New UFWC book updated for 2018

New for 2018, the latest revised and updated edition of the official UFWC book, Unofficial Football World Champions by Paul Brown, is out now. This is the fourth edition of the book that has been published in every World Cup year since 2006. The new edition is expanded to include new matches, teams, players and statistics. It’s fully up to date to the start of 2018, including all 936 UFWC title matches played since 1872 and all 48 unofficial football world champions.

UFWC spin-offs update 2013

UFWC Spin Offs Update 2013 | Feature

UFWC Review of the Year 2012

UFWC Review Of The Year 2012 | Feature

UFWC Review of the Year 2011

UFWC Review Of The Year 2011 | Feature

CW Alcock (England)

Hall Of Fame Cw Alcock | Hall of Fame

Yokohama 1874: how Japan discovered football

Yokohama 1874 How Japan Discovered Football | Feature

Enjoy the World Cup - except when you play against us!

While the public mood is muted in Argentina and one of building resentment in Sao Paulo, enthusiasm for the forthcoming World Cup is bubbling on the streets of Montevideo, capital city of reigning Unofficial Football World Champions Uruguay. 'Welcome! Enjoy the World Cup – except when you play against us,' a friendly customs officer greeted me at Colonia del Sacramento, an hour-long ferry ride from Buenos Aires. Two-time winners of FIFA's showcase competition, Uruguayan fans on Montevideo’s main boulevard, the Avenida 18 de Julio, described a draw which places La Celeste in the same group as England, Italy and Costa Rica as 'both a dream and a nightmare'.

Japan: 13 games, 20 goals, 11 months as UFWC champions

Japan 13 Games 20 Goals 11 Months As UFWC Champions | Feature

Following the UFWC at the World Cup

During the past month or so, over the course of the World Cup, the UFWC trophy has changed hands four times. Along the way I've managed to watch the drama unfold from three different continents as a nomadic football fan. Starting off in Hong Kong, where I watched the World Cup get underway, I then flew to London for the first weekend of the World Cup before watching the rest of it in South America. The adventure began in the first weekend of the World Cup, when Uruguay's surprise defeat to Costa Rica gave the Ticos the UFWC title, which they managed to take all the way to the quarter finals.