2023 FIFA Club World Cup
FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023 presented by Visit Saudi
كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم
السعودية 2023
Tournament details
Host countrySaudi Arabia
Dates12–22 December
Teams7 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)2 (in 1 host city)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Manchester City (1st title)
Runners-upBrazil Fluminense
Third placeEgypt Al Ahly
Fourth placeJapan Urawa Red Diamonds
Tournament statistics
Matches played7
Goals scored23 (3.29 per match)
Attendance246,888 (35,270 per match)
Top scorer(s)Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)
Karim Benzema (Al-Ittihad)
Ali Maâloul (Al Ahly)
2 goals each
Best player(s)Rodri (Manchester City)
Fair play awardSaudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
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The 2023 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023 presented by Visit Saudi for sponsorship reasons) was the 20th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised international club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions. The tournament was played in Saudi Arabia from 12 to 22 December 2023.[1] It was the last seven-team Club World Cup before the tournament is expanded to 32 teams in 2025.[2]

Real Madrid were the defending champions, but were not able to defend their title after being eliminated in the semi-finals of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League by eventual winners Manchester City.[3] The English team won the edition by beating the Brazilian team Fluminense 4–0 in the final, claiming its first title.

Host appointment

Although an expanded, quadrennial Club World Cup is planned for 2025,[4] FIFA confirmed on 13 February 2023 that a 2023 tournament would be held using the previous seven-team format.[5] Earlier that month, UOL Esporte reported that Saudi Arabia were interested in hosting the 2023 and 2024 Club World Cup tournaments.[6] On 14 February, the FIFA Council confirmed Saudi Arabia as the host for the 2023 tournament.[7]

Qualified teams

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Fluminense
Manchester City
Urawa Red Diamonds
Al Ahly
León
Auckland City
Al-Ittihad
Location of the teams participating in the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup
Team Confederation Qualification Qualified date Participation
Entering in the semi-finals
Brazil Fluminense CONMEBOL Winners of the 2023 Copa Libertadores 4 November 2023 1st
England Manchester City UEFA Winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League 10 June 2023 1st
Entering in the second round
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds AFC Winners of the 2022 AFC Champions League 26 February 2023[note 1] 3rd (Previous: 2007, 2017)
Egypt Al Ahly CAF Winners of the 2022–23 CAF Champions League 11 June 2023 9th (Previous: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2012, 2013, 2020, 2021, 2022)
Mexico León CONCACAF Winners of the 2023 CONCACAF Champions League 4 June 2023 1st
Entering in the first round
New Zealand Auckland City OFC Winners of the 2023 OFC Champions League 27 May 2023 11th (Previous: 2006, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2022)
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad AFC (host) Winners of the 2022–23 Saudi Pro League 27 May 2023 2nd (Previous: 2005)

Notes

  1. ^ Urawa Red Diamonds qualified on 26 February 2023 when Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal were confirmed as their opponents in the final. If a team from the host country had won the AFC Champions League, the runners-up of the AFC Champions League would have been invited in place of the host league winners. Urawa Red Diamonds won the AFC Champions League on 6 May 2023, confirming their second round entrance.

Venues

On 26 June 2023, FIFA and the Saudi Arabian Football Federation confirmed that all matches in the tournament would be played in the city of Jeddah in two stadiums.[8]

Jeddah
King Abdullah Sports City
Stadium 		Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal
Stadium
Capacity: 62,345 Capacity: 27,000

Match officials

On 3 November 2023, FIFA announced that five referees, ten assistant referees and eight video assistant referees were appointed for the tournament.[9][10]

Confederation Referees Assistant referees Video assistant referees
AFC Mohammed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia)
Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)
CAF Jean-Jacques Ndala (DR Congo)
Adil Zourak (Morocco)
CONCACAF Tori Penso (United States)
Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)
CONMEBOL Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
UEFA Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

One support referee was also named for the tournament.

Confederation Support referee
OFC Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand)

Squads

Main article: 2023 FIFA Club World Cup squads

Each team had to name a 23-man squad (three of whom had to be goalkeepers). Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.[11]

Matches

If a match was tied after normal playing time:[11]

First roundSecond roundSemi-finalsFinal
15 December – Jeddah (PAAFS)
Mexico León019 December – Jeddah (KASCS)
Japan Urawa Red Diamonds1Japan Urawa Red Diamonds0
England Manchester City322 December – Jeddah (KASCS)
England Manchester City4
18 December – Jeddah (KASCS)Brazil Fluminense0
15 December – Jeddah (KASCS)Brazil Fluminense2
12 December – Jeddah (KASCS)Egypt Al Ahly3Egypt Al Ahly0Match for third place
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad3Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad122 December – Jeddah (PAAFS)
New Zealand Auckland City0Japan Urawa Red Diamonds2
Egypt Al Ahly4

All times are local, AST (UTC+3).[12]

First round

Al-Ittihad Saudi Arabia3–0New Zealand Auckland City
 Report
King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 50,248
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Second round

León Mexico0–1Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Report
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 2,525
Referee: Jean-Jacques Ndala (DR Congo)
Al Ahly Egypt3–1Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
 Report
King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 56,111
Referee: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)

Semi-finals

Fluminense Brazil2–0Egypt Al Ahly
 Report
King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 34,986
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Urawa Red Diamonds Japan0–3England Manchester City
Report
King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 40,127
Referee: Mohammed Al Hoish (Saudi Arabia)

Match for third place

Urawa Red Diamonds Japan2–4Egypt Al Ahly
 Report
Prince Abdullah Al-Faisal Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 10,290
Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Final

Main article: 2023 FIFA Club World Cup final
Manchester City England4–0Brazil Fluminense
 Report
King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah
Attendance: 52,601
Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)


Goalscorers

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Rank Player Team Goals
1 Argentina Julián Álvarez England Manchester City 2
France Karim Benzema Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Tunisia Ali Maâloul Egypt Al Ahly
4 Colombia Jhon Arias Brazil Fluminense 1
Egypt Emam Ashour Egypt Al Ahly
Portugal Bernardo Silva England Manchester City
Egypt Hussein El Shahat Egypt Al Ahly
England Phil Foden England Manchester City
Egypt Yasser Ibrahim Egypt Al Ahly
Guinea José Kanté Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
France N'Golo Kanté Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Brazil John Kennedy Brazil Fluminense
Croatia Mateo Kovačić England Manchester City
Brazil Romarinho Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad
Netherlands Alex Schalk Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
Denmark Alexander Scholz Japan Urawa Red Diamonds
South Africa Percy Tau Egypt Al Ahly

1 own goal

Awards

See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards

The following awards were given at the conclusion of the tournament. Rodri of Manchester City won the Golden Ball award.[13]

Golden Ball Silver Ball Bronze Ball
Spain Rodri
(Manchester City) 		England Kyle Walker
(Manchester City) 		Colombia Jhon Arias
(Fluminense)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad

FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.

Man of the Match
Match Man of the match Club Opponent Ref.
1 France N'Golo Kanté Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad New Zealand Auckland City [14]
2 Egypt Marwan Attia Egypt Al Ahly Saudi Arabia Al-Ittihad [15]
3 Japan Yoshio Koizumi Japan Urawa Red Diamonds Mexico León [16]
4 Brazil André Brazil Fluminense Egypt Al Ahly [17]
5 Spain Rodri England Manchester City Japan Urawa Red Diamonds [18]
6 Egypt Emam Ashour Egypt Al Ahly Japan Urawa Red Diamonds [19]
7 Argentina Julián Álvarez England Manchester City Brazil Fluminense [20]

Sponsorship

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Presenting Partner

FIFA Partners

Tournament Supporters

References

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  2. ^ "FIFA Council approves international match calendars". FIFA. 14 March 2023. Retrieved 14 March 2023.
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  6. ^ Rizzo, Marcel (10 February 2023). "Mundial de Clubes: Arábia Saudita cotada para receber edições 2023 e 2024" [Club World Cup: Saudi Arabia tipped to host 2023 and 2024 editions]. Universo Online (in Portuguese). Retrieved 13 February 2023.
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  8. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023 host city confirmed". FIFA. 26 June 2023.
  9. ^ "Match officials appointed for FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023". FIFA. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  10. ^ "FIFA Club World Cup 2023 – List of Appointed FIFA Match Officials" (PDF). FIFA. 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Regulations for the FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Match Schedule: FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 6 November 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Rodri wins adidas Golden Ball as City reign". FIFA. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  14. ^ "Stylish Ittihad set up Ahly showdown". FIFA. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 12 December 2023.
  15. ^ "Al Ahly stun Al Ittihad to set up Flu showdown". FIFA. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  16. ^ "Schalk strikes as Reds set up City semi". FIFA. 15 December 2023. Retrieved 15 December 2023.
  17. ^ "Fluminense make final after spirited Al Ahly win". FIFA. 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  18. ^ "City cruise to set up Fluminense final". FIFA. 19 December 2023. Retrieved 19 December 2023.
  19. ^ "Al Ahly claim bronze after six-goal thriller". FIFA. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  20. ^ "Clinical City clinch maiden Club World Cup title". FIFA. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

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