Pep Guardiola‘s European champions will take on the Japanese side at 18:00 (UK) on Tuesday 19 December. The match will be played at the King Abdullah Sports City Stadium in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
2023 FIFA Club World Cup explainer
The 2022 AFC Champions League winners reached the final four of this competition thanks a 1-0 victory over Mexican team Club Leon on Friday.
Alex Schalk’s 78th minute goal proved the difference between the sides in a tight affair at the Prince Abdullah Al Faisal Stadium in Jeddah.
Victory over Urawa Red Diamonds will see us progress to the final at the King Abdullah Sports City at 18:00 (UK) on Friday 22 December.
Should we lose the semi-final, we will instead play in a third place play-off against the defeated side from the other semi-final at 14:30 on 22 December.
City reached the showpiece event in Saudi Arabia by winning the UEFA Champions League for the first time in the Club’s history in June.
Success in this tournament would see us become the first English club to win the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, UEFA Super Cup and FIFA Club World Cup in the same year.
Our Champions League triumph also ensured we will play in the expanded version of the tournament in the summer of 2025.
2023 FIFA Club World Cup coverage
The best way of following City-centric coverage of the FIFA Club World Cup is by downloading the official Manchester City app.
There will be a whole host of unmissable content from the tournament as the Club participates for the first time in our history.
Ensure you have push notifications turned on also to be alerted to all the key moments from Saudi Arabia including live match updates, press conference details, essential watching and reading and more.
You can download the official app by clicking here.
