2014 FIFA Club World Cup final

2014 FIFA Club World Cup final
	The Stade de Marrakech staged the final
Event	2014 FIFA Club World Cup
Date	20 December 2014
Venue	Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh
Man of the Match	Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)
Referee	Walter López (Guatemala)
Attendance	38,345
Weather	Clear night; 18 °C (64 °F); 59% humidity
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The 2014 FIFA Club World Cup final was the final match of the 2014 FIFA Club World Cup, a football tournament hosted by Morocco. It was the 11th final of the FIFA Club World Cup, a tournament organised by FIFA between the winners of the six continental confederations, as well as the host nation's league champions.

The final was contested between Spanish club Real Madrid, representing UEFA as the reigning champions of the UEFA Champions League, and Argentine club San Lorenzo, representing CONMEBOL as the reigning champions of the Copa Libertadores. It was played at the Stade de Marrakech in Marrakesh on 20 December 2014. The Spanish club won the match 2–0 and won their first FIFA Club World Cup title,^[1] and their fourth world club title counting the 1960, 1998 and 2002 Intercontinental Cups, equalling Milan's record.^[2]

Background

Real Madrid

Real Madrid qualified for the tournament as winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League, following a 4–1 extra time win against Atlético Madrid in the final. This was Real Madrid's second time competing in the tournament, after finishing fourth in the inaugural tournament in 2000. They have played five times in the Intercontinental Cup, the predecessor of the FIFA Club World Cup, with three wins (1960, 1998, 2002) and two losses (1966, 2000). They reached the final after defeating Mexican club Cruz Azul in the semi-finals.

San Lorenzo

San Lorenzo qualified for the tournament as winners of the 2014 Copa Libertadores, following a 2–1 aggregate win against Nacional in the final. This was San Lorenzo's first time competing in the tournament. They reached the final after defeating New Zealand club Auckland City in the semi-finals.

Route to the final

Real Madrid	Team	San Lorenzo
UEFA	Confederation	CONMEBOL
Winners of the 2013–14 UEFA Champions League	Qualification	Winners of the 2014 Copa Libertadores
Bye	Play-off round	Bye
Bye	Quarter-finals	Bye
4–0 Cruz Azul (Ramos 15', Benzema 36', Bale 50', Isco 72')	Semi-finals	2–1 (a.e.t.) Auckland City (Barrientos 45+2', Matos 93')

Match details

20 December 2014

19:30 UTC±0

Real Madrid	2–0	San Lorenzo
Ramos 37' Bale 51'	Report

Stade de Marrakech, Marrakesh

Attendance: 38,345

Referee: Walter López Castellanos (Guatemala)

Real Madrid

San Lorenzo


GK	1	Iker Casillas (c)
RB	15	Dani Carvajal	30'	73'
CB	4	Sergio Ramos	22'	89'
CB	3	Pepe
LB	12	Marcelo		44'
CM	23	Isco
CM	8	Toni Kroos
RM	11	Gareth Bale
LM	10	James Rodríguez
CF	7	Cristiano Ronaldo
CF	9	Karim Benzema
Substitutes:
GK	13	Keylor Navas
GK	25	Fernando Pacheco
DF	2	Raphaël Varane		89'
DF	5	Fábio Coentrão		44'
MF	6	Sami Khedira
FW	14	Javier Hernández
DF	17	Álvaro Arbeloa		73'
DF	18	Nacho
FW	20	Jesé
MF	24	Asier Illarramendi
MF	26	Álvaro Medrán
Manager:
Carlo Ancelotti


GK	12	Sebastián Torrico
RB	7	Julio Buffarini	55'
CB	14	Walter Kannemann	85'
CB	3	Mario Yepes		61'
LB	21	Emmanuel Más
DM	20	Néstor Ortigoza	12'
DM	5	Juan Mercier (c)
CM	8	Enzo Kalinski
RM	30	Gonzalo Verón		57'
LM	11	Pablo Barrientos	16'
CF	9	Martín Cauteruccio		68'
Substitutes:
GK	1	Leo Franco
GK	33	José Devecchi
DF	2	Mauro Cetto		61'
MF	10	Leandro Romagnoli		57'
DF	13	Ramiro Arias
FW	15	Héctor Villalba
FW	22	Nicolás Blandi
MF	24	Juan Cavallaro
FW	26	Mauro Matos		68'
DF	27	Matías Catalán
DF	29	Fabricio Fontanini
MF	31	Facundo Quignon
Manager:
Edgardo Bauza

Man of the Match:
Sergio Ramos (Real Madrid)^[3]

Assistant referees:
Leonel Leal (Costa Rica)
Gerson López (Guatemala)
Fourth official:
Noumandiez Doué (Ivory Coast)
Fifth official:
Songuifolo Yéo (Ivory Coast)

Match rules^[4]

90 minutes
30 minutes of extra time if necessary
Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
Twelve named substitutes, of which three may be used

References

^ "Real Madrid coast to Morocco 2014 title". FIFA. Archived from the original on 20 December 2014. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
^ "Real Madrid turn winning run into a world title". FIFA. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014. In terms of making history, Real, who have now equalled Milan's record of four World and Intercontinental Cup wins, ...
"Real Madrid claim FIFA Club World Cup". UEFA. Retrieved 20 December 2014. Madrid equal AC Milan's record of four world club titles, having both also lifted the old European-South American Cup three times before clinching the successor trophy, each under Carlo Ancelotti.
^ "Ramos outshines the rest". FIFA.com. 20 December 2014. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014.
^ "Regulations – FIFA Club World Cup Morocco 2014" (PDF). FIFA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 19 December 2014.