Gear up Football fans, the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 is around the corner.  Yes, you heard it right, the official dates for the 21^st edition of the FIFA Club World Cup have been announced. The FIFA Club World Cup is one of the most prestigious Football tournaments among Football fanatics. It is an international men’s football competition organized by the Federation International de Football Association (FIFA). FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will start on June 15 and will continue till 13^th July. The season will be hosted by the United States.

The very first season of FIFA Club World Cup 2025 took place on the 5^th of Jan, 2000. The 1^st season was hosted by Brazil. A total of eight teams participated including South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Oceania, and so on. The final was scheduled on January 14^th, 2000 at Estadio do Maracana in Rio de Janeiro in which Corinthians emerged as the winner of group A and Vasco da Gama as group B.

Format of FIFA Club World Cup 2025

The brand-new season of the FIFA Club World Cup is going to start. A total of 32 clubs will take part from six different continental confederations. This time it is going to be hosted by the United States of America. The FIFA Club World Cup 2025 will be played on different stages including the group stage and knockout stage, quarter-final, semifinal, and finals. Here is how the tournament structure is divided

Group stage -A total of 32 teams will play in the first stage, which means the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group stage. These 32 teams will be divided into 8 groups, 4 teams each. The top two teams from the group stage will be playing in the next round i.e. knockout stage.

Knockout Stage- In this stage top 16 teams that are promoted from the group stage will play. The formal will be a single-elimination match. Then, there will be other rounds, like quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals. In the finals, the two winners from the Semifinals compete against each other to become the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 champions.

Participating Clubs of FIFA Club World Cup 2025

Clubs qualified as Continental champions

• Al Ahly (EGY) – 2020/21, 2022/23 and 2023/24 CAF Champions League
• Wydad (MAR) – 2021/22 CAF Champions League
• Al Hilal (KSA) – 2021 AFC Champions League
• Urawa Red Diamonds (JPN) – 2022 AFC Champions League
• Al Ain (UAE) – 2023/24 AFC Champions League
• Chelsea (ENG) – 2020/21 UEFA Champions League
• Real Madrid (ESP) – 2021/22 and 2023/24 UEFA Champions League
• Manchester City (ENG) – 2022/23 UEFA Champions League
• Monterrey (MEX) – 2021 Concacaf Champions Cup
• Seattle Sounders (USA) – 2022 Concacaf Champions Cup
• Club Leon (MEX) – 2023 Concacaf Champions Cup
• Pachuca (MEX) – 2024 Concacaf Champions Cup
• Palmeiras (BRA) – 2021 CONMEBOL Libertadores
• Flamengo (BRA) – 2022 CONMEBOL Libertadores
• Fluminense (BRA) – 2023 CONMEBOL Libertadores

Clubs qualified by ranking

• Bayern Munich (GER) – UEFA ranking pathway
• Paris Saint-Germain (FRA) – UEFA ranking pathway
• Inter Milan (ITA) – UEFA ranking pathway
• Porto (POR) – UEFA ranking pathway
• Benfica (POR) – UEFA ranking pathway
• Borussia Dortmund (GER) – UEFA ranking pathway
• Juventus (ITA) – UEFA ranking pathway
• Atletico Madrid (ESP) – UEFA ranking pathway
• FC Salzburg (AUT) – UEFA ranking pathway
• Auckland City (NZL) – OFC ranking pathway
• Ulsan HD FC (KOR) – AFC ranking pathway
• ES Tunis (TUN) – CAF ranking pathway
• Mamelodi Sundowns (RSA) – CAF ranking pathway
• River Plate (ARG) – CONMEBOL ranking pathway

Winners list of FIFA Club World Cup

• 2000: Corinthians (Brazil) – Won 4-3 on penalties against Vasco da Gama (Brazil) after a 0-0 draw.
• 2005: São Paulo (Brazil) – Defeated Liverpool (England) 1-0.
• 2006: Internacional (Brazil) – Defeated Barcelona (Spain) 1-0.
• 2007: Milan (Italy) – Defeated Boca Juniors (Argentina) 4-2.
•  2008: Manchester United (England) – Defeated LDU Quito (Ecuador) 1-0.
• 2009: Barcelona (Spain) – Defeated Estudiantes (Argentina) 2-1 (after extra time).
• 2010: Internazionale (Italy) – Defeated TP Mazembe (DR Congo) 3-0.
• 2011: Barcelona (Spain) – Defeated Santos (Brazil) 4-0.
•  2012: Corinthians (Brazil) – Defeated Chelsea (England) 1-0.
• 2013: Bayern Munich (Germany) – Defeated Raja Casablanca (Morocco) 2-0.
•  2014: Real Madrid (Spain) – Defeated San Lorenzo (Argentina) 2-0.
•  2015: Barcelona (Spain) – Defeated River Plate (Argentina) 3-0.
• 2016: Real Madrid (Spain) – Defeated Kashima Antlers (Japan) 4-2 (after extra time).
• 2017: Real Madrid (Spain) – Defeated Grêmio (Brazil) 1-0.
• 2018: Real Madrid (Spain) – Defeated Al-Ain (UAE) 4-1.
•  2019: Liverpool (England) – Defeated Flamengo (Brazil) 1-0 (after extra time).
•  2020: Bayern Munich (Germany) – Defeated Tigres UANL (Mexico) 1-0.
• 2021: Chelsea (England) – Defeated Palmeiras (Brazil) 2-1 (after extra time).
• 2022: Real Madrid (Spain) – Defeated Al Hilal (Saudi Arabia) 5-3.
• 2023: Manchester City (England) – Defeated Fluminense (Brazil) 4-0.

Notable players from the FIFA Club World Cup

UEFA (Europe)

Manchester United (England)

• David Beckham
• Ryan Giggs
• Roy Keane
• Ole Gunnar Solskjar
• Ole Gunnar Solskjar

Real Madrid

• Raul
• Fernando Hierro
• Roberto Carlos
• Santiago Solari
• Iván Campo

CONMEBOL (South America)

Corinthians (Brazil)

• Edílson
• Marcelinho Carioca
• Dida
• Freddy Rincón
• Vampeta

Vasco da Gama (Brazil)

• Romário
• Juninho Pernambucano
• Edmundo
• Mauro Galvão
• Helton

AFC (Asia)

Al-Nassr (Saudi Arabia)

• Majed Abdullah
• Sami Al-Jaber
• Hussein Abdulghani
• Ibrahim Al-Shahrani
• Fahad Al-Bishi

OFC (Oceania)

South Melbourne (Australia)

• Paul Trimboli
• Ange Postecoglou
• Con Boutsianis
• Steve Panopoulos
• Michael Petkovic

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