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The UEFA preliminary draw for Qatar 2022 takes place on Monday 7 December FIFA.com sets the scene by reflecting on ten legendary European qualifiers Part one includes a Scottish legend, a Polish “clown” and a Bulgarian miracle 1. Sweden-Estonia, 1933: The first one of them all The success of the inaugural FIFA World Cup™ in Uruguay in 1930 led FIFA… Read More

1904 Seven European teams joined football world governing body FIFA in its founding year: Belgium, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Sweden and Switzerland. England and Italy (both 1905) and reigning world champions France (1908) followed a little later. Sourced from FIFA Read More

The Best FIFA Football Awards (FIFA.com) 05 Dec 2020 © imago images Hedvig Lindahl has always dreamed of becoming The Best Sweden’s most-capped keeper is nominated once again in the FIFA Football Awards Lindahl identifies her key attributes and the achievements she’s most proud of Many footballers go to great lengths to downplay the significance of individual awards. Not Hedvig… Read More

Faruk Hadzibegic has been in charge of Montenegro since July 2019 Coach has transformed a struggling side Discusses his job, the draw for Qatar 2022 and his playing days When Faruk Hadzibegic was appointed Montenegro coach in July 2019, he inherited a side that was very much down on its luck. Bottom of their UEFA EURO 2020 qualifying group –… Read More

Qatar are top of Asian qualifying Group E Bangladesh aiming for positive result despite difficult task This will be the first competitive game in Asia in 2020 Bangladesh will have it all to do today against Qatar, the reigning Asian champions and host of the FIFA World Cup 2022™, when the teams meet in Group E of the Asian qualifiers… Read More

Vladimir Petkovic had some big shoes to fill when he took over as head coach of the Swiss national team in 2014 following Ottmar Hitzfeld’s successful tenure. But the 57-year-old has proven himself, and his contract was extended until the end of 2022 just a few months ago. Petkovic, who was at the helm of Lazio in the Serie A… Read More

FIFA Legends look forward to Monday’s draw De Rossi: “Playing at the FIFA World Cup and lifting that iconic trophy is every footballer’s dream” Van der Vaart: “I expect an exciting race for the 13 European FIFA World Cup spots” With the eagerly anticipated UEFA preliminary draw for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™ fast approaching, FIFA Legends Daniele De… Read More

Today marks 20th anniversary of Spain’s first Futsal World Cup title La Roja defeated hot favourites Brazil 4-3 in final of Guatemala 2000 Then coach Javier Lozano recalls his side’s achievement Spain’s triumphant campaign at the FIFA Futsal World Championship Guatemala 2000 saw them overcome some formidable opponents along the way, win an epic final with a stirring comeback, and… Read More

Albania is 75-year-old Edy Reja’s first national-team appointment He is now aiming to take Albania to the FIFA World Cup™ for the first time Read FIFA.com’s exclusive interview with Reja about his unique challenge When Edoardo Reja sat in a dugout for the first time, Zinedine Zidane and Pep Guardiola were respectively seven and eight years old, Jurgen Klopp was… Read More

San Marino made history with consecutive draws in competitive games Argentina-born Dante Rossi was instrumental in the feat The defender has a big target for San Marino A 0-0 draw in football does not usually mean great press. It is the score most fans dread when heading to the stadium. That said, when San Marino recently posted two of them,… Read More