2013 FIFA Club World Cup final

The 2013 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup, an association football tournament hosted by Morocco. It was the 10th final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations as well as the host nation's league champions.

2013 FIFA Club World Cup final

Event	2013 FIFA Club World Cup
Bayern Munich Raja Casablanca 2 0
Date	21 December 2013 (2013-12-21)
Venue	Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh
Man of the Match	Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich)
Referee	Sandro Ricci (Brazil)
Attendance	37,774
Weather	Clear night 13 °C (55 °F) 65% humidity
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The final was contested between German club Bayern Munich, representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, and Moroccan club Raja Casablanca, representing the host country as the reigning champions of the Botola. It was played at the Stade de Marrakech in Marrakesh on 21 December 2013.^[1][2]

Background

Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich qualified for the tournament as winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, following a 2–1 win against Borussia Dortmund in the final. This was Bayern Munich's first time competing in the tournament. They twice won the Intercontinental Cup, the predecessor of the FIFA Club World Cup, in 1976 and 2001.^[3] They reached the final after defeating Chinese club Guangzhou Evergrande in the semi-finals.^[4]

Raja Casablanca

Raja Casablanca won the 2012–13 Botola to earn the host country berth of the tournament. This was Raja Casablanca's second time competing in the tournament, having participated in the competition in the inaugural edition in 2000. They were the second team to reach the final of the competition (after Corinthians in 2000) under the condition of being the host nation's national champions,^[5][6] as well as the second African finalist (after TP Mazembe in 2010).^[7] They reached the final after defeating New Zealand club Auckland City in the play-off round,^[8] Mexican club Monterrey in the quarter-finals,^[9] and Brazilian club Atletico Mineiro in the semi-finals.^[10]

Route to the final

Bayern Munich	Team	Raja Casablanca
UEFA	Confederation	CAF
Winners of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League	Qualification	Winners of the 2012–13 Botola
Bye	Play-off round	2–1 Auckland City (Iajour 39', Hafidi 90+2')
	Quarter-finals	2–1 (a.e.t.) Monterrey (Chtibi 24', Guehi 95')
3–0 Guangzhou Evergrande (Ribéry 40', Mandžukić 44', Götze 47')	Semi-finals	3–1 Atlético Mineiro (Iajour 51', Moutouali 84' (pen.), Mabidé 90+4')

Match

Summary

Bayern Munich defender Dante opened the scoring in the seventh minute; after Jérôme Boateng headed Xherdan Shaqiri's corner into his path, he turned and shot past goalkeeper Khalid Askri. Thiago got the second for Bayern in the 22nd minute, when he shot right-footed into the far corner from the edge of the penalty area after a pull-back pass from the left from David Alaba. Bayern had the chance to add a third midway through the second half, but Shaqiri hit the crossbar from six yards before Thiago shot the rebound high and wide. Raja Casablanca almost got themselves back into the game late on, when Vianney Mabidé found himself onside only to shoot straight at Manuel Neuer in the Bayern goal, and captain Mouhcine Moutouali hit the rebound over the bar from just outside the goal area.^[11][12]

Details

21 December 2013

19:30 UTC±0

Bayern Munich	2–0	Raja Casablanca
Dante 7' Thiago 22'	Report

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh

Attendance: 37,774

Referee: Sandro Ricci (Brazil)

Bayern Munich

Raja Casablanca

GK 1 Manuel Neuer RB 13 Rafinha CB 17 Jérôme Boateng CB 4 Dante LB 27 David Alaba DM 21 Philipp Lahm (c) RM 11 Xherdan Shaqiri  80' CM 6 Thiago CM 39 Toni Kroos  60' LM 7 Franck Ribéry CF 25 Thomas Müller  76' Substitutes: GK 22 Tom Starke GK 32 Lukas Raeder DF 5 Daniel Van Buyten DF 15 Jan Kirchhoff DF 26 Diego Contento MF 8 Javi Martínez  60' MF 19 Mario Götze  80' MF 23 Mitchell Weiser MF 34 Pierre-Emile Højbjerg MF 37 Julian Green FW 9 Mario Mandžukić  76' FW 14 Claudio Pizarro Manager: Pep Guardiola

GK 61 Khalid Askri RB 3 Zakaria El Hachimi CB 27 Ismail Benlamalem CB 16 Mohamed Oulhaj  55' LB 21 Adil Kerrouchy CM 99 Issam Erraki CM 28 Kouko Guehi RW 5 Mouhcine Moutouali (c) AM 8 Chemseddine Chtibi  50' LW 18 Abdelilah Hafidi  88' CF 20 Mouhcine Iajour  78' Substitutes: GK 1 Yassine El Had GK 37 Brahim Zaari DF 4 Ahmed Rahmani DF 17 Rachid Soulaimani  79'  78' DF 31 Idrissa Coulibaly MF 7 Déo Kanda MF 24 Vianney Mabidé  50' MF 26 Ismail Kouchame MF 30 Redouane Dardouri FW 9 Abdelmajid Dine FW 10 Badr Kachani  88' FW 25 Yassine Salhi Manager: Faouzi Benzarti

Man of the Match: Franck Ribéry (Bayern Munich) Assistant referees: Emerson de Carvalho (Brazil) Marcelo Van Gasse (Brazil) Fourth official: Mark Geiger (United States) Fifth official: Sean Hurd (United States)

Match rules[13] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Twelve named substitutes. Maximum of three substitutions.

See also

• FC Bayern Munich in international football competitions