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

Event	2006 FIFA Club World Cup
Internacional Barcelona 1 0
Date	17 December 2006
Venue	International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama[1]
Referee	Carlos Batres (Guatemala)[1]
Attendance	67,128[1]
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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

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

Details

17 December 2006

19:20 UTC+9

Internacional	1–0	Barcelona
Adriano Gabiru 82'	Report

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 67,128^[1]

Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)^[1]

Internacional

Barcelona

GK 1 Clemer RB 2 Ceará CB 3 Índio  45' CB 4 Fabiano Eller LB 15 Rubens Cardoso CM 8 Edinho CM 5 Wellington Monteiro RW 10 Iarley  90+3' AM 7 Alex  46' LW 11 Alexandre Pato  61' CF 9 Fernandão (c)  76' Substitutes: MF 17 Fabián Vargas  46' FW 18 Luiz Adriano  61' MF 16 Adriano Gabiru  84'  76' Manager: Abel Braga

GK 1 Víctor Valdés RB 11 Gianluca Zambrotta  46' CB 5 Carles Puyol (c) CB 4 Rafael Márquez 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: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (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

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