Encyclopedia Of The Fifa World Cup

The FIFA World Cup is the world’s most-watched sporting event. A cumulative television audience of several billion people tuned in to the 2014 World Cup, and an estimated 700 million watched the finals. The Encyclopedia of the FIFA World Cup provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on the history of this incomparable event. Hundreds of entries cover players, coaches, officials, stadiums, overviews of each major country’s performances, and more. Including an indispensable bibliography on the key World Cup texts, this volume is an essential reference for soccer fans, players, and researchers alike.

A global view of soccer and its remarkable growth and development in the U.S.

The essential illustrated guide to soccer charting more than 100 years of the game worldwide: the teams, the triumphs, the tragedies of the world's number one sport.

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This newly updated edition of The Soccer Encyclopedia (FIFA) will make you an expert of the most popular game in the world. The pages are brimming with the latest facts, stats and records, plus punchy profiles of the best international teams on the planet, as well as essential info about the top leagues and tournaments in world soccer. What's more, you can get the lowdown on all the FIFA competitions from the World Cup to the eWorld Cup and the latest recipients of the FIFA awards. With a comprehensive list of honours citing every international and intercontinental competition, FIFA's The Soccer Encyclopedia is a must-have for every young fan of the sport.

One thousand people witnessed the first World Cup match in 1930. The last World Cup Final drew a global television audience of over one billion. Soccer's popularity has never been so apparent, at grassroots and international level, with players from all around the globe playing Major League Soccer and USA players in teams around Europe, with television companies paying hundreds of millions for the privilege of showing live matches, and with players commanding huge sums from clubs to bring them the most hotly-contested trophies.