Man City to face Juve in 2025 FIFA Club World Cup. See full draw

Defending champions Manchester City have been drawn against Juventus, Wydad and Al Ain in the group stages of the FIFA Club World Cup of 2025.

Pep Guardiola’s City, who beat Brazilian side Fluminense to win the tournament for the first time in 2023, begin their title defence against Morocco’s Wydad.

City are in group G of the revamped FIFA Club World Cup, which has been expanded to 32 teams, will take place in the United States between 15 June and 13 July next year.

The draw ceremony was held across two separate locations in Miami and lasted more than 90 minutes, during which a new Club World Cup trophy was revealed.

There are eight groups of four and the teams will play each other once in the group phase and the top two will progress to the knockout stage.

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Draw in full

Group A: Palmeiras, FC Porto, Al Ahly, Inter Miami

Group B: Paris St-Germain, Atletico Madrid, Botafogo, Seattle Sounders

Group C: Bayern Munich, Auckland City, Boca Juniors, Benfica

Group D: Flamengo, Esperance Sportive de Tunisie, Chelsea, Club Leon

Group E: River Plate, Urawa Red Diamonds, Monterrey, Inter Milan

Group F: Fluminense, Borussia Dortmund, Ulsan, Mamelodi Sundowns

Group G: Manchester City, Wydad, Al Ain, Juventus

Group H: Real Madrid, Al Hilal, Pachuca, Salzburg

Meanwhile, the Club World Cup will now take place once every four years, when it was previously held annually and involved just seven teams.

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