IFFHS STATS - CLUB WORLD CUP
Picture : It was Lionel Messi’s 68th direct free-kick goal for club and country.
Club World Cup statistics (Group stage, 19-20 June)
Palmeiras vs Al Ahly Cairo 2-0 (Group A)
*José López (Argentina) scored in each of the 5 competitions he played with Palmeiras in 2025: Brasileirão, Copa do Brasil, Campeonato Paulista, Copa Libertadores and now also Club World Cup.
Inter Miami vs Porto 2-1 (Group A)
*Inter Miami is the first ever CONCACAF club to defeat a European opponent in an official FIFA tournament.
Of 13 previous matches of this rivalry, 10 won European teams and 3 were drawn.
*Porto became the first UEFA club to lose to any non-European team at the Club World Cup since Chelsea against Corinthians on 16 December 2012.
*Lionel Messi who scored the winnng goal has never lost to a Portuguese team in official club competition (7 wins, 2 draws in 9 games).
*It was Messi’s 50th goal for Inter Miami (in 61 appearances).
*Messi is now CWC’s joint-second top scorer with 6 goals, alongside Karim Benzema and Gareth Bale and behind only Cristiano Ronaldo (7).
*Messi is the all-time leading scorer in FIFA tournaments (25 goals) combining any categories:
13 in the World Cup for national teams,
6 in the Club World Cup,
6 in the U-20 World Cup.
*It was Messi’s 68th direct free-kick goal for club and country. He scored them in 12 different competitions (plus international friendlies).
*Messi became the 2nd oldest goal-scorer at the Club World Cup (37 years 360 days), following Sergio Ramos (39 years 80 days).
Seattle Sounders vs Atlético Madrid 1-3 (Group B)
*Atlético Madrid have won 8 of their last 9 matches against teams they have faced for the first time in all competitions, with their only defeat coming to Lille in the group phase of the 2024-25 Champions League in October.
*Atlético are doing their 2nd highest-scoring season: 112 goals (in 57 matches).
They were more prolific only in the 2013-14 campaign (116 goals in 61 matches).
*Biggest game personally for Pablo Barrios, who scored his first brace in professional football.
*Yet another “old goal”: Atlético’s Axel Witsel scored it at 36 years 188 days. Of 6 oldest goals in CWC history (any formats), 5 were scored in this edition.
*Before this goal, Witsel had gone 31 consecutive matches without scoring (for club and country) since his goal against Villarreal in April 2024.
In international club competitions, the Belgian midfielder has last scored 5 years ago (for Zenit vs Borussia Dortmund in Champions League).
Paris St. Germain vs Botafogo 0-1
*A CONMEBOL team (Botafogo) has defeated the reigning European champions (PSG) in a FIFA tournament for the first time in 13 years, since Corinthians against Chelsea on 16 December 2012.
*CONMEBOL clubs remain undefeated in this edition of Club World Cup, after 8 matches played, with 5 wins and 3 draws.
*PSG reached the 60-match mark in a season in official competitions for the first time since the 2010/11 season (also 60).
*PSG became the first French club in history to face a non-European club in official competition.
*PSG were trailing at halftime in an international club competition for the first time since 26 November 2024, against Bayern Munich.
*PSG have lost 6 of their 16 group/league matches in international competitions under Luis Enrique (with 7 wins and 3 draws).
*Igor Jesus has scored in each of his last 4 international competition matches: in the last 2 group stage matches of the Copa Libertadores and in the first 2 matches of this Club World Cup.