# 2009 World Football Challenge

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 United States. Chelsea was the champions.

## Format

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:
* Chelsea from the Premier League in England
* América from the Primera División in Mexico
* Inter Milan from the Serie A in Italy
* Milan from the Serie A in Italy

## Venues

Six cities served as the venues of the 2009 World Football Challenge.
| Palo Alto, California | Pasadena, California | Atlanta, Georgia | Palo AltoPasadenaArlingtonAtlantaBaltimoreFoxboroughclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2009 World Football Challenge. |
| Stanford Stadium | Rose Bowl | Georgia Dome | Palo AltoPasadenaArlingtonAtlantaBaltimoreFoxboroughclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2009 World Football Challenge. |
| Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 95,542 | Capacity: 71,228 | Palo AltoPasadenaArlingtonAtlantaBaltimoreFoxboroughclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2009 World Football Challenge. |
| Baltimore, Maryland | Foxborough, Massachusetts | Arlington, Texas | Palo AltoPasadenaArlingtonAtlantaBaltimoreFoxboroughclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2009 World Football Challenge. |
| M&T Bank Stadium | Gillette Stadium | Cowboys Stadium | Palo AltoPasadenaArlingtonAtlantaBaltimoreFoxboroughclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2009 World Football Challenge. |
| Capacity: 71,008 | Capacity: 68,756 | Capacity: 80,000 | Palo AltoPasadenaArlingtonAtlantaBaltimoreFoxboroughclass=notpageimage| Location of the host cities of the 2009 World Football Challenge. |

## Rules

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.

## Standings

| Pos | Nation | Team | Pld | W | PKW | PKL | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | England | Chelsea | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | +5 | 15 |
| 2 | Mexico | América | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | −1 | 8 |
| 3 | Italy | Inter Milan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 4 | Italy | Milan | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | −4 | 2 |

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Nation | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Didier Drogba | CIV | Chelsea | 2 |
| 1 | Diego Milito | ARG | Inter Milan | 2 |
| 3 | Iván Córdoba | COL | Inter Milan | 1 |
| 3 | Enrique Esqueda | MEX | América | 1 |
| 3 | Filippo Inzaghi | ITA | Milan | 1 |
| 3 | Frank Lampard | ENG | Chelsea | 1 |
| 3 | Florent Malouda | FRA | Chelsea | 1 |
| 3 | Daniel Márquez | MEX | América | 1 |
| 3 | Franco Di Santo | ARG | Chelsea | 1 |
| 3 | Clarence Seedorf | NED | Milan | 1 |
| 3 | Juan Carlos Silva | MEX | América | 1 |
| 3 | Yuri Zhirkov | RUS | Chelsea | 1 |