2009 World Football Challenge

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2009 World Football Challenge
Tournament details
CountryUnited States
Venues6 (in 6 host cities)
Teams4 (from 2 confederations)
Final positions
ChampionsEngland Chelsea[1]
Runners-upMexico América
Tournament statistics
Matches played6
Goals scored14 (2.33 per match)
Attendance336,813 (56,136 per match)
Top goal scorer(s)Ivory Coast Didier Drogba
Argentina Diego Milito
(2 goals)
2011 →

The 2009 World Football Challenge was the first edition of the World Football Challenge, an exhibition international club association football competition featuring football clubs from Europe and North America, which has been held first in summer of 2009 in the United States. Chelsea was the champions.

Format

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In 2009, each team played the other three teams in the tournament once in a round-robin tournament format, with each game played at a neutral venue in the United States. Chelsea emerged as the World Football Challenge champion for 2009. The following four clubs participated in the 2009 tournament:[2][3][4]

Venues

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Six cities served as the venues of the 2009 World Football Challenge.[4]

Stanford, California Pasadena, California Atlanta, Georgia
Stanford Stadium Rose Bowl Georgia Dome
Capacity: 50,000 Capacity: 95,542 Capacity: 71,228
File:Stanford Stadium new.jpg File:Rose Bowl aerial.jpg File:GeorgiaDome md.jpg
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Location of the host cities of the 2009 World Football Challenge.
Baltimore, Maryland Foxborough, Massachusetts Arlington, Texas
M&T Bank Stadium Gillette Stadium Cowboys Stadium
Capacity: 71,008 Capacity: 68,756 Capacity: 80,000
File:The United States Corps of Cadets stands on the field at M&T Bank Stadium.jpg File:Gillette Stadium (Top View).jpg File:Cowboysstadium js.jpg

Rules

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File:Cowboys stadium inside view 4.JPG
Chelsea vs América at the Cowboys Stadium.

Clubs received one point for each goal scored in regulation time (up to three goals per game). Clubs earned three points for a win that does not go into penalty kicks. After 90 minutes of play, if the match was tied, each team received one point and the winner of the penalty kicks received an additional point. The team with the highest overall number of points determined the World Football Challenge champion.[5]

Standings

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Pos Nation Team Pld W PKW PKL L GF GA GD Pts
1 File:Flag of England.svg England Chelsea 3 3 0 0 0 6 1 +5 15
2 File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico América 3 1 1 0 1 3 4 −1 8
3 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Inter Milan 3 1 0 1 1 3 3 0 7
4 File:Flag of Italy.svg Italy Milan 3 0 0 0 3 2 6 −4 2
Source: [citation needed]

Matches

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América Mexico1–1Italy Inter Milan
Silva File:Soccerball shade.svg 51' Report Córdoba File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'
Penalties
Chitiva soccer ball with check mark
Mosquera soccer ball with check mark
Silva soccer ball with check mark
Márquez soccer ball with check mark
Ó. Rojas soccer ball with check mark		 5–4 soccer ball with check mark Balotelli
soccer ball with check mark Milito
soccer ball with check mark Ibrahimović
soccer ball with red X Vieira
soccer ball with check mark Burdisso
Attendance: 31,026
Referee: Baldomero Toledo (California)
Chelsea England2–0Italy Inter Milan
Drogba File:Soccerball shade.svg 11'
Lampard File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' (pen.)		 Report
Attendance: 81,224
América Mexico2–1Italy Milan
Esqueda File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'
Márquez File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'		 Report Inzaghi File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'
Attendance: 53,600
Referee: Alex Prus (South Carolina)
Chelsea England2–1Italy Milan
Drogba File:Soccerball shade.svg 7'
Zhirkov File:Soccerball shade.svg 69'		 Report Seedorf File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'
Attendance: 71,203
Inter Milan Italy2–0Italy Milan
Milito File:Soccerball shade.svg 4', 75' Report
Attendance: 42,531[6]
Referee: Jorge González (New York)
Chelsea England2–0Mexico América
Di Santo File:Soccerball shade.svg 76'
Malouda File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'		 Report
Attendance: 57,229
Referee: Paul Ward (Vancouver)

Top goalscorers

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Rank Player Nation Club Goals
1 Didier Drogba File:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg CIV Chelsea 2
Diego Milito File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG Inter Milan
3 Iván Córdoba File:Flag of Colombia.svg COL Inter Milan 1
Enrique Esqueda File:Flag of Mexico.svg MEX América
Filippo Inzaghi File:Flag of Italy.svg ITA Milan
Frank Lampard File:Flag of England.svg ENG Chelsea
Florent Malouda File:Flag of France.svg FRA Chelsea
Daniel Márquez File:Flag of Mexico.svg MEX América
Franco Di Santo File:Flag of Argentina.svg ARG Chelsea
Clarence Seedorf File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg NED Milan
Juan Carlos Silva File:Flag of Mexico.svg MEX América
Yuri Zhirkov File:Flag of Russia.svg RUS Chelsea

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