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\nFIFA has announced the 32 participating clubs in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025\u2122, which are headlined by some of the greatest players to have competed on the global stage over the last two decades, including 26 FIFA World Cup\u2122 winners.
\nThe new FIFA Club World Cup will see the world\u2019s top 32 club teams compete to be crowned the first true global club world champions across 63 games in 12 venues and 11 Host Cities in the United States \u2013 Atlanta, Charlotte, Cincinnati, Los Angeles, Miami, Nashville, New York New Jersey, Orlando, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington, DC.
\nNo fewer than 13 of the Argentina squad that lifted international football\u2019s biggest prize in Qatar in 2022 will feature, led by Inter Miami CF\u2019s Lionel Messi, who is likely to feature in the opening game against Al Ahly FC on Saturday, 14th June.
\nThere are nine of France\u2019s victorious 2018 vintage, including Real Madrid C. F. star Kylian Mbapp\u00e9 and Les Bleus\u2019 then-captain Hugo Lloris of Los Angeles Football Club. Another three, Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, Lucas Hernandez and Presnel Kimpembe, come to the US as European club champions having claimed that title late last month with Paris Saint-Germain.
\n\u201cThe list of participants at the inaugural 32-team FIFA Club World Cup is a true reflection of a tournament that will be the most competitive and inclusive of global football, bringing together the best talents from every continent to decide the true FIFA world club champion,\u201d said FIFA President Gianni Infantino. \u201cWe have 26 players who will be seeking to be among the first group of stars to raise two World Cups: the FIFA World Cup and the FIFA Club World Cup.\u201d
\nSpanish side Atl\u00e9tico de Madrid boast the most FIFA World Cup winners with six while Argentinian giants CA River Plate are next-best with four. The past four world champion nations will each be represented as FC Bayern M\u00fcnchen\u2019s Thomas M\u00fcller and Manuel Neuer were in the Germany squad that won in Brazil in 2014, while Inter Miami\u2019s Sergio Busquets and CF Monterrey\u2019s Sergio Ramos were part of the Spain side that triumphed in South Africa in 2010 alongside Real Madrid CF\u2019s new coach Xabi Alonso.
\nImpressively, nine of the 11 Host Cities will host at least one group-stage game potentially featuring a FIFA World Cup winner, giving the entire fanbase across the US the opportunity to watch the world\u2019s greatest players in person.
\nHighlighting the global nature of the tournament, the FIFA Club World Cup will see players from all six confederations and 81 countries participating in the tournament, including 22 nations that have never before played in a FIFA World Cup.
\nParticipating clubs were able to name an initial squad of between 26 and 35 players for the new competition with most having reinforced their squad during the extraordinary transfer window that was open from 1st to 10th June.
\nFIFA World Cup winners in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 squads include Marcos Acu\u00f1a, Juli\u00e1n Alvarez, Franco Armani, Sergio Busquets, \u00c1ngel Correa, Ousmane Demb\u00e9l\u00e9, Rodrigo De Paul, \u00c1ngel Di Mar\u00eda, Enzo Fern\u00e1ndez, Olivier Giroud, Antoine Griezmann, Lucas Hernandez, Presnel Kimpembe, Thomas Lemar, Hugo Lloris, Lautaro Mart\u00ednez, Kylian Mbapp\u00e9, Lionel Messi, Nahuel Molina, Gonzalo Montiel, Thomas M\u00fcller, Manuel Neuer, Nicolas Otamendi, Benjamin Pavard, Germ\u00e1n Pezzella, and Sergio Ramos.
\nIn line with the applicable regulations, there is the potential for participating clubs to replace and add players during a restricted in-competition period from 27th June to 3rd July 2025 within a set limit and according to specific limitations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
FLORIDA FIFA has announced the 32 participating clubs in the FIFA Club World Cup 2025\u2122, which are headlined by some of the greatest players to have competed on the global stage over the last two decades, including 26 FIFA World Cup\u2122 winners. The new FIFA Club World Cup will see the world\u2019s top 32 club […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":483955,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-483945","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports"},"yoast_head":"\n