2023 FIFA Club World Cup final

2023 FIFA Club World Cup Final
The King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah hosted the final.
Event2023 FIFA Club World Cup
Date22 December 2023 (2023-12-22)
VenueKing Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah
Man of the MatchJulián Alvarez (Manchester City)[1]
RefereeSzymon Marciniak (Poland)
Attendance52,601
WeatherPartly cloudy night
29 °C (84 °F)
58% humidity[2]

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

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)
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]

Route to the final

Manchester City Team Fluminense
Opponent Result 2023 FIFA Club World Cup Opponent Result
Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0 Semi-finals Al Ahly 2–0

Match

Details

Manchester City 4–0 Fluminense
  • Alvarez 1', 88'
  • Nino 27' (o.g.)
  • Foden 72'
Report


Manchester City
Fluminense
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 Alvarez
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
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 Alvarez (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]

Notes

  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

  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.