Abdoul Ba is captain of Mauritania Team have climbed more than 100 FIFA Ranking places over last eight years After AFCON 2019, Al-Murabitun are targeting Qatar 2022. “I enjoy the role of the little guy who wants to beat the giant.” The words are those of national team coach Corentin Martins from a 2015 interview […]
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Nilsson remembers free-scoring, bronze-winning Swedes of 94
Roland Nilsson helped Sweden finish third at USA 94 26 years ago today The Swedes were the top scorers in USA by some distance Nilsson relives that tournament match-by-match Roland Nilsson knows both sides of the FIFA World Cup™. He played every minute – all 930 of them – of Sweden’s 1990 and ’94 FIFA […]
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Maracana silenced at Brazil 1950
Brazil suffered a shock loss as Uruguay won the FIFA World Cup on this day in 1950 Uruguay came from behind to snatch their second World Cup triumph An expectant World Cup record crowd was hoping to see Brazil claim a maiden title It is one of the greatest shocks in FIFA World Cup™ history. […]
FIFA World Cup™ match schedule confirmed: hosts Qatar to kick off 2022 tournament at Al Bayt Stadium
Final confirmed to take place at 80,000-seat Lusail Stadium at 18:00 on 18 December Four matches a day throughout the group stage ensures optimal rest time for the teams Qatar’s unique footprint allows later assignment of group matches for the benefit and comfort of fans The iconic image of FIFA World Cup™ champions France lifting […]
The ten-sport scorer of Brazil’s first World Cup goal
Preguinho scored Brazil’s first World Cup goals 90 years ago today Football was one of ten sports in which he won trophies He refused to get paid for playing a sport he loved Coelho Netto, a high-profile author, playwright, politician and poet, yearned for one of his 14 kids to become a sportsperson. He decided […]
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Colo-Colo rewarded for talent production line
FIFA launched Women’s World Cup Club Solidarity Fund in 2019 Colo-Colo were one of the first clubs to have benefited We hear from the club to learn more about its impact for development In 2019, FIFA launched the first FIFA Women’s World Cup Club Solidarity Fund, which rewards clubs for providing players with a professional […]
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Romania’s football-crazy king
Romania played in the inaugural FIFA World Cup Their first match, a 3-1 win over Peru, took place on this day Here’s the story of King Carol II’s extraordinary influence on the team What’s the first thing a king does when he assumes the throne? Well, when the decade was the 1930s, the country was […]
Romario rises to the occasion
Romario scored the semi-final winner against Sweden on this day in 1994 The little striker was the smallest man on the pitch by a full three inches Brazil went on to win their first FIFA World Cup™ since 1970 That Romario was the man to put Brazil into their first FIFA World Cup Final in […]
Lucien Laurent, the first World Cup goalscorer
To mark the 90th anniversary of the first goal ever scored at the FIFA World Cup, FIFA.com recalls the career of the man who scored it: Lucien Laurent of France. Firsts are never forgotten. In scoring the first ever goal in FIFA World Cup™ history, in the Uruguayan capital of Montevideo on 13 July 1930, […]
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Rimet’s World Cup vision realised
The first FIFA World Cup kicked off in Uruguay 90 years ago today Then FIFA President Jules Rimet battled stiff opposition to the tournament The first Trophy was ultimately renamed in his honour It took over two weeks for the Conte Verde, the Italian steamboat in this image, to reach Montevideo in 1930. On board […]