2009 FIFA Club World Cup final

2009 FIFA Club World Cup final
Match programme cover
Event2009 FIFA Club World Cup
After extra time
Date19 December 2009
VenueZayed Sports City, Abu Dhabi[1]
RefereeBenito Archundia (Mexico)[1]
Attendance43,050[1]
WeatherPartly cloudy
22 °C (72 °F)
60% humidity
2008
2010

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.[2][3]

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference match_report was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Barcelona beat Estudiantes to win the Club World Cup". BBC Sport. BBC. 19 December 2009. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
  3. ^ "Messi seals number six". ESPN Soccernet. 19 December 2009. Archived from the original on 20 October 2012. Retrieved 21 December 2009.