FIFA Club World Cup 2025

The only Japanese club to have won the AFC Champions League on multiple occasions, the third of their titles in 2022 paved the way for Urawa Red Diamonds to bring their talents to the world at FIFA Club World Cup 2025. The Saitama-based club illustrated their world-class pedigree in beating fellow tournament combatants Al Hilal FC of Saudi Arabia for that crown. With five domestic championships in their back pocket as well, they are ready to build on great recent form from the Japan national team,who reached the Round of 16 at the last two editions of theFIFA World Cup^TM.

Lumen Field is set to rock to the sound of The Rave Green in summer with Seattle Sounders FC hosting all three of their Group B fixtures – against Botafogo, Atlético and Paris – at their noisy and passionate HQ. The Sounders made history for both city and country when their Concacaf Champions League win in 2022 over Mexican side Pumas saw them become the first from the USA to win that title in 22 years. That adds to a local heritage that is a major plus at the club with Seattle-born Brian Schmetzer either head coach or assistant coach for more than two decades.

Already France’s most successful club with 12 league titles,this is a golden era for Paris Saint-Germain FC as they surge towards an eleventh domestic title in the last 13 seasons. That turbo charges Paris for their three Group Bcontests at FIFA Club World Cup 2025 against Atlético, Botafogo and Seattle. Three is the magic number for their current Head Coach Luis Enrique, who landed a league, cup and UEFA Champions League treble in his first season in charge at Barcelona and then grabbed a domestic treble in his debut season in the French capital. No stranger to the United States having reached the FIFA World Cup 1994^TM quarter-finals with Spain, Enrique and his talented squad –led by serial trophy-winning captain Marquinhos – are ready to #TakeItToTheWorld this summer with their adventure starting on the West Coast.

Three-time European champions, FC Internazionale Milano punched their ticket to the US through consistent brilliance in the UEFA Champions League over the four-year qualifying period, including a run to the final in 2023 when they were narrowly beaten by Manchester City. With 20 national championships in the back pocket, the history of the Nerazzurri (Black-and-Blues) boasts so many periods of incredible success, including the Grande Inter of the 1960s and the team of 2010 that became the first to land the treble of UEFA Champions League, Serie A and Coppa Italiaunder José Mourinho. Among Inter’s many red-hot stars tokeep an eye on is captain Martínez, a FIFA World Cup winner with Argentina at Qatar 2022.

The last club to book its spot at FIFA Club World Cup 2025, Botafogo booked tickets to the US with a thrilling win over compatriots Atletico Mineiro in the final of the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores in November. In winning the trophy for the first time, they became the 12th club from Brazil to enter the tournament’s Roll of Honour, an amazing stat for a club boasting historic FIFA World Cup winning stars Garrincha, Jairzinho, Didi, Mario Zagallo, Amarildo, Caju, Roberto Miranda and Nilton Santos! The current stars are outstanding as well, making them one of the teams to watch when they hit the West Coast this summer.

Four-time winners of the CONMEBOL Copa Libertadores and boasting an incredible 38 Argentinian league titles, CA River Plate supplies abundant talent to FIFA Club World Cup 2025. El Millonario has a squad in the mould of club legend Marcelo Gallardo, who is in his second spell as the club’s Head Coach, and Enzo Francescoli, the exceptionally talented Uruguayan playmaker who is now the club’s Sporting Director.

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That squad includes FIFA World Cup winners – goalkeeper Franco Armani was the only home-based player when Argentina lifted the trophy in Qatar but has since been joined at the club by two other squad members, Marcos Acuna and German Pezzella. And Group E combatants Inter Milan, Monterrey and the Red Diamonds will all be on alert to striker Miguel Borja who has been in eye-catching form and reached the final of the 2024 CONMEBOL Copa América with Colombia in the USA last summer.

From the passion and guile of Head Coach Diego Simeone to the quality of their squad, Spain’s Atlético de Madrid are guaranteed to be a ‘Box Office’ hit at FIFA Club World Cup 2025. Simeone has led the club from the dugout since 2011, extending a love affair with the club that included a league and cup double in Spain as a player.

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Setting a consistently high bar for performances in the UEFA Champions League that brings them to the US, Atlético have never won Europe’s top prize but havecome close on two occasions, edged out of both finals by city rivals Real Madrid CF. And within their ranks, they know all about the mission to #TakeItToTheWorld as club record scorer Antoine Griezmann won the FIFA World Cup^TM with France in 2018 whilst striker Julián Álvarezwon the same trophy with Argentina in 2022.