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.
TeamConfederationQualification for tournamentPrevious club world championship finals(bold indicates winners) Manchester CityUEFAWinners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions LeagueNone FluminenseCONMEBOLWinners of the 2023 Copa LibertadoresNone
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. IC: Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004) FCWC: FIFA Club World Cup finals (2000, 2005–present)
Route to the final Manchester CityTeam FluminenseOpponentResult2023 FIFA Club World CupOpponentResult Urawa Red Diamonds3–0Semi-finals Al Ahly2–0
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GK 31 EdersonRB 2 Kyle Walker (c)CB 3 Rúben DiasCB 5 John Stones LB 6 Nathan Aké CM 82 Rico Lewis CM 16 Rodri RW 20 Bernardo SilvaAM 47 Phil Foden LW 10 Jack GrealishCF 19 Julián AlvarezSubstitutes:GK 18 Stefan OrtegaGK 33 Scott CarsonDF 21 Sergio GómezDF 24 Joško Gvardiol DF 25 Manuel Akanji DF 68 Max AlleyneMF 4 Kalvin PhillipsMF 8 Mateo Kovačić MF 27 Matheus Nunes MF 52 Oscar Bobb MF 76 Mahamadou SusohoFW 92 Micah HamiltonManager: Pep Guardiola GK 1 FábioRB 2 Samuel XavierCB 33 Nino (c) CB 30 Felipe Melo LB 12 Marcelo CM 7 AndréCM 8 Matheus MartinelliRW 21 Jhon AriasAM 10 Ganso LW 11 Keno CF 14 Germán CanoSubstitutes:GK 22 Pedro RangelGK 98 Vitor EudesDF 4 Marlon DF 23 GugaDF 40 Diogo Barbosa DF 44 David BrazMF 5 Alexsander MF 20 DanielzinhoMF 29 Thiago SantosMF 45 Lima FW 9 John Kennedy FW 38 Yony GonzálezManager: 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.
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