The
2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the
2008 FIFA Club World CupThe 2008 FIFA Club World Cup was the fifth FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The tournament was held in Japan from 11 December to 21 December 2008...
, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of
FIFAThe International Federation of Association Football, commonly known by its French acronym, FIFA , is the international governing body of association football. Its headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland, and its current president is Sepp Blatter...
's six continental confederations. The match took place at the International Stadium of Yokohama,
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, on 21 December 2008, and pitted
South AmericanThe 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander...
champions LDU Quito against
EuropeanThe 2007–08 UEFA Champions League was the 16th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded in 1992, and the 53rd tournament overall....
champions
Manchester UnitedManchester United Football Club is an English football club, one of the most popular football clubs in the world, based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, and has played in the top division of English football since 1938, with the...
. Despite going down to 10 men early in the second half, Manchester United won the match 1–0 thanks to a 73rd-minute goal from
Wayne RooneyWayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for English Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team....
.
Both Manchester United and LDU Quito came into the competition at the semi-final stage.
The
2008 FIFA Club World Cup Final was the final match of the
2008 FIFA Club World CupThe 2008 FIFA Club World Cup was the fifth FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of FIFA's six continental confederations. The tournament was held in Japan from 11 December to 21 December 2008...
, a football tournament for the champion clubs from each of
FIFAThe International Federation of Association Football, commonly known by its French acronym, FIFA , is the international governing body of association football. Its headquarters are in Zürich, Switzerland, and its current president is Sepp Blatter...
's six continental confederations. The match took place at the International Stadium of Yokohama,
Japanis an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, on 21 December 2008, and pitted
South AmericanThe 2008 Copa Libertadores de América was the 49th edition of the Copa Libertadores, CONMEBOL's premier annual international club tournament. This marked the first year the competition was sponsored by Spanish bank Santander...
champions LDU Quito against
EuropeanThe 2007–08 UEFA Champions League was the 16th season of UEFA's premier European club football tournament, the UEFA Champions League, since it was rebranded in 1992, and the 53rd tournament overall....
champions
Manchester UnitedManchester United Football Club is an English football club, one of the most popular football clubs in the world, based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, and has played in the top division of English football since 1938, with the...
. Despite going down to 10 men early in the second half, Manchester United won the match 1–0 thanks to a 73rd-minute goal from
Wayne RooneyWayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for English Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team....
.
Road to Yokohama
Both Manchester United and LDU Quito came into the competition at the semi-final stage. Quito's opening game was against
MexicanThe Mexican Football Federation is the governing body of football in Mexico. It administers the Mexican national team, the Mexican League and all affiliated amateur sectors. The headquarters are located in Mexico City...
side Pachuca, who had defeated
EgyptianThe Egyptian Football Association is the governing body of football in Egypt. The leading Egyptian clubs are as follows, with the total number of national championships following the name of the club....
club
Al-AhlyAl-Ahly Sporting Club , also knowns as Al-Ahly, is an Egyptian football club based in Cairo. Founded in April 1907. Al-Ahly, which means "national" in Arabic, is the most crowned club in Egypt, having won the Egyptian League thirty-four times and the Egyptian Cup thirty-five times...
4–2 in the quarter-finals after
extra timeExtra time is an additional period played in some sports codes if the score is tied at the end of normal time. In score notation, it is often denoted by the letters ET or AET, the latter of which stands for "after extra time"....
. Their semi final match was played at the
National Stadiumis a stadium in Kasumigaoka, Shinjuku, Tokyo that served as the main stadium for the 1964 Summer Olympics. These days it serves as the stadium where the Japan national football team home matches and major football club cup finals are held.-History:...
in
Tokyo, officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan and is located on the eastern side of the main island Honshū. The twenty-three special wards of Tokyo, each governed as a city, cover the area that was once the city of Tokyo in the eastern part of the prefecture, totaling over 8 million people....
on 17 December 2008. LDU Quito scored two goals in the first 26 minutes, through
BielerClaudio Daniel Bieler is an Argentine football forward who currently plays for Ecuadorian club Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito....
and
BolañosLuis Alberto Bolaños León is an Ecuadorian football midfielder who plays for Brazilian club Internacional and the Ecuadorian national team.- Club career :...
, securing a place in the Club World Cup final of 2008.
Manchester United's semi-final opponents were
Gamba Osakais a Japanese professional football club, currently playing in the J. League Division 1. The team's name comes from the Italian word "Gamba" meaning "leg" and the Japanese , meaning "to do your best" or "to stand firm". Located in Suita, Osaka, the team's home stadium is Osaka Expo '70 Stadium...
, who had previously defeated Australian
A-LeagueThe A-League is the premier Australasian domestic football competition. Run by Australian governing body Football Federation Australia, it was founded in 2004 following the collapse of the National Soccer League and staged its inaugural season in 2005-06...
premiers and
Asian Champions LeagueThe AFC Champions League 2008 was the 27th AFC Champions League, the top-level Asian club football tournament, and the 6th under the current AFC Champions League title...
runners-up,
Adelaide UnitedAdelaide United Football Club is an Australian professional association football club based in Adelaide, South Australia. It currently participates in the A-League as the sole team from the state of South Australia. Adelaide is one of the most successful clubs in the A-League...
, 1–0 to move into the second semi-final on 18 December.
VidićNemanja Vidić is a Serbian footballer who currently plays for the English Premier League club Manchester United and for the Serbian national team....
and
RonaldoCristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro,
OIH is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Madrid and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team...
opened the scoring in the first half, putting Manchester United ahead by two goals at half time.
YamazakiMasato Yamazaki is a Japanese football player who currently plays for Japanese club Gamba Osaka.-Team honors:Club*AFC Champions League - 2008*Pan-Pacific Championship - 2008*J. League Division 1 - 2004...
was the next to score, in the 74th minute, to bring Gamba back into the competition, but
RooneyWayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for English Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team....
scored twice and
FletcherDarren Barr Fletcher is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Premier League club Manchester United. A product of United's youth academy, Fletcher initially struggled to break into the first team but now regularly features in the midfield...
once, within the next five minutes to extend United's lead.
Endōis a Japanese footballer from Kagoshima City in Kagoshima Prefecture. Short and stocky, the versatile midfielder usually operates as a defensive midfielder, and currently plays for the J. League team Gamba Osaka...
converted an 85th minute
penalty kickA penalty kick is a type of free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal....
and
Hashimotois a Japanese football player. His place of birth is Osaka. He is a defensive midfielder who plays for Gamba Osaka. Hashimoto is an Osaka City University graduate.-Career:...
got a third for Gamba just minutes before the final whistle. The end result was 5–3, taking Manchester United forward to the final.
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ECU José Francisco Cevallos |
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ARG Norberto Araujo Norberto Carlos Araujo is an Argentine football central defender who plays for LDU Quito in Ecuador.Araujo started his career in Finland in 1996 playing with premier division side TPS and 1st division side Kultsu...
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ECU Néicer Reasco Néicer Reasco Yano is an Ecuadorian footballer. He is a defender who plays for LDU Quito in Ecuador, and has won four league titles with them...
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ECU Diego Calderón Diego Armando Calderón Espinoza is an Ecuadorian footballer currently playing for LDU Quito. He was part of the squad who won the 2008 Copa Libertadores.-Club career:...
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ECU Jairo Campos Jairo Rolando Campos León is an Ecuadorian footballer who plays for LDU Quito of Ecuador.-Club career:...
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ECU Renán Calle Renán Calle Camacho is an Ecuadorian football defender currently playing for LDU Quito.Calle started his professional playing career in 1999 with Aucas...
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ECU Luis Bolaños Luis Alberto Bolaños León is an Ecuadorian football midfielder who plays for Brazilian club Internacional and the Ecuadorian national team.- Club career :...
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ECU Patricio Urrutia Patricio Javier Urrutia Espinoza, nicknamed Pato , is an Ecuadorian football midfielder for Fluminense in the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and the Ecuadorian national team-Early career:...
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ECU William Araujo Willian Francisco Araujo Ogonaga is an Ecuadorian footballer currently playing for LDU Quito. He was part of the squad who won the 2008 Copa Libertadores.-External links:*...
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ARG Damián Manso Damián Alejandro Manso, nicknamed Piojo is an Argentine footballer who plays midfield for Pachuca. He has passed through numerous club from a number of ranging countries, like France, Greece and Ecuador.-Early career:...
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ARG Claudio Bieler Claudio Daniel Bieler is an Argentine football forward who currently plays for Ecuadorian club Liga Deportiva Universitaria de Quito....
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ECU Paúl Ambrosi Vicente Paúl Ambrosi Zambrano, more commonly known as Paúl Ambrosi , is an Ecuadorian football player who plays as a defender for Rosario Central and the Ecuadorian national team. He has spent the vast majority of his professional career at LDU Quito...
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ECU Pedro Larrea Pedro Sebastián Larrea Arellano is an Ecuadorian footballer currently playing for LDU Quito. He was part of the squad who won the 2008 Copa Libertadores.-Club career:...
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CHI Reinaldo Navia Reinaldo Marcelino Navia Amador, nicknamed Choro del Puerto or El Choro Navia , is a Chilean football striker who currently plays for Santiago Morning...
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| ARG Edgardo Bauza Edgardo Bauza is a retired Argentine football defender. He played most of his career for Rosario Central, but he also had short spells with Independiente in Argentina, Atlético Junior in Colombia and CD Veracruz in Mexico.As a manager, he has managed several clubs, but is most remembered for his...
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NED Edwin van der Sar Edwin van der Sar is a Dutch footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for English club Manchester United.Van der Sar started his senior career with Ajax and remained there for nine years before moving to Italian club Juventus and then to England, first to Fulham and then to Manchester United...
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21 |
BRA RafaelRafael Pereira da Silva , commonly known as Rafael or Rafael da Silva, is a Brazilian footballer who plays for Manchester United. He normally plays as a defender in a right back position, but can also play on the right side of midfield...
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ENG Rio Ferdinand Rio Gavin Ferdinand is an English footballer. He plays at centre back for Manchester United in the Premier League and at the international level for the England national football team. He has achieved 70 caps for the English national team while being selected for three FIFA World Cup squads...
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15 |
SRB Nemanja VidićNemanja Vidić is a Serbian footballer who currently plays for the English Premier League club Manchester United and for the Serbian national team....
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FRA Patrice Evra Patrice Latyr Evra is a French international footballer, who plays for English Premiership side Manchester United and the French national team. He is a left wingback who can also operate on the left wing....
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POR Cristiano RonaldoCristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Madrid and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team...
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BRA AndersonAnderson Luís de Abreu Oliveira , best known as Anderson, is a Brazilian footballer, currently playing for Manchester United...
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ENG Michael CarrickMichael Carrick is an English footballer who currently plays for Manchester United as a midfielder. He previously played for West Ham United and more recently Tottenham Hotspur. Distinctive features of his play identified at the time of his move to Manchester United included his inventive...
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13 |
KOR Park Ji-SungPark Ji-Sung is a South Korean professional footballer who plays for the English club Manchester United and is the captain of the South Korean national team...
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ENG Wayne Rooney Wayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for English Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team....
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ARG Carlos TévezCarlos Alberto Tévez is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for English club Manchester City....
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NIR Jonny Evans Jonathan Grant "Jonny" Evans is a Northern Irish football centre back who currently plays for Manchester United in the Premier League. Evans was born in Belfast and started his career at Greenisland FC, where he was spotted by Manchester United scouts...
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ENG Gary Neville Gary Alexander Neville is an English football player. He is England's most capped right back and Manchester United's club captain. Neville started at and has played his entire career so far at Old Trafford, making him to date a rare one club man...
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SCO Darren FletcherDarren Barr Fletcher is a Scottish footballer currently playing for Premier League club Manchester United. A product of United's youth academy, Fletcher initially struggled to break into the first team but now regularly features in the midfield...
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SCO Alex FergusonSir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE, popularly known as Sir Alex or Fergie is a Scottish football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United, where he has been in charge since 1986.Ferguson previously managed East Stirlingshire and St. Mirren, before a highly successful...
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Man of the Match:
ENG Wayne RooneyWayne Mark Rooney is an English footballer who currently plays as a striker for English Premier League club Manchester United and the England national team....
(Manchester United)
Assistant referees:
UZB Abdukhamidullo Rasulov
KGZ Bahadyr Kochkorov
Fourth official:
JPN Yuichi Nishimurais an Japanese football referee who has been a full international referee for FIFA.He was the only Asian referee and one of three judges selected to judge in 2008 African Cup of Nations in Ghana along with assistant referees Toru Sagara from Japan and Hae Sang Jeong from Korea...
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