World Soccer

Your life made easier - every day. The unrivalled authority on the game of soccer around the world, World Soccer calls upon journalists from the globe's great soccer capitals. The best writers, analytical features and the ability to deliver the inside-track on domestic and world football have made World Soccer an institution. With stunning images and a website delivering up-to-the-minute global results and authoritative insights into the players, politics and power-struggles, the brand constantly looks behind the score-lines. Its insightful writing reaches to the heart of the triumphs, scandals and controversies that constantly emerge in the greatest international sport of them all.

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FROM THE EDITOR

The month in numbers • Eye-catching facts and stats from the world of football this month…

The great what ifs? • The late Terry Venables was a progressive, popular and influential coach – yet regrets still linger over his career

BOOKS THIS MONTH

Bellingham can be England’s Jofra Archer • The midfielder has the potential to elevate Gareth Southgate’s side to new heights at Euro 2024

On the RADAR • Spotlight on the players

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE • 32 Moves That Caught Our Eye This Month

ESM XI • EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA

Under-17 World Cup starlets • Nick Bidwell picks out some of the stars of the recent tournament in Indonesia, which was won by Germany

Six shock qualifiers • Wilf MacDonnell and Nick Bidwell pick out some of the standout stories from the Euro 2024 qualifying campaign

WorldSoccer Awards 2023 • THE RESULTS OF OUR 42ND ANNUAL AWARDS – AND THE PEOPLE WHO HELPED SHAPE THE GAME OVER THE PAST 12 MONTHS

CITY AND SPAIN’S YEAR • Manchester City complete a clean sweep of Player, Manager and Team of the Year awards, while Spain shine in the women’s categories

ERLING HAALAND • Men’s World Player of the Year

PEP GUARDIOLA & MANCHESTER CITY • Men’s World Manager of the Year, Men’s World Team of the Year

AITANA BONMATI & SPAIN • Women’s World Player of the Year, Women’s World Team of the Year

SARINA WIEGMAN • Women’s World Manager of the Year

JENNI HERMOSO • The face of a movement

LUCIANO SPALLETTI • Napoli’s Scudetto-winning coach who guided Italy to Euro 2024

FERNANDO DINIZ • A hero for Fluminense, but the jury is still out on his Brazil tenure

URS FISCHER • Union Berlin’s legendary former manager who flew too close to the sun

JONATAN GIRALDEZ • The brains behind Barcelona Femeni’s dominant year

FAREWELL TO…

In the next issue • World Soccer’s February 2024 edition looks to the future as we identify 50 of the world’s best rising young talents.

The race to Abidjan • Six months later than planned, AFCON 2023 is ready to begin with a number of countries going to the Ivory Coast dreaming of glory

“All the teams from pots one and two are contenders” • Morocco’s head coach believes the upcoming Africa Cup of Nations could be the most competitive ever

Group guides & team profiles

Qatar takes centre stage again • Just over a year after the 2022 World Cup, the Gulf state is ready to host another major tournament

“If you give me enough time towork with these boys we can achieve things” • India’s head coach discusses his team’s chances at the upcoming 2023 Asian Cup, and growing a football culture in the south Asian nation

Group guides & team profiles

Oscar-worthy drama in NWSL • The 2023 National Women’s Soccer League season threw up plenty of dramatic...