Expectations are high for Brazilian giants Flamengo entering the 2025 Club World Cup, and their campaign gets underway against North African outfit ES Tunis on Monday night.
Filipe Luís’ side have enjoyed a successful start to the 2025 season off the back of a third-place Série A finish in 2024. Flamengo are top of the table through 11 games, and look well-placed to compete with Europe’s best in the United States this summer.
A serious test of their credentials arrives against Chelsea on Matchday 2, but ES Tunis will be no pushovers in Philadelphia.
The Tunisians claimed the domestic double in 2024–25 after Monastir drew their final three games of the league season, but they qualified for the tournament via CAF’s ranking pathway. They’ve claimed a whopping 34 league titles and are four-time CAF Champions League winners.
Flamengo, meanwhile, are seven-time Brazilian league champions and three-time winners of the Copa Libertadores. Their sole success in this competition (or an equivalent) arrived way back when against Liverpool in 1981.
Here is guide to this Club World Cup clash.






