On This Day: Man Utd & Bayern won CWC title; Iniesta made La Liga debut

Hi all, welcome to All Football's On This Day! Let's find out what happened today (December 21st) in football history. If you have more stories and news that happened on this day in history, please post them in the comment area and share them with AFers!

On this day in 2008, Manchester United won the Club World Cup title

Man Utd defeated LDU Quito 1–0 in the final thanks to a 73rd-minute goal from Rooney.

It is the first time an English club have won the tournament in its expanded form and the second time United have been crowned best on the planet following their victory over Palmeiras in 1999 Intercontinental Cup.

On this day in 2013, Bayern Munich won the Club World Cup title

Bayern Munich got a solid 2-0 win over host team Raja Casablanca in the final to win this trophy for the first time.

They capped off a hugely successful year with five trophies in 2013 - The Bundesliga, Champions League, DFB Pokal, the Supercup and the Club World Cup.

On this day in 2002, Andres Iniesta made his La Liga debut for Barca

Today is 15 years to the day Andres Iniesta made his debut in La Liga. The midfielder featured from the bench in the 4-0 win at Mallorca on December 21, 2002, with Louis van Gaal in charge.

After making 674 appearance and scoring 57 goals for Barca, Iniest left for Japanese club Vissel Kobe.

On this day in 1996, Cantona made his iconic celebration

In the game against Sunderland, Cantona scored an amazing goal and if the goal wasn't incredible enough, the celebration that followed surely was.

Cantona glanced around him, looking at the Old Trafford crowd after scoring, and then slowly raised his arms in the air a manner only he can pull off. All hail the King!

On this day in 1999, Rivaldo won Ballon d'Or

Barca's Brazilian midfielder Rivaldo was named the best football player in Europe ahead of Man United midfielder David Beckham and AC Milan striker Andriy Shevchenko.