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World Football

BBC World Service

Original football stories and interviews from around the globe.

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Top 10 World Football Episodes

Goodpods has curated a list of the 10 best World Football episodes, ranked by the number of listens and likes each episode have garnered from our listeners. If you are listening to World Football for the first time, there's no better place to start than with one of these standout episodes. If you are a fan of the show, vote for your favorite World Football episode by adding your comments to the episode page.

World Football comes from Nizhny Novgorod as we look ahead to the quarter-finals of the World Cup. Within the show the former Russia international Andrei Kanchelskis criticises his country’s negative tactics, we ask if the president of the Spanish Football Federation faces some difficult questions after his team’s exit and finally Pontus Kamark remembers Sweden’s third place finish at the 1994 World Cup.

(Photo: Uruguay fans. Credit: Getty Images)

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Former Vitesse Arnhem and FC Twente goalkeeper Wouter Dronkers talks about his interest in medicine, astrophysics and aliens. We also hear from the Benin international Steve Mounie about the pressures of being in a Premier League relegation fight. And the Philippines national team captain Phil Younghusband relives the moment he made history.

(Photo courtesy of Vitesse Arnhem)

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World Football - Euro 2022 and the women's Africa Cup of Nations
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07/21/22 • 32 min

Dutch defender Dominique Janssen looks ahead to her Euro 2022 quarter-final and reflects on the tournament. We also hear from South Africa's Thalea Smidt ahead of the Africa Cup of Nations final.

Picture on website: Fans of Iceland during the Group D UEFA Women's EURO 2022 match against France (Photo by Joris Verwijst/Orange Pictures/BSR Agency/Getty Images)

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World Football - FC Goa and Dynamo Kyiv's Mircea Lucescu
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04/29/21 • 26 min

FC Goa's Brandon Fernandes discusses his team's run in the Asian Champions League and the surge of Covid cases in India. Plus, Dynamo Kyiv's 75 year old coach Mircea Lucescu talks about winning the title. We're also joined by AC Milan player Verónica Boquete.

Picture: Mircea Lucescu head coach of Dynamo Kyiv gives instructions during a UEFA Europa League match against Villarreal and Dynamo Kyiv (Jose Breton/Pics Action/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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World Football - Euro 2020: The long wait is over
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06/10/21 • 36 min

Hungary midfielder Adam Nagy, Finland goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky and Denmark's Christian Eriksen look ahead to Euro 2020.

(Photo: Teemu Pukki scores against Liechtenstein in Helsinki. Credit: Antti Yrjonen/NurPhoto/Getty Images)

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World Football - South American frustrations and J-League dreams
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09/02/21 • 31 min

Peru's assistant coach Nolberto Solano assesses the latest club v country row. And we hear from the Spanish coach of Urawa Reds, Ricardo Rodriguez, about life in the J-League.

Picture on website: Brazil and Paraguay get ready for their South American qualifier (Photo by NORBERTO DUARTE/AFP via Getty Images)

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World Football - Counting down to the Africa Cup of Nations
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01/06/22 • 26 min

Nigeria's Efe Ambrose and Cameroon's Patrick Suffo look ahead to the Africa Cup of Nations. We also hear from the Gambia captain Pa Modou Jagne as he prepares for his country's first ever AFCON.

Picture on website: Cameroonian football jerseys hang along a wall at the central market in Yaounde (Daniel Beloumou Olomo / AFP)

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The German Bundesliga's top scorer Niclas Füllkrug talks about the possibility of being selected for Qatar 2022. Plus, we hear about the Turkish Amputee football team, after they won the Amputee World Cup.

Picture on website: Niclas Fullkrug of Werder Bremen celebrates after scoring against Hoffenheim (Christian Kaspar-Bartke/Getty Images).

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World Football - Chile Chase Copa Glory
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07/03/15 • 26 min

Chile international Mark Gonzalez and Peru's assistant coach Nolberto Solano look ahead to the Copa America final in Santiago, as the hosts Chile prepare to take on Argentina.

Also we look at the problem of fan violence in Chilean club football and why does South America not care about the Women's World Cup?

(Photo: Chile fans hold card cut-out letters to spell Chile. Credit: Getty Images)

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World Football - Roy Hodgson: Liverpool, England and returning home
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12/29/22 • 26 min

In the second part of our interview with Roy Hodgson, he reflects on troubled times at Liverpool and England. He also talks about the retirement, the role of luck in football, and the joy of his ending his career by going full circle and returning to Crystal Palace. Picture on website: Roy Hodgson at Goodison Park (Photo by CLIVE BRUNSKILL/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)
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FAQ

How many episodes does World Football have?

World Football currently has 488 episodes available.

What topics does World Football cover?

The podcast is about Podcasts and Sports.

What is the most popular episode on World Football?

The episode title 'Black Lives Matter: The backlash' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on World Football?

The average episode length on World Football is 29 minutes.

How often are episodes of World Football released?

Episodes of World Football are typically released every 6 days, 23 hours.

When was the first episode of World Football?

The first episode of World Football was released on Jun 26, 2015.

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