FIFA’s revamped expanded Club World Cup kicks off on Saturday and most fans’ eyes will be firmly fixed on the plethora of soccer superstars competing for up to $125 million, but look closer and you’ll see a team of amateurs on the pitch too.

Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich thrashed Auckland City FC in Cincinnati, in the United States’ Ohio, on Sunday (June 15, 2025), recording the biggest win in the history of the Club World Cup. Bayern defeated the New Zealand football club 10-0.

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Taking place from June 14 to July 13 in the US, FIFA Club World Cup 2025 sees 32 teams pitted against each other in a World Cup-style expanded format.

The plan was for the best 32 club sides to finally end the arguments over who is by far the greatest team the world has ever seen, but whether it will or not is another matter. We’ve never had a tournament like this,

TQL Stadium was a sea of red on Sunday as the first of four FIFA Club World Cup matches in Cincinnati opened with Bayern Munich taking on Auckland City FC.