Premier League champions Manchester City were drawn on Thursday with Juventus, Wydad AC and Al Ain in Group G for next year's FIFA Club World Cup in the United States.
Lionel Messi and Major League Soccer's Inter Miami are in Group A and will face Al Ahly in the opening match of the expanded 32-team tournament before games against Porto and Palmeiras.
2025 Club World Cup groups
Following are the 32 teams that have qualified for the expanded 2025 Club World Cup to be held in the United States from June 15 to July 13.
Apart from the winners of each confederation's premier club competitions, teams also qualified based on their ranking that was calculated based on their performances over a four-year period.
UEFA (12 TEAMS)
Chelsea: 2020-21 Champions League winners
Real Madrid: 2021-22 and 2023-24 Champions League winners
The Club World Cup is set to see another 'invitee.'
According to reports, Liga MX giant, Club América, has become the ‘favorite’ to replace a Liga MX club in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup next summer, this after FIFA’s recently-announced regulations for the tournament.
Club América Club World Cup invitation — will the Liga MX giants make an unexpected appearance?
BRUSSELS, Oct 14 (Reuters) - Players have never been closer to going on strike amid growing discontent towards soccer's governing bodies, notably FIFA and its revamped Club World Cup that is being compared to a 'Super League', the head of players' union FIFPRO Europe said on Monday.
David Terrier was speaking to Reuters after FIFPRO Europe, the European Leagues association and Spain's LaLiga accused FIFA of "abuse" as they filed a joint complaint about the global governing body's international match schedule to European Union antitrust regulators.
Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami are have become the last club to qualify for the Club World Cup. This after a historic MLS win this week.
BREAKING: Inter Miami become last club invited to 2025 Club World Cup, FIFA President Infantino confirms
It has been confirmed that MLS club, Inter Miami, have sealed their qualification as the United States’ host-nation-invitee for the 2025 Club World Cup. FIFA President, Gianni Infantino, confirmed the news at Inter Miami's last 2024 MLS regular season home match.
The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup final will be held at the New Jersey home of the NFL's New York Giants and New York Jets, world soccer's governing body announced on Saturday along with the venue lineup for the revamped tournament.
The expanded 32-team tournament, which will feature leading clubs from around the world, will be held in 12 stadiums around the United States next year from June 15 through July 13.
June 10 (Reuters) - Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti said his comments to an Italian daily that Real Madrid would decline FIFA's invitation to participate in the Club World Cup had not been interpreted the way he intended, as the La Liga side reiterated its desire to play in the tournament.
Carlo Ancelotti says Real Madrid will not participate in inaugural 2025 FIFA Club World Cup
The first edition of FIFA's new 32-team Club World Cup will be held in the United States in 2025, world soccer's governing body said on Friday.
FIFA had confirmed in March that the revamped Club World Cup will be played every four years from June 2025. The FIFA Council unanimously appointed the United States as the competition's hosts for the first edition of the expanded format.
The United States are also co-hosts of the 2026 World Cup along with Mexico and Canada.
FIFA had a council meeting on Tuesday in which they mostly talked about money and patted their own backs, saying they are the best organization in the universe since the Big Bang. But, hey! They also talked about soccer, revealing the number of teams representing each confederation in the revamped Club World Cup to be played in 2025.
If you were living inside a bubble, FIFA announced last year their plan to expand the Club World Cup from seven to 32 teams starting in 2025.
Real Madrid defeated Al-Hilal 5-3 in the Club World Cup final on Saturday to be crowned world champions. Madrid’s front three of Karim Benzema, Federico Valverde and Vinícius Jr. were at their best and scored all of Madrid’s goals.
Al-Hilal became the first club from Saudi Arabia to make the Club World Cup final and didn’t give Real Madrid an easy time. No club outside of Europe and South America has ever won the competition and that streak lives on.
Al-Hilal never led in the game but managed to keep things interesting for the 90 minutes.