2009 FIFA Club World Cup

2009 FIFA Club World CupFIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009
presented by Toyota
كأس العالم للأندية لكرة القدم
الإمارات العربية المتحدة 2009

Tournament details
Host country| United Arab Emirates
City| Abu Dhabi
Dates| 9–19 December
Teams| 7 (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 played| 8
Goals scored| 25 (3.13 per match)
Attendance| 156,350 (19,544 per match)
Top scorer(s)| Denílson (Pohang Steelers)
4 goals
Best player(s)| Lionel Messi (Barcelona)
Fair play award|  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

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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

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Location of teams of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup

Team  | Confederation  | Qualification  | Participation

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Entering in the semi-finals
Barcelona | UEFA | Winners of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League | 2nd (Previous: 2006)
Estudiantes | CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2009 Copa Libertadores | Debut
Entering in the quarter-finals
Atlante | CONCACAF | Winners of the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League | Debut
Pohang Steelers | AFC | Winners of the 2009 AFC Champions League | Debut
TP Mazembe | CAF | Winners of the 2009 CAF Champions League | Debut
Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals
Al-Ahli | AFC (host)  | Winners of the 2008–09 UAE Pro-League | Debut
Auckland City | OFC | Winners of the 2008–09 OFC Champions League | 2nd (Previous: 2006)

## Venues

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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

Abu Dhabi (MBZ)

Abu Dhabi (ZSC)

2009 FIFA Club World Cup (United Arab Emirates)

## Match ball

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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

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Confederation  | Referee  | Assistant referees

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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

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Main article: 2009 FIFA Club World Cup squads

## Matches

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

| Match for fifth place| Match for third place
| 16 December – Abu Dhabi (ZSC)| 19 December – Abu Dhabi (ZSC)
|  TP Mazembe| 2|  Pohang Steelers (p)| 1 (4)
|  Auckland City| 3|  Atlante| 1 (3)
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All times are local, GST (UTC+4).

### Play-off for quarter-finals

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9 December 2009

20:00

Al-Ahli | 0–2|  Auckland City

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| Report | Dickinson 45'
Coombes 67'

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 14,856

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

### Quarter-finals

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11 December 2009

20:00

TP Mazembe | 1–2|  Pohang Steelers

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Bedi 28' | Report | Denílson 50', 78'

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 9,627

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

* * *

12 December 2009

20:00

Auckland City | 0–3|  Atlante

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| Report | Arreola 36'
Bermúdez 69'
Silva 90+1'

Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 7,222

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

### Semi-finals

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15 December 2009

20:00

Pohang Steelers | 1–2|  Estudiantes

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Denílson 71' | Report | Benítez 45+2', 53'

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 22,626

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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16 December 2009

20:00

Atlante | 1–3|  Barcelona

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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

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16 December 2009

17:00

TP Mazembe | 2–3|  Auckland City

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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

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19 December 2009

17:00

Pohang Steelers | 1–1|  Atlante

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Denílson 42' | Report | Márquez 46'
Penalties
No Byung-jun
Denílson
Shin Hyung-min
Park Hee-chul
Kim Hyung-il | 4–3 |  Solari
Márquez
Peralta
Silva
Vilar

Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 13,814

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

### Final

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Main article: 2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final

19 December 2009

20:00

Estudiantes | 1–2 (a.e.t.)|  Barcelona

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Boselli 37' | Report | Pedro 89'
Messi 110'

Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 43,050

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

## Goalscorers

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Denílson of Pohang Steelers (right) against Estudiantes in the semi-finals Rank  | Player  | Team  | Goals

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1  |  Denílson |  Pohang Steelers | 4
2  |  Leandro Benítez |  Estudiantes | 2
Jason Hayne |  Auckland City
Lionel Messi |  Barcelona
Pedro |  Barcelona
6  |  Daniel Arreola |  Atlante | 1
Mbenza Bedi |  TP Mazembe
Christian Bermúdez |  Atlante
Mauro Boselli |  Estudiantes
Chad Coombes |  Auckland City
Adam Dickinson |  Auckland City
Ngandu Kasongo |  TP Mazembe
Jean Kasusula |  TP Mazembe
Rafael Márquez Lugo |  Atlante
Guillermo Rojas |  Atlante
Sergio Busquets |  Barcelona
Lucas Silva |  Atlante
Riki van Steeden |  Auckland City

## Prize money

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* 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

## Awards

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See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards

Adidas Golden Ball
Toyota Award  | Adidas Silver Ball  | Adidas Bronze Ball

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Lionel Messi
(Barcelona)  |  Juan Sebastián Verón
(Estudiantes)  |  Xavi
(Barcelona)
FIFA Fair Play Award
Atlante

## References

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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.

## External links

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* FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009, FIFA.com
* 2009 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site (Archived)
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