.jpg) Pep Guardiola became the first manager to win the FIFA Club World Cup four times as manager, a competition record. He is also the first manager to win the tournament with three clubs. | |
| Founded | 2000 |
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| Region | International (FIFA) |
TheFIFA Club World Cup is an internationalassociation football competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body.[1] The championship was first contested as the FIFA Club World Championship in 2000.[2] It was not held between2001 and 2004 due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partnerInternational Sport and Leisure.[3] Following a change in format which saw the FIFA Club World Championship absorb theIntercontinental Cup, it was relaunched in 2005 and took its current name the season afterwards.[4]
The current format of the tournament, in use since the competition was revamped ahead of the2025 edition, features 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation; 12 teams fromEurope, 6 fromSouth America, 4 fromAsia, 4 fromAfrica, 4 fromNorth, Central America and Caribbean, 1 fromOceania, and 1 team from the host nation. The teams are drawn into eight groups of four, with each team playing three group stage matches in around-robin format. The top two teams from each group advance to the knockout stage, starting with the round of 16 and culminating with the final.[1]
Pep Guardiola was the first manager to win the tournament on four occasions; he led Spanish clubBarcelona to success in2009 and2011, coached German sideBayern Munich to victory in2013, and won a fourth title with English clubManchester City to victory in2023. He is also the first manager to win the tournament with three clubs.Carlo Ancelotti has won three titles (once withMilan in2007, twice withReal Madrid in2014 and2022),Zinedine Zidane has won two titles (in2016 and2017, both with Real Madrid), and eleven other managers have each won the competition once.Enzo Maresca is the most recent manager to have won the FIFA Club World Cup, doing so withChelsea in the 2025 edition.
 | Argentina |  | Brazil |  | Croatia |  | DR Congo |
 | Ecuador |  | England |  | France |  | Germany |
 | Italy |  | Japan |  | Mexico |  | Morocco |
 | Netherlands |  | Portugal |  | Scotland |  | Senegal |
 | Spain |  | Tunisia |  | United Arab Emirates |
Brazilian, Spanish and German managers hold the joint-record for most consecutive appearances of winning coaches, with three back-to-back triumphs each; a Brazilian manager won the final in2000,2005 and2006, a Spanish manager did so in2009,2010 and2011, while a German manager accomplished the feat in2019,2020 and2021. Spanish managers have won also won the most total finals, with six (the aforementioned three, plus in2013,2015 and2023).
Rafael Benítez of Spain became the first manager to reach the FIFA Club World Cup final with a foreign club, when English sideLiverpool side lost the 2005 final under his leadership;[5] he led other foreign clubs to the final on two further occasions, winning in 2010 with Italian sideInternazionale and losing in2012 with English teamChelsea.Sir Alex Ferguson,Pep Guardiola,Carlo Ancelotti,Zinedine Zidane,Santiago Solari,Jürgen Klopp andThomas Tuchel are the other managers to win the final with a foreign club, with Ancelotti (2014 and2022), Zidane (2016 and2017) and Guardiola (2013 and 2023) the only ones to accomplish this on multiple occasions, Ancelotti and Zidane while managingReal Madrid, and Guardiola while managingBayern Munich andManchester City.[6][7][8]
Along with Ancelotti and Zidane, Guardiola is the only other manager to have led the same club to the final on more than one occasion, coming out victorious withBarcelona in 2009 and 2011. He also won the final in 2013 as coach of Bayern Munich and in 2023 as coach of Manchester City, becoming the first manager to win the trophy four times and also the first manager to win the trophy with three clubs.[9][10]
The inaugural final in 2000 remains the only one to see two managers from the same nation, with both hailing from Brazil.[11]
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Pep Guardiola is the only manager to have won four FIFA Club World Cups; he won twice withBarcelona, once withBayern Munich and once withManchester City.[9][10] He is also the first manager to win the tournament with three clubs. Guardiola also holds the record for the most appearances in the final, with the aforementioned four.Lamine N'Diaye of Senegal in2010,Faouzi Benzarti of Tunisia in2013 andMasatada Ishii of Japan in2016 were the only non-European and non-South American managers to have appeared in the final. The aforementioned three managers, as well asZoran Mamić in2018,Ricardo Ferretti in2020 andRamón Díaz in2022, are the only ones to have led a club outside Europe and South America into the decisive match.[8]
| Manager | Won | Runner-up | Years won | Years runner-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pep Guardiola | 4 | 0 | 2009,2011,2013,2023 | — |
| Carlo Ancelotti | 3 | 0 | 2007,2014,2022 | — |
| Zinedine Zidane | 2 | 0 | 2016,2017 | — |
| Rafael Benítez | 1 | 2 | 2010 | 2005,2012 |
| Luis Enrique | 1 | 1 | 2015 | 2025 |
| Oswaldo de Oliveira | 1 | 0 | 2000 | — |
| Paulo Autuori | 1 | 0 | 2005 | — |
| Abel Braga | 1 | 0 | 2006 | — |
| Sir Alex Ferguson | 1 | 0 | 2008 | — |
| Tite | 1 | 0 | 2012 | — |
| Santiago Solari | 1 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| Jürgen Klopp | 1 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| Hansi Flick | 1 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| Thomas Tuchel | 1 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| Enzo Maresca | 1 | 0 | 2025 | — |
| Edgardo Bauza | 0 | 2 | — | 2008,2014 |
| Antônio Lopes | 0 | 1 | — | 2000 |
| Frank Rijkaard | 0 | 1 | — | 2006 |
| Miguel Ángel Russo | 0 | 1 | — | 2007 |
| Alejandro Sabella | 0 | 1 | — | 2009 |
| Lamine N'Diaye | 0 | 1 | — | 2010 |
| Muricy Ramalho | 0 | 1 | — | 2011 |
| Faouzi Benzarti | 0 | 1 | — | 2013 |
| Marcelo Gallardo | 0 | 1 | — | 2015 |
| Masatada Ishii | 0 | 1 | — | 2016 |
| Renato Gaúcho | 0 | 1 | — | 2017 |
| Zoran Mamić | 0 | 1 | — | 2018 |
| Jorge Jesus | 0 | 1 | — | 2019 |
| Ricardo Ferretti | 0 | 1 | — | 2020 |
| Abel Ferreira | 0 | 1 | — | 2021 |
| Ramón Díaz | 0 | 1 | — | 2022 |
| Fernando Diniz | 0 | 1 | — | 2023 |
Spanish managers have had the most success in the competition, amassing six titles in nine total final appearances. Brazilian and Italian managers have each won four titles, German managers have won three, French managers have won two, and a Scottish manager has won the title once. Argentine managers hold the dubious record of the most losses in the final with six, including defeats in three consecutive editions; a manager from Argentina has only won the competition on one occasion.[7][9][12]
| Nationality | Finalists | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Brazil | 9 | 4 | 5 |
| Italy | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Germany | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| France | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Argentina | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Portugal | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Croatia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Senegal | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
European managers remain the most successful of the competition, with a total of sixteen titles.[8][7][9][10][12] Their South American counterparts are second with five titles, while Africa has had two managers lead a club into the final, and Asia has had one.[5][6][8][11]
| Continent | Finalists | Winners | Runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | 23 | 16 | 7 |
| South America | 16 | 5 | 11 |
| Africa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Asia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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