2009 FIFA Club World Cup final

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2009 FIFA Club World Cup final
Match programme cover
Event2009 FIFA Club World Cup
Estudiantes (LP) Barcelona
Argentina Spain
1 2
After extra time
Date19 December 2009
VenueZayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi[1]
RefereeBenito Archundia (Mexico)[1]
Attendance43,050[1]
WeatherPartly cloudy
22 °C (72 °F)
60% humidity
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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.

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[edit]

Argentina Estudiantes (LP) Team Spain 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 South Korea Pohang Steelers Semi-finals 3–1 Mexico Atlante

Match[edit]

Details[edit]

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.
Estudiantes (LP) Argentina1–2 (a.e.t.)Spain Barcelona
Boselli 37' Report Pedro 89'
Messi 110'
Attendance: 43,050[1]
Estudiantes (LP)
Barcelona
GK 25 Argentina Damián Albil
SW 2 Argentina Leandro Desábato Yellow card 119'
RB 30 Argentina Clemente Rodríguez Yellow card 58'
CB 3 Argentina Christian Cellay
CB 16 Argentina Germán Ré downward-facing red arrow 90+1'
LB 13 Uruguay Juan Manuel Díaz Yellow card 45+2'
DM 22 Argentina Rodrigo Braña Yellow card 119'
RM 8 Argentina Enzo Pérez Yellow card 65' downward-facing red arrow 79'
CM 11 Argentina Juan Sebastián Verón (c)
LM 23 Argentina Leandro Benítez downward-facing red arrow 76'
CF 17 Argentina Mauro Boselli
Substitutions:
MF 5 Argentina Matías Sánchez Yellow card 94' upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 18 Argentina Maximiliano Núñez upward-facing green arrow 79'
DF 21 Argentina Marcos Rojo Yellow card 112' upward-facing green arrow 90+1'
Manager:
Argentina Alejandro Sabella
GK 1 Spain Víctor Valdés Yellow card 118'
RB 2 Brazil Dani Alves
CB 3 Spain Gerard Piqué
CB 5 Spain Carles Puyol (c)
LB 22 France Eric Abidal
DM 15 Mali Seydou Keita downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 6 Spain Xavi
CM 16 Spain Sergio Busquets downward-facing red arrow 79'
RW 10 Argentina Lionel Messi Yellow card 23'
LW 14 France Thierry Henry Yellow card 82' downward-facing red arrow 83'
CF 9 Sweden Zlatan Ibrahimović
Substitutions:
FW 17 Spain Pedro upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 24 Ivory Coast Yaya Touré upward-facing green arrow 79'
FW 7 Spain Jeffrén upward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
Spain 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[edit]

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Match Report" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Barcelona beat Estudiantes to win the Club World Cup". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Messi seals number six". ESPN Soccernet. 19 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  4. ^ "Match Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on 17 October 2010. Retrieved 28 May 2012.

External links[edit]

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