2025 FIFA Club World Cup Group A

Group A 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: Palmeiras of Brazil; Porto of Portugal; Al Ahly of Egypt; and host Inter Miami CF of the United States. Teams qualified by winning the respective continental club championships of their confederation, through a ranking of their performance in competitions, or as the representative of the host association. 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. The group's matches began on June 14 and concluded on June 23.

Teams

The four teams in Group A 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. 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. For scheduling purposes, Inter Miami CF were automatically placed in Group A but remained in their assigned Pot 4 position.

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Standings

In the round of 16:

• The winners of Group A, Palmeiras, advanced to play the runners-up of Group B, Botafogo.
• The runners-up of Group A, Inter Miami CF, advanced to play the winners of Group B, Paris Saint-Germain.

Matches

Matches took place from June 14 to 23. All times listed are local.

Al Ahly vs Inter Miami CF

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Palmeiras vs Porto

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Palmeiras vs Al Ahly

The teams had faced each other at the FIFA Club World Cup on two previous occasions, with Al Ahly winning 3–2 on penalties in 2020, and Palmeiras winning 2–0 in the 2021 edition.

At 1:29&nbsp;pm EDT, in the 63rd minute, the match was interrupted due to adverse weather conditions. The match was resumed at 2:15 pm EDT.

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Inter Miami CF vs Porto

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Inter Miami CF vs Palmeiras

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Porto vs Al Ahly

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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:

• 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.

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