# List of world champion football clubs

This list includes the official (de jure) world champion football clubs recognized by FIFA. The official competitions that grant this world title are the Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004), the FIFA Club World Cup (2000, 2005–present), and the FIFA Intercontinental Cup (2024–present).

## Competitions
### Intercontinental Cup

The Intercontinental Cup, also known as the European/South American Cup, was an official international football competition endorsed by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) and the Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol (CONMEBOL), contested between representative clubs from these confederations, usually the winners of the European Champions' Cup (now known as the UEFA Champions League), and the South American Copa Libertadores. The competition was played by representative clubs of most developed continents in the football world; has since been replaced by the FIFA Club World Cup. All editions were official UEFA and CONMEBOL competitions, and indirectly also of FIFA.
From its formation in 1960 to 1979, the competition was contested over a two-legged tie, with a playoff if necessary until 1968, and penalty kicks later. During the 1970s, European participation in the Intercontinental Cup became a running question due to controversial events in the 1969 final, and some European Champions Club' winner teams withdrew. From 1980 until 2004, the competition was contested over a single match held in Japan and sponsored by multinational automaker Toyota, which offered a secondary trophy, the Toyota Cup.
Throughout the history of football, various attempts have been made to organise a tournament that identifies "the best club team in the world" – such as the Football World Championship, the Lipton Trophy, the Pequeña Copa del Mundo - due to FIFA's lack of interest or inability to organise club competitions. The closest thing that happened was the 1957 Tournoi de Paris, which brought together the only continental champions of the time and which served as inspiration for the Intercontinental Cup. The Intercontinental Cup is considered by FIFA as the official predecessor to the FIFA Club World Cup, which was held for the first time in 2000.
All the winning teams were regarded by worldwide mass media and the football community, FIFA included (as News Center productions and not cataloged on the FIFA website as official entity documents), as "world champions" de facto. On 27 October 2017, the FIFA Council, while not promoting statistical unification between the Intercontinental Cup and the Club World Cup, in respect to the history of the two tournaments (which merged in 2005), has officialised (de jure) the title of the Intercontinental Cup, recognising all the winners as official club world champions, with the same title of the FIFA Club World Cup winners, or "FIFA Club World Champions".

### FIFA Club World Cup

FIFA Club World Cup is an international men's association football competition organised by FIFA, the sport's global governing body. The tournament officially assigns the world title. The competition was first contested in 2000 as the FIFA Club World Championship. 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. Since 2005, the competition has been held every year, and has been hosted by Brazil, Japan, the United Arab Emirates and Morocco. The FIFA Club World Cup's prestige is perceived quite differently in different parts of the football world; while it is widely regarded as the most distinguished club-level trophy in South America, it struggles to attract interest in most of Europe compared to the UEFA Champions League and commonly lacks recognition as a high-ranking contest.
The first FIFA Club World Championship took place in Brazil in 2000. but the failure of ISL caused FIFA to discontinue the tournament and cancel the following year competition to be held in Spain. This first failed installment ran parallel with the Intercontinental Cup. FIFA finally managed to buy the prestigious Japanese event and in 2005, after the Intercontinental Cup's last edition, that competition was merged with FIFA and a new trophy replaced the Intercontinental Cup Trophy as well as the Toyota Cup. In 2006, the tournament took its current name.
The format used between 2007 and 2023 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 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 nation's national champions, participate in a straight knock-out tournament. The host nation's national champions dispute a play-off against the Oceania champions, from which the winner joins the champions of Asia, Africa, and North America at the quarter-finals. The quarter-final winners go on to face the European and South American champions, who enter the semi-final stage, for a place in the final. In Europe the tournament is almost ignored by the mass media, also because of its sporting level, considered inferior to the Intercontinental Cup, indeed when the sides used to meet in a one-off game in Japan (and even before), this was still a fair fight. The opening up of the global market in football has changed the balance. These days the best South Americans (and the stars from all the other continents) are usually playing in Europe.

## Results by year
### Intercontinental Cup (1960–2004)

| Year | Country | Winners | Score | Runners-up | Country | Venue | Location |
| 1960 | ESP | Real Madrid | 0–0 | Peñarol | URU | Estadio Centenario | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 1960 | ESP | Real Madrid | 5–1 | Peñarol | URU | Santiago Bernabéu | Madrid, Spain |
| 1961 | URU | Peñarol | 0–1 | Benfica | POR | Estádio da Luz | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 1961 | URU | Peñarol | 5–0 | Benfica | POR | Estadio Centenario | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 1961 | URU | Peñarol | $^‡$2–1$^‡$ | Benfica | POR | Estadio Centenario | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 1962 | BRA | Santos | 3–2 | Benfica | POR | Estádio do Maracanã | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1962 | BRA | Santos | 5–2 | Benfica | POR | Estádio da Luz | Lisbon, Portugal |
| 1963 | BRA | Santos | 2–4 | Milan | ITA | San Siro | Milan, Italy |
| 1963 | BRA | Santos | 4–2 | Milan | ITA | Estádio do Maracanã | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1963 | BRA | Santos | $^‡$1–0$^‡$ | Milan | ITA | Estádio do Maracanã | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
| 1964 | ITA | Internazionale | 0–1 | Independiente | ARG | La Doble Visera | Avellaneda, Argentina |
| 1964 | ITA | Internazionale | 2–0 | Independiente | ARG | San Siro | Milan, Italy |
| 1964 | ITA | Internazionale | $^‡$1–0 (a.e.t.)$^‡$ | Independiente | ARG | Santiago Bernabéu | Madrid, Spain |
| 1965 | ITA | Internazionale | 3–0 | Independiente | ARG | San Siro | Milan, Italy |
| 1965 | ITA | Internazionale | 0–0 | Independiente | ARG | La Doble Visera | Avellaneda, Argentina |
| 1966 | URU | Peñarol | 2–0 | Real Madrid | ESP | Estadio Centenario | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 1966 | URU | Peñarol | 2–0 | Real Madrid | ESP | Santiago Bernabéu | Madrid, Spain |
| 1967 | ARG | Racing | 0–1 | Celtic | SCO | Hampden Park | Glasgow, Scotland |
| 1967 | ARG | Racing | 2–1 | Celtic | SCO | El Cilindro | Avellaneda, Argentina |
| 1967 | ARG | Racing | $^‡$1–0$^‡$ | Celtic | SCO | Estadio Centenario | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 1968 | ARG | Estudiantes | 1–0 | Manchester United | ENG | Estadio Boca Juniors | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 1968 | ARG | Estudiantes | 1–1 | Manchester United | ENG | Old Trafford | Manchester, England |
| 1969 | ITA | Milan | 3–0 | Estudiantes | ARG | San Siro | Milan, Italy |
| 1969 | ITA | Milan | 1–2 | Estudiantes | ARG | Estadio Boca Juniors | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 1970 | NED | Feyenoord | 2–2 | Estudiantes | ARG | Estadio Boca Juniors | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 1970 | NED | Feyenoord | 1–0 | Estudiantes | ARG | De Kuip | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
| 1971 | URU | Nacional | 1–1 | Panathinaikos$^{#1}$ | GRE | Karaiskakis Stadium | Piraeus, Greece |
| 1971 | URU | Nacional | 2–1 | Panathinaikos$^{#1}$ | GRE | Estadio Centenario | Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 1972 | NED | Ajax | 1–1 | Independiente | ARG | La Doble Visera | Avellaneda, Argentina |
| 1972 | NED | Ajax | 3–0 | Independiente | ARG | Olympic Stadium | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
| 1973 | ARG | Independiente | 1–0 | Juventus$^{#2}$ | ITA | Stadio Olimpico | Rome, Italy |
| 1974 | ESP | Atlético Madrid$^{#3}$ | 0–1 | Independiente | ARG | La Doble Visera | Avellaneda, Argentina |
| 1974 | ESP | Atlético Madrid$^{#3}$ | 2–0 | Independiente | ARG | Estadio Vicente Calderón | Madrid, Spain |
| 1975 | Bayern Munich and Independiente did not find compatible schedule to play. | Bayern Munich and Independiente did not find compatible schedule to play. | Bayern Munich and Independiente did not find compatible schedule to play. | Bayern Munich and Independiente did not find compatible schedule to play. | Bayern Munich and Independiente did not find compatible schedule to play. | Bayern Munich and Independiente did not find compatible schedule to play. | Bayern Munich and Independiente did not find compatible schedule to play. |
| 1976 | FRG | Bayern Munich | 2–0 | Cruzeiro | BRA | Olympiastadion | Munich, West Germany |
| 1976 | FRG | Bayern Munich | 0–0 | Cruzeiro | BRA | Mineirão | Belo Horizonte, Brazil |
| 1977 | ARG | Boca Juniors | 2–2 | Borussia Mönchengladbach$^{#4}$ | FRG | Estadio Boca Juniors | Buenos Aires, Argentina |
| 1977 | ARG | Boca Juniors | 3–0 | Borussia Mönchengladbach$^{#4}$ | FRG | Wildparkstadion | Karlsruhe, West Germany |
| 1978 | Liverpool declined to play the match against Boca Juniors due to scheduling problems. | Liverpool declined to play the match against Boca Juniors due to scheduling problems. | Liverpool declined to play the match against Boca Juniors due to scheduling problems. | Liverpool declined to play the match against Boca Juniors due to scheduling problems. | Liverpool declined to play the match against Boca Juniors due to scheduling problems. | Liverpool declined to play the match against Boca Juniors due to scheduling problems. | Liverpool declined to play the match against Boca Juniors due to scheduling problems. |
| 1979 | PAR | Olimpia | 1–0 | Malmö FF$^{#5}$ | SWE | Malmö Stadion | Malmö, Sweden |
| 1979 | PAR | Olimpia | 2–1 | Malmö FF$^{#5}$ | SWE | Defensores del Chaco | Asunción, Paraguay |
| 1980 | URU | Nacional | 1–0 | Nottingham Forest | ENG | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1981 | BRA | Flamengo | 3–0 | Liverpool | ENG | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1982 | URU | Peñarol | 2–0 | Aston Villa | ENG | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1983 | BRA | Grêmio | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Hamburger SV | FRG | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1984 | ARG | Independiente | 1–0 | Liverpool | ENG | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1985 | ITA | Juventus | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–2 p) | Argentinos Juniors | ARG | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1986 | ARG | River Plate | 1–0 | Steaua București | ROU | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1987 | POR | Porto | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | Peñarol | URU | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1988 | URU | Nacional | 2–2 (a.e.t.) (7–6 p) | PSV Eindhoven | NED | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1989 | ITA | Milan | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Atlético Nacional | COL | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1990 | ITA | Milan | 3–0 | Olimpia | PAR | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1991 | YUG | Red Star Belgrade | 3–0 | Colo-Colo | CHI | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1992 | BRA | São Paulo | 2–1 | Barcelona | ESP | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1993 | BRA | São Paulo | 3–2 | Milan$^{#6}$ | ITA | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1994 | ARG | Vélez Sársfield | 2–0 | Milan | ITA | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1995 | NED | Ajax | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–3 p) | Grêmio | BRA | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1996 | ITA | Juventus | 1–0 | River Plate | ARG | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1997 | GER | Borussia Dortmund | 2–0 | Cruzeiro | BRA | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1998 | ESP | Real Madrid | 2–1 | Vasco da Gama | BRA | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 1999 | ENG | Manchester United | 1–0 | Palmeiras | BRA | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 2000 | ARG | Boca Juniors | 2–1 | Real Madrid | ESP | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 2001 | GER | Bayern Munich | 1–0 (a.e.t.) | Boca Juniors | ARG | National Stadium | Tokyo, Japan |
| 2002 | ESP | Real Madrid | 2–0 | Olimpia | PAR | International Stadium | Yokohama, Japan |
| 2003 | ARG | Boca Juniors | 1–1 (a.e.t.) (3–1 p) | Milan | ITA | International Stadium | Yokohama, Japan |
| 2004 | POR | Porto | 0–0 (a.e.t.) (8–7 p) | Once Caldas | COL | International Stadium | Yokohama, Japan |

#### Notes

* After the events of the 1969 Intercontinental Cup, many European Cup Champions refused to play in the Intercontinental Cup.
* $^{#1}$ 1970–71 European Cup finalists Panathinaikos replaced the champions Ajax who declined to participate.
* $^{#2}$ 1972–73 European Cup finalists Juventus replaced the champions Ajax who declined to contest the meeting in South America, officially for financial reasons.
* $^{#3}$ 1973–74 European Cup finalists Atlético Madrid replaced the champions Bayern Munich who declined to participate.
* $^{#4}$ 1976–77 European Cup finalists Borussia Mönchengladbach replaced the champions Liverpool who declined to participate.
* $^{#5}$ 1978–79 European Cup finalists Malmö FF replaced the champions Nottingham Forest who declined to participate.
* $^{#6}$ 1992–93 Champions League finalists Milan replaced the champions Marseille who were suspended due to a match fixing and bribery scandal.

### FIFA Club World Cup (2000, 2005–present)

Key to the table :
| † | Match was won after extra time | Match was won after extra time | Match was won after extra time |
| ‡ | Match was won via a penalty shoot-out | Match was won via a penalty shoot-out | Match was won via a penalty shoot-out |
| Edition | Season | Hosts | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Third place | Score | Fourth place |
| 1 | 2000 | Brazil | Corinthians | 0–0‡ | Vasco da Gama | Necaxa | 1–1‡ | Real Madrid |
| 2 | 2005 | Japan | São Paulo | 1–0 | Liverpool | Saprissa | 3–2 | Al Ittihad |
| 3 | 2006 | Japan | Internacional | 1–0 | Barcelona | Al Ahly | 2–1 | América |
| 4 | 2007 | Japan | Milan | 4–2 | Boca Juniors | Urawa Red Diamonds | 2–2‡ | Étoile du Sahel |
| 5 | 2008 | Japan | Manchester United | 1–0 | LDU Quito | Gamba Osaka | 1–0 | Pachuca |
| 6 | 2009 | United Arab Emirates | Barcelona | 2–1$^†$ | Estudiantes | Pohang Steelers | 1–1‡ | Atlante |
| 7 | 2010 | United Arab Emirates | Internazionale | 3–0 | TP Mazembe | Internacional | 4–2 | Seongnam Ilhwa Chunma |
| 8 | 2011 | Japan | Barcelona | 4–0 | Santos | Al Sadd | 0–0‡ | Kashiwa Reysol |
| 9 | 2012 | Japan | Corinthians | 1–0 | Chelsea | Monterrey | 2–0 | Al Ahly |
| 10 | 2013 | Morocco | Bayern Munich | 2–0 | Raja Casablanca | Atlético Mineiro | 3–2 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
| 11 | 2014 | Morocco | Real Madrid | 2–0 | San Lorenzo | Auckland City | 1–1‡ | Cruz Azul |
| 12 | 2015 | Japan | Barcelona | 3–0 | River Plate | Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 2–1 | Guangzhou Evergrande |
| 13 | 2016 | Japan | Real Madrid | 4–2$^†$ | Kashima Antlers | Atlético Nacional | 2–2‡ | América |
| 14 | 2017 | United Arab Emirates | Real Madrid | 1–0 | Grêmio | Pachuca | 4–1 | Al Jazira |
| 15 | 2018 | United Arab Emirates | Real Madrid | 4–1 | Al Ain | River Plate | 4–0 | Kashima Antlers |
| 16 | 2019 | Qatar | Liverpool | 1–0$^†$ | Flamengo | Monterrey | 2–2‡ | Al Hilal |
| 17 | 2020 | Qatar | Bayern Munich | 1–0 | UANL | Al Ahly | 0–0‡ | Palmeiras |
| 18 | 2021 | United Arab Emirates | Chelsea | 2–1$^†$ | Palmeiras | Al Ahly | 4–0 | Al Hilal |
| 19 | 2022 | Morocco | Real Madrid | 5–3 | Al Hilal | Flamengo | 4–2 | Al Ahly |
| 20 | 2023 | Saudi Arabia | Manchester City | 4–0 | Fluminense | Al Ahly | 4–2 | Urawa Red Diamonds |
| 21 | 2025 | United States | TBD | – | TBD | TBD | – | TBD |

### FIFA Intercontinental Cup (2024–present)

Key to the table :
| † | Match was won after extra time | Match was won after extra time | Match was won after extra time |
| ‡ | Match was won via a penalty shoot-out | Match was won via a penalty shoot-out | Match was won via a penalty shoot-out |
| Edition | Season | Hosts | Champions | Score | Runners-up | Venue | Location | Ref. |
| 1 | 2024 | Qatar | Real Madrid | 3–0 | Pachuca | Lusail Stadium | Lusail, Qatar | |

## Winners
### By club

In synthesis FIFA has two types of world champions Intercontinental Cup and those deriving from the Club World Cup (the two competitions, albeit different, confer the same title, that of FIFA club world champions) so in accordance to what is officially communicated by FIFA, the total count of official world titles is as follows:

#### Key

| IC | Intercontinental Cup |
| CWC | FIFA Club World Cup |
| FIC | FIFA Intercontinental Cup |
List of world champion football clubs :
| Club | Country | IC | CWC | FIC | Total | Years won |
| Real Madrid | Spain | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1960, 1998, 2002, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2022, 2024 |
| Milan | Italy | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1969, 1989, 1990, 2007 |
| Bayern Munich | Germany | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1976, 2001, 2013, 2020 |
| Peñarol | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1961, 1966, 1982 |
| Nacional | Uruguay | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1971, 1980, 1988 |
| Boca Juniors | Argentina | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1977, 2000 (IC), 2003 |
| São Paulo | Brazil | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1992, 1993, 2005 |
| Internazionale | Italy | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1964, 1965, 2010 |
| Barcelona | Spain | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2009, 2011, 2015 |
| Santos | Brazil | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1962, 1963 |
| Independiente | Argentina | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1973, 1984 |
| Ajax | Netherlands | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1972, 1995 |
| Juventus | Italy | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1985, 1996 |
| Porto | Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1987, 2004 |
| Manchester United | England | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1999, 2008 |
| Corinthians | Brazil | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2000 (CWC), 2012 |
| Racing | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1967 |
| Estudiantes | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1968 |
| Feyenoord | Netherlands | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1970 |
| Atlético Madrid | Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1974 |
| Olimpia | Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1979 |
| Flamengo | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1981 |
| Grêmio | Brazil | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1983 |
| River Plate | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1986 |
| Red Star Belgrade | Yugoslavia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1991 |
| Vélez Sarsfield | Argentina | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1994 |
| Borussia Dortmund | Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1997 |
| Internacional | Brazil | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2006 |
| Liverpool | England | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2019 |
| Chelsea | England | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2021 |
| Manchester City | England | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2023 |

### By country

| Country | IC | CWC | FIC | Total |
| Spain | 4 | 8 | 1 | 13 |
| Brazil | 6 | 4 | 0 | 10 |
| Argentina | 9 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Italy | 7 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| Uruguay | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| Germany | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| England | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| Netherlands | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Portugal | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Serbia | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |

### By confederation

| Confederation | IC | CWC | FIC | Total |
| UEFA | 21 | 16 | 1 | 38 |
| CONMEBOL | 22 | 4 | 0 | 26 |