2015 FIFA Club World Cup final

2015 FIFA Club World Cup final

International Stadium Yokohama staged the final
Event	2015 FIFA Club World Cup
River Plate Barcelona 0 3
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, an association football tournament hosted by Japan. It was the 12th 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.

The final was contested between Argentine club

Background

River Plate

Route to the final

River Plate	Team	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 Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Semi-finals	3–0 Guangzhou Evergrande

Match

Summary

Details

20 December 2015 (2015-12-20)

19:30 (UTC+9)

River Plate	0–3	Barcelona
	Report	Messi 36' Suárez 49', 68'

International Stadium Yokohama, Yokohama

Attendance: 66,853^[1]

Referee: Alireza Faghani (Iran

)

River Plate

Barcelona

GK 1 Marcelo Barovero (c) RB 25 Gabriel Mercado CB 2 Jonatan Maidana CB 3 Éder Álvarez Balanta LB 21 Leonel Vangioni DM 5 Matías Kranevitter  10' RM 8 Carlos Sánchez AM 19 Tabaré Viudez  56' LM 23 Leonardo Ponzio  32'  46' CF 7 Rodrigo Mora  46' CF 13 Lucas Alario Substitutes: GK 12 Augusto Batalla GK 26 Julio Chiarini DF 6 Leandro Vega DF 20 Milton Casco DF 24 Emanuel Mammana MF 10 Gonzalo Martínez  46' MF 16 Nicolás Bertolo MF 18 Camilo Mayada MF 27 Lucho González  46' FW 11 Javier Saviola FW 15 Leonardo Pisculichi FW 22 Sebastián Driussi  56' Manager: Marcelo Gallardo

GK 13 Claudio Bravo RB 6 Dani Alves CB 3 Gerard Piqué CB 14 Javier Mascherano  81' LB 18 Jordi Alba  16' RM 4 Ivan Rakitić  43'  67' CM 5 Sergio Busquets LM 8 Andrés Iniesta (c) RF 10 Lionel Messi CF 9 Luis Suárez LF 11 Neymar  61'  89' Substitutes: GK 1 Marc-André ter Stegen GK 25 Jordi Masip DF 15 Marc Bartra DF 21 Adriano DF 23 Thomas Vermaelen  81' DF 24 Jérémy Mathieu  89' MF 20 Sergi Roberto  72'  67' MF 26 Sergi Samper MF 28 Gerard Gumbau FW 17 Munir FW 19 Sandro Ramírez Manager: Luis Enrique

Man of the Match: Luis Suárez (Barcelona)[1] Assistant referees: Reza Sokhandan (Iran) Mohammadreza Mansouri (Iran) Fourth official: Sidi Alioum (Cameroon)

Match rules[6] 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[7] River Plate Barcelona Goals scored 0 3 Total shots 9 16 Shots on target 6 8 Ball possession 37% 63% Corner kicks 6 2 Fouls committed 22 13 Offsides 1 2 Yellow cards 2 4 Red cards 0 0 References ^ a b c "Match report River Plate - FC Barcelona 0:3 (0:1)" (PDF). FIFA.com. Fédération Internationale de Football Association. 20 December 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on December 20, 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015. ^ "River Plate 0-3 Barcelona". BBC Sport. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015. ^ "Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez fire Barcelona to Club World Cup title". Guardian. 20 December 2015. Retrieved 21 December 2015. TheGuardian.com . 16 December 2015. ^ "Barcelona 3-0 Guangzhou Evergrande". BBC Sport. ^ "Regulations – FIFA Club World Cup Japan 2015" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 26, 2015. ^ "Match Statistics". FIFA. Archived from the original on December 19, 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015. External links Official website