CONMEBOL’s 2025: A year in review
The football world never stops spinning, and it has been another epic and engrossing year in the South American game, with a host of clubs, national teams and players having particularly caught the eye. A sextet of CONMEBOL countries punched their tickets to the FIFA World Cup 2026™ over the course of the year, while […]
Pele’s unique World Cup treble
Three FIFA World Cup™ titles. There is only one man in the history of the game to have achieved this feat, and who could it be other than ‘O Rei’ (‘The King’) himself? To date, only Pele has three World Cup trophies to his name. He won the tournament in 1958, 1962 and 1970, helping […]
Pulisic’s Milan magic good news for USA
The spotlight will be brighter than ever for members of the USA national team when they take the field at the FIFA World Cup 2026™. The buzz and attention surrounding the co-hosts in the 48-team extravaganza will be unprecedented, with much of it focused on Christian Pulisic. For years now, the 27-year-old forward has been […]
In review: FIFA tournaments in 2025
FIFA tournaments thrilled fans across the world in 2025. Captivating contests were illuminated by spellbinding individual performances as global champions were crowned and legends were made. Here, we relive the competitions’ defining moments. FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup™ Host country: Seychelles Dates: 1-11 May Winners: Brazil Runners-up: Belarus Third place: Portugal Brazil clinched their seventh […]
Heavyweights impress as Brazil 2027 draws nearer
The past twelve months delivered spectacular women’s football tournaments, packed with drama and played at an ever-higher standard: England defended their European Championship title with a gripping penalty shoot-out win over Spain in the final, while Brazil lifted the Copa América Femenina and Nigeria were crowned African champions. Elsewhere, Spain secured back-to-back UEFA Women’s Nations […]
2025 in stats
527,000 Cabo Verde, with a population of around 527,000, became the second-smallest nation to qualify for the FIFA World Cup™. Iceland had a population of 340,000 when they reached Russia 2018. Curaçao, Jordan and Uzbekistan also reached their first global finals, while Brazil ensured maintaining their unique record of appearing in every edition of the […]
World champions who retired in 2025
Several FIFA World Cup™ and FIFA Women’s World Cup™ winners hung up their boots in 2025. We look at those players and the tournaments which made them immortal. Sergio Busquets South Africa 2010 Joining Reina on the winners’ podium 15 years ago was midfield maestro Busquets, who won seven of his 143 caps during their […]
Foreign-born FIFA World Cup winners
Italy in 1934 Attilio Demaria (Argentina) Enrique Guaita (Argentina) Luis Monti (Argentina) Raimundo Orsi (Argentina) Anfilogino Guarisi (Brazil) Felice Borel (France) Mario Varglien (Austria-Hungary; now Croatia) Italy in 1938 Miguel Andreolo (Uruguay) Uruguay in 1950 Ernesto Vidal (Kingdom of Italy; now Croatia) West Germany in 1954 Richard Herrmann (Poland) Josef Posipal (Romania) West Germany in […]
AFC’s 2025: A year in review
A global youth title, headline hosting in the west and southeast, fan recognition, an octet of FIFA World Cup™ slots secured and a deep run at the new international club showcase were the highlights in another outstanding year of football on the planet’s most populous continent. That success was spread right across the span of […]
Fox: It’s great to have home-field advantage
Arsenal WFC will be seeking home comforts during the FIFA Women’s Champions Cup 2026™, with the final stages of the highly-anticipated global tournament taking place in London. The semi-finals, third-place match and final of the inaugural edition of the international women’s club competition will be held in the UK capital from 28 January to 1 February 2026. […]