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Chelsea FC celebrated their 120th birthday in March. Paris Saint-Germain, who will turn 55 in August, were the youngest European team at this tournament.
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Marquinhos is the most-capped international from the two squads, having played 99 times for Brazil. He is followed by his Paris Saint-Germain team-mates Achraf Hakimi (85 for Morocco), Gianluigi Donnarumma (74 for Italy) and Ousmane Dembele (56 for France), and Chelsea’s Moises Caicedo (55 for Ecuador). PSG winger Khvicha Kvaratskhelia has the most international goals, having netted 18 in 41 games for Georgia. He is followed by Hakimi and Korea Republic’s Lee Kangin (11 apiece). The Blues’ leading international marksman is surprisingly Enzo Fernandez, who has scored five times for Argentina.
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Paris Saint-Germain midfielder Vitinha has covered the most distance at this tournament: 69.4 kilometres. The 25-year-old is followed by Fran Garcia of Real Madrid (65.19 km) and Sergej Milinkovic-Savic of Al Hilal (62.37 km). Three other PSG players are in the top 10: Achraf Hakimi (60.68 km), Desire Doue (58.79 km) and Joao Neves (56.44 km). Marc Cucurella is Chelsea’s category leader in 14th (53.85 km).
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Ousmane Dembele has comfortably scored the most goals of Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain players in 2024/25. The 28-year-old has registered 35, with 25 of them coming in 25 appearances in the first four months of this year. He is followed by Bradley Barcola (21), Goncalo Ramos (19), Desire Doue (16), Cole Palmer (16), Christopher Nkunku (15), Liam Delap (13), Nicolas Jackson (13), Khvicha Kvaratskhelia (13), Joao Pedro (12), Andrey Santos (11), Achraf Hakimi (11), Noni Madueke (11).
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Enzo Maresca named easily the youngest of the 32 FIFA Club World Cup™ squads. Chelsea’s oldest player is Tosin Adarabioyo, who is 27. Paris Saint-Germain came next on the clubs with the youngest oldest player thanks to 31-year-old Marquinhos.
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Chelsea winger Pedro Neto has completed the most dribbles at the first FIFA Club World Cup: 18. He is followed by Desire Doue of Paris Saint-Germain (17), Michael Olise of Bayern (15) and Jeremy Doku of Manchester City (15).
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Paris Saint-Germain have been crowned French champions a record 13 times. Eleven of those have come in the last 13 seasons. Marseille and Saint-Etienne are next with 10 Ligue 1 crowns apiece. Chelsea have conquered England six times, in 1954/55, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2009/10, 2014/15 and 2016/17. They trail Aston Villa (7), Everton (9), Manchester City (10), Arsenal (13), Liverpool (20) and Manchester United (20).
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PSG’s Gianluigi Donnarumma has kept five clean sheets at this tournament – two more than nearest challengers Fabio of Fluminense and Weverton of Palmeiras. Chelsea’s Robert Sanchez has kept two shutouts. PSG have conceded just one goal in six matches. Botafogo and Monterrey let in the next fewest: three goals in four games apiece. Chelsea have conceded five times.
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Paris Saint-Germain are trying to make it five titles from five tournaments this season. Luis Enrique’s team won the Trophee des Champions in January, Ligue 1 with six rounds to spare in April, and the Coupe de France and UEFA Champions League in May. None of the other 31 sides at this FIFA Club World Cup seized multiple trophies in 2024/25, though Chelsea, who recently conquered the UEFA Conference League, could clinch their second at MetLife Stadium.
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Four FIFA World Cup™ winners would collect a gold medal on Sunday. Ousmane Dembele, Lucas Hernandez, who will be suspended for the final, and Presnel Kimpembe helped France win Russia 2018, while Enzo Fernandez was key to Argentina’s triumph at Qatar 2022.
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Chelsea have scored three goals from outside the penalty area at this tournament. Tyrique George against Espérance, Reece James against SL Benfica and Joao Pedro against Fluminense FC got them. PSG have netted two courtesy of Fabian Ruiz against Atlético de Madrid and Desire Doue against Bayern München.
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Chelsea midfielder Enzo Fernandez has registered an unparalleled three assists. Bradley Barcola, Achraf Hakimi, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia and Vitinha of Paris Saint-Germain are among the seventeen players on two. Hakimi has created the most big chances (5), followed by Bradley Barcola, Arda Guler, Ruben Neves, Michael Olise and Daniel Svensson (4 apiece).
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Chelsea have won two UEFA Champions Leagues to Paris Saint-Germain’s one. One week after finishing sixth in the 2011/12 Premier League, Petr Cech, Frank Lampard, Didier Drogba and the Blues upset Bayern on penalties in Munich to lift the trophy. Then, after coming fourth in the English top tier in 2020/21, 21 points behind champions Manchester City, Thiago Silva, Reece James, N’Golo Kante and Co stunned the same side in their Porto decider. Achraf Hakimi, Desire Doue, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Ousmane Dembele and PSG pummelled Internazionale in Munich to conquer Europe for the first time six weeks ago.
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Paris Saint-Germain goalkeeper Gianluigi Donnarumma and his Chelsea counterpart Mike Penders are, at 2.0 metres, the joint-second-tallest players to have been at this tournament. Fluminense goalie Gustavo Ramalho is one centimetre bigger. Chelsea and PSG’s tallest outfield players are Tosin Adarabioyo (1.97m) and Presnel Kimpembe (1.89m), while their shortest are Marc Cucurella (1.73m) and Yoram Zague (1.68m).
