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.

In Pictures • The global game caught on camera

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FROM THE ASSISTANT EDITOR

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

Keir RADNEDGE THE INSIDER • Super League looms back over the horizon

BOOKS THIS MONTH

Jonathan WILSON TECHNICALLY SPEAKING • Is Xavi up to the Barcelona job?

◼ OBITUARIES

PEOPLE ON THE MOVE

Shock Germany recall for Gotze • Mario Gotze, the match-winning goalscorer of the 2014 World Cup final, is called up by the Nationalmannschaft after a five-year absence

ESM XI • EUROPEAN SPORTS MEDIA

The Kanjuruhan Stadium disaster

The road to Doha • Ten years ago, the Football Association rewrote its own rulebook on youth development with the target of winning the 2022 World Cup

An annual subscription is the perfect Christmas gift • Pitch Publishing and Floodlit Dreams have teamed up to introduce Football Shorts, a brand new, innovative series of personal stories on the game from top writers. Each book is signed by the author and available individually or at an attractively priced subscription which will see your books sent ahead of publication day.

Football and Catalan nationalism

ZÉRO À HÉRO • A Ballon d’Or, a fifth Champions League trophy, and now main role at Qatar 2022 – how Karim Benzema went from the international wilderness to World Cup centre stage

THE MOTHER OF ALL GAMES • At Qatar 2022, the United States will meet Iran in the World Cup, 24 years after playing in one of the most politically-charged matches in the tournament’s history

O FENOMENO • How Ronaldo fired Brazil to the 2002 World Cup

THE LONG WALK HOW TO WIN A PENALTY SHOOTOUT • A new FIFA+ documentary explores the history of World Cup penalty shootouts, and reveals the secrets behind some of the most famous successes and failures

“The second Eriksen stepped into the national team again, things changed” • Denmark’s coach discusses his team’s prospects in Qatar

“We are among the best 32 teams in the world. Let’s enjoy it” • After being thrust back into the Iran job on the eve of the 2022 World Cup, Carlos Queiroz discusses his team’s chances in Qatar

“This is going to be the strongest World Cup ever” • Belgium’s long-serving coach sits down with World Soccer

In the next issue • Our January 2023 issue is the complete record of Qatar 2022, a World Soccer special souvenir edition reviewing the World Cup.

TAKING ON THE BIG BOYS • The newly-formed Union of European Clubs is seeking to offer greater representation in European football governance

Abuse scandal tarnishes NWSL campaign • Portland Thorns’ third title is overshadowed by a report into abuse within the women’s game in the United States

Round-up

World Service • Exclusive reports from our worldwide network of correspondents

Flamengo reclaim Copa • Brazilian giants return to the top of South American club football after last...