2023 FIFA Club World Cup final

Football match

2023 FIFA Club World Cup Final

The King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah hosted the final.

Event| 2023 FIFA Club World Cup
| Manchester City | Fluminense

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Date| 22 December 2023 (2023-12-22)
Venue| King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah
Man of the Match| Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)[1]
Referee| Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Attendance| 52,601
Weather| Partly cloudy night
29 °C (84 °F)
58% humidity[2]

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The 2023 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup, an international club football tournament hosted by Saudi Arabia. It was the 20th final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the club champions from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions.

The match was played at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah on 22 December 2023.[3] It was contested by English club Manchester City, representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, and Brazilian club Fluminense, representing CONMEBOL as the reigning champions of the Copa Libertadores.

Manchester City won the match 4–0 for their first FIFA Club World Cup title.

## Teams

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In the following table, finals until 2005 were in the FIFA Club World Championship era, since 2006 were in the FIFA Club World Cup era.

Team  | Confederation  | Qualification for tournament  | Previous club world championship finals
(bold indicates winners)

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Manchester City | UEFA | Winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League | None
Fluminense | CONMEBOL | Winners of the 2023 Copa Libertadores | None

Note: On 27 October 2017, FIFA officially recognised all the champions of the Intercontinental Cup as club world champions, in equal status to the FIFA Club World Cup.[4]

* IC: Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)
* FCWC: FIFA Club World Cup finals (2000, 2005–present)

## Route to the final

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Manchester City | Team  |  Fluminense

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Opponent  | Result  | 2023 FIFA Club World Cup | Opponent  | Result
Urawa Red Diamonds | 3–0  | Semi-finals  |  Al Ahly | 2–0

## Match

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### Details

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22 December 2023 (2023-12-22)

21:00

Manchester City | 4–0|  Fluminense

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* Álvarez 1', 88'
* Nino 27' (o.g.)
* Foden 72'

| Report |

King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 52,601

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Manchester City

Fluminense

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GK | 31 |  Ederson
RB | 2 |  Kyle Walker (c)
CB | 3 |  Rúben Dias
CB | 5 |  John Stones |  |  74'
LB | 6 |  Nathan Aké |  |  81'
CM | 82 |  Rico Lewis |  |  60'
CM | 16 |  Rodri |  |  74'
RW | 20 |  Bernardo Silva
AM | 47 |  Phil Foden |  |  81'
LW | 10 |  Jack Grealish
CF | 19 |  Julián Álvarez
Substitutes:
GK | 18 |  Stefan Ortega
GK | 33 |  Scott Carson
DF | 21 |  Sergio Gómez
DF | 24 |  Joško Gvardiol |  |  74'
DF | 25 |  Manuel Akanji |  |  74'
DF | 68 |  Max Alleyne
MF | 4 |  Kalvin Phillips
MF | 8 |  Mateo Kovačić |  |  60'
MF | 27 |  Matheus Nunes |  |  81'
MF | 52 |  Oscar Bobb |  |  81'
MF | 76 |  Mahamadou Susoho
FW | 92 |  Micah Hamilton
Manager:
Pep Guardiola
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GK | 1 |  Fábio
RB | 2 |  Samuel Xavier
CB | 33 |  Nino (c) |  |  74'
CB | 30 |  Felipe Melo |  |  60'
LB | 12 |  Marcelo |  57' |  60'
CM | 7 |  André
CM | 8 |  Matheus Martinelli
RW | 21 |  Jhon Arias
AM | 10 |  Ganso |  |  60'
LW | 11 |  Keno |  |  46'
CF | 14 |  Germán Cano
Substitutes:
GK | 22 |  Pedro Rangel
GK | 98 |  Vitor Eudes
DF | 4 |  Marlon |  |  74'
DF | 23 |  Guga
DF | 40 |  Diogo Barbosa |  |  60'
DF | 44 |  David Braz
MF | 5 |  Alexsander |  68' |  60'
MF | 20 |  Danielzinho
MF | 29 |  Thiago Santos
MF | 45 |  Lima |  |  60'
FW | 9 |  John Kennedy |  84' |  46'
FW | 38 |  Yony González
Manager:
Fernando Diniz

Man of the Match:
Julián Álvarez (Manchester City)[1]

Assistant referees:
Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland)
Adam Kupsik (Poland)
Fourth official:
Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela)
Reserve assistant referee:
Tulio Moreno (Venezuela)
Video assistant referee:
Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland)
Assistant video assistant referees:
Juan Soto (Venezuela)
Jorge Urrego (Venezuela)
Juan Lara (Chile)

Match rules[5]

* 90 minutes.
* 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
* Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
* Maximum of twelve named substitutes.
* Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

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## Notes

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1. ^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Clinical City clinch maiden Club World Cup title". FIFA. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
2. ^ "Jeddah, Mecca, Saudi Arabia Weather History". Weather Underground. 22 December 2023. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
3. ^ "Match Schedule: FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023" (PDF). FIFA. 6 November 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 10 October 2023. Retrieved 7 November 2023.
4. ^ "FIFA Council approves key organisational elements of the FIFA World Cup" (Press release). FIFA. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 27 October 2017.
5. ^ "Regulations for the FIFA Club World Cup Saudi Arabia 2023" (PDF). FIFA. June 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 December 2023. Retrieved 1 November 2023.

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