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Fifa Club World Cup 2025: Al Ain to play Premier League champions Man City on June 22

The 14-time UAE league champions take on Serie A giants Juventus in their Group G opener in the tournament to be played in the United States

Published: Sat 7 Dec 2024, 3:50 PM

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Photo: WAM file

Photo: WAM file

Record UAE Pro League champions Al Ain will begin their FIfa Club World Cup 2025 campaign against Italian Serie A giants Juventus, football's governing body Fifa said on Saturday.

Fifa released the match schedule for the expanded 32-club competition scheduled to take place in the United States from Saturday, June 14, to Sunday, July 13, 2025.


And the schedule sees Al Ain, 14-time UAE league champions, pencilled in to take on 36-time Serie A winners Juventus in their Group G opener at the Audi Field in Washington at 6pm UAE time on Thursday, June 18.

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The garden city club will then go up against Premier League champions Abu Dhabi-owned Manchester City at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, at 6am UAE time on Monday, June 22.

Al Ain's last match of the group stage is against Wydad Casablanca on Thursday, June 26, at Audi Field in Washington.

The tournament will kick-off with Lionel Messi's Inter Miami taking on Egypt's Al Ahly at the Hard Rock Stadium on Saturday, June 14.

MetLife Stadium in New York will host one of the quarterfinals as well as both the semifinals and the final on Sunday, July 13, 2025.

Fifa also confirmed that the initial ticket sales phase for all 48 group stage matches will open on Thursday, December 19.

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