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World Club Cup - game by game history 1980-Present

Stormy history
Originally called the Inter-Continental Cup but now named the World Club Championship although it only involves winners of the European Cup and South America’s Copa Libertadores. UEFA General Secretary Henri Delauney first suggested the annual challenge match although the early days were littered with controversy, rough play and too intense rivalry. Home and away legs, often leading to further play-offs, were also becoming harder to schedule.
Throughout the 1970s it became a non –event with the European Cup winners often refusing to take part. But when Tokyo offered to stage the game in 1980 it took off again and has been staged there annually ever since.
Real Madrid, kings of Europe in the 1950s, were coming to the end of their glory days when the competition got under way. Up to 2001, Milan’s six appearances - with three wins and three defeats - make them the most successful club in the tournament’s history, pipping Uruguay’s Penarol and Nacional Montevideo. Argentina’s Independiente have also made it through six times although only winning twice.

2004 - Dec 13, Tokyo
Porto 0-0 aet Once Caldas
(Porto win 8-7on pens) Ref: Larrionda (Uruguay)
Porto: Vitor Baia (Nuno 104); Seitaridis, Jorge Costa, Pedro Emanuel, Ricardo Costa; Diego, Costinha, Maniche; McCarthy, Derlei (Carlos Alberto 70), Luis Fabiano (Quaresma 77).
Once Caldas: Henao; Rojas, Vanegas, Cambindo (Catano 46), Garcia; Viafara, Velasquez, Arango (Diaz 62), Soto (Alcazar 52); Fabbro, De Nigris.

2003 - Dec 14, Tokyo
Boca Juniors 1-1 aet Milan
Donnet 29 Tomasson 24
(Boca win 3-1on pens)

Ref: Ivanov (Rus)

Boca Juniors: Abbondanzieri; Schiavi, Perea, Burdisso, Rodriguez; Cagna, Cascini, Battaglia; Donnet; Schelotto (Tevez 72), Iarley

Milan: Dida; Pancaro, Costacurta, Maldini, Cafu; Seedorf, Pirlo, Gattuso (Ambrosini 100); Kaka (Rui Costa 77); Tomasson (Inzaghi 60), Shevchenko


2001 - Nov 27, Tokyo
Bayern Munich 1-0 aet Boca Juniors
Kuffour 110 Delgado s/o
Ref: Nielsen (Denmark) (51, 327)
Bayern Munich: Kahn, Sagnol, Kuffour, R Kovac, Lizarazu, N Kovac (Jancker 77), Fink, Hargreaves (Sforza 77), Sergio, Elber, Pizarro (Thiam 128)
Boca Juniors: Cordoba, Martinez, Schiavi, Burdisso, Rodriguez, Traverso, Serna, Villareal (Pinto 100), Riquelme, Barros Schelotto, Delgado

2000 - Nov 28, Tokyo
Boca Juniors 2-1 Real Madrid
Palermo 3, 6 Roberto Carlos 12
Ref: Oscar Ruiz Acosta (Col) (51,000)
Boca Juniors: Oscar Cordoba; Jorge Bermudez, Cristian Traverso, Hugo Ibarra, Anibal Matellan; Jose Basualdo, Mauricio Serna, Sebastian Battaglia (Nicolas Burdisso 88), Juan Riquelme; Marcelo Delgado (Guillermo Barros Schelotto 85), Martin Palermo.
Real Madrid: Iker Casillas; Aitor Karanka, Fernando Hierro, Roberto Carlos; Steve McManaman (Savio Bortoloni 66), Claude Makelele (Fernando Morientes 75), Ivan Helguera, Geremi, Luis Figo; Guti, Raul

1999 - Nov 30, Tokyo
Man Utd 1-0 Palmeiras
Keane35 Ref: Helmut Krug (Germany)
Man Utd: Mark Bosnich; Dennis Irwin, Jaap Stam, Gary Neville, Mickel Silvestre; David Beckham, Roy Keane, Paul Scholes (Teddy Sheringham 74), Nicky Butt, Ryan Giggs; Ole Gunnar Solskjaer (Dwight Yorke 46). (Coach: Alex Ferguson)
Palmeiras: Roberto Marcos, Junior Baiano, Roque Junior, Jenilson, Francisco Javier Arce; Crizam Zinho, Marcos Galeano (Paulino 54), Cesar Sampaio, Alex de Sousa; Paulo Nunes (Elias 77), Faustino Asprilla (Oseas dos Santos 56)

1998 - Dec 1, Tokyo
Real Madrid 2-1 Vasco de Gama
Naza og 26 Juninho 57
Raul 83
Ref: Sanchez (Chile) (51,514)
Real Madrid: Illgner; Panucci, Sanchis, Sanz, Roberto Carlos; Hierro, Redondo, Seedorf, Savio (Suker 89); Mijatovic (Jarni 85), Raul. (Coach: Gus Hiddink)
Vasco de Gama: Carlos Germano; Vagner (Vitor 80), Odvan, Mauro Galvao, Felipe; Naza, Luizinho (Guilherme 84), Juninho, Ramon (Valber 88); Donizete, Luizao. (Coach: Lopes)

1997 - Dec 2, Tokyo
Borussia Dortmund 2-0 Cruzeiro
Zorc 34 Vitor s/o 67
Herrlich 84 (46,953)
Ref: Garcia Aranda (Spain)
Borussia Dortmund: Klos; Heinrich, Julio Cesar, Feiersinger, Freund; Zorc (Kirovski 80), Reuter, Moeller, Paulo Sousa; Chapuisat (Decheiver 75), Herrlich. (Coach: Nevio Scala)
Cruzeiro: Dida; Victor, Joao Carlos, Goncalves, Fabinho; Cleison, Roberto (Marcelo 64), Ricardinho, Elivelton; Bebeto, Donizete. (Coach: Nelsinho)

1996 - Nov 26, Tokyo
Juventus 1-0 River Plate
Del Piero 82 (48, 305)
Juve lifted the trophy for the first time since 1985 by beating River Plate with a single strike from Alex Del Piero.
Juventus: Peruzzi; Porrini, Ferrara, Montero, Torricelli; Di Livio, Deschamps, Jugovic; Zidane (Tacchinardi 87); Del Piero, Boksic. (Coach: Marcello Lippi)
River Plate: Bonano; Diaz, Berizzo, Ayala, Sorin; Astrad, Montserrat, Berti (Gancedo 75), Ortega; Francescoli, Cruz (Salas 84). (Coach: Ramon Diaz)
Ref: Rezende De Freitas (Brazil)

1995 - Nov 28, Tokyo
Ajax 0-0 aet Gremio
(60,000) Riverola s/o 56
Ref: David Elleray (Eng)
(Ajax win 4-3 on pens)
Pens: Dinho (saved), Kluivert ( missed), Arce (missed), R De Boer (g), Magno (g), F De Boer (g), Gelson (g), Finidi (g), Adilson (g), Blind (g)
Ajax: Van der Sar; Reiziger, Bogarde, R De Boer, Blind: Finidi, F De Boer, Davids, Litmanen (Reuser 95); Kluivert, Overmars (Kanu 68). (Coach: Van Gaal)
Gremio: Darnlei; Arce, Roger; Dinho, Adilson, Rivarola; Goiano, Arilson (Luciano 60), Paulo Nunes, Carlos Miguel (Gelson 99), Jardel (Magno 79). (Coach: Scolari)

1994 - Dec 1, Tokyo
Velez Sarsfield 2-0 Milan
Trotta pen 51 Costacurta s/o 86
Asad 57
Ref: Torres Cadena (Col) (67,000)
Velez Sarsfield: Chilavert; Trotta, Cardozo; Gomez, Almandoz, Sotomayor; Bassedas, Basualdo, Asad, Pompei, Flores. (Coach: Carlos Bianchi)
Milan: Rossi; Tassotti, Costacurta, Baresi, Maldini; Donadoni, Albertini, Desailly, Boban (Simone 60), Savicevic (Panucci 87); Massaro. (Coach: Fabio Capello)

1993 - Dec 12, Tokyo
Sao Paulo 3-2 Milan
Palhinha 19 Massaro 49
Cerezo 60 Papin 81
Muller 86
Ref: Quiniou (France) (60,000)
Sao Paulo: Zetti; Cafu, Valber,; Ronaldo, Doriva, Andre; Muller, Dinho, Palhinha (Juninho 75),Cerezo, Leonardo. (Coach: Santana)
Milan: Rossi; Panucci, Costacurta, Baresi, Maldini; Donadoni, Albertini (Orlando 80), Desailly; Papin, Massaro, Raducioiu (Tassotti 80). (Coach: Fabio Capello)

1992 - Dec 13, Tokyo
Sao Paulo 2-1 Barcelona
Rai 26, 79 Stoichkov 13
Ref: Loustau (Argentina) (70,000)
Sao Paulo: Zetti; Cafu, Vitor; Adilson, Ronaldo, Pintado, Luis Ronaldo; Muller, Cerezo (Dinho 83), Palhinha, Rai. (Coach: Santana)
Barcelona: Zubizaretta; Ferrer, Guardiola, Koeman, Eusebio; Baquero (Goicoechea 52), Amor, Witschge, Beguiristain (Nadal 79); Stoichkov, M Laudrup. (Coach: Johann Cruyff)

1991 - Dec 8, Tokyo
Red Star Belgrade 3-0 Colo Colo
Jugovic 19, 52
Pancev 72 (60,000)
Savicevic s/o 44 Ref: Rothlisberger (Switz)
Red Star: Milojevic; Radinovic, Vasilijevic; Belodedic, Najdoski, Stosic; Jugovic, Ratkovic, Pancev, Savicevic, Mihajlovic. (Coach: Popovic)
Colo Colo: Moron; Garrido, Margas; Ramirez, Salvatierra (Dabrowski 65), Mendoza; Vilches, Barticiott, Pizarro, Yanez, Martinez (Rubio 51). (Coach: Rubio)

1990 -Dec 9, Tokyo
Milan 3-0 Olimpia
Rijkaard 43, 65
Stroppa 61 Ref: Wright (Brazil)
Two goals from Dutch midfielder Frank Rijkaard and another from Giovanni Stroppa gives Milan the trophy for the third time in front of 62,228 in Japan. They had earlier beaten Sampdoria 3-1 on agg (1-1, 2-0) to lift European Super Cup.
Milan: Pazzagli; Tassotti, Baresi, Costacurta, Maldini (Galli 22); Gullit, Rijkaard, Stroppa, Donadoni; Carbone, Van Basten. (Coach: Sacchi)
Olimpia: Almeida; Fernandez, Caceres, Guasch, Ramirez (Chamac 48); Suarez, Hoyn (Cubilla) 68), Balbuena, Monzon; Amarilla, Samaniego. (Coach: Cubilla)

1989 - Dec 17, Tokyo
Milan 1-0 aet At Nacional (Col)
Evani 118 Ref: Fredriksson (Swe)
Alberigo Evan’s extra time goal gave Milan the Cup against the Colombians in front of 62,000. It completed a brilliant double for the Rossoneri who had beaten Barcelona 2-1 on agg (1-1, 1-0) to lift European Super Cup ten days earlier when Evani also scored the winning goal.
Milan: Galli; Tassotti, Costacurta, Baresi, Maldini; Fuser (Evani 65), Rijkaard, Ancelotti, Donadoni; Massaro (Simeone 69), Van Basten. (Coach: Sacchi)
Nacional: Higuita; Escobar, Gilardo Gomez, Herrera; Cassiani, Ricardo Perez, Arango (Restrepo 91), Alvarez; Aerboleda, (Uzurriaga 46), Garcia, Trellez. (Coach: Maturana)

1988 - Dec 11, Tokyo
Nacional 2-2 aet PSV Eindhoven
Ostolaza 7, 119 Romario 75
Koeman pen 109
Ref: Dias Palacio (Col) (62,000)
(Nacional win 7-6 on pens)
Nacional: Gomez; De Leon, Revelez, Pintos Saldanha, Ostolaza, Vargas (Moran), Lemos, De Lima, Cardaccio (Carreno), Castro. (Coach: Fleitas)
PSV Eindhoven: Van Breukelen; Gerets, Koots, Koeman, Heintze (Valckx); Lerby, Van Aerle, Vanenburg (Gilhau); Romario, Kieft, Ellerman. (Coach: Gus Hiddink)

1987 - Dec 13, Tokyo
FC Porto 2-1 aet Penarol
Gomes 41 Viera 80
Madjer 108
Ref: Wohrer (Austria) (45,000)
FC Porto: Mlynarczyk; Joao Pinto, Geraldao, Lima, Pereira, Inacio, Rui Barros (Quim), Jaime Magalhaes, Andre, Sousa, Gomes, Madjer. (Coach: Ivic)
Penarol: Pereira; Herrera (Goncalves), Rotti, Trasante, Dominguez, Perdomo, Viera, Aguirre, Cabrera (Matosas), Vidal, Da Silva. (Coach: Oscar Tabarez)

1986 - Dec 14, Tokyo
River Plate 1-0 Steaua Bucharest
Alzamendi 28
Ref: Martinez-Bazan (Uru) (62,000)
River Plate: Pumpido; Gordilo, Gutierrez, Montenegro, Ruggeri; Alfaro (Sperandino), Alonso, Enrique; Gallego, Alzamendi, Funes. (Coach: Vieira)
Steaua Bucharest: Stingaciu; Iovan, Bumbescu, Belodedici, Barbulescu (Maraju; Weisenbacher, Stoica, Balint, Balan; Lacatus, Piturca. (Coach: Iordanescu)

1985 - Dec 9, Tokyo
Juventus 2-1 Argentinos Juniors
Platini pen 64 Ereros 55
Laudrup 83 Castro 75
Ref: Roth (Germany) (62,000)
(Juve win 4-2 on pens)
An 83rd minute Michael Laudrup goal took the game into extra time before Juve went on win 4-2 on penalties to lift the trophy for the first time. Michel Platini had scored from the spot earlier as it finished 2-2 in normal time against Argentinos Juniors.
Juventus: Tacconi; Favero, Brio, Scirea (Pioli), Cabrini; Bonini, Manfredonia, Platini; Mauro (Briaschi), Serena, Laudrup. (Coach: Giovanni Trapattoni)
Argentinos Juniors: Vidalle; Villalba, Pavon, Olguin, Domenach; Videla, Natista, Commisso (Corsi), Castro; Borghi, Ereros ( J J Lopez). (Coach: Yudica)

1984 - Dec 9, Tokyo
Independiente 1-0 Liverpool
Percudani 6
Ref: Romualdo (Brazil) (62,000)
Independiente: Goyen; Villaverde (Monzon), Enrique, Calusen, Troessero; Marangoni, Burruchaga, Giusti; Percudani, Bochini, Barberon. (Coach: Pastoriza)
Liverpool: Grobbelaar; Neal, Hansen, Gillespie, A Kennedy; Nicol, Molby, Johnston, Wark; Dalglish, Rush. (Coach: Joe Fagan)

1983 - Dec 11, Tokyo
Gremio 2-1 Hamburg
Renato 37, 93 Schroeder 85
Ref: Voutrot (France) (65,000)
Gremio: Mazaropi; Paulo Roberto, Baidek, De Leon, Magalhaes; Sergio, Paul Cesar (Caio), Osvaldo (Bonamigo), China; Renato, Tarciso. (Coach: Valdir Espinosa)
Hamburg: Stein; Wehmeyer, Jakobs, Hieronymus, Schroeder; Hartwig, Groh, Rolff, Magath; Wuttke, Hansen. (Coach: Happel)

1982 - Dec 12, Tokyo
Penarol 2-0 Aston Villa
Jair 27 (62,000)
Silva 68 Ref: Calderon (Costa Rica)
Penarol: Fernandez; Diogo, Olivera, Morales, Gutierrez; Bossio, Ramos (Charrua), Saralegui, Morena; Jair, Silva. (Coach: Bagnulo)
Aston Villa: Rimmer; Jones, Evans, McNaught, Williams; Mortimer, Bremner, Cowans, Morley; Shaw, Withe. (Coach: Tony Barton)

1981 - Dec 13, Tokyo
Flamengo 3-0 Liverpool
Nunes 13, 41
Adilio 34
Ref: Vasquez (Mexico) (62,000)
Flamengo: Raul; Leandro, Mozer, Marinho, Junior; Adilio, Tita, Andrade, Zico; Nunes, Lico. (Coach: Paolo Cesar Carpegiani)
Liverpool: Grobbelaar; Neal, Lawrenson, Thompson, Hansen; Lee, Johnston, Souness, McDermott (D Johnson), R Kennedy; Dalglish. (Coach: Bob Paisley)

1980 - Jan 2, 1981, Tokyo
Nacional 1-0 Nottm Forest
Victorino 10
Ref: Klein (Israel) (62,000)
Nacional: Rodriguez; Moreira, Blanco, Enriquez, Gonzalez, Milar, Esparrago, Luzardo, Morales, Bica, Victorino. (Coach: Mujica)
Nottm Forest: Shilton; Anderson, Lloyd, Burns, F Gray; Ponte (Ward), O’Neill, S Gray, Robertson; Francis, Wallace. (Coach: Brian Clough)



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