2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final







































2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final

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The International Stadium Yokohama staged the final

Event 2015 FIFA Club World Cup













Date 20 December 2015 (2015-12-20)
Venue
International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama
Man of the Match
Luis Suárez (Barcelona)[1]
Referee
Alireza Faghani (Iran)
Attendance 66,853
Weather Clear night
5 °C (41 °F)
76% humidity

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The 2015 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament hosted by Japan. It was the 12th final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the winner clubs from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the league winner from the host nation.


The final was contested between Argentine club River Plate, representing CONMEBOL as the reigning champions of the Copa Libertadores and Spanish club Barcelona, representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the International Stadium Yokohama in Yokohama on 20 December 2015.
Barcelona won the game 3–0 to claim their third FIFA Club World Cup title.[2][3]
The win for Barcelona was also their fifth trophy of 2015.[4]




Contents






  • 1 Background


    • 1.1 River Plate


    • 1.2 Barcelona




  • 2 Route to the final


  • 3 Match


    • 3.1 Summary


    • 3.2 Details


    • 3.3 Statistics




  • 4 References


  • 5 External links





Background



River Plate


River Plate qualified for the tournament as winners of the 2015 Copa Libertadores, following a 3–0 aggregate win against UANL in the final. This was River Plate's first time competing in the tournament. They have played two times in the Intercontinental Cup, the predecessor of the FIFA Club World Cup, with one win (1986) and one loss (1996). They reached the final after defeating Japanese club Sanfrecce Hiroshima in the semi-finals.[5]



Barcelona


Barcelona qualified for the tournament as winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League, following a 3–1 win against Juventus in the final. This was Barcelona's fourth time competing in the tournament, after winning twice in 2009 and 2011, as well as being runners-up in 2006. They have played one time in the Intercontinental Cup, with one loss (1992). They reached the final after defeating Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande in the semi-finals.[6]



Route to the final


































Argentina River Plate
Team

Spain Barcelona

CONMEBOL
Confederation

UEFA
Winners of the 2015 Copa Libertadores
Qualification
Winners of the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League
Bye

Play-off round
Bye
Bye

Quarter-finals
Bye

1–0 Japan Sanfrecce Hiroshima
(Alario 72')

Semi-finals

3–0 China Guangzhou Evergrande
(Suárez 39', 50', 67')


Match



Summary



Details


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20 December 2015 (2015-12-20)

19:30 (UTC+9)












River Plate Argentina 0–3 Spain Barcelona
Report
Messi Goal 36'
Suárez Goal 49'68'


International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 66,853[7]

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran)




















River Plate
















Barcelona

















































































































































GK 1
Argentina Marcelo Barovero (c)
RB 25
Argentina Gabriel Mercado
CB 2
Argentina Jonathan Maidana
CB 3
Colombia Éder Álvarez Balanta
LB 21
Argentina Leonel Vangioni
DM 5
Argentina Matías Kranevitter

Yellow card 10'
RM 8
Uruguay Carlos Sánchez
AM 19
Uruguay Tabaré Viúdez

Substituted off 56'
LM 23
Argentina Leonardo Ponzio

Yellow card 32'

Substituted off 46'
CF 7
Uruguay Rodrigo Mora

Substituted off 46'
CF 13
Argentina Lucas Alario

Substitutes:
GK 12
Argentina Augusto Batalla
GK 26
Argentina Julio Chiarini
DF 6
Argentina Leandro Vega
DF 20
Argentina Milton Casco
DF 24
Argentina Emanuel Mammana
MF 10
Argentina Gonzalo Martínez

Substituted in 46'
MF 16
Argentina Nicolás Bertolo
MF 18
Uruguay Camilo Mayada
MF 27
Argentina Lucho González

Substituted in 46'
FW 11
Argentina Javier Saviola
FW 15
Argentina Leonardo Pisculichi
FW 22
Argentina Sebastián Driussi

Substituted in 56'

Manager:

Argentina Marcelo Gallardo







































































































































GK 13
Chile Claudio Bravo
RB 6
Brazil Dani Alves
CB 3
Spain Gerard Piqué
CB 14
Argentina Javier Mascherano

Substituted off 81'
LB 18
Spain Jordi Alba

Yellow card 16'
RM 4
Croatia Ivan Rakitić

Yellow card 43'

Substituted off 67'
CM 5
Spain Sergio Busquets
LM 8
Spain Andrés Iniesta (c)
RF 10
Argentina Lionel Messi
CF 9
Uruguay Luis Suárez
LF 11
Brazil Neymar

Yellow card 61'

Substituted off 89'

Substitutes:
GK 1
Germany Marc-André ter Stegen
GK 25
Spain Jordi Masip
DF 15
Spain Marc Bartra
DF 21
Brazil Adriano
DF 23
Belgium Thomas Vermaelen

Substituted in 81'
DF 24
France Jérémy Mathieu

Substituted in 89'
MF 20
Spain Sergi Roberto

Yellow card 72'

Substituted in 67'
MF 26
Spain Sergi Samper
MF 28
Spain Gerard Gumbau
FW 17
Spain Munir El Haddadi
FW 19
Spain Sandro Ramírez

Manager:

Spain Luis Enrique






Assistant referees:

Reza Sokhandan (Iran)

Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran)

Fourth official:

Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)



Match rules[8]



  • 90 minutes.

  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.


  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.

  • Twelve named substitutes.

  • Maximum of three substitutions.




Statistics














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