2023 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup

The 2023 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup (Spanish: Sub-20 Intercontinental 2023) was the second edition of the UEFA–CONMEBOL Under-20 Intercontinental Cup, a one-off football match organised by CONMEBOL and UEFA between the winners of the U-20 Copa Libertadores and UEFA Youth League. As host confederation, CONMEBOL was in charge of the main organization of this edition.[1]

2023 Under-20 Intercontinental Cup
La Bombonera, venue of the match
Boca Juniors AZ
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Boca Juniors won 4–1 on penalties
Date9 September 2023
VenueLa Bombonera, Buenos Aires
RefereeGery Vargas (Bolivia)
Attendance37,386
WeatherSunny
18 °C (64 °F)

The match was played on 9 September 2023 at La Bombonera stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina, between the Argentine team Boca Juniors, the 2023 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions, and Dutch team AZ, the 2022–23 UEFA Youth League champions.[2][3][4]

With an attendance of near 38,000 fans at "La Bombonera",[5] Boca Juniors defeated AZ 4–1 on penalties to win their first U-20 Intercontinental title.[6][7] Boca Juniors goalkeeper Sebastián Díaz Robles stopped two penalties during the shoot-out.[8]

Teams
Team Qualification
Boca Juniors 2023 U-20 Copa Libertadores champions
AZ 2022–23 UEFA Youth League champions

Pre-match

Officials

The refereeing team was appointed by the Referees Committees of CONMEBOL and UEFA; only referees in the FIFA International Referees List were eligible (Regulations Articles 28 and 29).[1] On 4 September 2023, CONMEBOL announced the refereeing team with Bolivian official Gery Vargas as the referee for the match.[9] Vargas is a FIFA referee since 2012.[10] He was joined by three of his fellow countrymen, including assistant referees José Antelo and Edwar Saavedra, with Ivo Méndez serving as the fourth official. Ángelo Hermosilla acted as the video assistant referee (VAR) and Alejandro Molina was the assistant VAR official (AVAR), both from Chile.

Squads

Each team had to submit their list of 22 players (including at least two goalkeepers) to its respective confederation by 5 September 2023, 19:00 UTC−3 (ART) or 24:00 UTC+2 (CEST), as appropriate. Only players born on or after 1 January 2003 were eligible to compete. Teams were permitted to make player replacements in cases of serious injuries up to 24 hours prior the start of the match, provided that it was approved by the CONMEBOL Chief Medical Officer and the team doctor concerned (Regulations Articles 26 and 27).[1]

AZ announced its squad on 5 September 2023.[11]

Match

Details
Boca Juniors 1–1 AZ
Mastoras 58' (o.g.) Report Kwakman 42'
Penalties
Génez
Di Lollo
Acosta
Fascendini 		4–1 Goes
Dekker
Smit
Attendance: 37,386[12]
Referee: Gery Vargas (Bolivia)
Boca Juniors
AZ
GK1 Sebastián Díaz Robles
RB4 Natan Acosta 89'
CB2 Lautaro Di Lollo 87'
CB6 Valentín Fascendini
LB3 Nahuel Génez (c)
DM5 Santiago Gauna 82'
CM8 Mauricio Benítez 68'
CM17 Julián Ceballos
RF20 Jabes Saralegui 73'
CF19 Ignacio Rodríguez 73'
LF11 Simón Rivero 80'
Substitutes:
GK12 Lucas Torlaschi
DF13 Thomas Arrieta
DF14 Mateo Mendía
DF15 Iván Vaquero
MF7 Fabio Sosa
MF10 Lucas Vázquez 80'
MF16 Román Rodríguez 76' 73'
MF18 Yael Ramallo 68'
MF22 Tomás Bustos
FW9 Bruno Cabral
FW21 Valentino Simoni 73'
Manager:
Silvio Rudman
GK1 Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro
CB3 Wouter Goes (c) 87'
CB4 Maxim Dekker
CB8 Lewis Schouten
DM6 Nick Twisk 18'
RM12 Enoch Mastoras 62'
LM14 Finn Stam 86'
AM10 Dave Kwakman
RF7 Jayden Addai 84'
CF9 Mexx Meerdink
LF11 Ernest Poku
Substitutes:
GK22 Tristan Kuijsten
GK33 Arouna Kabba
DF2 Jurre van Aken 62'
DF5 Sem Dekkers
DF15 Jeremiah Esajas
DF16 Loek Postma 26' 18'  46'
MF18 Tom Kerssens
MF24 Kees Smit 90+1' 46'
MF25 Job Kalisvaart
FW19 Nick Koster 84'
FW26 Damienus Reverson
Manager:
Jan Sierksma

Assistant referees:[9]
José Antelo (Bolivia)
Edwar Saavedra (Bolivia)
Fourth official:
Ivo Méndez (Bolivia)
Video assistant referee:
Ángelo Hermosilla (Chile)
Assistant video assistant referee:
Alejandro Molina (Chile)

Match rules:[1]

Notes
  1. Each team was given only three opportunities to make substitutions, excluding substitutions made at half-time.

References
  1. "Match Rules for the Match of the 2023 Intercontinental U20" (PDF). CONMEBOL. 18 August 2023. Retrieved 18 August 2023.
  2. "Boca Juniors y AZ Alkmaar van por la Intercontinental Sub20" [Boca Juniors and AZ Alkmaar go for the U20 Intercontinental] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 4 August 2023.
  3. "AZ Alkmaar and Boca Juniors to play for the Under-20 Intercontinental Cup in Buenos Aires on 9 September". UEFA. 4 August 2023.
  4. "Oficial: Boca jugará la final de la Intercontinental Sub 20 en la Bombonera" [Official: Boca will play the U-20 Intercontinental final at La Bombonera]. Olé. 6 August 2023.
  5. Boca se consagró campeón intercontinental sub 20 por penales on Télam
  6. Una sana costumbre: Boca campeón del mundo por penales on Olé
  7. Boca se consagró campeón de la Copa Intercontinental sub 20: el festejo de Riquelme ante una Bombonera colmada at TN, 9 Sep 2023
  8. ¡Boca campeón de la Intercontinental Sub 20! Venció en los penales a AZ Alkmaar, ESPN
  9. "Árbitros para la Intercontinental Sub20" [Referees for the Under-20 Intercontinental] (in Spanish). CONMEBOL. 4 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
  10. "FIFA 2023 Refereeing International Lists" (PDF). FIFA. 3 January 2022. Retrieved 8 September 2023.
  11. "AZ met 22 spelers naar Buenos Aires" [AZ to Buenos Aires with 22 players]. www.az.nl (in Dutch). AZ Alkmaar. 5 September 2023. Retrieved 9 September 2023.
  12. CONMEBOL [@LibertadoresU20] (9 September 2023). "¡37.386 almas en La Bombonera para la #Sub20Intercontinental!" (Tweet) (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 September 2023 – via Twitter.
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