2009 FIFA Club World Cup final

The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The match took place at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on 19 December 2009, and pitted Estudiantes de La Plata of Argentina, the CONMEBOL club champions, against Barcelona of Spain, the UEFA club champions.

2009 FIFA Club World Cup final

Match programme cover
Event	2009 FIFA Club World Cup
Estudiantes (LP) Barcelona 1 2
After extra time
Date	19 December 2009
Venue	Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi[1]
Referee	Benito Archundia (Mexico)[1]
Attendance	43,050[1]
Weather	Partly cloudy 22 °C (72 °F) 60% humidity
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Estudiantes forward Mauro Boselli opened the scoring in the 37th minute, but Pedro equalised for Barcelona with one minute left in regulation time. Lionel Messi scored the winning goal in the fifth minute of the second half of extra time, securing Barcelona's record sixth trophy for the 2009 calendar year.^[2][3]

Road to final

Estudiantes (LP)	Team	Barcelona
CONMEBOL	Confederation	UEFA
Winner of the 2009 Copa Libertadores	Qualification	Winner of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions League
Bye	Play-off round	Bye
Bye	Quarter-finals	Bye
2–1 v. Pohang Steelers	Semi-finals	3–1 v. Atlante

Match

Details

Two moments of the match, with both teams taking a corner kick: Juan Sebastián Verón for Estudiantes on the left and Xavi for Barcelona on the right.

19 December 2009

20:00 UTC+4

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

Zayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi

Attendance: 43,050^[1]

Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)^[1]

Estudiantes (LP)

Barcelona

GK 25 Damián Albil CB 2 Leandro Desábato  119' CB 16 Germán Ré  90+1' CB 3 Christian Cellay RM 13 Juan Manuel Díaz  45+2' CM 8 Enzo Pérez  65'  79' CM 22 Rodrigo Braña  119' LM 30 Clemente Rodríguez  58' AM 11 Juan Sebastián Verón (c) AM 23 Leandro Benítez  76' CF 17 Mauro Boselli Substitutions: MF 5 Matías Sánchez  94'  76' MF 18 Maximiliano Núñez  79' DF 21 Marcos Rojo  112'  90+1' Manager: Alejandro Sabella

GK 1 Víctor Valdés  118' RB 2 Dani Alves CB 3 Gerard Piqué CB 5 Carles Puyol (c) LB 22 Eric Abidal DM 15 Seydou Keita  46' CM 6 Xavi CM 16 Sergio Busquets  79' RW 10 Lionel Messi  23' LW 14 Thierry Henry  82'  83' CF 9 Zlatan Ibrahimović Substitutions: FW 17 Pedro  46' MF 24 Yaya Touré  79' FW 7 Jeffrén  83' Manager: Pep Guardiola

Assistant referees: Héctor Vergara (Canada)[1] Marvin Torrentera (Mexico)[1] Fourth official: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan)[1] Reserve assistant referee: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)[1]

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Barcelona players celebrate after the match

Overall^[4]

	Estudiantes	Barcelona
Goals scored	1	2
Total shots	3	16
Shots on target	1	4
Ball possession	36%	64%
Corner kicks	3	10
Fouls committed	29	19
Offsides	8	1
Yellow cards	7	3
Red cards	0	0