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List of FIFA Club World Cup finals

The FIFA Club World Cup is an international association football competition organised by the FIFA, the sport's global governing body.[1] It is the replacement or continuation of the Intercontinental Cup. The championship was first contested as the FIFA Club World Championship in 2000.[2] It was not held between 2001 and 2004 due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and Leisure.[3] Following a change in format which saw the FIFA Club World Championship absorb the Intercontinental Cup, it was relaunched in 2005 and took its current name the season afterwards.[4]

List of FIFA Club World Cup finals
Founded2000
RegionInternational (FIFA)
Number of teams7
Current championsEngland Manchester City
(1st title)
Most successful club(s)Spain Real Madrid
(5 titles)

The current format of the tournament, in use since the competition was revamped ahead of the 2025 edition, features 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation; 12 teams from Europe, 6 from South America, 4 from Asia, 4 from Africa, 4 from North, Central America and Caribbean, 1 from Oceania, and 1 team from the host nation. The teams are drawn into eight groups of four, with each team playing three group stage matches in a round-robin format. The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage, starting with the round of 16 and culminating with the final.[1]

Real Madrid holds the record for most victories, winning the competition five times since its inception. Teams from Spain have won the tournament the most times, with eight wins produced from that nation. The Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) is the most successful confederation of the competition, with sixteen titles earned by nine of its clubs.

The current champions are Manchester City, who won their first title following a 4–0 win against Fluminense in the 2023 final, held at the King Abdullah Sports City in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.[5]

History

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Estádio do Maracanã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the location of the first Club World Cup final in 2000.

The first final of the competition was an all-Brazilian affair, as well as the only one which saw one side have home advantage.[6] Vasco da Gama could not take advantage of its local support, being beaten by Corinthians 4–3 on penalties after a 0–0 draw in extra time.[7] The second edition of the competition was planned for Spain in 2001, and was supposed to feature twelve clubs.[8] However, it was canceled on 18 May, due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and Leisure.[3] FIFA agreed with Toyota to merge the Toyota Cup and Club World Championship into one event.[4]

The 2005 edition saw Brazilian club São Paulo pushed to the limit by Saudi side Al-Ittihad to reach the final.[9] In the final, one goal from Mineiro was enough to dispatch English club Liverpool; Mineiro became the first player to score in a Club World Cup final.[10] Internacional defeated defending world and South American champions São Paulo in the 2006 Copa Libertadores Finals in order to qualify for the 2006 tournament.[11] In the semi-finals, Internacional beat Egyptian side Al Ahly, qualifying for the final against Barcelona from Spain.[12] One late goal from Adriano Gabiru allowed the trophy to be kept in Brazil once again.[13]

It was in 2007 when Brazilian hegemony was finally broken; Italian side Milan disputed a close match against Japan's Urawa Red Diamonds, who were pushed by over 67,000 fans at Yokohama's International Stadium, and won 1–0 to reach the final.[14] In the final, Milan defeated Argentine side Boca Juniors 4–2, in a match that saw the first player to be sent off in a Club World Cup final, Milan's Kakha Kaladze from Georgia, in the 77th minute. Eleven minutes later, Boca Juniors' Pablo Ledesma would join Kaladze as he too was sent off.[15] The following year, Manchester United would emulate Milan by beating their semi-final opponents, Japan's Gamba Osaka, 5–3.[16] They saw off Ecuadorian club LDU Quito 1–0 in the final, as the English side became the second European team to win the tournament.[17]

Barcelona dethroned world and European champions Manchester United in the 2009 UEFA Champions League Final to qualify for the 2009 edition of the Club World Cup.[18] Barcelona defeated Mexican club Atlante 3–1 in the semi-finals and met Estudiantes from Argentina in the final.[19] After a very close encounter which saw the need for extra time, Lionel Messi scored from a header to snatch victory for Barcelona and complete an unprecedented sextuple (six trophies in a calendar year).[20][21][22][23] The 2010 edition saw the first non-European and non-South American side to reach the final: Congo's Mazembe defeated Brazil's Internacional 2–0 in the semi-finals to set up a final with Italian Internazionale, who had beaten South Korean club Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma 3–0.[24][25] Internazionale would go on to beat Mazembe by the same scoreline to win their fifth title of the year.[26]

In 2011, Barcelona would once again show its class after winning their semi-final match 4–0 against Qatari club Al-Sadd.[27] In the final, Barcelona would win by the same scoreline against Brazilian side Santos; this is, to date, the largest final winning margin by any victor of the competition.[28] The 2012 edition saw Europe's dominance come to an end, as Corinthians traveled to Japan to join Barcelona in becoming two-time winners of the competition.[29] In the semi-finals, Al Ahly managed to keep the scoreline close as Corinthians' Paolo Guerrero scored to send the Timão into their second final.[30] Guerrero would once again come through for Corinthians in the final as the Timão saw off English side Chelsea 1–0 in order to bring the trophy back to Brazil.[31]

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The International Stadium Yokohama in Japan has played host to the FIFA Club World Cup final the most times, with six title-deciding matches held.[32] Along with the Estádio do Maracanã, they are the only venues in the world to have hosted both the FIFA World Cup final and the FIFA Club World Cup final (International Stadium Yokohama hosted the 2002 FIFA World Cup final while the deciding match of the 1950 FIFA World Cup was disputed at the Maracanã).[33][34] The 2000 FIFA Club World Championship final remains the highest attended final of the competition, with 73,000 fans attending the all-Brazilian match.[6] The final was also the only one which saw two clubs from the same nation dispute it.[6] The 2021 final had the fewest spectators, with 32,871 (not including the 2020 final, which had restricted seating due to the COVID-19 pandemic).

The 2007 final holds the record for most goals scored in regulation in a Club World Cup final, with six goals scored by five players, while the 2000 final remains the only scoreless decider.[6][15] The 2011 final became the most lopsided match of the competition, with the triumphant team winning by a difference of four goals,[35] a feat matched by the 2023 final twelve years later.

Key to the table
† Match was won after extra time
‡ Match was won via a penalty shoot-out
Finals
Season Champions Score Runners-up Final venue Host nation Attendance Ref(s)
Country Club Club Country
2000   Brazil Corinthians   0–0‡[n 1] Vasco da Gama   Brazil Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro   Brazil 73,000 [5][6][36]
2005   Brazil São Paulo 1–0 Liverpool   England International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama   Japan 66,821 [10][37][38]
2006   Brazil Internacional 1–0 Barcelona   Spain International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama   Japan 67,128 [13][39][40]
2007   Italy Milan 4–2 Boca Juniors   Argentina International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama   Japan 68,263 [15][41][42]
2008   England Manchester United 1–0 LDU Quito   Ecuador International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama   Japan 68,682 [17][43][44]
2009   Spain Barcelona   2–1†[n 2] Estudiantes   Argentina Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi   United Arab Emirates 43,050 [45][46][47]
2010   Italy Internazionale 3–0 TP Mazembe   DR Congo Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi   United Arab Emirates 42,174 [26][48][49]
2011   Spain Barcelona 4–0 Santos   Brazil International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama   Japan 68,166 [28][45][50]
2012   Brazil Corinthians 1–0 Chelsea   England International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama   Japan 68,275 [31][36][51]
2013   Germany Bayern Munich 2–0 Raja Casablanca   Morocco Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh   Morocco 37,774 [52][53]
2014   Spain Real Madrid 2–0 San Lorenzo   Argentina Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh   Morocco 38,345
2015   Spain Barcelona 3–0 River Plate   Argentina International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama   Japan 66,853
2016   Spain Real Madrid   4–2†[n 3] Kashima Antlers   Japan International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama   Japan 68,742
2017   Spain Real Madrid 1–0 Grêmio   Brazil Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi   United Arab Emirates 41,094
2018   Spain Real Madrid 4–1 Al-Ain   United Arab Emirates Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi   United Arab Emirates 40,696
2019   England Liverpool   1–0†[n 4] Flamengo   Brazil Khalifa International Stadium, Doha   Qatar 45,416
2020   Germany Bayern Munich 1–0 UANL   Mexico Education City Stadium, Al Rayyan   Qatar 7,411 [54]
2021   England Chelsea   2–1†[n 5] Palmeiras   Brazil Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi   United Arab Emirates 32,871 [55]
2022   Spain Real Madrid 5–3 Al-Hilal   Saudi Arabia Prince Moulay Abdellah Stadium, Rabat   Morocco 44,439
2023   England Manchester City 4–0 Fluminense   Brazil King Abdullah Sports City, Jeddah   Saudi Arabia 52,601
Footnotes
  1. ^ Score was 0–0 after 120 minutes. Corinthians won 4–3 on penalties.[6]
  2. ^ Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.[20]
  3. ^ Score was 2–2 after 90 minutes.
  4. ^ Score was 0–0 after 90 minutes.
  5. ^ Score was 1–1 after 90 minutes.

Statistics

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Results by club

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Pep Guardiola is hoisted by his players after Barcelona won the 2011 FIFA Club World Cup. Barcelona is the second most successful club of the competition after Real Madrid, with three triumphant campaigns.
 
The Corinthians squad of 2012 celebrating after winning the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup. The Timão is also the only world champion that qualified to the Club World Cup by merit of being the host nation's national champion.
 
São Paulo's players are congratulated by the Brazilian president Lula da Silva after winning the 2005 FIFA Club World Championship at the Federação Paulista de Futebol (FPF). Brazil is the only national league outside of Europe to have a club win the competition. It has also provided the most non-European finalists, with nine in total. The 2000 decider, an all-Brazilian affair, remains the only final contested between two clubs from the same nation.
 
The headquarters of the Union of European Football Associations, or UEFA, in Nyon, Switzerland. UEFA is the most successful confederation of the competition, with sixteen titles won between nine clubs.

Real Madrid holds the record number of victories in the competition with five. Corinthians remain the only club World Champion to have qualified to the competition by being the host nation's national champion.[36]

Performance by club
Club Titles Runners-up Years won Years runners-up
  Real Madrid 5 0 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022 —
  Barcelona 3 1 2009, 2011, 2015 2006
  Corinthians 2 0 2000, 2012 —
  Bayern Munich 2 0 2013, 2020 —
  Liverpool 1 1 2019 2005
  Chelsea 1 1 2021 2012
  São Paulo 1 0 2005 —
  Internacional 1 0 2006 —
  Milan 1 0 2007 —
  Manchester United 1 0 2008 —
  Internazionale 1 0 2010 —
  Manchester City 1 0 2023 —
  Vasco da Gama 0 1 — 2000
  Boca Juniors 0 1 — 2007
  LDU Quito 0 1 — 2008
  Estudiantes 0 1 — 2009
  TP Mazembe 0 1 — 2010
  Santos 0 1 — 2011
  Raja Casablanca 0 1 — 2013
  San Lorenzo 0 1 — 2014
  River Plate 0 1 — 2015
  Kashima Antlers 0 1 — 2016
  Grêmio 0 1 — 2017
  Al-Ain 0 1 — 2018
  Flamengo 0 1 — 2019
  UANL 0 1 — 2020
  Palmeiras 0 1 — 2021
  Al-Hilal 0 1 — 2022
  Fluminense 0 1 — 2023

Results by nation

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Spain's La Liga is the most successful national league of the competition, with eight titles won. Brazil's Brasileirão and England's Premier League are second with four titles each. Italy's Serie A and Germany's Bundesliga are fourth with two titles each. Serie A and the Bundesliga remain the only undefeated national leagues which have had representatives play in the competition. Argentina's Primera División carries the dubious honour of losing the most finals without ever winning the world title, with four defeats.

Performance by nation
Nation Winners Runners-up Finalists
  Spain 8 1 9
  Brazil 4 6 10
  England 4 2 6
  Italy 2 0 2
  Germany 2 0 2
  Argentina 0 4 4
  DR Congo 0 1 1
  Ecuador 0 1 1
  Morocco 0 1 1
  Japan 0 1 1
  United Arab Emirates 0 1 1
  Mexico 0 1 1
  Saudi Arabia 0 1 1

Results by confederation

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Confederation Titles Runners-up
UEFA 16 3
CONMEBOL 4 11
AFC — 3
CAF — 2
CONCACAF — 1

Results by manager

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Main article: List of FIFA Club World Cup winning managers
Performance by manager
Nationality Manager Winner Runner-up Years won Years runner-up
  ESP Pep Guardiola 4 — 2009, 2011, 2013, 2023 —
  ITA Carlo Ancelotti 3 — 2007, 2014, 2022 —
  FRA Zinedine Zidane 2 — 2016, 2017 —
  ESP Rafael Benítez 1 2 2010 2005, 2012
  BRA Oswaldo de Oliveira 1 — 2000 —
  BRA Paulo Autuori 1 — 2005 —
  BRA Abel Braga 1 — 2006 —
  SCO Alex Ferguson 1 — 2008 —
  BRA Tite 1 — 2012 —
  ESP Luis Enrique 1 — 2015 —
  ARG Santiago Solari 1 — 2018 —
  GER Jürgen Klopp 1 — 2019 —
  GER Hansi Flick 1 — 2020 —
  GER Thomas Tuchel 1 — 2021 —
  ARG Edgardo Bauza — 2 — 2008, 2014
  BRA Antônio Lopes — 1 — 2000
  NED Frank Rijkaard — 1 — 2006
  ARG Miguel Ángel Russo — 1 — 2007
  ARG Alejandro Sabella — 1 — 2009
  SEN Lamine N'Diaye — 1 — 2010
  BRA Muricy Ramalho — 1 — 2011
  TUN Faouzi Benzarti — 1 — 2013
  ARG Marcelo Gallardo — 1 — 2015
  JPN Masatada Ishii — 1 — 2016
  BRA Renato Portaluppi — 1 — 2017
  CRO Zoran Mamić — 1 — 2018
  POR Jorge Jesus — 1 — 2019
  BRA Ricardo Ferretti — 1 — 2020
  POR Abel Ferreira — 1 — 2021
  ARG Ramón Díaz — 1 — 2022
  BRA Fernando Diniz — 1 — 2023

See also

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