro Spain Barcelona
6 Mexico Daniel Arreola Mexico Atlante 1
Democratic Republic of the Congo Mbenza Bedi Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Mexico Christian Bermúdez Mexico Atlante
Argentina Mauro Boselli Argentina Estudiantes
New Zealand Chad Coombes New Zealand Auckland City
England Adam Dickinson New Zealand Auckland City
Democratic Republic of the Congo Ngandu Kasongo Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Democratic Republic of the Congo Jean Kasusula Democratic Republic of the Congo TP Mazembe
Mexico Rafael Márquez Lugo Mexico Atlante
Mexico Guillermo Rojas Mexico Atlante
Spain Sergio Busquets Spain Barcelona
Brazil Lucas Silva Mexico Atlante
New Zealand Riki van Steeden New Zealand Auckland City

Prize money

Awards

See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards
Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award 		Adidas Silver Ball Adidas Bronze Ball
Argentina Lionel Messi
(Barcelona) 		Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón
(Estudiantes) 		Spain Xavi
(Barcelona)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Mexico Atlante

References

  1. ^ "Barcelona beat Estudiantes to win the Club World Cup". BBC Sport. 19 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 December 2009. Retrieved 23 August 2010.
  2. ^ "Organising Committee strengthens FIFA Club World Cup format". FIFA. 14 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 October 2007. Retrieved 28 December 2022.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Unanimous support for 6+5, FIFA Club World Cup hosts revealed". FIFA. 27 May 2008. Archived from the original on 14 October 2009. Retrieved 1 April 2010. Another major decision taken by the Executive Committee was to award the organisation of the 2009 and 2010 editions of the FIFA Club World Cup for the first time to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the following two events, in 2011 and 2012, to Japan, where it has been played since 2005 and will be again in December this year.
  5. ^ "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.
  6. ^ "Host City". FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 July 2008. Archived from the original on 25 October 2007. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  7. ^ "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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