2025 FIFA Club World Cup Group G

Group G 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: Manchester City of England; Wydad AC of Morocco; Al Ain of the United Arab Emirates; and Juventus 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 began on June 18 and concluded on June 26. ^[2]

Teams

The four teams in Group G 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 G draw

Draw position	Team	Association [4]	Pot [4]	Confederation [4]	Method of qualification [3]	Date of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
G1	Manchester City	England	1	UEFA	Winners of the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League	June 10, 2023	2nd	2023	Winners (2023)
G2	Wydad AC	Morocco	3	CAF	Winners of the 2021–22 CAF Champions League	March 14, 2023 [a]	3rd	2022	Sixth place (2017), Second round (2022)
G3	Al Ain	United Arab Emirates	4	AFC	Winners of the 2023–24 AFC Champions League	May 25, 2024	2nd	2018	Runners-up (2018)
G4	Juventus	Italy	2	UEFA	UEFA four-year ranking (8th among eligible)	March 12, 2024	1st	—	—

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	Manchester City	3	3	0	0	13	2	+11	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Juventus	3	2	0	1	11	6	+5	6
3	Al Ain	3	1	0	2	2	12	−10	3
4	Wydad AC	3	0	0	3	2	8	−6	0

Source: FIFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the round of 16: ^[5]

• The winners of Group G, Manchester City, advanced to play the runners-up of Group H, Al-Hilal.
• The runners-up of Group G, Juventus, advanced to play the winners of Group H, Real Madrid.

Matches

Matches took place from June 18 to 26. All times listed are local.

Manchester City vs Wydad AC

June 18, 2025 (2025-06-18)

12:00 pm EDT

Manchester City	2–0	Wydad AC
Foden 2' Doku 42'	Report

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Attendance: 37,446 ^[6]

Referee: Ramon Abatti (Brazil)

Manchester City [7]

Wydad AC [7]

GK 31 Ederson (c) RB 82 Rico Lewis  88' CB 22 Vitor Reis CB 6 Nathan Aké LB 75 Nico O'Reilly  90+1' RM 26 Savinho  90+2' CM 47 Phil Foden  59' CM 4 Tijjani Reijnders LM 11 Jérémy Doku  59' CF 29 Rayan Cherki  59' CF 7 Omar Marmoush  68' Substitutions: FW 9 Erling Haaland  59' MF 16 Rodri  59' FW 52 Oscar Bobb  59' MF 19 İlkay Gündoğan  68' MF 27 Matheus Nunes  90+2' Manager: Pep Guardiola

GK 12 Mehdi Benabid CB 72 Guilherme Ferreira CB 14 Abdelmounaim Boutouil CB 22 Bart Meijers  75' RM 18 Fahd Moufi CM 23 Oussama Zemraoui  61' CM 19 El Mehdi El Moubarik LM 2 Mohamed Moufid RF 11 Nordin Amrabat (c)  61' CF 21 Cassius Mailula  16'  46' LF 4 Thembinkosi Lorch  84' Substitutions: FW 8 Mohamed Rayhi  46' MF 7 Mickaël Malsa  61' FW 9 Samuel Obeng  61' MF 5 Ismail Moutaraji  75' MF 25 Stephane Aziz Ki  84' Manager: Mohamed Amine Benhachem

Man of the Match: Phil Foden (Manchester City) [8] Assistant referees: [7] Danilo Manis (Brazil) Rafael Alves (Brazil) Fourth official: Ma Ning (China) Video assistant referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela) Assistant video assistant referee: Érick Miranda (Mexico) Support video assistant referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)

Al Ain vs Juventus

June 18, 2025 (2025-06-18)

9:00 pm EDT

Al Ain	0–5	Juventus
	Report	Kolo Muani 11', 45+4' Conceição 21', 58' Yıldız 31'

Audi Field, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 18,161 ^[9]

Referee: Tori Penso (United States)

Al Ain [10]

Juventus [10]

GK 1 Rui Patrício CB 14 Marcel Ratnik CB 25 Ramy Rabia CB 3 Kouame Autonne  68' RWB 70 Abdoul Karim Traoré  90+3' LWB 36 Facundo Zabala CM 10 Kaku  76' CM 5 Park Yong-woo  76' CM 20 Matías Palacios  68' CF 9 Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba (c) CF 21 Soufiane Rahimi  90+2' Substitutions: MF 6 Yahia Nader  68' DF 56 Amadou Niang  68' DF 97 Adis Jašić  76' MF 28 Nassim Chadli  76' MF 80 Joshua Udoh  90+2' Manager: Vladimir Ivić

GK 29 Michele Di Gregorio CB 15 Pierre Kalulu CB 37 Nicolò Savona  70' CB 6 Lloyd Kelly RM 2 Alberto Costa CM 16 Weston McKennie (c)  5' CM 19 Khéphren Thuram  46' LM 27 Andrea Cambiaso  16'  46' RF 7 Francisco Conceição  60' CF 20 Randal Kolo Muani  70' LF 10 Kenan Yıldız  62' Substitutions: MF 26 Douglas Luiz  46' FW 22 Timothy Weah  46' MF 8 Teun Koopmeiners  62' FW 9 Dušan Vlahović  70' DF 4 Federico Gatti  82'  70' Manager: Igor Tudor

Man of the Match: Randal Kolo Muani (Juventus) [8] Assistant referees: [10] Brooke Mayo (United States) Kathryn Nesbitt (United States) Fourth official: Jean-Jacques Ndala (DR Congo) Video assistant referee: Armando Villarreal (United States) Assistant video assistant referee: Guillermo Pacheco (Mexico) Support video assistant referee: Fu Ming (China)

Juventus vs Wydad AC

June 22, 2025 (2025-06-22)

12:00 pm EDT

Juventus	4–1	Wydad AC
Boutouil 6' (o.g.) Yıldız 16', 69' Vlahović 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Lorch 25'

Lincoln Financial Field, Philadelphia

Attendance: 31,975 ^[11]

Referee: Saíd Martínez (Honduras)

Juventus [12]

Wydad AC [12]

GK 29 Michele Di Gregorio CB 15 Pierre Kalulu CB 37 Nicolò Savona CB 6 Lloyd Kelly RM 2 Alberto Costa  72' CM 16 Weston McKennie (c)  46' CM 19 Khéphren Thuram  77' LM 27 Andrea Cambiaso RF 7 Francisco Conceição  72' CF 20 Randal Kolo Muani  72' LF 10 Kenan Yıldız  85' Substitutions: MF 8 Teun Koopmeiners  46' MF 5 Manuel Locatelli  72' FW 11 Nicolás González  72' FW 9 Dušan Vlahović  72' DF 4 Federico Gatti  85' Manager: Igor Tudor

GK 12 Mehdi Benabid CB 72 Guilherme Ferreira  51' CB 14 Abdelmounaim Boutouil  78' CB 22 Bart Meijers  22'  46' RM 18 Fahd Moufi  87' CM 19 El Mehdi El Moubarik CM 23 Oussama Zemraoui  78' LM 2 Mohamed Moufid RF 11 Nordin Amrabat (c) CF 9 Samuel Obeng  46' LF 4 Thembinkosi Lorch Substitutions: FW 26 Selemani Mwalimu  46' FW 99 Omar Al Somah  46' DF 16 Jamal Harkass  78' FW 21 Cassius Mailula  78' MF 25 Stephane Aziz Ki  87' Manager: Mohamed Amine Benhachem

Man of the Match: Kenan Yıldız (Juventus) [8] Assistant referees: [12] Walter López (Honduras) Christian Ramírez (Honduras) Fourth official: Ma Ning (China) Video assistant referee: Erick Miranda (Mexico) Assistant video assistant referee: Shaun Evans (Australia) Support video assistant referee: Khamis Al-Marri (Qatar)

Manchester City vs Al Ain

June 22, 2025 (2025-06-22)

9:00 pm EDT

Manchester City	6–0	Al Ain
Gündoğan 8', 73' Echeverri 27' Haaland 45+5' (pen.) Bobb 84' Cherki 89'	Report

Mercedes-Benz Stadium, Atlanta

Attendance: 40,392 ^[13]

Referee: Mustapha Ghorbal (Algeria)

Manchester City [14]

Al Ain [14]

GK 18 Stefan Ortega CB 45 Abdukodir Khusanov  58'  61' CB 25 Manuel Akanji CB 24 Joško Gvardiol  73' RM 27 Matheus Nunes CM 14 Nico González  61' CM 19 İlkay Gündoğan LM 21 Rayan Aït-Nouri RF 20 Bernardo Silva (c)  73' CF 9 Erling Haaland LF 30 Claudio Echeverri  46' Substitutions: MF 47 Phil Foden  46' FW 52 Oscar Bobb  61' MF 16 Rodri  61' MF 29 Rayan Cherki  73' DF 3 Rúben Dias  73' Manager: Pep Guardiola

GK 17 Khalid Eisa (c) CB 56 Amadou Niang CB 5 Park Yong-woo CB 25 Ramy Rabia  45+4' RWB 97 Adis Jašić LWB 36 Facundo Zabala  25'  62' RM 28 Nassim Chadli  74' CM 6 Yahia Nader  46' CM 70 Abdoul Karim Traoré LM 8 Mohammed Abbas  62' CF 21 Soufiane Rahimi  46' Substitutions: FW 9 Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba  46' MF 20 Matías Palacios  46' FW 10 Kaku  62' MF 15 Erik  62' MF 19 Mateo Sanabria  74' Manager: Vladimir Ivić

Man of the Match: İlkay Gündoğan (Manchester City) [8] Assistant referees: [14] Mokrane Gourari (Algeria) Abbes Akram Zerhouni (Algeria) Fourth official: Alireza Faghani (Australia) Video assistant referee: Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt) Assistant video assistant referee: Leodán González (Uruguay) Support video assistant referee: Fu Ming (China)

Juventus vs Manchester City

June 26, 2025 (2025-06-26)

3:00 pm EDT

Juventus	2–5	Manchester City
Koopmeiners 11' Vlahović 84'	Report	Doku 9' Kalulu 26' (o.g.) Haaland 52' Foden 69' Savinho 75'

Camping World Stadium, Orlando

Attendance: 54,320 ^[15]

Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

Juventus [16]

Manchester City [16]

GK 29 Michele Di Gregorio CB 15 Pierre Kalulu  64' CB 37 Nicolò Savona  60' CB 6 Lloyd Kelly RM 2 Alberto Costa  57' CM 5 Manuel Locatelli (c)  57' CM 16 Weston McKennie  83' LM 18 Filip Kostić RF 11 Nicolás González CF 9 Dušan Vlahović LF 8 Teun Koopmeiners  57' Substitutions: MF 19 Khéphren Thuram  57' DF 27 Andrea Cambiaso  57' FW 10 Kenan Yıldız  57' DF 4 Federico Gatti  60' MF 17 Vasilije Adžić  83' Manager: Igor Tudor

GK 31 Ederson RB 27 Matheus Nunes CB 3 Rúben Dias CB 25 Manuel Akanji LB 21 Rayan Aït-Nouri  75' DM 16 Rodri  66' CM 20 Bernardo Silva (c)  75' CM 4 Tijjani Reijnders RF 26 Savinho CF 7 Omar Marmoush  46' LF 11 Jérémy Doku  66' Substitutions: FW 9 Erling Haaland  46' MF 19 İlkay Gündoğan  66' MF 47 Phil Foden  66' MF 29 Rayan Cherki  75' MF 75 Nico O'Reilly  75' Manager: Pep Guardiola

Man of the Match: Jérémy Doku (Manchester City) [8] Assistant referees: [16] Nicolas Danos (France) Benjamin Pagès (France) Fourth official: István Kovács (Romania) Video assistant referee: Jérôme Brisard (France) Assistant video assistant referee: Hernán Mastrángelo (Argentina) Support video assistant referee: Armando Villarreal (United States)

Wydad AC vs Al Ain

June 26, 2025 (2025-06-26)

3:00 pm EDT

Wydad AC	1–2	Al Ain
Mailula 4'	Report	Laba 45+1' (pen.) Kaku 50'

Audi Field, Washington, D.C.

Attendance: 10,785 ^[17]

Referee: Drew Fischer (Canada)

Wydad AC [18]

Al Ain [18]

GK 12 Mehdi Benabid RB 2 Mohamed Moufid CB 72 Guilherme Ferreira CB 16 Jamal Harkass  55' LB 24 Ayoub Boucheta CM 23 Oussama Zemraoui  79' CM 19 El Mehdi El Moubarik  79' RW 11 Nordin Amrabat (c)  83' AM 21 Cassius Mailula  62' LW 4 Thembinkosi Lorch CF 99 Omar Al Somah  62' Substitutions: DF 22 Bart Meijers  55' FW 26 Selemani Mwalimu  68'  62' FW 9 Samuel Obeng  62' MF 27 Ismael Benktib  90+3'  79' MF 5 Ismail Moutaraji  79' Manager: Mohamed Amine Benhachem

GK 1 Rui Patrício CB 4 Yahya Ben Khaleq CM 5 Park Yong-woo CB 25 Ramy Rabia RWB 97 Adis Jašić  64' LWB 36 Facundo Zabala CM 10 Kaku  64' CM 70 Abdoul Karim Traoré  45+2' CM 20 Matías Palacios  10'  90+3' CF 9 Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba (c)  87' CF 21 Soufiane Rahimi  90+3' Substitutions: MF 28 Nassim Chadli  64' MF 8 Mohammed Abbas  64' MF 6 Yahia Nader  87' FW 13 Houssine Rahimi  90+3' DF 56 Amadou Niang  90+3' Manager: Vladimir Ivić

Man of the Match: Kodjo Fo-Doh Laba (Al Ain) [8] Assistant referees: [18] Micheal Barwegen (Canada) Lyes Arfa (Canada) Fourth official: Juan Gabriel Benítez (Paraguay) Video assistant referee: Fu Ming (China) Assistant video assistant referee: Mahmoud Ashour (Egypt) Support video assistant referee: Juan Soto (Venezuela)

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: ^[5]

• 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
Manchester City			1		1								−5
Al Ain	1				2				2				−5
Juventus	4				1				1				−6
Wydad AC	1				2				3				−6

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External links

• Official website