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GABRIEL BATISTUTA
THE FIFA LEGEND ON
HIS ADVENTURES ABROAD
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
NEW GIRLS’ TOURNAMENTS
IN CHINA AND LAOS
FIFA WORLD FOOTBALL MUSEUM
PANINI STICKERS PROVE
THEIR CULTURAL WORTH
FIFA U-20 WORLD CUP
ENGLAND WIN FIRST
WORLD CUP FOR 51 YEARS
RUSSIA
A FEAST FOR FANS
ENGLISH EDITION WWW.FIFA.COM/MAGAZINE JULY / AUGUST 2017
GRASSROOTS
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boysaroundtheworldtoplayandenjoyfootballwithoutrestrictions.Grassrootsfocusesontheenjoymentofthe
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RUSSIA IN RAPTURES
Russia loves football, Russia lives for football. If anyone doubted the passion of
fans in the world’s biggest country, they needed only to look at the crowds that
flocked to the FIFA Confederations Cup and put on such a colourful display with
Mexican waves and chants for all eight teams.
Their passion and enthusiasm was infectious right from the start, when FIFA
President Gianni Infantino was applauded for opening the tournament in Russian:
“Dorogie druz’ya [Dear friends], dobro pozhalovat [welcome]!“
The Confederations Cup was a start full of so much promise in the countdown
towards the World Cup this time next year. FIFA 1904 also travelled to Russia to
get a feel for the joyful atmosphere first hand, and also heard some equally
compelling reasons for fans to attend the World Cup next year – from the CEO of
the Local Organising Committee and from a street artist on Saint Petersburg’s
Nevsky Prospect, from a voluntary youth coach and from a Russian player outside
ner a stadium dressing room. Read our report starting on page 8.
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CONTENTS
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FIFA NEWS YOUNG BLOOD
FIFA’s most recent investments in world football. The FIFA U-20 World Cup in Korea Republic resulted in a historic victory
for England, their first world title win since 1966. Could this be the birth of
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FIFA/COCA-COLA WOMEN’S WORLD RANKING a new golden generation?
Jordan have climbed two places – and are setting their sights firmly
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on the 2019 World Cup in France. FIRST LOVE
Saint-Pierre, Italy.
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CONFEDERATIONS CUP 2017
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The two-week FIFA tournament is more than just a warm-up for FIFA/COCA-COLA MEN’S WORLD RANKING
the World Cup. We report from Moscow and Saint Petersburg Iran and coach Queiroz: a seemingly inseparable couple who are on
about white nights, convivial beer gardens and well-travelled fans. the way up.
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SNAPSHOT INTERVIEW
Superstar Lionel Messi at the barber’s. Gabriel Batistuta achieved legendary status in Argentina and Italy.
He talks to FIFA 1904 about his foreign odyssey, the striker position and
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SOCIAL MEDIA Argentina’s title drought.
“Who should your club sign this transfer window?”
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Our readers give their opinions. COOL STADIUM
The first stadium to be completed for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar
has opened its doors and allayed all concerns that the heat could be
a problem in five years’ time.
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THEN AND NOW THE OVERHEAD KICK
From Bayreuth (1977) to Asunción (2015). Successful exponents of the art score spectacular goals and thrill fans –
but what is the overhead kick, actually?
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WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
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“I saw older girls, how they played football and enjoyed the game, PHOTO ARCHIVE
and I desperately wanted to join in.” The experience of 15-year-old College room-mates: a snap from 1993 shows four soon-to-be-famous
Phonethip from Laos is typical of girls in East and South East Asia. football stars taking a stroll in North Carolina.
U-15 tournaments for girls have now been held.
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STATISTICS
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DEBATE – PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Facts and figures on the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
Three-step procedure against discrimination – President Gianni Infantino:
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“At times, the FIFA U-20 World Cup felt like an authentic glimpse of BENFICA
how football may look in the future. And, I must say, it looked rather The Portuguese giants are aiming to rejoin the global elite.
fascinating to me.” How good were they? We take a look back at Benfica’s salad days.
42 PANINI COLLECTORS 58 FIFA MEMBER ASSOCIATIONS
Visitors to the FIFA World Football Museum in Zurich can feast their eyes Snippets from around the world.
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CELEBRATION
A report on collectors, faces and sideburns.
Australia’s Socceroos shortly before qualifying for Brazil 2014.
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PUBLICATION DETAILS
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FIFA NEWS
In 2016, FIFA
conducted a global
youth football survey in which
178 of its member associations took
part. One of the survey’s findings was
that despite the prevalence of national
youth teams, the number of national youth
leagues is still low. FIFA is responding to the
results by stepping up its efforts under the
Forward Development Programme to
ensure that boys and girls can fulfil
their potential, an objective
enshrined in the FIFA 2.0
strategy.
The FIFA Quality Programme,
which sets internationally recognised
industry standards for products, technolo­
gies and pitches, will be represented at the 2017
International Trade Fair for Amenity Areas, Sports
and Pool Facilities in Cologne from 7 to 10 November
2017 by a team armed with a whole wealth of informa­ A number of
tion about football turf. The One Turf Concept will workshops have already been
also be presented at the IAKS Congress taking place held around the world under the
at the same time, where local authorities, cities and umbrella of the FIFA Forward Programme to
architects in particular will have an opportunity make sure that member associations are up to
to discover the minimum criteria in terms speed with the new funding opportunities avail­
of safety and playing conditions where able. The first seminar was held in Paraguay in
football turf pitches are to be used November 2016, and involved ten South American
for multiple sports. associations. This was followed by further workshops
in Jamaica, Ireland, Egypt, Thailand and Fiji. “This
workshop was very useful for us to better under­
FIFA has published stand the philosophy of Forward and how to
its new Human Rights prepare our contract of agreed objectives,”
Policy, which was approved by enthused Joseph Boso, acting CEO of
the FIFA Council in May. Among the the Solomon Islands Football
policy’s key planks are monitoring and Association.
enforcement mechanisms for workers’
rights on stadium construction sites and
the creation of a Human Rights Advisory
Board comprising experts from the
UN, trade unions, society stake­
holder groups and FIFA
sponsors.
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FIFA/COCA-COLA WOMEN´S WORLD RANKING
Rank Team + / – Points Rank Team + / – Points Rank Team + / – Points Rank Team + / – Points
1 USA 13 2118 55 Iran -7 1411 109 Kosovo 0 1015 Dominica ** 0 900
2 Germany 3 2111 56 Israel 0 1410 110 Bangladesh 0 1003 Liberia ** 0 877
3 France 4 2076 57 Peru -3 1409 111 Sri Lanka 0 971 Mozambique ** 0 873
4 Canada 10 2027 58 Slovenia 5 1408 112 Tanzania 0 960 Kuwait ** 0 870
5 England 2 2024 59 Turkey 0 1407 113 Maldives 0 959 British Virgin Islands ** 0 867
6 Japan 4 1981 60 Northern Ireland -1 1404 114 Syria -6 921 Qatar ** 0 864
7 Australia 0 1976 60 India 0 1404 115 Rwanda 0 908 US Virgin Islands ** 0 852
8 Brazil 10 1971 62 Venezuela 10 1388 116 Afghanistan 0 884 Cayman Islands ** 0 849
9 Sweden -21 1956 63 Bosnia and Herzegovina -4 1387 117 Iraq -9 873 Malawi ** 0 838
10 Korea DPR -4 1949 64 Côte d'Ivoire 0 1386 118 Kenya 0 857 Swaziland ** 0 836
11 Norway -2 1924 65 Greece -6 1370 119 Uganda 0 836 Lesotho ** 0 836
12 Netherlands -5 1918 66 Kazakhstan 7 1362 120 Bhutan 0 771 Curaçao ** 0 831
13 Spain 0 1885 67 Azerbaijan 0 1353 121 Andorra -1 748 Belize ** 0 825
14 China PR -7 1875 68 Bulgaria 1 1345 122 Botswana 0 732 Antigua and Barbuda ** 0 767
15 Denmark 2 1872 69 Hong Kong -21 1323 Argentina ** 0 1621 Aruba ** 0 745
16 Korea Republic 21 1871 70 Faroe Islands 29 1318 Paraguay ** 0 1459 Turks and Caicos Islands ** 0 704
17 Switzerland -8 1858 71 Philippines 3 1315 Ecuador ** 0 1451 Timor-Leste * 0 991
18 Italy 5 1841 72 Tunisia 0 1313 Haiti ** 0 1372 Macau * 0 889
19 Iceland -8 1829 73 Morocco 0 1299 Panama ** 0 1363 Libya * 0 883
20 New Zealand 0 1827 74 Guatemala 0 1297 Uruguay ** 0 1361 Comoros * 0 761
21 Scotland -5 1788 75 Albania 1 1296 Jamaica ** 0 1352 Madagascar * 0 714
22 Belgium 3 1756 76 Algeria 0 1283 Indonesia ** 0 1321 Burundi * 0 519
22 Colombia 0 1756 77 Guam 0 1282 Fiji ** 0 1292 Mauritius * 0 335
24 Austria -3 1746 78 Bahrain -10 1278 Laos ** 0 1273
25 Russia 2 1738 79 Guyana 0 1274 Tonga ** 0 1258
26 Mexico 0 1733 80 Malaysia -2 1262 New Caledonia ** 0 1252
27 Ukraine -8 1718 81 Egypt 0 1256 Tahiti ** 0 1238
28 Finland -8 1704 82 Senegal 0 1248 Cuba ** 0 1217
29 Thailand 17 1669 83 United Arab Emirates -23 1242 Congo ** 0 1206
** Inactive for more than 18 months and therefore not
30 Poland 19 1657 84 Montenegro 4 1226 Dominican Republic ** 0 1191 ranked.
31 Costa Rica -1 1645 85 Estonia -45 1221 Benin ** 0 1187 * P rovisionally listed due to not having played more
than five matches against officially ranked teams.
32 Vietnam 14 1644 86 Zimbabwe 0 1217 Cook Islands ** 0 1185
33 Republic of Ireland 3 1635 86 Bolivia 0 1217 Suriname ** 0 1152
34 Nigeria 0 1613 88 Mali 0 1216 Honduras ** 0 1152
35 Wales 1 1612 89 Moldova 41 1215 Solomon Islands ** 0 1144
36 Czech Republic 0 1610 90 Latvia 40 1211 Vanuatu ** 0 1139
37 Romania -1 1609 91 El Salvador 0 1198 Samoa ** 0 1138
38 Portugal 0 1590 92 Lithuania -43 1181 Angola ** 0 1134
39 Hungary -3 1578 92 Palestine -11 1181 Kyrgyzstan ** 0 1134
40 Chile 3 1562 94 Malta 8 1179 Sierra Leone ** 0 1132
41 Uzbekistan 9 1557 95 Puerto Rico 0 1156 Congo DR ** 0 1132
42 Chinese Taipei -6 1553 96 Georgia 5 1145 Armenia ** 0 1104
43 Slovakia -9 1549 97 Ethiopia 0 1143 American Samoa ** 0 1075
44 Serbia -3 1535 98 Singapore -10 1137 Eritrea ** 0 1060
45 Myanmar 9 1533 99 Nepal 2 1136 Gabon ** 0 1052
46 Ghana 0 1499 100 Luxembourg -33 1125 St Vincent and the Grenadines ** 0 1000
47 Trinidad and Tobago -10 1484 101 Cyprus -3 1120 St Lucia ** 0 989
47 Cameroon 0 1484 102 Guinea 0 1077 Barbados ** 0 979
49 Papua New Guinea 0 1473 103 Nicaragua 0 1073 Lebanon ** 0 949
50 Jordan 39 1462 104 FYR Macedonia 0 1069 Bermuda ** 0 943
51 Belarus -11 1452 105 Burkina Faso 0 1060 St Kitts and Nevis ** 0 942
52 Equatorial Guinea 0 1446 106 Zambia 0 1038 Guinea-Bissau ** 0 927
53 South Africa 0 1444 107 Namibia 0 1026 Pakistan ** 0 926
Last updated:
54 Croatia 7 1422 108 Tajikistan 1018 Grenada ** 0 914
23 June 2017
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Learning curve
Jordan (pictured: captain
Stephanie al-Naber, left,
and striker Abeer al-Nahar,
centre) lost their first
meeting with Algeria 1-0
but fought back to win the
second match 3-2.
MOVING ON UP
LEADER
USA
It is not even a year since the eyes of the Two friendlies against Algeria in mid-June MOVES INTO TOP TEN
football world turned towards Jordan as it provided the perfect example of Jordan’s NONE
hosted the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup, ability to learn. After narrowly losing the
the first major international women’s football first match 1-0, the Jordanians bounced MOVES OUT OF TOP TEN
tournament in the Middle East. Even though back from two goals down in the second NONE
the home team lost all three of their group game to seal a 3-2 win on the back of some
games, they gained a great deal from playing aggressive pressing and assured possession MATCHES PLAYED IN TOTAL
in front of their fans and collected vital football with goals from Shahnaz Jibreen, 116
experience for the future. The next highlight Maysa Jabarah and Luna al-Momani.
for this football-mad kingdom is less than The win also saw Jordan gain ground in MOST MATCHES PLAYED
12 months away because in April 2018, the women’s world ranking, breaking into BAHRAIN, GREECE, IRAQ, JORDAN, KOREA
Jordan will be the setting for the Women’s the top 50 for the first-ever time. DPR, PHILIPPINES, TAJIKISTAN, UNITED ARAB
Asian Cup, a tournament that will determine EMIRATES (5)
the five AFC teams that will head to France Their climb has naturally stirred up even
for the FIFA Women’s World Cup™ in 2019. more interest in the team’s fortunes but BIGGEST MOVE BY RANKS
it has also given rise to fresh hopes, particu- NO COUNTRY IMPROVED BY MORE
As hosts, Jordan will take their place in those larly that they will be able to take the next THAN 2 RANKS
2018 qualifiers, which will be their second step next year and qualify for their first
appearance in this important competition Women’s World Cup. It’s fair to say that BIGGEST DROP BY RANKS
after previously featuring in 2014. Expect- Jordan do not merely want to be good LITHUANIA AND LUXEMBOURG (down 10 ranks)
ations are now high – not only for new coach hosts – they also have their sights set on
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RUSSIA
White night in Saint Petersburg
The scene by the Palace Bridge on
the Neva at one in the morning.
RARING TO GO
Russians can’t wait for the World Cup – and FIFA 1904 also saw enough on its trip to recommend
that fans around the world think about planning their trip for next summer as soon as possible.
By Perikles Monioudis (text) and Sergey Maximishin (photos) in Saint Petersburg and Moscow
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