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Football match
2023 FIFA Club World Cup Final
The King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah hosted the final.
Event2023 FIFA Club World Cup
Manchester City Fluminense
England Brazil
4 0
Date22 December 2023 (2023-12-22)
VenueKing Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah
Man of the MatchJulián Alvarez (Manchester City)
RefereeSzymon Marciniak (Poland)
Attendance52,601
WeatherPartly cloudy night
29 °C (84 °F)
58% humidity
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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. 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)
England Manchester City UEFA Winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League None
Brazil 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.

Route to the final

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

Match

Details

Manchester City England4–0Brazil Fluminense
Report
King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, JeddahAttendance: 52,601Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)


Manchester City Fluminense
GK 31 Brazil Ederson
RB 2 England Kyle Walker (c)
CB 3 Portugal Rúben Dias
CB 5 England John Stones downward-facing red arrow 74'
LB 6 Netherlands Nathan Aké downward-facing red arrow 81'
CM 82 England Rico Lewis downward-facing red arrow 60'
CM 16 Spain Rodri downward-facing red arrow 74'
RW 20 Portugal Bernardo Silva
AM 47 England Phil Foden downward-facing red arrow 81'
LW 10 England Jack Grealish
CF 19 Argentina Julián Alvarez
Substitutes:
GK 18 Germany Stefan Ortega
GK 33 England Scott Carson
DF 21 Spain Sergio Gómez
DF 24 Croatia Joško Gvardiol upward-facing green arrow 74'
DF 25 Switzerland Manuel Akanji upward-facing green arrow 74'
DF 68 England Max Alleyne
MF 4 England Kalvin Phillips
MF 8 Croatia Mateo Kovačić upward-facing green arrow 60'
MF 27 Portugal Matheus Nunes upward-facing green arrow 81'
MF 52 Norway Oscar Bobb upward-facing green arrow 81'
MF 76 Spain Mahamadou Susoho
FW 92 England Micah Hamilton
Manager:
Spain Pep Guardiola
GK 1 Brazil Fábio
RB 2 Brazil Samuel Xavier
CB 33 Brazil Nino (c) downward-facing red arrow 74'
CB 30 Brazil Felipe Melo downward-facing red arrow 60'
LB 12 Brazil Marcelo Yellow card 57' downward-facing red arrow 60'
CM 7 Brazil André
CM 8 Brazil Matheus Martinelli
RW 21 Colombia Jhon Arias
AM 10 Brazil Ganso downward-facing red arrow 60'
LW 11 Brazil Keno downward-facing red arrow 46'
CF 14 Argentina Germán Cano
Substitutes:
GK 22 Brazil Pedro Rangel
GK 98 Brazil Vitor Eudes
DF 4 Brazil Marlon upward-facing green arrow 74'
DF 23 Brazil Guga
DF 40 Brazil Diogo Barbosa upward-facing green arrow 60'
DF 44 Brazil David Braz
MF 5 Brazil Alexsander Yellow card 68' upward-facing green arrow 60'
MF 20 Brazil Danielzinho
MF 29 Brazil Thiago Santos
MF 45 Brazil Lima upward-facing green arrow 60'
FW 9 Brazil John Kennedy Yellow card 84' upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 38 Colombia Yony González
Manager:
Brazil Fernando Diniz

Man of the Match:
Julián Alvarez (Manchester City)

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

  • 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.

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. ^ "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.

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