Feargal Brennan
Chelsea will enter the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup as one of 12 UEFA qualifiers for the new expanded tournament.
The Premier League side qualified as one of the UEFA Champions League winners during the period from 2021 to 2024, and they join fellow English team Manchester City in the competition.
Despite competing in the UEFA Conference League this season, the Blues previous performances at Champions League level have kept them in a strong position, and they won the competition back in 2021.
Below, The Sporting News lays out their schedule for the competition.
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Chelsea are in pot two for the Club World Cup draw on Thursday, December 5.
This section will be updated once the draw is completed.
This section will be updated once Chelsea’s fixture schedule for the Club World Cup is known.
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The FIFA Club World Cup will take place in the summer of 2025 in the United States, with the group stage to begin on June 15, 2025, with Lionel Messi’s Inter Miami slated to play in the opening match at Miami’s Hard Rock Stadium.
The tournament will progress for the subsequent month, with the top two teams from the eight groups of four progressing to the knockout stage and the Round of 16. The final will take place on July 13, 2025 at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
Twelve venues will host Club World Cup matches across the United States.
The tournament opener at Hard Rock Stadium, Miami and the final at MetLife Stadium, New Jersey have already been slated, with games to be allocated across the below venues following the draw.
The Rose Bowl in Pasadena, which hosted the 1994 FIFA World Cup final, is the largest stadium in use.
This page will be updated once we know at which venues Chelsea will be playing.
Feargal is a content producer for The Sporting News. He has been working with TSN since the start of 2022 after stints with Reach, Amazon UK and Squawka in a nomadic career in the football media pyramid. Always with a keen eye on Arteta’s ‘Reds’ and Kenny’s Ireland ‘Greens’ and a 100% five-a-side penalty record.

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