FIFA has confirmed the 12 stadiums in the United States that will stage matches at the new FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ when the 32 best clubs in the world play for the only official title of the FIFA Club World Champions.
‘INSIDE FIFA’ stated that the tournament kicks off on June 15th, 2025 with all roads leading to the 82,500-capacity MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 13th, 2025 where the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ final will be played just over a year before the venue stages the FIFA World Cup 26™ final.
Zürich (Switzerland)-based the Fédération Internationale de Football Association, more commonly known by its acronym FIFA, is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer and futsal.
The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup™ is the planned 21st edition of the FIFA Club World Cup™, an international club soccer competition organized by FIFA. The tournament is scheduled to be played in the United States from June 15th to July 13th, 2025. It is planned to be the first under an expanded format with 32 teams including the winners of the four previous continental championships.
The 2026 FIFA World Cup™, marketed as the FIFA World Cup 26™, will be the 23rd FIFA World Cup™, the quadrennial international men’s soccer championship contested by the national teams of the member associations of FIFA. The tournament will take place from June 11th to July 19th, 2026. It will be jointly hosted by 16 Cities in three North American countries: Canada, Mexico and the United States. The tournament will be the first hosted by three nations and the first North American World Cup since 1994. Argentina is the defending champion.
‘INSIDE FIFA’ further stated that the above venue is joined by 11 more – the 75,000-capacity Mercedes-Benz Stadium (Atlanta), the 74,867-capacity Bank of America Stadium (Charlotte), the 26,000-capacity TQL Stadium (Cincinnati), the 89,702-capacity Rose Bowl Stadium (Los Angeles), the 65,326-capacity Hard Rock Stadium (Miami), the 30,109-capacity GEODIS Park (Nashville), the 60,219-capacity Camping World Stadium (Orlando), the 25,500-capacity Inter&Co Stadium (Orlando), the 67,594-capacity Lincoln Financial Field (Philadelphia), the 68,740-capacity Lumen Field (Seattle), and the 20,000-capacity Audi Field (Washington, D.C.,).
“Football is the most popular sport on the planet and in 2025 a new era for club football will kick off when FIFA stages the greatest, most inclusive and merit-based global club competition right here in the United States,” said the FIFA President Gianni Infantino, who made the announcement at the Global Citizen Festival held in Central Park, New York, while simultaneously announcing FIFA’s new four-year partnership with Global Citizen to mobilize the football fans globally to help end extreme poverty and provide access to education for the millions of children. The FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ will feature 12 fantastic stadiums where a new chapter in football’s global history will be written by the great players from the 32 best clubs in the world.”
Added Infantino, “This new FIFA competition is the only true example in worldwide club football of real solidarity and inclusivity allowing the best clubs from Africa, Asia, Central and North America, and Oceania to play the powerhouses of Europe and South America in an incredible new World Cup which will impact enormously the growth of club football and talent globally. This is about opportunity and hope for those who need it most, and also about prestige and true football for those who make our sport shine. My thanks go to all. We never discriminate, we include everyone. This is the true spirit of the brand-new FIFA Club World Cup™. It has been an honor to make this significant tournament announcement before an enormous, energetic crowd at the Global Citizen Festival here in New York. The fans of the 32 competing clubs will create a similar buzz at the FIFA Club World Cup™ next year when we take it to the world.”
With the draw set for December, just two of the 32 teams are yet to be confirmed: One from South America, the other representing the host country. Further information regarding the draw, which will see the 32 best clubs in the world divided into eight exciting groups of four, will be released in due course. The tournament match schedule will be published shortly after the draw.
Fans can visit here to register for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ ticket and hospitality information.
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