“we struggle enough with 11 players, imagine with ten”

Exploring the weird and wonderful world of football across FIFA’s 211 member nations –and beyond

The Australian-born Iraq international sits down with World Soccer to reflect on a football journey that has taken him from Sweden to Brighton to Kurdistan

Lee Carsley leads his Young Lions side to European Under-21 Championship glory in Bratislava two years after success in Georgia

Despite its tiny population, the Faroe Islands has cultivated a football culture all of its own, rooted in rugged landscapes, local rivalries and community spirit

While some of Europe’s best young talents spent the summer in the US for the Club World Cup, there were plenty of other standout stars in action at the European U21 Championship, says Lukas Vrablik …

“For us as a club, the sense of ...