2025年国际足联俱乐部世界杯（FIFA Club World Cup）正在美国如火如荼地进行中，但令人意外的是，比赛的现场观众人数却远低于预期。虽然这项赛事汇集了来自世界各地的顶级俱乐部球队，但许多比赛的体育场馆都出现了空座。文章指出，低上座率可能与比赛时间、炎热天气以及一些球队缺乏强大的本土球迷基础有关。尽管如此，一些比赛，如巴黎圣日耳曼对阵马德里竞技的比赛，还是吸引了大量观众。总体而言，本次俱乐部世界杯的上座率表现引发了对赛事推广和未来发展的讨论。
Two Chelsea supporters sit in an empty section during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 football match between England's Chelsea and the USA's Los Angeles FC at the Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta.
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The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup kicked off on June 14.If you didn't know it was happening, you're not alone.Photos show the tournament, which is being held in US stadiums, has been poorly attended thus far.
From June 14 to July 13, some of the best soccer teams in the world will be playing each other across the US in the 21st FIFA Club World Cup.
If you're thinking, "Wait, isn't the World Cup in 2026? What's the Club World Cup?" you're right to be confused.
The FIFA Men's World Cup is in 2026 and will be played in stadiums across the US, Mexico, and Canada by teams representing entire nations, similar to the Olympics.
The Club World Cup, revamped this year to compete with other popular tournaments like the typical World Cup, the Champions League, and the Euros, features clubs from across the world instead of countries. It'd be like if the Dodgers played the Tokyo Yakult Swallows.
Unfortunately for these world-class players, some of the stadiums for the first round of the tournament have been less than packed.
The BBC reported that during the opening round of the tournament, there were 979,373 available seats across the first 16 games. Of those, 556,369 were filled, leaving 423,004 seats empty.
The Guardian puts average attendance at 43% capacity. One first-round game was filled to just 13.6% capacity.
The Ringer said there's been "no tangible momentum or excitement" for the tournament, held just a year before the better-known World Cup. Some of the teams don't have huge fan bases outside of their local markets, since they don't typically play on a world stage.
Other potential reasons for low attendance could include the time of the games — many have been held in the middle of the workday — and soaring temperatures.
Ticket prices don't appear to be the problem. Late Friday, June 20, tickets were available in almost every section for the June 21 game at MetLife Stadium. Prices start at $31.79, with tickets in the seventh row from $66. The Athletic reported before the 2025 competition kicked off that students were being offered a five-for-$20 deal for games — essentially $4 a ticket.
That's not to say all the games have been poorly attended. The most-attended game of the first round, per Inside FIFA, was the June 15 match between Paris Saint-Germain FC and Atlético Madrid at the Rose Bowl, with 80,619 people in attendance. (That left almost 10,000 empty seats.)
FIFA has not responded to a request for comment from Business Insider regarding the low attendance thus far.
Here are 16 photos showing how the stands have looked during the first stage of the Club World Cup.
At the first match, held at Miami's Hard Rock Stadium on June 14 between Egypt's Al-Ahly and Inter Miami FC, there were plenty of empty seats.
Empty seats are seen at the Club World Cup 2025 Group A football match between Egypt's Al-Ahly and the USA's Inter Miami at the Hard Rock stadium in Miami.
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The next day, Brazil's SE Palmeiras played Portugal's FC Porto at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. The lower stands were full, but the seats up top were almost empty.
A FIFA Club World Cup football match between SE Palmeiras and FC Porto at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey.
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Across the country in Seattle, things were not faring much better at the Seattle Sounders match against Botafogo of Brazil.
Empty seats are pictured in the stands at the Botafogo vs. Seattle Sounders FC match at Seattle's Lumen Field.
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This photo of Chelsea fans at the June 16 match against Los Angeles FC in Atlanta looks like the "Ted Lasso" intro.
Two Chelsea supporters sit in an empty section during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 football match between England's Chelsea and the USA's Los Angeles FC at the Mercedes-Benz stadium in Atlanta.
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Here's a wider view of the game, showing some filled seats but lots of empty ones.
A view inside the Mercedes-Benz Stadium during the first half of the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group D match between Chelsea FC and Los Angeles FC.
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The stadium holds 70,000 people. Attendance was 22,137.
A general view inside the stadium during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group D match between Chelsea FC and Los Angeles FC.
On June 17, Fluminense FC (Brazil) and Borussia Dortmund (Germany) faced off at a half-empty MetLife Stadium.
A general view inside the stadium during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group F match between Fluminense FC and Borussia Dortmund at MetLife Stadium.
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MetLife can seat 82,500 people. The game had 34,736 fans in attendance.
Fans looked on from an almost empty section of seats during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group F match between Fluminense FC and Borussia Dortmund at MetLife Stadium.
West Coast games weren't faring any better. We feel for this lone fan at the Monterrey/Inter Milan game at the Rose Bowl on June 17.
A fan watched his phone as he waited at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 match between Mexico's Monterrey and Italy's Inter Milan at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California.
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Per the BBC, the lowest-attended match, though, was on June 17 in Orlando's Inter & Co. Stadium.
Empty seats were seen in the stands during the Ulsan HD and Mamelodi Sundowns match at Inter & Co. Stadium in Orlando.
In the stands were 3,412 fans, who were there to watch South Africa's Mamelodi Sundowns FC play South Korea's Ulsan HD.
A general view inside the stadium as Milosz Trojak of Ulsan HD controlled the ball with a view of empty stands during the FIFA Club World Cup match between Ulsan HD FC and Mamelodi Sundowns FC at Inter & Co. Stadium.
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Source: BBC
That's 13.6% of the stands' capacity.
A view of empty stands during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group F match between Ulsan HD FC and Mamelodi Sundowns FC.
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Source: BBC
On June 18, sections were empty at the match between Manchester City FC and Wydad AC, a Moroccan team, at Philadelphia's Lincoln Financial Field.
A fan supporting Wydad AC walked through the empty seats inside the stadium during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group G match between Manchester City FC and Wydad AC at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia.
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Down the coast, many seats were available at a match between Real Madrid CF and Al-Hilal Saudi FC at Hard Rock Stadium.
A general view inside the stadium of empty seats at the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group H match between Real Madrid CF and Al-Hilal at Hard Rock Stadium.
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There were 5,282 fans at this game between CF Pachuca (Mexico) and FC Salzburg (Austria) in Cincinnati. That's 20% capacity.
Fans looked on with empty seats in view during the FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group H match between CF Pachuca and FC Salzburg at TQL Stadium in Cincinnati.
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Source: BBC
Not even Lionel Messi was a big enough draw to pack the stands at Inter Miami's match against FC Porto in Atlanta.
Fans and empty seats in the Mercedes-Benz Stadium during the first half FIFA Club World Cup 2025 group A match between Inter Miami and FC Porto at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
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