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Everything You Need To Know Ahead Of The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup

The FIFA Club World Cup gets underway on 15th June 2025, with a total of 32 teams competing to win the trophy and nearly £100 million in prize money.
What Is The FIFA Club World Cup?
- A 32-team competition to decide the best club team in the world
- Includes all four continental champions from the 2023/24 season
- Hosted in the United States
- Includes Manchester City and Chelsea from the Premier League
- The winner of the tournament will take home £97m
- In the UK, matches will be shown live on DAZN, with selected matches on 5
Who’s Playing At The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup?
Group A
Club: Palmeiras
- Country: Brazil
- League titles: 12
- Copa Libertadores: 3
- Player to watch: Facundo Torres
Club: Porto
- Country: Portugal
- League titles: 30
- Champions League: 2
- Player to watch: Rodrigo Mora
Club: Al Ahly
- Country: Egypt
- League titles: 45
- CAF Champions League: 12
- Player to watch: Wessam Abou Ali
Club: Inter Miami
- Country: USA
- League titles: 0
- CONCACAF Champions League: 0
- Player to watch: Lionel Messi
Group B
Club: PSG
- Country: France
- League titles: 13
- Champions League: 1
- Player to watch: Ousmane Dembele
Club: Botafogo
- Country: Brazil
- League titles: 3
- Copa Libertadores: 1
- Player to watch: Jefferson Savarino
Club: Atletico Madrid
- Country: Spain
- League titles: 11
- Champions League: 0
- Player to watch: Julian Alvarez
Club: Seattle Sounders
- Country: USA
- League titles: 2
- CONCACF Champions League: 1
- Player to watch: Albert Rusnak
Group C
Club: Bayern Munich
- Country: Germany
- League titles: 34
- Champions League: 6
- Player to watch: Harry Kane
Club: Boca Juniors
- Country: Argentina
- League titles: 35
- Copa Libertadores: 6
- Player to watch: Edinson Cavani
Club: Benfica
- Country: Portugal
- League titles: 38
- Champions League: 2
- Player to watch: Vangelis Pavlidis
Club: Auckland City
- Country: New Zealand
- League titles: 10
- OFC Champions League: 13
- Player to watch: Angus Kilkolly
Group D
Club: Chelsea
- Country: England
- League titles: 6
- Champions League: 2
- Player to watch: Cole Palmer
Club: Flamengo
- Country: Brazil
- League titles: 7
- Copa Libertadores: 3
- Player to watch: Pedro
Club: Esperance
- Country: Tunisia
- League titles: 34
- CAF Champions League: 4
- Player to watch: Yassine Meriah
Club: LAFC
- Country: USA
- League titles: 1
- CONCACF Champions League: 0
- Player to watch: Olivier Giroud
Group E
Club: River Plate
- Country: Argentina
- League titles: 38
- Copa Libertadores: 4
- Player to watch: Miguel Borja
Club: Inter Milan
- Country: Italy
- League titles: 20
- Champions League: 3
- Player to watch: Lautaro Martinez
Club: Urawa Reds
- Country: Japan
- League titles: 4
- AFC Champions League: 3
- Player to watch: Takahiro Sekine
Club: Monterrey
- Country: Mexico
- League titles: 5
- CONCACF Champions League: 5
- Player to watch: Sergio Canales
Group F
Club: Borussia Dortmund
- Country: Germany
- League titles: 8
- Champions League: 1
- Player to watch: Jamie Gittens
Club: Fluminense
- Country: Brazil
- League titles: 4
- Copa Libertadores: 1
- Player to watch: German Cano
Club: Ulsan
- Country: South Korea
- League titles: 5
- AFC Champions League: 2
- Player to watch: Um Won-sang
Club: Mamelodi Sundowns
- Country: South Africa
- League titles: 18
- CAF Champions League: 1
- Player to watch: Lucas Costa
Group G
Club: Man City
- Country: England
- League titles: 10
- Champions League: 1
- Player to watch: Erling Haaland
Club: Al Ain
- Country: UAE
- League titles: 14
- AFC Champions League: 2
- Player to watch: Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba
Club: Juventus
- Country: Italy
- League titles: 36
- Champions League: 2
- Player to watch: Dusan Vlahovic
Club: Wydad
- Country: Morocco
- League titles: 22
- CAF Champions League: 3
- Player to watch: Mohamed Rayhi
Group H
Club: Real Madrid
- Country: Spain
- League titles: 36
- Champions League: 15
- Player to watch: Kylian Mbappe
Club: Al-Hilal
- Country: Saudi Arabia
- League titles: 19
- AFC Champions League: 4
- Player to watch: Aleksandar Mitrovic
Club: Pachuca
- Country: Mexico
- League titles: 7
- CONCACAF Champions League: 6
- Player to watch: Salomon Rondon
Club: Salzburg
- Country: Austria
- League titles: 17
- Champions League: 0
- Player to watch: Oscar Gloukh
Analysing The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup Favourites
Despite missing out on La Liga and Champions League this season, Real Madrid are favourites to win the Club World Cup at 4/1.
Los Blancos will have an array of talent in their squad, including new signings from the Premier League, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Dean Huijsen.
Newly-crowned European champions PSG are at 5/1 alongside Man City; while Inter Milan are 9/1 and Conference League winners Chelsea are 10/1.
Outside of the European teams, Palmeiras and Flamengo are both priced at 33/1, while Argentine heavyweights Boca Juniors and River Plate are 50/1.
Check out the Club World Cup 2025 – Tournament Winner prices and individual match markets.
Players To Watch This Summer
European-based players top the betting for the two player markets for the Club World Cup, with Kylian Mbappe leading the way for the top goalscorer and Golden Ball.
The Golden Shoe (top scorer award) has only been awarded once in the competition’s history and was shared by Nicolas Anelka (Real Madrid) and the great Romario (Vasco da Gama) in 2000. Both players netted three times.
Mbappe is the favourite to win it this year after scoring 41 goals (all comps) in his debut season at Real Madrid, winning La Liga’s top scorer in the process.
Elsewhere, Erling Haaland (31 goals), Harry Kane (38 goals) and Ousmane Dembele (33 goals, 13 assists) are high on the list. Lionel Messi could be good value at 20/1, while Champions League final star Desire Doue is 25/1.
Check out the Club World Cup Top Goalscorer odds.
The Golden Ball award for the best player is decided by a FIFA panel after the tournament. It has previously been won by Wayne Rooney, Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo and Gareth Bale.
Mbappe again leads the way, with 2022 winner Vinicius Junior his nearest competitor at 5/1. You can get 11/2 on Dembele, with Doue at 8/1 and Messi 18/1. England duo Jude Bellingham and Harry Kane are both priced at 16/1.
Our Golden Ball page has all the odds for the best player market.
FIFA Club World Cup Dates & Schedule
- Group stage: 14th-26th June
- Last 16: 28th June-1st July
- Quarter-finals: 4th & 5th July
- Semi-finals: 8th & 9th July
- Final: 13th July
With games being played in the USA, kick-off times in the UK are in the afternoons and evenings. They range from 5pm to 3am. The final will kick-off at 8pm.
Club World Cup 2025 Host Cities & Venues
- Atlanta – Mercedes-Benz Stadium
- Charlotte – Bank of America Stadium
- Cincinnati – TQL Stadium
- East Rutherford – MetLife Stadium
- Miami – Hard Rock Stadium
- Nashville – Geodis Park
- Orlando – Camping World Stadium
- Orlando – Inter&Co Stadium
- Pasadena – Rose Bowl
- Philadelphia – Lincoln Financial Field
- Seattle – Lumen Field
- Washington DC – Audi Field
The MetLife Stadium will host the final.
*Odds subject to change – prices accurate at time of writing*