Man United retrospectively declared 1999 world club champions by FIFA Read

Manchester United and other Intercontinental Cup winners have been named World Club champions - The Intercontinental Cup was staged between 1960 and 2004 without the input of FIFA - FIFA has now ruled that those who won the trophy be recognized as Club World Cup champions FIFA has ruled that Manchester United, AC Milan, Real Madrid and Bayern Munich be named club world champions for their wins in the Intercontinental Cup between 1960 and 2004.

The council of the sport's world governing body said it had officially recognised the winners of the Intercontinental Cup, as club world champions, ESPN reports.

 The competition was usually played between the winners of the European Cup/Champions League and South America's Copa Libertadores.