FIFA Club World Cup: List of all winners after Chelsea's triumph

We take a look at all the clubs that lifted the prestigious Club World Cup trophy throughout the years.

The FIFA Club World Cup was an annual football competition that stages the most successful clubs from around the globe in the preceding year.

However, in 2025, FIFA introduced a new structure, making the competition longer and with more clubs. The competition is now held once every four years. The 2025 edition was held in the USA and was won by Chelsea.

FIFA now also recognises Chelsea as the first winners of the Club World Cup. The winners of the previous format will be renamed to Intercontinental Champions.

Older format of FIFA Club World Cup

The older format of the tournament involved seven teams competing for the title at venues within the host nation over a period of about two weeks.

The winners of the previous season’s AFC Champions League (Asia), CAF Champions League (Africa), CONCACAF Champions League (North, Central America and Caribbean), CONMEBOL Libertadores (South America), OFC Champions League (Oceania) and UEFA Champions League (Europe), along with the host nation’s national champions, participate in a straight knock-out tournament.

The competition was first played in the year 2000 when Corinthians defeated Vasco Da Gama in the finals, to claim the first-ever FIFA Club World Cup. Following this, the competition was not held for the next three years, due to a variety of reasons.

But since the onset of 2005, the competition has been held every year and has now cemented its place in the footballing world, which is recognised and looked upon by everyone.

Now, let’s take a look at the different clubs that have lifted arguably the most potent trophy in Club football in the past years.

Intercontinental Champions winners:

2000 – Corinthians

2001 – Not held

2002 – Not held

2003 – Not held

2004 – Not held

2005 – São Paulo

2006 – Internacional

2007 – AC Milan

2008 – Manchester United

2009 – Barcelona

2010 – Inter Milan

2011 – Barcelona

2012 – Corinthians

2013 – Bayern Munich

2014 – Real Madrid

2015 – Barcelona

2016 – Real Madrid

2017 – Real Madrid

2018 – Real Madrid

2019 – Liverpool

2020 – Bayern Munich

2021 – Chelsea

2022 – Real Madrid

2023- Manchester City

FIFA Club World Cup winners

2025 – Chelsea

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