As Bundesliga Club is about to reach CWC, we checked the lineup.
Dortmund knows that it’s enough to make the Bundesliga club reach the 16th round of the Club World Cup, facing Cincinnati’s K-League 1 side Ursan.
Niko Kovac’s men currently sit second in Group F, and are leveling Fluminense and points after a draw and victory from the first two matches.
Dortmund clung to the sunset 4-3 after a wild encounter where they had early lagged, surged to a 3-1 lead, clinging to the final few minutes.
Before that, Kovac’s team played a deadlock between Brazilian group leaders and goalless.
They enter the game with the knowledge that what is needed for the Ulsan outfit is all about progress,
If they reach the knockout stage, the German club is guaranteed to add at least 40 million euros to the funding.
In other games in the group, Mamelodi Sundowns and Fluminense will face off in Miami where they are in the crisis of the next round.
Below is how the two teams line up in Ohio.
Cincinnati is black and yellow. ⚫️🟡😮💨 pic.twitter.com/yxonstuog
– Borussia Dortmund (@blackyellow) June 25th, 2025
Dortmund Team News
After scoring his first goal with the club against Mamelodi, Job Bellingham, selected as a player in the game in the match, starts for Dortmund in the 10th place role on the Kovac side.
Elsewhere, Julian Blunt and Niklas Soule fall on the bench, with Karim Adeyemi and Julian Ryerson coming to the side.
Starting XI: Kobel (C), Ryerson, Anton, Bensebaini, Couto, Groß, Nmecha, Svensson, Bellingham, Adeyemi, Guirassy
submarine: Meyer, Ostrzinski, Sule, Coulibaly, Mane, Sabitzer, Brandt, Reyna, Chukwuemeka, Azhil, Beier, Duranville, Campbell, Inacio, Albert
This is how we line up today! ⚫️🟡#fifacwc #BVBulsan pic.twitter.com/tp3fb7sa6t
– Borussia Dortmund (@BVB) June 25th, 2025
Ulsan Team News
Not only is the pride, the South Korean side hopes to have a strong show ahead of the clash in the FA Cup quarterfinals on July 2nd.
Matthias Laqaba and Eric Farias lead the line of Kim Pangong’s teams as they try to ruin the Dortmund party.
Start xi: Jo, Kang, Y. Kim (C), J. Lee, Trojak, Ludwigson, Bojanic, J. H. Lee, M. Kim, Lacava, Farias
submarine: Moon, Ryu, Min Seopark, Min Woo Kang, Seok Hyun Choi, Yoon, So, Jung Yong Lee, Min Woo Kim, Woo Yong Jung, Ko, Hee Kyung Lee, Baek, Hoiero, Kariero