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FIFA Club World Cup awards

David Luiz, Cássio and Paolo Guerrero (from left to right) accepting their individual awards after the 2012 FIFA Club World Cup Final.
Founded	2000
Region	International (FIFA)

The FIFA Club World Cup is an international association football competition organised by the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship was first contested as the FIFA Club World Championship in 2000. It was not held between 2001 and 2004 due to a combination of factors, most importantly the collapse of FIFA's marketing partner International Sport and Leisure. Following a change in format which saw the FIFA Club World Championship absorb the Intercontinental Cup, it was relaunched in 2005 and took its current name the season afterwards.

The current format of the tournament involves seven teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks; the winners of that year's edition of the Asian AFC Champions League, African CAF Champions League, North American CONCACAF Champions League, South American Copa Libertadores, Oceanian OFC Champions League and European UEFA Champions League, along with the host nation's national champion, participate in a straight knock – out tournament.

At the end of each FIFA World Cup final tournament, several awards are attributed to the players and teams which have distinguished themselves from the rest in different aspects of the game. Spanish club Barcelona has been the only club to earn every award in one edition, a feat accomplished during the 2015 FIFA Club World Cup. Barcelona, along with Real Madrid, are also the only sides to have earned three FIFA Fair Play Trophies. Lionel Messi is also the only player to have won two Golden Ball awards. Uruguayan player Luis Suárez holds the record for the most goals scored in one edition (five in 2015).

Awards

There are currently three awards:

• the Golden Ball for best player;
• the Man of the Match for the best player in each tournament match; first awarded in 2013;
• the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play.

The following two awards are no longer given:

• the Golden Shoe for best player; only awarded in 2000;
• the FIFA All-Star Team for the best squad of players of the tournament; only awarded in 2000.

The winners of the competition also receive the FIFA Club World Cup Champions Badge; it features an image of the trophy, which the reigning champion is entitled to display on its kit until the final of the next championship. The badge was first presented to Milan, the winners of the 2007 final. Initially, all four previous champions were allowed to wear the badge until the 2008 final, where Manchester United gained the sole right to wear the badge by winning the trophy.

Each player from the clubs finishing third, second and first also receive one bronze, silver and gold medal each, respectively.

Golden Ball

In 2008 Wayne Rooney became the first player to win the tournament, the Golden Ball, and the top goalscorer in a single edition, a feat that has since been equaled by Lionel Messi, Sergio Ramos, Luis Suárez, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.

Lionel Messi (left) is the only player to have won two FIFA Club World Cup Golden Balls.

In 2015, Spanish club FC Barcelona won all FIFA Club World Cup honours in one edition.

Toyota Motor Corporation, the presenting sponsor of the FIFA Club World Cup from 2005 to 2014, rewarded the Golden Ball winner with one of its vehicles.

Deco is the only player to have won the Golden Ball but not the tournament.

The Golden Ball award is presented to the best player at each FIFA Club World Cup, with a shortlist drawn up by the FIFA technical committee and the winner voted for by representatives of the media. Those who finish as runners-up in the vote receive the Silver Ball and Bronze Ball awards as the second and third most outstanding players in the tournament respectively.

• Real Madrid (Sergio Ramos – 2014, Cristiano Ronaldo – 2016, Luka Modrić – 2017, Gareth Bale – 2018, Vinícius Júnior – 2022) is the only club to have earned the Golden Ball award five times.
• Barcelona is the only club to have earned every award in one edition (2015 Japan).
• Lionel Messi is the only player to have won two Golden Balls.
• Cristiano Ronaldo has won most awards (4), one Golden Ball and three Silver Balls.
• Brazilian players have won the most Golden Balls, amassing six. They also hold the record for the most Silver and Bronze Balls with six and five, respectively.
• Cristian Bolaños, Dioko Kaluyituka, Mouhcine Iajour, Gaku Shibasaki and Ivan Vicelich are the only non-European and non-South American players who have earned the Silver Ball or the Bronze Ball while playing for a club that doesn't come from the aforementioned continents.

List of Golden Balls by edition

Edition	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball	Ref(s)
2000 Brazil	Edílson	Edmundo	Romário
2005 Japan	Rogério Ceni	Steven Gerrard	Christian Bolaños
2006 Japan	Deco	Iarley	Ronaldinho
2007 Japan	Kaká	Clarence Seedorf	Rodrigo Palacio
2008 Japan	Wayne Rooney	Cristiano Ronaldo	Damián Manso
2009 United Arab Emirates	Lionel Messi	Juan Sebastián Verón	Xavi
2010 United Arab Emirates	Samuel Eto'o	Dioko Kaluyituka	Andrés D'Alessandro
2011 Japan	Lionel Messi	Xavi	Neymar
2012 Japan	Cássio	David Luiz	Paolo Guerrero
2013 Morocco	Franck Ribéry	Philipp Lahm	Mouhcine Iajour
2014 Morocco	Sergio Ramos	Cristiano Ronaldo	Ivan Vicelich
2015 Japan	Luis Suárez	Lionel Messi	Andrés Iniesta
2016 Japan	Cristiano Ronaldo	Luka Modrić	Gaku Shibasaki
2017 United Arab Emirates	Luka Modrić	Cristiano Ronaldo	Jonathan Urretaviscaya
2018 United Arab Emirates	Gareth Bale	Caio	Rafael Santos Borré
2019 Qatar	Mohamed Salah	Bruno Henrique	Carlos Eduardo
2020 Qatar	Robert Lewandowski	André-Pierre Gignac	Joshua Kimmich
2021 United Arab Emirates	Thiago Silva	Dudu	Danilo
2022 Morocco	Vinícius Júnior	Federico Valverde	Luciano Vietto
2023 Saudi Arabia	Rodri	Kyle Walker	Jhon Arias

From 2005 to 2021, the winner of the Golden Ball was also presented with a separate trophy by the tournament sponsor. This was discontinued from the 2022 edition. The name of the award has varied:

• 2005–2014: Toyota Award (also known as the Toyota Golden Key)
  • During this period, the winner of the Toyota Award received a Toyota-made automobile as a prize or an equivalent amount in cash.
• 2015: Alibaba E-Auto Award
• 2016: Alibaba YunOS Auto Award
• 2017–2021: Alibaba Cloud Award (also known as the Alibaba Cloud Trophy or Alibaba Cloud Player of the Tournament)

Man of the Match

The Man of the Match award was introduced in 2013 FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco. The award is given to the best player in each tournament match by the FIFA Technical Study Group.

Six players have won two man of the match awards:

• Four players won them in the same tournament: Luis Suárez (2015), Jonathan Urretaviscaya (2017), Khalid Eisa (2018) and Vinícius Júnior (2022).
• Two players won them in separate tournaments: Luka Modrić and Cristiano Ronaldo (both 2016 and 2017).
  • Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to have won two final man of the match awards.

List of FIFA Club World Cup Man of the Match winners

Edition	Match	Player of the match	Club	Opponent
2013	1	Mouhcine Moutouali	Raja Casablanca	Auckland City
	2	Darío Conca	Guangzhou Evergrande	Al Ahly
	3	Khalid Askri	Raja Casablanca	Monterrey
	4	Philipp Lahm	Bayern Munich	Guangzhou Evergrande
	5	César Delgado	Monterrey	Al Ahly
	6	Mouhcine Iajour	Raja Casablanca	Atlético Mineiro
	7	Diego Tardelli	Atlético Mineiro	Guangzhou Evergrande
	8	Franck Ribéry	Bayern Munich	Raja Casablanca
2014	1	Ivan Vicelich	Auckland City	Moghreb Tétouan
	2	John Irving	Auckland City	ES Sétif
	3	Gerardo Torrado	Cruz Azul	Western Sydney Wanderers
	4	Karim Benzema	Real Madrid	Cruz Azul
	5	Ahmed Gasmi	ES Sétif	Western Sydney Wanderers
	6	Pablo Barrientos	San Lorenzo	Auckland City
	7	Tim Payne	Auckland City	Cruz Azul
	8	Sergio Ramos	Real Madrid	San Lorenzo
2015	1	Douglas	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Auckland City
	2	Paulinho	Guangzhou Evergrande	América
	3	Kazuyuki Morisaki	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	TP Mazembe
	4	Osvaldo Martínez	América	TP Mazembe
	5	Lucas Alario	River Plate	Sanfrecce Hiroshima
	6	Luis Suárez	Barcelona	Guangzhou Evergrande
	7	Takuma Asano	Sanfrecce Hiroshima	Guangzhou Evergrande
	8	Luis Suárez (2)	Barcelona	River Plate
2016	1	Ryota Nagaki	Kashima Antlers	Auckland City
	2	Silvio Romero	América	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors
	3	Mu Kanazaki	Kashima Antlers	Mamelodi Sundowns
	4	Lee Jae-sung	Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors	Mamelodi Sundowns
	5	Hitoshi Sogahata	Kashima Antlers	Atlético Nacional
	6	Luka Modrić	Real Madrid	América
	7	Orlando Berrío	Atlético Nacional	América
	8	Cristiano Ronaldo	Real Madrid	Kashima Antlers
2017	1	Ali Khasif	Al-Jazira	Auckland City
	2	Jonathan Urretaviscaya	Pachuca	Wydad Casablanca
	3	Ali Mabkhout	Al-Jazira	Urawa Red Diamonds
	4	Yōsuke Kashiwagi	Urawa Red Diamonds	Wydad Casablanca
	5	Everton	Grêmio	Pachuca
	6	Luka Modrić (2)	Real Madrid	Al-Jazira
	7	Jonathan Urretaviscaya (2)	Pachuca	Al-Jazira
	8	Cristiano Ronaldo (2)	Real Madrid	Grêmio
2018	1	Khalid Eisa	Al-Ain	Team Wellington
	2	Hussein El Shahat	Al-Ain	Espérance de Tunis
	3	Shoma Doi	Kashima Antlers	Guadalajara
	4	Rami Jridi	Espérance de Tunis	Guadalajara
	5	Khalid Eisa (2)	Al-Ain	River Plate
	6	Gareth Bale	Real Madrid	Kashima Antlers
	7	Rafael Santos Borré	River Plate	Kashima Antlers
	8	Marcos Llorente	Real Madrid	Al-Ain
2019	1	Baghdad Bounedjah	Al-Sadd	Hienghène Sport
	2	Rodolfo Pizarro	Monterrey	Al-Sadd
	3	André Carrillo	Al-Hilal	Espérance de Tunis
	4	Hamdou Elhouni	Espérance de Tunis	Al-Sadd
	5	Bruno Henrique	Flamengo	Al-Hilal
	6	Mohamed Salah	Liverpool	Monterrey
	7	Luis Cárdenas	Monterrey	Al-Hilal
	8	Roberto Firmino	Liverpool	Flamengo
2020	2	André-Pierre Gignac	UANL	Ulsan Hyundai
	3	Ayman Ashraf	Al Ahly	Al-Duhail
	4	Edmilson	Al-Duhail	Ulsan Hyundai
	5	Luis Quiñones	UANL	Palmeiras
	6	Robert Lewandowski	Bayern Munich	Al Ahly
	7	Mohamed El Shenawy	Al Ahly	Palmeiras
	8	Joshua Kimmich	Bayern Munich	UANL
2021	1	Mohammed Jamal	Al-Jazira	AS Pirae
	2	Ramy Rabia	Al Ahly	Monterrey
	3	Matheus Pereira	Al-Hilal	Al-Jazira
	4	Raphael Veiga	Palmeiras	Al Ahly
	5	Maximiliano Meza	Monterrey	Al-Jazira
	6	Mateo Kovačić	Chelsea	Al-Hilal
	7	Yasser Ibrahim	Al Ahly	Al-Hilal
	8	Antonio Rüdiger	Chelsea	Palmeiras
2022	1	Mohamed Sherif	Al Ahly	Auckland City
	2	Mohamed Magdy	Al Ahly	Seattle Sounders FC
	3	Gustavo Cuéllar	Al-Hilal	Wydad Casablanca
	4	Salem Al-Dawsari	Al-Hilal	Flamengo
	5	Vinícius Júnior	Real Madrid	Al Ahly
	6	Pedro	Flamengo	Al Ahly
	7	Vinícius Júnior (2)	Real Madrid	Al-Hilal
2023	1	N'Golo Kanté	Al-Ittihad	Auckland City
	2	Marwan Attia	Al Ahly	Al-Ittihad
	3	Yoshio Koizumi	Urawa Red Diamonds	León
	4	André	Fluminense	Al Ahly
	5	Rodri	Manchester City	Urawa Red Diamonds
	6	Emam Ashour	Al Ahly	Urawa Red Diamonds
	7	Julián Álvarez	Manchester City	Fluminense

Man of the Match winners in the final

Final	Player of the Match	Ref(s)
2013 Morocco	Franck Ribéry
2014 Morocco	Sergio Ramos
2015 Japan	Luis Suárez
2016 Japan	Cristiano Ronaldo
2017 United Arab Emirates	Cristiano Ronaldo
2018 United Arab Emirates	Marcos Llorente
2019 Qatar	Roberto Firmino
2020 Qatar	Joshua Kimmich
2021 United Arab Emirates	Antonio Rüdiger
2022 Morocco	Vinícius Júnior
2023 Saudi Arabia	Julián Álvarez

The name of the award has varied based on the tournament sponsor:

• 2013–2014: Toyota Match Award
• 2015: Alibaba E-Auto Match Award
• 2016: Alibaba YunOS Auto Match Award
• 2017–2021: Alibaba Cloud Match Award
• 2022–present: Man of the Match presented by Visit Saudi

FIFA Fair Play Trophy

The FIFA Fair Play Trophy is given to the team with the best record of fair play during the Club World Cup tournament. The winners of this award earn the FIFA Fair Play Award, a diploma, a fair play medal for each player and official, and $50,000 worth of football equipment to be used for youth development.

Real Madrid is the only club to have won four FIFA Fair Play Trophies.

List of FIFA Fair Play Trophies by edition

Edition	FIFA Fair Play Trophy Winners	Ref(s)
2000 Brazil	Al-Nassr
2005 Japan	Liverpool
2006 Japan	Barcelona
2007 Japan	Urawa Red Diamonds
2008 Japan	Adelaide United
2009 United Arab Emirates	Atlante
2010 United Arab Emirates	Internazionale
2011 Japan	Barcelona
2012 Japan	Monterrey
2013 Morocco	Bayern Munich
2014 Morocco	Real Madrid
2015 Japan	Barcelona
2016 Japan	Kashima Antlers
2017 United Arab Emirates	Real Madrid
2018 United Arab Emirates	Real Madrid
2019 Qatar	Espérance de Tunis
2020 Qatar	Al-Duhail
2021 United Arab Emirates	Chelsea
2022 Morocco	Real Madrid
2023 Saudi Arabia	Al-Ittihad

Golden Shoe

The Golden Shoe award went to the top goalscorer of the FIFA Club World Cup. It was only awarded at the inaugural tournament in 2000. If more than one player finishes the tournament with the same number of goals, the tie goes to the player who has contributed the most assists (with the FIFA Technical Study Group deciding whether an assist is to be counted as such). Silver and Bronze Boots are awarded to the second- and third-placed players.

Edition	Golden Shoe	Silver Shoe	Bronze Shoe
2000	Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid) Romário (Vasco da Gama) 3 goals, 0 assists	N/A	Agustín Delgado (Necaxa) Edílson (Corinthians) Edmundo (Vasco da Gama) 2 goals, 1 assist

FIFA All-Star Team

The FIFA All-Star Team is a squad of the best players of the tournament. It was only awarded at the inaugural tournament in 2000. The squad includes eleven starters and seven substitutes.

Edition	Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
2000	Dida (Corinthians)	Sergio Almaguer (Necaxa) Fernando Hierro (Real Madrid) Míchel Salgado (Real Madrid) Jaap Stam (Manchester United)	Felipe (Vasco da Gama) Roy Keane (Manchester United) Freddy Rincón (Corinthians) Sávio (Real Madrid)	Agustín Delgado (Necaxa) Romário (Vasco da Gama)
	Substitutes
	Helton (Vasco da Gama)	José Milián (Necaxa)	Amaral (Vasco da Gama) Juninho (Vasco da Gama) Cristián Montecinos (Necaxa)	Ahmed Bahja (Al-Nasr) Edílson (Corinthians)

Hat-tricks

• Luis Suárez, Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Hamdou Elhouni are the only players who have scored a hat-trick in the competition. Suárez did so in the 2015 semi-final against Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao where he scored all three goals of that match. Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick in the 2016 FIFA Club World Cup Final against Kashima Antlers, an equalizing penalty kick followed by two extra time goals. Gareth Bale scored a hat-trick in the 2018 semi-final against Kashima Antlers, where he scored all three of his team's goals before being substituted in less than an hour. Hamdou Elhouni scored the latest hat-trick in 2019 when Espérance de Tunis won 6–2 against Al-Sadd in the match for fifth place.

See also

In Spanish: Anexo:Premios de la Copa Mundial de Clubes de la FIFA para niños