FIFA Club World Cup awards

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.^[1] The championship was first contested as the FIFA Club World Championship in 2000.^[2] 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.^[3] Following a change in format which saw the FIFA Club World Championship absorb the Toyota Cup, it was relaunched in 2005 and took its current name the season afterwards.^[4]

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.^[1]

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 are also the only side to have earned three FIFA Fair Play Trophies. Barcelona's Lionel Messi and Luis Suárez, as well as Wayne Rooney, are the only players to win the competition, the Golden Ball and the Golden Boot. Lionel Messi is also the only player to have won two Golden Balls and two MVP Final awards as well. Uruguayan player Luis Suárez holds the record for the most goals scored in one edition. All five of his goals were scored in 2015.

Awards

There are currently four awards:^[5]

• the Golden Ball for best player;
• the Golden Boot for top goal scorer;
• the FIFA Fair Play Trophy for the team with the best record of fair play
• the MVP of the Final Match Trophy for the best player in the final; first awarded in 2005.

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.^[6] The badge was first presented to Milan, the winners of the 2007 final.^[7] 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.^[6]

Each player from the clubs finishing third, second and first will also receive one bronze, silver and gold medal each, respectively.^[5]

Golden Ball

In 2008 Wayne Rooney became the first player to win the tournament, the Golden Ball, and the Golden Boot in a single edition, a feat that has since been equaled by Lionel Messi in 2011 and Sergio Ramos in 2014

Luis Suárez holds the record for most goals scored in one tournament with a final tally of five.

Lionel Messi is the only player to have won two FIFA Club World Cup Golden Balls and two MVP Final Match awards.

In 2011 and 2015, Spanish club FC Barcelona became the record holder of being the only team to win all FIFA Club World Cup honors in one edition.

Toyota Motor Corporation, the presenting sponsor of the FIFA Club World Cup, rewards the Most Valuable Player of the Final Match with one of its vehicles.

Deco is the only player of a losing finalist that was voted the Most Valuable Player of the Final Match.

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.^[5][8] 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.^[5][8]

• FC Barcelona is the only club to have earned the Golden Ball award four times (Deco - 2006, Lionel Messi - 2009 and 2011, Luis Suárez - 2015).^{[9][10][11][12]}
• FC Barcelona is also the only club to have earned every award in one edition (2015 Japan).^[13][14]
• Lionel Messi is the only player to have won two Golden Balls.^[15]
• Cristiano Ronaldo is the only player to have won more than one Silver Ball.^[8]
• Brazilian players have won the most amount of Golden Balls amassing four.^[8] They also hold the record for the most Silver Balls with three in total.^[8]
• Brazilian players share the record with Argentine players for the most Bronze Balls with three each.^[8]
• Cristian Bolaños, Dioko Kaluyituka, Mouhcine Iajour, 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.^[16][17]

List of Golden Balls by edition

Edition	Golden Ball	Silver Ball	Bronze Ball	Ref(s)
2000 Brazil	Edílson	Edmundo	Romário	[8][18]
2005 Japan	Rogério Ceni	Steven Gerrard	Christian Bolaños	[8][19]
2006 Japan	Deco	Iarley	Ronaldinho	[8][20]
2007 Japan	Kaká	Clarence Seedorf	Rodrigo Palacio	[8][21]
2008 Japan	Wayne Rooney	Cristiano Ronaldo	Damián Manso	[8][22]
2009 United Arab Emirates	Lionel Messi	Juan Sebastián Verón	Xavi	[8][23]
2010 United Arab Emirates	Samuel Eto'o	Dioko Kaluyituka	Andrés D'Alessandro	[8][24]
2011 Japan	Lionel Messi	Xavi	Neymar	[8][25]
2012 Japan	Cássio	David Luiz	Paolo Guerrero	[8][26]
2013 Morocco	Franck Ribéry	Philipp Lahm	Mouhcine Iajour	[8][27][28]
2014 Morocco	Sergio Ramos	Cristiano Ronaldo	Ivan Vicelich	[8][29][30]
2015 Japan	Luis Suárez	Lionel Messi	Andrés Iniesta	[8][31]

Golden Boot

The Golden Boot or Golden Shoe Award goes to the top goalscorer of the FIFA Club World Cup.^[5] If there is more than one player with the same amount of goals, the tie-breaker 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).^[5] If there is still more than one player, the tie-breaker goes to the player who has played the least amount of time.^[5]

• Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and César Delgado hold the record of being the overall top goalscorers in FIFA Club World Cup history with five goals.^[32][33]
• Luis Suárez also holds the record for the most goals scored in a single FIFA Club World Cup. All five of his goals were scored in the 2015 tournament.^[34]
• Brazilian players have won the most Golden Boots with six altogether.^{[18][19][21][25][31]}
• Álvaro Saborío, Mohammed Noor, Mohamed Aboutrika, Hisato Satō and Mouhcine Iajour are the only non-European and non-South American players to become top-scorers of the tournament while playing for a club outside Europe or South America.^{[35][36][37][38]}

List of Goalscorers by edition

Edition	Golden Boot	Goals	Ref(s)
2000 Brazil	Nicolas Anelka Romário	3	[18]
2005 Japan	Amoroso Peter Crouch Álvaro Saborío Mohammed Noor	2	[19]
2006 Japan	Mohamed Aboutrika	3	[20]
2007 Japan	Washington	3	[21]
2008 Japan	Wayne Rooney	3	[22]
2009 United Arab Emirates	Denilson	4	[23]
2010 United Arab Emirates	Mauricio Molina	3	[24]
2011 Japan	Lionel Messi Adriano	2	[25]
2012 Japan	César Delgado Hisato Satō	3	[26]
2013 Morocco	Darío Conca César Delgado Mouhcine Iajour Ronaldinho	2	[28]
2014 Morocco	Sergio Ramos Gareth Bale Gerardo Torrado	2	[29]
2015 Japan	Luis Suárez	5	[31]

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.^[5][39] The winners of this award earn the FIFA Fair Play Trophy, a diploma, a fair play medal for each player and official, and $50,000 worth of football equipment to be used for youth development.^[5][39]

FC Barcelona is the only club to have won three FIFA Fair Play Trophies.^[39]

List of FIFA Fair Play Trophies by edition

Edition	FIFA Fair Play Trophy Winners	Ref(s)
2000 Brazil	Al-Nassr	[18][39]
2005 Japan	Liverpool	[19][39]
2006 Japan	Barcelona	[20][39]
2007 Japan	Urawa Red Diamonds	[21][39]
2008 Japan	Adelaide United	[22][39]
2009 United Arab Emirates	Atlante F.C.	[23][39]
2010 United Arab Emirates	Internazionale	[24][39]
2011 Japan	Barcelona	[25][39]
2012 Japan	Monterrey	[26][39]
2013 Morocco	Bayern Munich	[28][39]
2014 Morocco	Real Madrid	[29][39]
2015 Japan	Barcelona	[31][39]

Most Valuable Player of the Final Match Trophy

The Most Valuable Player of the Final Match Trophy award was awarded for the first time at the 2005 FIFA Club World Cup in Japan and won by Brazil's Rogério Ceni.^[5] The award is given to the best player in the final via the FIFA Technical Study Group. The winner also is rewarded with a Toyota-made automobile.^[5]

• Lionel Messi is the only player to have been named the best player of the final on two occasions.^[5][15]
• Brazilian players have earned that distinction the most amount of times with three nominations.^[5]
• Deco is the only player to have won the award for the losing side.^[40]

List of MVP of the Final Match Trophies by edition

Edition	MVP of the Final Match	Ref(s)
2000 Brazil	Not awarded	[18]
2005 Japan	Rogério Ceni	[19]
2006 Japan	Deco	[20]
2007 Japan	Kaká	[21]
2008 Japan	Wayne Rooney	[22]
2009 United Arab Emirates	Lionel Messi	[23]
2010 United Arab Emirates	Samuel Eto'o	[24]
2011 Japan	Lionel Messi	[25]
2012 Japan	Cássio	[26]
2013 Morocco	Franck Ribéry	[28]
2014 Morocco	Sergio Ramos	[30]
2015 Japan	Luis Suárez	[31]

Hat-tricks

• Luis Suárez is the only player to have scored a hat-trick. He did so in the 2015 semi-final against Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao where he scored all three goals of that match.^[41]

References

External links

• FIFA's official site for the FIFA Club World Cup (English)(French)(German)(Portuguese)(Spanish)
• Toyota's official site for the FIFA Club World Cup (English)(Japanese)