2006 FIFA Club World Cup final

The 2006 FIFA Club World Cup final took place at the International Stadium Yokohama, Japan on 17 December 2006.

2006 FIFA Club World Cup final
Event2006 FIFA Club World Cup
Date17 December 2006
VenueInternational Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama[1]
RefereeCarlos Batres (Guatemala)[1]
Attendance67,128[1]
2005
2007

The match pitted Internacional of Brazil, the CONMEBOL club champions, against Barcelona of Spain, the UEFA club champions. Internacional won 1–0, after a counter-attack led by Iarley and the goal scored by Adriano Gabiru at the 82nd minute, in a match watched by 67,128 people. In doing so, Internacional won their first FIFA Club World Cup/Intercontinental Cup and Barcelona remained without any world club title. Deco was named as man of the match.[2]

Road to final edit

  Internacional Team   Barcelona
CONMEBOL Confederation UEFA
Winner of the 2006 Copa Libertadores Qualification Winner of the 2005–06 UEFA Champions League
Bye Play-off round Bye
Bye Quarter-finals Bye
2–1   Al-Ahly
(Pato   23', Luiz Adriano   72')
Semi-finals 4–0   Club América
(Guðjohnsen   11', Márquez   30',
Ronaldinho   65', Deco   85')

Match details edit

Details edit

 
 
 
 
 
 
Internacional
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Barcelona
GK 1   Clemer
RB 2   Ceará
CB 3   Índio   45'
CB 4   Fabiano Eller
LB 15   Rubens Cardoso
DM 8   Edinho
RM 5   Wellington Monteiro
LM 7   Alex   46'
AM 9   Fernandão (c)   76'
CF 10   Iarley   90+3'
CF 11   Alexandre Pato   61'
Substitutes:
MF 17   Fabián Vargas   46'
FW 18   Luiz Adriano   61'
FW 16   Adriano Gabiru   84'   76'
Manager:
  Abel Braga
GK 1   Víctor Valdés
RB 11   Gianluca Zambrotta   46'
CB 4   Rafael Márquez
CB 5   Carles Puyol (c)
LB 12   Giovanni van Bronckhorst
CM 3   Thiago Motta   55'   59'
CM 24   Andrés Iniesta
RW 8   Ludovic Giuly
AM 20   Deco
LW 10   Ronaldinho
CF 7   Eiður Guðjohnsen   88'
Substitutes:
DF 2   Juliano Belletti   46'
MF 6   Xavi   59'
FW 18   Santiago Ezquerro   88'
Manager:
  Frank Rijkaard

Assistant referees:
Carlos Pastrana (Honduras)[1]
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)[1]
Fourth official:
Mohamed Salleh Subkhiddin (Malaysia)[1]

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 edit

Overall[1]
Internacional Barcelona
Goals scored 1 0
Total shots 10 17
Shots on target 2 6
Ball possession 43% 57%
Corner kicks 2 11
Fouls committed 25 15
Offsides 5 1
Yellow cards 3 1
Red cards 0 0

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Match Report". FIFA. Archived from the original on 13 May 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. ^ "Toyota Cup – Most Valuable Player of the Match Award". Archived from the original on 22 October 2008. Retrieved 6 November 2008.

External links edit