Alright so this morning I was drinking coffee and scrolling through sports news when I suddenly thought: “Wait, who actually won all those Club World Cup things?” I mean I kinda knew some names like Real Madrid and Barcelona pop up a lot, but I wanted the full picture. Like every single winner from the very start. So I sighed, put down my coffee, and decided to hunt this down properly.
Starting The Dig
First I grabbed my laptop and just typed “fifa world club cup all winners” into Google. Wow. Tons of lists popped up but half looked sketchy or outdated. One site listed Corinthians as 2000 champ – yeah that sounded right – but then another said “international cup” instead of Club World Cup? Messy. I opened like five tabs and started cross-checking names and years.
Filling The Gaps
Okay so the early years were mostly Brazilian teams dominating: São Paulo 2000, Corinthians 2000, then Santos 2001. Easy. But wait – why did some lists jump straight to 2005? Scratch that. Ah, turns out they paused the tournament for a few years after 2001! Made sense now. Had to note that down.
European teams really kicked off later. I remembered Liverpool won it… 2019? Nope, actually 2005 and again 2019. Brain fart. Wrote it down:
- AC Milan 2002 – knew that one!
- Porto 2004 – oh yeah José Mourinho’s team
- Barcelona 2009, 2011, 2015 – classic
Kept double-checking. Bayern Munich popped up for 2013 and 2020, Chelsea in 2012. My list was growing but I kept tripping over repeats. Real Madrid alone won it FOUR times?! 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018. Insanity. Scribbled corrections.
Putting It All Together
After like an hour of tab-hopping and muttering at my screen, I finally had what seemed like a solid, complete list. Made a simple table in my notes app just for clarity – nothing fancy, just year + winner:
- 2000 Corinthians
- 2001 São Paulo
- 2002 Real Madrid
- 2003 Boca Juniors
- 2004 Porto
- 2005 Liverpool
- 2006 Internacional
- 2007 AC Milan
- 2008 Manchester United
- 2009 Barcelona
- 2010 Inter Milan
- 2011 Barcelona
- 2012 Corinthians
- 2013 Bayern Munich
- 2014 Real Madrid
- 2015 Barcelona
- 2016 Real Madrid
- 2017 Real Madrid
- 2018 Real Madrid
- 2019 Liverpool
- 2020 Bayern Munich
- 2021 Chelsea
- 2022 Real Madrid
- 2023 Manchester City
Wrapping Up
Honestly didn’t expect Real Madrid to be there SEVEN times! Whole thing took ages because some years had conflicting info, and my coffee went cold. But feels good having this full reference list now. Might print it for my football-crazy nephew. Anyway – if you ever need this random trivia, here it is. Saved you an hour of headache!