IFFHS STATS - CLUB WORLD CUP
Picture : Jamal Musiala scored the first hat-trick in Club World Cup history, coming off the bench. (At the World Cup for nations, the only hat-trick by a substitute was achieved by Hungarian Laszlo Kiss in 1982 against El Salvador).
Club World Cup statistics (Group stage, 15 June)
Inter Miami vs Al Ahly Cairo 0-0 (Group A)
*Mahmoud Trezeguet who missed a penalty in the starting game of the tournament failed to convert it in 4 of his 10 attempts in his professional career.
Bayern vs Auckland City 10-0 (Group C)
*Already in the second match of the new Club World Cup, the new record of largest win has been set. The biggest margin in World Cups, compiling both club and country level, was previously 9 goals (Hungary vs South Korea 9-0 in 1954, Yugoslavia vs Zaire 9-0 in 1974, Hungary vs El Salvador 10-1 in 1982).
In the Club World Cups only the record is doubled at once. At the old format of the competition, the biggest win was with 5-goal margin (Al Hilal vs Al Jazeera 6-1, February 2022).
*Bayern became the first team in history to score 6 goals in the first half at the Club World Cup.
They last led by 6 goals at half-time in a competitive match on 10 March 2012 against Hoffenheim in the Bundesliga (also 6-0).
*Bayern last scored 10+ goals in an official international match on 28 September 1983, when they beat Anorthosis of Cyprus 10-0 in the UEFA Cup.
Now they have repeated their historical record in international games.
*A curious comparison: earlier this season, Bayern kicked off the new Champions League format with a 9-2 win against Dinamo Zagreb which became the new record for UCL as well (regarding goals scored by a team in a single game).
*All the first 4 goals at the Club World Cup under new format were scored by French players of Bayern: Kingsley Coman, Sacha Boey, Michael Olise and again Kingsley Coman.
*Michael Olise has scored in each of his last 5 competitive matches for Bayern: his best scoring streak at club level since the start of his professional career.
*Jamal Musiala scored the first hat-trick in Club World Cup history, coming off the bench. (At the World Cup for nations, the only hat-trick by a substitute was achieved by Hungarian Laszlo Kiss in 1982 against El Salvador).
*Thomas Müller who scored a brace, became the 3rd oldest goal-scorers at the Club World Cup (35 years 275 days), behind only:
Javier Zanetti (at 37 years 127 days),
Karim Benzema (at 35 years 361 days).
Paris St. Germain vs Atlético Madrid 4-0 (Group B)
*PSG became the first French club in history to compete in an official competition organized by FIFA.
*It’s Atlético Madrid's joint-heaviest defeat under Diego Simeone in official international competitions, along with:
0-4 vs Borussia Dortmund 4-0 on 24 October 2018 (Champions League),
0-4 vs Bayern on 21 October 2020 (Champions League),
0-4 vs Benfica on 2 October 2024 (Champions League).
*PSG won their last 3 matches across all competitions by an aggregate score of 12-0.
*PSG have now scored 105 goals across all competitions in 2025, more than an club from the top 5 European leagues (next are Barcelona with 102 goals, Real Madrid with 79.
*Diego Simeone became the 2nd coach whom Luis Enrique beat 10+ times during his career (after Ernesto Valverde, 11 wins).
*It’s PSG’s 14th win with 4+ goal difference in this season (in all competitions).
*Senny Mayulu became the youngest European goal-scorer in history at the Club World Cup (19 years 29 days), surpassing Nicolas Anelka who scored for Real Madrid against Al Nassr on 5 January 2000 at 20 years 297 days.
Palmeiras vs Porto 0-0 (Group A)
*3 of the last 4 official matches between European and South American clubs ended in a draw after 90 minutes, including Liverpool vs Flamengo (0-00 in 2019 and Chelsea vs Palmeiras 1-1 in 2022 (but both Liverpool and Chelsea won then in extra time).
In the remaining game, Manchester City crushed Fluminense 4-0 in 2023.