The 2013 FIFA Club World Cup (officially known as the FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013 presented by Toyota for sponsorship reasons) was the 10th edition of the FIFA Club World Cup, a FIFA-organised world club football tournament between the winners of the six continental confederations as well as the host nation's league champions. It was hosted by Morocco, and played from 11 to 21 December 2013.
Defending champions Corinthians did not qualify as they were eliminated in the round of 16 of the 2013 Copa Libertadores. The eventual winners of that competition, Atlético Mineiro, were beaten in the semi-finals of the Club World Cup by Moroccan side Raja Casablanca, whose appearance in the final made them the first club to appear in all four rounds of the competition, having entered in the play-off for the quarter-finals; however, they were unable to make history by winning the title, as European champions Bayern Munich won the final 2–0 for their first Club World Cup title.
Host bids There were four countries bidding to host the 2013 and 2014 tournaments (same host for both tournaments):
(which hosted the 2009 and 2010 editions in Abu Dhabi)
In October 2011, FIFA said that Iran, South Africa and the United Arab Emirates all withdrew their bids, leaving Morocco as the only bidder. The FIFA Executive Committee officially confirmed Morocco as host on 17 December 2011 during their meeting in Tokyo, Japan.
Qualified teams
TeamConfederationQualificationParticipationEntering in the semi-finals Atlético MineiroCONMEBOLWinners of the 2013 Copa LibertadoresDebut Bayern MunichUEFAWinners of the 2012–13 UEFA Champions LeagueDebutEntering in the quarter-finals Guangzhou EvergrandeAFCWinners of the 2013 AFC Champions LeagueDebut Al AhlyCAFWinners of the 2013 CAF Champions League5th MonterreyCONCACAFWinners of the 2012–13 CONCACAF Champions League3rd Entering in the play-off for quarter-finals Auckland CityOFCWinners of the 2012–13 OFC Champions League5th Raja CasablancaCAF (host)Winners of the 2012–13 Botola2nd
Venues The venues for the 2013 FIFA Club World Cup were in Marrakesh and Agadir.
MarrakeshAgadirStade de MarrakechStade AdrarCapacity: 41,356Capacity: 45,480
Organisation
Emblem The official emblem of the tournament was unveiled in Casablanca on 2 September 2013.
Ticketing Pre-sale tickets were available from 14 to 27 October 2013, while the open sales phase began on 28 October 2013.
Trophy tour A tour of the FIFA Club World Cup Trophy took place from October to December 2013, starting from Yokohama, the site of the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Final, before visiting the cities of each participating team, and ending at Casablanca before the start of the tournament.
Refereeing
Match officials The appointed match officials were:
ConfederationRefereeAssistant refereesAFC Ali Al-Badwawi (injured) Saleh Al Marzouqi (withdrew) Mohamed Al Mehairi (withdrew) Alireza Faghani Hassan Kamranifar Reza SokhandanCAF Bakary Gassama Angesom Ogbamariam Felicien Kabanda (injured) Néant Alioum (reserve) Evarist Menkouande (reserve) Peter Edibi (reserve)CONCACAF Mark Geiger Sean Hurd Joe FletcherCONMEBOL Sandro Ricci Emerson De Carvalho Marcelo Van GasseUEFA Carlos Velasco Carballo Roberto Alonso Fernández Juan Carlos Yuste Jiménez
Goal-line technology For the second year in a row, goal-line technology was used for the tournament. GoalControl GmbH was chosen as the official goal-line technology provider.
Vanishing spray Following successful trials at the 2013 FIFA U-20 World Cup and 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, FIFA approved the vanishing spray to be used by the tournament referees to mark the ten-yard line for the defending team during a free kick.
Squads
Each team named a 23-man squad (three of whom must be goalkeepers) by the FIFA deadline of 29 November 2013. Injury replacements were allowed until 24 hours before the team's first match.
A total of 31 nationalities were represented in the squads of the seven teams.
Matches
The draw was held on 9 October 2013 at 19:00 WEST (UTC+1), at the La Mamounia Hotel in Marrakesh, to decide the "positions" in the bracket for the three teams which entered the quarter-finals (champions of AFC, CAF, and CONCACAF).
If a match was tied after normal playing time: For elimination matches, extra time was played. If still tied after extra time, a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner. For the matches for fifth place and third place, no extra time was played, and a penalty shoot-out was held to determine the winner.
All times are local, WET (UTC±0).
Play-off for quarter-finals
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Match for fifth place
Match for third place
Final
Goalscorers RankPlayerTeamGoals1 Ronaldinho Atlético Mineiro2 Darío Conca Guangzhou Evergrande César Delgado Monterrey Mouhcine Iajour Raja Casablanca5 Emad Moteab Al Ahly1 Diego Tardelli Atlético Mineiro Luan Atlético Mineiro Roy Krishna Auckland City Dante Bayern Munich Mario Götze Bayern Munich Mario Mandžukić Bayern Munich Franck Ribéry Bayern Munich Thiago Bayern Munich Elkeson Guangzhou Evergrande Muriqui Guangzhou Evergrande José María Basanta Monterrey Neri Cardozo Monterrey Leobardo López Monterrey Humberto Suazo Monterrey Chemseddine Chtibi Raja Casablanca Kouko Guehi Raja Casablanca Abdelilah Hafidi Raja Casablanca Vianney Mabidé Raja Casablanca Mouhcine Moutouali Raja Casablanca
Awards
Adidas Golden BallToyota AwardAdidas Silver BallAdidas Bronze Ball Franck Ribéry(Bayern Munich) Philipp Lahm(Bayern Munich) Mouhcine Iajour(Raja Casablanca)FIFA Fair Play Award Bayern Munich
FIFA also named a man of the match for the best player in each game at the tournament.
+ Toyota Match Award Match Man of the match Club Opponent1 Mouhcine Moutouali Raja Casablanca Auckland City2 Darío Conca Guangzhou Evergrande Al Ahly3 Khalid Askri Raja Casablanca Monterrey4 Philipp Lahm Bayern Munich Guangzhou Evergrande5 César Delgado Monterrey Al Ahly6 Mouhcine Iajour Raja Casablanca Atlético Mineiro7 Diego Tardelli Atlético Mineiro Guangzhou Evergrande8 Franck Ribéry Bayern Munich Raja Casablanca
References
External links FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2013, FIFA.com Official Site (Archived) FIFA Technical Report