Spain had never even sailed past the quarter-finals. Then tika-taka befuddled foes and thrust them to the Soccer City showpiece. Then Andres Iniesta stuck the adidas Jabulani home to make Spain the eighth FIFA World Cup™ winners. FIFA.com recalls the fascinating figures behind La Roja’s conquest. Go to Source […]
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Mabkhout carries UAE’s renewed World Cup hopes
Ali Mabkhout is UAE’s all-time top scorer Forward has scored six goals in the Qatar 2022 qualifiers to date Appeared at the FIFA U-20 World Cup™ and FIFA Club World Cup™ “Taking part in a World Cup is every player’s dream. All of us in the team dream of pulling on the Emirati jersey there,” […]
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South American FIFA World Cup qualifiers to begin in October
Following consultation with the South American member associations, FIFA and CONMEBOL have agreed to postpone the upcoming South American qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 initially planned to be played in the international window of September 2020. The qualifiers are now planned to start in October 2020. Taking into account the outcome of […]
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Chastain’s moment in the sun
Brandi Chastain scored winning penalty kick against China PR on this day in 1999 Showpiece decider played in front of 90,000 at Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Chastain:”The first month or two after, I don’t think I slept very much” You know a moment is important when decades later you can remember exactly where you were when […]
Final report published on club solidarity funding from France 2019
822 professional and grassroots clubs from 39 MAs receive funding boost USD 8.46 million distributed to clubs that trained, released players for France 2019 Funding to be used for development programmes for women and girls Full report available HERE To mark the one-year anniversary this week since the USA won their fourth FIFA Women’s World […]
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FIFA and EA SPORTS extend FIFA eChallenger Series following successful national tournaments
The FIFA eChallenger Series in Asia has attracted over 23 million views so far There was drama aplenty at the FIFA eChallenger Series national events last month Special inter-nation match to take place online between China PR and Korea Republic FIFA and EA SPORTS have announced today that it will extend the FIFA eChallenger Series […]
Italy of ’06 in numbers
Haircuts, concerts, birthplaces, resting places and a mad dash feature in our look at the statistics surrounding the 2006 FIFA World Cup Germany™. So, grab yourself a Cappuccino, Espresso or Latte and let FIFA.com deliver you the intriguing numbers behind Italy’s conquering of the tournament, which took place on this day 14 years ago. Go […]
Grosso strikes gold for Italy
Italy defeated France to win the World Cup on this day in 2006 Lippi stunned Grosso by asking him to take a penalty in the Final shootout Italy had a penalty-shootout curse hanging over them Why me? This, Fabio Grosso remembers, was his reaction to being asked to take the famous spot-kick captured in this […]
West Germany’s 1990 winners in numbers
Amidst ‘The Fall of the Wall’, Franz Beckenbauer and pupils had another bulging blockade to break through. It comprised two of their fiercest rivals, the reigning European and the defending world champions, Dragan Stojkovic, Carlos Valderrama, Marco van Basten, Tomas Skuhravy, Paul Gascoigne and Diego Maradona, and injury, stricture, suspension and missing studs. They did […]
The hero and villain of a Seville thriller
Schumacher inflicted horrific injuries on Battiston in a thrilling semi-final He was controversially impatient as the Frenchman received treatment Schumacher then emerged as the hero in the shootout “All in all, goalkeepers today are cooler and calmer than when I was playing. I was a big mouth back then, and frequently had to pay the […]