2025 FIFA Club World Cup Group E

A Group E match between River Plate and Urawa Red Diamonds at Lumen Field in Seattle

Group E was one of eight groups in the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup, an international club soccer tournament hosted in the United States and organized by FIFA. It comprised four teams: River Plate of Argentina; Urawa Red Diamonds of Japan; Monterrey of Mexico; and Inter Milan of Italy. Teams qualified by winning the respective continental club championships of their confederation or through a ranking of their performance in competitions. Only two clubs per country were allowed to qualify unless three or four won their respective continental club championship. The 2025 edition of the FIFA Club World Cup was the first in the tournament's history to be played under its quadrennial format with 32 teams. ^[1] The group's matches are scheduled to begin on June 17 and concluded on June 25. ^[2]

Teams

The four teams in Group E were decided by the FIFA Club World Cup draw held by FIFA on December 5, 2024, in the Miami area. The 32 participants were divided into four pots based on their confederation and ranking within FIFA's club ranking system. ^[3] Each of the eight groups would receive one team from each pot. Teams from the same confederation could not be drawn into the same group except for those from UEFA, which had twelve slots; teams from the same national association were not able to be drawn into the same group. ^[4]

2025 FIFA Club World Cup Group E draw

Draw position	Team	Association [4]	Pot [4]	Confederation [4]	Method of qualification [3]	Date of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
E1	River Plate	Argentina	1	CONMEBOL	CONMEBOL four-year ranking (1st among eligible)	May 14, 2024 [5]	3rd	2018	Runners-up (2015)
E2	Urawa Red Diamonds	Japan	4	AFC	Winners of the 2022 AFC Champions League	May 6, 2023	4th	2023	Third place (2007)
E3	Monterrey	Mexico	3	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League	March 14, 2023 [a]	6th	2021	Third place (2012, 2019)
E4	Inter Milan	Italy	2	UEFA	UEFA four-year ranking (4th among eligible)	December 17, 2023	2nd	2010	Winners (2010)

Notes

1. Qualification was confirmed on this date by FIFA.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Inter Milan	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Monterrey	3	1	2	0	5	1	+4	5
3	River Plate	3	1	1	1	3	3	0	4
4	Urawa Red Diamonds	3	0	0	3	2	9	−7	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16: ^[6]

• The winners of Group E, Inter Milan, advanced to play the runners-up of Group F, Fluminense.
• The runners-up of Group E, Monterrey, advanced to play the winners of Group F, Borussia Dortmund.

Matches

Matches took place from June 17 to 25. All times listed are local.

River Plate vs Urawa Red Diamonds

June 17, 2025 (2025-06-17)

12:00 pm PDT

River Plate	3–1	Urawa Red Diamonds
Colidio 12' Driussi 48' Meza 73'	Report	Matsuo 58' (pen.)

Lumen Field, Seattle

Attendance: 11,974 ^[7]

Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

River Plate [8]

Urawa Red Diamonds [8]

GK 1 Franco Armani (c) RB 4 Gonzalo Montiel CB 6 Germán Pezzella  59' CB 28 Lucas Martínez Quarta LB 21 Marcos Acuña  58'  88' DM 24 Enzo Pérez  24'  46' CM 26 Ignacio Fernández  46' CM 22 Kevin Castaño RF 30 Franco Mastantuono CF 15 Sebastián Driussi  50' LF 11 Facundo Colidio  74' Substitutions: MF 8 Maximiliano Meza  46' MF 34 Giuliano Galoppo  90+2'  46' FW 9 Miguel Borja  50' MF 18 Pity Martínez  74' DF 20 Milton Casco  88' Manager: Marcelo Gallardo

GK 1 Shūsaku Nishikawa RB 4 Hirokazu Ishihara CB 3 Danilo Boza CB 5 Marius Høibråten (c) LB 88 Yōichi Naganuma  80' CM 11 Samuel Gustafson  34'  87' CM 25 Kaito Yasui  80' RW 77 Takurō Kaneko  71' AM 8 Matheus Sávio  71' LW 13 Ryōma Watanabe  87'  87' CF 24 Yūsuke Matsuo Substitutions: FW 12 Thiago Santana  71' MF 14 Takahiro Sekine  71' DF 26 Takuya Ogiwara  80' MF 6 Taishi Matsumoto  80' MF 9 Genki Haraguchi  87' Manager: Maciej Skorża

Man of the Match: Facundo Colidio (River Plate) [9] Assistant referees: [8] Robert Kempter (Germany) Christian Dietz (Germany) Fourth official: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand) Video assistant referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany) Assistant video assistant referee: Ivan Bebek (Croatia) Support video assistant referee: Hamza Al-Fariq (Morocco)

Monterrey vs Inter Milan

June 17, 2025 (2025-06-17)

6:00 pm PDT

Monterrey	1–1	Inter Milan
Ramos 25'	Report	L. Martínez 42'

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 40,311 ^[10]

Referee: Wilton Sampaio (Brazil)

Monterrey [11]

Inter Milan [11]

GK 1 Esteban Andrada CB 33 Stefan Medina CB 93 Sergio Ramos (c) CB 4 Víctor Guzmán RM 2 Ricardo Chávez  58' CM 10 Sergio Canales  89' CM 30 Jorge Rodríguez  45' CM 8 Óliver Torres  58' LM 3 Gerardo Arteaga CF 7 Germán Berterame  78' CF 29 Lucas Ocampos  89' Substitutions: DF 14 Érick Aguirre  58' MF 6 Nelson Deossa  58' MF 5 Fidel Ambríz  78' MF 19 Jordi Cortizo  89' FW 16 Johan Rojas  89' Manager: Domènec Torrent

GK 1 Yann Sommer CB 28 Benjamin Pavard  58' CB 15 Francesco Acerbi CB 95 Alessandro Bastoni RM 36 Matteo Darmian CM 23 Nicolò Barella  88' CM 21 Kristjan Asllani  61'  68' CM 22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan  78' LM 30 Carlos Augusto  68' CF 10 Lautaro Martínez (c)  90+6' CF 70 Sebastiano Esposito  58' Substitutions: MF 11 Luis Henrique  58' FW 9 Marcus Thuram  58' DF 32 Federico Dimarco  68' MF 8 Petar Sučić  68' MF 59 Nicola Zalewski  78' Manager: Cristian Chivu

Man of the Match: Sergio Ramos (Monterrey) [9] Assistant referees: [11] Bruno Boschilia (Brazil) Bruno Pires (Brazil) Fourth official: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay) Video assistant referee: Nicolás Gallo (Colombia) Assistant video assistant referee: Juan Lara (Chile) Support video assistant referee: Alejandro Hernández Hernández (Spain)

Inter Milan vs Urawa Red Diamonds

June 21, 2025 (2025-06-21)

12:00 pm PDT

Inter Milan	2–1	Urawa Red Diamonds
L. Martínez 78' Carboni 90+2'	Report	Watanabe 11'

Lumen Field, Seattle

Attendance: 25,090 ^[12]

Referee: Dahane Beida (Mauritania)

Inter Milan [13]

Urawa Red Diamonds [13]

GK 1 Yann Sommer CB 36 Matteo Darmian CB 6 Stefan de Vrij CB 30 Carlos Augusto RM 11 Luis Henrique  85' CM 21 Kristjan Asllani  72' CM 23 Nicolò Barella LM 32 Federico Dimarco  72' RF 70 Sebastiano Esposito  46' CF 10 Lautaro Martínez (c) LF 59 Nicola Zalewski  46' Substitutions: MF 22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan  46' FW 94 Francesco Pio Esposito  46' FW 45 Valentín Carboni  72' DF 95 Alessandro Bastoni  72' MF 8 Petar Sučić  85' Manager: Cristian Chivu

GK 1 Shūsaku Nishikawa  61' RB 4 Hirokazu Ishihara CB 3 Danilo Boza CB 5 Marius Høibråten (c) LB 88 Yōichi Naganuma  87' CM 25 Kaito Yasui CM 11 Samuel Gustafson  87' RW 77 Takurō Kaneko  66' AM 8 Matheus Sávio  79' LW 13 Ryōma Watanabe CF 24 Yūsuke Matsuo  79' Substitutions: MF 14 Takahiro Sekine  67'  66' MF 6 Taishi Matsumoto  79' FW 12 Thiago Santana  80'  79' MF 9 Genki Haraguchi  87' DF 26 Takuya Ogiwara  87' Manager: Maciej Skorża

Man of the Match: Ryōma Watanabe (Urawa Red Diamonds) [9] Assistant referees: [13] Jerson Emiliano dos Santos (Angola) Stephen Yiembe (Kenya) Fourth official: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand) Video assistant referee: Hamza Al-Fariq (Morocco) Assistant video assistant referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela) Support video assistant referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany)

River Plate vs Monterrey

June 21, 2025 (2025-06-21)

6:00 pm PDT

River Plate	0–0	Monterrey
	Report

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 57,393 ^[14]

Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

River Plate [15]

Monterrey [15]

GK 1 Franco Armani (c) RB 4 Gonzalo Montiel CB 28 Lucas Martínez Quarta CB 17 Paulo Díaz LB 21 Marcos Acuña DM 24 Enzo Pérez  17'  84' CM 22 Kevin Castaño  28'  90+1' CM 34 Giuliano Galoppo  56'  71' RF 30 Franco Mastantuono  84' CF 11 Facundo Colidio LF 8 Maximiliano Meza  63'  71' Substitutions: MF 26 Ignacio Fernández  71' FW 9 Miguel Borja  71' MF 5 Matías Kranevitter  84' MF 18 Pity Martínez  84' Manager: Marcelo Gallardo

GK 1 Esteban Andrada RB 14 Érick Aguirre  90' CB 33 Stefan Medina  66' CB 93 Sergio Ramos (c) LB 3 Gerardo Arteaga DM 30 Jorge Rodríguez  19'  79' CM 6 Nelson Deossa CM 10 Sergio Canales  88' RF 17 Jesús Manuel Corona  64' CF 7 Germán Berterame  64' LF 29 Lucas Ocampos  64' Substitutions: FW 31 Roberto de la Rosa  64' MF 5 Fidel Ambríz  90+2'  64' FW 16 Johan Rojas  64' DF 4 Víctor Guzmán  79' FW 11 Alfonso Alvarado  90'  88' Manager: Domènec Torrent

Man of the Match: Franco Mastantuono (River Plate) [9] Assistant referees: [15] Tomaž Klančnik (Slovenia) Andraž Kovačič (Slovenia) Fourth official: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay) Video assistant referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain) Assistant video assistant referee: Jérôme Brisard (France) Support video assistant referee: Rob Dieperink (Netherlands)

Inter Milan vs River Plate

June 25, 2025 (2025-06-25)

6:00 pm PDT

Inter Milan	2–0	River Plate
F. Esposito 72' Bastoni 90+3'	Report

Lumen Field, Seattle

Attendance: 45,135 ^[16]

Referee: Ilgiz Tantashev (Uzbekistan)

Inter Milan [17]

River Plate [17]

GK 1 Yann Sommer CB 36 Matteo Darmian  83' CB 15 Francesco Acerbi CB 95 Alessandro Bastoni  30' RM 2 Denzel Dumfries  90+4' CM 23 Nicolò Barella  62' CM 21 Kristjan Asllani CM 22 Henrikh Mkhitaryan LM 32 Federico Dimarco  62' CF 10 Lautaro Martínez (c)  73' CF 94 Francesco Pio Esposito  83' Substitutions: MF 8 Petar Sučić  62' DF 30 Carlos Augusto  77'  62' FW 45 Valentín Carboni  73' FW 70 Sebastiano Esposito  85'  83' DF 6 Stefan de Vrij  83' Manager: Cristian Chivu

GK 1 Franco Armani (c) RB 4 Gonzalo Montiel  22'  90+5' CB 28 Lucas Martínez Quarta  65' CB 17 Paulo Díaz  88' LB 21 Marcos Acuña DM 5 Matías Kranevitter  61' CM 8 Maximiliano Meza  55' CM 29 Rodrigo Aliendro  61' RF 30 Franco Mastantuono CF 9 Miguel Borja LF 11 Facundo Colidio  68' Substitutions: MF 26 Ignacio Fernández  55' MF 10 Manuel Lanzini  77'  61' MF 35 Giorgio Costantini  61' DF 6 Germán Pezzella  68' Manager: Marcelo Gallardo

Man of the Match: Francesco Pio Esposito (Inter Milan) [9] Assistant referees: [17] Andrey Tsapenko (Uzbekistan) Timur Gaynullin (Uzbekistan) Fourth official: Campbell-Kirk Kawana-Waugh (New Zealand) Video assistant referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar) Assistant video assistant referee: Shaun Evans (Australia) Support video assistant referee: Tatiana Guzmán (Nicaragua)

Urawa Red Diamonds vs Monterrey

June 25, 2025 (2025-06-25)

6:00 pm PDT

Urawa Red Diamonds	0–4	Monterrey
	Report	Deossa 30' Berterame 34', 90+7' Corona 39'

Rose Bowl, Pasadena

Attendance: 14,312 ^[18]

Referee: Felix Zwayer (Germany)

Urawa Red Diamonds [19]

Monterrey [19]

GK 1 Shūsaku Nishikawa RB 14 Takahiro Sekine (c)  68' CB 3 Danilo Boza CB 5 Marius Høibråten LB 88 Yōichi Naganuma CM 25 Kaito Yasui  81' CM 11 Samuel Gustafson  46' RW 77 Takurō Kaneko  46' AM 13 Ryōma Watanabe LW 8 Matheus Sávio  70' CF 24 Yūsuke Matsuo Substitutions: MF 6 Taishi Matsumoto  46' FW 12 Thiago Santana  46' DF 26 Takuya Ogiwara  68' MF 21 Tomoaki Ōkubo  70' FW 41 Rio Nitta  81' Manager: Maciej Skorża

GK 1 Esteban Andrada RB 2 Ricardo Chávez CB 33 Stefan Medina  85' CB 93 Sergio Ramos (c) LB 21 Luis Reyes  65' DM 5 Fidel Ambríz  84' CM 6 Nelson Deossa CM 8 Óliver Torres AM 17 Jesús Manuel Corona  65' CF 7 Germán Berterame CF 11 Alfonso Alvarado  65' Substitutions: DF 3 Gerardo Arteaga  65' MF 37 Iker Fimbres  65' FW 31 Roberto de la Rosa  65' MF 19 Jordi Cortizo  84' DF 4 Víctor Guzmán  85' Manager: Domènec Torrent

Man of the Match: Germán Berterame (Monterrey) [9] Assistant referees: [19] Robert Kempter (Germany) Christian Dietz (Germany) Fourth official: Gustavo Tejera (Uruguay) Video assistant referee: Bastian Dankert (Germany) Assistant video assistant referee: Bram Van Driessche (Belgium) Support video assistant referee: Mohammed Obaid Khadim (United Arab Emirates)

Discipline

Fair play points would have been used as tiebreakers if the overall and head-to-head records of teams were tied. These were calculated based on yellow and red cards received in all group matches as follows: ^[6]

• first yellow card: −1 point;
• indirect red card (second yellow card): −3 points;
• direct red card: −4 points;
• yellow card and direct red card: −5 points;

Only one of the above deductions was applied to a player in a single match.

Team	Match 1				Match 2				Match 3				Points
Urawa Red Diamonds	2				3								–5
Monterrey	1				5								–6
Inter Milan	3								4				–7
River Plate	4				3	1			2	1	1		–19

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External links

• Official website