List of world champion football clubs
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This list includes the official (de jure)[1] FIFA club world champions;[2][3] the international official competitions are trophies organized by FIFA or affiliated federations (for FIFA statute).[4][5][6][7]In synthesis FIFA has two types of world champions, those coming from the Intercontinental Cup and from the Club World Cup, the two competitions confer the same title, that of FIFA club world champion.[8][9][2]
CompetitionsEdit
Official competitionsEdit
- The FIFA Club World Cup is a competition for club football teams. The Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) organizes the World Cup every year (annually). The tournament officially decides the world title.[10][2][11] It is contested by the winner of that years AFC Champions League (Asia), CAF Champions League (Africa), CONCACAF Champions League (North America), Copa Libertadores (South America), OFC Champions League (Oceania), and UEFA Champions League (Europe), along with the host country's national champions. As required by the regulations (integrated to the statute), a representative from FIFA presents the winner with the FIFA Club World Cup trophy and with a FIFA World Champions certificate.[11]
- The Intercontinental Cup (1960-2004) or European/South American Cup or Toyota Cup, was a football competition organized by UEFA and CONMEBOL. The competition was contested between the winners of the European UEFA Champions League and the South American Copa Libertadores. The cup was called the World Club Championship (de facto) until the first FIFA Club World Cup was held in 2000 (pilot edition). From 2005 the Intercontinental Cup was replaced by the FIFA Club World Cup. The FIFA Club World Cup also includes CONCACAF, AFC, CAF, and OFCwinners. In 2017 the FIFA Congress officially recognized all of them as club world champions (de jure) with the same status to the FIFA Club World Cup winners or FIFA World Champions.[8][12][9]
The football experts agree that the Intercontinental Cup is the most fascinating football competition that ever existed thanks to the great balance in the field given by the lower economic gap of the time and rules on foreign players who gradually favored the European teams and weakened the South American teams;[13][14] there are many sources and statistics that confirm this.[15]
WinnersEdit
There are also federations not connected to FIFA (en:Non-FIFA international football), also for this reason the titles recognized and awarded by FIFA are intended as titles of the federation in question. An officially recognized title, by definition, is official.[1]
In accordance to what is formally communicated by FIFA, the total count of official[16][4] world titles is as follows:[2]
| Club | Federation | Trophies | Intercontinental Cup | Club World Cup |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real Madrid |  Spain
|
8 | 3 (1960, 1998, 2002) | 4 (2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022) |
| A.C. Milan |  Italy
|
4 | 3 (1969, 1989, 1990) | 1 (2007) |
| Bayern München |  Germany
|
4 | 2 (1976, 2001) | 2 (2013, 2020) |
| Penarol |  Uruguay
|
3 | 3 (1961, 1966, 1982) | |
| Nacional Montevideo | Uruguay
|
3 | 3 (1971, 1980, 1988) | |
| Boca Juniors |  Argentina
|
3 | 3 (1977, 2000, 2003) | |
| São Paulo |  Brazil
|
3 | 2 (1992, 1993) | 1 (2005) |
| Inter Milan | Italy
|
3 | 2 (1964, 1965) | 1 (2010) |
| F.C. Barcelona | Spain
|
3 | 3 (2009, 2011, 2015) | |
| Santos | Brazil
|
2 | 2 (1962, 1963) | |
| Independiente | Argentina
|
2 | 2 (1973, 1984) | |
| Ajax |  Netherlands
|
2 | 2 (1972, 1995) | |
| Juventus | Italy
|
2 | 2 (1985, 1996) | |
| Porto |  Portugal
|
2 | 2 (1987, 2004) | |
| Manchester United |  England
|
2 | 1 (1999) | 1 (2008) |
| Corinthians | Brazil
|
2 | 2 (2000, 2012) | |
| Racing Club | Argentina
|
1 | 1 (1967) | |
| Estudiantes | Argentina
|
1 | 1 (1968) | |
| Feyenoord | Netherlands
|
1 | 1 (1970) | |
| Atletico Madrid | Spain
|
1 | 1 (1974) | |
| Olimpia |  Paraguay
|
1 | 1 (1979) | |
| Flamengo | Brazil
|
1 | 1 (1981) | |
| Gremio | Brazil
|
1 | 1 (1983) | |
| River Plate | Argentina
|
1 | 1 (1986) | |
| Red Star Belgrade |  Yugoslavia
|
1 | 1 (1991) | |
| Vélez Sarsfield | Argentina
|
1 | 1 (1994) | |
| Borussia Dortmund | Germany
|
1 | 1 (1997) | |
| Internacional | Brazil
|
1 | 1 (2006) | |
| Liverpool | England
|
1 | 1 (2019) | |
| Chelsea | England
|
1 | 1 (2021) |
Related pagesEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Official (plural officials), from the Latin officiālis.1. The official word is also used to refer to what is recognized or derives from an authority. cfr. dictionary.com. "Official, definition".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) 2. Approved by the government or someone in power. cfr. dictionary.cambridge.org. "official".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) It is synonymous with legal, legitimate, approved. cfr. thesaurus.com. "Synonyms for official".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 "FIFA Club World Cup 2017" (PDF). FIFA Report 2017. Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association: 15, 40, 41, 42. December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
- ↑ “While it does not promote the statistical unification of tournaments, that is, has not absorbed to the Intercontinental Cup (merged with FIFA Club World Cup in 2005), the title was conferred by official documents from the world federation so it is legally a FIFA world title. cfr. "FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition" (PDF). p. 19. cfr.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 For FIFA statute, official competitions are those for representative teams organized by FIFA or any confederation. Representative teams are usually national teams but also club teams that represent a confederation or a member association in a continental competition. cfr. "FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition" (PDF). p. 5. cfr. "FIFA Club World Cup UAE 2018: Statistical-kit" (PDF). 10 December 2018. p. 13. cfr. "2018/19 UEFA Champions League regulations" (PDF). p. 10.
- ↑ "FIFA Statute" (PDF). FIFA Statute. Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association: 5, 19–21, 33–35, 37, 44, 74. May 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-06-16. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- ↑ In accordance with the regulations integrated in the FIFA Statute, official competitions for club teams can be defined as those organized under the auspices of FIFA, confederations and member associations, or authorized by them, excluding friendly matches and test matches; say the confederal and interconfederal cups (arranged by FIFA or confederations), the championships and the national cups (arranged by member associations). cfr. "LAWS OF THE GAME 2015/16" (PDF): 18.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) cfr. "REGULATIONS on the Status and Transfer of Players 2016" (PDF): 5. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-12-12. Retrieved 2019-07-05.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) cfr. Fédération Internationale de Football Association (ed.). "FIFA Governance Regulations (FGR) 2016" (PDF): 6, 7, 9–11.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) cfr. "Regulations Governing International Matches" (PDF): 15, 25.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) cfr. "FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition" (PDF). pp. 5, 19–21, 33–35, 37, 44, 74. cfr. "FIFA ignora Taça Latina do Benfica, FC Porto é o clube português com mais títulos" (in Portuguese). 25 May 2011. Archived from the original on 16 June 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2019.{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Until 1955 FIFA limited itself to authorizing the creation of international competitions for clubs only if they were organized by at least two member associations. From 1955 he assigned the confederations the exclusive right to organize competitions deemed official. cfr. Union des Associations Européennes de Football (October 2004). "50 years of the European Cup" (PDF): 7–9.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ 8.0 8.1 “While it does not promote the statistical unification of tournaments, that is, has not absorbed to the Intercontinental Cup (merged with FIFA Club World Cup in 2005), the title was conferred by official documents from the world federation so it is legally a FIFA world title. cfr. "FIFA Statutes, April 2016 edition" (PDF). p. 19. cfr.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 FIFA Council approves key organisational elements of the FIFA World Cup Archived 2017-10-27 at the Wayback Machine - Recognition of all European and South American teams that won the Intercontinental Cup – played between 1960 and 2004 – as club world champions./ www.fifa.com
- ↑ "FIFA Club World Championship TOYOTA Cup 2005" (PDF). FIFA Report 2005. Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association: 5, 19. December 2005. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-08-08. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 "FIFA Club World Cup 2017" (PDF). FIFA Regulation CWC 2017 Page 37. Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association. December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
- ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup 2017" (PDF). FIFA Report 2017. Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association: 15, 40, 41, 42. December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
- ↑ Tim Vickery (December 2017). ""Balance that no longer exists; in today's globalised market the best players South Americans are representing the European champions teams"". ESPN.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ Giovanni Fiderio (1 September 2018). ""La Coppa Intercontinentale, il trofeo più prestigioso"" (in Italian).
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ↑ "FIFA Club World Cup 2017" (PDF). FIFA Report 2017. Zurich: Fédération Internationale de Football Association: 15, 40, 41, 42. December 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-12-30. Retrieved 2018-01-13.
- ↑ "Official (plural officials), from the Latin officiālis.1. The official word is also used to refer to what is recognized or derives from an authority. cfr. dictionary.com. "Official, definition".
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) 2. Approved by the government or someone in power. cfr. dictionary.cambridge.org. "official".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) It is synonymous with legal, legitimate, approved. cfr. thesaurus.com. "Synonyms for official".{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help)