FIFA’s revamped expanded Club World Cup kicks off on Saturday and most fans’ eyes will be firmly fixed on the plethora of soccer superstars competing for up to $125 million, but look closer and you’ll see a team of amateurs on the pitch too.

Taking place from June 14 to July 13 in the US, FIFA Club World Cup 2025 sees 32 teams pitted against each other in a World Cup-style expanded format.

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,

TQL Stadium was a sea of red on Sunday as the first of four FIFA Club World Cup matches in Cincinnati opened with Bayern Munich taking on Auckland City FC.