2023 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup

2023 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
	La Bombonera, venue of the match
	Boca Juniors won 4–1 on penalties
Date	9 September 2023
Venue	La Bombonera, Buenos Aires
Referee	Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Attendance	37,386
Weather	Sunny; 18 °C (64 °F)
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The 2023 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup (Spanish: Sub-20 Intercontinental 2023) was the second edition of the UEFA–CONMEBOL Under-20 Intercontinental Cup, a one-off football match organised by CONMEBOL and UEFA between the winners of the U-20 Copa Libertadores and UEFA Youth League. As host confederation, CONMEBOL was in charge of the main organization of this edition.^[1]

The match was played on 9 September 2023 at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between the Argentine team Boca Juniors, the 2023 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions, and Dutch team AZ, the 2022–23 UEFA Youth League champions.^[2]^[3]^[4]

With an attendance of near 38,000 fans at "La Bombonera",^[5] Boca Juniors defeated AZ 4–1 on penalties to win their first U-20 Intercontinental title.^[6]^[7] Boca Juniors goalkeeper Sebastián Díaz Robles stopped two penalties during the shoot-out.^[8]

Teams

Team	Qualification
Boca Juniors	2023 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions
AZ	2022–23 UEFA Youth League champions

Pre-match

Officials

The refereeing team was appointed by the Referees Committees of CONMEBOL and UEFA; only referees in the FIFA International Referees List were eligible (Regulations Articles 28 and 29).^[1] On 4 September 2023, CONMEBOL announced the refereeing team with Bolivian official Gery Vargas as the referee for the match.^[9] Vargas is a FIFA referee since 2012.^[10] He was joined by three of his fellow countrymen, including assistant referees José Antelo and Edwar Saavedra, with Ivo Méndez serving as the fourth official. Ángelo Hermosilla acted as the video assistant referee (VAR) and Alejandro Molina was the assistant VAR official (AVAR), both from Chile.

Squads

Each team had to submit their list of 22 players (including at least two goalkeepers) to its respective confederation by 5 September 2023, 19:00 UTC−3 (ART) or 24:00 UTC+2 (CEST), as appropriate. Only players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete. Teams were permitted to make player replacements in cases of serious injuries up to 24 hours prior the start of the match, provided that it was approved by the CONMEBOL Chief Medical Officer and the team doctor concerned (Regulations Articles 26 and 27).^[1]

AZ announced its squad on 5 September 2023.^[11]

Match

Details

9 September 2023

16:00 UTC−3

Boca Juniors	1–1	AZ
Mastoras 58' (o.g.)	Report	Kwakman 42'
Penalties
Génez Di Lollo Acosta Fascendini	4–1	Goes Dekker Smit

La Bombonera, Buenos Aires

Attendance: 37,386^[12]

Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)

Boca Juniors

AZ


GK	1	Sebastián Díaz Robles
RB	4	Natan Acosta	89'
CB	2	Lautaro Di Lollo	87'
CB	6	Valentín Fascendini
LB	3	Nahuel Génez (c)
DM	5	Santiago Gauna	82'
CM	8	Mauricio Benítez		68'
CM	17	Julián Ceballos
RF	20	Jabes Saralegui		73'
CF	19	Ignacio Rodríguez		73'
LF	11	Simón Rivero		80'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Lucas Torlaschi
DF	13	Thomas Arrieta
DF	14	Mateo Mendía
DF	15	Iván Vaquero
MF	7	Fabio Sosa
MF	10	Lucas Vázquez		80'
MF	16	Román Rodríguez	76'	73'
MF	18	Yael Ramallo		68'
MF	22	Tomás Bustos
FW	9	Bruno Cabral
FW	21	Valentino Simoni		73'
Manager:
Silvio Rudman


GK	1	Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro
CB	3	Wouter Goes (c)	87'
CB	4	Maxim Dekker
CB	8	Lewis Schouten
DM	6	Nick Twisk		18'
RM	12	Enoch Mastoras		62'
LM	14	Finn Stam	86'
AM	10	Dave Kwakman
RF	7	Jayden Addai		84'
CF	9	Mexx Meerdink
LF	11	Ernest Poku
Substitutes:
GK	22	Tristan Kuijsten
GK	33	Arouna Kabba
DF	2	Jurre van Aken		62'
DF	5	Sem Dekkers
DF	15	Jeremiah Esajas
DF	16	Loek Postma	26'	18' 46'
MF	18	Tom Kerssens
MF	24	Kees Smit	90+1'	46'
MF	25	Job Kalisvaart
FW	19	Nick Koster		84'
FW	26	Damienus Reverson
Manager:
Jan Sierksma

Assistant referees:^[9]
José Antelo (Bolivia)
Edwar Saavedra (Bolivia)
Fourth official:
Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Video assistant referee:
Ángelo Hermosilla (Chile)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Alejandro Molina (Chile)

Match rules:^[1]

90 minutes
Extra time would not be played
Penalty shoot-out if tied after 90 minutes
Eleven named substitutes
Maximum of five substitutions^{[note 1]}

Notes

^ Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Match Rules for the Match of the 2023 Intercontinental U20" (PDF). CONMEBOL. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
^ "Boca Juniors y AZ Alkmaar van por la Intercontinental Sub20" [Boca Juniors and AZ Alkmaar go for the U20 Intercontinental] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 4 August 2023.
^ "AZ Alkmaar and Boca Juniors to play for the Under-20 Intercontinental Cup in Buenos Aires on 9 September". UEFA. 4 August 2023.
^ "Oficial: Boca jugará la final de la Intercontinental Sub 20 en la Bombonera" [Official: Boca will play the U-20 Intercontinental final at La Bombonera]. Olé. 6 August 2023.
^ Boca se consagró campeón intercontinental sub 20 por penales on Télam
^ Una sana costumbre: Boca campeón del mundo por penales on Olé
^ Boca se consagró campeón de la Copa Intercontinental sub 20: el festejo de Riquelme ante una Bombonera colmada at TN, 9 Sep 2023
^ ¡Boca campeón de la Intercontinental Sub 20! Venció en los penales a AZ Alkmaar, ESPN
^ ^a ^b "Árbitros para la Intercontinental Sub20" [Referees for the Under-20 Intercontinental] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
^ "FIFA 2023 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF). FIFA. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
^ "AZ met 22 spelers naar Buenos Aires" [AZ to Buenos Aires with 22 players]. www.az.nl (in Dutch). AZ Alkmaar. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
^ CONMEBOL [@LibertadoresU20] (9 September 2023). "¡37.386 almas en La Bombonera para la #Sub20Intercontinental!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2023 – via Twitter.

External links

Intercontinental Sub20 at CONMEBOL.com
Under-20 Intercontinental at UEFA.com

[13] Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

[Regulations-1] "Match Rules for the Match of the 2023 Intercontinental U20" (PDF). CONMEBOL. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.

[2] "Boca Juniors y AZ Alkmaar van por la Intercontinental Sub20" [Boca Juniors and AZ Alkmaar go for the U20 Intercontinental] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 4 August 2023.

[3] "AZ Alkmaar and Boca Juniors to play for the Under-20 Intercontinental Cup in Buenos Aires on 9 September". UEFA. 4 August 2023.

[4] "Oficial: Boca jugará la final de la Intercontinental Sub 20 en la Bombonera" [Official: Boca will play the U-20 Intercontinental final at La Bombonera]. Olé. 6 August 2023.

[5] Boca se consagró campeón intercontinental sub 20 por penales on Télam

[6] Una sana costumbre: Boca campeón del mundo por penales on Olé

[7] Boca se consagró campeón de la Copa Intercontinental sub 20: el festejo de Riquelme ante una Bombonera colmada at TN, 9 Sep 2023

[8] ¡Boca campeón de la Intercontinental Sub 20! Venció en los penales a AZ Alkmaar, ESPN

[referees-9] "Árbitros para la Intercontinental Sub20" [Referees for the Under-20 Intercontinental] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.

[10] "FIFA 2023 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF). FIFA. 4 January 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2023.

[11] "AZ met 22 spelers naar Buenos Aires" [AZ to Buenos Aires with 22 players]. www.az.nl (in Dutch). AZ Alkmaar. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.

[12] CONMEBOL [@LibertadoresU20] (9 September 2023). "¡37.386 almas en La Bombonera para la #Sub20Intercontinental!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2023 – via Twitter.

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