2009 World Football Challenge

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2009 World Football Challenge
CountryUnited States
Teams4 (from 3 federations)
Champions Flag of England.svg Chelsea [1]
Runners-up Flag of Mexico.svg América
Matches played6
Goals scored14 (2.33 per match)
Attendance336,813 (56,136 per match)
Top goal scorer(s) Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Didier Drogba
Flag of Argentina.svg Diego Milito
(2 goals)
2011

The 2009 World Football Challenge was the first World Football Challenge event, an exhibition international club association football competition featuring football clubs from Europe and North America, which has been held first in summer of 2009. Chelsea are the 2009 champions.

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Format

In 2009, each team played the other three teams in the tournament once in a round-robin tournament format, with each game played at a neutral venue in the United States. Chelsea emerged as the World Football Challenge champion for 2009. The following four clubs participated in the 2009 tournament: [2] [3] [4]

Venues

Six cities served as the venues of the 2009 World Football Challenge. [4]

Atlanta, Georgia Baltimore, Maryland Foxborough, Massachusetts Arlington, Texas
Georgia Dome M&T Bank Stadium Gillette Stadium Cowboys Stadium
Capacity: 71,228Capacity: 71,008Capacity: 68,756Capacity: 80,000
2006 VT UGA CFABowl kickoff.jpg Mandtbankstade.png Gillette Stadium02.jpg Cowboysstadium js.jpg

Rules

Chelsea vs Club America at the Cowboys Stadium Cowboys stadium world football challenge 2009.JPG
Chelsea vs Club America at the Cowboys Stadium

Clubs received one point for each goal scored in regulation time (up to three goals per game). Clubs earned three points for a win that does not go into penalty kicks. After 90 minutes of play, if the match was tied, each team received one point and the winner of the penalty kicks received an additional point. The team with the highest overall number of points determined the World Football Challenge champion. [5]

Standings

PosNationTeamPldWPKWPKLLGFGAGDPts
1Flag of England.svg  England Chelsea 3300061+515
2Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico América 311013418
3Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Inter Milan 310113307
4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Milan 300032642
Source: [ citation needed ]

Matches

América 1–1 Inter Milan
Silva Soccerball shade.svg51' Report Córdoba Soccerball shade.svg61'
Penalties
Chitiva Soccerball shad check.svg
Mosquera Soccerball shad check.svg
Silva Soccerball shad check.svg
Márquez Soccerball shad check.svg
Ó. Rojas Soccerball shad check.svg
5–4Soccerball shad check.svg Balotelli
Soccerball shad check.svg Milito
Soccerball shad check.svg Ibrahimović
Soccerball shade cross.svg Vieira
Soccerball shad check.svg Burdisso
Stanford Stadium, Palo Alto, CA
Attendance: 31,026
Referee: Baldomero Toledo (California)

Chelsea 2–0 Inter Milan
Drogba Soccerball shade.svg11'
Lampard Soccerball shade.svg50' (pen.)
Report
Rose Bowl, Pasadena, CA
Attendance: 81,224
Referee: Ricardo Salazar (California)

América 2–1 Milan
Esqueda Soccerball shade.svg56'
Márquez Soccerball shade.svg84'
Report Inzaghi Soccerball shade.svg66'
Georgia Dome, Atlanta, GA
Attendance: 53,600
Referee: Alex Prus (South Carolina)

Chelsea 2–1 Milan
Drogba Soccerball shade.svg7'
Zhirkov Soccerball shade.svg69'
Report Seedorf Soccerball shade.svg38'
M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, MD
Attendance: 71,203
Referee: Mark Geiger (New Jersey)

Inter Milan 2–0 Milan
Milito Soccerball shade.svg4', 75' Report
Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, MA
Attendance: 42,531 [6]
Referee: Jorge González (New York)

Chelsea 2–0 América
Di Santo Soccerball shade.svg76'
Malouda Soccerball shade.svg78'
Report
Cowboys Stadium, Arlington, TX
Attendance: 57,229
Referee: Paul Ward (Vancouver)

Top goalscorers

RankPlayerNationClubGoals
1 Didier Drogba Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg  CIV Chelsea 2
Diego Milito Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Inter Milan
3 Iván Córdoba Flag of Colombia.svg  COL Inter Milan 1
Enrique Esqueda Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX América
Filippo Inzaghi Flag of Italy.svg  ITA Milan
Frank Lampard Flag of England.svg  ENG Chelsea
Florent Malouda Flag of France.svg  FRA Chelsea
Daniel Márquez Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX América
Franco Di Santo Flag of Argentina.svg  ARG Chelsea
Clarence Seedorf Flag of the Netherlands.svg  NED Milan
Juan Carlos Silva Flag of Mexico.svg  MEX América
Yuri Zhirkov Flag of Russia.svg  RUS Chelsea

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