The 2009 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2009 FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The match took place at the Sheikh Zayed Stadium, Abu Dhabi, on 19 December 2009, and pitted Estudiantes de La Plata of Argentina, the CONMEBOL club champions, against Barcelona of Spain, the UEFA club champions.
Estudiantes forward Mauro Boselli opened the scoring in the 37th minute, but Pedro equalised for Barcelona with one minute left in regulation time. Lionel Messi scored the winning goal in the fifth minute of the second half of extra time, securing Barcelona's record sixth trophy for the 2009 calendar year.
Road to final Estudiantes (LP)Team BarcelonaCONMEBOLConfederationUEFAWinner of the 2009 Copa LibertadoresQualificationWinner of the 2008–09 UEFA Champions LeagueByePlay-off roundByeByeQuarter-finalsBye2–1 v. Pohang SteelersSemi-finals3–1 v. Atlante
Match
Details
GK 25 Damián AlbilCB 2 Leandro Desábato CB 16 Germán Ré CB 3 Christian CellayRM 13 Juan Manuel Díaz CM 8 Enzo Pérez CM 22 Rodrigo Braña LM 30 Clemente Rodríguez AM 11 Juan Sebastián Verón (c)AM 23 Leandro Benítez CF 17 Mauro BoselliSubstitutions:MF 5 Matías Sánchez MF 18 Maximiliano Núñez DF 21 Marcos Rojo Manager: Alejandro Sabella GK 1 Víctor Valdés RB 2 Dani AlvesCB 3 Gerard PiquéCB 5 Carles Puyol (c)LB 22 Eric AbidalDM 15 Seydou Keita CM 6 XaviCM 16 Sergio Busquets RW 10 Lionel Messi LW 14 Thierry Henry CF 9 Zlatan IbrahimovićSubstitutions:FW 17 Pedro MF 24 Yaya Touré FW 7 Jeffrén Manager: Pep Guardiola Assistant referees: Héctor Vergara (Canada) Marvin Torrentera (Mexico) Fourth official: Ravshan Irmatov (Uzbekistan) Reserve assistant referee: Abdukhamidullo Rasulov (Uzbekistan)Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.
Statistics
+Overall Estudiantes BarcelonaGoals scored 1 2Total shots 3 16Shots on target 1 4Ball possession 36% 64%Corner kicks 3 10Fouls committed 29 19Offsides 8 1Yellow cards 7 3Red cards 0 0
References
External links FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2009, FIFA.com Technical Report and Statistics (PDF), FIFA.com