Mamelodi Sundowns effect felt as South Africa sneak into the top-10 nationality of players registered at the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup

Mamelodi Sundowns will be taking part in the 2025 Fifa Club World Cup, and they carry themselves with players who are South African by nationality.

Brazil tops the countries with the most players at the Club World Cup, and Sundowns have Lucas Ribeiro Costa and Arthur Sales in their ranks.

GOAL takes a look at the top 10 countries providing the most players at this global tournament.

Besides Sundowns constituting the majority of South African players at the Club World Cup, there are other Bafana Bafana players at other clubs.

The Wydad Casablanca duo of Thembinkosi Lorch and Cassisua Mailula, as well as Esperance's Elias Mokwana, are the other players who will grace this tournament.

With most of these players based on the African continent, that places Bafana as one of the footballing nations with organic players.

Sundowns kick off their Club World Cup campaign against Ulsan HD on June 18 while Wydad Casablanca face Manchester City the same day.

A day earlier, Esperance face Flamengo while another African side, Al Ahly, have Inter Miami on their plate on Sunday.