2009 FIFA Club World Cup

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.

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 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
← 2008 2010 →

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

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
Barcelona	UEFA	Winners of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League	2nd (Previous: 2006)
Estudiantes	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2009 Copa Libertadores	1st
Entering in the quarter-finals
Atlante	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League	1st
Pohang Steelers	AFC	Winners of the 2009 AFC Champions League	1st
TP Mazembe	CAF	Winners of the 2009 CAF Champions League	1st
Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals
Al-Ahli	AFC (host)	Winners of the 2008–09 UAE Pro-League	1st
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°24′57.92″N 54°27′12.93″E
Capacity: 42,056	Capacity: 50,000
Abu Dhabi (MBZ) Abu Dhabi (ZSC) 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-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)

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

Play-off for quarter-finals

Al-Ahli	0–2	Auckland City
	Report	Dickinson 45' Coombes 67'

9 December 2009

20:00

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 14,856

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

Quarter-finals

TP Mazembe	1–2	Pohang Steelers
Bedi 28'	Report	Denílson 50', 78'

11 December 2009

20:00

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 9,627

Referee: Peter O'Leary (New Zealand)

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Auckland City	0–3	Atlante
	Report	Arreola 36' Bermúdez 69' Silva 90+1'

12 December 2009

20:00

Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 7,222

Referee: Coffi Codjia (Benin)

Semi-finals

Pohang Steelers	1–2	Estudiantes
Denílson 71'	Report	Benítez 45+2', 53'

15 December 2009

20:00

Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 22,626

Referee: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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Atlante	1–3	Barcelona
Rojas 5'	Report	Busquets 35' Messi 55' Pedro 67'

16 December 2009

20:00

Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 40,955

Referee: Carlos Eugênio Simon (Brazil)

Match for fifth place

TP Mazembe	2–3	Auckland City
Kasongo 60' Kasusula 67'	Report	Hayne 29', 72' Van Steeden 90+4'

16 December 2009

17:00

Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 4,200

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)

Match for third place

Pohang Steelers	1–1	Atlante
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

19 December 2009

17:00

Zayed Sports City Stadium, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 13,814

Referee: Matthew Breeze (Australia)

Final

Main article: 2009 FIFA Club World Cup Final

Estudiantes	1–2 (a.e.t.)	Barcelona
Boselli 37'	Report	Pedro 89' Messi 110'

19 December 2009

20:00

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	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

• 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

See also: FIFA Club World Cup awards

Adidas Golden Ball Toyota Award	Adidas Silver Ball	Adidas Bronze Ball
Lionel Messi (Barcelona)	Juan Sebastián Verón (Estudiantes)	Xavi (Barcelona)
FIFA Fair Play Award
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.

External links

• FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009, FIFA.com
• 2009 FIFA Club World Cup Official Site (Archived)
• FIFA Technical Report