IFFHS DAILY STATS - CLUB WORLD CUP FINAL 2025
Club World Cup statistics (Final, 13 July)
Chelsea vs PSG 3-0
*Chelsea ended their winless streak against PSG. This is Chelsea's first win over PSG since 2014. From then until the CWC final there were 2 their defeats and 2 draws.
*PSG have not been losing by at least 3 goals at half-time in an international competition since 15 January 1997. Then PSG lost to Juventus in the UEFA Super Cup (0:4 after 1st half, 1:6 the final score).
In domestic competition (Ligue 1), it last happened in February 2022 when PSG were down by a three-goal margin at half-time vs Nantes.
*Enzo Maresca has won his second trophy with Chelsea. Chelsea won the Conference League earlier in the 2024/25 season and qualified for the Champions League next season, finishing fourth in the Premier League table.
The team was playing their first season under Maresca.
*PSG missed the chance to win their 5th trophy this season, following the Cup, Super Cup, French league and Champions League.
*Chelsea became the 5th team to win multiple Club World Cup titles (including previous formats), after Real Madrid (6), Barcelona (3), Bayern Munich (2) and Corinthians (2).
*England moved into second place on the number of CWC trophies (5). Spain remains in first place with 8 victories (Real Madrid 5 and Barcelona 3).
England's victors are Chelsea (twice), Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool (all one each).
Brazil is the third with 4 victories: Corinthians (twice), Sao Paulo and Internacional (one each).
*Chelsea have won each of their last 6 international finals (not counting Super Cups) since 2013.
*It was 4th final that Chelsea have won by a three-goal margin, after:
1955 Community Shield (3-0 vs Newcastle United),
2019 UEFA Europa League (4-1 vs Arsenal),
2025 UEFA Conference League (4-1 vs Betis).
*Chelsea finished the 2025 CWC as top scorers with 17 goals; one more than PSG, Manchester City and Bayern.
*Cole Palmer was involved in three goals (2 goals, 1 assist). He made also 2 assists in the Conference League final earlier this season.
Palmer is the second Chelsea player in the Premier League era to record multiple goal contributions in 2+ finals, after Didier Drogba (2005 Community Shield and 2007 League Cup).
*Palmer is the first player to score a brace in a single half-time against PSG in the Luis Enrique era.
*Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez became the only player in football to win the World Cup with his national team (Argentina, 2022) and the Club World Cup in the new format.
*Luis Enrique lost his first club final as a coach. He had previously won all 12 club finals he had coached:
Champions League, twice French Cup and twice French Super Cup with PSG,
3 times Spanish Cup, Spanish Super Cup, Champions League, European Super Cup and Club World Cup with Barcelona.
Luis Enrique's only defeat in the final came in 2021, when he led the Spanish national team, which lost to France in the decisive match of the Nations’ League.