Intercontinental Cup / FIFA Club World Cup
In 1960, UEFA and their South-American equivalent, the South American Football Confederation (CONMEBOL), created the Intercontinental Cup as a way of determining the best team in the world, by pitting the winners of the European Champions' Cup and the South American Copa Libertadores against each other. In 2000, FIFA launched their international club competition called the FIFA Club World Championship, featuring teams from all of its member associations. In the second edition — renamed the FIFA Club World Cup — in 2005, FIFA took over the Intercontinental Cup, subsuming it into its own competition.
Real Madrid were invited to the championship in January 2000 in Brazil, by virtue of winning the 1998 Intercontinental Cup the previous season. The club finished fourth overall, after losing the third place play-off on penalties to Mexico's Club Necaxa. They initially qualified for the 2001 tournament, in their native Spain, but the competition was cancelled before it started.
| Year | Competition | Opposing team | Score | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Intercontinental Cup | Peñarol | 0–0 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 5–1 | Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain | |||
| 1966 | Intercontinental Cup | Peñarol | 0–2 | Estadio Centenario, Montevideo, Uruguay |
| 0–2 | Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid, Spain | |||
| 1998 | Intercontinental Cup | Vasco da Gama | 2–1 | National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2000 | FIFA Club World Championship | Al Nassr | 3–1 | Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil |
| Corinthians | 2–2 | Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Raja Casablanca | 3–2 | Estádio do Morumbi, São Paulo, Brazil | ||
| Necaxa | 1–1 | Estádio do Maracanã, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil | ||
| 2000 | Intercontinental Cup | Boca Juniors | 1–2 | National Stadium, Tokyo, Japan |
| 2002 | Intercontinental Cup | Olimpia | 2–0 | International Stadium, Yokohama, Japan |
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