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Brazil
Brazil is the only country to have appeared at every FIFA World Cup since the competition began in 1930. Brazilian players make up the largest single national contingent in European football leagues. The 1950 World Cup final at the Maracanã (Brazil 1-2 Uruguay) remains the highest-attended football fixture in history (199,854 official attendance). Brazil have won five World Cups, more than any other nation.
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Argentina
Argentina won the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar, their third overall title (1978, 1986, 2022). The Buenos Aires derby. Boca Juniors vs River Plate, the Superclásico, is consistently rated by football journalists as the most intense club fixture in the world. The Argentine national team's success has produced two of football's defining global icons in Diego Maradona and Lionel Messi.
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Germany
Germany have won four FIFA World Cups (1954, 1974, 1990, 2014). The Bundesliga has the highest average per-match attendance of any domestic league in the world, with Borussia Dortmund's Yellow Wall (the largest single-tier standing terrace in European football, holding 25,000) producing what is the most consistent matchday atmosphere on the continent.
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England
England is the birthplace of modern football. The Football Association founded in 1863, the Football League founded in 1888. The English Premier League is the most-watched domestic league in the world, broadcast to over 200 territories and reaching 4.7 billion viewers cumulatively per season. England have won one FIFA World Cup (1966 at Wembley).
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Italy
Italy have won four FIFA World Cups (1934, 1938, 1982, 2006) — second only to Brazil. The country's Serie A clubs have lifted 12 European Cup / Champions League titles between them. Italian football culture is among the most tactically sophisticated globally, with the local concept of "catenaccio" defining post-war defensive football.
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Spain
Spain won three consecutive major trophies between 2008 and 2012 (Euro 2008, World Cup 2010, Euro 2012) — a feat unmatched in the modern era. La Liga clubs Real Madrid (15) and Barcelona (5) have won more Champions Leagues between them than any other two clubs in the world. The Camp Nou (currently expanding to 105,000) will be the largest football stadium in the world from 2027.
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France
France have won two FIFA World Cups (1998, 2018). The French national team has produced more world-class talent in the last decade than any rival country: Mbappé, Pogba, Kanté, Saliba, Camavinga, Tchouaméni. All developed in France. PSG's 2010s rise as a Champions League contender has further raised the country's club football profile.
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Norway
Norway has the highest per-capita football participation rate of any major footballing nation. Average attendance in the Eliteserien (Norway's top flight) routinely exceeds the Eliteserien's total country population's per-capita averages of larger leagues. Erling Haaland's emergence as a generational striker has further raised the country's footballing profile globally.
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Iceland
Iceland. Population 380,000, became the smallest nation ever to qualify for a FIFA World Cup when they reached the 2018 tournament in Russia. The 2016 Euros campaign. Knocking England out in the round of 16, became one of the most celebrated underdog runs in international football history.
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Senegal
Senegal is the most football-passionate country in West Africa, with players consistently ranked among the world's best (Sadio Mané, Édouard Mendy, Kalidou Koulibaly). The 2002 World Cup quarter-final run. Beating defending champions France 1-0 in the opening fixture, defined the modern era of Senegalese football. Senegal won the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations.
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