FIFA Club World Cup draw Brazilian artist Romero Britto draws the name of Mamelodi Sundowns during the 2025 FIFA Club World Cup Draw ceremony in Miami on Thursday. Photo: Giorgio Viera/AFP
Image: Photo: Giorgio Viera/AFP
Famous American artist and music producer DJ Khaled posted another video on social media showing love to Mamelodi Sundowns, who were drawn alongside Borussia Dortmund and Fluminense for next year's FIFA Club World Cup.
In the draw that took place on Thursday evening, the undisputed kings of South African football were drawn in Group F, and will open their tournament against South Korean Ulsan HD in June of 2025. The dates for the group stages of the tournament taking place in the United States are yet to be announced.
They will follow that up with an encounter against German giants Dortmund, before closing off the group stages when they take on Brazilian side Fluminense.
"Sundowns, see you in the US of America next year," DJ Khaled said in the video posted on the club's official page on X.
"You know how we do it. We're the best Roc Nations. Sun up, but it's all about Sundowns," the music superstar concluded.
Mamelodi Sundowns earned their place at the FIFA Club World Cup via the CAF ranking pathway.
The competition will kick off on June 15 when Lionel Messi's Inter Miami tackle Egyptian giants Al Ahly at the Hard Rock Stadium in the Florida city.
All eyes, though, will be on Group G, which saw reigning Premier League champions Manchester City drawn alongside Italian giants Juventus.
However, whether the competition goes ahead as planned remains to be seen. A number of European clubs have launched legal proceedings again FIFA, and claimed they were not consulted about the structure of the competition.
Fifpro in June challenged “the legality of FIFA’s decisions to unilaterally set the international match calendar and, in particular, the decision to create and schedule the FIFA Club World Cup 2025”.
“Player unions believe that these decisions violate the rights of players and their unions under the EU charter of fundamental rights while also potentially violating EU competition law,” Fifpro said last June.
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