2023 FIFA Club World Cup final

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2023 FIFA Club World Cup Final
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The King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah hosted the final.
Event 2023 FIFA Club World Cup
Date22 December 2023 (2023-12-22)
Venue King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah
Man of the Match Julián Álvarez (Manchester City) [1]
Referee Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Attendance52,601
WeatherPartly cloudy night
29 °C (84 °F)
58% humidity [2]
2022

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.

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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.

TeamConfederationQualification for tournamentPrevious club world championship finals
(bold indicates winners)
Flag of England.svg Manchester City UEFA Winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League None
Flag of Brazil.svg 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

Flag of England.svg Manchester City Team Flag of Brazil.svg Fluminense
OpponentResult 2023 FIFA Club World Cup OpponentResult
Flag of Japan.svg Urawa Red Diamonds 3–0Semi-finals Flag of Egypt.svg Al Ahly 2–0

Match

Details

Manchester City Flag of England.svg 4–0 Flag of Brazil.svg Fluminense
Report
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Manchester City
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Fluminense
GK31 Flag of Brazil.svg Ederson
RB2 Flag of England.svg Kyle Walker (c)
CB3 Flag of Portugal.svg Rúben Dias
CB5 Flag of England.svg John Stones Sub off.svg 74'
LB6 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Nathan Aké Sub off.svg 81'
CM82 Flag of England.svg Rico Lewis Sub off.svg 60'
CM16 Flag of Spain.svg Rodri Sub off.svg 74'
RW20 Flag of Portugal.svg Bernardo Silva
AM47 Flag of England.svg Phil Foden Sub off.svg 81'
LW10 Flag of England.svg Jack Grealish
CF19 Flag of Argentina.svg Julián Álvarez
Substitutes:
GK18 Flag of Germany.svg Stefan Ortega
GK33 Flag of England.svg Scott Carson
DF21 Flag of Spain.svg Sergio Gómez
DF24 Flag of Croatia.svg Joško Gvardiol Sub on.svg 74'
DF25 Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg Manuel Akanji Sub on.svg 74'
DF68 Flag of England.svg Max Alleyne
MF4 Flag of England.svg Kalvin Phillips
MF8 Flag of Croatia.svg Mateo Kovačić Sub on.svg 60'
MF27 Flag of Portugal.svg Matheus Nunes Sub on.svg 81'
MF52 Flag of Norway.svg Oscar Bobb Sub on.svg 81'
MF76 Flag of Spain.svg Mahamadou Susoho
FW92 Flag of England.svg Micah Hamilton
Manager:
Flag of Spain.svg Pep Guardiola
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GK1 Flag of Brazil.svg Fábio
RB2 Flag of Brazil.svg Samuel Xavier
CB33 Flag of Brazil.svg Nino (c)Sub off.svg 74'
CB30 Flag of Brazil.svg Felipe Melo Sub off.svg 60'
LB12 Flag of Brazil.svg Marcelo Yellow card.svg 57'Sub off.svg 60'
CM7 Flag of Brazil.svg André
CM8 Flag of Brazil.svg Matheus Martinelli
RW21 Flag of Colombia.svg Jhon Arias
AM10 Flag of Brazil.svg Ganso Sub off.svg 60'
LW11 Flag of Brazil.svg Keno Sub off.svg 46'
CF14 Flag of Argentina.svg Germán Cano
Substitutes:
GK22 Flag of Brazil.svg Pedro Rangel
GK98 Flag of Brazil.svg Vitor Eudes
DF4 Flag of Brazil.svg Marlon Sub on.svg 74'
DF23 Flag of Brazil.svg Guga
DF40 Flag of Brazil.svg Diogo Barbosa Sub on.svg 60'
DF44 Flag of Brazil.svg David Braz
MF5 Flag of Brazil.svg Alexsander Yellow card.svg 68'Sub on.svg 60'
MF20 Flag of Brazil.svg Danielzinho
MF29 Flag of Brazil.svg Thiago Santos
MF45 Flag of Brazil.svg Lima Sub on.svg 60'
FW9 Flag of Brazil.svg John Kennedy Yellow card.svg 84'Sub on.svg 46'
FW38 Flag of Colombia.svg Yony González
Manager:
Flag of Brazil.svg Fernando Diniz

Man of the Match:
Julián Álvarez (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.

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