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Everything worth knowing in advance

On 14 June, the biggest and most important club tournament of all time is starting with the FIFA Club World Cup 2025! Our Red Bulls will begin their adventure a few days later, with their opening match on Wednesday 18 June against Pachuca CF. With the countdown for the Club World Cup running and our excitement about it all rising by the day, we have summarised all the key info for you here.

Fixtures Tickets How it works Qualification TV, Streaming & more Trophy Tour Base Camp & venues

Tickets for our matches and others at the Club World Cup

Until 20 May, you have the opportunity to buy tickets in our fan sectors and support our Red Bulls on their historic journey in the USA in group stage matches against CF Pachuca (Cincinnati), Al Hilal (Washington D.C.) and Real Madrid (Philadelphia).

Tickets are available on the official FIFA ticketing portal. Please note - you must declare yourself a fan of FC Salzburg when registering your account! Only then can you select tickets in our 'club fans' section. Up to six tickets per person can be purchased for each match.

to the fifa Ticket portal There are also special Ticket Packs available, which give you a right to access 2026 World Cup presales:

Details on Ticket Packs

Group opponents and fixtures

It all starts for us on Wednesday 18 June (18:00 local time/24:00 Austrian time) in Cincinnati against our Mexican opponents CF Pachuca. On Sunday 22 June (18:00 local time/24:00 Austrian time) we will then go to Washington D. C. to face Al Hilal, before we have our final group stage match against Real Madrid in Philadelphia on Thursday 26 June (21:00 local time/03:00 Austrian time).

We have already taken a closer look at our group-stage opponents in an article you can read below.

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The entire tournament structure with all 63 matches and possible knockout pairings can be VIEWED AS A PDF HERE. This fixture list still contains Club Leon, who will not be taking part. Their spot will be taken by the winners of a play-off (still to be scheduled) between CF America (MEX) and Los Angeles FC (USA).

TV, streaming & more | Where will the Club World Cup be broadcast?

All the matches of the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup will be broadcast for free on streaming service DAZN, for which you just need an account (with no subscription needed).

We will of course provide all the information about our matches on our usual channels, with details to follow.

FIFA Club World Cup Trophy Tour in Salzburg

The biggest prize in club football came to Salzburg - the spectacular newly created Club World Cup trophy was paraded through the cities of the clubs represented as part of an official Trophy Tour, including in our beloved home city! On Saturday 29 March the showpiece was exhibited to the public at the Theaterplatz in Europark.

Details and a picture gallery can be found here:

Trophy Tour in Salzburg

How the Club World Cup works - and more

All eyes in the world of football will be on the competition between 15 June and 13 July 2025, as 32 teams from across the world meet in the USA for the first competition of its kind. The World Cup is designed to bring the most successful club teams from the six international confederations AFC, CAF, CONCACAF, CONMEBOL, OFC and UEFA together every four years.

The 32 participating teams are divided into eight groups of four teams each. There will be three matches for each team in the group stage, with the first and second in each group making the last 16. The knockout stage will see individual ties decide progression, before the world champions are crowned in a final.

How did our Red Bulls qualify?

The key to our qualification was our performances in the UEFA Champions League between 2020/21 and 2023/24. A total of 12 European teams qualified, with the last four Champions League winners making it, while the remaining eight places were allocated according to UEFA club coefficients. A maximum of two teams per nation were allowed to qualify via that route.

Base Camp and venues

Our team and staff will travel to the USA on 13 June, some five days before the first match. Our base camp for the tournament will be in New Jersey, from where we will fly (to Cincinnati and Washington) and take the bus (to Philadelphia) to our matches. We will train in the New York Red Bulls training centre around 15 minutes away.

Overview of all 12 Club World Cup stadiums: