2023 FIFA Club World Cup final

The 2023 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the 2023 FIFA Club World Cup, an international club football tournament hosted by Saudi Arabia. It was the 20th final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised tournament between the club champions from each of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions.

2023 FIFA Club World Cup Final

The King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah hosted the final.
Event	2023 FIFA Club World Cup
Manchester City Fluminense 4 0
Date	22 December 2023 (2023-12-22)
Venue	King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah
Man of the Match	Julián Alvarez (Manchester City)[1]
Referee	Szymon Marciniak (Poland)
Attendance	52,601
Weather	Partly cloudy night 29 °C (84 °F) 58% humidity[2]
← 2022 2024 Intercontinental Cup → 2025 Club World Cup →

The match was played at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah on 22 December 2023.^[3] It was contested by English club Manchester City, representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, and Brazilian club Fluminense, representing CONMEBOL as the reigning champions of the Copa Libertadores.

Manchester City won the match 4–0 for their first FIFA Club World Cup title.

Teams

In the following table, finals until 2005 were in the FIFA Club World Championship era, since 2006 were in the FIFA Club World Cup era.

Team	Confederation	Qualification for tournament	Previous club world championship finals (bold indicates winners)
Manchester City	UEFA	Winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League	None
Fluminense	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2023 Copa Libertadores	None

Note: On 27 October 2017, FIFA officially recognised all the champions of the Intercontinental Cup as club world champions, in equal status to the FIFA Club World Cup.^[4]

• IC: Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)
• FCWC: FIFA Club World Cup finals (2000, 2005–present)

Route to the final

Manchester City		Team	Fluminense
Opponent	Result	2023 FIFA Club World Cup	Opponent	Result
Urawa Red Diamonds	3–0	Semi-finals	Al Ahly	2–0

Match

Details

Manchester City	4–0	Fluminense
Alvarez 1', 88' Nino 27' (o.g.) Foden 72'	Report

22 December 2023 (2023-12-22)

21:00

King Abdullah Sports City Stadium, Jeddah

Attendance: 52,601

Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

Manchester City

Fluminense

GK 31 Ederson RB 2 Kyle Walker (c) CB 3 Rúben Dias CB 5 John Stones  74' LB 6 Nathan Aké  81' CM 82 Rico Lewis  60' CM 16 Rodri  74' RW 20 Bernardo Silva AM 47 Phil Foden  81' LW 10 Jack Grealish CF 19 Julián Alvarez Substitutes: GK 18 Stefan Ortega GK 33 Scott Carson DF 21 Sergio Gómez DF 24 Joško Gvardiol  74' DF 25 Manuel Akanji  74' DF 68 Max Alleyne MF 4 Kalvin Phillips MF 8 Mateo Kovačić  60' MF 27 Matheus Nunes  81' MF 52 Oscar Bobb  81' MF 76 Mahamadou Susoho FW 92 Micah Hamilton Manager: Pep Guardiola

GK 1 Fábio RB 2 Samuel Xavier CB 33 Nino (c)  74' CB 30 Felipe Melo  60' LB 12 Marcelo  57'  60' CM 7 André CM 8 Matheus Martinelli RW 21 Jhon Arias AM 10 Ganso  60' LW 11 Keno  46' CF 14 Germán Cano Substitutes: GK 22 Pedro Rangel GK 98 Vitor Eudes DF 4 Marlon  74' DF 23 Guga DF 40 Diogo Barbosa  60' DF 44 David Braz MF 5 Alexsander  68'  60' MF 20 Danielzinho MF 29 Thiago Santos MF 45 Lima  60' FW 9 John Kennedy  84'  46' FW 38 Yony González Manager: Fernando Diniz

Man of the Match: Julián Alvarez (Manchester City)[1] Assistant referees: Tomasz Listkiewicz (Poland) Adam Kupsik (Poland) Fourth official: Jesús Valenzuela (Venezuela) Reserve assistant referee: Tulio Moreno (Venezuela) Video assistant referee: Tomasz Kwiatkowski (Poland) Assistant video assistant referees: Juan Soto (Venezuela) Jorge Urrego (Venezuela) Juan Lara (Chile)

Match rules[5] 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of twelve named substitutes. Maximum of five substitutions, with a sixth allowed in extra time.[note 1]

Notes

1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, with a fourth opportunity in extra time, excluding substitutions made at half-time, before the start of extra time and at half-time in extra time.