2025 FIFA Club World Cup Group C

Group C 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: Bayern Munich of Germany; Auckland City of New Zealand; Boca Juniors of Argentina; and Benfica of Portugal. 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. The group's matches began on June 15 and concluded on June 24.

Teams

The four teams in Group C 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.

Standings

In the round of 16:

• The winners of Group C, Benfica, advanced to play the runners-up of Group D, Chelsea.
• The runners-up of Group C, Bayern Munich, advanced to play the winners of Group D, Flamengo.

Matches

Matches took place from June 15 to 24. All times listed are local.

Bayern Munich vs Auckland City

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Boca Juniors vs Benfica

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Benfica vs Auckland City

At 1:06&nbsp;pm EDT, during the half-time break, the match was interrupted due to adverse weather conditions. The match was resumed at 3:20&nbsp;pm EDT.

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Bayern Munich vs Boca Juniors

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Auckland City vs Boca Juniors

At 3:21&nbsp;pm CDT, in the 54th minute, the match was interrupted due to adverse weather conditions. The match was resumed at 4:10&nbsp;pm.

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Benfica vs Bayern Munich

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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.

Notes

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