Tag: Fifa

The Official Mascot of the FIFA Futsal World Cup Lithuania 2021™ danced his way into fans’ hearts and on to social media today. Ivartito showed his moves and his personality in a digital launch featuring choreography by a local dance studio. The young stork’s youthful enthusiasm shone as he danced around the three host cities: Vilnius, Klaipeda, and Kaunas, making… Read More

Montserrat to face El Salvador, Antigua and Barbuda, Grenada & US Virgin Islands Montserrat will come face-to-face with El Salvador for fourth time in two years Massiah McDonald speaks with Concacaf.com about the team’s recent progress For the fourth time since September 2018, Montserrat will come face-to-face with El Salvador, this time in Group A in the first round of… Read More

Danilo evaluates Zinedine Zidane, Pep Guardiola and Andrea Pirlo He raves about Kevin De Bruyne, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo Danilo discusses his Russia 2018 experience and desire to go to Qatar 2022 “I’m very happy to have won league titles in England, Spain and Italy,” said Cristiano Ronaldo as he was showered with champagne in 2019. “It always feels good… Read More

Branko Ivankovic was appointed head coach of Oman this year Veteran hoping to pass on his experience with Croatia in new role Coach reminisces about Croatia’s best World Cup results Having coached several clubs in IR Iran, China PR and Saudi Arabia, the Croatian Branko Ivankovic was already an established name in Asian football before taking the helm of the… Read More

Helmut Schon, born 105 years ago today, coached in a record 25 World Cup matches When they lost, Schon didn’t speak to his players the following day ‘The Lanky One’ led West Germany to glory in 1974 Helmut Schon is the most successful national coach in German football history, and one of the most successful ever to grace the beautiful… Read More

Mbwana Samatta is captain of the Tanzanian national team Striker fired the Taifa Stars to the 2019 AFCON after a four-decade absence Samatta is also the first Tanzanian to play in the English Premier League For several seasons now, the likes of Egypt’s Mohamed Salah, Gabon’s Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, Senegal’s Sadio Mane and Algeria’s Riyad Mahrez have been proudly flying the… Read More

Dominican Republic are in Group D in the Concacaf qualifiers for Qatar 2022 Jacques Passy is the man tasked with helping them make history “Every qualifying competition is an opportunity” He is Mexican but his name is French. He had ties with Dutch football for more than ten years as the head of the Johan Cruyff Institute in Mexico and… Read More

The AFC Champions League is set to return. The 2020 edition began in February, but only two rounds were played due to the COVID-19 outbreak. The remainder of the campaign will see 32 teams compete in a centralised format. In West Asia, all matches will be staged in Qatar across two weeks from 14-30 September, with 16 sides vying for… Read More

2020 AFC Champions League campaign resumes after seven-month hiatus Three 2020 World Cup stadiums used as venues in West Asia Holders Al Hilal among six former winners chasing glory The AFC Champions League is set to return on Monday. The 2020 edition began in February, but only two rounds were played due to the COVID-19 outbreak. With strict measures put… Read More

Football players and clubs with new eSports teams Former FIFA eClub World Cup qualifiers strengthening their line-ups Overview of some of the most important transfers of recent weeks After months of calm, the FIFA eSports transfer scene has been hotting up in recent weeks. As well as new entrants of the calibre of David Beckham and BVB Dortmund, more established… Read More