| 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 | 2 (in 1 host city) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | |
| Runners-up | |
| Third place | |
| Fourth place | |
| 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 | Lionel Messi (Barcelona) |
| Fair play award | |
←2008 2010 → | |
The2009 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as theFIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was afootball tournament played from 9 to 19 December 2009. It was the sixthFIFA Club World Cup and was played inAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.
Defending championsManchester United did not qualify as they lost the2009 UEFA Champions League Final toBarcelona, who went on to win the Club World Cup for the first time. After coming from behind to beat Mexican sideAtlante in the semi-finals, they did the same against the South American entrants,Estudiantes, in the final, winning 2–1 afterextra time.[1]Mauro Boselli put Estudiantes ahead in the 37th minute, butPedro equalised with a minute left in normal time beforeLionel 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 wonsix competitions in the 2009 calendar year, beatingLiverpool's European record of five trophies won in 2001.
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] TheFIFA Executive Committee appointed the United Arab Emirates as hosts for the 2009 and2010 tournaments on 27 May 2008 during their meeting inSydney, Australia.[3][4] Australia, Japan and Portugal also placed bids to host the tournament, but Portugal later withdrew from the process.[5]
| Team | Confederation | Qualification | Participation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Entering in thesemi-finals | |||
| UEFA | Winners of the2008–09 UEFA Champions League | 2nd(Previous:2006) | |
| CONMEBOL | Winners of the2009 Copa Libertadores | Debut | |
| Entering in thequarter-finals | |||
| CONCACAF | Winners of the2008–09 CONCACAF Champions League | Debut | |
| AFC | Winners of the2009 AFC Champions League | Debut | |
| CAF | Winners of the2009 CAF Champions League | Debut | |
| Entering in theplay-off for quarter-finals | |||
| AFC (host) | Winners of the2008–09 UAE Pro-League | Debut | |
| OFC | Winners of the2008–09 OFC Champions League | 2nd(Previous:2006) | |
All of the matches at the tournament were played inAbu Dhabi, with three matches at theMohammed bin Zayed Stadium and five at theZayed 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″N54°23′31.27″E / 24.4527639°N 54.3920194°E /24.4527639; 54.3920194 (Mohammed bin Zayed Stadium) | 24°24′57.92″N54°27′12.93″E / 24.4160889°N 54.4535917°E /24.4160889; 54.4535917 (Zayed Sports City) | |||
| Capacity:42,056 | Capacity:50,000 | |||
2009 FIFA Club World Cup (United Arab Emirates) | ||||
TheAdidas Jabulani, the official match ball of the2010 FIFA World Cup, served as the match ball of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup.
| 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) |
The official draw was held inAbu 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) | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 15 December –Abu Dhabi (MBZ) | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 9 December –Abu Dhabi (MBZ) | 2 | 19 December –Abu Dhabi (ZSC) | ||||||||||||
| 0 | 12 December –Abu Dhabi (ZSC) | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 0 | 16 December –Abu Dhabi (ZSC) | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | ||||||||||||||
| Match for fifth place | Match for third place | |||||||||||||
| 16 December –Abu Dhabi (ZSC) | 19 December –Abu Dhabi (ZSC) | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 1 (4) | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 1 (3) | |||||||||||||
All times are local,GST (UTC+4).
| Al-Ahli | 0–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Report | Dickinson Coombes |
| TP Mazembe | 1–2 | |
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| Bedi | Report | Denílson |
| Pohang Steelers | 1–2 | |
|---|---|---|
| Denílson | Report | Benítez |
| TP Mazembe | 2–3 | |
|---|---|---|
| Kasongo Kasusula | Report | Hayne Van Steeden |
| Pohang Steelers | 1–1 | |
|---|---|---|
| Denílson | Report | Márquez |
| Penalties | ||
| No Byung-jun Denílson Shin Hyung-min Park Hee-chul Kim Hyung-il | 4–3 | |
| Adidas Golden Ball Toyota Award | Adidas Silver Ball | Adidas Bronze Ball |
|---|---|---|
(Barcelona) | (Estudiantes) | (Barcelona) |
| FIFA Fair Play Award | ||
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.