Joe Wright
Real Madrid will enter the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup as one of the favourites to win the new expanded tournament.
Los Blancos qualified as one of the UEFA Champions League winners during the period from 2021 to 2024, and their status as arguably the grandest club in the world is likely to draw huge crowds when they compete in the United States in June and July next year.
Carlo Ancelotti’s team may not have enjoyed the best first few months of the 2024/25 season, but there is still plenty of time for them to recover consistent form and challenge for top honours before they head to the Club World Cup looking to extend their record as the most successful side in the old tournament’s history.
Below, The Sporting News lays out their schedule for the competition.
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Real Madrid were in pot one 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 Real Madrid’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 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 Madrid will be playing.
Joe Wright is a Senior Editor at Sporting News, managing global soccer and the UK team. He was previously a sub editor and writer for Goal.com before spending six years as part of the Stats Perform editorial news service, covering major global sports including football, tennis, boxing, NBA, rugby union and athletics. Joe has extensive experience covering some of the biggest events in football, including two UEFA Champions League finals, Euro 2016, the Confederations Cup 2017 and the 2018 World Cup, which included the final in Moscow.
