Following Saturday’s dramatic FIFA Club World Cup last-16 victory over Benfica, Chelsea return to Philadelphia to face Palmeiras in the quarter-finals.

Our previous three competitive matches against opponents from Brazil have all been in this competition – its smaller predecessor – and have all been against different teams, with Saturday’s upcoming game the first repeat fixture.

Before we take to the pitch at Lincoln Financial Field attempting to see our way into the Club World Cup semi-finals, refresh your memory of the earlier competitive meetings with sides from Brazil.

Flamengo 3-1 Chelsea, 20 June 2025

Palmeiras are the second Brazilian team we will face in this year’s Club World Cup. Earlier in the tournament, and at the same Lincoln Financial Field venue in Philadelphia which will host Saturday’s match, we took on Serie A league leaders Flamengo in our second group game.

However, we couldn’t build on our promising start, after Pedro Neto opened the scoring early on with his second goal in as many games at this summer’s tournament. Strikes by Bruno Henrique, Danilo and Wallace Yan in the space of 21 second-half minutes, in a game which saw Nicolas Jackson sent off with the score 2-1, left us on the wrong end of a 3-1 scoreline.

However, we progressed to the knockout stages anyway, finishing second in our group thanks to victories over LAFC and Esperance de Tunisie.

Palmeiras 1-2 Chelsea, 12 February 2022

The only time the Blues lifted the previous Club World Cup trophy was at the expense of our next opponents Palmeiras. On that occasion we entered at the semi-finals and, after beating Al Hilal – who we could meet at the same stage in 2025 – faced the Verdao in the final in Abu Dhabi.

Again we took the lead, when Romelu Lukaku headed in Callum Hudson-Odoi’s cross 10 minutes into the second half, only to be pegged back through a Raphael Veiga penalty following Thiago Silva’s handball.

That was the end of the scoring in 90 minutes, and there was only three minutes remaining of extra-time when the decisive moment arrived. This time the handball decision went the other way and Kai Havertz – who had netted the UEFA Champions League-winning goal which qualified us for the Club World Cup – stepped up again to net from the spot and make us champions of the world for the first time.

Corinthians 1-0 Chelsea, 16 December 2012

The closest we had previously come to being crowned world champions – and our only appearance in the Club World Cup – was a decade earlier, following our famous first Champions League win in Munich.

Again we started in the semi-finals and progressed comfortably to the final in Japan, as goals by Juan Mata and Fernando Torres helped us to a 3-1 win over Mexican side Monterrey. Brazilians Corinthians proved tougher opposition in the final in Yokohama, though.

Their physical approach caused Chelsea problems throughout, and brought the only goal of the game when Paolo Guerrero struck with 20 minutes left. Any hopes of late redemption were ended when Torres had a goal ruled out for offside and then Gary Cahill was shown a red card in added time.

Tickets are still available to see our Club World Cup quarter-final against Palmeiras in Philadelphia and can be purchased from FIFA here. You can also watch the game live anywhere in world via DAZN by signing up for free here.