2025 FIFA Club World Cup Group A

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.^[3] 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.^[4] For scheduling purposes, Inter Miami CF were automatically placed in Group A but remained in their assigned Pot 4 position.

2025 FIFA Club World Cup Group A draw

Draw position	Team	Association[4]	Pot[4]	Confederation[4]	Method of qualification[3]	Date of qualification	Appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance
A1	Palmeiras	Brazil	1	CONMEBOL	Winners of the 2021 Copa Libertadores	March 14, 2023[a]	3rd	2021	Runners-up (2021)
A2	Porto	Portugal	2	UEFA	UEFA four-year ranking (5th among eligible)	December 17, 2023	1st	—	—
A3	Al Ahly	Egypt	3	CAF	Winners of the 2020–21 CAF Champions League	March 14, 2023[a]	10th	2023	Third place (2020, 2021, 2023)
A4	Inter Miami CF	United States	4	CONCACAF	Winners of the 2024 MLS Supporters' Shield	October 19, 2024[5]	1st	—	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Palmeiras	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2	5[a]	Advance to knockout stage
2	Inter Miami CF	3	1	2	0	4	3	+1	5[a]
3	Porto	3	0	2	1	5	6	−1	2[b]
4	Al Ahly	3	0	2	1	4	6	−2	2[b]

In the round of 16:^[6]

• 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.

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:^[6]

• 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.

Team	Match 1				Match 2				Match 3				Points
Porto	2								1				−3
Inter Miami CF	4								1				−5
Palmeiras	3				4								−7
Al Ahly	1				3				4				−8

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