The FIFA Club World Cup is an international association 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 between 2001 and 2004 due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and Leisure.[3] Following a change in format which saw the FIFA Club World Championship absorb the Intercontinental Cup, it was relaunched in 2005 and took its current name the season afterwards.[4]
.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) |
The current format of the tournament, in use since the competition was revamped ahead of the 2025 edition, features 32 teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation; 12 teams from Europe, 6 from South America, 4 from Asia, 4 from Africa, 4 from North, Central America and Caribbean, 1 from Oceania, 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 a round-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 club Barcelona to success in 2009 and 2011, coached German side Bayern Munich to victory in 2013, and won a fourth title with English club Manchester City to victory in 2023. He is also the first manager to win the tournament with three clubs. Carlo Ancelotti has won three titles (once with Milan in 2007, twice with Real Madrid in 2014 and 2022), Zinedine Zidane has won two titles (in 2016 and 2017, both with Real Madrid), and eleven other managers have each won the competition once. Guardiola is the most recent manager to have won the FIFA Club World Cup, doing so with Manchester City in the 2023 edition.
List of managers in the final
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Croatia | 
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DR Congo |
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Ecuador | 
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England | 
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Germany |
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Japan | 
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Mexico | 
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Morocco |
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Scotland | 
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Senegal |
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Spain | 
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Tunisia | 
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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 in 2000, 2005 and 2006, a Spanish manager did so in 2009, 2010 and 2011, while a German manager accomplished the feat in 2019, 2020 and 2021. Spanish managers have won also won the most total finals, with six (the aforementioned three, plus in 2013, 2015 and 2023).
Rafael Benítez of Spain became the first manager to reach the FIFA Club World Cup final with a foreign club, when English side Liverpool 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 side Internazionale and losing in 2012 with English team Chelsea. Sir Alex Ferguson, Pep Guardiola, Carlo Ancelotti, Zinedine Zidane, Santiago Solari, Jürgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel are the other managers to win the final with a foreign club, with Ancelotti (2014 and 2022), Zidane (2016 and 2017) and Guardiola (2013 and 2023) the only ones to accomplish this on multiple occasions, Ancelotti and Zidane while managing Real Madrid, and Guardiola while managing Bayern Munich and Manchester 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 with Barcelona 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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Results by manager
editPep Guardiola is the only manager to have won four FIFA Club World Cups; he won twice with Barcelona, once with Bayern Munich and once with Manchester 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 in 2010, Faouzi Benzarti of Tunisia in 2013 and Masatada Ishii of Japan in 2016 were the only non-European and non-South American managers to have appeared in the final. The aforementioned three managers, as well as Zoran Mamić in 2018, Ricardo Ferretti in 2020 and Ramón Díaz in 2022, 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 |
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| Pep Guardiola
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4 | 0 | 2009, 2011, 2013, 2023 | — |
| Carlo Ancelotti
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3 | 0 | 2007, 2014, 2022 | — |
| Zinedine Zidane
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2 | 0 | 2016, 2017 | — |
| Rafael Benítez
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1 | 2 | 2010 | 2005, 2012 |
| Oswaldo de Oliveira
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1 | 0 | 2000 | — |
| Paulo Autuori
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1 | 0 | 2005 | — |
| Abel Braga
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1 | 0 | 2006 | — |
| Sir Alex Ferguson
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1 | 0 | 2008 | — |
| Tite
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1 | 0 | 2012 | — |
| Luis Enrique
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1 | 0 | 2015 | — |
| Santiago Solari
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1 | 0 | 2018 | — |
| Jürgen Klopp
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1 | 0 | 2019 | — |
| Hansi Flick
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1 | 0 | 2020 | — |
| Thomas Tuchel
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1 | 0 | 2021 | — |
| Edgardo Bauza
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0 | 2 | — | 2008, 2014 |
| Antônio Lopes
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0 | 1 | — | 2000 |
| Frank Rijkaard
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0 | 1 | — | 2006 |
| Miguel Ángel Russo
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0 | 1 | — | 2007 |
| Alejandro Sabella
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0 | 1 | — | 2009 |
| Lamine N'Diaye
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0 | 1 | — | 2010 |
| Muricy Ramalho
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0 | 1 | — | 2011 |
| Faouzi Benzarti
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0 | 1 | — | 2013 |
| Marcelo Gallardo
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0 | 1 | — | 2015 |
| Masatada Ishii
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0 | 1 | — | 2016 |
| Renato Gaúcho
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0 | 1 | — | 2017 |
| Zoran Mamić
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0 | 1 | — | 2018 |
| Jorge Jesus
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0 | 1 | — | 2019 |
| Ricardo Ferretti
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0 | 1 | — | 2020 |
| Abel Ferreira
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0 | 1 | — | 2021 |
| Ramón Díaz
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0 | 1 | — | 2022 |
| Fernando Diniz
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0 | 1 | — | 2023 |
Results by nationality
editSpanish managers have had the most success in the competition, amassing six titles in eight total final appearances. Brazilian managers have won four titles, German and Italian managers have each 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 |
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| Spain
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8 | 6 | 2 |
| Brazil
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9 | 4 | 5 |
| Germany
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3 | 3 | 0 |
| Italy
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3 | 3 | 0 |
| France
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2 | 2 | 0 |
| Argentina
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7 | 1 | 6 |
| Scotland
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1 | 1 | 0 |
| Portugal
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2 | 0 | 2 |
| Croatia
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1 | 0 | 1 |
| Japan
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1 | 0 | 1 |
| Netherlands
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1 | 0 | 1 |
| Senegal
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1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tunisia
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1 | 0 | 1 |
Results by continent
editEuropean managers remain the most successful of the competition, with a total of fifteen 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 |
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| Europe | 21 | 15 | 6 |
| South America | 16 | 5 | 11 |
| Africa | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Asia | 1 | 0 | 1 |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b "FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2012 – Regulations" (PDF). Fédération Internationale de Football Association. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 28, 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
- ^ "Brazil 2000 Final Draw". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 October 1999. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "FIFA decides to postpone 2001 Club World Championship to 2003". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 May 2001. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Toyota confirmed as FIFA Club World Championship 2005 naming partner". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 15 March 2005. Archived from the original on 9 November 2013. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b c "Sao Paulo FC - Liverpool FC". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 December 2005. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b c "Sport Clube Internacional - FC Barcelona". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 17 December 2006. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Red Devils rule in Japan". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 21 December 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Internazionale on top of the world". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 December 2010. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d e "Barça belatedly rule the world". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b c d "Santos humbled by brilliant Barcelona". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 18 December 2011. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b c "Corinthians - Vasco da Gama". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 14 January 2000. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ a b c "Dominant Milan rule the world". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 December 2007. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "Guerrero the hero as Corinthians crowned". Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 16 December 2012. Archived from the original on 18 December 2012. Retrieved 6 March 2013.
- ^ "FIFA Club World Cup 2022 -Scores & Fixtures". FIFA.com. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
External links
edit- FIFA's official site for the FIFA Club World Cup (in English, French, German, Portuguese, and Spanish)
- Toyota's official site for the FIFA Club World Cup (in English and Japanese)