The Athletic has live coverage of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. It’s been nearly a decade in the making, but Gianni Infantino’s big idea, the expanded Club World Cup, is finally here. The plan was for the best 32 club sides to finally end the arguments over who is by far the greatest team the world has ever seen,

As the United States prepares to host the revamped 32-team FIFA Club World Cup, executives from Europe's top teams see an opportunity to definitively break into the soccer world's lone holdout.

A comprehensive look at each of the teams competing in the FIFA Club World Cup along with their top players and group play schedule.