FIFA Club World Cup 2025™ Schedule Released

Words: ACFC Media

Sunday 8 December 2024

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MIAMI, United States – Following Friday morning’s much-anticipated draw for the FIFA Club World Cup 2025™, Auckland City FC now know exactly where and when they will play their matches in the first edition of FIFA’s new global club showpiece, scheduled to take place in the United States from Saturday, June 14 to Sunday, July 13, 2025.

FIFA has published the 63-game match schedule with dates and kick-off times for the tournament, revealing Auckland City FC’s fixtures in Group C, where 32 club teams will compete to become the first-ever champions of this elite club competition.

It has also been decided that the opening match will be a stand-alone fixture, with the host country’s representative, Inter Miami CF, kicking off the new FIFA Club World Cup™ at their hometown 65,000-seat Hard Rock Stadium against Al Ahly FC on Saturday, June 14, 2025, at 20:00 local time.

MetLife Stadium in New York, New Jersey will not only host the opening match but will also see the new FIFA Club World Cup Trophy lifted on Sunday, July 13, 2025.

Auckland City will kick off their campaign against Bayern Munich on Sunday, June 15 (Local Time), at the 26,000-seat TQL Stadium in Cincinnati, Ohio. They will then head to Orlando, Florida, to face SL Benfica on Friday, June 20 (Local Time), at the 25,500-seat Inter&Co Stadium, before taking on CA Boca Juniors on Tuesday, June 24, (Local Time) at the 30,109-seat Geodis Park in Nashville, Tennessee.

Following the draw and release of the match schedule, the initial ticket sales phase for all 48 group-stage matches will open on Thursday, December 19, 2024, at 10:00 ET (16:00 CET) exclusively via FIFA.com/tickets, where fans can already register their interest in purchasing tickets.

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